I got into a discussion tonight with some folks on a mailing list. It began about drops in traffic over Memorial Day -- which most of us had.

The one paarticipant posted the following somewhat discouraged comment.

OK, if next week isn't 100 views per day, I'm quitting.

(Please go visit Indian Cowboy -- he's a libertarian blogger who comments on politics, society, and science, based upon what I've seen.)

I then decided to post some blogging tips -- for what they are worth, since I am hardly one of the folks who reaches stratospheric numbers, though I have built up a small following over the last two years (the blogiversary is rapidly approaching!)

Here's what came up with, after being prodded to take my initial list of six and expand it to seven. One blogger even inspired me to make my little email into a post, which she has linked. (She also has her own, as does her friend Maureen.)

Seven Tips For Building Blog Traffic

1) Blog daily, and at a consistent time. That gets folks into the habit of looking at your site every day.

2) Become an expert. Make yourself a "go-to-guy" on certain issues. I did on the Abdul Rahman case earlier this year, and have written a lot on William Jefferson. School censorship cases are also a topic that I often write on.

3) Find out what is hot and blog on it. I try to blog on at least one article from RealClearPolitics' Buzztracker section each day. I also like the Washington Post as a source for articles, because they have a link to Technorati with their articles.

4) Be interesting; be yourself. Duh!

5) Don't be afraid or ashamed to be provocative.

6) Trackback to other bloggers writing on the same article. Trackback to bloggers you admire. Trackback to open trackback posts/linkfests.

7) Join blogging alliances/groups that you find compatible.

I've discovered that they can all use a little elaboration, so here are my notes on my seven tips.

1) I tend to post at two times during the day. The first is in the early morning, before I go to school.start my day. The second is within an hour or two of my returning home. My traffic spikes when folks get to work (be honest -- how many of you check blogs while at work) and when they come home -- or at least after dinner.

2) Go with what you know, or what interests you. I didn't choose the Rahman story, it sort of chose me. I wrote because it mattered to me, and people responded -- including one newspaper in India, where a columnist spent half his space on blogs about the Rahman story writing about my blog and my take on the story.

3) Is it being a bit of a traffic whore? Maybe -- but then again, I don't blog on a story unless it appeals to me. If the same wire service story appears on 100 different newspaper websites, why shouldn't I link to washingtonpost.com instead of the Podunk Farm News? And those Buzztracker stories are the major ones that I would be inclined to write about anyway -- it is just a question of where my link goes to, the New York Times or the Pine Gulch Gazette? Use what you can to attract those hits -- your content is what will ultimately keep them.

4) Keep it real -- let yourself, your insignts, and your beliefs come through. And even be willing to admit your mistakes. By the way, remember that these folks you debate with can become your online friends, even if you disagree with them.

5) Go out on a limb. State a far out opinion. Make an outlandish statement or two. Such things make people think, or shout, or laugh -- and can make them come back.

6) But always make sure that you reference them somehow -- whether via a quote, a hat tip, or an acknowledgement that they are writing too. It is the polite thing to do, and may get them new readers from your site at the same time you get new readers from theirs.

7) Hey -- you need friends and allies out there in the cold, hard blogospheric world. Find a blogroll or three to join that shares your interests or outlook.

Well, I hope that helps.

Also -- for more on this topic, visit these two posts at Pro Blogger -- he has just written on the topic and has beau-coup links to different folks writing about building blogs.

Happy Blogging!

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1 Another thing I'll add to this is: Keep on writing. You never know when some bit of junk from your ancient archives is suddenly going to become relevant again.

Posted by: Michael Hampton at Wed May 31 16:22:28 2006 (FVbj6)

2 Thanks for your experienced voice in this entry. I appreciate the contribution to the "Seven Habits" project. It started out in an effort to help new homeschool bloggers and has grown beyond my imagination. Your participation will help others find their own voice in the blogosphere.

I had to leave my secondary blogsite address to be able to comment.

Maureen

Posted by: Maureen at Wed May 31 23:40:59 2006 (zLxNX)

3 lol, I was joking. I've actually been quite pleased (if impatient) with the steady growth my blog has seen. Considering I only started doing it with anything resembling regularity in march (it's been up before that, though), it's done pretty good.

Thanks for the tips, though. They're a concise and clear statement of the stuff you seem to see all over the place. The buzztracker tip was particularly nice (never seen it anywhere else). I'm less topical than most, so I don't know if I'll use it all that often, but very very cool none the less.

