When I first conceived of doing a political blog I knew that I wanted to use it as a soap box, a punditry opportunity to share my thoughts, beliefs, views, opinions and commentary about what is going on in the world around us… yes, this is a conservative blog, and yes, I amn proud to say that I am a “card carrying Republican”… but the idea was to make this blog so much more — to opine and give my views on many of the things that make me think, bother me, I find humorous or admirable… sometimes even commenting on things conservatives and Republicans do that I don’t find “cool” too!…

Over the past couple of weeks, as I have been posting I have been feeling out what and how I really want to run this blog… I launched it a few days before the Democratic convention with the notion that I would comment on their goings on and then follow it up with both the Republican convo as well as the rest of the campaign until election day (and then continuing on regardless of who wins)… I posted pieces that while fine in a “transitory” way have not necessarily made me feel that it’s what I exactly want this blog to be…

In the past few days I have been doing some fervent studying, looking at other blogs, platforms, punditry… defining what each has, what makes them unique, what attracts me to them (and those others that frequent them)… I’ve been tearing them apart, looking at the commentary, the structure, the following… I’ve been honing in on their angle, their message, their manner… and I’ve been taking lots and lots of notes…

Why?… because in seeing what is out there, what is being accepted and read and getting traffic, it gives me information that I can use in designing a blog that is on note, able to grow, but is also within the vision I have for what I want to deliver…

Over the next few days and weeks you will be seeing an easing in of how I want to develop and grow this blog… of the messages I want to deliver, the voice I want to resonate, the manner in which this blog, this site delivers its information…

I have a grand vision for this site, one that may, on the periphery, look grandiose and too large a task… but one that I know can be tackled and accomplished as long as I have a purpose of vision and a target on which to set my sights on…

We are new on the scene… we are young in life… we are still working on the baby steps for what AW will become… but be assured that we will grow, flesh out and deliver on our vision… it won’t be easy, at times it won’t be fun… but along the way, I know you’ll like what we deliver (whether you agree with us or not)…

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