Well, I've done it

I've finally started my own political blog. After 3 or 4 years of contenting myself to lurk and comment on other's websites, I've given in to the urge to bloviate and vent my opinion for all to see.

I've been blogging before this, of course, on http://amssolarempire.blogspot.com, but I've tried to keep that blog low key on the political scale of things. And subjects that do get political, such as energy production, I've tried to back up as much as possible with numbers.

I've done this for a few reasons. One of them is that I was still in college and didn't want to attract attention for political viewpoints.

The other was that I had enough on my plate with engineering school, that I couldn't give my desire to opine on current events full reign. Time constraints prevented it, though the desire manifested as profuse commenting on other's blogs.

A third is that I wanted my other blog to be palatable to people regardless of their politics. There are many people who I respect in terms of their opinion about space travel or science, whose political opinions I find batty. There are people who I agree with on many political issues, who start slinging opinions about science or history, or specific issues that I just stop and find myself on the opposite end of.

So I'll keep up the policy of keeping the two blogs seperate. Those of you who want to enjoy my thoughts on space travel and colonization can still use my old blog, while avoiding wading through my rants. Those who don't mind the fact that I'm a rabid right-winger can peruse both as it suits them.