Posted by: IndianCowboy at Thu Jun 1 06:55:39 2006 (xV6tD)

4 Hey, I'm glad to hear that I took you wrong. I was just concerned that a good blogger was getting discouraged and might leave because of it.

You have an interesting take on the world, and subjects I would not consider writing about. As such, you broaden my world.

Posted by: Rhymes With Right at Thu Jun 1 07:07:52 2006 (bvbce)

5 as a future mental health professional, I'd have to take a good hard look at myself if I decided to leave because of my (lack of) visitors.

I really do appreciate your linkage though. Means a lot that you'd think highly enough of me to bother.

Posted by: IndianCowboy at Thu Jun 1 07:59:34 2006 (xV6tD)

6 So, does this mean I can take the opportunity to advertise my blog, which I started all of a week ago? http://bigbadwolfsblog.blogspot.com Or that of my blog-mama? http://warts-n-all.blogspot.com/

Posted by: Ryan at Thu Jun 1 10:08:50 2006 (2wfEd)

7 Hey -- a little blog-flogging is perfectly acceptable to me on this thread!

Posted by: Rhymes With Right at Thu Jun 1 10:51:21 2006 (Sh9W1)

8 Reflections on Effective Blogging...

Thank you for the soul fodder.

Warmly,
Ann V.

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It seems that a Canadian university is conducting a Star Chamber proceeding against one of its professors -- because of what he has posted on his personal website hosted on a non-university server. Why? Because a homosexual activist does not like it.

A Cape Breton University (CBU) professor is the target of a human rights complaint by a homosexual student. Comments posted by the professor at his private web site critical of the Anglican Church of Canada for its permissive and condoning stand in relation to same-sex "marriage" are the cause of the complaint.

History Professor David Mullan wrote to his local Anglican bishop in 2004, criticizing the trend: "When Anglicanism in some manner recognizes homosexuality as a legitimate 'lifestyle' for Christians, it will become a church in schism," he charged.

On February 20, homosexual CBU student Shane Wallis, who also co-ordinates the campus' Sexual Diversity Office, lodged a formal human rights complaint with the University. In an e-mail response to Wallis' charge of a human rights offence, Wallis stated in his complaint that Mullan responded that "homosexuality is a repudiation of nature and the apotheosis of unbridled desire."

Please note that in this instance, "sexual diversity" means "anything except monogamous heterosexuality" -- and that while Shane Wallis may believe in "sexual diversity", he does not believe in intellectual diversity. After all, his complaint is based upon the expression of views and beliefs that contradict his own.

What is more, the university has adopted a procedure that repudiates basic human and civil rights.

From Professor Mullan's web site it can be seen that, because the University has acknowledged that the proceedings of a CBU human rights tribunal may be used against him in a court of law, he has declined to participate in complaint hearings. He has, however, challenged both Wallis and the University to acknowledge his free speech rights as a Canadian.

"I have a Human Rights complaint against me, as a result of two letters to my former Anglican bishop placed on my private website and a reply I sent Shane Wallis in response to an unsolicited email," Professor Mullan explains on his web site.

"I met yesterday morning (in April) with the Human Rights Officer. At that time I asked her whether anything I said in the process might be used against me in court. Today, after legal consultation, she replied that yes, it could be. I immediately told her that I would not participate in the process. I told her also in our meeting that I find that the requirement that I give evidence, effectively incriminating myself (rather like the Tudor Court of Star Chamber and the ex officio oath) when asked for it is in my judgement a violation of the common law, and of my rights as a free-born Englishman. The procedure is a farce, and if pushed I will sue the institution for violating my civil rights."

"The process can never be fair until these conditions are altered, and until the complainant stands under potential judgement for entering a frivolous complaint," he adds. "No one in his right mind would participate in this without incurring the fees of a solicitor, and when found innocent, someone needs to re-imburse the defendant."

What is more, Wallis filed a second complaint because Mullan had the integrity to go public with this attempt to suppress his fundamental human rights to freedom of speech and freedom of religion. It would appear that the recently discovered right to not be offended, right to not be challenged in one's beliefs, and right to screw anything you want are being used to trump those rights. The complaint about breaking confidentiality is apparantly based upon the newly discovered "right to do secretly what no one would stand for publicly" -- for the proceeding has no right to remain silent, and any and all involuntarily coerced statements made in the proceedings may be used against the speaker in a court of law. Again, basic human rights are not a consideration at Cape Breton University.

