Could be Filipino, but I don't know where in Australia that could be.
Posted on 12/04/2003 5:15:06 PM PST by Cannoneer No. 4
John Hawkins at Right Wing News has just released the 2003 Warblogger Awards, and I am flattered that his panel of voters selected me for top spot in the category "The Best Original Content For A Blog".
I don't think I should have won. Quite frankly, I think that Wretchard at Belmont Club is producing better material than I am. He is writing as consistently as I have (perhaps more so, given that I've been less consistent lately) and his material is more focused and more cogent. I'm a bit surprised that Wretchard didn't show up as one of the top placers in that category.
Wretchard's background gives him a much different point of view than mine. As far as I've been able to determine from what someone else said, Wretchard is a Filipino living in Australia. That makes his voice all the more important since he is not easily dismissed as a "jingoistic American super-patriot" or other pejorative words to that effect. I have been enjoying his work immensely since I discovered his site just a couple of weeks ago, and I wrote a long commentary in response to the first post of his I found.
I can only conclude that the reason he doesn't appear even once in the poll (in any category) is that he's not well known.
(Excerpt) Read more at denbeste.nu ...
Den Beste is pretty high up in the pecking order of bloggers.
Read wretchard's blog
Could be Filipino, but I don't know where in Australia that could be.
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