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To: LindyBill who wrote (101600)	2/22/2005 10:38:34 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793931

BLOGOTRY CONT'D [Jonah Goldberg] This represents a considerable fraction of emailers. From a reader: Let me say first that I'm not a blogger.I am a huge consumer of news and opinion. What still gripes me about the MSM writers, is their condescending attitude, when they describe the Bloggers as 'biased'. Keller wants us to think that the MSM has no bias or prejudice. Baloney. The fact is, that every blogger I read, has some kind of baggage, or some agenda or something that he's flogging. Great. I know this going in ,and I read accordingly. The marvelous thing that I find about the blogs, is that it all levels out. There are enough opinions that you can quickly get a good 'average'. The MSM used to be the only source for news reporting and opinion, and that was what you had to pick from. I know now what slim pickings they were. The blogs also have a sort of 'self-righting' quality, that seems to keep things on an even keel. If you read some egregious comment at 8 am, usually by noon, it's been totally sliced and diced, beaten with a clue bat and reduced to a pile of what it was to start with. The MSM is totally incapable of this sort of stuff. The MSM projects the attitude, " We are the authority, we know everything, and that's all you need to know". With only a very few exceptions, who shall remain nameless, I don't find that attitude among the blogs. I do find the attitude that " I know a guy, who knows a guy..." The MSM tries to palm themselves off as experts. More baloney. The bloggers, thousands and thousands of them and their readers millions and millions, are the real experts.

To: LindyBill who wrote (101600)	2/22/2005 11:04:59 AM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793931

Lindy, Was you son ready for college after the military? I agree that college isn't for everyone. But for many, it is a very important step. Also, there are some economics in higher education - only another "elite university" is going to try to charge the same for tuition as say, Harvard or Stanford (the $50,000/year figure). So, if you've got a kid that is a good enough student, to get into a $50,000/year (tuition, books, living expenses) school, he/she is probably good enough to get in almost anywhere (like a less expensive state school), or get financial aid. But for many young people, it (college) represents the first time they have faced a long term goal that they must work for - by themselves. No Vice Principal is going to call your mom up and ask why you didn't show up for class. No parent-teacher conferences - for the first time, its really up to the student.