The Washington Post has a blurb today about a blogger who was fired from his job at a video store because Tucker Carlson felt his family was threatened over something the blogger wrote on his blog about him. The Post left out part of the post (deliberately?) but Patterico has the link and text to what the offending post said, and I have to say I agree with the video store manager who fired the blogger.
Tuesday night, Michael Illions from GOPUSA-NJ interviewed yours truly and John Hawkins once again for his latest Conservatives with Attitude segment. The topic was Democrats plans for the first 100 hours, our preliminary thoughts on what we hoped the President would say in his speech, and additional thoughts on the Republican race for the 2008 nomination for president. You can listen to it here.
The old, lame, and tired argument about how those who advocate war should enlist has been brought up again, this time by the leftie blogosophere’s favorite blowhard Glenn Greenwald. John Hawkins counters GG’s argument here with a suggestion of his own:
Little Green Footballs is holding its annual Idiotarian and Anti-Idiotarian of the year contests. Here’s the link for the Idiotarian of the year voting. The nominees are:
—- It’s always sad when a good blog hangs up their hat and Southern Appeal is no exception. I always enjoyed reading the blog posts of Steve Dillard and the other contributors to the SA blog. While I’m saddened to see them closing up shop, I wish them well in all of their future endeavors.
There’s a lot of talk on both sides of the aisle today about Wall Street Journal assistant editorial features editor Joseph Rago’s piece on the demise of the media and rise of the blogosphere and National Review editor Rich Lowry’s surprising piece in which he defends the MSM, saying that they’re not always wrong. The consensus seems to be (at least on the right hand side of the aisle) that Rago’s full of himself and Lowry’s lost it.
