I’ve been tagged with the thinking blog meme by my good blogging friend Don . I’m required by this meme to write a post tagging five other bloggers who make me think with a brief explanation of why:
Before I tag anyone else I’d like to mention that if someone else had tagged me, one of the first I would have tagged would have been Don (dk,
A Silent Cacaphony). More than anyone else I read Don reminds me why America is such a great country. Don is proud of his roots, knows who he is, what he has done, where he is going with his life and has a vision of America I admire. His writings reflect how our country’s leaders and society square with that vision, their shortcomings, failures, conduct and successes. I feel honored to have been tagged by Don.
I’m also required to link to
this post….
I am tagging:
1. Nicko McDave -
Ohligarchy. A blog which recently celebrated it’s second anniversary, Ohligarchy has received positive acclaim in the Pittsburgh Post
Gazette and the Pittsburgh City Paper for its contributions to local conservative thought. Dave is as likely to tell fascinating anecdotes about his family as he is to criticize the local liberal press which he does early and often. I’ve always been envious of how well he writes. This blog also has strong ties to Minnesota where the author formerly lived and worked.
2. Nancy Drew-
Cinderella and Me. This is a Canadian Blog. Nobody knows what Nancy Drew really does for a living when she isn’t solving mysteries (let’s face it some bloggers have told people where they work about their blogs and as a consequence got in BIG TROUBLE) but if you follow her on a regular basis you will learn a lot about office politics.
What Nancy does more than anything is make me laugh. If I’ve sent you a joke by e-mail there is a really good possibility I heard it first from her. Oh, there’s a cat named Smoky involved..
3. Krishna Bhatt-
Humour and Last Laugh. This is a blog posted from a cyber café in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepal is a kingdom tucked away in the Himalayan Mountains between India and China.
Krishna has bloggers all over the world communicating with him after he initiated contact. I’ve been corresponding with him for about eighteen months through both our blogs and e-mail. His eye opening essays and stories have a cultural perspective not found in most of the stuff which we normally read and a lot of diverse international opinion is to be found in his comment sections.
4. Bob Kelly-
The Real Key West. Reading Bob’s blog keeps me up to date with what is going on the Island of Key West. Bob is a champion of the voices and interests in society who aren’t heard enough, and a lover of all kinds of good music. His essays and postings remind me constantly that the more things change in the Conch Republic the more they stay the same.
5. Rhiannon-
Inner Journey Writings. The last time I was tagged for a meme it was done by this lady, Washington State artist Barbara King. Her blog consists of essays and poetry as well as current and past examples of her fine American Indian influenced works.
Have fun with this folks..
I believe if I was a physician I would be extremely embarrassed if it became known that I had personally purchased wholesale $150,000 worth of steroid and human growth hormone pharmaceuticals with a retail value of $750,000 from a Florida online pharmacy which was raided the other day for its dubious sales practices.
After having been an outstanding high school athlete in the 60’s (Mt. Lebanon), and an Olympic silver medal winning platform diver at Munich in 1972 and decades later a staff physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers my shame would be almost unbearable.
