tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50522412008-07-17T14:38:14.647-05:00PoliBlogSteven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comBlogger534125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-1147277575256923092006-05-10T11:06:00.000-05:002006-05-10T11:13:54.196-05:00A Question
Welcome those seeking "PoliBlogger" via search engines
Over the last two days a lot of folks have come here via search engines (usually engines other than Yahoo or Google, often Dogpile or others).
At any rate: could someone tell me what has sparked a ton of searches for "Poliblogger"? Was the site mentioned somewhere? Is there just some generic interest in the term?
If you haveSteven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-929616352003-04-20T22:23:00.000-05:002003-04-20T22:23:38.590-05:00Reminder: I am now at www.poliblogger.com.Steven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-928178972003-04-17T22:55:00.000-05:002003-04-17T22:55:20.810-05:00FINALLY!!PoliBlog now has a new home--it is under construction, but it finally habitable. Come see at: www.poliblogger.com.Steven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-927724802003-04-17T06:52:00.000-05:002003-04-17T06:53:44.000-05:00MT Help Does anyone who uses Movable Type know how to get the default template to wrap the text to the screen?Steven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-927489402003-04-16T20:12:00.000-05:002003-04-16T20:12:14.200-05:00Yes, I'm Still Alive Haven't had much free time the last day or so, and have spent what little I have had trying to get the move to MT going. Am having some minor difficulties, but hopefully will get it squared away tonight.Steven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-926835702003-04-15T19:40:00.000-05:002003-04-15T19:40:02.606-05:00Intriguing: Achille Lauro Mastermind Abu Abbas Captured in IraqSteven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-926724122003-04-15T15:53:00.000-05:002003-04-15T15:53:39.340-05:00Status: Sorry about the dearth of posts the last several days--not only has life been especially busy, but I have been working on making the transition to my own domain and to Movable Type. Like James at OTB, I have tired of fooling with BlogSpot and other issues that the current blog requires me to fool with. Look for an announcement soon on the move. This blog will remain active, however, Steven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-926689612003-04-15T14:51:00.000-05:002003-04-15T14:51:00.296-05:00Killing the Goose that Lays the Golden Paycheck? I have never fully understood this kind of behavior:American Airlines Inc.'s flight attendants voted to turn down their financial concession agreements with the Fort Worth-based company, following the approval announced by pilots and transport workers earlier in the day, according a report by Dow Jones Newswires.The rejection by the Association ofSteven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-926467762003-04-15T08:01:00.000-05:002003-04-15T08:01:10.560-05:00Money for Moose? While I have mixed feelings on this, I have to admit, there is a point to be made here:"Even criminals have a right to publish books about their crimes," said Washington College of Law Professor Jamin Raskin, a member of Moose's legal team. "If hitmen for the mob and mass murderers have a First Amendment right to write and publish books about crime, why don't police chiefs?" Steven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-926420592003-04-15T05:45:00.000-05:002003-04-15T05:45:42.356-05:00On to Phase Two. Let the rebuilding begin:Pentagon Asserts the Main Fighting Is Finished in Iraq. " The Pentagon declared today that major combat operations in Iraq were over after United States forces took control of Tikrit, the last bastion of the old government."
