What do you like about the EB? What don't you like? How would you improve it? What subjects do you want to discuss?
Why do some people say they are against PC and then demand a group think from the posts and comments?
How is the EB different than other sites?
Are there too many blogs now, all doing the same thing?
Are there taboo subjects?
What do you want to see happen to the blog? Should it just be ended? Lights out? I mean I just bought this old sign for the hallway leading to the johns.
I'd hope you'd keep it open Whit, though I can't imagine how time consuming it must be. Maybe you can get three or four others to do some of the posting of the topics so that the work load is easier. Good luck whatever you choose to do.
ReplyDeleteHere's a nice Hubble Image
^Agreement.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with the sentiment that 1 to 2 posts a day is usually good enough, considering the amount of debate and conflict that they cause. On topic and off.
Not that I don't enjoy more, simply it is more than enough without running you ragged.
Whit, take a couple of days off. The rent and utilities are paid up, right?
ReplyDeleteMaybe a couple of your patrons will decide that a blog should be more than just a place where a couple of guys/gals? go to "Bitch Incessantly."
You have a pretty high quality core clientele, and I'm sure that a few that have wandered off might amble back through the door someday. I, for one, will miss the EB, tremendously; and, I hope you can see a way to keeping it open. Best of Luck.
Whit, thanks for all the work you, 2164th, and Bob W. do on this blog. I would like to see it remain open. I learn alot here. I agree with Bob in that you could get another regular poster on board to lighten the workload all around.
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ReplyDeleteI would try different things over time but as some general guidelines perhaps there are some here to be utilized.
1. One theme per day unless there is notable breaking news. This would provide you with an economy of time. Anyway the group ends up mentioning what they want anyway.
2. Don't bust your hump on the perfect or most eclectic graphic While they add artistic flavor once the page is turned..poof.
3.Continue to just be here. We don't seem to be a picky crowd, outspoken perhaps, but not picky in the sense of what is the form of the site.
4. If it becomes a burden, PULL THE RIPCORD Life's too short etc.etc.
5. I do believe you could just list a few topics and let the group go for it. See last sentence of #1.
Best,
Habu
Fred Thompson
ReplyDeleteSarkozy won, pretty big too. I can't see how that can be anything but good but then I don't know a whole lot about France. The rioting muzzies surely must have helped his candidacy. An 85% turnout--jeeze that seems really high, but then I'm used to American elections. Am wondering how it compares with past French elections.
ReplyDeleteThere are legislative elections in France in June that Sarkozys' group must do well in for him to govern effectively.. June Elections
ReplyDeleteObviously Mr Sarkozy has not taken office, so will not be directing the response.
ReplyDeleteOr perhaps, as Interior Minister he can operate unimpeded by Mr Chirac. Real world, what would Chirac do, dismiss the President elect
Supporters of the centrist candidate, Mr. Bayrou, who came in third place in the first round with nearly 7 million votes, split their vote almost evenly between Mr. Sarkozy, with 40 percent, and Ms. Royal, with 38 percent, according to Ipsos.
ReplyDeleteThe data was taken from a poll carried out by phone on Sunday on a sample of 3609 people, representative of French registered voters.
Mr. Sarkozy officially will assume office ten days from now, a few hours before Mr. Chirac’s mandate ends. In a formal meeting, Mr. Chirac will hand over the secret codes for France’s nuclear weapons.
Breaking with Past
I believe I read somewhere that Chirac might be in need of a few favors from Sarkozy, having various scandals dogging him.
ReplyDeleteWASHINGTON -- A key Republican House leader said today that if President Bush's current strategy in Iraq is not working by the fall, members of Congress will demand to know what the White House's next plan is.
ReplyDeleteRep. John Boehner of Ohio, the House minority leader, said the troop buildup had shown some success and noted that it was not yet complete. But he embraced the idea of setting benchmarks for the Iraqi government and requiring Bush to assess the Iraqis' progress on a monthly basis.
