The Thrill (Sigh) of Changing Political Stripes (Yet Again)

Oh sure, there's lots of unrest and frustration with today's political scene, and much of its capturedi n today's No. 2 most-cited blog post from Libercontrarian Nicholas Horianopoulos...about why he's' changing parties (again), this time from Libertarian to Independent. The comments are as insightful as Hornianpoulos' own disappointments.

Speaking of politics, we took a little BlogPulse poll, using the Trend Graph feature to track phrases that discuss the upcoming 2006 mid-term Congressional elections and the 2008 Presidential election. The Prez won.




Blasts from the past
Arthur J. Schlessinger, who served as an adviser to President John F. Kennedy, returns to the spotlight today (No. 3 most-blogged person) for this quote: "There is no more dangerous thing for a democracy than a foreign policy based on presidential preventive war," which is also today's fourth most-cited phrase in the blogosphere. Schlessinger made the statement in a Washington Post essay examining President Bush's final 1,000 days in office, today's 37th-most-cited news story.

Spy-ly speaking
Talking Points Memo has far more questions than "60 Minutes" had (today's No. 5 most-cited news link) for former CIA guy Tyler Drumheller, today's' No. 21 most-blogged personality.

Just for fun
Hey ladies! Always forgetting somtehing important when you grab the purse and run out the door? Thought so, which is why Gizmodo's RFID-enabled pursue is featured in one of today's most-read blog posts. It was developed at Simon Fraser University in Canada (RFID stands for radio frequency identification, a technology that uses tiny transmitters/receivers to track the movement or locations of items (or, what beeps when you walk out of a store with one of those tags that the clerk forgot to deactivate when you bought it. Hopefully). That piece links to another technology-enabled service, the Get out of Date Free card from SecureSingles, which sends you a pre-programmed bow-out message if your date's not going so swell.