Note To Readers

Just thought I'd make something clear for anyone who regularly happens by. One might think I've been caught up in some Greenwald obsession this week, or so. Quite seriously, that isn't the case.

Greenwald's rhetoric and history with other conservative bloggers marginalized him for me before I ever read him for content. I saw enough through links which brought him into my view. I never have, and likely never will read him for content. He's too silly and shrill in his over-reaching attacks on the Right to take seriously - and usually off the mark imo.

There are elements of Right-side blogging which perhaps deserve some criticism. By frothing at the mouth over them all, Greenwald defeats his own cause, which I assume he has taken up since Working Assets finished their book.

Starting with the Armstrong affair, I became very interested in the mechanizations of a growing number of Liberal groups and individuals with a great deal of money who have begun sinking it, in part, into Internet initiatives designed to impact political discourse in America. Part of that sub-initiative includes blogs and bloggers - small change, really. Still, it's ground I, along with many, occupy on the Right.

It's their right to do it. But by buying or creating certain things all but transparently - like books and blogs, I see it as, in effect, co-opting populism in a way. I'm not suggesting there's anything illegal with their doing it. Though, imo, they've made some poor long-term choices, though their efforts are succeeding somewhat short-term.

What I resent is big money being plonked into blogging to create things that are designed to look objective, when they clearly aren't. And that, and not Greenwald is what resulted in my being focused on him of late. The Greenwalds will come and go, for now. At least until they cultivate the real deal. And he is really just a paid monkey, or a lap dancer, as I believe I called him before. Certainly he's intelligent. But his now obvious character flaws ultimately do him in in this environment. Blogging exposes you tremendously, particularly if you allow your emotions to get the better of you, which Greenwald repeatedly seems to do.

But the moneyed, and I would argue elitist Liberals are going to be around a long time. The less successful they are in their efforts, the better for the conservative cause. And ultimately the better for genuine grass roots blogging, which is being crowded out more and more everyday.

I'll now return you to our regularly scheduled programming - whatever the hell that might be. ; )

Thanks!

Comments

[dylan]

Good to see that your gettin' all grass roots on us. Keep an eye on that vast liberal conspiracy that you spend so many days, hours and words ridiculing and dissecting as meaningless and dishonest. It is frightening to hear that they are so "bankrolled" and monied now. They may send their pro-tax and antiwar goons over to your house, seeing they posess this great power.