I suppose you're wondering why I've called you all here.

I've had a blog for nearly two years. Actually, I have two of them. But I never write in them. They just sit there, taking up space. When my poor Mom (Hi Mom!) described her dinner with four of her republican friends, I thought it might be good for me to use this space to tell more of the story. The things that you might not hear on the "liberal, mainstream media." You might not all be as lucky as I am...I wake up to Air America on radio, I drive to work with Air America on radio. I get to work, discuss the political happenings of the past 24 hours with my boss and co-workers, check in with the DailyKos on my computer. Then I get in my car and drive home with Air America radio. When I get home and start dinner, I turn on MSNBC, which then stays on, through "Race for the Whitehouse" with David Gregory, to "Hardball" with Chris Matthews. Then the crowning glory, "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann, and finishing up with the new and great "Rachel Maddow Show." Of course, Dan will flip channels around during Rachel, but I can put my foot down if it seems there might be something that I didn't already hear about on the previous three shows. The next day, I do it all again. So my views aren't "fair and balanced," and especially not "fair and balanced" like FOX news. They are definitely left-leaning, but I learn details about things that I doubt you hear about on CBS Evening News or CNN. So I thought I'd share. Maybe if you don't have access to the media that I do, you'll read something that will help you with a quick comeback for those Republican friends and relatives.

If you were invited here by me, please feel free to invite others you know and/or love. Everyone is welcome to post comments, even if they are comments I disagree with, but mean comments will be deleted. You have been warned! Maybe if this becomes lively enough, I'll be inspired to keep it up after the election and we can all communicate more easily.

If you have more to say than just in response to my posts, I can add you as an author. Just email me at terresa_c@yahoo.com and I'll set it up. (No, that's not my normal email address, but it's the easiest one to get to on my laptop. Long story.)

Oh, and I left a couple of my few-and-far-between posts from before on here. Don't laugh at me, I was just talking to myself.