Johnny Anonymus
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Allow myself to introduce...myself. My name is Johnny Anonymus, and no, my pseudonymous surname is not misspelled. The inspiration comes from a historian called Gallus Anonymus; I will not elaborate too much on who he was or what he did, as that is the duty of the permalink. Suffice to say, he's credited with advancing the idea of liberty in an age when liberty wasn't all that common. We call him "Gallus" because we think he might have been French. I call myself Johnny because I'm a Southerner.
I joined this blog at the urging of my good buddy El Cid. I was a little reluctant because this is not the first blog I have participated on. I began blogging in 2002, but left the blogosphere many months ago. The reason I stopped speaking my mind here on the net is because I had an epiphany. It took me a while to realize it, but my paradigm had done a 180-degree turn. I used to have a modest, yet loyal following. Many people knew who I was, but I never got a big head about it. Blogs are like opinions, to put the old saying nicely - everybody has one. I was just another guy with too much time on my hands, and so I blogged. But more about that epiphany...
I used to be a typical Red-Stater, having registered with the Republican Party as a teenager. After high school, although my family could have easily afforded to send me to college, I enlisted in the military. It wasn't too long before the tragedy of September 11, 2001 occurred. Like most people, I hopped on the War on Terrorism bandwagon. When it came time to invade Iraq, I wholeheartedly supported it. Saddam Hussein, after all, was equipping Al Quaeda with all kinds of nasty weapons, and was moments away from becoming a nuclear powerhouse.
But when the reason for going to war began changing, my support for it began changing as well. And so I eventually stopped blogging, lest I be locked up by the Thought Police for giving aid and comfort to the enemy, or some such. But here I am again; a man whose boots have been in the sand, whose eyes have seen the senseless death and destruction, whose conscience could not have allowed him to renew his contract in the US military. Here I will add my perspective to the countless voices sounding out in protest against the wars, and the short-sighted politics that brought them about.
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Allow myself to introduce...myself. My name is Johnny Anonymus, and no, my pseudonymous surname is not misspelled. The inspiration comes from a historian called Gallus Anonymus; I will not elaborate too much on who he was or what he did, as that is the duty of the permalink. Suffice to say, he's credited with advancing the idea of liberty in an age when liberty wasn't all that common. We call him "Gallus" because we think he might have been French. I call myself Johnny because I'm a Southerner.
I joined this blog at the urging of my good buddy El Cid. I was a little reluctant because this is not the first blog I have participated on. I began blogging in 2002, but left the blogosphere many months ago. The reason I stopped speaking my mind here on the net is because I had an epiphany. It took me a while to realize it, but my paradigm had done a 180-degree turn. I used to have a modest, yet loyal following. Many people knew who I was, but I never got a big head about it. Blogs are like opinions, to put the old saying nicely - everybody has one. I was just another guy with too much time on my hands, and so I blogged. But more about that epiphany...
I used to be a typical Red-Stater, having registered with the Republican Party as a teenager. After high school, although my family could have easily afforded to send me to college, I enlisted in the military. It wasn't too long before the tragedy of September 11, 2001 occurred. Like most people, I hopped on the War on Terrorism bandwagon. When it came time to invade Iraq, I wholeheartedly supported it. Saddam Hussein, after all, was equipping Al Quaeda with all kinds of nasty weapons, and was moments away from becoming a nuclear powerhouse.
But when the reason for going to war began changing, my support for it began changing as well. And so I eventually stopped blogging, lest I be locked up by the Thought Police for giving aid and comfort to the enemy, or some such. But here I am again; a man whose boots have been in the sand, whose eyes have seen the senseless death and destruction, whose conscience could not have allowed him to renew his contract in the US military. Here I will add my perspective to the countless voices sounding out in protest against the wars, and the short-sighted politics that brought them about.
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League of The Scarlet Pimpernel Posts
Other Blogs and Sites:
Johnny Anonymus
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