The Reagan Coattail Ride Is Cut Short for Bush White House

The Bush White House might have wanted to ride the Reagan coattails for a while longer, but the Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change aren't letting it happen. Even though they won't officially announce their positions until June 16, this group of 26 former senior diplomats and military officials who served under Reagan, Bush I and Clinton are urging Bush II's defeat in November because of ongoing diplomacy and military policies that they claim damage America's national security and international interests.

All but three of the 26 names appear among the "key people/bursty movers" list in Sunday's BlogPulse. And under BlogPulse's key phrases, links to the complete list and announcement appear more than once.

And why are so many movie stars and authors suddenly appearing in the blogosphere? Seems a popular movie meme and a book meme are making the blogging rounds (memes are contagious ideas/catch phrases/behaviors/bits of info that get passed around from person to person to person). The goal is to add to two separate lists (one for movies, one for books), by italicizing those you've read/seen part of, bold-facing those you've finished reading/watching, underlining those you own, and adding three to the list before posting to a personal blog. Here's a sample. Which explains why Forrest Gump and Johnny Depp, Mary Poppins and Bridget Jones, William Shakespeare and Barbara Kingsolver, and George Orwell and Amy Tan (and others of print and silver-screen fame) are suddenly...and simultaneously...popular personalities in blogs.