tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post1386486683893051140..comments2024-03-29T03:00:06.038-07:00Comments on Jon Swift: The Ralph Nader of the Blogosphere?Jon Swifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02130944579317556923noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-15571173243368837022007-12-01T23:34:00.000-08:002007-12-01T23:34:00.000-08:00Jon, May I suggest to you humming "Solidarity Fore...Jon, <BR/><BR/>May I suggest to you humming "Solidarity Forever" when thinking of the Hollywood writers' strike? Since it has the same tune as the impeccably Republican "Battle Hymn of the Republic," you need not even look over your shoulder to make sure the right people aren't listening. And remember, even Ronald Reagan was once a Hollywood unionist. So don't worry!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-62074253921684125252007-11-08T11:54:00.000-08:002007-11-08T11:54:00.000-08:00Seriously Jon - were you REALLY nominated for funn...Seriously Jon - were you REALLY nominated for funniest weblog? No really. You mentioned - oh - say 10 times, but I'm not sure you really mean it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-6765428517686475792007-11-08T02:47:00.000-08:002007-11-08T02:47:00.000-08:00Funny blog! I like it. But I still have a bone to ...Funny blog! I like it. But I still have a bone to pick with you over that whole post you wrote 200 years ago about the Irish.<BR/><BR/>Also, just below the comments window, it says I can use tags like <B>B, </B><B> I, </B>and <B>A.</B> Are you mocking us, Mr. Swift? Oh, I think we all know the rest of the sequence: <B>T, </B><B>C, </B>then <B> H.</B> Very funny, Mr. Comedy Blog Man!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-67359281913449365272007-11-07T18:17:00.000-08:002007-11-07T18:17:00.000-08:00What is all this fuss about being the Homecoming Q...What is all this fuss about being the Homecoming Queen? Knock it off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-8265631006166980822007-11-07T15:37:00.000-08:002007-11-07T15:37:00.000-08:00Laurie Kendrick said, "Contests are nice, titles a...Laurie Kendrick said, "Contests are nice, titles are cool but good, solid, creative writing is what it's all about---NOT votes for vote's sake."<BR/><BR/>Sounds like a loser to me. As the current holder of 8th place (and vying for 7th!) in the "Best Middle East and Africa Blog" category, I can testify that good writing doesn't matter. Popularity matters. Getting the most votes matters -- even if the votes are from a robot, or underpaid Third World workers in a blog-poll voting factory. <BR/><BR/>At the end of the day, being Mr. Congeniality doesn't matter, because America loves a winner. Those like myself, Ms. Kendrick, and you Mr. Swift will be remembered as losers, nothing else. Our egos won't get the bath of praise they deserve -- someone else's ego will. And noble words can't hide the shame of losing.<BR/><BR/>I hate contests!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-70714199164495594012007-11-07T13:51:00.000-08:002007-11-07T13:51:00.000-08:00Jon, I voted for both you and Sadly, on different ...Jon, I voted for both you and Sadly, on different computers. Thanks for promoting all the other great blogs, too, both in the nominations and in this post.Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-34523856730915809442007-11-07T12:23:00.000-08:002007-11-07T12:23:00.000-08:00Sir,I just want to point out that I did not vote o...Sir,<BR/><BR/>I just want to point out that I did not vote once for Sadly, No! instead, I placed my faith in God above that your blog would win the category, and as a show of that faith, I voted for you faithfully each and every day, at least twice.<BR/><BR/>Do I still have to wash your floors?Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664920037425489644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-67746371237706085292007-11-07T07:22:00.000-08:002007-11-07T07:22:00.000-08:00I am sorry Jon but I simply have to vote for PJ an...I am sorry Jon but I simply have to vote for PJ and his brilliant DUmmies blog.<BR/><BR/>I still remember when he taunted that liberal who had cancer and contributed towards getting his surgery cancelled. And he died! The whole right wing are still laughing about that. <BR/><BR/>Conservatives are just TOO funny.