When i was young, Canada was a free country -- or so it appeared when I visited there. When did that change?

Oh, and by the way, I wrote Shane Wallis the following email. I hope he is man enough to respond.

Shane--

How is it that you have come to the conclusion that your own personal weaknesses and inadequacies are a legitimate basis for suppressing the human rights of individuals to hold religious beliefs and to express them publicly?

Did your university teach you the fascist view that only government-approved thoughts, beliefs, and opinions may be expressed in public, or was did you learn that elsewhere?

Why do you fear views which differ from your own? Is it a fear of diversity, or a recognition of the weakness and inadequacies of your own beliefs?

By the way, my questions have nothing to do with your sexual practices or personal relationships -- they have to do with fundamental questions of human rights enshrined in the founding charters of free societies. I hope you'll take a moment and respond.

Regards
Greg
AKA Rhymes With Right
www.rhymeswithright.mu.nu

To Dr. Mullan, I offer my prayers and best wishes as he fights the good fight for freedom in Canada. And I remind him that America is still free -- though the sodomy lobby is would certainly like to make it less so.

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And now time for our Wednesday linkfest and open trackback carnival!

You know the rules -- link back to this post with your best/favorite current posts. I won't limit your number of posts, but instead ask you to exercise prudent judgement about how many you send.

Some folks have told me they have problems trackbacking to this site. If this is the case, please use the Wizbang Standalone Trackback Pinger to establish the link.

And, of course, don't forget the big three rules.

No Spam. No Porn. No Problem.

OTHER OPEN TRACKBACKS: Third World County, Conservative Cat, Bacon Bits, Blue Star Chronicles, Adam's Blog, Sed Vitae, Cigar intelligence Agency

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Look at their Memorial Day Tribute. Make sure you have a barfbag ready.

Shame!

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Or at least for 10 days, until I start teaching Summer School.

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And now time for our linkfest and open trackback carnival!

You know the rules -- link back to this post with your best/favorite current posts. I won't limit your number of posts, but instead ask you to exercise prudent judgement about how many you send.

Some folks have tols me they have problems trackbacking to this site. If this is the case, please use the Wizbang Standalone Trackback Pinger to establish the link.

And, of course, don't forget the big three rules.

No Spam. No Porn. No Problem.

OTHER OPEN TRACKBACKS: Sed Vitae, Conservative Cat, Liberal Wrong Wing, Bacon Bits, Adam's Blog

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Well, I give my final finals of the school year today, and will shove the last student out the door by 11:00. Except for the exams for these two classes, my grades are done and will be submitted by noon.

This has been a rough year -- our 10th graders have been a difficult bunch this year, not just in my eyes but in the eyes of teachers with even more experience than I have. Katrina kids, Rita, my wife's hospitalization, the murder of one student's brother (a former student), the trial of another stuident's brother for a different murder, some unpleasant personalities... it hasn't been an easy year.

I'll miss some of the kids, but will be glad to see others go. I hear that this year's ninth graders are a more pleasant, more serious group of kids than we have sen in several years. I think I need them.

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And now time for our linkfest and open trackback carnival!

You know the rules -- link back to this post with your best/favorite current posts. I won't limit your number of posts, but instead ask you to exercise prudent judgement about how many you send.

Some folks have tols me they have problems trackbacking to this site. If this is the case, please use the Wizbang Standalone Trackback Pinger to establish the link.

And, of course, don't forget the big three rules.

No Spam. No Porn. No Problem.

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UPDATE -- 5/25/2006: KIM CONTACTED ME A COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE LAST COUPLE DAYS TO OFFER AN EXPLANATION AND AN APOLOGY FOR HER SEEMING THREATS IN THE EMAILS. I'LL TAKE THEM AT FACE VALUE, AND PRESUME THAT SHE IS SINCERE IN HER STATEMENT THAT SHE JUST WANTED MY cc: REPLIES TO STOP AND DIDN'T REALIZE HOW SERIOUSLY I WOULD TAKE HER WORDS. IN THE COURSE OF THIS MOST RECENT EXCHANGE, SHE SHOWED A LEVEL OF CLASS, DISCERNMENT, AND HUMILITY THAT SPEAKS WELL OF HER, AND LEADS ME TO BELIEVE I MAY HAVE MISJUDGED HER. IN RETURN, I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I MAY NOT HAVE DEALT WITH HER IN THE BEST FASHION AT ANY TIME SINCE SHE ARRIVED HERE. I'VE UNBANNED HER, AND HOPE THAT THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF A HEALTHEIR AND MORE RESPECTFUL CONVERSATION.

