Anniversary ..

It’s our anniversary.  We started counting hits on the site beginning September 1, 2009 … it looks like we have stirred up a reasonable amount of interest.

At this point it is probably a good idea that we recapitulate a little for those of you that have joined our blog since we started our tally. During the summer and fall of 2008, as the election approached, I, who have been a life long Republican, after listening to the gossip at the local coffee klatch, began reflecting upon just what was the difference between Democrats and Republicans.  My musings led to a short story, “Saving the Republic,” which is the first thing published on the blog and the basis for our quest … a search for the “genius of the American Republic.”  If you are interested in following the logic of our search, you should probably read the following essays in order.

• Saving the Republic
• Sockdolager
• As Promised ..
• Solving It … #1
• #2
• The Convention …
• What is the Matter?
• Another Convention? …

(You will find easy access to these essays by clicking on their names in the “tags” section of the main page.)

May I recommend to you my favorites in Maurice’s Library … “The Law” and “The Mainspring of Human Progress.”

The above are the basis for the blog, but explaining the nuances of the battle to save the “Freedom of Man” is incredibly complex, too complex for one person, so I have been blessed by my friends, the talented contributors to the quality of the blog;  Maurice, who is an economist, rancher, legislator, realtor, and most importantly, a lifelong devotee to the quest for human freedom; Paul, who is a venerated engineer, syndicated columnist, commentator, philosopher, political operator extra-ordinare, and Presidential Elector; Wayne, who is a humorist, columnist, Master Water Well Driller, sage and sometimes red-neck; the youngest of us, Rosa, a bi-lingual, full blooded American woman, an Ivy Leaguer, an honors engineering graduate of Cornell University, a MBA and a mom;  and your host, Lee, practitioner of many trades, master of few, closet red-neck and your humble host.

Please enjoy our continuing endeavors and please use our comments section of the blog, either to criticize (critically or constructively) or ask questions … as our country falls further into extremis we are going to need all the dialogue possible.

Sincerely … Lee