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Blogging notes

With a great deal going on in real life, I have not been keeping up with the conservative/rightwing bloggers recently. It was a mistake checking in on some of them today. I am dismayed by the persistent and intense hate, fear-mongering and intolerance. This dismay coincides with a couple interesting pieces on blogging.

First, this […]

Proud Liberal

Meant to post this for a bit now but welcome to Proud Liberal, a thoughtful liberal blog coming out of South Dakota. Trent has been added to the blogroll.

Kudos

To the Lennox woman whose letter to the editor said radio talk show hosts and bloggers have “diarrhea mouth.” Perhaps I should be offended because it was prompted in part by the Argus article on bloggers, of which I was a part. Thing is, she’s more right than not.

Argus article

Yes, the Argus Leader article on South Dakota political blogs ran this morning and, yes, I was in it. Quite frankly, much ado (largely beforehand) about little. Political blogs are hot items now and recently but I still think they may have jumped the shark and collapse of their own weight after the election. If […]

In need of a chill pill

Let me first say I have never been a Gannett/Argus Leader fan. With that, it appears the circle jerk bloggers are working themselves into a frenzy about the Argus again. Gazing intently at each other’s navels, they are starting to cry censorship, echoing each other’s claims that the Argus is engaged in a “major make […]