Al Gore's Hockey Stick

Over at Watts Up With That they are discussing Al Gore's
marital and hotel difficulties in relation to a hockey stick graph that is most amusing.

So I thought I'd add a few words to a most ribald discussion.

It was all the fault of improperly labeled RAP music. Just ask Tipper.

Tipper is definitely a victim of No Law.

And for those that don't get the joke: A hint.

Cross Posted at Classical Values

Fox News

Since the White House has declared War on Fox News I'm putting a link to Fox News near the top of my sidebar.

I suggest all bloggers against Government Censorship do the same.

Cross Posted at Classical Values

Macsmind Hacked - Obama Plans To Disarm America

Gateway Pundit has the details.

This is MacRanger of Macsmind. As you know I was hacked by operatives of the Obama Campaign last month. Well, it happened again. Basically they flooded the site with “sql bombs” according to the host that caused the shared server to stop running. Subsequently be had to disable the site. This had to do with running the “Obama wants to Disarm America” post which more than 2 million people viewed on the site. Just like the goons in Missouri, the Obama truthers can’t let the truth be known. I’ve now moved the blog back to blogspot at macsmind.blogspot.com at least temporally. Because of the hacking job I had to move to another host but unfortunately they haven’t got the server up yet to redirect the traffic to blogspot. I would appreciate a mention to your readers. I’m getting a couple of hundred emails about “what happened”, but as you can imagine it hard to get the word out by reply.

Thanks,

MacRanger

Macsmind can currently be reached at blogspot. Here is the video they didn't want you to see:



BTW you will note that this is the first video in a long time. I will be having them more frequently now that there are so few people still on dial up.

Cross Posted at Classical Values

Democrats Will "Own" the 'Net?

Robbert Cox worries that if the Democrats own the 'Net Portals that Republicans will be in trouble politically.

WASHINGTON - If you doubt the Internet is causing a sea change in politics, just ask “independent” Senate candidate Joe Lieberman, who came out on the wrong end of a blogger-fueled campaign for the Democratic nomination in Connecticut.

That was no accident.

In the waning days of Howard Dean’s abortive presidential campaign, I met many of the talented folks who played a role in turning the Dean Web site into a powerful fundraising tool that propelled an unknown candidate into the national spotlight. At various blogging conferences since, I have had the opportunity to observe many of these bright minds strategizing on how to best leverage the emerging world of blogs and other “social networking” services known as “Web 2.0” to advance their liberal political agenda and win elections.

Their common refrain: “We need to own the Internet the way the right owns talk radio.”

First off the 'Net routes around censorship. Second off think Air America. Third off no amount of advertising will make socialism or appeasement work any better than the last time they were tried. Fourth Lieberman looks like a shoo in to win the election.

Will this ownership of the portals make any difference in the short run? Look at what has happened to Michelle Malkin.

Last week she received notice from YouTube, the world’s most popular video sharing service, that her video had been deemed “offensive.” The result? Her account was terminated and her videos deleted.

YouTube refused to say why her videos were “offensive” and there was no avenue available to challenge the decision. Today, her videos are gone and her voice is suppressed on the most important video “node” on the Internet.

Some might note that Malkin can still host her videos elsewhere. Of course she can, but that would fail to understand the powerful forces of “network externalities” at play online. There is no Avis to eBay’s Hertz for good reason: Once an online network is fully catalyzed, there is no reason to join an alternative network. If you want to get the most money for your Beanie Baby collection, you are going to want access to the most potential bidders — and that means eBay.

I think that is true for sites where transactions take place. For politics/entertainment it matters less. People will search out the entertainment and politics they like.

FWIW blogspot (who hosts this blog) is also a Google property. So far I'm still around.

H/T Instapundit

Update: 13 Oct '06 1800z

Air America files for bankruptcy.

H/T LGF