The First Amendment guarantees the right to free speech; it does not guarantee that anyone is compelled

to respect the content, or even to pay attention to you at all.

It is with this basic understanding that I'm embarking on my crusade to greater wisdom and clarity in a

world which changes at a bewildering pace.

It's my hope that I can help to influence my fellow citizens to take more control and responsibility of their

own lives, and at the same time, grow as a man living in the most bountiful and benificent society ever

devised by the minds of mankind.

One of my favorite maxims is "You learn something new every day."

I take that very literally, hence my tentative probe into the blogosphere in an attempt to see more clearly

the world in it's entirety, with the lens cap off if you please.

The old press, the MSM, however you care to lable it, is becoming obsolete- not overnight, and not yet,

but they are losing in the information dissemination war. Not unlike blacksmiths they are unwitting victims

of a technological paradigm shift and people are starting to talk more directly to each other.

More of this can only be a good thing.

In this light, I will try my best not to offend the sensitivities of any specific group or individual- I don't

discriminate, I will offend everyone equally when they merit that kind of treatment, and if you don't like it,

relief is a left click away.