Thursday, April 29, 2010

Our Favorite Blogs: The Lonely Conservative

This article is the second in a scheduled eight-part series. We here at Jumping in Pools love our fellow blogs out there on internet-land, so here is something to give back.

One of our favorite blogs: The Lonely Conservative

Why they're cool: The thing that we love most about The Lonely Conservative is how similar they are to JiP. Both of us reside in "Blue" states, but are still conservative; we write very similar articles and link to each other occasionally; heck, we even have similar ratings on Technorati.

The Lonely Conservative Speaks:

What is your site's goal for the next year?

To be honest, after the past week or so I'm just trying to get through the month. March was the best month ever at TLC, things were really taking off. But then my site was hacked last week and the hacker installed code redirecting readers to suspicious sites. What a mess. Thankfully, the problem was fixed and steps were taken to protect the site, but it's been a great big set back.

As for 2011, I'm hoping the Democrats will have lost control of Congress and there will be a check on President Obama and his administration. Then we can start looking to 2012 and trying to get a good conservative nominated to run on the GOP ticket. CPAC should be pretty interesting next year, and I plan to attend the full three day conference. If you've never been I really recommend it - you get great speeches, great parties and the chance to meet candidates and representatives that you may not otherwise meet.

What makes your site unique?

I try to follow the latest news stories, but you never know when I'll go off on some kind of rant. You have to read every day or you may miss it. There are also a few guest contributors to give the site a different perspective on things every now and then. Alan's in Florida and Andy and Bill are here in Upstate New York.

When did you found your site?

January of 2008.

Anything else you would like to add?

May should be an interesting month. Both of my boys will be playing baseball, in two different leagues. Between baseball, a full time job and the blog I'll really be putting my time management skills to the test. If I start using a lot of baseball metaphors you'll know why.

Here's a screenshot of The Lonely Conservative:


So go there and enjoy what they have to say. Bookmark, read articles, and comment. Comment!


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Bridge Over Troubled Water

One of the greatest songs of all time, here now are Simon and Garfunkel performing the "new" Bridge Over Troubled Water in 1969:



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Told You So!

Everyone thought that Mahmud Ahmadinejad was full of it when he said that there were no homosexuals in Iran, while he winked knowingly at the media cameras. Here's proof that he was lying about gays and to himself:

4 koma comic strip None Absolutely

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Video: Crist 'Running as a Republican'

From the Rubio campaign, a new commercial:



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Puerto Rico Statehood-- Another Look

Bouncing off of what Mr. K has written about the subject:
http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2010/04/puerto-rico-politics-and-glenn-beck.html


And what the Huffington Post wrote, I'm going to include a short post about some thoughts on the subject.


As for the HuffPo, I would have liked to have seen a more in-depth look. You know, if Puerto Rico does join the union, we might have a few good things:

1. Possible GOP state.
2. Realign GOP with Latinos.
3. Create another (after Cuban) Latino base in the Republican Party.
4. Breaking the magic "50" number might allow states to split-- namely Upstate from Downstate NY.






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