The Upper Mississippi River Basin:Life, Worship, Sports, Transportation, Golf, Politics and other bizarre behaviors in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. The Quincy area has a history of tolerance. We seem to suffer fools gladly.
"...life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us." On Receiving an Honorary Degree, 1939
posted by UMRBlog @ 06:34
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3 Comments:
Tony,
Sorry, I meant to link to your site after your first comment. I have rectified my transgression and UMRBlog is now linked to my site.
I'm not unfamiliar with your neck of the woods. I spent four years at QU in the late 80s and my brother lived in Quincy for many years.
Thanks for your comments. I'm learning a lot about how my idealist dreams for open primaries have a decided downside. I still think the system can be improved, and after 80 percent of voters in Springfield said that they wanted an open primary, it's obvious that there is a lot of dissastifaction with party influence.
Anyway, thanks for linking to my site. I enjoy your blog and hope that some of my readers make thier way over.
Dan
Your bro' was a real asset to this community, even if he did hang out with some questionable types.
You seem to have a hi qual of commentators. Like you, I moderate but I have never whacked a post. Are your readers just that interesting or are you whacking mouth-breathers?
Keep up the great work.
Tony
Other than the occassional spam post, that were eliminated once I turned on the verification, I've never deleted a post. I tend not to take extreme positions on issues and try to consider both sides when I'm writing. A lot of people, who are used to the deliberate baiting that some talk radio hosts specialize in, probably find my blog boring. On the positive side, the people who do visit are usually reasonable folks, even when they do disagree with me or a fellow commenter. I also post a lot of lighter stuff that doesn't get many comments, but it has helped my freelance writing career.
If you get a chance, I responded to your comment about the open primary with a question so that my readers can hear your perspective.
Thanks,
Dan
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