"Over the course of the next three months or four months, we'll have some idea how well the plan is working," Boehner told Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday." "Early signs are indicating there is clearly some success on a number of fronts. But by the time we get to September, October, members are going to want to know how well this is working, and if it isn't, what's Plan B."
Sarkozy is a warmer, but with France already getting most of its energy from nuclear power plants, it would seem there is not a lot more it can do in that regard, except bitch at us, as to be expected. They might bitch at the Chinese and the Hindus but that's not nearly so satisfying, and nothing would come of it.
ReplyDelete"Maybe a couple of your patrons will decide that a blog should be more than just a place where a couple of guys/gals? go to 'Bitch Incessantly.'"
ReplyDeleteRufus, I've never quite understood this complaint. Is it the job of other commenters to accommodate your own predilections - to humor you? Strangelove Habu certainly doesn't accommodate mine. Nor the Bitcher in Chief (no offense) on many an occasion. But I don't come here for easy agreement or even comity.
I come here for something to think about.
I love the comment threads and the articles have kept my interest, reaching parity with anything at BC.
ReplyDeleteCount me in the minority that likes the article posting frequency - whit & deuce covered alot of ground. I especially enjoyed the Russian issues.
Also, if we don't have access to DR's analyses, the world will be a dimmer place.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a Socialist former finance minister, noted that it was his party's third consecutive defeat in presidential elections.
ReplyDelete"The left has never been so weak, because the French left has still not renewed itself," he said.
Sarkozy - for whom the presidency has been a near-lifelong quest - will formally take over Chirac on the very last day of his term, May 16. Sarkozy aide Francois Fillon, a favorite to be the prime minister, said that for a few days from Monday, Sarkozy plans "to withdraw to somewhere in France to decompress a little" and to prepare his government team.
French Presidency
There's not much in the way of criticism I can think of (a very rare occurrence), so here it goes:
ReplyDelete] Less MSM (and no BBC, CNN, NYT please). Bitching about the MSM is really getting tiresome. And really, who the fsck cares anymore what they print?
] More military, economic, scientific, discovery, biblical archeology sources and stories.
] Pace: slow it down a bit. Don't panic if an entry doesn't reach the 4 digits count.
] Format: a quick reference of a sentence or two to an interesting story can suffice.
] Submissions: make it easy for others to submit references to interesting stories.
Look, Wretchard is a good writer. Wretchard is, like many, a good writer who writes amazing nonsense, if not always - predictably.
ReplyDeleteDon't shut down the EB.
I'm reading that when the moslems took much of north Africa, many of the Christian groups there almost welcomed them, in Egypt for instance, where the Copts had been oppressed by their Christian bretheren the Byzantines. They figured they might have more tolerance from the muzzies for their way of looking at things, than from the Byzantines. Whether this is true or not, or partly so, is another matter, but it has the ring to it.
ReplyDeleteEgypt exempts Iraq from debts of $ 800 million
ReplyDeleteThe Minister of Finance, Bayan Jabr, made his statement while the Ministers of more than ten countries and international organizations are meeting for one day at the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea to agree on an international covenant to Iraq; this International Covenant document is a five-year plan offers financial, political and technical support to Iraqi institutions in return for political, security and economic reforms.
Jabr said that three countries of Eastern Europe: Slovenia, Bulgaria and Poland have also approved to exempt Iraq from 80% of the debts owed to them, but he did not disclose the value of these canceled debts.
He added that the European Union would give Iraq 200 million dollars and that he expects donations from some Asian countries as well.
Egypt Exemption
trish said...
ReplyDeleteLook, Wretchard is a good writer. Wretchard is, like many, a good writer who writes amazing nonsense, if not always - predictably.
Don't shut down the EB.
Mon May 07, 02:17:00 AM EDT
I DITTO that! I also come here not to find sycophants but rather for food for thought as well. The bar banter I find appealing but too many headline posts drag the thoughts across threads as well. 2 or 3 headline posts a week would be sufficient I think given nobody ever stays on topic.
Keep on going.
ReplyDeleteIf some people do not comment, that does not mean they are not reading