Help Me Clean Up My Bookmarks

[Bark Bark Bark]

Which sort of blog better serves me?

--The blog that does deep research, posts original articles, and seeks to "grow" a positive liberal/Dem philosophy, such as Orcinus? Or at least cuts through the neoconservative crap with humor, like James Wolcott?

or

--The blog that posts links, lost amongst one-liner snarks and personal photos of flowers, pets, and celebrity schmoozing; that alternately praises and condemns any and all politicians as if this was all some inconsequential game populated by nothing but losers; that picks pissant squabbles with fellow bloggers; and encourages psychophants who think "FRIST!" is a comment worthy of endlessly posting, while yipping about their "A-list" status to anyone who complains?

Seriously, tell me which ones I should keep.

[Atman]

1. You're barking up the wrong tree

Bark bark

[NoPasaran]

2. FRIST!

Oh damn, Atman beat me again.

[monarch]

3. Can't help you

I keep trying to organize everything onto subfolders of folders and drawing narrower and narrower categories. What I read usually depends on my mood. DU is my one constant and has been since the very beginning.

[progmom]

4. sounds as though you have made your choice

...or does this constitute picking a "pissant squabble"?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. Ahem - you forgot the link

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2717597&mesg_id=2717608

[mcscajun]

5. Dunno. Why don't you ask your sycophants?

:rofl:

[eyesroll]

7. Keep the one that teaches you the difference between a blog and a message

board.

:shrug:

[asthmaticeog]

8. I think that's something you'll have to figure out for yourself.

[HEyHEY]

9. Most blogs are worthless pieces of shit.

[Bark Bark Bark]

10. Results So Far

--Apparently, some people thought this was an attack on DU. It saddens me to have to point out that this is incorrect. I DO understand the difference between a blog and a message board; because DUers visit a sea of blogs every day, it seemed the right place to ask.

--Some respondents recognized it as a rhetorical question, and as critical of their favorite Frist-holes. Instead of considering the positive and negative aspects of the blogs at large, and demanding better, they aggressively defended the grot. Also sad.

--Exactly as expected, someone thought posting "FRIST!" as a reply would be the height of (half-)wit. (What was UNexpected was that the reply would be playing "Beavis" to someone else's "Butt-Head.")

--Exactly as expected, someone thought "psychophants" was a mistake, and that laughing at it would be the height of (half-)wit.

--Not surprising, as a highlighted DU article points out that 29% of the population suffers from near-subhuman intelligence. (That explains the popularity of animated emoticons.)

--So far, I see many smartasses who aren't nearly as smart as they fancy themselves to be; few people with genuine responses; only one that comes close to answering the "either-or" question, rhetorical as it may be.

--What I was really hoping for were suggestions of better blogs, such as the examples I gave (which most replies so far have pointedly ignored in the stampede to get their licks in). Perhaps that was expecting too much.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

12. You come here pissing all over and expect civilized responses?

Give me a break.

[Bark Bark Bark]

13. Please Explain

I'm not sure why you became so overwhelmed to had to post TWO responses with no other purpose than childish insults, but please--tell me how my first post constitutes "pissing all over."

(Ah, that article says 23%, not 29%. My bad.)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

11. I must say your username is very apropos.

Although "Whine Whine Whine" would be even more accurate.