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2006-01
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The Crowhill Irony.
2006-01-20.
When I first came across the CW (the Crowhill Weblog) in a Google search, I was amazed at the irony I found. Here was a man proudly displaying his family crest and using the “crow hill” translation of Krähenbühl in his domain name. At first glance, I thought it was pretty cool.
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Solving Catholicism.
2006-01-21.
[Originally posted January 3, 2006.]
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On Materialist Rhetoric.
2006-01-22.
I’m reeling a little from GK’s January 20 post, Arthur C. Clarke on magic. Where in the world did this topic come from? He’s debunking that famous quote, “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” as if Mr. Clarke just said it yesterday and not, like, 50 years ago.
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Disconnection.
2006-01-23.
[Originally posted January 4, 2006.]
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Dissecting Crowhill Spin.
2006-01-24.
[Originally posted January 4, 2006.]
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Professor Wars.
2006-01-25.
Yesterday, the Crowhill Weblog referenced UCLA controversy might herald new front in culture wars, an article by Gwendolyn Driscoll. Perhaps you can guess GK’s viewpoint on the matter. Ten points if you picked, “college professors should only be robots programmed to recite conservative-government-regulated teaching curriculums.” (It’s remotely possible that I’m not stating his viewpoint fairly.)
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The War On Culture.
2006-01-27.
[Originally posted January 6, 2006.]
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Great News For Liberals.
2006-01-29.
Whoa, I had almost forgotten about the Crowhill Weblog. GK’s been flying under the radar lately, just posting links to articles (half of which were sent in by other people). But now it’s time to put on my “Crowhill media watchdog” hat again, for it is my sworn duty.
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Civility Irony Revealed.
2006-01-31.
[Originally posted January 7, 2006.]
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2006-02
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Crowhill on SOTU.
2006-02-01.
Imagine my surprise to find a parody of the SOTU on the Crowhill Weblog (The crowhill version of the state of the union speech). When I read it, I was shocked right down to my socks; it was actually kind of funny. And here’s the really scary part: I actually agree with some of his points.
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Academy of the Martial Arts.
2006-02-02.
Yesterday’s Crowhill post, “Boy” defined as “obstacle to female-defined success”, contains some alarming content.
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Busted.
2006-02-03.
Ruh roh.. I’m busted. I guess I’ll have to be a little more civil now. :) It’s pretty amazing how fast things happen in the ol’ blogosphere.
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Grrls Rock!.
2006-02-03.
[Originally drafted January 9, 2006.]
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Wild Conspiracy Theories.
2006-02-10.
I found the following text on Americablog (about as liberal of a blog as you can possibly get without being Michael Moore’s own blog), referring to today’s news that Homeland Security knew about the levee breaks in New Orleans a day before the Bush administration said they did.
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AFA Missed A Memo.
2006-02-10.
In Little Christs and little Mohammeds on the world’s stage, GK muses that Christians generally don’t respond when they’re insulted, because of the difference between Jesus’s sacrificial death and Mohammed’s glorified life. I see his point, but somebody forgot to tell the AFA–they sure throw plenty of hissy fits when they perceive Christians being mistreated. Granted, Mr. Wildmon’s idea of “mistreatment” is, of all things, exposure to public radio waves, but the principle is the same.
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Banning Kale.
2006-02-20.
One of the more popular (secular) arguments I hear against same-sex marriage appeared recently on the Crowhill Weblog (Why same-sex marriage isn’t just about somebody’s “rights”). It goes something like this: By allowing same-sex marriage, the same-sex philosophy is forced onto people who don’t agree with it because they have to “accommodate” it. This argument usually comes in response to a “live and let live”-type statement.
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Tuesday Smorgasbord.
2006-02-21.
A smorgasbord of topics today as I sit here in agonizing pain from a strained neck muscle.
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2006-03
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Kneejerking Back At Kos.
2006-03-09.
Grrr. This makes me sound like a wingnut again, but this Daily Kos post pisses me off: U.S. To Close Abu Ghraib. “Georgia10” tells us that the U.S. is turning Abu Ghraib back over to the Iraqis, and then commences preaching about the “culture of abuse and maltreatment” in other U.S. prisons.