Remember Kim, the arrogant spoiled child who irritated most everyone on the Ashley Reeves comment thread. Well, she decided to email me tonight, despite my specific request that she make no more contact with me.

I'll share the email thread with you.

From: Lycansshadow@aol.com Mailed-By: aol.com
To: rhymeswithright@gmail.com
Date: May 22, 2006 4:50 PM
Subject: Hey!

Please disable all of my contact links on the Ashley Reeves blog.
Thanks,
-Kim

From: Greg Mailed-By: gmail.com
To: "Lycansshadow@aol.com"
Date: May 22, 2006 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: Hey!

You are in no position to make such a demand -- and I don't have the time to do so. You put them there, you will have to live with them.

From: Lycansshadow@aol.com Mailed-By: aol.com
To: rhymeswithright@gmail.com
Date: May 22, 2006 11:19 PM
Subject: Re: Hey!

Dude, what's your problem? I didn't do anything to you. I don't know if you're embarrassed that you were bested by someone so young, or just jealous that someone so young has that ability, and I don't particularly care. Bottom line is I made a polite request that you disable links so that complete strangers would quit telling me how great, or not great, I am. I know it wouldn't take long, so quit with the"I don't have time" thing.
Do it, don't do it, whatever. It's just e-mails, either way. But I suggest you learn the difference between a request and a demand, and quit taking your dissatisfaction with life out on me.

From: Greg Mailed-By: gmail.com
To: "Lycansshadow@aol.com"
Date: May 22, 2006 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: Hey!

GET LOST.

And by the way -- you were requested to make no more contact with me. You violated that. I will be forwarding your emails to AOL and Yahoo, requesting that they terminate your accounts.

Regards,
Greg


From: Lycansshadow@aol.com Mailed-By: aol.com
To: rhymeswithright@gmail.com
Date: May 22, 2006 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: Hey!

Could you be more of an Idiot? Like AOL is really going to lose 30 bucks a month because some balding, middle-aged nobody can't handle a kid hitting a little too close to the mark. R-ight...

From: Greg Mailed-By: gmail.com
To: abuse@yahoo.com, abuse@aol.com
Cc: barelymuggle2@yahoo.com, lycansshadow@aol.com
Date: May 22, 2006 11:55 PM
Subject: Fwd: Hey!

On May 14, at 3:37 PM, this individual was requested to cease all contact with me. She has not. Please take appropriate action to terminate her account for violation of terms of service.

From: Greg Mailed-By: gmail.com
To: abuse@aol.com, abuse@yahoo.com
Cc: barelymuggle2@yahoo.com, lycansshadow@aol.com
Date: May 22, 2006 11:57 PM
Subject: Fwd: Hey!

On May 14, at 3:37 PM, this individual was requested to cease all contact with me. She has not. Please take appropriate action to terminate her account for violation of terms of service.

From: Lycansshadow@aol.com Mailed-By: aol.com
To: rhymeswithright@gmail.com
Date: May 23, 2006 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: Hey!

Like I said Could you be more of an idiot? What does that prove other than you enjoy wasting time typing things noone will probably ever read and if they do, won't care about. Geez, man, get a life, and quit e-mailing me, you perv.

From: Greg Mailed-By: gmail.com
To: abuse@aol.com, abuse@yahoo.com
Cc: barelymuggle2@yahoo.com, lycansshadow@aol.com
Date: May 23, 2006 12:05 AM
Subject: Fwd: Hey!

On May 14, at 3:37 PM, this individual was requested to cease all contact with me. She has not. Please take appropriate action to terminate her account for violation of terms of service.

From: Lycansshadow@aol.com Mailed-By: aol.com
To: rhymeswithright@gmail.com
Date: May 23, 2006 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: Hey!

I would quit e-mailing me if I were you. I'm about to tag you as a sexual predator. (who else e-mails teens girls in the middle of the night? Sicko).

From: Greg Mailed-By: gmail.com
To: abuse@aol.com, abuse@yahoo.com
Date: May 23, 2006 12:09 AM
Subject: Fwd: Hey!

On May 14, at 3:37 PM, this individual was requested to cease all contact with me. She has not. Please take appropriate action to terminate her account for violation of terms of service.

