I used to think that the internet swimming pool was populated mostly by liberals, with only a few fringe conservatives daring to dip their toe in the water. Sure we had Drudge, but overall, the liberal monologue dominated the tubes. Not anymore–conservatives are getting younger, savvier, and more vocal every day. Beyond the thousands of insightful, non-wacky, liberty-loving conservative blogs, we can choose from any number of news sites, video sites, podcasts, and more from well-known commentators and–dare I say it–celebrities.

Minnesota Republican rep Michelle Bachmann went so far as to call our burgeoning online presence a “sleeping giant” at the RightOnline conference this week, and she’s right. According to an article at The Daily Caller (Tucker Carlson’s site),

“For the first time ever, conservative blogs hold the top two slots in Technorati.com’s political blog ranking, pushing The Huffington Post, the long-reigning champion, to the fifth slot. Conservative blogs also make up half of the top ten political blogs on the Web, while the distinctly liberal blogs only claim two spaces.”

It’s not clear sailing, though. The current administration would love to limit our online voice, if not directly silence it. Earlier this year, the FCC started working its talons into the internet, and despite a court ruling that slapped their hand away from the candy dish, major ISPs are in closed-door talks with the feds to find some kind of workaround.

Lest you think that net neutrality is going to stem the flow of pornography or make it easier for The Little Guy to compete on the same ground as the big money companies, keep one thing in mind–the federal government is behind it. This administration is interested in increasing the power of the government and no one else. Net neutrality is about silencing dissent, regardless of whatever useful side effects it presents. And since we’ve gone down the rabbit hole with the Obama election, conservatives are now the voice of dissent, and probably will be for some time.

The voice of dissent is the voice of the people, and whether Obama, the FCC, The Huffington Post or mediamatters.org wants to admit it, the people are speaking out for liberty. Watch our numbers grow as that message gets out, and be on the lookout for those who would silence us.

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