Integrity: Explanation, Marginalization & Rationalization

This seems to be as good a time as any to talk about why this blog carries the name it does. We won't mince words; this blog is a slap in the face of another blog that bills itself as Integrity Matters., and is operated by a person who calls them self Truth in Action.That blog started off with good intentions, vowing to tell the truth and hold public officials accountable for their integrity, or lack thereof. But very quickly it became clear that "truth" and "integrity" would have to take a back seat to certain socio-political considerations. And first among those considerations was Sonny Bloxom.Sonny, as you know, is an attorney and County Commissioner, been one since Christ was a carpenter. Nice guy. We like him and think he's done a pretty good job as a commissioner. But we ran afoul of the Thought Police when we said we would not vote for him as State Delegate because of his dogged determination to stave off a court decision that mandated voting districts, more specifically a minority voting district, in the county back in 1993-94. Although some of his friend and fellow politicos say his effort was not based upon racism, and was instead rooted in his inability to pull enough votes from the south-county to win a seat in a district voting system, we had doubts about that explanation. Ultimately, even if that explanation was true, if he had been successful, it would have denied a whole class of citizens the right to equal representation. In the same comment, we recalled a conversation with Sonny on the steps of the courthouse, not too long ago, in which he said he wants to see a thousand-year Reich of Republicanism in this nation.Integrity Matters spiked that comment. So much for Truth in Action. So much for Integrity accounting for anything. Apparently the perception and implication of truth and integrity is what really matters. ... Thing is, we like Sonny and respect him. That is, we think his social and political philosophy is as twisted as a teenage-girl's panties as she's sitting in the backseat of a '57 Dodge with her boyfriend at the drive-in movies. But we respect the fact that he has the honesty to publicly admit, without equivocation, his position and the integrity to defend it... And that's a lot more than can be said about Integrity Matters.