...we were only nominated in Best Group Blog in Wizbang's 2004 Best Weblogs event.
We're up against Volokh, and The Command Post, so I'm not expecting a win. But like a scrappy small school playing one of the Big Colleges, we ought to be able to beat up on a couple of them. Right now we're barely ahead of Hit and Run and behind Tech Central Station by 4%. You could click through here and vote for us, and prove Ted Stein wrong...we ought to be able to beat those libertarian geeks at TCS!
...and remember, you can vote every day!! Other Winds of Change.NET team members nominated for awards include:
- Nathan Hamm, The Argus (Central Asia -stans Summary), Best Asia Blog
- Robert Koehler, The Marmot's Hole (Eyes on Korea), Best Asia Blog
- Simon World (China & E. Asia), Best Asia Blog
- Randy Paul, Beautiful Horizons (Latin America), Best Latino, Caribbean, or South American Blog.
- Colt, Eurabian Times (Th. Winds of War), Best UK Blog
- Andrew Olmsted (Mo. Iraq Report), Best Essayist
- Bill Roggio (Th. Winds of War), Best New Blog
- Dave Schuler, The Glittering Eye, Best of the Top 1000-1750 Blogs
UPDATE: Why aren't we surprised to find that DailyKos published scripts designed to stuff the ballot boxes. The implementation of automated ballot stuffing measures has now forced the awards to change their voting procedures.
I believe the rules this year are that you can only be in one category. I believe several of WoC's regular contributors are under consideration for other awards as well.
Yep, including three of us in the Asia category alone! We're 2, 3, 4 right now.
I am unhappy with the category assignments in general-- shouldn't Wretchard and Spengler be in the best essayist category? Spengler isn't mentioned, and Belmont Club is in the best overall category, no chance against the heavy hitters.
And pratike's project, liberals against terrorism, would have certainly won best liberal blog if nominated-- there is no competion!
Since you can vote every day, we'll end up with the "cheerleading effect", and not the "best" blogs in each category, but the most read, with the largest audience. umm, a popularity contest. Is 'most popular' synonymous with 'best'?
Winds should have been "Best Team Blog", IMHO. Was that a category?
Oh, yah-- Glittering Eye and Eurabian Times are both nominated! Click thru and vote for Dave and Colt.
Armed, the whole thing is devolving into rampant cheating. Shall I write you a perl script to put Winds on top? That's what everyone is doing, it seems. :(
Wizbang did a lot of work to put this together, far be it from me to criticize. KOS gaming the system? Shocking! Can I say "screw him" here?
Being up against INDC and Geraghty's Kerry spot, I do not expect to win. These guys are lobbying hard, and that just ain't my style. It may be corny, I was just honored to be considered in my catagory.
Congrats to all of the Windies nominated, I've voted for you all more than once, as is my right. jinnderella, fire up the scripts.....
And thanks for the plug, AL...