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Malkin\’s Media Experiment.
2006-03-15.
By Thomas Krehbiel *
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georgia10 Makes The List.
2006-03-22.
(Heh.. I just discovered georgia10 is a “her,” not a “him,” so I am quickly revising my text.)
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PunDippety Specifics.
2006-03-23.
I’ve been challenged to point out exactly why it’s self-evident why I inducted georgia10 into the PunDip Hall of Fame yesterday. Today I’m thinking maybe I was a little too harsh on her – she’s a youthful idealist, after all, and apparently has no understanding yet of how the life-crushing machinery of the cold, cruel world actually works. Maybe I shouldn’t squash her Utopian dreams so soon in life.
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SusanG Inducted Too.
2006-03-24.
I’ve identified another PunDip on Daily Kos: SusanG. No substance, just entertaining prose. Maybe PunDip isn’t the right word.
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PZ Myers On Easter And Drywall.
2006-03-24.
I find that PZ Myers at Pharyngula generates a mixed bag of reactions from me. On one hand, I find his thoughts on evolution pretty solid and interesting. On the other hand, I find his thoughts on religion pretty childish and annoying: War on Easter!
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On Al-Haramain and Government Wiretapping.
2006-03-24.
(Today’s been very dull, if you hadn’t noticed.)
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It\’s Mock georgia10 Monday.
2006-03-27.
Georgia10 continues her supremely intellectual “liar, liar, pants on fire” personal vendetta against the president: Liar in Chief. I shall dumb down my writing to a level she can understand.
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georgia10 Smitten By Real Security.
2006-03-30.
Well, well, it looks like the great georgia10 is quite smitten by this newly unveiled Democratic “Real Security” “plan:” Real Security, Part II. So smitten, in fact, that one has to wonder if she is not on the Democratic party payroll (the word “shill” comes to mind). She even calls it “tough and smart,” a verbatim recitation of the party line.
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2006-04
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Only Two Doors?.
2006-04-03.
Here’s another one of those Pharyngula posts of the annoying variety: Doors. PZ’s making the slightly ignorant assumption that there are only 2 “doors” to choose from in life. (Ie.
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georgia10 Wins 2005 Koufax Awards.
2006-04-04.
Well, well. (He says with undisguised contempt.) The 2005 Koufax Awards, apparently a celebration of the most melodramatic anti-conservative blogs (I have to speculate, since there is nothing on that page indicating what the Koufax Awards actually award *), has voted georgia10 the Best Commenter of 2005. So congrats to her.
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Comparing and Contrasting.
2006-04-06.
Just so you know, georgia10 is now literally writing fiction for dKos: The Week the Gloves Came Off. It’s not much different from what she was doing before, actually. I think she could learn a few debating tricks from Al Franken: An Evening with Ann Coulter: Opening Statement.
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Malkin Grudgingly Approves Of South Park.
2006-04-07.
Malkin finally jumped on the bandwagon today: South Park And Cartoon Jihad. I think I see now why conservatives have been so slow on this – it must really infuriate them that South Park, of all things, is leading the charge against worldwide dhimmitude, while their own efforts so far have produced bupkis. :)
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Still Immigration Protests?.
2006-04-10.
Okay, the immigration bill was scrapped last week, so why are people still marching in protest today?
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Reframing Iranian Appeasement.
2006-04-13.
Here’s another HuffPo attempt to “reframe” Iran as the victim of BushCo’s aggression: Bill Scher: Reframing The Iran Debate. This one, at least, presents some supporting evidence, but ultimately I didn’t find it very compelling.
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Cenk Stinks.
2006-04-14.
More impassioned pleas for Iranian appeasement from HuffPo: Cenk Uygur: If You Liked the Iraq War, You’ll Love the Iran War.
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On Price Gouging.
2006-04-24.
RedState uses the classic “if you don’t like the gas prices, don’t buy any” argument in discussing whether or not price gouging is good or bad: The Twilight Zone Comes To The Debate Over Gas Prices.
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Malkin\’s Hasty Generalization.
2006-04-26.
