Hockeydino: Truth: I'm No Journalist!

4.12.2010

Truth: I'm No Journalist!

Aside from the hate mail I post every so often, I also get questions. Tons of questions. People are always asking me where I get my sources from. They want to know where they can get links. They want to know why I said what I said. It's getting crazy. As if I'm some paid journalist.

I'm not a paid journalist.

I'm just a guy giving my 2 cents on things. Trying to make sense of the world, while being ticked off at the same time. No more, no less. Yeah I guess I'm one of those "blogger" people. However event though this is a blog, I don't like the term blogger. It's so sophomoric of a label to me.

The responses I get about political commentary is a bit much too. People say I don't know what I'm talking about. I've been called "no authority", just a political rant like those tv talking heads, a liberal, a neo-con, a right wing wack job, a conservative. It never ends.

The existence of this blog also seems to indicate to some that I have no compassion, that I am mean, that I just like to hear myself talk. There's about a pool of 9000 of you that read this stuff (my estimations from various sources) on any given day. To think I can sway or influence people seems a bit outlandish to me. I'm sure though, that it could be the case...just as you could sway and influence me with your comments or emails. I get it.

Do I write to invoke a response? No not really. I do it for myself. However I welcome the response and I encourage the discussions. From there, I'll learn, I'll be tested, I'll be corrected...I'll get more ideas. I'll get ticked, I'll get fired up, I'll laugh.

It's all good baby.

Rick Monday

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