OK, I have to ask: Does anyone else here NOT read blogs?

[NightTrain]

Just curious....

[Catherine Vincent]

1. I don't. At least I don't think I do.

[aePrime]

2. I don't

The only rants I care about are my own (to which everybody should pay attention)!

[LoZoccolo]

3. Not really.

I don't read a political one unless someone points me to a specific thing on there. There's someone I know that has a blog about stuff he's doing that I go to every now and then though.

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. Nope...I don't.

DU is where I get my info and opinions. :hi:

[mitchum]

5. I don't. Only generals and virgins should keep diaries.

[Flammable Materials]

30. Freedom of speech: Use it or lose it.

The web is the best opportunity to get one's message across to points across the globe.

Now whether people use that to the best advantage, or if they're talking about OMG THAT BOY IN 2ND PERIOD IS S000000 Ky00t!!11!!, it's still a good thing.

I keep an online blog, and I did throughout the 2000 elections and 9/11 and the aftermath. At the time, a lot of people were afraid to speak out - me included - but I did anyway. And I had a lot of people write me and thank me for making them feel sane again.

[dietdpfan]

6. I only read DU.

Does that make me naive or dumb? I feel rather smart listening to all of you!

:)

[Philostopher]

7. I read Atrios/Eschaton once in a while.

There are some DUers who post in the comments on Eschaton, and he's actually pretty good once in a while. I'd say I read him three times a month, if that, and that's about it.

Mr. Nownow reads all of them -- Eschaton, DailyKos, Joshua Micah Marshall's blog (whatever it's called), Wonkette. I get the same info here without anybody else's spin on it, so I guess it's all a matter of taste.

The biggest reason I don't read Atrios more often, I think, is that the thing I really enjoy is the 'comment' pages, and Haloscan (the engine he uses to allow people to post comments) sucks. DU is easier to read, and since -- as I noted -- there are DUers who also post there, it's easier to just hang here for the same information.

[jbm]

8. not I..

If one of the posts here refers to something that was posted at a blog I'll usually follow the link to get the context, but that's the extent of my blog reading.

[LibertyorDeath]

9. You're missing some good stuff

enemy of the state

one man's conspiracy is another man's business plan

http://ductapefatwa.blogspot.com/

[Minstrel Boy]

26. Yeah! Glad to see Ductape Fatwa's mentioned.

Long-time poster who stopped coming by here a few months ago, which is our loss.

Great writer and keen insights.

[DuctapeFatwa]

33. Thanks, Liberty! I hope you are not seized and detained indefinitely

My blog is one that you should probably read before October.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/17/eveningnews/main644096.shtml

[Dark]

10. Me neither.

I have trouble with credibility of some of them.

[seabeyond]

11. i have been reading raed

since before the war in iraq began. and a few others from people in iraq and middle east

[AmerDem]

12. not regularly

but I do drop in on some of them.

[Dr Fate]

13. I figure DU is enough.

n/t

[SoCalDem]

15. Me too

I started a blog of my own.. forgot what I called it & the password :)

[pennylane100]

14. Wonkette is my absolute favorite,

although I read several others including Daily Kos and Talking Points

[Zero Division]

16. You are definitely missing out, IMO

I love DU, but I know I'd be missing out on a lot of fantastic analysis if DU was all that I read. Experts like Juan Cole on Iraq or Dave Neiwert on right wing extremism provide high quality information and analysis that is certainly absent from the mainstream media and even often absent from a place like DU (although I do see their writings linked-to on occasion).

[Eloriel]

17. I've got a gazillion bookmarked, but rarely find enough time

to visit any. I rather like it when special notice items are linked to here.

[progressivebydesign]

18. Nope...

I find them to be ego-stroking exercises... I have my own life to lead. The time I spend at DU and researching political things are my only forays into things like that.. I think they're like reality tv for the internet, I'd rather live than read about someone else living.

[babylonsister]

20. I'm on DU a lot but

when I suggest to husband there's a great thread, he claims he knows who he is voting for, and that is enough. Same w/interviews on TV, etc. But I asked about the 1st debate, and he IS THERE. Very interested.. yep, it is VERY important!
PS Caliphoto, I see you're still here, we all have lives to lead, but I think this election has taken the wind out of may peoples' sails.
It is VERY important.

[Swamp Rat]

19. Nope. My life is way more interesting.

I'd rather spend my time on DU or reading newspapers, magazines, and books.

[antigone382]

21. I read one blog

www.juancole.com

He has the best information I've found on what's going on in Iraq and the rest of the Middle East, as well as the inside story on subjects like the Pentagon Israeli spy case.

He's very reliable and I'd recommend him to anyone looking for a good source of verifiable information.

[BigMcLargehuge]

22. nope

not interested

[Mr_Spock]

23. I don't

Just a curiosity for me.

[Swede]

24. I have like 30 of them in my Favorites file.

But I never seem to go to any of them.

[LunaC]

25. Nope - the best of the blogs show up here eventually

so there's no point for me to seek them out when time is so very constrained.

[psychopomp]

27. Not really, though I read Talking Points Memo

once in a while.

DU is the shiznit.

[timtom]

28. Not really

Only as I am directed by a link to some germane and/or interesting information (opinion or editorial).

It's a matter of time allotment.

[baltodemvet]

29. Read 'em all the time

There's some really good commentary.

[Eric J in MN]

31. Not only do I read blogs, I also write one...

"Moveleft Media" at:
http://moveleft.com

[CrispyQ]

32. What is the difference between a blog & a site like

Common Dreams or Buzz Flash? What do they call sites like CD or BF?