The term is meant to be a humorous combination of something new and something old.
The something new comes from the internet. The something old comes from the Bible.
Blogging:
To many of you who come to this
site, this term is as common as ISP, DSL and static ip addresses.
For those for whom it isn't, I'll give you the scoop. People who post their thoughts
and comments on a website in a journal-like format are said
to maintain web-logs, or 'blogs' for short. That is part of
what I do. You could call me a blogger, and when I post my thoughts, I'm
blogging.
Caesar:
Almost everybody has some knowledge
of this name. We commonly associate it with Julius, Ancient Rome,
and Empires, as well as some other, unseemly things that are patently
not a part of its meaning here! In the Bible,
Jesus was once tested by some of His detractors who quizzed Him on whether people should pay taxes to
the Roman Emperor. He requested a Roman coin and asked them, "Whose likeness is on the coin?" It was
Caesar's. "So then," He answered, "render unto Caesar what is Caesar's and unto God
what is God's." I believe this was a command from Jesus
to obey God's laws and to obey the laws of civil authorities and uphold the
responsibilities of loyal subjects - where they did not run contrary to
God's laws.
Those of us who are Christians are under the same
mandate today. In the United States, we live in a
country whose government is "of the people, by the people, for the
people." In other words, each citizen has a
part in determining how we will be governed. We
are each, in effect, a small part of the 'American Caesar' that
is our republic.
Hello, my name is Scott Elliott. I'm a 42-year-old husband of 21 years to the
world's most incredible woman and father to three sons, one daughter and one daughter-in-law.
I am a Christian. Jesus is my life and my purpose. I look forward to meeting Him in heaven face to face
someday. Until then, I'm also a political aficionado in the worst way, and I just love numbers. What
do you get when you mix a passion for politics and a lifelong fascination with numbers? This website!
I hope you'll enjoy this project. So far my track record is pretty good, I think. In 2004,
my formula projected Bush would win 289 electoral votes. He won 286. Formulas for the 2006 mid-term
Senate and House elections proved to be better than my hunches - they picked the GOP to lose the House and the
Senate. In fact, my formula's projection for the Senate picked every seat correctly and missed only
Minnesota among the gubernatorial races. As the 2008 election season heats up, I hope you'll be visiting Election
Projection often for insightful political commentary, polls, projections, and more!
