wherein skippy randomly apologizes for what he's said about kos

cross-posted at skippy and a veritable cornucopia of other community blogs. due to the wonderful nature of randomocity in the universe, the daily kos random blog roll of 10 user blogroll links (changed daily) has listed skippy the bush kangaroo for four days in a row. since a lot of our disagreement with markos is based on being unceremoniously dumped from his blogroll, we feel that we must now make some amends. ergo, we will randomly apologize for 4 random things we said about kos. we have counted approximately 30 posts about kos which we have written about kos since being dumped off his roll (the number of which brings to mind the shakespearean quote about some lady protesting too much somewhere). we then generated 4 random numbers with this random number generator. those numbers are: 28 4 26 13 so we will apologize for those posts. specifically #28: it takes a big booman to do a big job booman graciously took it upon himself to add all the blogs to booman's roll which markos and duncan dumped from their rolls. but we must apologize. we said it took a big booman to do a big job. if any of you have met booman in person, you know that he's not particularly big (not that he's short, he's just right). we regret having said he was big. he is not. he's medium. our apologies. #4: killing two bugaboos w/one blog we are sorry we agreed with steven d at booman who said he was often at cross purposes with markos. but we we sincerely apologize. we don't agree with steven d. he is never at cross purposes with markos, and if he says he is, he is a damnable liar. #26: three questions of the day man, this one is way beyond us. mimus pauly, our co-blogger, wrote on this post, en toto: duncan who? markos who? jesus what? we don't even know what the hell mimus was talking about. and you can bet, ladies and gentlemen, for that, we apologize. finally, #13: dear markos: it gives us no pleasure to say "we told you so" this one is almost a no-brainer. we got 7 kinds of sh*t from most people about this post wherein we chastized markos for dismissing cyber-stalking against kathy sierra, when not 3 days later, the virginia tech massacre took place. at the time, we seemed to think there was a cautionary moral lesson involved, something along the lines of "don't dismiss stalking as violence against women, because it could snowball into real violence." upon reflection, we realize that it was an argument so weak that liberace could kick sand in its face. we truly regret having made such a facetious connection, tho we stand behind the primary premise that cyber-violence against women should not be dismissed. we hope this sets a random amount of the record straight. we randomly want markos to not feel bad for a random amount of things that may or may not have randomly occurred. we randomly regret a random amount of those errors. [ed. note: and to a lesser extent, duncan.]

breaking! markos moulitsas admits to being karl rove!

in a little known interview with fark.gov, markos moulitsas, aka the great and powerful kos, admitted to actually being a future reincarnation of a clone of karl rove which came back in time to destroy the blogosphere before it could usurp george bush's power. the interview was actually given in 2010, but the crack i t staff at skippy international was able to trace the isp footprints foward 3 years into the future (it has something to do with our servers being cross-connected with the clock radio in the break room) and was able to find kos's own words actually admitting that he's out to destroy everyone whom he purged from his blogroll earlier this year. an except from the fark.gov interview: f:  so you're actually a clone. mm:  yes.  i'm the 23rd generation of a karl rove clone experiment conducted in by the bill frist institute of flat earth science in the year 2525. f:  in the year 2525?  is man still alive? mm:  yes, and women are kept in pens for men's pleasure and to make babies.  although we don't need to make babies anymore because the grand exhalted leader jenna bush xiv has declared stem cell research legal for all white people who make more than $500 million a year. f:  adjusted for inflation, that must be... mm:  not all that much.  a coke costs $100,000. f:  so, you're really karl rove, come back in time to destroy the blogosphere. mm:  yes.  it was decided by the dick cheney 5000 computer-bot that the only way to ensure the great republican revolution had staying power was to make the left look looney. f:  and you're doing that now? mm:  well, first we tried sending a real fat guy who made goofy movies back in time, but that didn't work out. f:  michael moore? mm:  chris farley.  who knew heroin was so much fun?  so, anyway, it was my mission to come back to pre-21st century berkeley, start up a small internet concern, then convince everybody that if we banded together, we could change the world. f:  did you? mm:  of course.  my powers of persuasion are legendary.  and i'm incredibly charming in person. f:  i'll admit to wanting to have sex you with you right now. mm:  understandable.  using these great charms, my hologram jerome armstrong and i were able to convince the majority of left-leaning computer geek slackers to vote for the democratic party. f:  as opposed to someone who would actually stand up to bush? mm:  exactly.  we were able to stave off actual grassroots change and let the glorious republican mass mind-control take place.  now the future is one of peace and prosperity for old rich white men everywhere inside the beltway.  oh, by the way, i'm going to have to kill you, you know. f:  i guessed.  but can we have sex first? mm:  no. f:  aaaaarrrrrghhhhggghhh!!!!!!  my spleen!!! it is our sincere hope that by publishing this interview we can change the course of history, and... arrrggghh!! our spleen!

Whatsoever you do to the least of these bloggers

This comment by wu ming got me thinking about something. It's not that I begrudge top bloggers their success, it's just that a bit of humility and graciousness can go a long way. The truth is, some people, in addition to whatever talent and effort they employ, really do get some lucky breaks. And I think the *right* thing to do when you get one of those lucky breaks is to use that opportunity to do some good, especially for the people who often have no voice. And I don't mean "little bloggers", but the people we often try to stand up for, even if it's not profitable, popular, or convenient. So, with apologies to the author(s) of the Gospel of Matthew... "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; receive your reward, the kingdom prepared for you with big comfy chairs, high speed internet. And free maid service, delivery of groceries, and state-of-the-art spam blockers. For I was a "z-list" blogger and you linked to my essay, I was an unknown in blogtopia, and you blogrolled me anyway. When I wrote stories about Darfur, election integrity, and racial and gender inequality, you said these were important issues, and helped them get the exposure they needed and deserved. Then the righteous will answer him, 'OMG! When did we link to your essay or blogroll you? We're *sure* we would remember doing that! And for that matter, when did we help you draw attention to those sorts of stories? The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these bloggers, you did for me.' Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into an eternity with Michelle Malkin, Ann Coulter, and Bill O'Reilly. And using a computer that crashes a dozen times a day. On a dialup connection. For I was an unknown blogger and you ignored me. I was a "C-list blogger" and you said you wanted to shoot me in the face. I posted about the issues I considered most important, you refused to give them airtime. And *then* you called me "fraudster" and "dirty hippy". They also will answer, "WTF? When did we call you names or bury those stories, or say we wanted to go all Cheney on you?" He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these bloggers, you did not do for me.'