Introit

Life is a series of beginnings, middles and endings, but we only rarely get to start at the beginning. We just have to jump into the middle and start swimming. The middle I decided to jump into is the presidential campaign here in the United States. I've been reading blog postings from a bunch of different news sites. My first post expresses my thoughts about what I've been reading, and sets the tone, I hope, for Real:Life:Issues. Don't worry, there'll be lots more to come as I develop this site and gain experience for my new forum for expression here at RLI!

My Political Ad--

The announcer's voice intones:

Blogging the presidential candidates...

Imagined as a forum...

For the debate of great ideas and critical analysis of policies and promises by those seeking the highest office in the land...

Has degenerated to become mind-numbingly boring...

Inane, vapid...

Point, counterpoint...

Slam versus slam...

Sleaze versus sleaze...

Thinking, examination, honest critique...

All faded into oblivion.

Like two old boars fighting in a mudhole...

Slinging and swinging the slime they stand in...

Long forgetting the reasons they are fighting for...

And...too stupid to stop.

The Presidency of the United States...

Bring your mind as well as your voice!

This ad has been approved by Real:Life:Issues.