5 Years, 16,000 Posts

Well, I'm a few short of 16,000 but not by much. Today marks HolyCoast.com's 5th anniversary since that day in the heat of the 2004 presidential campaign when I decided to throw my opinionated hat in the ring. Having grown tired of yelling at the TV, I did a little research and found that Blogger would let me post my rants in an easy to use format and the rest is history.

There have been a number of influences along the way. I first started listening to Rush Limbaugh about 1991 and he certainly validated much of my political thinking. Hugh Hewitt prompted me to get going with my own blog (as he inspired a great many other people I know), and one blog in particular helped me get started by providing an avenue where I could post links to my stuff for others to see. That blog was Little Green Footballs.

When I started LGF was right in the middle of exposing the Dan Rather National Guard story as a complete sham, and in fact my first post was on that subject. I regularly posted links in the Open Thread comments and they consistently drove traffic to my site and helped develop a core of readers.

Sadly, LGF went off the rails a year or so ago when he became obsessed with bashing "Creationists" and became a shill for the Obama administration. I, along with many others, no longer read what he has to say.

I'm thankful to those of you, from all political pursuasions, who make this a regular stop. If you've appreciated the effort and would like to "tip the server", your donations (through the link in the sidebar) are always appreciated.

Now, on to Year 6....