Steven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-926171692003-04-14T19:43:00.000-05:002003-04-14T19:43:08.233-05:00High Crimes and Misdemeanors? Don't get me wrong, I see no cause to simply head over to Syria and start breaking heads. They may well deserve it, but such a course of action hardly seems prudent, to put it mildly. So what in the world is former Secretary of State Eagleburger ranting about here?Mr Eagleburger, who accused Syria of having an outrageous record on terror, said an extension of the Steven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-925808062003-04-14T08:26:00.000-05:002003-04-14T08:26:45.233-05:00One Big Happy Family I suspect he knows things of use: Saddam's Half Brother Caught Near Mosul. And family gatherings had to be a hoot:Hassan had fallen out of favor with Saddam in 1995 and was dismissed as Iraq's interior minister, head of the regime's secret police and other domestic security agencies.Saddam viewed Hassan as a threat and kept a close watch on him, the official said. Steven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-925806732003-04-14T08:23:00.000-05:002003-04-14T08:28:42.000-05:00Weapons, What Weapons?: Iraqis Point to Possible Weapons Sites "U.S. forces have a list of 2,000 to 3,000 sites in Iraq that need to be checked, and weapons teams are checking up to 20 sites a day, said the war's commander, Gen. Tommy Franks. Iraqis ranging from common citizens to high-ranking officials have suggested other possible hiding places to be searched, Franks and other military Steven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-925803602003-04-14T08:16:00.000-05:002003-04-14T08:18:40.000-05:00And the Alternative Would Be? Hundreds protest global lending:Hundreds of activists peacefully demonstrated yesterday against alleged abuses by large American corporations and international lending agencies, saying their policies are harmful to poor people in Latin America and elsewhere.[...] ''For the last 50 years we've been attacked by the International Monetary Fund'' because its lending Steven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-925376772003-04-13T14:20:00.000-05:002003-04-13T14:21:17.000-05:00More Evidence: This piece bolsters part of the argument I make in my column: A War Waged With a Sword At His Throat:Settling nervously into a car, he recounted his story as a soldier in Saddam's Fedayeen."I was sure I was going to die," he said.Struggling against hopelessness and fear, he prepared for battle under the scrutiny of the militia's swordsmen, appointed to decapitate any deserters.Steven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-925288952003-04-13T10:52:00.000-05:002003-04-13T10:52:58.920-05:00WONDERFUL NEWS: Seven U.S. troops freed in Iraq - Apr. 13, 2003Steven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-925148312003-04-12T23:16:00.000-05:002003-04-12T23:16:24.793-05:00Blogrolled: Thanks to The American Mind for blogrolling PoliBlog.Steven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-925145782003-04-12T23:10:00.000-05:002003-04-12T23:10:35.856-05:00Syndication Deal? Not quite, but I do have a new column in the Birmingham News. It is available hereSteven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-925063762003-04-12T19:21:00.000-05:002003-04-12T19:25:06.000-05:00Iranian Overtures? Hmm, and I thought the war was guaranteed to distablize the region and result in the US having worse relations in the region. However, Reuters via Yahoo reports:Iran's influential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has suggested a referendum could be held on resuming ties with the United States, Iran's arch-foe, the official IRNA news agency said on Saturday.
[...]Steven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-925009232003-04-12T16:36:00.000-05:002003-04-12T16:36:02.936-05:00Funny: CBBC Newsround | TV FILM | Tony Blair to star in Simpsons Tony Blair to star in SimpsonsSteven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-924802302003-04-12T06:35:00.000-05:002003-04-12T06:35:49.610-05:00May it be so: "Republican Guard and other Iraqi troops regrouping in Saddam Hussein's hometown, Tikrit, have been battered by U.S. airstrikes and don't present an effective fighting force, U.S. Central Command said Friday."Source: FOXNews.comSteven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-924801962003-04-12T06:34:00.000-05:002003-04-12T06:34:24.950-05:00More Education, Saddam Style: " Scores of black leather vests stuffed with explosives and ball-bearings were found by U.S. Marines at a Baghdad school, along with empty hangers hinting that suicide attackers might be wearing them in the chaotic city."Source: FOXNews.comSteven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-924801542003-04-12T06:32:00.000-05:002003-04-12T06:32:46.530-05:00Putin Speaks: "The goal of war -- to disarm Iraq -- has not been achieved. ... We must never mix notions. No one liked the Iraqi regime apart from Saddam Hussein, but this is not the point."I dunno--they looked pretty disarmed to me. However, in all seriousness, it is bit early for anyone to say that the WMD issues has been settled, one way or the other.Source:CNNSteven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-924643902003-04-11T21:49:00.000-05:002003-04-11T21:49:08.873-05:00Oh, Brother: People can find fault with almost anything. And quite frankly, Saletan's bit of decoding of the President's use of adjectives is a strech, to say the least: The Soft Bigotry of Loose Adulation By William SaletanSteven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5052241.post-924299902003-04-11T09:50:00.000-05:002003-04-11T09:50:12.670-05:00The Baath Party and Iraqi Politics: UPI has an interesting news analysis of the Baath party that is worth a read (it isn't very long). Some highlights:Dictatorship came into full expression in Iraq with the Baathist coup led by Gen. Hassan el-Bakr and Saddam in 1968. During 10 transitional years the modern Iraqi state was steadily transformed from a constitutional monarchy with parliament, Steven Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119069315712368744noreply@blogger.com