I've been considering trying to coordinate something along these lines for a while, so of course I'd like to participate.

If you want to do a group blog thing, I might be talked into donating either my Volitics or Tennwatch domain names. Scratch that -- I'm hanging onto Volitics -- I've done too much work on the header and I'm no artist!

Yeah, I'd like to add my name to the list. I'm not a frequent original writer, but have been known to do some simple analysis on conservative issues. Combine that with lots of link-love too.

Oh, I agree - that was one mighty big comment spam dump.

I deleted the spam-dump.

I've registered VolunteerAlliance.com as the home site. Next step is to raise $99 to pay for the unlimited personal version of Movable Type (unlimited number of blogs and of authors) and get it installed, get a site designed, etc. My basic plan is for a site that automatically pulls in posts from member blogs, and that also provides blog-hosting for a select few bloggers who wish to blog at volunteeralliance.com/theirname or theirname.volunteeralliance.com, but don't want the hassle of setting up a website or supporting movabletype.

I'm in, if you want me.

Do you have to currently reside in TN? I'm a Knoxville boy, born and raised, but I presently live in Alabama.

That is a fair-to-middlin' cool idea. I pledge $50 towards the effort, but not until a couple of weeks after the election. All my allowance in the meantime is going to candidates and 527s. Do I just hit the tip jar?

I'm in, too.

Thanks, Alpha.

Not likely, Chris.

I'd love to join up and will help with the costs.

Thanks. I'll be back with details soon. I've already registered VolunteerAlliance.com. I don't want it to be a giant mass of mostly crappy blogs like the RTB, but a collection of a few good blogs by a few good bloggers, with new members approved by existing members. Criteria will be few, but include that the blog be focused on politics (national or Tennessee or both) and the media coverage thereof, and provide not just snarky commentary but actual analysis and digging for the truth. Political orientation MUST be center-right. The site also will offer the opportunity for folks without blogs or with old Blogspot blogs to set up a blog at VolunteerAlliance.com, though for that I'll have to charge a tiny fee (probably $1-3 per month to cover bandwidth and server usage.) The homepage of VolunteerAlliance.com will be a sort of meta-blog that pulls headlines from all of the hosted blogs and, if I can figure out how to make it work, from Volunteer Alliance members' blogs.

Oh, so I indicate interest and then suddenly crappy blogs aren't welcome. I see how it is. I'll remember this, Bill Hobbs, I'll remember.

Crappy Bloggers of the World, Unite. hehe

Ah! No! You're in! I was attempting to highlight the difference between good blogs like SouthEndGrounds and crappy blogs like, well,like every liberal blog in the RTB. Heh.

I'm in, if y'all will have me.

Hmmm... not sure I can help you. I no longer live in Tennessee and my blog doesn't focus on just politics. But if there is some way I can participate, I'd love to...

Anything to counter the tin-foil hats over at SKB. It's become like a juvenile DU over there... and that's saying something!

I'm in, if you're interested. 10% thoughtful anaylisis, 90% snarky comments : )

I'm a Memphis-born, Knoxville blogger and would love to be included, if'n you got room, that is.