Insight

So let's see:

• A lot of people like gambling and porn
• Canadian bloggers haven't "taken down" a media giant
• Most blogs suck
• Most comments on blogs suck
• Most blogs, even the good ones, could be better with an editor
• Canadian conservatism, if defined as "a united opposition to lefties and Liberals", is weak
• People who are anti-abortion aren't willing to compromise
• Criticizing the U.S. and Bush is safe and popular in Canada

There's a list of pretty uninteresting statements; most of them are obvious nearly to the point of self-evidence.

But apparently, if I phrase them differently (with the help of a good editor, shurely!), I can call it insightful criticism, and get it published on page A15 of The Globe & Mail! (Þalan)

I'd have trouble articulating exactly why I run this blog. But here's two of the non-reasons:

1. To get the Conservative Party of Canada elected, by hook or by crook
2. To fish for a job as a newspaper columnist

My own abilities aside, this may explain to certain observers why my blog is an admittedly poor mechanism for achieving either.