Saturday, October 30, 2004
BuzzMachine... by Jeff Jarvis
Get ready for a long one.
I really want to like Jeff's blog. I read it frequently and, while not always agreeing with him, often learn. Jeff is a technophile who has drank deeply of the blog kool-aid. That kinda sets up the irony of the situation in that despite the cutting-edge nature of his reputation he dispenses a lot of the so-called conventional wisdom. I guess if I were to give an example of the what I think are the limits of his thought it would be his focus on blogs instead of the social, distributive and dynamic mechanisms evolving alongside. Blogs have aided the development and appreciation of the mechanisms but they were due to occur anyway. Again, I state my affinity to the blog form. But they are nothing more than glorified personal web pages.
The point of this is that I feel compelled to respond to a post of his on the most recent Bin Laden tape. Without further ado:
Then Jeff goes on to talk about what each of the candidates are saying about the tape and also references Richard Holbrooke, a Kerry advisor. Everything that Holbrooke and Kerry said was true. But it is bad form to in anyway associate yourself with an enemy statement. The American people do need to be reminded, that despite the swaggering, Shrub has been a miserable failure at getting Bin Laden.
By the way, Jeff, Bill Maher was right. The Republicans would have been all over the Dem's if they had been this lame. And Wes Clarke was right, also. Our fearless leader was on vacation.
¶ 10/30/2004 02:49:00 PM
I really want to like Jeff's blog. I read it frequently and, while not always agreeing with him, often learn. Jeff is a technophile who has drank deeply of the blog kool-aid. That kinda sets up the irony of the situation in that despite the cutting-edge nature of his reputation he dispenses a lot of the so-called conventional wisdom. I guess if I were to give an example of the what I think are the limits of his thought it would be his focus on blogs instead of the social, distributive and dynamic mechanisms evolving alongside. Blogs have aided the development and appreciation of the mechanisms but they were due to occur anyway. Again, I state my affinity to the blog form. But they are nothing more than glorified personal web pages.
The point of this is that I feel compelled to respond to a post of his on the most recent Bin Laden tape. Without further ado:
What's also strange is that it's hard to see exactly how he wants to influence the election. Though it may seem he's trying to defeat the President, taunting Bush and America may only serve Bush. And that may be his goal: These cult nuts feed on having enemies and Bush is his ideal enemy.This is the strange dichotomy that the voters find themselves in. We want a leader that is the best one to face the threat posed by Bin Laden and his ilk. Let's be honest, a whole lot of what we hear coming out of Shrub and the rest of the hedge sounds very cult-like. They have a real problem integrating reality. Isn't that a cult indicator? Jeff isn't without foundation here. Bush has been very good for Bin Laden's recruiting.
Then Jeff goes on to talk about what each of the candidates are saying about the tape and also references Richard Holbrooke, a Kerry advisor. Everything that Holbrooke and Kerry said was true. But it is bad form to in anyway associate yourself with an enemy statement. The American people do need to be reminded, that despite the swaggering, Shrub has been a miserable failure at getting Bin Laden.
By the way, Jeff, Bill Maher was right. The Republicans would have been all over the Dem's if they had been this lame. And Wes Clarke was right, also. Our fearless leader was on vacation.
¶ 10/30/2004 02:49:00 PM
