BLOGGER SPOTLIGHT: Warner Todd Huston
Today the Blogometer talks to Warner Todd Huston, who blogs at RedState and Publius' Forum.
(If you're looking for Friday's edition of Blogometer, click here).
Where did you grow up?
Cincinnati, Ohio until I was 17. Then in the Chicago land area ever since.
Where do you live now?
Just west of Chicago city limits and still in the same county Chicago is situated in.
If you have an occupation other than blogging, what is it?
I have been in printing and publishing since 1979.
What's on your iPod right now?
Classic rock like the Beatles, the Eagles, Led Zeppelin, Blue Grass, Jazz, New Age, a lot of soundtracks, some Rag Time, a tiny bit of country and a bit of Classical. NO RAP EVER! Rap is not music. In fact, I am sure that the whole genre is a joke and that the name was originally Crap music and they took that first "c" away because they found it didn't focus group well.
What book do you think every person should read?
One book!? That is a tall order. I guess the Bible, then.
Please finish this sentence: "When I'm not blogging, you'll probably find me..."
...getting ready to blog.
What has been your favorite blog post, or your favorite story to write about?
I revisit union thugs and the Second Amendment quite a lot. American history and education is also a favorite subject. I love mine titled "I am a tired American", though. I am preparing to make a video of that one.
Which blogger(s) do you consider indispensable, if any?
If I say me is that gauche? OK, then I'll say Ed Morrissey. RedState, NewsBusters, HotAir, Lucianne.com and Free Republic are my daily visits.
Who's your favorite non-conservative blogger?
The only blog I visit that isn't political is Aintitcool.com. They hate conservatives there and routinely ban anyone that has a conservative opinion on anything, but I enjoy their coverage of movies nonetheless. I just wish someone would teach those guys some basic grammatical rules. They all write like 12-year-olds over there. As to the liberal bloggers I visit, I won't say. I refuse to give them the publicity!
Who's your favorite active politician? Least favorite?
John Shadegg is one of the best. I also love Joe Biden but only because he is so stupid as to give me so much material to make fun of him with... but then that makes him one of the least favorite, too, doesn't it? I have to say, though, that I really despise Senators Chuck Schumer and Dickie "Turban" Durbin. There are few people as disingenuous and as filled with lies as they.
What would you realistically like to see Republicans accomplish in 2009?
To successfully paint Obama as the anti-American, socialist that he truly is.
If you could give President Obama advice, what would it be?
Go away.
What keeps you up at night?
That he isn't going away. OK, that was for comedic effect... what really keeps me up at night is how our educational system is undermining our nation. Our schools are far worse than any politician because the poor education being inculcated in our children about America, its culture and its political mores and system is destroying this nation. The education system is the single most important ally that the anti-American left has in this country.
Why do you blog?
I either have the biggest ego in the world or I truly believe that if just one person finds some value in what I do and leads them to better understand the US and find value in it then I have helped this country be at its best. You decide which is true.