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-14485815859604974692007-11-07T07:09:00.000-08:002007-11-07T07:09:00.000-08:00Is this about the student council or something?Is this about the student council or something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-43367618344119525602007-11-07T03:55:00.000-08:002007-11-07T03:55:00.000-08:00Jon, thanks for endorsing me for Best European Blo...Jon, thanks for endorsing me for <A HREF="http://2007.weblogawards.org/polls/best-european-blog-non-uk-1.php" REL="nofollow">Best European Blog (non-UK)</A>. Sadly, however, like you, my readers are letting me down tremendously. I'm currently in third place (closely behind the number two) and more than 100 votes behind the number one. <BR/><BR/>I was the number one two days ago, but now... <BR/><BR/>Terrible I tell you. Terrible.<BR/><BR/>Life sucks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-63088579810373426632007-11-07T00:54:00.000-08:002007-11-07T00:54:00.000-08:00Sadly No and Swift are, without doubt, the funnies...Sadly No and Swift are, without doubt, the funniest, sharpest shit on the tubes. They have no peer except for the General. God Bless 'em all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-1126961683022093622007-11-06T17:47:00.000-08:002007-11-06T17:47:00.000-08:00Mr. Swift, I understand that you're being satirica...Mr. Swift, I understand that you're being satirical, but I don't understand what you're actually urging me to do. Are you saying that I <EM>should</EM> vote for <I>Sadly, No</I>? Or that I should vote for <I>DUmmie FUnnies</I>? Or not vote at all? I understand satire well enough to understand that you're really saying that I shouldn't vote for you. But who should I actually vote for? I'm so confused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-8708812243394326532007-11-06T15:57:00.000-08:002007-11-06T15:57:00.000-08:00Ah, thanks Jon! Just so you know, despite the conf...Ah, thanks Jon! <BR/><BR/>Just so you know, despite the conflict in the contributors' corner, (I didn't know you could do that with a Cheeto!) we at <A HREF="http://thegallopingbeaver.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">The Galloping Beaver</A> have sent all of our voters your way. <BR/><BR/>While we might consider strategic voting, Sadly, No! seems to be doing well. (And they ALSO have been doing things with Cheetos.)<BR/><BR/>And while we poll a consistent 3rd in our rather obscure category, I am reminded of the words of... oh. Never mind. Laurie already posted a comment above me.<BR/><BR/>Best of colonial luck old boy!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203592149876300192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-39833313821528521942007-11-06T14:36:00.000-08:002007-11-06T14:36:00.000-08:00Thanks for the kudos, Jon! You have my vote for Fu...Thanks for the kudos, Jon! You have my vote for Funniest Blog.<BR/><BR/>I didn't even know The Writers' Block was nominated, let alone a finalist, so it's a nice surprise to be in great company. I think we've been in 9th place, not 7th, but it's all in good fun. Hopefully we'll get even more readers from this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-23267500348970596292007-11-06T13:22:00.000-08:002007-11-06T13:22:00.000-08:00Jon: great work-keep it up.LK: I'm stalking you b...Jon: great work-keep it up.<BR/><BR/>LK: I'm stalking you blog by blog. Mwaaa ha ha haaaaa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-14644820941185123742007-11-06T13:21:00.000-08:002007-11-06T13:21:00.000-08:00Jon,I'm shocked that this should even be up for de...Jon,<BR/><BR/>I'm shocked that this should even be up for debate.<BR/><BR/>I know that your humor blog is the funniest because it is the only one that I read.<BR/><BR/>Voting post-haste,<BR/>dave<BR/><BR/>p.s.: Though ichomoetc.'s post was awfully sweet, I beg you to not ever post a million times a day. Your restraint is one of the best things about your blog. Post when it's good, not when it's always.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14741221161474097069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-81264706718176424702007-11-06T11:32:00.000-08:002007-11-06T11:32:00.000-08:00As my colleague notes (see link), you have our end...As my colleague notes (see link), you have our endorsement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-35332308689262774272007-11-06T11:24:00.000-08:002007-11-06T11:24:00.000-08:00Jon,I agree with Rev. Hipple that "funny" is not s...Jon,<BR/><BR/>I agree with Rev. Hipple that "funny" is not something good conservatives do very well and you should, perhaps, be angling for best Conservative Blog, instead of promoting yourself in the humor category. <BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, mocking the crying teen-age girl who testified before congress, (or the spastic Michael J. Fox) like Rush Limbaugh today, or Rudy's parody of Hitlery's fecklessness, and such as that, are incredibly hilarious. How about making fun of Oprah?