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The Diplomad gives up blogging
One of the blogosphere's greats calls it quits. Here's an excerpt from the farewell message:Well, friends and foes of The Diplomad, the time has come; it's time to say thanks and good-bye. Above all we want to thank great sites such as Chrenkoff, Power Line, Betsy's Page , and Ex-Pat Yank that gave us a boost in our early days. . . . It's been fun; the postings from the readers have been great (except for the idiot trolls -- the same ones who collapsed our hotmail account and made it useless.) But for a variety of personal and professional reasons it's time to stop (we might blog again under a different name; might not.) Lest any of you think so, we have not been threatened or shut down; the State Department goons are not knocking at the door. It's just time to do something else. I wonder if "host nation sensitivities" played a role--but that's purely speculation on my part. The Chief Diplomad urges all of you to read the very well written brother sites at Daily Demarche and New Sisyphus (maybe they'll let us put up an occasional posting.) We've heard that our Republican cousins over at USAID might be starting a blog, too, so keep an out eye for it. Thank you, sir, for your service--not just for the blog, but for all you do for our country, and for the people of the world, out there in the Far Abroad. If you, like me, enjoyed reading the Diplomad, click the link and leave him a thank-you in the comments.
Posted by: Mike 2005-02-05 |
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