My inspiration

"The fact is that people in Washington DC don't like "people power". They don't like regular Americans taking charge of their own politics, getting involved. They can't control it. The message is out of control. Who votes is out of control. And...this is not something that they care for. They want to squash it before it gets too big. They can't do it because there are no leaders to squash. It's a broad based movement. There are millions of people involved. And they're either going to have to deal with it, learn to live with it, or they're going to suffer very miserable lives as a result." - Markos Moulitsas

So Plimpie creates his blog, because these words mean a lot to me, and a gnome should be out of control.