More San Antonio blogs

One of the side effects for me of Ciro Rodriguez's campaign for Congress in the last month was that I discovered a bunch of progressive Texas blogs that are either new or that I had somehow missed, especially after not being able to write much in recent months.  I have some serious updating to do to the blogroll!

Right here in San Antonio, there is Dig Deeper Texas. Their description of themselves and their blog's purpose: "A group of moms in and around the San Antonio area who are tired of biting their tongues because we don’t think 'liberal' is a bad word. We are intent on informing our friends and neighbors how they have been led astray from their own values and hope to make a difference one blog entry at a time." They look to have just gotten started at this in October. They are a welcome addition to the San Antonio progressive blog scene and hopefully will be around for a while.

Also, nearby there is The Kendallian, another group blog, based in Kendall County, on the outskirts of the San Antonio metropolitan area. "This blog is for Democrats who want a safe place to go to learn about happenings in Kendall County, Texas; Washington, D.C.; and the world!" They appear to have been around for nearly two years, so I have been remiss in not finding them earlier.

Finally, there is Walker Report. I found this new San Antonio blog offline, of all places, as we met Mr. Walker himself at Ciro Rodriguez's talk in Shavano Woods two weeks prior to the runoff election. Walker used to blog for the Bexar County Democratic Party apparently, starting up over the summer, but went independent just recently. He did a great job of documenting the Rodriguez campaign in photographs.

These three should help make up for the apparent loss of several excellent progressive San Antonio blogs in the last few months: The Jeffersonian, Just Another Blog, and The Red State. Matt Glazer of Just Another Blog still is writing at Burnt Orange Report, but has moved to Austin.

Of the old hands, Mike Thomas at Rhetoric and Rhythm is still going strong, as are Cernig at Newshog and Sean-Paul Kelley at Agonist, the latter of which has been showing up more and more on local radio recently.

I've also found some excellent new blogs from other parts of Texas. The most notable for me is Musings, based in the Houston area. I found Musings because they were so quick as to put up a post pointing to my two videos from the Clinton GOTV rally of December 10 virtually as soon as I had uploaded them to YouTube and before I had even figured out how to include them in a post at my own blog. It turns out that not only are they quick, but they are one of the best Texas politics blogs around — I'm glad I finally found them.

Of course, there are several other worthwhile progressive Texas blogs that I'm just starting to familiarize myself with. So I plan to have another blog update post soon.

Meanwhile, if anyone knows of any San Antonio or Hill Country progressive blogs that I haven't found yet, please let me know. Trying to find them by using internet search tools is frustrating, although it did lead me to discover that my own blog is listed as #5 of the "Top 6 Blogs about San Antonio" on About.com — quite an honor!

Comments

[muse]

Thank you for your kind words about my blog. I am so happy to have discovered your blog, also. You are doing terrific work! This is a great post about the other San Antonio area progressive blogs, because I too have been concerned about the loss of some of the good San Antonio bloggers.

[Mike Thomas]

Thanks for the update and the plug!
Here is one you might not have seen - http://pulpfriction.blogspot.com/. She is not strictly a political blogger but she is definitely on the progressive team and appears to reside in or around San Antonio.

[Peter]

Thanks, muse, and thanks Mike for the Pulp Friction link. That certainly looks to count as a San Antonio progressive blog.

[Thanks for the nice words about our blog]

Thanks for finding our group blog, The Kendallian, and for complimenting us as well. We try. With a house full of 9 people, I don't have much time to do anything, but

I sure try to keep our blog updated with things that interest me. I just wish that blogspot was as easy (and fun) to work with as my myspace blog. My myspace is my place to put things I would never put in the Kendallian or progressive grannie's kitchen. It's http://www.myspace.com/progressivegrannie. With the mypsace bulletin feature I can send instantly to all "my friends." I know that mostly kids use it, but that is why I have a site there. That way my kids and grandkids have me linked and progressive information makes it way around.

The more we blog, and get noticed, the more folks may pay attention.

I am sure that you get your share of idiots, and nasty comments, but I feel it's worth it.

Please feel free to send suggestions and constructive criticism. This is a continual learning experience!

I do like your site as well, wish I had found it earlier.

Keep on blogging!

[Thanks for the nice words about our blog]

question, it typepad great for a Mac? I googled and noted they had widgets for typepad which is obviously mac/apple related.
Thanks

[Peter]

Thanks. Alas, I can't say if typepad is good for a Mac or not, as I don't have a Mac -- it's fine for what I do.

Amazingly, I haven't had nasty comments since the 2004 election. Hopefully that record keeps up!

[Dyre42]

I can add 3 blogs to that list:
Maverick Views http://maverickviews.blogspot.com
Hell's Handmaiden http://www.hells-handmaiden.com
and my own
Dyre Portents http://crapomatic.blogspot.com

[Peter]

Thanks for pointing these out.