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2004-04-06 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Steve White 2004-04-06 12:12:15 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Indented comments brought to you by the Rainbow Coalition. Heh heh.

Posted by Alaska Paul on the Road 2004-04-06 1:00:14 AM|| 2004-04-06 1:00:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Now I'm scared. What should I do? Meds?

Posted by Lucky 2004-04-06 1:16:38 AM|| 2004-04-06 1:16:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 My posts always seem to go the holding tank, even though I always supply a source URL (and my name obviously doesn't start with "Z"). Is this a subtle hint that I'm not wanted here? Or am I just stupid and doing something wrong...

Posted by Rafael 2004-04-06 3:48:08 AM|| 2004-04-06 3:48:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Steve, thank you for the heads up. I attempted to supply the URLs for my quotes about Mulslim condemnation of terror. For some reason the straight URLs would not post (I tried three times). As a newcomer, I also have a great deal of difficulty with your link codes. Most of my previous experience is with Vb (V Bulletin) coding.

The most recent text I submitted "A Credible Deterrent to Terrorist Nuclear Attack" is my own writing. Please know that I would never submit someone else's work without a source link. You probably already know that I take great pains to distinguish between cited material and my own contributions.

Would you please clarify about submissions. Is personal work pertinent to major topics allowed? Or must all material be connected to a specific published news article?

Thank you.

Posted by Zenster 2004-04-06 4:24:42 AM|| 2004-04-06 4:24:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 I'm not one of the Rantburg editors, but I believe the policy here is that RB is NOT a place for posting one's own essays.

Like the AoS said: only original hard news articles from recognized on-line sources.

Posted by Dave D. 2004-04-06 6:17:14 AM|| 2004-04-06 6:17:14 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 the other, smarter Steve

With age comes wisdom, young Jedi.

Posted by Steve 2004-04-06 8:11:32 AM|| 2004-04-06 8:11:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Rafael don't take it personally my articles do as well, although occasionally one gets posted right away.

Posted by Phil B 2004-04-06 8:14:55 AM|| 2004-04-06 8:14:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 InterAOS Snarkiness Yes!

Posted by Shipman 2004-04-06 8:35:32 AM|| 2004-04-06 8:35:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Zenster, I think it might have to do with Java settings or something like that. For the longest time I could only post from home and not from ... er ... another place I have Net access. Monkeyed with browser settings and voila.

Say, who's that good looking gal in the Blogads?

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-04-06 9:41:19 AM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-04-06 9:41:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 With the BlogAds blogs are looking more and more like small weeklies from say... 1800. Neato. Is there already a Saturday Evening Blog? If not why not?

Posted by Shipman 2004-04-06 9:55:50 AM|| 2004-04-06 9:55:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Nice BlogAd, Chuck! Not that I needed any more incentive to visit your titillating site to keep abreast of current events, as I've discovered months ago it's a veritable treasure chest of news and opinion. Maybe Fred will put up a Rantburg ad on your site--tit for tat, so to speak?

Posted by Dar 2004-04-06 10:30:26 AM|| 2004-04-06 10:30:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 I like "AssEds", myself...

Posted by mojo 2004-04-06 10:47:34 AM|| 2004-04-06 10:47:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 Amen to the Hanson and Steyn exceptions.

A minor note to Dan Darling: you post interesting articles, but do do some editing, unless it's password protected.

Posted by Ptah 2004-04-06 11:05:44 AM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2004-04-06 11:05:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 Zenster, I think it might have to do with Java settings

Nah, its his browser thats the problem.

Posted by Phil B 2004-04-06 11:09:31 AM|| 2004-04-06 11:09:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 There seems also to be a Lileks Exception. If there isn't, there should be.

Posted by Mike 2004-04-06 12:06:24 PM|| 2004-04-06 12:06:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Rafael - I fixed it so your posts should go through okay. Phil, you use Phil B and Phil_B. The underscore version was on the approved list. Now both are.

New posters should expect to spend a week or two stopping in the holding tank for review. That's just to make sure they're not really Boris in disguise. (It looks like he's on vacation now...) It also gives you time to learn the layout and what's on-topic.

