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Lo and behold Kevin already had a blog up and running that we could all share, which saved me a lot of work. But this won’t be Kevin’s blog or my blog, it belongs to all of us. I’m hoping most of you will participate not only in commenting but in creating your own posts or diaries that the rest of us will comment on. I’m also hoping for an exchange of ideas, free of death threats and infantile name calling, if I can be blunt. I love a good argument and a vigorous defense of ideas and positions but sometimes the extra noise and insults get in the way of the debate. One thing I’d hate to see though is for this place turn into an echo chamber or a sterile environment that loses all personality. This is my vision and mine alone, you may have different ideas, as a matter of fact you probably do. And don’t forget the humor please.
There is a lot going on right now in the world and we’ll hopefully display many different view points and an exchange of ideas, not to mention a commenting system that’s a little more stable. I hope you’ll still participate at the Plumline and bring lots of links and commentary from other blogs and news sources here so we can discuss them. I don’t think we should link our little slice of the blogosphere elsewhere though until we decide together how open we want to be to strangers.
I haven’t had a chance to explore the site very thoroughly yet so we’ll have to do it together. You should probably direct technical questions to Kevin, lol. If you figure something out that will make this place more interesting or inviting try it out and share it with us. Have at it people.
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And I should note, the blog URL, conservaliberals.blogspot.com, represents just one of dozens I tried. It's on the only one that wasn't taken, and that includes a lot of obscure and abbreviated and even misspelled versions of the actual blog name . . . there is no deeper meaning to it. But, it is appropriate (at least in my opinion) as I hope this to be a place for folks on various sides of the various political spectrums to mingle peacefully and collegially, with respect, and shared cups of coffee.
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Let's see if my avatar shows up. And Kevin the name's fine.
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Well, I'm here, wherever "here" is. We will all learn together.
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Welcome, 12Bar. It's a blog–a blog to which you may post! No need to wait for some "journalist" to post something "researched"–we just go post a blog post as we please.
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Hi 12Bar, be sure to bookmark the page. I haven't had time to read any news today so I don't have any interesting links yet, maybe later. We're finishing up the work day here.
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Kevin, it looks like you have to refresh periodically if you're just browsing and not posting comments right?
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That is correct. Blogger, unlike the WaPo, does not update automagically. However, considering how well that's turned out for the WaPo comments section, maybe that's for the best.
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KevinYes, that's fine I just can't remember the refresh key F? Someone help me out here. Also who is that person next to you in friends over on the right?
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I see Scott is here. Good news!
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Do we know what kind of, if any html tags work in the comments or should I just try some. 🙂bolditalics♪♫♪♫♪
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They all work. Good. And F5 refreshed the current browser page in Internet Explorer, if that's what you're using.
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Check. Check. (whistles) Mary had a little lamb. Check. Check.Is this thing on? Helloooooooooo!
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Hi McWing. The competition is on. Mark already wrote a long post on taxes and scott emailed me he's going to write one tonight. What are you going to do? I was going to let you guys have your fun before I start bombarding you with my lefty links.
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I might link to an Ace of Spade post just to watch some heads explode. Or, maybe something from Reason, just to keep my fingers limber. Great work all. There's a lotta room in here! And the pool is fantastic!
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I'm waiting for the girls to show up. I'm out for a couple of hours, another meeting.
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