Blog Status

I've determined that there's too much redundant opinion out there.  Therefore, this bog will only include opinions that provide a unique perspective.  Therefore, the number of posts will be controlled by this hurdle.

Reading and reviewing books is one way to provide a unique perspective.  Many of the posts on this blog have been book reviews.  Right now I am in the middle of reading a 900 page book.  Therefore, posts have been few these days.  Once I'm through this book, posts should resume more regularly.

Blog on Temporary Hold

Please bare with me as the blog is on temporary hiatus. I am traveling to attend to a business emergency. Regular posts will resume upon my return.

J

New Favorite Link Added to Blog

Liberty Alert has added new links to our list of favorite websites.

A link to the famous Cato Institute has been added.

Check it out at http://www.cato.org/.

Liberty Alert is now a "Basic" sponsor of Cato.

Temporary Hiatus

As the election season has come to an end, and the fall hunting season picks up, you can expect a slowdown (slowdown, not a full halt) to posts on Liberty Alert as I concentrate more on my other blog: connecticutoutdoors.blogspot.com.

I'm still stockpiling post ideas, so there should be plenty of material stored up once winter hits.

If you have any post suggestions, or interesting stories, leave a note. If someone manages to get me riled up enough, I'll surely leave a reply.

Election Over Load Creates Apathy

Typically during my normal day of work, reading, radio listening, and TV watching, I find one or two things that give me the thought "I should write a blog post about that!". Once I identify a potential topic, my mind wanders during free moments to start contemplating the pieces of the post. What are the points I can make? What research do I need to do? What format should I write in? Sometimes I'll even jot down a few random thoughts on a piece of scrap paper and fold it into my pocket until I can get to a computer. Not all of these daily epiphanies actually become posts, but almost all that do become posts have been born of this sort of haphazard process. I'm pretty sure that's not how George Will comes up with his columns, but for me, that's how the process goes. However, I've noticed that lately, I've had less of these moments. I took a moment to reflect on the cause of this observation, and I can point to one thing as the source -- election over load.

It seems that the nearly 2 years of 24-7 election coverage has finally gotten to me. Most days, much to the disappointment of Fox, CNN, and MSNBC, there is nothing going on save for the typical campaign stump speech by one of the candidates. They analyze and over-analyze every word uttered by every candidate. Sick of the faux analysis, I waited weeks for the first debate to come. When it finally arrived (and there was definitely some question whether it would arrive as scheduled) I struggled to not fall asleep on my couch as the candidates repeated talking points we've all heard dozens of times before.

The vice-presidential debates are Thursday. I fear that these debates have the potential to be another yawn-fest. It seems that dialogue the caliber of the Lincoln-Douglas debates could not live up to the hype of this upcoming debate.

So, for my own selfish reasons, and the sake of this blog, I hope these next 5 weeks produce some substance. Other than that, November 4th can't pass fast enough for me!

A New Blog: Radioviceonline.com

Perhaps you've noticed that I don't have a lot of links to other blogs or websites on Liberty Alert. That's on purpose. My thinking is that generally if a reader knows what they are looking for, they can just as easily find it as I can. Therefore, I try to be selective and only include a few links to some unique, high quality sites I've stumbled upon.
Towards the bottom right of Liberty Alert there is a short list of Favorite Links. Until today, there were only 2 links on that list. One of those links was for the Jim Vicevich radio show. I'm a big fan of Jim's radio show, and I've plugged him on Liberty Alert in the past. Jim has just created a new blog (actually, he's moved to a new host/format). The blog can be found at:

http://www.radioviceonline.com/

Jim describes himself as a Republitarian. I believe he has a unique and entertaining radio show.

I've added Jim's blog to my short list of favorite links. Check out Jim's blog and radio show.

Readers Bare with Me

I need to beg the pardon of Liberty Alert readers of late. I've been a bit under the weather fighting a sudden and pesky summer cold, so I'm not able to post with the frequency I would like.

Hopefully this week I will be as close to full strength as I can be to resume my goal of posting once every 1, 2 or 3 days.

Thanks for your understanding.

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