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This post may be blog wonk, but it’s very good blog wonk. The writer, an adjunct professor in conflict and analysis and resolution at George Mason University
and whose 'Net roots go back to the BBS days, looks at the evolution of Indymedia which he says suffers from “ambiguity of purpose.” Of Blogs, he writes:What’s made blogging popular and compelling isn’t its structure or the technology behind it, it’s blogging as a genre: the juxtaposing of the very personal, even mundane, with broader life, politics, and community. And it’s finally dawned on me that, for no good reasons, that’s what’s been increasingly missing on Indymedia.
The Night They Bombed Washington
Democratis
The loud blasts Saturday night alarmed many DC residents. People gathered in lobby of my building for a serious discussion about dirty bombs, percussions and water vapor, while trying to find out what happen. The explosions turned out to be John F. Kennedy Center-sponsored fireworks. This writer offered a report from the scene in his neighborhood.
Democratis
The loud blasts Saturday night alarmed many DC residents. People gathered in lobby of my building for a serious discussion about dirty bombs, percussions and water vapor, while trying to find out what happen. The explosions turned out to be John F. Kennedy Center-sponsored fireworks. This writer offered a report from the scene in his neighborhood.
Behind me I heard Mrs. Morris, a retired employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who has told me, over and over, and over again, how that agency has not been properly administered since the death of J. Edgar Hoover, said, just loud enough for everyone who was gathering to hear, ‘Oh my God they’ve blown it all up!”
Related:
My Terrorism Freak-out: So, at this point I'm pretty sure that some sort of apocalyptic attack has taken place … I don't think I had felt this rocked since I was stuck in traffic on Canal Road on Sept. 11th … From Charlie Don’t Surf.
Dear All Those Who Wish to Detonate Loud Explosives in DC: Please, please, give us some kind of warning when you light fireworks in our fair city. From Talkin’ Shit About A Pretty Sunset.
Washington Post report: Fireworks Cause Deluge of Panicked Calls in DC.
Also noted:
Celibate. Rhymes with Celebrate: Old relationship and visions “in pure white linoleum” by a writer celebrating her celibaversary. From Dealing in Subterfuges
A point about the power of blogs: Bloggers have been urging the National Zoo to consider the naming the baby panda, Butterstick. The campaign is getting media attention. Just imagine if we were to devote our powers to actual problems! From the Beaverhausen Blog.
DC Chinatown as seen by a newcomer to this city. The entire area was a sea of well-off people dressed uniformly in black. From Katie: A Wanderer from a Little Town in Tennessee
Dear All Those Who Wish to Detonate Loud Explosives in DC: Please, please, give us some kind of warning when you light fireworks in our fair city. From Talkin’ Shit About A Pretty Sunset.
Washington Post report: Fireworks Cause Deluge of Panicked Calls in DC.
Also noted:
Celibate. Rhymes with Celebrate: Old relationship and visions “in pure white linoleum” by a writer celebrating her celibaversary. From Dealing in Subterfuges
A point about the power of blogs: Bloggers have been urging the National Zoo to consider the naming the baby panda, Butterstick. The campaign is getting media attention. Just imagine if we were to devote our powers to actual problems! From the Beaverhausen Blog.
DC Chinatown as seen by a newcomer to this city. The entire area was a sea of well-off people dressed uniformly in black. From Katie: A Wanderer from a Little Town in Tennessee
Photo: GW hospital
posted by kob @ 12:50 AM
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Always happy to give good blog wonk. Thanks for the mention and kind words.
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