New to the BZ "Usual Suspects" List!

Those "familiar with the way I work" know that I don't add anyone to my Usual Suspects blogroll unless I personally read and recommend them. I don't place anyone into any roll on my blog "in bulk," so to speak (which is highly unusual in the Blogosphere) unless they correspond to my senses. And I vet my Usual Suspects list to the highest of my personal standards. I seek not volume in my U.S. list, but quality first and foremost. Hence:

Though I live in Fornicalia and work in its capital, with some exceptions I tend to try to stay away from Fornicalia-only politics; I purposely attempt to keep my issues broader and of greater national interest -- at first not by design but because those were the issues of my primary hunger. Since my first installment in 2004 I've managed to grow my audience slowly but surely and for that, yes, I thank each and every one of my readers and, of course, those who chance to drop by for whatever wacky reason. You are all appreciated!

Still and all, the bulk of my posts deal with wider-ranging ideas, thoughts and issues because I have learned that most of my readers don't live in Fornicalia and, then obviously, local politics would be of lesser interest. However:

1. FETCHING JEN:

For those who want a continual view into Sacramento, Fornicalia politics, I must now officially adopt, recommend and add to my Usual Suspects list the fabulous Fetching Jen, who has been a constant in the Fornicalia blogosphere since November of 2004. She states, from her blog header, that she is: A columnist for The Sacramento Union, FJ is a modish, only semi-hip, conservative woman of today's world. Fetching Jen semi-politely rants about politics, people, the liberal conundrum, today's culture, personal responsibility and goodness, all mixed into the fray. Why be upright, respectable, pure and decent, and Conservative? Fetching Jen will tell you. Return to common sense.

Those who wish to read her column in The Sacramento Union (Sacramento's first newspaper from 1851, and home to Mark Twain and many of his own columns!) should trot here when she appears! You cannot possibly go wrong when visiting Fetching Jen's blog for the latest in revealing insight regarding Fornicalia's shady political dealings! Further, Jen's son went to the US Naval Academy -- so God bless her son for his service, her family for its sacrifice -- and you for reading her blog!

2. SEEING IS BELIEVING:

Henry Babcock possesses a wonderful insight into things idiosyncratic and nonsensical. That is to say, his tolerance for things Left leaning is -- ahem -- not limitless. His posts are wrapped in a wonderful graphic Top Secret dossier fashion, making them all the more appealing! His entire blog appears as a classified folder -- an extraordinarily creative idea!

Please, if you will, visit my new Usual Suspects each and every day; they shall not disappoint!

BZ