Welcome visitors!
Thank you to the two commenters who pointed out that they found my little blog via the Daou Report.
I confess to not really reading the Daou report (just b/c I don’t like having to sit through an ad to read it–I don’t have the attention span).
But nevertheless, weclome anyway!
aww, c’mon. it’s a short ad.
actually, i don’t like watching the ads, either.
if you haven’t already been overcome by curiosity and figured this out for yourself, the daou report is just a compilation of blogs, left and right, put together by a democrat party operative, that focuses on the daily buzz.
apparently, peter daou felt that your post was notable.
i think it’s much more of a liberal resource since the conservative blogs are always slightly surprised and annoyed (heh) by the deluge of liberal comments after their post has been highlighted. i rarely see a similar invasion of righties on the liberal blogs. and don’t worry, we don’t usually stick around long.
cheers!
Comment by dave. — 6/30/2005 @ 8:58 pm
Thanks for the heads up Dave.
I found the ad to actually be rather short (and there was a link so I didn’t have to sit through the whole thing).
I remember previously coming across the Daou Report before he moved to Salon. Though, I don’t recall how long ago that was.
I don’t mind the visitors, I was just suprised (in a positive way) to see so many comments–especially for a post I didn’t give much thought to. The post was really in essence me jotting down some random thoughts that were on my mind. I’m flattered though that Mr. Daou found it worthy to link to!
(Though I’m just curious how he found the post–simple curiosity).
Yeah, there have been a deluge of liberal comments, but I don’t mind the ones that are at least somewhat polite and thoughtful. I actually appreciate those. It’s the ones that are just mindless that I could do without.
Comment by Jaws — 6/30/2005 @ 9:09 pm
i was quite bummed when daou joined up with salon. i love salon.com. but i loathe the ad thing. i have tivo and i’ll purposely start watching a show ten minutes after it started just so i can fast forward through the ads. i especially hate the interactive ads, like the powells.com ads. *hint — you can click the spot where the “next” link shows up before it actually shows up. if that makes any sense.
i don’t know what daou’s methodology is when he finds and highlights a blog, but i like that he finds some more obscure blogs every now and then. it’d be pretty boring if it was all dailykos and powerline, americablog and instapundit, democratic underground and free republic.
and, as for mindless posts, i think the right and the left share that sentiment. it’s useful to remember that, even though we may be idealogical opposites, we are pathologically kindred. visceral, righteous outrage is felt on both sides and the degree of tolerance for opposing views is directly proportional to the hostility of the hyperbole.
Comment by dave. — 7/1/2005 @ 4:14 am
I never really read Salon.com that often when it was ad-free…granted, I was a late commer to reading online magazines…I do remember reading the Daou report for a while when I first heard about it, alas, I was again late to things and then it went over behind the ads. I too am not big on ads (I usualy channel surf through commercials) I do understand what you mean abouot skirting around the ads.
You’re right about the value of finding obscure blogs. Lieke you said, if it was always the big few, things would grow stale and boring very, very quickly. I personally like it when I stumble across a small blog here and there, as I often find it even more enriching. Plus, I really like to read what other “normal” people have to say about things…not just the people who get their letters to the editor published in the newspaper, etc.
As for the over the top sentiments, you hit the nail head on. I’ll admit that I was briefly one of those over-the-top types, but then I came to realize the follies of my ways, and have since weaned myself off a lot of the “Kool-aid” that seems to be served in many places. I’ve become a lot more tolerable of differing views (and in all honesty, a lot of issues I’m ambivilant on). As long as someone prevents their views respecfully, I’ll more-often than not totally respect them (there’s a minute amount of cases that are an exception, but those are rare). As long as it’s polite I’m okay with it.
Comment by Jaws — 7/1/2005 @ 9:08 pm
Yes thanks for your honesty. That is very refreshing on the net these days.
G
Comment by Randy Blue — 6/10/2006 @ 1:20 am