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''[http://littlegreenfootballs.com/ Little Green Footballs]'' is a political blog started by Charles Johnson. [[Long Runners|He started it way back in 2001]] to talk about various boring things in his life like most bloggers do.

But then September 11 happened and [[Establishing Character Moment|Charles decided to get to work]]. He started to do as much [[Awesomeness By Analysis|research as he could on the subject of radical Islam]]. His blog became one of the most visited on the Web.

Many assumed that the blog [[Growing the Beard|really made its mark]] when it helped reveal that certain papers put forward about [[George W. Bush]]’s military record during the 2004 election were actually faked before the Mainstream Media did.

Charles is [[Renaissance Man|a man of many parts]] who supports Israel, and is a fiscal conservative, but a social liberal. His turn-offs include [[Berserk Button|bigotry]] and he is none too fond of people who refuse to think logically. His [[Shown Their Work|considerable amount of research on the issue of global warming, or really any position he takes]], makes one wonder how he finds time to sleep sometimes, especially given that he recently got married.

At the moment,{{when}} the site is home to a fair number of both liberals and conservatives of many different stripes, but thanks to Charles’ careful monitoring, the blog manages to remain a fairly friendly place. Has an impressively-sized hatedom against it, with there being actual stalker sites.

As for the meaning of the name, [[The Un-Reveal|nobody knows the real meaning except Charles]], and he isn't telling.

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* [[Barack Obama]]: Charles voted for his opponent but he's come around over the last few years{{when}}. May have something to do with the fact that Obama and Charles ([[One of Us|"A Jimi Hendrix quote! Now I know why I changed my mind about Obama"]]) have more in common than Charles expected at first.
* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: Check the top ten comments, odds are you'll find one.
* [[The Daily Show]]: Charles links to Jon Stewart every so often.
* [[Fox News Liberal]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted.]] LGF was a largely conservative site at first, but now the place seems to be more or less evenly divided between liberals and conservatives.
* [[Fan Community Nicknames]]: Posters call each other “lizards”.
* [[Glenn Beck]]: [[Memetic Mutation|He is a raving freakazoid nut sandwich.]] Charles isn't a fan.
* [[Heel Realization]]: A more mild political version of this trope could be argued to have taken place during 2009. After [[Barack Obama]] was elected, and the GOP proceeded to [[Freak-Out|get a bit unhinged]], Charles focused a fair amount of the blog’s focus from external to internal extremists. Charles [http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/35243_Why_I_Parted_Ways_With_The_Right parted ways with the GOP officially] as of November 30, 2009. 
* [[Memetic Badass|Memetic Nice Guy]]: Dark Falcon. It doesn't matter if you're liberal or conservative, he probably thinks you're a decent well-meaning guy, and he'll disagree with you without being disagreeable.

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