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	<title>Badger Benson &#187; Grand Opening</title>
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		<title>Welcome!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's the Grand Opening of my web site! I'm glad that you've decided to check it out. The den is open!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s the Grand Opening of my web site! I&#8217;m glad that you&#8217;ve decided to check it out. The den is open!</p>
<p>You could say my brand of satire is a bit unique. I do take pride in my creativity! I enjoy that people&#8230;well, most people enjoy my work. I do this stuff with the knowing that some people will dislike me simply for my point of view. That&#8217;s ok. It&#8217;s not something I worry about or think about much. It&#8217;s great to be liked! I have plenty of close friends. But if standing for the truth means losing every last one &#8211; well that&#8217;s a tough road, but one I&#8217;d be willing to go down with the pedal to the floor.</p>
<p>The site is divided up into 7 categories. </p>
<p>The main page being Badger Notes. Just a place for my short general thoughts and news.</p>
<p>The second area is called Political Hacks. This is my speciality. The Hacks are a play on words &#8211; a political hack is someone who is partisan, sent out to do the dirty work, they walk the party line no matter what; also a term for cutting. My Hacks are sort of editorial cartoons. Most anyone today can use Photoshop to doctor a photo and make someone look goofy. I prefer the old fashioned way using scissors, tape and images mashed together. Call it Retro Photoshop!</p>
<p>The third category is AmeriCANS vs. AmeriCANTS. I think there&#8217;s only two types of Americans left. Those who can and those who can not. We&#8217;ve lost our sense of responsibility, that sense of rugged individualism, everyone is now a victim. Capitialism is defiled. The goverment moves towards socialism. Everyone makes excuses. Rather than bring everyone up we choose to tear everyone down &#8211; in the name of equality, diversity, justice and other hijacked words that have become plaititudes. It is here where I&#8217;ll profile examples of this. I hope to interview some people who have made it big, who said no to the detractors and steamrolled over any obstacle in their way&#8230;and all along said they could do it! Not the goverment or anyone else, but themselves. It&#8217;s a place to highlight the Average Joe and Jane that continue to make our country great.</p>
<p>The next issue that is big to me is what I call the INDOCTRInation. Whether it be arts, education, the media &#8211; today we are assaulted with what seems to be a slanted viewpoint. All too often it seems to be the politically correct viewpoint. I&#8217;m a champion of free speech, of information, expression. It is on this page where I&#8217;ll profile examples of bias and hypocrisy taking place across the nation.</p>
<p>The fifth category is called Non-Sense. About two years ago I said in a writing class that I wanted to give an updated spin on Thomas Paine&#8217;s &#8220;Common Sense&#8221;. But Glenn Beck beat me to it! But I figured I can still use the line of thinking with the web site. We always see ridiculous items in the news that are just plain ridiculous&#8230;seems like they usually involve goverment or politicians. I&#8217;ll share these stories and my thoughts about them under the Non-Sense page.</p>
<p>The Excerpts category will feature some previews of larger writing projects that I am working on. There&#8217;s currently a few book ideas I&#8217;ve been trying to get to paper for several years now.</p>
<p>The seventh and final category of the site is The Badger Den. Here I&#8217;ll post video and audio files of my thoughts. I hope to post interviews here. Possibly start having a weekly net show to share and have interaction with those who want to take part.</p>
<p>Enjoy the site! Thanks for being a part of it.</p>
<p>Best,<br />
Brandon James Benson<br />
&#8220;Badger Benson&#8221;</p>
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