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Scoble takes himself to task over some blogging advice he gave to his boss:

We were talking about weblogging and he was having trouble getting going. He was scared that people might not understand, or accept his political views. I told him to take the safe road and work to not piss off his readers.

I thought about that advice all weekend long and it bothered me. It's not a healthy way to live.

That's not bad advice, but it may not work for you depending on your reasons for blogging. My blog focuses on the tech sector in general, and Smalltalk in particular. I get plenty worked up on those subjects, and I get a decent number of rocks tossed my way every time I let loose on Sun or Microsoft. On the other hand, I don't discuss politics (world/US) here at all. Why not? This is an advocacy blog, and I'm trying to put across a POV in favor of dynamic languages in general, and Smalltalk in particular. I'm not going to advance that cause by sticking my neck out on politics. It's enough for me to try and find common ground within this scope without making it harder by advocating a political position.

I suppose that some of my posts on legal matters are somewhat political, but again - I'm trying to stay within the bounds of my chosen topic area. To my mind, it's not a bad thing for a blog to have some focus, and that's the main reason I avoid the political arena.