North fan?

Hmm... I'm listed as an example of a warblogger who holds Ollie North as a hero for a one-liner from the old version of Reductio ad Absurdum.

Where to start?

First, I don't consider myself a warblogger (been doing this a lot longer than a year -- sorry). The old version of Reductio wasn't a warblog, the new version of Reductio isn't a warblog, and this hybrid blog/journal certainly isn't a warblog.

That said, it's kind of funny that anyone would take a single one-liner from a non-warblog as evidence of much of anything, never mind "hero worship."

It's also a little sad that anyone would read THAT single one-liner as any kind of endorsement at all, which is something that Dr. Weevil (whose blog I keep forgetting to add to my portal) points out in a rejoinder:

Reductio ad Absurdum / Kevin Whited's Reason Forum v4.0 (9/28/01):

"On rare occasions, Oliver North is spot on; this is one of them." Quite a back-handed compliment: obviously Whited is not much of a fan in general.

Nope. I'm not.

I don't care what baggage or labels anyone has -- if I find what I think is a good column, I'll post it. Hence the North post (as an aside, there's not a single article from North on the new Reductio). But with North, it's rare to see a really good, insightful column. His television appearances are marginally better, but that's not of much interest to me.

[Posted at 23:46 CST on 10/08/02] [Link]