To Blog Or Not To Blog

If you don't have anything original that you want to share with the readers of your blog, is it ok to post things that other people say? I say yes, as long as it reflects your own thoughts. Here's a story about one of our presidents that will help illustrate my point.

When Congress assembled on December 7, 1829, Andrew Jackson sent in his first annual message, which attracted a great deal of attention. Meeting his old friend General Robert Armstrong the next day, Jackson said, "Well, Bob, what do the people say of my message?"

"They say," replied Armstrong, "that it is first-rate, but nobody believes that you wrote it."

"Well," said Old Hickory good-naturedly, "don't I deserve just as much credit for picking out the man who could write it?"