<BR/><BR/>LDliquiddaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05052878226984765328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-71289621244340246112007-11-06T11:21:00.000-08:002007-11-06T11:21:00.000-08:00I was given the opportunity of "fixing" my vote wh...I was given the opportunity of "fixing" my vote when the Russians heard about it. We could have flooded the count and won hands down but I'd prefer to do what Iain Dale and DK are doing - staying above it all and going down gracefully. These finals are about strategy but to get to the final in the first place is about being nominated - an important distinction.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-77279414576537810782007-11-06T10:56:00.000-08:002007-11-06T10:56:00.000-08:00Okay. Jon -- your well-argued theory comparing you...Okay. Jon -- your well-argued theory comparing your blog to Ralph Nader has warmed the cockles of my iconoclastic heart. I will vote for you from here on out, now that I have been assured that that clown over at Dummie Funnies (who can barely write his name, let alone comedy) is out of the running.Ivan G Shreve Jrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067177808320053382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-87069815954195035292007-11-06T09:04:00.000-08:002007-11-06T09:04:00.000-08:00I have no cat, ichomobothogogus. Not since Hodge w...I have no cat, ichomobothogogus. Not since Hodge was shot.Jon Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02130944579317556923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-68539329302762522372007-11-06T08:47:00.000-08:002007-11-06T08:47:00.000-08:00Jon, honey, you've broken my heart. i was torn, i...Jon, honey, you've broken my heart. i was torn, i say TORN over who to vote for. but even though i felt i should show solidarity with a fellow Jonathan, i eventually cast my votes (both of them!) for Sadly, No. it was a tough decision, but i was eventually swayed by the fact that they've got new posts up several times a day. i know there are like a million people posting there, but even so. there have been times in the past when ive logged on to your estimable site and been confronted with exactly the same post i saw the day before yesterday! i know that your extremely long artfully crafted, link-saturated labours of love take a little longer than your average blogpost, and i'm not asking you to sacrifice quality for quantinty, but couldn't you at least fill up the dead air with pictures of your cats or something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-81948935739097071352007-11-06T08:40:00.000-08:002007-11-06T08:40:00.000-08:00You definitely win for Best Voting Day Cheat Sheet...You definitely win for Best Voting Day Cheat Sheet - what a thorough list! Where were you when Bossy hit the real polls this morning?BOSSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12137297805742498961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-15093118008308074232007-11-06T08:27:00.000-08:002007-11-06T08:27:00.000-08:00Mr. Swift,Laurie Kendrick here. I am in last place...Mr. Swift,<BR/><BR/>Laurie Kendrick here. <BR/><BR/>I am in last place in the Funniest Blog competition. Not just last place, hell I'm barely on the ballot.<BR/><BR/>What does that mean? As I delve into the knitty and the gritty of this contest, I'm beginning to believe it doesn't mean that much. In some way, I'm almost proud to be bringing up the rear in such an egregious way. That's not pride, that's reality.<BR/><BR/>I was a cheerleader in Jr. High and High School. Popularity contests rarely ever include a talent portion. That's fine with me. At the end of the day, you, me and a handful of other Funniest Blog hopefuls know how we got votes. Such as they are, in my case. <BR/><BR/>Contests are nice, titles are cool but good, solid, creative writing is what it's all about---NOT votes for vote's sake. People who like your work and read it because it's good and for no other reason, well, THAT'S the real prize. <BR/><BR/>You seem like a kind and generous man who's very talented as well. I enjoy your work.<BR/><BR/>Continued success to you, Jon and best wishes,<BR/><BR/>Laurie "I could teach McGovern how and Mondale How to Loose" KendrickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19959879.post-64106419631785927072007-11-06T07:41:00.000-08:002007-11-06T07:41:00.000-08:00Something is happening in Pakistan?Something is happening in Pakistan?Save the Oocytes!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13596820141399917244noreply@blogger.com