(Note to literalists: the Watched column presently contains only a smattering of 'warblogs' because the facilitator of the template-change--Dr. Menlo--is not very familiar with them, and will be adding more as they are sent to him. Also, this blog may contain areas of allusion, satire, subtext, context and possibly even a dash of the surreal: wannabe lit-crits beware.)
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[Watch this space for: Pentagon and Petroleum, The Media is only as Liberal as the Corporations Who Own Them, Wash Down With, and Recalcify]
I'm sure the warbloggers are already sniggering about this column by Nicholas Kristof. I'd go check some of their pages to see for myself, but I'd rather not risk infection. Last time I descended into the self-referential concentric circles of the Killblogger Purgatorio I was siezed with symptoms of vertigo, eventually blacking out during a violent fit of uncontrollable quaking. I was naked and covered in what I later realised was ketchup when I came to, wailing "Faster, President! KILL! KILL!" like a banshee. Call me a feckless coward -- hell, you can call me a liberal -- but I am loathe to repeat the experience.
Thankfully, the hardy souls at Warblogger Watch continue to wade about in the jingo muck...
Brian, from afar you managed to describe this process probably better than any of us--thanks for the elucidation and appreciation.