I just threw up a little in my mouth

Last night, I happened to catch that Blast Off! was picked up on a Memeorandum thread. Went over to check it out, as I like to see who's linking here now and then, and what I saw nearly made me physically ill:


Do you see that? Here, let me blow it up a little for you:

Ew. Putting Blast Off! in the same line as Michelle Malkin is gonna make me regret eating breakfast this morning.

For those of you who may not be familiar with Ms. Malkin, you will never forget this epic performance (and by "never forget," I mean "I hope you have an industrial-strength jug of brain bleach handy"):

I'm sorry. I know you can never unsee that.

A sucky blog makes a big noise

If you're out there in the blogosphere and think you can't make a difference from where you sit, wherever you are, I'm here to tell you to think again.

Blast Off!'s Debbie Wasserman Schultz post on Tuesday drew front-page attention yesterday at DailyKos from Kos himself, and it's also reached Democratic Underground, Memeorandum, and the Washington Post among others. While it's important that the information gets out regarding Rep. Wasserman Schultz's refusal to campaign against her friends, I hope we don't lose sight of the larger message: blogs and bloggers can make a real impact in providing the much-needed progressive viewpoint that the mainstream corporate media generally lacks.

UPDATE (7:02 am 3/20/08): Add Discourse and Swing State Project to the list above. Ironically, the post on SSP immediately before their Wasserman Schultz post is a listing of the DCCC's 90 "targeted races" ... pointedly including FL-18, FL-21, and FL-25 -- the Miami districts of the Three Hyphenated Stooges.

UPDATE (10:19 am 3/20/08): Add The Sideshow to the list, too. The lovely and talented Avedon Carol always has been generous about reading Blast Off! and linking to it; her place should be a regular stop for all progressive-minded blog-type folks.