Please don't post pure opinion pieces. As noted, there's an exception for Steyn, Hanson, Lileks, and the like. That's mainly because I wilt in the presence of good writing. But it's best to excerpt the good parts where they bear on WoT (and occasionally politix). Posting the entire article's a copyright violation, unless you're doing a thorough commentary on it.

Feel free to post your own research articles, as long as they're on-topic. Mike Sylwester's got a good series going on the Oklahoma City-Manila connection, well worth reading. If I ever get time, I want to write a couple myself.

I'm thinking about an op-ed page, but I'm still fuzzy on how it'd work. It would be Page 3, though, and the posts wouldn't appear on the main page. You'd have to specifically go read it. I'm thinking of doing the same with Page 2 articles, too, with Page 1 devoted to WoT. Let me know what you think...

Posted by Fred 2004-04-06 12:33:08 PM|| 2004-04-06 12:33:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 you need a blue commentor to complete the Lucky Charmsâ¢ wallpaper theme

Posted by Frank G 2004-04-06 1:05:17 PM|| 2004-04-06 1:05:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 Frank G - and you'd fill the bill nicely! Lol! Shoulda kept quiet - you've obviously forgotten the #1 maxim from your time in the service: never speak up - if there's work associated, they'll stick you with it! Lol! I like it: Our Chronic High Triglycerides Editor!
;->

Posted by .com 2004-04-06 1:17:00 PM|| 2004-04-06 1:17:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 LOL, thanks....I've been called worse....by my family ;-)

Posted by Frank G 2004-04-06 1:21:17 PM|| 2004-04-06 1:21:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 I'm "intemperate" - the same thing in super-polished-diplo-speak, lol!

Posted by .com 2004-04-06 1:23:05 PM|| 2004-04-06 1:23:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 Thanks Fred. Much appreciated.

Posted by Rafael 2004-04-06 1:43:52 PM|| 2004-04-06 1:43:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 Where do you suppose Boris goes on vacation?

Damn my infernal curiosity!

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-04-06 1:59:28 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-04-06 1:59:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#23 Dachau?

Posted by Fred 2004-04-06 2:27:36 PM|| 2004-04-06 2:27:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#24 Srebrenica?

Posted by Frank G 2004-04-06 2:29:50 PM|| 2004-04-06 2:29:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#25 Havana or Pongyang would be my guess.

Posted by Steve 2004-04-06 2:32:22 PM|| 2004-04-06 2:32:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#26 It's nice to be missed.

Posted by Norris 2004-04-06 2:41:32 PM|| 2004-04-06 2:41:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#27 im thinking idaho.

Posted by muck4doo 2004-04-06 2:46:30 PM|| [http://www.runningofthenudes.com/] 2004-04-06 2:46:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#28 Steve W - BHLTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!

Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-04-06 3:45:32 PM|| 2004-04-06 3:45:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#29 My two pennies...I would like to see more news from WoT and less on domestic politix. Lots of blogs do politix...none even comes close to RB for hard news. I'd also like more straightforward headlines; they've been getting awfully clever lately. I like to think that decision makers read Rantburg and can come away with solid information that can help them choose the correct path. Fred, I have a couple ideas regarding an op-ed page. I'll email you about them separately. Associate editors, many thanks for your hard work and for the super groovy rainbow effect when you all chime in. It's magically delicious!

Posted by Seafarious 2004-04-06 6:21:30 PM|| 2004-04-06 6:21:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#30 LOL ;-) unfortunately WOT and Politix are so-intertwined in an election year that they can't be separated. I'm one of the miscreants who posts both, but I agree with/like Fred's separation of the Home Front - Politix, WOT. That said, I'd like to hear your thoughts too

Posted by Frank G 2004-04-06 6:28:35 PM|| 2004-04-06 6:28:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#31 Ki Hee Lee! 395 online.

Posted by Shipman 2004-04-06 6:30:10 PM|| 2004-04-06 6:30:10 PM|| Front Page Top

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