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Paul Walderman misses the point on Coulter

Posted: June 19, 2010 by datechguy in internet/free speech, opinion/news
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Paul Walderman in his quest to find something positive for the left to write about; discovers what he thinks is a gem on Ann Coulter:

Remember Ann Coulter? Seems like just yesterday she was Queen of the Right, the whole political world hanging on her every bile-laced tirade. Yet she’s all but disappeared.

Not that she isn’t trying. She’s still got her weekly column over at Human Events (latest entry: “Alvin Greene: The Most Qualified Democrat I Have Ever Seen” – Har har!). She still makes regular appearances on Fox, showing up to gab with Bill O’Reilly or Sean Hannity. But she seems to have completely lost her ability to move from the right-wing outlets into the mainstream discussion.

This is an excellent example of what is called “projection”. For the left it is always about personal relevance. Am I on the front pages, do I get enough attention, can I get instalanched?

As Walderman notes, but dismisses, Ann is a regular columnist, and has regular TV appearances. He doesn’t mention that she also regularly makes the NYT best seller list whenever she writes a book and still packs anyplace where she speaks.

In other words she is doing just fine and doesn’t need the validation of a dying Mainstream Media to make herself important. She has a comfortable life and will continue to have one.

More importantly to her, her philosophy is winning in the arena of ideas these days. I suspect she will trade that for an extra appearance on the View or one more time a month on Joy Behar’s show any day.

Perhaps she is confusing Miss Coulter with another blondish lady who although holding titular power is striving to be relevant:

When you can’t find good news about your own side, I guess you have to take your crumbs where you can.

Maybe my “Am I worth half as much as Andrew Sullivan” fundraiser…

Posted: June 19, 2010 by datechguy in opinion/news
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…hasn’t proved all that successful suggesting (so far) that I’m not worth even 1% of the old Andrew Sullivan. (feel free to prove that wrong by hitting DaTipJar.)

Only you can set the relative value

However from this post at Glenn’s it seems clear that Andrew Sullivan isn’t worth half as much as the old Andrew Sullivan either.

By “soon realizes,” Andrew means I linked to Baker in the same post — not even in an update. But Baker doesn’t actually say there’s no US kill switch. Baker thinks a US kill switch is a good idea, in response to threats from other countries.

My favorite part (and likely Peg, and Stacy’s, and Pam Geller’s…) is this finish:

As for the large numbers of readers who always email that I shouldn’t respond to Andrew’s trolling, well, I usually don’t. But every once in a while it’s worth noting just how sadly he’s declined. And, as is done with regard to a certain other attention-seeking blogger he’s coming to resemble

He must be talking about a certain little green blogger that Glenn hasn’t instalanched in a very long time. Perhaps this comment I wrote about Johnson applies to Sullivan too:

Also consider that an instalanche means other blogs will pick up your posts in reference. Imaginable the cumulative effect of this happening every two weeks for 8 years. It is mind boggling!…

…and then it suddenly stops!

On a more serious note, I think Sullivan has decided that he has grown a bit more MSNBCish and is writing to his Chris Matthews show niche market audience. In terms of a job, it makes sense and will keep his bills paid. As a person who is beginning to struggle to pay his, may I never reach that point.

Amazon vine review: Secret Clinical Strength, Light and Fresh Scent-Advanced Solid

Posted: June 19, 2010 by datechguy in amazon reviews, oddities
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One of the interesting things about the Amazon Vine program is that you aren’t just reviewing books, you often get a chance to review various products that are offered. Once in a while they are rather exciting and people rush to get them, such as treadmills, computer servers and mp3 players. When those are up for grabs it is like a department store at Christmas during the Tickle me Elmo Craze.

Other times there are everyday products that nobody thinks of “wasting” their freebies on, after all what’s so exciting about an underarm solid?

Well I disagree with that idea. If there is a product that you would use anyway I see no reason not to get it though the vine program and actually save yourself a few bucks while getting something useful.

And on that note my review of Secret Clinical Strength advanced solid through the Amazon vine program is available at amazon.com here.

One other nice thing about such a review is that because the only thing at state is wetness, people will judge such a review by what is said. Of course the review is short and to the point, how many different ways can you say your underarm stuff either works or doesn’t?

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