Logipundit:
Butch Porter is an insurance rep in Northern Virginia who started his adult life with aspirations of more intellectual pursuits, but finally concluded that his skills lay elsewhere, thus has spent most of his life in sales. A native Louisianian who has decided on the Commonwealth of Virginia as his place to raise a family. His faith, his upbringing, and his experience has defined him politically as an Independent Conservative. He was essentially tired of talking politics with all of his out-of-state friends. After countless emails, he decided to start a forum where he could invite people who often disagreed with him (see below) to post on affairs of the day.

JohnnyB:
“I am a “Ragin Cajun” (who actually went to LSU), living in Houston after earning a PhD in Psychology (Behavioral Neuroscience) from Ohio State.  I currently work in Baylor College of Medicine as a postdoctoral fellow studying the effects of nicotine on the formation of memories.  In my spare time I rant about the state of the world and the sad-sack policies that the government hands down to us.  I am a pretty big fan of free markets, but am willing to concede the role of local government in issues like public transportation and sewage.  Additionally, I must also concede that government funding for science has brought us space travel and a cure for AIDS, and provided a lot of insight into the brain, the field in which I work.  Still, I feel that funding for science should be subject to some cost/benefit analysis which scientists should acknowledge.  I do not subscribe to the belief that scientists, even those on the public dole, should be beholden to the democratic party.”

Rip:
Chris is a finance professional who is a native of Appalachia and currently resides in North Carolina (with a few years spent residing in the DC suburbs in between). Politically, he holds a strong disdain for the expanding reach and spend-thrift mentality of government and whole-heartedly agrees with Thoreau’s assessment that “The government is best which governs least”.

Reagan Gahagan:
Gahagan is another Louisianian, graduate of ULaLa, with an MBA and Law Degree to boot.  Nothing more dangerous than…
an educated redneck.

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