Mrs. Krehbiel has noted that I tend to rag on liberals more than conservatives, so this one’s for her: Michelle Malkin: The victims of illegal immigration. I tend to like Malkin’s blog because it’s mostly news and links that you never see in the media, but I find that when she writes opinions, they end up sounding a little shrewish.
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2006-05
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The Matt Margolis Connection.
2006-05-01.
Here is a quote from the GOP Bloggers “about us” page.
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May Day Survived.
2006-05-02.
If you’re rabidly opposed to any form of immigration, and are looking for ways to hastily generalize the actions of a few individuals to encompass all 12 million illegal immigrants, you will undoubtedly want to visit Michelle Malkin’s blog to gather ammunition for your logically fallacious argument: The Day To Hate Republicans and Borders? What Borders? and The Pictures You Won’t See.
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Malkin Screeches More Propaganda.
2006-05-03.
More Malkin immigration hysteria: Reconquista is real. I might even go so far as to call it “screeching,” a word she would no doubt find incredibly offensive. In this particular rant, she applies her trademark “hasty generalizations” along with a dash of “appealing to fear” in order to drive home her point that we are under attack from Mexico.
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Hot Air Worthy Of Name.
2006-05-04.
Yet another example of either spin, propaganda, or ignorance from a blogger (this one happens to be conservative) at the new, aptly named, “Hot Air:” Pare Amnistia Ahora! The Cero Peso Campaign.
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The Sisters Afraid Of Death.
2006-05-04.
Hot Air “director and producer” Bryan Preston also gives out free(?) advertising for Ramesh Ponnuru’s book: The Party of Death.
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Sisters Must Face Harsh Reality.
2006-05-08.
Quick followup: Michelle Malkin ever-so-quietly remarked that Andrea Clarke Has Died. Yes, under the care of the newly installed pro-life Dr. Lentz, she died anyway. No word yet on whether the sisters will be issuing an apology to the hospital ethics committee for interfering in their business, or whether Hot Air “director and producer” Bryan Preston will be complimenting the hospital for making the tough but absolutely correct decision to declare Andrea’s case futile.
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BushLiedPerchesDied.
2006-05-09.
DailyKos says: Bush lied about that perch. Which was based on the reporting of Americablog, which says: Bush tells German paper he caught the largest fresh-water perch in world history. Which was based on the “reporting” of the Stacy Taylor Show on KLSD-AM in San Diego.
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Malkin On O\’Reilly.
2006-05-17.
Another one I didn’t get around to posting yesterday.
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Malkin Goes To 7-11.
2006-05-18.
More ignorant anti-immigrant propaganda from Malkin: Michelle Malkin: 9/11, the Pentagon, and our borders. She thoughtfully discusses (ie. rants about) how some of the 9/11 hijackers got fake credentials at an illegal alien “day-labor” hangout in a 7-11 parking lot.
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SusanG Jumps To Conclusions… Again.
2006-05-22.
I think I’ve made it clear in the past that I’m not a fan of DailyKos (especially georgia10 and SusanG.) They’re Their [oops] goal, after all, is to “crash the gate” (a euphemism for overthrowing the government), presumably by any means necessary. Here’s another reason why they are an untrustworthy propaganda machine, from last Friday: Gitmo: The Hell You Can’t Escape By Dying. SusanG quotes an AP story about prisoners attacking guards trying to stop an attempted suicide, and then writes.
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Malkin Embraces Greed.
2006-05-22.
I see Michelle Malkin has fully subjugated her journalistic integrity to Greed… today her RSS feed only contains two-line summaries, so you have to go to her web site to read all of the posts. There, you are subjected to DoubleClick sidebar advertising which on this particular page refresh includes ads for Microsoft Windows Live (beta) and GameTap. No doubt it’s also dropping some cookies on my computer and tracking my IP address and browsing habits.
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Blog Advertising Exposed.
2006-05-25.
How profitable is punditry? The other day I was ragging on Michelle Malkin for forcing me go to her ad-driven page. She uses the “big name” advertisers like Doubleclick and Fastclick.
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Question Authority (and Bloggers).
2006-05-26.
A commenter wondered what was wrong with DailyKos making money. I don’t mind Kos making money from his blog, but I think it’s important to understand the motivations of any opinion writer (especially ones in positions of public influence). I think most people would assume that a community-driven “revolution,” as dKos is perceived, is a selfless, non-profit effort (I know I would).
