Comments on: The Contempt Of Fools http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/20/the-contempt-of-fools/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Sister Toldjah » On criticism of the media and blogs http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/20/the-contempt-of-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-52797 Sister Toldjah » On criticism of the media and blogs Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:50:48 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/20/the-contempt-of-fools/#comment-52797 [...] Bob Owens Posted By: Sister Toldjah in: Media Watch, Blogging/Blog Watch | EMail This Post | Print This Post |    Trackback URI for this post:http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/12/20/on-criticism-of-the-media-and-blogs/trackback/ » [...] [...] Bob Owens Posted By: Sister Toldjah in: Media Watch, Blogging/Blog Watch | EMail This Post | Print This Post |    Trackback URI for this post:http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2006/12/20/on-criticism-of-the-media-and-blogs/trackback/ » [...]

]]> By: Gun Toting Liberal â„¢ » Blog Archive » Wall Street Journal Editor: Most blogs, even the popular ones are awful and boring http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/20/the-contempt-of-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-52763 Gun Toting Liberal â„¢ » Blog Archive » Wall Street Journal Editor: Most blogs, even the popular ones are awful and boring Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:24:37 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/20/the-contempt-of-fools/#comment-52763 [...] Other blogger reactions: QandO; The Moderate Voice; PoliBlog; Ace Of Spades HQ; Polimom Says; Blue Crab Boulevard; Decision ‘08; The Astute Bloggers; Daily Pundit; Beltway Blogroll [...] [...] Other blogger reactions: QandO; The Moderate Voice; PoliBlog; Ace Of Spades HQ; Polimom Says; Blue Crab Boulevard; Decision ‘08; The Astute Bloggers; Daily Pundit; Beltway Blogroll [...]

]]> By: Ed http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/20/the-contempt-of-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-52753 Ed Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:49:57 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/20/the-contempt-of-fools/#comment-52753 Since the sourcing for one AP Iraq story is possibly questionable thus making all AP Iraq stories suspect, does this idiotic WSJ Editorial make all WSJ Editorials idiotic also? Just askin' Since the sourcing for one AP Iraq story is possibly questionable thus making all AP Iraq stories suspect, does this idiotic WSJ Editorial make all WSJ Editorials idiotic also?

Just askin’

]]> By: Gaius http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/20/the-contempt-of-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-52742 Gaius Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:48:38 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/20/the-contempt-of-fools/#comment-52742 Vastation \Vas*ta"tion\, n. [L. vastatio, fr. vastare to lay waste, fr. vastus empty, waste.] A laying waste; waste; depopulation; devastation. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. It does in the context, but it is a pretentious use of an obsolete word. Vastation

\Vas*ta”tion\, n. [L. vastatio, fr. vastare to lay waste, fr. vastus empty, waste.] A laying waste; waste; depopulation; devastation. [Obs.] –Bp. Hall.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

It does in the context, but it is a pretentious use of an obsolete word.

]]> By: Scott77 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/20/the-contempt-of-fools/comment-page-1/#comment-52740 Scott77 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:30:52 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/12/20/the-contempt-of-fools/#comment-52740 I don't think "vastation" means what he thinks it means. Guess the vaunted editorial process missed that one. I don’t think “vastation” means what he thinks it means. Guess the vaunted editorial process missed that one.

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