Actually thank you for having this blog. I think this type of community blog is unique in the European sphere and it would really be a pity, when such roots of perhaps a new kind of public would be given up. Der Amerikaner ist die Orchidee unter den MenschenVolker Pispers
Well, I can't judge other spheres. But sites like dkos or redstate or even some personal blogs make the US a much richer blogosphere than the European one. Most European blogs tend to be ... national.
By the way, if this site would be located in Germany, Jerome could be sued, if any person insults any other person on ET. Unless there are serious legal changes, such unfiltered publishing with many little known people is close to impossible... Der Amerikaner ist die Orchidee unter den MenschenVolker Pispers
ET is a place where any good idea, well-presented, can be heard. That second part may be what is at issue with a certain "argument" more than any bigger idea.
I'm guessing it was the invisible hand of free-market forces and deregulation.
That's a serious < /snark > for you who don't know Colman... "Once in awhile we get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if we look at it right" - Hunter/Garcia