The First Post

I am starting this blog mostly in the interest of maintaining my sanity. I have few opportunities for political discourse and I have become so frustrated, discouraged and downright enraged by just about everything going on these days that I need some sort of release, or my head will likely explode. I doubt anyone will read this and frankly, I don't care. I merely want a little place to call my own; where I can maunder to my heart's content on the sick, sad state of the world at large. So, here it goes... we'll see if this endeavor will be as cathartic as I hope...