THE BIG MIDDLE FINGER

With a big fat poke in the eye, Fair City News has emerged as Springfield's blogging version of The Daily Show. The headline that caught my eye: 90% of Greene County Voters Give Finger to Democracy. Hi-Larious and sad all at the same time.

For all the talk these patriotic Americans give democracy, you would think voting percentages would be much higher. You would be wrong. Americans don't give a hoot about democracy. Not really. They are willing to send troops to war, but don't care enough to vote on the mayor of our fair spring.

I say sick'em!

THE GALT OF IT ALL

Yet another newcomer has entered the SGF Blogging community: GALT BLOG. So far I've read about sports, economics/politics, and religion. Check it.

FROM HIS REARVIEW MIRROR

Rootin' Tootin' Radio Randy (I added the Rootin' Tootin' party, but I mean it in a nice way) is on his way to the Springfield area and already he is checking out the blogosphere. How cool is that? His blog touts a dandy saying: "True wisdom only comes from pain."

I like him already and cannot wait his official arrival. I'll go ahead and add him to the blogroll.

Be sure and say "hi" once you enter Springburg, RR.

A NEW LADY BLOGGER

Speaking of strong women (see post below), I was graced with a comment from a reader and new blogger. We need more local female bloggers. The fact that Diana (of Diana's Wisdom) is a liberal blogger makes the read a bit more sweet as many of our local liberal lady-bloggers have gone away (Granny, Marmot, Sky Girl).

It should be noted that bloggers of all persuasions are welcome here. I love big, fat questions and challenges, don't you know. I especially love to get into stone-throwing competitions with my favorite conservative female blogger, JackeHammer.

Stop by and welcome Diana to the fold. It looks like she is going to give us all a good dose of female pride, girl power, and civil rights. Our society needs more of it all.

Welcome, Diana. You've been added to the blog roll.

ANOTHER YEAR ANOTHER AWARD SHOW

I barely made it to the blogger's meeting last night. School gets in the way sometimes, but I'm glad I got to go. I met so many nice new bloggers. I was glad to put a face to the britches (Sugar B). She was not new to me. The others, however, were blogs I was unaware of. Sorry kids. Now I know and I've added them to the blog roll. 

My linking finger hurts so I didn't put links in the post. Here are the folks that were new to me:

• A Fool of Myself
  
• Daily Adventures
  
• The Springfield Foodie
  
• Show-Me Opinions
  

Welcome, all. Please continue to come to the blogger's meetings. We don't take ourselves too seriously. 

NEW BLOGGER DIGRESSES

A late comer into my life, Ryan Rost is a good buddy. He's a conservative (as if we need more of them in the Ozarks) but don't hold that against him. He's great and we get along wonderfully despite the fact that the majority of our conversations are political.

Anyway, Ryan just started a blog, COGENT DIGRESSIONS OF RYAN ROST ON LIFE AND FAITH. He gives us credit for pushing him in that direction. We doubt, however, that influence will get him to trade sides. Welcome him (and then encourage him to attend the next blogger's meeting.)