All politics is local the saying goes, so months ago I signed up on a local discussion board in my community. It's far from a wonky political site. Folks there mostly post about the weather, swap recipes, talk about the local schools and on a few occasions someone says something about politics.
"Discussion" of politics there however makes AM talk-radio seem enlightened -- The democrat party hates the military. Bill Clinton is directly responsible of 9/11 (heck, you saw that show on ABC, right?). Liberals are destroying America by teaching about homosexuals in our public school.
That sort of nonsense.

Hello fellow Clarkies!

Something very good happened for all of us these last couple of days. I can see that now and we have you to thank for it sportybabe. Some of that appreciation is for how you have carried yourself over this short emotional span, and some of it is appreciation for who you have been for us over a much longer and more significant span. I know that from first appearances it seems like we all have been in some kind of damage control mode for a day or two, but now I see that there never was any damage to begin with, and there certainly isn't any now.

Wes there are a number of us, your long time bloggers, who are trying desperately to hang on to the end of the woefully tattered and frayed rope attached to the vessel that is this current incarnation of CCN. It's not easy, it's not pleasant, it's not enjoyable, and it certainly isn't fun; but because we respect and admire you and want so badly to help with your mission we have continued to cling to the place we have so long considered our home base...your blog.

It’s a pretty blog now…bells, whistles, lots of color, pull down menus, some really great features, even greater series blogs and guest bloggers…everything that should make for a fantastic website.