Thursday, March 20, 2008

Daily Kos bloggers whine about Clinton, form union

Blogging is the ultimate in free speech, unfiltered and uncensored. It allows the marketplace of free ideas to compete. And like any free market, there is lots of pollution such as spam and misinformation. And despite its drawbacks, its as close to the real world democracy as you can get.

Which is why when I read that some bloggers at the DailyKos website went on strike and are trying to form a union because they thought that DailyKos was unfair because they allowed readers to respond negatively to the Clinton cheer leading that these bloggers engaged in, I almost choked laughing. There are so many things wrong here.

First off, they are playing the victim card. Life is unfair because people are allowed to respond freely to the bloggers opinion. Basically, they want censorship for the criticism of their ideas.

Second, like Clinton, they don't like the outcome and want to change the rules. Remember folks, its a fair contest only if one side wins because the game is rigged. Republicans much better at rigging games (see all the gerrymandering that has been done in Texas, Virginia, and other red states, the K street project, etc.). Clinton admires McCain and the Republicans she wants to emulate them?

Finally, like most Democrats, they made the stupid choice. They could have easily started their own site and made their own rules, or gone to work for Fox News where one-sided reporting is the standard, but instead they whine that if the rules aren't changed to support them, they are going to form a union. Really? And what exactly does that do for you? Other than clearly identify you as a group of whiners.

DailyKos should do us and this group a big favor. Revoke their access and kick their dumb arses to the electronic curb. Let them blog in the real world. If they can't swim with the sharks in the free market of ideas, they deserve to sink.

And take a moment to reflect that this is the type of people that Hillary is attracting to her campaign, and that this is the type of leadership she is projecting. Ask yourself if this is any better than the scum that are currently in office (yes, I'm suggesting that Hillary is just as bad as Bush as a leader if she can't play by the rules and the end justifies the means)?

As I've stated before, it wasn't Obama that convinced me that I should vote for him, it was Hillary. And every day my choice seems more and more to be the correct one. Because I don't want another four years of whiners and rule breakers to be in charge.

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