A legal disclaimer for my blog

I should have paid attention more in English class. I never took a single Journalism class and it shows. So you will find my thoughts a little disjointed, rambling and hard to follow at times. I apologize in advance.

I don't promise to make sense all the time, I only promise to do my best to advance the conversation and bring a point of view that is anything but popular. I firmly believe that popular opinion is often just that, popular, and is no indication of truth or reality. I'm not seeking popularity, I seek the truth.

Or as Jack Brigance so aptly put in his closing summation in John Grisham's "A Time to Kill":

"You see, in all this legal maneuvering something has gotten lost, and that something is the truth."

"Now, it is incumbent upon us lawyers not to just talk about the truth, but to actually seek it, to find it, to live it."

I am not a lawyer (or a journalist), but I always seek to weigh the evidence, without passion or prejudice, as I would expect any good judge to do. I did take a few law classes and loved every minute of them. Someday, I might just enroll in law school but I'm scared of making an argument in open court. Being a good lawyer is a lot more work than being a good cube dweller at Initech.

This blog is mostly dedicated to politics, but some days I just blog on whatever I feel like yapping about. Like the epic snowfall in the Portland metro this month. If you don't want to read it, move along. Change the channel. Tune me out. Get your own blog. It's no skin off my back.

Wherever possible, I will try to substantiate my opinion with facts, statistics and sources. I seek the truth but admit that I will often fall short in finding it or expressing the truth in a way that others can readily follow. Feel free to point out where you think I am wrong. Supplement me with more data or your own opinion. Any further evidence either in support or in refutation is always welcome. For the truth never changes and it is up to us, each and every one of us, to seek out the truth.

Most of the truth, most of the time. If you are looking for 100% truth all the time, I suggest you turn to God. I'm not perfect, I'm just me. Take it or leave it.

That's my disclaimer. You've been warned!