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Where’s The Outrage?.
2006-05-30.
I guess even bloggers have a hard time getting back into the swing of things after a 3-day weekend. The blogosphere seems to be working hard to manufacture outrage today.
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2006-06
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BlogPac Good or Evil?.
2006-06-07.
I saw this post a few days ago: BlogPac: For the Netroots, From the Netroots. It’s advertising a site where you can donate to so-called “netroots” candidates, or to this thing called “BlogPac,” which is basically a bank account to fund the MyDD/DailyKos people in improving the “image” of the netroots. (Also, buried in the middle of a paragraph, they also “need to be paid for the work [they] do.” Caveat emptor.)
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The Spy Who Spews Hot Air.
2006-06-09.
In a predictable display of immaturity, Michelle Malkin’s Hot Air division sent a “spy” to the Yearly Kos convention. So far, the plant has been struggling mightily to find things to mock… I mean… report on (for a second there I almost forgot that Malkin and co. carry the weighty credentials of “Fox News Analysts”). Infiltrating Yearly Kos: Post 1, for example, contains nothing but… erm… hot air.
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Who\’s Duping Who?.
2006-06-11.
Here’s my humorous Virginia politics observation for the day.
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Kos Power Watch.
2006-06-12.
It’s probably no surprise to regular readers that I don’t think very highly of Daily Kos. They have a sweet siren song, but they’re just power hungry elitists like everyone else in politics. In case you’re wondering, here is georgia10’s advice if you want to be endorsed by the Kos power elite: A Single-Step Guide For Democrats.
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Rove Fuels Childish Wingnuts.
2006-06-13.
It’s started. I guess this will be the story of the day: Let the gloating begin: Rove cleared in Plame case. This exemplifies why I think Malkin and Kos are two sides of the same coin: Childishness.
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The Dixie Chicks Witch Hunt.
2006-06-19.
I’ll admit I’m not a Dixie Chicks fan (though their latest album is pretty good). Most of the Chicks’ material is about girlie stuff – you know, how men are lyin’ cheatin’ bastards and so forth – that doesn’t particularly resonate with me. And – I hesitate to mention this because it might brand me a terrorist-sympathizer – I’m not fond of bluegrassy country music in general.
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Markos Gains The Moral Bilgewater.
2006-06-22.
I think of Markos as a shrewd latter-day dot-com entrepreneur trying to exploit progressives (actually, it’s more like he’s successfully exploiting progressives). But then I saw Monday’s Midday open thread, and started to think that his dot-com success must be pure luck, because he’s clearly prone to sticking his foot in his mouth. It pains me to point out the same thing that Little Green Footballs did, but lest it be forgotten amidst all the “Ko$ola” accusations swirling around (which I might comment about later) this bit of Kos wisdom deserves to be highlighted again.
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Malkin Coordinates Lockstep Attack On NY Times.
2006-06-23.
It seems sort of ironic that right after wingnut bloggers got done accusing liberal bloggers of “going into lockstep” and “coordinating attacks” and blindly following Markos’s marching orders and whatnot, we find Michelle Malkin, icon of the rightwing blogosphere, encouraging her readers to write the NY Times to express her outrage: NYTimes Blabbermouths Strike Again. GOP Bloggers follows orders: Fight Back Against Media Traitors! Who else will fall into lockstep and repeat Malkin’s call to write to the NY Times?
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Disturbing Daily Kos Analogy.
2006-06-26.
I won’t comment on the so-called Ko$ola scandal, since you can read about it in excruciating detail elsewhere (see background below). Suffice it to say it just reinforces, albeit circumstantially, my existing suspicions about Daily Kos.
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2006-07
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The Lynchmobosphere Stalks The NY Times.
2006-07-03.
I’m pretty baffled about the outrage over the NY Times “revealing” the government’s SWIFT-monitoring program. And as if the SWIFT thing weren’t enough, Michelle Malkin and the puppet minions of the “wingnutosphere” were even further enraged when the NY Times published photos and locations of Donald Rumsfeld and other’s vacation spots. It turns out the NYT did so with Rumsfeld’s permission, but Malkin et al were not deterred in staging a full-scale assault: They’re protesting at the NYT building and publishing the home phone numbers and addresses of NYT editors in retaliation.
