Why Blogrolling is Useless
February 15, 2008
Shortly after FHK launched we began searching for ways to increase our rankings on the search engines. The prevailing wisdom was that one good way to do this is to maintain a blogroll (that’s the ridiculously long list of blogs in the sidebar of many blogs), as it is a good way for bloggers to exchange much needed “links,” increase their link count, and move up in the ratings. Read more
John Shadegg is One-in-435
February 15, 2008
A friend recently wrote me a lovely recommendation in which he described me as one-in-a-million. It was, of course, very gratifying to hear that he held such a high opinion of me. The idea, of course, is that out of a million people, I rank at or very near the top when applying to me whatever measure is in question.
But millions are funny things. Read more
Does Obama Think He’s Running for President of the U.S., or Ruler of the World?
February 14, 2008
According to a press release on Senator Obama’s website:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Chuck Hagel (R-NE), and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) today hailed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s passage of the Global Poverty Act (S.2433), which requires the President to develop and implement a comprehensive policy to cut extreme global poverty in half by 2015 through aid, trade, debt relief, and coordination with the international community, businesses and NGOs. Read more
Can We Question His Patriotism, Now?
February 12, 2008
Remember Obama and his aversion to flags (flag pins, facing the flag during the national anthem)? Well, maybe it’s just certain flags. Read more
CPAC 2008 Straw Poll
February 11, 2008
The results of the CPAC 2008 Straw Poll are in.
Click here to view the complete CPAC 2008 Straw Poll Slide Show
Will Mike Huckabee be the Next Republican to Bail? (UPDATE: No!)
February 9, 2008
Updated 2/9/07: Mike Huckabee’s opening statement drew a round of applause when he began with a quote from the Bible. Ecclesiastes 10:2:
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left. (NIV)
LP to GOP during CPAC… “we feel sorry for you”
February 8, 2008
The Libertarian Party blistered the Republican Party with a gift and press release stating that limited government ideas within the GOP have died. Read more
I only sleep with Republicans…
February 8, 2008
I took a few pictures of some of the marketing schemes here at CPAC today with the plan on posting them here today, but Alarming News beat me to it. Read more
Tax cuts for the rich, part 2
February 8, 2008
UPDATE: James Dobson endorses Huckabee Read more
An open letter to Senator John McCain
February 7, 2008
Senator McCain,
Having the privilege of participating in CPAC Bloggers Row gave me the opportunity to hear many different opinions regarding your run for president. I was not able to be in the room during your speech, but I was in the exhibit hall at Bloggers Row listening via the TV that was set up for bloggers. Read more
