The Adventures of Chester: Carolina FreedomNet Report

Well, this weekend found me in Greensboro at Carolina FreedomNet 2006, which was a great event. The John Locke Foundation was a great host, and the participating bloggers were all very interesting folks. I encourage visits to their own sites:

Scott Johnson of Power Line hardly needs any introduction: Power Line was at the very center of the controversy over Dan Rather's faked National Guard memos in 2004. Scott was a very unassuming and couteous guy, a real pleasure to meet.

The first panel of the day included Lorie Byrd, of Wizbang; Bob Owens at Confederate Yankee; Sister Toldjah of, well, Sister Toldjah; and Sam Hieb of Sam's Notes.

I joined the second panel, as did Mary Katherine Ham; Jeff Taylor of The Meck Deck; and Scott Elliot of Election Projection.

In his lunchtime address, Scott Johnson mentioned the similarities between the pamphleteers of the pre-Revolutionary period in America and blogging today. Strangely, he did so by quoting the book The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution. Strange because I did so myself in 2005, also in reference to a blog conference. I guess it shows that great minds think alike!

I won't do a comprehensive overview of the content of the conference, but I will be doing a post or piece about it a bit later. One conversation in particular was very thought-provoking.

Posted by Chester on October 9, 2006 10:02 AM to The Adventures of Chester