What have you done to make you worthy of our time or respect?
I do not ask this to be a smart ass. But I have only so much time and energy to give to the conservative cause and I don't want to squander it on just another undistinguished blog among tens of thousands.
A legitimate question to be sure.
I'd first refer you to our bios which can be found on the left-hand column of the screen or follow these links:
http://politicaloverload.com/?page_id=10
http://politicaloverload.com/?page_id=8
Beyond that, we have both dedicated nearly all of our free time, our energy, and a considerable amount of money to advance the conservative cause. We are both long time members of a grass-roots non-partisan conservative organization known as the Young Conservatives of Texas. While our blog is not affiliated with YCT, we have both been seasoned by the political battles YCT is known for in the state.
While my focus and experiance is with campaign management and constitutional theory (including running my own campaign for the state legislature in 2004); my partner has focused on national security issues holding a M.A. in Defense and Strategic studies and serving as the Jane Mortensen Fellow at the National Institute for Public Policy.
In both of our cases, after all of our work for various conservative causes and national issues we both started becoming disenchanted with the direction of the conservative movement and the Republican Party around '03-04. After complaining among ourselves for some time we decided to do something about it and this blog is the fruit of that action.
Like I've said, though, we're both fairly young which is why we want to do what we can to stop our own generation of conservatives from jumping on the "big-government conservatism" bandwagon. Whether we're worth your time is obviously something you have to determine for yourself, but we'd certainly appreciate your patronage.
--Calhoun