As you guys all know, I love reading Wil Wheaton’s blog on a daily basis. Unfortunately, as of late, he’s been sick, and I think the sickness is Going to his brain.
Honestly, Wil, this sounds more like a Left Wing conspiracy theory than actual political debate or opinion.
Yes, I consider myself a Republican, but that doesn’t automatically mean that I’m a total far Right-wing Bible-thumping whacko. Even though I AM a Republican, I don’t agree with this Real ID act. Even if I were a Democrat, I wouldn’t start issuing blanket statements condemning the entire Republican community and claiming that they “don’t care at all about upholding the Constitution.”
I’m beginning to lose my respect for you, Wil. If you were throwing out these random blanket insults about blacks or Hispanics, we’d call you a racist pig, but since you’re only doing it against the lousy Republican scum, for some reason it’s ok. When will people realize that the acts of a few bad seeds don’t automatically influence or represent the feelings and opinions of the community as a whole? When will people learn to try and see the matter from another angle, and why are we always so suspicious of politicians, expecting them to constantly have some kind of ulterior and nefarious motive?
I’ve gone over this topic in the past when referring to Inter-Company Politics here at work. I’ve tried numerous times to put myself in my boss’ shoes and see a situation from his angle, and met with varying degrees of success (and failure). The point is I tried! I was willing to put aside my own feelings for a few moments and try to picture myself sitting in his office, looking at things from his perspective and then and only then pass some kind of judgment on his actions.
All I can suggest to you Wil is this: pull your tinfoil hat out of your ass and take an objective look around. Given your radical Left-Wing comments, I have no doubt that you’ll find a way to prove your opinion yet again, but at least make a concerted effort to TRY and be a reasonable logical human being. It’s people like you that make people like me hate and despise politics and all the drama involved with every little nuance of a politician’s daily life.
The Blog Ratio
I have noticed lately that my Blogroll and News Feeds list was getting severely out of date. I kept saying Id update the feed lists, but never really got around to it. I just got back from lunch and finally decided I was tired of having all those crap entries on my site that were no longer worthy of my RSS Reader.
I just exported all my feeds to an OPML file and imported them into Wordpress. Thanks to Onfolio, exporting them a folder at a time was easy, and I could import all the Blogroll entries and once (and have them inserted into the correct category), and then do all the news feeds at once (and have them inserted into their separate category).
If youre running Windows (IE or Firefox), Id highly recommend giving Onfolio a try. Not only does it have a great RSS reader, but its also got some amazing web page clipping features. I recently went on a bash.org kick (as Im prone to do every few months), and Captured” my favorites into an Onfolio collection. When someone wanted to see them, I simply had Onfolio export them all to a web page (I could have also automatically published them to a blog, emailed them directly, among many other options). Its really a great product, that Ill continue to use as long as I have a Windows machine capable of running it.
Anyway, the real point of this blog entry was to comment on the change in the ratio of my links. Previously Id had an equal number of blogs and news feeds in my reader. Lately, however (and as you can see), Ive moved away from news feeds and have an enormous number of blogs in my reader. I find this interesting, because Ive always been one to read CNN or MSNBC. I could honestly sit in front of a TV and watch CNN for hours on end, even if I am hearing the same stories over and over again every hour.
I think this definitely marks a turning point in the web and our society as a whole. Ive noticed that others have come to the same conclusion as I, and that they too have shifted themselves. While we may keep a few links to traditional news publications, the majority of the reading we do on a daily basis is now of a more personal nature.
I know that I much prefer reading about Wil Wheatons every day life, as compared to reading about the famine in Indonesia, or the tornado in Kansas. Not only is it much more uplifting, but from a psycho-analytical point of view, its also much more relevant. As horrible as that famine or tornado may be, it really has absolutely no impact on my day-to-day life. However, I can read along with Wil and not only laugh (and cry) along with him, but also learn from some of his mistakes and not have to make them myself.
Is this just me? Has anyone else noticed this trend in their friends or their own blogrolls? Whats the ratio of personal blogs to news sites in YOUR news reader?
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