We Bloggers can be influential. Are we not?
Even my “favorite” conservative blogger, Cao states that she wants to influence people with her blog.
I understand what’s going on today and am carrying the tradition of my ancestors: I am still opposing the things that are wrong. I hope I can share some of these views and make a difference.
Some people are afraid of activism. I don’t know why they are. I’m guessing people have this picture in mind when they think about activists.
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But it’s not just the liberals, man. Take it from a true, right wing conservative! They keep the word alive in their blogs.
Here’s an example list I stole from Cao’s Blog of Conservative Bloggers who passionately support their political views and argue (like I do) relentlessly against the other side (the side that I’m *not* on):
10ft2ft
2Slick’s Forum
A Collection of Thoughts
A Day In Iraq
A Physicist’s Perspective
Aaron’s Rantblog
American Warmonger
Ankle Biting Pundits
Another Man’s Meat
Anti Idiotarian-Rottweiler
AntiProtester Journal
Any Soldier
BadEagle
Bayouranter
Better Living Through Blogging
BlackFive
Blogs for Bush
Bloodletting
California Hammonds
Cathouse Chat
Citizen Smash
Cold Fury
Conservative & Right
Conservative Dialysis
Conservative Eyes
Conservative Response
Davids Medienkritik
Defend America
Democrats Give Conservatives Indigestion
Dhimmi Watch
Dump Dick Durbin
Eurosoc
Everything I Know Is Wrong
Evil Conservative
Faith Freedom
Feces Flinging Monkey
Follow That Star
Freedom Of Thought
Frickeville
Give Me Liberty
GOP Insight
Human Events
Hyscience
I Love Jet Noise
IMAO
Internet Insomniac
Intolerant Elle
Iraq Files
It Is What It Is
Jihad Watch
Kenders Musings
Lady Mac
Leaning Right
Leanne Wildermuth : Artist by Nature
Louisiana Conservative
Marine Corps Moms
Michael Savage
Michelle Malkin
Michigan Blog
Military Bride
Modern Vertebrate Speaks!
Mofizixgr4fix
Montana Politics
Moonbattery.com
Mr. Minority
Nostrablogass
Obiter Dictum
Ogre’s Politics and Views
One Man’s Thoughts
Pardon My English
Peace For Our Time
Peppermint Patty
Pirate’s Cove
Rage4Truth
Rancette
Ravings Of A Mad Tech
Ravings Of John C. A. Bambenek
Rebel Rouser
Regular Ron
Res Publica 2004
Right Wing News
Right Wing Nuthouse
RightViews
Rottweiler Puppy
Sgt Hook
Shadow Of Diogenes
Sheep In Wolf’s Clothing
Sigmund Carl & Alfred
Slapinions
Soy Como Soy
Spydrzweb
Steven Kiel
Stop The ACLU
Thank My Recruiter
The American Patriots
The American Spectator
The Art Of The Blog
The Belgravia Dispatch
The Chicago Report
The Church Of Dysfunction
The Great Separation
The Hidden Nook
The Islamic Threat
The Jawa Report
The Lost Nomad
The Mudville Gazette
The Nashif Report
The Neo-Progressive
The New American
The Obama Factor
The Questing Cat
The Rising Sun
The Roth Report
The Spitball Defense
The Sunnyeside
The Underscore
Tomfoolery Of The Highest Order
Transforming Sermons
Trilogy
Truth Laid Bear
Truth Lies And Common Sense
TS Right Dominion
Uncivil Rights
Uncle Jack
Villainous Company
Vox Felisi
Where’s Your Brain?
WorldNet Daily
XBIP
Young Conservatives
They use images on their blogs to promote the beliefs they hold close to their heart.
Hear from the Republicans:
I agree that Liberals have a tendency of overstepping their boundaries when it comes to protesting or promoting their views, but not all Liberals agree with violent and chaotic protesting.
In essence, both Republicans and Democrats hold their beliefs intensely and sometimes ferociously. But bloggers come by and listen to our rants anyway.
However, the day may come that bloggers have to keep their opinions to themselves. Who knows?
Internet bloggers should enjoy traditional press freedoms and not face regulation as political groups, lawmakers and online journalists said Friday.
In separate letters, Democratic lawmakers and Internet commentators urged the Federal Election Commission to make sure that political Web sites that serve as focal points for political discussion, like Wonkette.com and Freerepublic.com, don’t have to comply with campaign-finance rules.
“Curtailing blogs and other online publications will dampen the impact of new voices in the political process and will do a disservice to the millions of voters who rely on the Web for original, insightful political commentary”, said the Online Coalition, a group of bloggers and online activists.
Fourteen members of the House of Representatives said blogs foster a welcome diversity of viewpoints.
“This ‘democratization’ of the media is a welcome development in this era of media consolidation and a corresponding lack of diversity of views in traditional media outlets”, said the group, which consists of thirteen Democrats and one Republican.
The FEC ruled in 2002 that Internet activities do not count as “coordinated political activity” and thus don’t have to comply with laws that regulate money in politics.
But a U.S. judge struck down that ruling as too broad last year, and the FEC is scheduled to consider it later this month.
If the FEC determines that online “blogs” are in fact political organizations, they could face fines if they work too closely with political campaigns by, for example, reprinting their press releases.
Let’s have some fun while it lasts!
The day the gov’t. starts regulating what I write in my blog is the day I move to another country. George Orwell wasn’t too far off was he?
Yes, soon we’ll be living just like the women in the Middle East. I can see it comin’.
Thanks for all the links man! Your site is really cool. I think I will add you to my blog list! I see you found a lot of images from my site. That is cool. Thanks for spreading the word. My blog exhaust me, and it is sometimes hard to get around to visiting other ones. I found you through my sitemeter.
Hey TB
I think this was fun. However I’d pick one nit with it when you said you agree that Liberals often overstep their bounds when it comes to activism. Sure there are the people who chain themselves to trees and all, but not to many of them blow up places to make a point. (abortion clinics). Being a fairly moderate liberal, I’d have to say that I have never seen the level of venemom and pure out and out hatred you see on many of the far right winged sites. There is no discourse, only name calling. What they do well though is coordinate – something most of us more liberal bloggers have not hit upon yet. They push their ideas on mass, where we tend to be more “free thinking’ and try to refine out own views. Thats great at the debate club, not when your trying to influence policy.
Nice post. Thanks for the listing in the post. Ignore Cranky, we have exchanged arguments at length. He is a bit poisonous with that reply. I will not bite the troll but I do want to! Good Blogging!
The bottom line really is that both Libs and Republicans both overstep their boundaries. Those are what I call the Extremists. Extremists are hypocrites and contribution nothing to our society.
Damn, you mention eight hundred forty-seven thousand conservative blogs, yet I get no love.
Thanks for linking to my blog (even if you do accuse me of being a conservative).