So you see, the little bitch is a stone-cold liar. She spread lies about the victim of a horrific assault, and now she wants to spread lies about me for daring to report her for being an abusive annoyance. For all her talk of having high morals, she is more than willing to make shit up if it suits her purpose. She is even willing to make a particular accusation that would cost me my career, my home, my marriage and my reputation -- because I dare to write to AOL and Yahoo about her and forward courtesy copies to her. These emails have no sexual content, and merely state a fact documented elsewhere on this website.

Why am I posting this? Self defense, so that the whole world knows that this child, who was more than willing to leave her email address here when she commented, is now threatening to make a false accusation about me because she isn't getting her way. I'm heading that off by documenting the threat for the whole world to see, because I won't stand by and allow such an accusation to be made falsely.

Oh, and by the way, Kim -- you still are not welcome to post comments on my site -- and any attempt to do so will generate further reports to AOL and Yahoo.

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1 Good job on posting up the e-mail. Were some of your "responses" fabricated, all of them, or what?

I have to say "thanks" at least to you for defending my comment in a previous thread (read: flame war). I was quickly jumped on for being a friend of Kim or being Kim herself.

The only thing I agreed with Kim on, was that it should be questioned why such a young girl was with an older guy. Or should I put it the other way around? What was an older guy doing with a high school girl? Defaming her by labeling the girl as a pregnant teen was overboard, so much that the mother had to defend her against the media.

Back to this e-mail debacle. Kim has no reason, nor obligation (besides personal respect) to cease e-mailing you. That's easily fixed with spam-filtering or a blocked e-mail. She *did* make a polite initial request (assuming all of the correspondence above is legitimate) which in no way seemed like a "demand."

I don't think she's in any position to be reported to AOL for abuse, as she wasn't abusing anything. She finally grasped for some form of defense by threatening to label you as a "sicko", after you supposedly e-mailed abuse@aol.com.

You put up with enough crap from teens at school, I'm sure, so I'd recommend just blocking the girl, and leaving her comments up.

You've already wasted enough time as it with her. (On a side note, any chance of allowing my blog, http://www.smarterspam[dot]com/wordpress/ to not get picked up by the spam filter for "spam[dot]com" ?)

Posted by: Eric Clemmons at Tue May 23 03:13:10 2006 (+LgAZ)

2 A couple of issues here.

1) I've tried to block her, but cannot get that done without blocking all of AOL. She was requested not to post here, and continued to do so -- and she was requested not to contact me in the future after her abusive comments here. I merely followed up on my previous promises of action -- and she became progressively more abusive as she found she would not get her way. Quite frankly, I believe she displayed her true character with the threat she made -- and anyway, if I'm a perve for sending her a courtesy copy of my emails to her ISP, then she would have to be a slutty little twit (should that be an "a" instead of an "i"?) who is pursuing an older man who doesn't want to be bothered.

2) All emails are legitimate -- I'll forward them all to you if you want confirmation of that fact. I'm rather offended by your questioning their validity. After all, cut-and-paste isn't that hard.

3) As for your blog, I've forwarded the request on to the fellow who runs all the mu.nu blogs. For whatever reason, nothing has happened to fix the situation.

Posted by: Rhymes With Right at Tue May 23 09:57:16 2006 (fI2Yv)

3 Whoa whoa, buddy! Take it easy I'm on your side! And yes, it's "twat", not "twit." It's a common mistake.

I believe you in that they were valid, it's just that the statement:
"now she wants to spread lies about me for daring to report her for being an abusive annoyance" threw me off on whether she fabricated some of the e-mails to make you seem more corrosive.

Posted by: Eric Clemmons at Tue May 23 13:45:42 2006 (569m5)

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Submit your entry today!

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And now time for our linkfest and open trackback carnival!

You know the rules -- link back to this post with your best/favorite current posts. I won't limit your number of posts, but instead ask you to exercise prudent judgement about how many you send.

Some folks have tols me they have problems trackbacking to this site. If this is the case, please use the Wizbang Standalone Trackback Pinger to establish the link.

And, of course, don't forget the big three rules.

No Spam. No Porn. No Problem.

OTHER LINKFESTS: Conservative Cat, Outside the Beltway, Samantha Burns, Liberal Wrong Wing, Business of America is Business, Third World County, Adam's Blog, Blue Star Chronicles, Stop the ACLU

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Why on earth would anyone object to declaring English the national language of the United States?

