Greetings and Saluations

Hello, and welcome to D.K Republic. I suppose it would be wise of me to begin by describing myself and my purpose. Alternatively, I could do it the old fashioned way and began in medias res, or alternatively, I could simply begin spouting my thoughts at random in stream of consciousness, taking a more 'modernist' approach. While it is undeniable that very structure of the "blog" makes this an attractive option, it also does not fully convey my purpose. So, having come full circle and having made no progress, let me begin again as I intended.

I am David Kyle Shideler. I am twenty-two years of age, and a recent graduate of Boston University's University Professors' Program. At the end of four years, and having spent large amounts of my father and mother's hard earned money I left Massachussets with a degree in Politics and Literature and no job prospects.

My purpose with D.K Republic is three-fold. The first is to put my knowledge to work, (and show certain dismissive friends) that politics and literature belong together, or make a good pair. So within the confines of these pages you should see a great deal of both of those, as I attempt to analyze the current events and cultural phenomena of the day, hopefully providing a little insight to my noble readers in the process( once I've acquired noble readers).

My second purpose is to push my own political opinions upon the rest of you. This is, after all what a good pundit does. You'll no doubt resent this, and I hope you do. There are too many soapbox debaters, and tv, radio and internet pundits as it is. With any luck, I will be the straw which breaks the proverbial camel's back. Everyone will then once again be free to make up their own minds based on available evidence. Because this is my goal, I encourage any and all readers to challenge , criticize, or lambast me whenever the opportunity presents itself (and believe me it will.)

My third, and probably most ignoble purpose is to find a job. This isn't some back handed slap at the President's job creation numbers either, I actually need a job. My hope is that some important, well meaning individual with a big hiring budget will see competence, creativity and hard work, and want desperately to hire me, without even so much as an interview. I know that this is the basically the political equivalent of flying to hollywood to become an actress, and I realize that it is far more likely that I will end up the blog equivalent of Julia Robert's character in 'Pretty Woman" but it is worth a shot.

So without further ado, let us begin D.K Republic. Enjoy.