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Disgusting But Predictable Hypocrisy From RedState.
2006-07-12.
This is pretty funny. It’s hard to quantify the amount of hypocrisy in this RedState post: Disgusting: DCCC Uses Dead Soldiers to Raise Money. Republicans have been using the deaths of Americans on 9/11 for political gain about, oh, every day since 9/11.
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2006-08
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My Understanding Of Hezbollah.
2006-08-15.
Since I’ve thrown all the “big name” liberal blogs out of my reader, I’ve been evaluating various other left-leaning blogs, looking for one or two that aren’t so obsessed with Ned Lamont. Anyway, today I ran across this post on The Agonist: Imagine.
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2006-10
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Welcome To Web 2.0.
2006-10-05.
I saw on Crowhill that one of Michelle Malkin’s videos (something about Islamic violence) got pulled from YouTube. This struck me as funny. :) And not just because Malkin, a la the best war profiteers, is personally profiting from the culture wars.
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Welcome To Web 2.0, Part 2.
2006-10-05.
A short addendum to my post on Malkin’s video getting pulled from YouTube: 1) Now that I’m home, I can verify that there is a “Flag as Inappropriate” link right below each video, though admittedly you have to login to use that feature. (Not a problem for bots.) 2) I don’t dispute that dhimmitude was the motivation for wanting to yank Malkin’s videos, I just don’t think YouTube submitted to dhimmitude so much as they submitted to a flaw in the peer-review system.
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2006-12
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Sample Of Virginia Blogosphere Activity.
2006-12-27.
The Virginia political blogosphere is (mostly) a cesspool of incestuous, self-indulgent children with dreams of working from home so they don’t have to get a real job. There, I said it. The secret’s out.
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Sun Tzu And The Art Of Blog Warfare.
2006-12-27.
I flippantly mentioned SWAC Girl in my last post, who is a relatively new fixture on the Virginia political scene. I’ve seen her special brand of conservative thought in the Virginia Political Blog aggregator from time to time, but I haven’t read her posts too extensively. (They generally got tiresome after the first sentence or two.) I just figured she was yet another rabid George Allen supporter with too much spare time on her hands, trying to turn to the new-fangled Internets blog medium to get her pre-Women’s Suffrage message out before the elections.
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Virginia Blogosphere Sample, Part Two: The Smackdown.
2006-12-27.
Update: Waldo has taken down the Virginia Political Blogs aggregator. Sort of. He just renamed it Waldo’s Virginia Political Blogroll: “A totally biased and unreasonable list of blogs that I think you might enjoy reading.” He promises, “The number of blogs in my blogroll will drop substantially before too long.” Pretty hilarious.
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Scandal Body Count Rises.
2006-12-28.
I’m finding this “Waldo scandal” and its aftermath really entertaining. I must be incredibly bored this week. Anyway, I apologize for talking about this again, but it’s like watching a train wreck.
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To Ignore Or Not To Ignore.
2006-12-29.
Wow, this is fun. I haven’t written this much in a while.
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Crooks and Liars and Elves and Unicorns.
2006-12-30.
The occasion of Saddam’s largely meaningless demise gives us at least one colorful example of extreme partisan blogging from the left: The Farce Goes On.
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On Riverbend.
2006-12-30.
Alice and Mrs. Krehbiel both took me to task for criticizing Iraqi blogger Riverbend, so I went and read over some of her blog today. I have to somewhat shamefully admit that I haven’t read her work in a while.
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2007-01
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Silly Microsoft Clipart Doodle Comics!.
2007-01-01.
Ripped from the Virginia blogosphere headlines.
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When Bloggers Attack Keith Ellison.
2007-01-03.
From the SWAC Pack
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The SWAC Defenders Of Freedom And Goode.
2007-01-04.
I’m continuing to monitor communications from the SWAC bloggers, because it’s fun, and, you know, Waldo censored them, so there’s no possible way for you guys to see their blogs anymore. Anyway, it’s pretty informative stuff. Pat Robertson revealed that God will allow a major terrorist attack on a U.S. city later this year–what revelations will come from the SWAC Pack?