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called a proposal to make English the official language "racist" on the Senate floor yesterday.

"This amendment is racist. I think it's directed basically to people who speak Spanish," the Democrat said during the already tense debate over immigration reform.

Moments later, the Senate approved the measure on a 63-34 vote. Virtually all Republicans were joined by 11 Democrats to approve the largely symbolic amendment. Immediately following that vote, the Senate approved a second amendment, declaring on a 58-39 vote that English is the "common and unifying language."

Racist? To declare the major language of the Unite4d States to be the national language? Hardly – and they ought to go the next step, to make it the official language, ending voting and other government services in languages other than English. It would be suppoted by the overwhelming majority of Americans.

A poll by Zogby International earlier this year found that 84 percent of Americans say English should be the official language of government operations. The same poll found that 77 percent of Hispanics agree.

And it's a bipartisan issue, according to the poll, which found that 92 percent of Republicans and 82 percent of Democrats approve making English the country's official language.

Reid, of course, is an imbecile, who is trying to score votes from the supporters of illegal immigration. What he does not want to acknowledge is that those who come to this country and wish to make themselves successful and productive need to speak English to do so.

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You just step out the back, Jack;
Make a new Plan, Stan..."

Oh, I'm sorry -- that's 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover.

I guess I have just one way to kill a blog to talk about today -- and that is the course of action taken by Polipundit regarding co-blogger Lorie Byrd.

So far, IÂ’ve allowed the guest bloggers here to write pretty much what they pleased about all issues, including illegal immigration.

But on the illegal immigration issue, I now find myself having to contend with at least three out of four guest bloggers who will reflexively try to poke holes in any argument I make.

Suppose three out of four columnists at the Old York Times were pro-Republican. You can bet publisher “Pinch” Sulzberger would do something about that right quick.

Suppose a Bush administration official came out openly against amnesty. The Bushies would show him the door.

Similarly, the writers at PoliPundit.com need to respect the editorial position of PoliPundit.com on the most important issue to this blog, as the “publisher” sees it - illegal immigration.

We will discuss amongst ourselves what that means, and how we can best achieve it. Once we have come to a resolution, we will make it public.

Sounds to me like the resolution has been made -- conform or die, conscience be damned. Never mind that the very ideological conformity Polipundit has demanded is a part of what has taken the New York Times (his example) from the status of "paper of record" to bird-cage liner.

Demanding ideological conformity on a particular issue is a sure path to disaster -- unless you want to be regarded as a one-trick pony devoting a blog to a single issue.

I hope that Polipundit reconsiders this misguided course of action before he damages the viability of his blog -- if he has not done so already.

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Well, I think I've got the new computer running the way I want it to. Unfortunately, the Darling Democrat and I lost a lot of stuff in the crash of the old system. That means that someone in the family is pretty upset about a number of unrecoverable graphics.

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Well, in celebration, let's have a linkfest and open trackback party.

Post as much as you want, within reason -- but make sure it is good/interesting stuff.

And remember the rules.

No Spam. No Porn. No Problem.

OTHER TRACKBACK PARTIERS: Conservative Cat, Third World Country, Sed Vitae, TMH Bacon Bits, Adam's Blog, Uncooperative Blogger, Is It Just Me?, Blue Star Chronicles, Stop The ACLU, Leaning Straight Up

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1 Thanks for the linkge. Coupla lil things: tb returned an error on your tb URI. Don't know why. I may try again another way. Other, while I very, very much appreciate having my borders expanded, third world county is still just a county. :-) No biggie. It's a tyypoo trap, after all. *heh*

Posted by: David at Sat May 13 02:36:55 2006 (s499z)

2 I may have to start including Wizbang's little toy in my posts -- I've had several reports of this problem.

And I'm shocked -- I've always included the "r" when mentioning your blog. Ooops!

Posted by: Rhymes With Right at Sat May 13 03:41:03 2006 (dYb0p)

3 I think it's a problem with mu.nu - every mu nu blog I've tried to tb to today has returned undelieverable.

Posted by: beth at Sat May 13 12:07:27 2006 (X6tm3)

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Heya folks. Rhodey here from The Colossus of Rhodey (go figure, eh?). Just wanted to inform you that the lack of posts from Greg are due to a very good reason -- one that many of us have experienced at one point or another: His computer went kablooey late last week.

Hopefully, he'll be back in action soon!

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