Yah, yah, I know a lot of you are convinced he is the Enemy. But for a trustafarian white guy, Stoller keeps earning his progressive creds, no matter what else he may or may not do. From the blog post title of the year:

There are a lot of meetings going on, and that’s one reason to be here. The media is here because it’s their prom. But in terms of raw power dynamics, progressives are not particularly relevant. Hilariously, bloggers have actually been demoted; in 2004, we could actually see the stage at the Fleet Center, this time, online communications director Aaron Myers has secured us a room in the Pepsi Center with televisions in it.

Heh. Wake up, blogtopia. You’re less than children to your masters, and they mock you for failing to grok that way back a couple of years ago, when they voted to condemn you. “But, but wait! I’m standing next to Steny! I must be important!” No, little rube, you’re merely fodder for the media superstars who use you to make themselves seem more relevant. When you understand that, you’re on the path to actually being Somebody. Not until then.

So who wrote this?

After reading your rant about what you describe as [ ]’s “remarkable legacy of failure,” my first reaction is to suggest that you might want to talk to your doctor about upping your meds.

Nice and shrill, isn’t it? Of course, probably not what one should say if you’re Comm Director for a major advocacy group and certainly not to one of the bigger bloggers in our lil world.

What amazes me is that I still read defenders like this (emp added):

But Matt does invite these sort of things: “That’s simply disgusting and dishonorable and they should be ashamed of themselves.” That wasn’t exactly civil either, and set a poor tone in his original piece.
by: shaej @ Wed Feb 27, 2008 at 08:44  Read more 

I think he’s talking about a Disney movie:

My secret super duper Senate sources are telling me that this bill has a long way to pass. To take a small example, the broadcast flag, which the EFF detests, passed in the Senate Committee, but Senator Sununu made it clear that he’s going to revisit the issue on the floor. There are also concerns about new tax measures in the bill, which will prompt more fighting on the floor. Stevens just doesn’t have the 60 needed to pass the measure, and it’s not clear that Frist even wants to schedule the time for it. In addition, the partisanized nature of the net neutrality vote means that Senators are becoming entrenched.  Read more