Bernie at Planck’s Constant has nominated us for the Most Influential Blogger Award. Vlad got one yesterday, and now it’s our turn!
I haven’t seen one of these pass-it-on projects for a long time, probably not since before the LGF Wars, which means it’s been at least six years. I remember swearing them off back then, but how can I refuse Bernie?
So here we go. First, the rules:
Most Influential Blogger Award Rules:
| 1. | Display the award logo on your blog. | |
| 2. | Link back to the person who nominated you. | |
| 3. | Answer 7 questions decided by your nominator. | |
| 4. | Nominate (no limit of nominations) other bloggers for this award and link back to them. | |
| 5. | Notify those bloggers of the award requirements. |
Now I must answer the questions.
| 1. | Q: | What blogger/blog do you find the most annoying? |
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| A: | Hah! Am I still beating my wife? I’m not falling for that trap…
I’d say Charles Johnson, except I haven’t looked at LGF in many a moon. You see, if a blog annoys me, I tend not to visit there anymore. So I have trouble recalling the annoying ones. I remember James Wolcott of Vanity Fair was annoying, but that was long ago — I’m not sure if he’s still blogging. |
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| 2. | Q: | What country do you believe has the best chance of actually banning Muslim immigration? |
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| A: | Japan. I think they already have.
But if you mean Western countries: none of ’em. I don’t include Central and Eastern Europe in “Western countries”. Poland, the Czech Republic, etc. have more sense than the rest of us, and have not succumbed as thoroughly to the Multicultural infection. Although they’re working on it. |
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| 3. | Q: | What book has most influenced you? |
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| A: | If you mean for blogging the Counterjihad, Among the Believers by V.S. Naipaul.
In general, my choice would probably be Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, or perhaps The Palm at the End of the Mind by Wallace Stevens. |
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| 4. | Q: | What’s the most embarrassing thing you have ever written? |
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| A: | Heh… Probably that thing about Zamzam water, a looong time ago. |
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| 5. | Q: | If your house were on fire, what three things would you grab? |
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| A: | My wife, the cat, and my backup thumb drive with crucial stuff on it. |
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| 6. | Q: | What was the worst job you ever had? |
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| A: | I was a bricklayer’s laborer for a summer back in 1971. Hard, hard work in the hot sun. But it paid well, in 1971 terms. Seems to me I made $3.50 an hour. |
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| 7. | Q: | The Powerball is over $290 Million, if you won would you still be blogging? |
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| A: | Of course! This is a hobby — if I wanted money, I’d be doing something else, something more sensible and practical, and less time-consuming. |
Dymphna and I have done a double-tag, one for me and one for her.
First, from me to Steen of Snaphanen. Steen’s customary language is Danish, so each question is listed below in Danish, followed by the English translation:
| 1. | Hvorfor begyndte du at blogge? | |
| What made you start blogging? | ||
| 2. | Hvorfor besluttede du at fokusere på Sverige såvel som Danmark? | |
| Why did you decide to focus on Sweden as well as Denmark? | ||
| 3. | Din blog er blevet Danmarks mest populære på relativt kort tid. Hvad mener du det skyldes? | |
| Your blog became the most popular blog in Denmark in a relatively short period of time. What do you credit for your success? | ||
| 4. | Danmark er almindeligvis mere restriktiv med hensyn til indvandring end resten af Europa. Tror du, at Danmark nogensinde vil tage det nødvendige skridt at behandle muslimsk indvandring forskelligt fra anden indvandring? | |
| Denmark is generally more restrictive about immigration than the rest of Europe. Do you think it will ever take the necessary step of treating Muslim immigration differently from the rest? | ||
| 5. | Hvorfor er danskerne så forskellige fra svenskere og nordmænd hvad angår holdningen til indvandring og multikulturalisme? | |
| What makes the Danes so different from Swedes and Norwegians when it comes to their attitudes about immigration and Multiculturalism? | ||
| 6. | EU’s “Rammeafgørelse” har pålagt medlemsstaterne strenge “hate speech” bestemmelser. Tror du den danske regering nogensinde vil forfølge Snaphanen og dens bidragydere for deres udtrykte meninger? | |
| The EU’s “Framework Decision” has imposed strict “hate speech” rules on its member states. Do you think the Danish government will ever crack down on Snaphanen and its contributors for their outspoken opinions? | ||
| 7. | Har din blog-aktivitet påvirket din karriere som fotograf? | |
| How has blogging interfered with your career as a photographer? |
Dymphna selected Joshua Pundit and composed the following questions for him:
| 1. | You’ve been at this for a number of years now. Looking back, what was the biggest illusion you had about blogging before you started? | |
| 2. | In your opinion, is anti-Semitism in your corner of the world getting worse or better? | |
| 3. | What do you do to keep on keeping on? | |
| 4. | As a second part of #3, do you ever feel like quitting? | |
| 5. | What are your biggest concerns about America right now? | |
| 6. | Do you have any ideas about how we might address those concerns? | |
| 7. | What is the most important characteristic (or virtue) for any would-be blogger considering firing up their own page? |
Most Influential Blogger, my lily-white fundament! Still, this was fun…
Have at it, Steen and Joshua Pundit!
On the question of banning Muslims, Bernie should enjoy this one too:
Secret Thatcher Notes: Kohl Wanted Half of Turks Out of Germany
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/secret-minutes-chancellor-kohl-wanted-half-of-turks-out-of-germany-a-914376.html
Short quote:
“SECRET,” the top of the densely typewritten document reads. Underneath, an official had added a handwritten note: “NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION.”
It was a controversial plan that the newly elected German chancellor, Helmut Kohl, confided to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during her visit to Bonn, then the West German capital. “Chancellor Kohl said (…) over the next four years, it would be necessary to reduce the number of Turks in Germany by 50 percent — but he could not say this publicly yet,” state the secret minutes of the meeting dated Oct. 28, 1982.
It adds: “It was impossible for Germany to assimilate the Turks in their present numbers.” Only four people were in the room at the time: Kohl, his longtime adviser Horst Teltschik, Thatcher and her private secretary A.J. Coles, the author of the document.
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(I was looking forward to the blog/blogger you find most annoying, ha, but glad you didn’t go there)
Debbie
Right Truth
http://www.righttruth.typepad.com