Blog-a-torium
Sunday, November 30, 2008
The Night Before Diggmas
THE NIGHT BEFORE DIGGMAS
by Anonymous
'Twas the night before Diggmas, when all through the site,
Not a Digger was stirring, not even MediaSight.
The submittals were posted on Digg with great care,
In hopes that Kevin Rose soon would be there;
The newbies were nestled, all snug in their beds,
While visions of front page danced in their heads;
As I logged onto Digg, before going to bed,
In hopes of relaxing, to help ease my head.
From out of my speakers arose such a loud din,
I jumped so hard, nearly out of my skin.
On the screen I looked to see what varied,
Madly I searched to see who was buried,
The site was lit as moon on new fallen snow,
Bright as mid-day on the page it did show,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature beer wagon, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver, half drunk and so spry,
Holding up a beer, who was this guy?
Swifter than eagles his coursers they came,
He whistled, then shouted and called them by name;
"Now, Aaron! now, Anton! now, Beth and Jen!
On, Eric! on Erica! on, Jay and `Gren!
To the top of the page, take care not to fall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So up to the top, the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of Diggs, and Kevin Rose too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard in my ears,
A sound of a few people opening some beers,
As I drew back my hand from the keyboard so fast,
Down the page went Mr. Rose with toot and a blast.
He was dressed as a beach bum, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
But a bundle of diggs he had flung on his back,
As a peddler he appeared, with a huge sack.
His eyes -- how they glowed! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were all rosey, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was too scarce to show;
The logo for Digg was seen clearly on his chest,
And the smell of beer came from his breath;
He had a broad face and filled with great cheer,
When he bent over, an ad for Budweiser was there.
He was chubby and quick, like a jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
With a wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his works,
Giving Diggs to all, while burying the jerks,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up page he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like a shot from a pistol.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he went from the site,
"Happy Diggmas to all, have a hell of a night."
Labels: Christmas, Christmas Digg, Digg, Digg Christmas, Diggmas, Night before Christmas
Monday, November 03, 2008
2008 US Elections: The Final Day (Whew)
I don't know about everyone else, but I am one person who is glad that the final day of the 2008 US Elections are here... I'll be even more glad when on Wednesday when they are over! This election seemed to be less about the issues and more about attacking Bush and the other candidate(s) than ever in the past 30 or so years. In past elections I could at least get some idea of what the candidates actually planned to do - if they were elected. This year I've seen where the candidates really never gave one solution to resolve these issues, except in the most vague sense. They were too busy attacking each other than addressing the issues, I guess.
The fault isn't really only the media's fault either. I would love to sit here and say "It's that damn Media, they always want to manipulate us!" but that wasn't really the case. It was the candidates themselves, they have done more things like Talk Around and Side-stepping the issues than ever before in history. I've come to the decision, through research, that if McCain, Hillary and Obama actually addressed the issues properly then they would mostly be arguing over the crossing of T's and the Dotting of I's than their differences in opinion about the subject.
I've also seen so much misinformation and disinformation out there, much more than I've noted in past elections. The biggest idea pushed was "McCain Voted with Bush 90% of the time" or "This congressman voted with Bush 98% of the time". The other side of the coin was never pushed... and that is the voting records of the candidates these ads were for. The Washington Post, for example, claims Obama voted with his party 96% of the time. Other sources claim Barack voted with his party 98% of the time, while some sources showed that when Obama was not voting the party line-- he was not voting. The best article about voting records seems to be "Obama, McCain similar voting records"
The misinformation and disinformation is out there flowing like a river who's dam broke and millions of Americans are falling for what is said because they either hat Bush, love the candidate or are Party Sheeple who believes whatever their party says (especially when talking about those of the other party). Those who are especially the ones to fall prey to these Election Shenanigans are the first time voters who are wide eyed and willing to vote, but not much on the "Voting for the person" idea... but even some older folk who know better fall victim to the misinformation and disinformation out there because they never bother to check the facts for themselves. Instead they might go to some site that claims to check the facts, but usually they only facts they accept are from places that basically agree with them. Talking about Blind Digging, this is Blind Digging to the max. LoL
There are two articles that I read this morning and thought were fairly good, they were:
The 2008 Elections: Are there any Battleground States?
and
Election Day in the US - 4 November, 2008
The first one is pretty good, the second one is more of a notice for the election. Take a read.
Labels: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presiddential Election Wrap-up, 2008 US Elections, 2008 US Presidential Election, Election Wrap-up, Presidential Elections, The End of the Election, The Final Days, US Elections
