I changed again, back to blogging for ME!

So I got the idea that I would start a blog when it was this new trend several years ago. The first one was "The E Blog, Yeah I said it" and I said whatever I felt with no shame or apology. That same trend moved on to MySpace where I did my most blogging from my account. Had lots of readers/followers there. But we all know that died as Facebook grew.

On Facebook you are most known for your status updates and as the allowed number of characters grew, status updates often became RANTS and for some of us that replaced blogging as a form of expressing themselves. Sure there is also the Facebook notes option but it isn't always easy to find and unless you post it frequently or tag people who likely didn't want to be tagged, your "notes" weren't easily read. So that at least for me didn't work.

But one thing I always kept was my blogger account. And I thought I would try different formats and ideas and changed the name of the blog a few times. I even created a logo for one of the concepts I had. All of them failed. Failed because I lost interest or life's circumstances didn't allow me to have the passion I needed to make it work. And so I will try again and make another change, almost back to where I started.

This change in my blog account did come with a few roadblocks. Changing the URL didn't allow me to return to my original web address, so I added a word and you can find my blog at THEEdricfloyd.blogspot.com . Now that might seem a bit bold and self promoting of me but I don't really care.

The new theme is EDRIC FLOYD: TELLING IT LIKE IT IS! and that is exactly what I plan to do, tell it like it is, or at least like I think it is. This will be a blog of honestly, integrity, openminded consideration and a serious look at ALL sides of a story. Somewhere along the way there will be a suggestion of common sense. Possibly there will be some humor, and surely I am likely to upset some with my expression of the painful truth. I did that before when talking about religion, sexuality and stereotypical discrimination.

So, I hope I am going to finally find the right groove here and blog away. You'll never know what you'll get but I hope to give you the best that I got.

Thank you to those who have stuck with me over the years and through the many changes. And welcome to everyone about to experience me, Edric Floyd telling it like (I think) it is.

Ron Paul & Barney Frank's Joint Venture

An unlikely pair? Ron Paul and Barney Frank.

From GPB News-Reps. Ron Paul (R-TX) and Barney Frank (D-MA) are set to introduce a bipartisan bill today that would remove the federal prohibition on marijuana. The bill would instead let states legalize, regulate and tax marijuana.

The bill is co-sponsored by Reps. John Conyers (D-MI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jared Polis (D-CO), and Barbara Lee (D-CA).

If Rick James were still alive I think he'd agree.

"Pass The J" From 1981's "Street Songs"


"Mary Jane"

America, we have TERMINAL Cancer!

One of the nastiest CANCERS in mankind is an untold one. Political cults known as Democrats and Republicans are like cancer cells eating away our soul and freedom day after day, year after year. Name the topic and it is not immune to the disease.

Want a cure for it? Abandon the risky behavior that causes it. Eradicate those political cults from office. Start with the Georgia capital which is full of bigots and infested by "christian" parasites who thrive in keeping the Peach State far behind in society.

Then work that cancer cure into Washington DC, from top to bottom we need to scrub the place clean of the generations of political sludge that is spackled along the walls and floors of our Nation's capital. A power wash is needed to remove our world of the poison. We need to sterilize this earth from the dominant germs of political partisanship.

Until this happens, The United States of America will never be "united" and its subjects will never truly be free.

An RSJ blog "Flashback" Political friend requests on Facebook and a hint of the RSJ blogger's political beliefs.

THIS IS A REPOST OF AN ENTRY FROM THE FORMER "E-BLOG: Yeah I said it" from November 2009.
The person I was speaking about was running for congress in 2010 but several others also stepped forward to run and the person that prompted my blog post never filed and fortunately did not run for office.
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I thought I would share this from my Facebook account. Someone who is interested in running for congress in my district recently made a friend request on Facebook. I ignored the request and less than a day later, the friend request from this aspiring politician was repeated.

Now it happens that I don't agree with most of this poltician's platform but we happen to be in one of the same Facebook groups on a specific topic that we do agree with. But our ONE agreed topic doesn't meet the qualifications for approval as a "friend" on Facebook. So in my status update I posted the following.

Message to politicians: I am NOT a Democrat nor am I a Republican. I am fiscally conservative and very socially liberal. I don't impose my religious beliefs on others and try to make them law of the land. I support same-sex marriages. I don't beleive in discrimination of any kind. I am not ruled by any one party line ...and consider all sides with an open mind. Think about this before you send me a friend request.

Then in the comment section after the status post I continued with this.

I call a spade a spade. I think "profiling" is a good thing. It's a shame that a few rotten people in a group have to make "profiling" a necessity.

I think that since I was born a male and cannot give birth, I believe that no male should have the right to tell a woman what to do with their body. If MAN doesn't agree with abortion then MAN should insist that they keep their pants zipped up. And since those who speak out the most on Abortion are OLD MEN, then lets ban viagra too.
(do I sound radical or crazy there? Don't care!)

I support tax reform, specifically THE FAIR TAX (www.fairtax.org) and I am angry that these ideas were HIJACKED by nutcases in the form of "tea parties".

I also watch FOX news! Except that pathetic little republican elf that comes on at 9pm. I just can't stand either him or the drug addict thats on the radio right now. And while people claim certain news networks and personalities are biased......GUESS WHAT...They are all biased! And I never watch a political event on any news network because of it. Olberman is just as off the wall as O'Reilly. Thank god for C-SPAN!

I could go on and on but its probably best that I return to keeping my political beliefs to myself. Keeps the blood pressure at a decent level.

Now back to my lunch!

:)

So I hope this gives you a glimpse of my political opinion. I am not likely to participate in traditional stereotypes and I am likely to step on toes. Actually this blog stepped on some toes a short while back and it proved that we all have "issues" but not everyone is bold enough to admit or express their issues publically. Well here I am, Edric Floyd and another blog has been posted.

Stay tuned for more "toe stepping"