About Blogs

Gary Sawyer, the editor for the Herald & Review, had an interesting article in today’s newspaper. It was about the sometimes rocky relationship between traditional media and these new fangled, sometimes controversial outlets, called blogs. Being a blogger, I’ve given some thought to what positive effect blogs have, if any, on current events. Sawyer was right when he said some blogs are just “downright disgusting”. This political season has brought out some of the nastiest qualities in humanity online for the whole world to see! I sure hope the Martians can’t receive Earthling broadband because we’re not painting the prettiest picture of ourselves over here! The most ridiculous discussion I’ve encountered lately, was some guy who called Hillary Clinton a slut, from a picture he saw of her during her college days – I’d link to the discussion but the language is just too disgusting. This guy was all upset because Hillary had “long, flat hair” and had the nerve to wear glasses and sandals of all things! Yes, that’s the picture that forms in my mind when I think of a dime-store floozy. Huh? I guess he prefers women with big hair! (Here’s the offending photo) Personally, I think she just looks like a nerd – actually, she looks like me! (I dig those groovy pants!)

I’ve pretty much given up on many blogs out there because it always ends up the same – people talking in circles defending their point of view while tearing down someone else’s. I’ve had second thoughts about having a blog of my own for several reasons; one, because I didn’t think anyone would really read it, secondly, because I worried that someone would read it and lastly, I didn’t want to make myself look like just another know-it-all jerkette. What does my opinion mean? No more than anyone else’s I suppose. But when you think about it, blogs are the purest form of democracy – just not the purest form of good humanity! “But you take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have – the facts of blogs!”