{"id":11544,"date":"2010-06-22T07:00:25","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=11544"},"modified":"2010-06-22T09:31:44","modified_gmt":"2010-06-22T14:31:44","slug":"around-the-mob-questions-and-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=11544","title":{"rendered":"Around The MOB:  Questions And Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Organization of Bloggers has been stereotyped as a bunch of conservative bloggers.<\/p>\n<p>And the driving force behind the MOB <em>is <\/em>in fact a bunch of bloggers who happen to be conservatives.\u00a0 But the MOB is a lot broader than that; we include political moderates, center-lefties, liberals&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>and not a few people who don&#8217;t write about politics at all.<\/p>\n<p>One such is Wayne Moran of <a href=\"http:\/\/rpc.blogrolling.com\/redirect.php?r=88370d263e9f366ef8fe8ef6dd3669f0&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fqandablog.typepad.com%2F\">Questions and Answers<\/a>.\u00a0 You could take a whack at his person political preferences from his blogroll &#8211; but his blog is about photography.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 406px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/qandablog.typepad.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4016\/4710693530_54ca3c9d54.jpg\" alt=\"Courtesy Wayne Moran Photography\" width=\"396\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Wayne Moran Photography<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lots of it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 374px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/qandablog.typepad.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4021\/4693279138_0d6e2baffb.jpg\" alt=\"Courtesy Wayne Moran Photography\" width=\"364\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Wayne Moran Photography<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Oh, there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/qandablog.typepad.com\/questions_and_answers\/2010\/06\/doing-what-you-believe-to-be-right-even-at-a-cost.html\">writing<\/a>, too&#8230;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So today I received a call from AARP (Yes the huge senior\u2019s organization). \u00a0\u00a0At first I was thinking I was getting old and they were calling to offer me a membership. \u00a0But alas, it was something else. \u00a0They were calling to request that I would be their photographer at the Minnesota State Fair.\u00a0 I would get all kinds of press coverage and get links to my web site and all that stuff bla bla bla\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I had to say No because I disagree with the organization on so many counts. \u00a0I told them I support The Association of Mature American Citizens (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amac.us\/\">http:\/\/www.amac.us<\/a> ).\u00a0 The young man was a bit surprised.\u00a0 I know this would be a great opportunity and it would be fun, but I had to say NO. \u00a0\u00a0I guess this is an example of doing what you think is right comes at a pretty steep cost.\u00a0 Oh Well.<\/p>\n<p>I am thinking 90% of my readers will not understand this either, but that also is ok.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;and it&#8217;s good stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Whichever you&#8217;re into, check it out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Organization of Bloggers has been stereotyped as a bunch of conservative bloggers. 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