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Happy Anniversary!
Author: BobR    Date: 09/30/2017 01:51:40

I know Mala wrote a blog this morning about our 10 year anniversary. The blog has opined on many events through the years, including the 2008, 2012, 2016 Election cycles, Sandy Hook, Trayvon Martin, Occupy Wall Street, Government Shutdown.

Kenny Pick over at Turn Up The Night turned his entire show this evening into a celebration of our blog. That was awesome of him to do that, and lots of fun. In preparation for the show, I went through a LOT of my past blogs and took notes of the ones I thought were really special. Naturally, with all the fun chaos, we never got to them.

So - with that in mind, here is a 10 year retrospective of my favorite blogs (the ones that I wrote)...

Whither Now?: There's no looking back
ReDeclaration of Independence: Modifications from one King George to another...
We Are the Change: A song that I have yet to record
And the Wall(st) Came Tumbling Down: The crash of 2008
It Takes a Planet: Going from it takes a village in steps up to the whole earth
White Like Me: pretty much what you think it is
In Defense of Big Government: Socialism works for some things
PAC Man - A Story For Our Times: Investigative journalism!
Romancing the Gun: Post Sandy Hook

I had forgotten that I had "regular" blog posts like the Friday Fun stacks and Good News Friday (happier news bits during the Bush administration - not unlike Fluffy Friday nowadays). I did the Science Stacks blogs, and "Under the Radar" (news stories not covered in the MSM).

I laughed at some of my more humorous or literary blog titles, like "Floaters in the Punch Bowl", "A Flower Blooms in the Desert", "What's the Matter with Arizona?","DOMA Arigato", "RBIs, not Home Runs", "Groping Grandma", "The Peanut Gallery is Nuts", "Deja Voodoo Economics", and "Beating a Dead Gift Horse in the Mouth"

There are other blogs that I found that I'm proud of too:
Another Tale of Two Cities: Comparing Afghanistan to Atlanta
What a Wonderful World: Musings on science and a lunar eclipse
The Pendulum Swings: Social swings that are darkly pertinent to the election of tRump
http://www.fourfreedomsblog.com/Blog.php?Act=ViewBlogPost&BlogID=208]Drawing a Line: The same crap we had with Clinton vs Sanders
Requiem for AAR Dream: The end of Air America
Support The Troops: All the horrible ways that troops were getting short-changed
What are we worth?: EPA valuating human life
The times... : Money flowing uphill
Life: An Obama election night baby boom?
Watching the Baby Drown: Correcting the "drown the baby in the bathtub" march
Detours on the Road to Oz : Liberal gnashing of teeth less than 3 months into Obama's presidency
You've Got (White) Male: Sotomayer nomination, and the white male reaction
Lord of the Flies: Republican voter insanity (re: health care reform)
Faith: Getting a new job when things were bleak
Taxes, Jobs, the Deficit, the Economy, and Everything: Keynesian economics
Iowa Declares Ennui the Real Winner: Doing the math on very weak Republican primary vote turnout
My Visit To Arlington: A sober look at a somber place
In Defense of Intelligent Design: Can't we all just along?

Here's to another 10 great years. For our other authors, please post your favorites!

EDIT: Here's the entire show!
 
 

6 comments (Latest Comment: 10/01/2017 02:43:32 by BobR)
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Comment by Raine on 09/30/2017 03:19:22
I really think we could self-publish a book with our posts.

From Bush to trump and Obama in between.

Comment by TriSec on 09/30/2017 09:49:43
There are just so many.

I can start with the root of it all:

Four Freedoms Mission Statement - we almost never talk about it, but this is the beginning.

Just a handful that I have often referenced elsewhere:

Arlington National Outrage - perhaps our most important AAV column.

The Balkanization of America - which has only accelerated in recent years.

Holocaust Deniers - my take on the ongoing gun violence in these United States

Huzzah! Her sides are made of iron! - One of many history retrospectives from Your Loyal TriSec

I thought about mentioning these two last night as well.
Dammit it all to hell! - the day after the Marathon Bombing
Mayhem near my house - live-blogging the manhunt


But then we have the big ones:
A Cancer Blog
Dodging a Bullet
Camping with Chemo

There is so much more.
Libertarian Saturday - A Post Mortem - Remember when I used to do this column?

How about a random Boy Scout column?
I Wear this Uniform

And then there's the goofy stuff.
Greetings from Tralfamadore!

I like how we have somehow managed to find all our 'niche industries' as it were. The now-annual musing on the Declaration of Independence, AAV's annual look at the battles of Lexington and Concord, and those random muses we all stick in from time to time.

All part of the tapestry of the blog. Ten more years? Doesn't seem so far-fetched.


Comment by BobR on 09/30/2017 12:23:32
I edited the blog to add a link to the podcast for the Turn Up The Night show from last night

Comment by velveeta jones on 09/30/2017 16:49:57
Quote by TriSec:
There are just so many.

I can start with the root of it all:

Four Freedoms Mission Statement - we almost never talk about it, but this is the beginning.

Just a handful that I have often referenced elsewhere:

Arlington National Outrage - perhaps our most important AAV column.

The Balkanization of America - which has only accelerated in recent years.

Holocaust Deniers - my take on the ongoing gun violence in these United States

Huzzah! Her sides are made of iron! - One of many history retrospectives from Your Loyal TriSec

I thought about mentioning these two last night as well.
Dammit it all to hell! - the day after the Marathon Bombing
Mayhem near my house - live-blogging the manhunt


But then we have the big ones:
A Cancer Blog
Dodging a Bullet
Camping with Chemo

There is so much more.
Libertarian Saturday - A Post Mortem - Remember when I used to do this column?

How about a random Boy Scout column?
I Wear this Uniform

And then there's the goofy stuff.
Greetings from Tralfamadore!

I like how we have somehow managed to find all our 'niche industries' as it were. The now-annual musing on the Declaration of Independence, AAV's annual look at the battles of Lexington and Concord, and those random muses we all stick in from time to time.

All part of the tapestry of the blog. Ten more years? Doesn't seem so far-fetched.

Oh thanks for this trip down memory lane! I miss Libertarian Saturday. And the Cancer posts are unforgettable. I do like this little corner of the interwebs and think i'll stay. I love how we all have different hobbies and tastes: TriSec with his fondness of things that fly and his knowledge of history, BobR the nerd with laidback anger at stupidity and inequity and his beer crafting skills, Raine our social justice warrior goddess bunny, Scoopster who is probably high as he reads this, Mala the Blogger Joe organizer (Not to be typed as the BJ organizer because that sounds lewd) Clint who wrote that memorable post about his son (thanks for bringing that up last night) and fellow tea drinker, TrojanRabbit who I have yet to meet in person but love like a much, much, much older brother ;D Liv and Will and of course the Professor and Maryann.

I don't know what my favorites are of my own posts because I'm not quite sure how to search so that it'll show only my entries.


Comment by velveeta jones on 09/30/2017 18:19:09
When I tried to give advice.
The time Sarah Palin held a press conference and began it with “Hi Alaska”


The time where I came up with Reality TV shows
And I also can’t find my posts about the very accurate history of the candidates that run for president.

Comment by BobR on 10/01/2017 02:43:32
Velveeta - just go to the front page, and then select the link at that bottom that says list all entries. You have to scroll, but with the full list, you can find all the ones you wrote.