Often times on a forum, (and it is worth mentioning that forums are a world unto themselves, and this is only a hint of their complex lexicon.) it is customary for some to offer the self-congradulatory phrase, "first". As in, first to respond to a question, or comment, or simply the first to post anything to a board. This is often a phrase used on social news aggregators that use karma systems to track the usefulness of the comments offered by particular users. In such situations, it is often considered childish or detrimental to simply make a comment of "first."

I will ask that no one does that here. Ever.

And more than likely, by asking this, I have ensured that someone will, purely out of spite.

Oh well. That all said, I'm getting my blog started for politics 101. No idea where I'm going with this quite yet, but I'm sure to have a better idea in the next few hours. Since that's when I'm most likely to decide.

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