The progressive blogosphere: A "movement" without a manifesto

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Sunday April 08, 2007 · 7:45 AM PDT

2007/04/08 · 07:45

This sentiment was inspired by a diary on Booman Tribune that I read...

For all of its sturm und drang... does the progressive blogosphere actually have a concrete declaration of sentiments and aims put together? Not necessarily a "platform" -- just a simple, articulable manifesto?

For the last four or five years, the blogosphere has been nauseatingly crammed with talk about "movements" -- either of bloggers, of political parties, or of candidates -- and yet, when you ask about where the manifestos for these movements are, all you get is a blank look.

"We're having a conference in New York," someone will say to you.

Great. When will the manifesto be presented?

"We're having breakaway working groups. You can sign up for as many as you want. And then, the keynote event will be an address by [insert famous politician name here]."

Terrific. When will you read the manifesto?

"Huh?"

NYCO

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Friday April 06, 2007 · 7:29 AM PDT

2007/04/06 · 07:29

The Post-Standard reports this morning:

Dan Gage, Walsh's spokesman, said he was not impressed by Maffei's early challenge.

"Mr. Maffei offers nothing other than blind ambition," Gage said. "Clearly, the premature timing of his announcement suggests he is motivated purely by his own self-interest, not Central New York's. People are sick and tired of campaigning, and nobody likes a rerun."

Well, actually I am sick and tired of the endless campaign and think it can ultimately come to no good, but I so enjoyed watching little Jimmy sweat it out last time, so this time should be double the fun. Tally-HOOOOOOO!

The Turkmenbashi is dead! Long live the Turkmenbashi.

NYCO

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Thursday December 21, 2006 · 5:47 AM PST

2006/12/21 · 05:47

I can't believe no one is writing about the untimely death of Saparmurat Niyazov, father of all Turkmen, aka the Turkmenbashi.

Before we start the 100 days of official mourning and writing about what this means for U.S.-Russian jockeying for power over Turkmenistan's gas reserves, let us bow our heads and remember some of his golden words...

Farmers, agricultural scientists, agricultural workers and the people of independent neutral Turkmenistan... I would like to whole-heartedly congratulate you on the remarkable national holiday – Turkmen Melon Day. I would like to wish each of you good health, long and wonderful like Turkmen melons life. Turkmen melon – a pure streamlet flowing out of the Turkmen source of profusion, Turkmen melon – the fruit whose flavour is compared with nothing else in the world as it absorbed the warmth of our generous land, it is painted by the golden rays of the Turkmen sun, it matured under the clear Turkmen sky and is imbued with the pure air of the Turkmen desert. That is why it so juicy, so sweet, so incomparably delicious and flavoured!

I can't go on.

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The progressive blogosphere: A "movement" without a manifesto

Maffei to run against Walsh again in NY-25

The Turkmenbashi is dead! Long live the Turkmenbashi.