Blogivists HQ

Well, that was a nice little vacation…

Yes, it’s been awhile since the last Select CHEESE. Know what’s better than time-off? The blogivists community, of course. Your blogivism.

And recently it’s only gotten better. Not only has the quantity of bloggers and posts increased, but the quality is way up as well.

Seriously, give yourselves a pat on the back because what, only months ago, was a small and rogue band of novice bloggers is well on its way to becoming something big and exciting. A force to reckon with. Statists, watch out!

So while I’m on the subject of community, how about I introduce some of the new kids on the block:

Classically Liberal: Like most people who self-identify as classical liberals, economics is the prism. Free markets, property rights and transparency is the result.

E! True Conservative Story™: A blog pushing “Justice and Liberty in Nevada”. I mean, with a title and focus like that, how can this blog not go far?

Extremism in Defense of Liberty: For this blogger, the title “capitalist” is incomplete. ‘Extremism… is an Objectivist. An Objectivist, moreover, with particular contempt for Senator Herb Kohl.

laffin@liberals: A blog with an Ayn Rand influence covering local politics in Dane County, Wisconsin.

Liberty Tree Lantern: This dudes loves liberty. Some call him Capt. Karl; most just know him as a legend.

Standard of Living: Another classical liberal – this one from Madison, Wisconsin. Modern liberals beware – we’re taking back the terminology.

…the end of man is to know: With quick wit and a sharp mind, he’ll beat you over the head with his pragmatism. Every time. Be sure to check out the Friday thread: No ‘Effing Way.

They’re all great people so be sure to drop them a comment or two. Hey, maybe even some link love.

As for me, I’ll be back to my usual routine – weaving particular posts into a theme – next week.

And if that doesn’t satisfy you, check out this video – entitled Any Given Blog – that Liberty Girl made. Holla!

Quite a bit of activity coming from Nevadan blogivists this week…

The Center for Yucca Facts made some noise when they presented a reasoned, anti-alarmist, alternative resolution to the Clark County Commission. For those of you unaware, CYF is a group that provides:

factual and scientific information on the proposed nuclear waste repository being built at Yucca Mountain in southern Nevada…We believe the Nevada’s single-minded, unbending opposition to the Yucca Mountain project has not permitted a balanced appraisal of it.

Consider them the Bjørn Lomborg of the anti-nuclear movement.

Meanwhile, Sue Lowden, Chairman of the Nevada Republican Party, started a little brouhaha on the blog with her latest post, About Re-conveing the GOP Convention. Check it out. 67 comments and counting…which, being the self-absorbed blogger I am, makes me think I’m doing something wrong.

Sue, any chance I can get a blogging lesson sometime soon?

Speaking of comment envy, Miss Behavin’s now-classic I Hate Dell post of 3/20/08 is still getting comments. Talk about staying power — it should be entered in the Blogivist Hall-of-Fame or something. In an update late last week, ‘Behavin appears to have had the last word with the computer company. Yes, with consumer choice and contract enforcement, justice prevails in the market system.

The bureaucratic, government system, though? Well, let’s just look at Liberty Girl’s post on Senator Robert Byrd, also known as the Ultimate King of Pork. Here’s a system that promotes the acquisition of earmarks, that rewards looters such as Senator Byrd. With what? Specifically, how about:

a 10-foot, 1500 pound statue of himself in the state capitol building

And if that didn’t stroke his ego enough, there are more than 35 public-work projects named after him. You know, roads, public buildings, colleges, parks, awards, feats of science, etc.

Uh…yeah, I don’t quite consider that deserved, nor just.

Continuing on the theme of justice though, how about — as Liberty Girl suggests — we all promote this:

Give me your comments!