Libercontrarian

Crushed between the wheels of capitalism and big government.

Gosh - it looks like I haven't posted in a while

Funny that - I took some time off.

A little has happened in the intervening year. We've had the nation's first African American elected to the office of the President of the United States, the economy has gone completely into the wastebasket, and the nation appears to have taken a fairly sizable step to the Left.

On the firearms front, District of Columbia v. Heller  was decided in the favor of Heller in a game-changing decision on the Second Amendment from the United States Supreme Court, first since 1934's U.S. v. Miller. The confirmation of a citizen's right to keep and bear arms is a master-stroke for gun-rights advocates around the nation.

Yet I didn't comment on any of it!

Such is the life of an irresponsible blogger. I founded this site five years ago and set about to explore the world of blogging. I treated it like a personal journal at one point, as a site for political opinionating, and as a networking tool. I met an astonishingly prolific and diverse set of bloggers, corresponded with them, and posted my thoughts.

That was when I discovered that I didn't really have anything to say.

I started asking myself, "Who the hell are you, anyway, that any random stranger would want to read anything you've written? What knowledge do you bring to the table other than how to run your mouth? What's the (as my old bosses in the sales game would say) 'Value Added?' "

That's when I dropped off the radar. I tried to return a couple of times but just could not generate the passion. I found myself reading one of my gun forums and bringing some of the more interesting discussion topics here - then realized that I was parroting what other people were saying. Once in a while some issue would come up - the Stimulus Bill, Heller, the election, the war in Iraq, etc., but I would buzz around the blogosphere and read wonderful posts by my favorites, and thought, "What can I say that hasn't already been said by a more responsible and eloquent poster?

So you're probably asking yourself, "Why's he telling us this? If he doesn't care, why should I?"

This is a good question!

The answer is that I don't do this for you. I do this for ME. I am not here to bring readers; I have no commercial aims, and could not care less about influencing people to like me. I'm who I am - a guy challenged with day-to-day cares who has been paying more attention to his family and other issues. I guess I am not as committed as I once was. Perhaps if more people had regularly commented, or if I had managed to take a different course in my career, I would be more engaged.

Now that there have been some sea-changes in American politics and culture, I am feeling that need to offer my idiotic opinion again - look Ma! The loudmouth's gonna do it again! You can check back from time to time; I may do this daily or every other day. I have begun exercising again, so perhaps I can exercise my opinion as well. Maybe both will help me become a more holistically well-rounded person. We shall see!

posted by: underwhelmed at February 10, 2009 20:19 | link | comments |

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