Shoot Out At The OK Corral

I have a confession to make. One of the reasons I started this blog was to verbalize my rather conservative political thoughts. I was encouraged in this by Marc Cooper, a rather progressive, individual who writes a really good blog at Marc Cooper.com Now, Marc is a liberal and there is no mistaking his intent in his political commentary. It is a mark of his professionalism and kindness that when I first thought about blogging he was encouraging, encouraging, encouraging!!! Too, he didn't let my politics interfere with his advice to me regarding selection of hosts, blogging programs, costs etc. He couldn't possibly have been more helpful if he tried.

When I started my blog, he was gracious enough to put it on his "front page" and encourage his readers to check me out. that was in November, and since then I have had a small amount of success with over 6000 visitors, 10,000 page views, 275 referring URL's, and links from 260+ blogs/sites.

Marc recently reviewed Arianna Huffington's new groupblog and did a terrific job (as he usually does) giving both good and bad points. Marc also noted that a fellow LA Weekly writer, one Nikki Finke disagreed with his POV and wrote a fairly nasty post regarding Huffington. Well, Ms. Finke responded with a caterwauling that wasn't to be believed and Marc, with his usual aplomb and verve posted her e-mail to him on his "front page" leaving the reader no doubt as to what he thought about it. The resulting catfight/shoot out in the comments section is absolutely the most fun I've had in a few days of having a lot of fun. Go, read, comment and tell Marc GM sent you. You won't regret it.