Intro

It is finally time for my first post! I have to admit that I was pretty apprehensive to this whole blogging thing at first. It seemed somewhat confusing and even weird that so many people can view your thoughts. Yet, after searching through different blogs and reading a wide variety of subjects, I realized how useful this technology could be. Although some blogs are obviously poorly written by people who have no idea of what they are talking about, if you do careful searching, you can get into the mind of very intelligent people and learn what they have to think on important matters. Blogging provides an opportunity to see both sides of an argument and to see unique twists people spin on their arguments.

The two blogs I have decided to follow are God’s Politics, from a Christian perspective, and AMERICAblog.com, from a liberal perspective.

Regarding the recent poll in Iowa, both blogs recognized the desperate need for change that America faces today. I found it interesting that Jim Wallis, the author of the post “Change Won in Iowa” on God’s Politics, argued that the change relies on a social movement, not merely political change from within, while many posts on AMERICAblog.com complained about the current people in power. Wallis admits “nobody has anything good to say about the leadership of the present administration” but puts the responsibility of that problem on the people of the country. We cannot merely complain about the leadership, for it was us that elected the administration, but we need to start a movement if we want to fix the problem. So many people are disappointed with the current Republican candidates, and many people have admitted to me that for the first time in years they would rather not vote at all then vote for one of the candidates. We may not have direct political ties, but as American citizens, we can make a difference and we can have people run for office that better represent us. What good does it do to sit and complain? Do something about it! No matter who is in office, the power still resides in the people, and if we stay strong and united in what we want, we cannot be ignored.