As for our respective perspectives, I think we intersect occasionally in the libertarian realm . . .

Politics used to matter a whole lot more to me back in the day . . . but it used to stir me up and divide me from others . . . today I try to see the good in everyone, and the little bit of truth emanating from every perspective . . .

Lot of good people out there all over the spectrum, trying to make a difference . . .

I try to make my difference in each moment, as it develops before me . . . that, I’ve found, is where I can do the most good . . .

Peace . . .

If you don’t often agree with me, that means I still have work to do *sigh*.

Clint Eastwood v. Don Knotts?

Eric Clapton v. Wierd Al Yankovic?

Billy Graham v. Jim Bakker?

George Carlin v. Andrew Dice Clay?

Marlon Brando v. Joe Pesci?

I could go on and on . . .

Substance trumps sensationalist drivel every time . . .

I don’t often agree with you, Michael, but I respect what you do and what you bring to the table . . .

Your blog is reflection of your character . . .

Keep doing what you’re doing . . .

I’ve grown to look at the situation as National Enquirer vs. National Review. One gets readers and the other gets respect.

Bob Caldwell is generally present at Council meetings as I understand, so he doesn’t always make it to our meetings. Perhaps he knows our membership pretty well and realizes there’s not a ton of votes there – but there are potential volunteers. If he survives the primary, he should show up at the next LSYR meeting on March 12th if there’s no conflict with a forum as there was this month.

Now, let’s talk about readership. Anyone can read my Site Meter and know I get roughly 100 visits per day, give or take. That’s backed up by the other stat counter I use that I don’t make public. Because of various events in my life though, it’s not nearly as important or time-consuming that I have 10,000 readers a week. I’ve come to realize that my audience has a built-in limitation based on the number of posts I can do in a week given other demands on my time – some of which make blogging seem much more fun and others which completely make me forget about it because they’re quite wonderful.

If I write things which I think make a valid argument in a manner which is interesting and that makes sense for 100 people to read, to me that is infinitely more satisfying personally than writing absolute crap that’s not worth putting my good name on to be read by millions. That’s not to say I wouldn’t want a much larger readership for monoblogue but I have other outlets where I do achieve that goal.

I’m a bit confused by your title. Are you trying to imply you have had 98,740 comments on this Blog?

Considering you get 48 hits a week this year. That’s an average of let’s just say 2,500 hits a year. You’ve been at it for 3 years, give or take. Considering your increases over the years let’s just be fair and say you’ve had a total of 6,000 visits in three years, this couldn’t be your 98,740th comment, so what’s up with that?

Just curious?????????