Viewpointjournal.com service transition!

In case you haven’t noticed, my site looks a bit different right now. And I’m very excited about it.

Through Blogcritics.org, a blogger’s forum where I post on a fairly regular basis, I learned of a new service called Elegant Webscapes, a service that works with bloggers like myself to design and/or redesign websites in general and blogs in particular. I have been seeking a good design service for a while and so, after doing some research on the service and their clients, I felt I had finally hit upon the right service.

Not only that, Elegant Webscapes is affiliated with a hosting service, Blogs About Hosting, which I chose to go with as well. So, as you can see, I’ve already begun my transition. The new site design will take 5-7 business days, but I’ll continue to post as normal before, during, and after the new look is applied.

If you read back through some of my old posts, all of which were transferred to my new service at no extra cost, you’ll see some of the links and text are showing their tags. That’s because my old blogging system, pMachine, has the annoying habit of creating non-standard HTML tags. My new service uses WordPress, which, thank goodness, sticks to the tried and true HTML language.

So, please pardon the dust as construction continues on my new site. I’ve been incredibly impressed with the service provided by both Elegant Webscapes and Blogs About Hosting and I think you’ll like the new look and feel, as well as the new features once everything is complete. Once everything is complete, I’ll post a message on the whole experience which, at this point, has been a breeze.

Thanks for your patience and I look forward to hearing your comments on the redesign once it is complete.

Regards,

David Flanagan
Viewpointjournal.com

Okay, so, as usual, I was reading the Opinionjournal.com’s Best of The Web Today, edited by columnist and author James Taranto, and I happened upon this story:

Jeff Morrissette, an “organizer” for the far-left group MoveOn.org’s California chapter, claims to have discovered the Roe effect before we did. In an article titled “Red Babies, Blue Babies, Liberals Need to F— More” (the link, which uses the actual obscenity in the headline–so be warned–is here), Morrissette says that “in casual conversation over the last decade or so I have been putting forth the theory that domination by cultural and religious conservatives is going to increase in coming generations simply by the fact that they are breeding faster”

After reading this blurb, I decided to follow the link and read the whole article. I noticed that the site Moveoncalifornia.com is calling Morrissette’s article “satire.” Here is how Dictonary.com defines the word “satire”:

sat�ire Audio pronunciation of “satire” ( P ) Pronunciation Key (str)
n.

1. A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit.
2. The branch of literature constituting such works. See Synonyms at caricature.
2. Irony, sarcasm, or caustic wit used to attack or expose folly, vice, or stupidity.

Alright, that works for me, but I’m just not sure what Morrissette is satirizing; the fact that conservatives have more babies, or that liberals have less? Is it “folly,” “vice,” or “stupidity” to value family in general and children in particular, or is he referring to his fellow liberals who seem to be selecting themselves for exctinction?

Don’t know about you, but I know which side I would rather fall on.

Personally, I think Morrissette’s article proves two key points that conservatives have been emphasizing in recent months:

1. Democratic leaders and hard-line liberals in general are completely clueless on the subject of values.

2. Liberals like Morrissette have no idea of what a family is all about.

Here’s a clue, it’s not about f—–g! Creating and nuturing a family is about love, committment, and selflessness. First of all, the whole process of pregnancy is miraculous, and a journey unto itself. After your children are born, life changes completely.

And not just because your kids demand your full-time attention, but also because you love them with a deep and abiding love that motivates you to try and make the world a better place for them. I was talking to my new boss today (who used to be my old boss, but that’s a different story), and she was telling me how much she was loving being a grandmother. She said to me, “they just give me so much joy!” I nodded my head in complete understanding and I didn’t have to say a word; we both knew.

This past October, my mother passed away. During the weeks before her death in the hospital, she was surrounded by family. Her children, my father, her children’s spouses, even one of her grandchildren (though, technically, that was prohibited).

When she finally passed, we were all there, a cloud of loved ones. I held her hand as she moved from this life to the next, finally leaving behind the pain and suffering she had endured for so long.

And I realized then that, if I’m fortunate, someday I’ll have the same opportunty; to die with my loving family around me… Grateful for my life, sorrowful over my coming death, but ready and able to carry on in nurturing the next generation.

Here is the poem my family chose as part of the memorial service for my mom. We chose it because it so perfectly fit her view of life:
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AFTERGLOW

I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one.
I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when day is gone.
I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, of happy times, and bright sunny days.
I’d like the tears of those who grieve to dry before the sun, of happy memories that I leave when life is done.

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My mom lived a life of incredible strength, and though she has passed on to her next life with her Lord, she left a host of loving children and grandchildren behind to carry on in her place. And for all you clueless liberals out there (of which Mr. Morrissette seems to be the self-nominated poster child), THAT is family!

With that said, it’s time for me to go and make sure my children are all tucked safely, securely, and warmly in their beds. Goodnight and God bless.

David Flanagan
Viewpointjournal.com