War Protests: (Way) Different Opinions
Was Saturday's anti-war protest in Washington D.C. a gathering of tens of thousands of like-minded Americans (today's third most-shared news story) or a gathering of moonbats (today's top blog post)? Depends on who's opining about the event.
The pro/anti-war graphical trend
BlogPulse's trend graph finds a definite uptick in anti-war sentiment, judging by a search that posed phrases such as "against the war" or "out of Iraq" with phrases such as "complete the mission," "support the war" and "stay in Iraq." To wit:
Reviews and assessments of the anti-war march varied incredibly widely, such as those from Political Teen, Reflections of a Libertarian Republican, The Jawa Report and Juan Cole's Informed Comment.
Let the crony search begin...
Also floating out there today in the blogosphere is this question from Time magazine (today's ninth most-popular link): how many more Mike Browns are out there? How many more political/campaign appointees now run departments/agencies for which they have absolutely no professional experience? Reaction ranges from "what do you expect" at Think Progress while War and Piece points toward the FDA for starters. (Prediction: Paul Krugman's "Find The Brownie" column in today's New York Times (even as a Times Select offering) will be shared actively among bloggers later this week).
Celebs...dead and alive
If it's celebrity weddings and corpse-oriented movies you like, check out today's BlogPulse Spotlight for entertaining blog news.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at September 26, 2005 12:35 PM
