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The History of my Blog (Virgomonkey’s Time Machine ;-) )

All of your questions will differ depending at what time, what year, or what month you started to read my blog that I’ve had since February of 2005.

Some History

At its birth, the title of my blog was “Trials and Turbulations” (that’s not a typo). Having an interest in forensic science, true crime stories, criminal trials, all things Japan, and eye-brow-raising headlines, I initially began this blog back in Feburary of 2005. Going into full-throttle mode after about a month or so, headlines in politics moved me enough to share my thoughts and opinions on our leaders and their actions. So, I took the political ball and ran with that too. Some of my readers just wanted me to focus on one subject, but I wanted to discuss many. If you look back deeply into my archives, you will see the variety of subjects that I’ve entertained.

From June of 2005, I began to slow my pace down. I picked up my pace once again in September of 2005, and then I posted roughly once a month until April of 2008.

Why did I pick up my pace in April of 2008? Had something inspired me to write again? I had been a Facebook member for over a year by that time and was amazed and confused (not at the criticism of our government) but at the blatant and unashamedly bigoted attacks against the American people as a whole. I was also puzzled to find that what people thought about the United States were mostly rumors or the truth frighteningly exaggerated. I ate out of their hands (not just at Facebook) for a year before I got to the point where I wanted to shift my blog’s focus to challenge both the hurtful rumors about the American people and the US. So, I set out to do this in April of 2008.

At that time, I changed the title of my blog from, “Trials and Turbulations” to “Waging a War on Anti-Americanism”. (It’s my blog, I can change the title of it everyday if I wanted to. Life is complex. Things change. People change.) “Waging a War on Anti-Americanism” was to mirror my latests rants, myth-busting, and my challenging of the Americanophobes on their perception of the “average American”. I was, am, and will always be firmly against xenophobic behavior.

During that time, naturally like all other Americans that care about their country, I was watching and reading the news for updates on Election 2008. It was very hard for me to talk solely about Americanophobia without commenting on the election. But I did it. I bit my tongue for a month. I know that’s such a short period, but it was tough. MY aim was to be more organized then. I was trying to keep my blog to one topic: Americanophobia.

I was a bad girl. On May 23rd of 2008, I just couldn’t keep silent any more. With this post about Hillary Clinton, my silence was broken. Little by little, the American presidential election was grabbing me in a chokehold. And to the disappointment of some of my conservative readers, I opined about the election. And it’s not like my readers weren’t warned that I was a Liberal beforehand!! Some just turned a blind eye to it because they were so happy to see me aggressively myth-busting the Americanophobes! My over-the-top strident, sarcastic, and hammy writing style never bothered them, then.

I am 40 years old. I have been a Liberal since my young adult years. This was no secret. I am proud of myself and my beliefs, and for nobody or no reason, am I going to apologize for what I believe in. I like my opinions and my writing. Ain’t nothin’ gonna change, my fellow prisoners. :)

When one of my readers noticed me barking about the election a lot, I realized that it was time for me to change the title of my blog again – not just for myself but for my readers. People need to be clear of my focus. Even though since my blogs inception, I had always been mercilessly bashing the radicals on both the left and the right, I realized that “Waging a War on the Radical Right and the Radical Left” was the PERFECT name for my blog.

Why?

  • I am bashing the American Left for crap like this.
  • I am bashing the foreign Americanophobic Left for crap like this.
  • I am bashing the radical Right for crap like this.
  • And I tried to differentiate extremists from the majority with a post like this.
  • Lastly, I tried to summarize my thoughts of the radicals on both sides in a humorous way here.

The only people who “get me” seem to be those people not meticulously aligned 100% with any party, like myself. I only call myself a Liberal because I lean that way.

I have been accused of so many preposterous things since my “shift” – an Anti-American Liberal incognito conspiracy theorist that thinks all conservatives are racist – to be the most amusing.

Anywhoooooo…… :)

I rail against the extreme Right and the extreme Left. What makes me write about one more than another at any given time?

It is simple.

If I am currently being annoyed by leftist inanity, I will lean my posts toward that nature. The opposite is true. If I am currently being provoked by GOPtards, I will focus on them.

If you’re from the Right or the Left and you say something outlandish to me, someone else, or to a TV camera, just know that you’re only encouraging me. My blog is about YOU. ;-)