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The Conservative Wahoo
The Blog: A compendium of thoughts on politics, world affairs, economics, pop culture and social issues, from the center right perspective of me--Bryan McGrath--a University of Virginia graduate who spent a career in the world's greatest Navy keeping my mouth shut about politics and social issues (ok, publicly keeping it shut). Those days are over! Pull up a chair and chime in where you will. Keep it clean, civil, concise and relevant.
The Fish: The fish is a "coat of arms" for the blog, symbolizing three formative influences in the life of the blog founder. The first is his experience at the University of Virginia--symbolized most importantly by the fish itself, or a caricature of a "Wahoo", the fish we have acquired as an informal nickname. Additionally there is the sword, the sword of a Cavalier. It is not wielded in a threatening manner, as this is a civil blog. But it is there, should it be needed. Thirdly, there is the influence of 21 years in the Navy--symbolized by the anchor on the Wahoo's fin (and again, the sword) . Finally, there is the bowler, tuxedo, and monocle, symbols of a refined, intellectual conservatism, or what I seek to encourage here.
The Policy: I take FULL responsibility for what I write. I will not be held responsible for the content of my comments section--as long as it is civil and passes my own inscrutable sniff tests, it will appear. If the comment offends you, that is on you.
The Fish: The fish is a "coat of arms" for the blog, symbolizing three formative influences in the life of the blog founder. The first is his experience at the University of Virginia--symbolized most importantly by the fish itself, or a caricature of a "Wahoo", the fish we have acquired as an informal nickname. Additionally there is the sword, the sword of a Cavalier. It is not wielded in a threatening manner, as this is a civil blog. But it is there, should it be needed. Thirdly, there is the influence of 21 years in the Navy--symbolized by the anchor on the Wahoo's fin (and again, the sword) . Finally, there is the bowler, tuxedo, and monocle, symbols of a refined, intellectual conservatism, or what I seek to encourage here.
The Policy: I take FULL responsibility for what I write. I will not be held responsible for the content of my comments section--as long as it is civil and passes my own inscrutable sniff tests, it will appear. If the comment offends you, that is on you.
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11 comments:
Ahem-- Jim Demint
I love him. And I think he likes me too.
Of course he does, Sally. We ALL do!
I love him, too! And I'm pretty sure he winked at me... (Alas, his damn ring. I suspect he's no Tiger.)
As surely as Palin/Bush Derangement Syndrome exists, so does Reagan Disillusionment Syndrome, or RDS. Conservatives were spanked pretty hard in November '08, and I sense almost a desperate longing for a new conservative knight in shining armor. One minute it's Palin...the next Ryan...now Rubio.
Chill.
GG--pipe down. He's at LEAST a conservative knight in shining armor IN THE RACE HE'S IN.
Fine, just don't come running to me when he breaks your heart.
I'm still waiting for an answer on my suggestion that CW jump into the Senate race in Maryland. I guess he thought it was a joke. I wasn't joking.
I don't want to pull rank but I'm a little older than most of you guys, not as smart but older. And if there's one thing I regret it's not pushing the envelope as hard as I might have. Missed opportunities are haunting.
Remember what Jimmy Valvano said, "Hey somebody's gotta win it all, why not us?" So CW, why not you?
Hammer--thanks for the vote of confidence. Someday--just not yet. Gotta make some dough....
So that's why you're hoarding the blog ad proceeds.
I'll leave it alone then. But if you did it ain't like you're gonna win, but you get your name out there. Ex-military officer blah blah blah. Next thing you know you got a big job in a Republican administration and you're inviting all your blogging buddies on a Caribbean junket.
See if I ran for anything at all, if they paid me any attention at all, it would be something like... well as far as we know he hasn't been arrested lately, but we're still checking.
Oh well, have to pay for my own damned vacation. Look out Topsail Island.
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