Around The ‘Sphere

Links to various topics and posts. Links are NOT selected on the basis of any political ideolgy and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Moderate Voice.

THE 40 MOST OBNOXIOUS QUOTES FROM 2004 from a conservative standpoint via Right Wing News. (Some of our readers say this whole blog qualifies..)

BAIT AND SWITCH ON TOM DELAY? Corriente suggests the GOP House leader is trying to get off the hook another way. (It does seem a good theory.)

BUSH BLEW RESPONSE TO THE TSUNAMI AT FIRST BUT NOW HAS IT RIGHT according to Kevin Featherly, who blasts the President’s earlier responses but genuinely argues the case "better late than never."

RAISING MONEY FOR TSUNAMI VICTIMS: IS THERE A LEFT-RIGHT DIVIDE? Dave Schuler has investigated and even has a graph to show you what he found charting the  attention the big liberal and big conservative blogs gave to trying to raise funds for the tidal wave victims. What he found and documents is fascinating. A MUST READ (for us to summarize it oversimplifies it).

AND WHILE WE’RE ON THE SUBJECT…We’ve already mentioned it and put it on an update on our first tsunami post, but Oxblog’s comprehensive list of groups that’ll pass your money along is one of the best you can find.

THERE ARE SPLITS AMONG IRAN’S REFORMERS and Digital Dissent’s Justin Delbar looks at this issue in detail, posing the vital (to the U.S. for sure) question: "If the current Iranian government were to fall, which dissident group would rise up to lead? I believe this is a pertinent matter to consider since conflict is already becoming apparent between reformist groups."

THE DEMOCRATS WERE SNOOKERED ON TOM DELAY AND SOTHE NEWS MEDIA (AND BLOGGERS) WERE, TOO writes The Talking Dog, who (convincingly) argues that the Demmies were outmanuevered in the end.

DO MANY CONSERVATIVES ARGUE IN FAVOR OF GAY MARRIAGE? John Pike (who welcomes your feedback)   right here.

ON THE QUESTION OF TRACKBACKS: Diggers Realm explains it all. A key portion where he makes the point many forget (and says it just right) is this:

It is an accepted etiquette that when you trackback to someone you have a link to their entry in your article. It is bad form to send trackback pings to someone’s blog and not provide a link to his or her story within your entry. Some view this as spam as they are allowing you to put a link to your entry on their website yet you are not reciprocating with your own. Some will just delete the trackback. Others will email you a nasty letter or leave a nasty comment on your site. Some will even ban you not allowing you to trackback to their site ever again. To avoid this make sure you link to their entry.

A DO IT YOURSELF BLOG POST: Just use the drop down menu and click. Courtesy of Beautiful Atrocities.