Introduction

Welcome to America: The Blog, the web log dedicated to all things American*. These days, blogging has become a nationwide trend, spurring controversy and cultivating faith, becoming the medium for cultural interaction across the globe. Teenagers are now able to detail the miseries of their existences, speculate about their crushes, and complain about how much homework they have¹. Politicians and activists take advantage of the Internet by raising money and reaching out for support in hopes of winning the next election². From the comfort of their home computers, old people reminisce about the good old days before the new-fangled technology of the twenty-first century³. More people get their information from the Internet than they do from the newspaper, it seems. For these reasons, the obvious choice for marketing my ideas (A.K.A. writing) is the common blog. I typed in a URL, entered a few fields of information, chose a username, and voila—America: The Blog is born.

*American: adj. Describes anything I feel like writing
1. Source: http://www.livejournal.com
2. Chances are up from zero to none.
3. It makes sense if you think about it, I assure you.