Straight Stuff: Straight Talking, Not-So-Straight Shooting, Straight from the Heart
What is there to say when the morning headlines report that the Vice President of the United States (today's most blogged-about person) shot a hunting buddy with buckshot while quail-hunting? It's today's top news story and most-cited link. Plenty, if you ask bloggers, who've used everything from Elmer Fudd references (check out the poetic comment) to the term "cheneyquidick" to analyze what happened...and to wonder why the incident wasn't acknowledged for 24 hours? Katharine Armstrong, the owner of the ranch where the shooting occured, is today's burstiest person.
Pillar...of information
Also attracting attention is former CIA analyst Paul Pillar (today's seventh burstiest person), who's now going public with his assessment of the Bush Administration's use of pre-Iraq War intelligence, saying it was "cherry-picked" to justify a war (today's No. 14 top news story).
Kwan's Olympic hopes dashed
You gotta give her an award for integrity and grace: U.S. Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan (today's No. 3 most-blogged-about personality) promised she'd withdraw if she couldn't perform at 100% in Torino, and she did just that over the weekend, opening a door for Emily Hughes (second burstiest person) on the U.S. team. The blogger at Peacebang awards a gold regardless, while another blogger isn't as kind.
Anticipation?
Having watched 12 inches of snow fall on the Baltimore area Saturday and Sunday, I had to wonder: how many folks were thinking of a "snow day" today? A BlogPulse trend graph takes a look:
Posted by Sue MacDonald at February 13, 2006 11:53 AM