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A Post-Mortem On Discussion.
2007-01-10.
There comes a time when “discussion” is no longer fruitful. I tried to challenge some of the beliefs of the SWAC Bloggers on In-Politically Correct today, but I guess I’m wasting my time. I tried to be polite on their blog but I don’t need to do that so much here.
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On Indonesia And The 10% That Support Suicide Bombings.
2007-01-10.
I mentioned in my last post that I didn’t know much about the state of terrorism in Indonesia, so I did a little web research.
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Wherein I Shut Down The Debate Again.
2007-01-10.
It’s really tempting to make up a cute graphic and a cheesy slogan to put at the top of my posts regarding the SWAC Bloggers.
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Twelve A Day?.
2007-01-12.
Sheesh. I can’t hardly get through one misleading SWAC Blogger post before another misleading SWAC Blogger post shows up in my reader: Political Correctness Will Kill Us … Part 8. I can’t keep up!
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How To Cherry-Pick From A Reagan Speech.
2007-01-13.
“Tonight, I want to speak to the people of the Soviet Union, to tell them it’s true that our governments have had serious differences, but our sons and daughters have never fought each other in war. And if we Americans have our way, they never will.
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What’s In A Label?.
2007-01-16.
A SWAC Blogger implied in a comment on his blog that I was “throwing out” words like bigot, xenophobe, and Islamophobe, perhaps suggesting that I was “smearing” them or had no sense of what the words meant. Vince mentioned something similar in a comment here. So I want to go back to my earlier post for a minute, where I wrote, referring to the SWAC bloggers: ‘Just about every word out of their mouths offers further proof that they are quite deserving of the harsh labels “bigot,” “Islamophobic,” and/or “xenophobic.”’
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Semantics Over Candles And Signs.
2007-01-20.
I’ve criticized the CASTLE bloggers (aka. oasis + launchpad) a lot lately so I figure it’s only fair that I also say I approve of their campaign to use candles and signs to show support for the troops, as reported in the Staunton News Leader: Candles support troops; signs call for victory. There’s not a thing wrong with it, and I applaud their conviction.
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2007-02
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Biden Announces, Shoots Foot.
2007-02-01.
Sen. Joseph Biden announced his official intention to run for president in 2008 and simultaneously ensured he will lose every Democratic primary all in one fell swoop: Biden Says He’s In…Again.
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Accuracy In Media Not So Accurate.
2007-02-06.
My conscience dictates that I post this small retraction: Last week when I was rambling about Keith Olbermann, I linked to what I called an “interesting article” on Accuracy in Media (AIM) which suggested a link between the post-9/11 anthrax mailings and al Qaeda.
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CASTLE Jumps The Shark (UPDATED).
2007-02-20.
Starting to get back to normal here at work, so I can actually keep up with my news reader again.
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2007-03
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Counter-Protesters Gone Wild.
2007-03-23.
I had set a personal goal not to dissect SWAC propaganda anymore, but I stumbled on this post while pruning down my news reader last night: Anti-war protester complains about D.C. march. I can understand the desire to counter-protest and show support for troops, and I can even understand distaste for the more violent, corporate pacifists out there.
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2007-05
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Blog Humility Lesson.
2007-05-25.
Today’s lesson in blog humility: Don’t forget that real, flesh-and-blood human beings can read your blog, even long after you’ve completely forgotten what you’ve written. If, for example, you hastily whip off a snarky personal criticism about someone from another state that you read about somewhere in the news, there is a distinct possibility that a year or so later they will read what you wrote and not be very happy about it. Then you’ll be really embarrassed about your callous insensitivity to their plight.
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2007-06
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There Was Sarcasm? Really?.
2007-06-09.
Sometimes it’s impossible to refrain from pointing out the ironies found on Bloggers 4 Sayre. Here’s an amusing self-contradictory quote from Yankee Phillip.
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Ann, Elle, The Flu and The Dog.
2007-06-14.
