Friday, March 18, 2005
Hugh Hewitt and the First-Ever Radio Blogfest
I've just returned from a really cool event--the first-ever Radio Blogfest--held here at the local Borders bookstore. Conservative pundit Hugh Hewitt broadcast his show live nationwide--and mentioned The Sanity Ranch!--and he drew an amazing crowd. Wall to wall people, lining up to get his autograph. There were a dozen local bloggers there, blogging away like mad. It was a heady atmosphere, full of power and hope and decent conversation. The lady in front of me was a homeschooler, there with her three kids, aged 17 to 5. The man behind me served in the Army for 30 years and now teaches at Colorado Christian College.
In short, it gave this blogger loads of new ideas, swimming around in her little head. Ideas that have led yours truly to sidebar a truly eclectic new mix of links ;) I've come to realize, over the last several weeks, that the "philosopher queen" in me has spread her wings more than a little bit. Ward Churchill and the radical left leave me utterly cold. Ditto people like Michael Schiavo. I never did like Teresa Heinz Kerry, and I can't stand Hillary Clinton. And along with that goes the fact that I have greatly enjoyed being involved with people in the past weeks who are open-minded, caring, humane individuals.
There truly is a growing, alarming culture of death at work in this country. From Ward Churchill with his "you send you" as a weapon, to Michael Schiavo with his "cremate her immediately after death with absolutely no autopsy and do it yesterday please," I have come to realize exactly where I belong and where I need to go philosophically and spiritually. I hope my current readers will follow my journey, and I look forward to yacking about it all!
In short, it gave this blogger loads of new ideas, swimming around in her little head. Ideas that have led yours truly to sidebar a truly eclectic new mix of links ;) I've come to realize, over the last several weeks, that the "philosopher queen" in me has spread her wings more than a little bit. Ward Churchill and the radical left leave me utterly cold. Ditto people like Michael Schiavo. I never did like Teresa Heinz Kerry, and I can't stand Hillary Clinton. And along with that goes the fact that I have greatly enjoyed being involved with people in the past weeks who are open-minded, caring, humane individuals.
There truly is a growing, alarming culture of death at work in this country. From Ward Churchill with his "you send you" as a weapon, to Michael Schiavo with his "cremate her immediately after death with absolutely no autopsy and do it yesterday please," I have come to realize exactly where I belong and where I need to go philosophically and spiritually. I hope my current readers will follow my journey, and I look forward to yacking about it all!
