Little steps. Many topics. A new blog post.

I'm not much of a blogger apparently.

There's tons of things happening to blog about, but writing doesn't come naturally to me. I have to write and edit and write and edit. I'm amazed by people who can just write a post every day. A coherent post even.

For me, it's not so easy. So then I think, I'll get around to that later.

I wonder if that's why so few people participate in the elections. They want to do a good job in casting their ballot and becoming educated on the candidates and issues takes time and effort. So they don't. Or maybe they are cynical, or turned-off, or any of the other reasons often suggested for why people don't vote.

Things on my mind that I can't seem to do justice with a full post.

• The middle-east aflame and the ineffectiveness of the U.S. under Bush and the rubber stamp Republicans to do anything
• Senator Specter's proposed Rubber Stamping of Bush's illegal NSA wiretapping that began before 9/11. The bill would transfer "EFF's class-action suit against AT&T...to the FISA Court of Review, a secret court with no procedures for hearing argument from anyone but the government."
• Freedom Summer 2006
• An essay by Ann Jones called "Notes on the Not So Brave New World" on how the terrorists cowed America
• "AT&T rewrites rules: Your data isn't yours"
• a Talk Left blog post about Barack Obama that quotes analysis by Digby of a brilliant speech by Honest Abe Lincoln -- read the speech and hail Abe Lincoln the genius

So little steps. One post with a few sentences. Presto. A blog post.

Categories: American, politics, Bush, illegal, spying, Specter, freedom, middle-east, general