John Hawkins polled righty bloggers (I was a no-show this time — got to keep him honest!) and has now published a list of The 25 Most Influential People On The Right According To Conservative Bloggers.
Top righties
Posted by Ron Coleman on May 9, 2008
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Farewell, Siam!
Posted by Ron Coleman on May 8, 2008
Chris Wilson in Slate explains how and why news organizations decide to acknowledge a country’s or political subdivision’s name change.
I didn’t even know Mumbai was Bombay!!
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Small world
Posted by Ron Coleman on May 7, 2008
On the way to court this afternoon my paralegal and I shared the number 5 subway with the Mayor of the City of New York! That’s the Honorable Michael Bloomberg right there.
He was blocking the door, completely contrary to the instructions clearly posted in the subway. But, you know, he is an old guy, so I didn’t give him any aggravation over it. Still, rules are rules. I did suggest to the paralegal that she should mostly be impressed by the fact that neither of us had ever been that close to that much money before, but — being a drooling fan of the Mayor herself — she just nodded, tight-lipped.
We got off at the same stop — City Hall, of course, where the courthouses are too. This is easily one of the worst-off subway stops I have any regular truck with in Manhattan. You’d think the Mayor would have some pull on this!
Good day in court, too, except on the merits of the motion being made to dismiss my client’s case. But I sounded great. You know, a nice resonant vocal quality can be its own reward (something I have over the Mayor, mind you). Luckily we are billing by the hour on this so I don’t have to rely on that, however.
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The long and rocky road
Posted by Ron Coleman on May 7, 2008
Irvin Robbins, of Baskin-Robbins fame, died yesterday. Count on me to find the trademark angle!
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Blood, sweat, toil, tears and Dan Rather’s word processor
Posted by Ron Coleman on May 6, 2008
British historians called Tuesday for a public report on the inquiry into 29 forged documents found at the National Archives that falsely accuse Winston Churchills government of having a secret, cordial relationship with Nazi SS chief Henrich Himmler at the height of World War II.
Eight leading historians signed an open letter urging police to take action against the suspect who faked the documents, which also allege that Churchill ordered the assassination of Himmler to keep the discussions secret. . . .
[C]oncerns about the authenticity of the documents were raised after [an expert] saw unexplained pencil marks beneath some of the signatures. He was also deeply suspicious about the use of some phrases, such as “devastating repercussions,” that were not widely used in the 1940s.
Okay, maybe they were forged. But couldn’t they still be fake but accurate?
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Tudor City Greens
Posted by Ron Coleman on May 6, 2008
Wow, it’s nice here today!
As you can imagine, I had nothing else to do.
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The sad truth
Posted by Ron Coleman on May 6, 2008
Professor Bainbridge (via Insty):
[W]ith the exception of a few professionals like Drum or Andrew Sullivan, most of whom are sponsored by traditional journalism outlets, blogging tends to be the hobby of people with full-time jobs who do it because it’s more fun than stamp collecting.
Um, or our full time jobs!
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Another day in Phoenix
Posted by Ron Coleman on May 6, 2008
At the federal courthouse, that is.
Quite an interesting day, too. When I get past the jetlag, magnified as it is by the awfulness of modern-day air travel, I will update the waiting millions of you about it. I met all sorts of interesting people! And spent about three minutes in the sun.
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Thought balls?
Posted by Ron Coleman on May 4, 2008
a thought born embalmed as a cliche, already tiresome from anticipated over-expression before being sincerely expressed in the first place
Wow, he’s so out in front of whatever it is he’s talking about that I, for one, have no idea what on earth he’s talking about.
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