Blog post #1

The Blog: CommenTerry
Blog name: The Perils of Going for Two Too Early

Quick and short to the point. This blog was off-topic among Terry Mitchel's other seemingly politically based blogs. I searched for him from another liberaltarian blog search engine and was interested in reading some really radical remarks; however, this proofed to be a light and interesting read. The blog was about a game of football and how a team up by one touch-down yet only 5 points away and how going for a game winner (conversion) is not the best option when you can kick and rely on chance (or your defense). In other words, potentially tieing up the game is better than taking a risk of winning and loses it along with the game. Though I somewhat knew what he was getting at: "Go for what you got, not for what you can get." Perhaps the blog was to demonstrate some principal which he was trying to tie to the liberaltarian party but I saw no trace of it, so I assumed it was just a humorous and interesting rant/post. His blog seems interspersed with rantings and other commentary of the sort, mostly political in flavor. Its an easy set up of about 300 words a day or less, an easy read and covering interesting topics.

The Blog: Radical Blogs
Blog name: Iraq Veterans Arrested/Beaten

Apparently there was a protest from members of Iraq Veterans Against the War and their supporters. They gathered near the Hempstead, N.Y. train station where they would march on the final presidential debate at Hofstra University. At the gates they began to do the usually routine of questions and yelled answers. (EX: What do we want? "Some type of change!", When do we want it? "As soon as Possible!"). They stood together. After ten veterans were arrested, 5 civilian's took their place. The escalation was rising from the protestor's account and even though non-violence was stressed by the protestors and even set up by the police, violence sparked. Many of the police did things that were borderline illegal, a picture of a man with a busted eye was presented as proof...I took it as such (Though most likely accidental, the man was trampled by a bunch of police horses after they charged their horses at the sidewalk). The auther of the post himself was arrested and his friend had been injured. The man obviously needed medical attention but police said they would only help if the man asked for it himself. Apparently the man was still too dazed by taking a hoof to his eye to answer. The auther was angry. I love this blogs lay-out. Written by anonomous authors and covering a large amount of human right/government reform topics, this blog had an interesting lay-out and their articles from the six that I skimmed were pretty interesting. I picked this blog post in particular because I really like how the reader gets a first hand report, like an inner look of what a newspaper "dances around."