A while back, pseudonymous blogger “Teddy Roosevelt” popped up* in the Virginia blogosphere to oppose the rhetoric from Bloggers 4 Sayre. He delivered a shocking bombshell (superfluous writing used for dramatic effect): On June 2, Teddy alleged that “Elle” of In-Politically Correct is really Ann Taetzsch, Staunton Republican Committee Chairperson, and “General Grievous’ Dog” is really Augusta County Chairman Kurt Michael. Several other Virginia bloggers picked up on the news and repeated it, and it now seems to be regarded as established lore.
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Did The News Leader Spurn Sayre Or Vice Versa?.
2007-06-16.
(I’m trying something new here. It’s loosely modeled after various media watchdog blogs like Media Matters and NewsBusters.)
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Did Bloggers 4 Sayre beat the ODBA?.
2007-06-20.
In a June 19 comment on The Virginia Federalist, Spank That Donkey claimed that 18 Virginia conservative bloggers came together for Bloggers 4 Sayre, topping even the Old Dominion Blogging Alliance. In fact, as of June 20, 2007, the ODBA aggregator contained a total of 44 blogs. Furthermore, a closer examination of Bloggers 4 Sayre through June 11, 2007 reveals that only 10 of the 18 bloggers listed posted more than once, and the majority of all posts were written by just 3 bloggers.
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2007-08
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Why Renewing Your Domain Name Matters *.
2007-08-26.
Say, I wonder if anything interesting is happening in the Virginia political blogosphere? Guess not.
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2007-09
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Can Bloggers Attack Without Question Marks?.
2007-09-06.
Who knows? I certainly don’t. But you never know.
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2007-12
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The Blogs Are Back In Town.
2007-12-08.
I see that many of the same Virginia bloggers that brought us the entertaining and divisive Bloggers 4 Sayre are back for an encore performance with Bloggers 4 Jim Gilmore. I wonder if they’ll write anything about their candidate this time. Hyuk, hyuk.
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2008-01
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Meet The New Boss….
2008-01-28.
Since I first saw SWAC Girl’s post welcoming Spank That Donkey to the ODBA, I couldn’t help but think that there was going to be trouble in that organization. Could Spank and Shaun Kenney – bitter rivals on opposite poles of Virginia Republicanism – co-exist together in the same organization?
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2008-02
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Crowhill Returns.
2008-02-02.
Hey I forgot to mention this: Cousin* Greg Krehbiel is back at blogging over at the Crowhill Weblog after taking some time off. Welcome back!
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Ed Sells Out.. er.. Moves On.
2008-02-25.
Captain’s Quarters: The Road Goes Ever On. How disappointing that the relatively moderate, thoughtful, and literate Captain Ed is being absorbed by the Michelle Malkin-branded corporate noise machine. (I can only assume this is a monetary decision… Malkin must be paying him more than he makes from his own blog.)
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2008-03
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Those are in Richmond?.
2008-03-09.
So I guess SWAC Girl was in Richmond recently taking pictures again (which seems to be her life’s work now that the Republican party is leaning more moderate). What’s funny is that I’ve lived in Virginia all my life – have lived around Richmond for most of my life – and I’ve never seen any of the buildings in her pictures, let alone been inside them. I suck.
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2008-04
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Stack Overflow.
2008-04-23.
Two of my favorite modern software development bloggers and role models – Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror and Joel Spolsky of Joel on Software – are joining forces to create a new developer community site called stackoverflow (not sure if that’s the correct casing, but that’s how it is on the site). Because, you know, there just aren’t enough “community” startups on the Interwebs. But seriously: I listened to their inaugural podcast which described their vision for the site and I look forward to seeing what they come up with.
- Technology
2009-07
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Quick Thoughts on Sarah Palin’s Resignation.
2009-07-04.
Blogs on the right are saying Gov. Sarah Palin resigned because the left’s smear tactics finally got to her, blogs on the left are saying Gov. Palin quit because she’s dumb and irrational.
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Catherine Crabill and the Erosion of Democracy.
2009-07-20.
I feel compelled to write a little bit about Catherine Crabill (R), who is running for delegate in Virginia’s 99th district against incumbent Albert Pollard (D). Normally you don’t hear much about local delegate races unless you happen to live in the area, but in this case she’s caught the attention of the mighty Huffington Post after her ballot box and bullet box remarks were caught on tape by a tracker.
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