Comments on: What a waste of space http://oaklandliving.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/what-a-waste-of-space/ Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:08:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: James Ryan http://oaklandliving.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/what-a-waste-of-space/#comment-653 James Ryan Fri, 16 May 2008 03:39:32 +0000 http://oaklandliving.wordpress.com/?p=140#comment-653 http://cbs5.com/video/?id=34213@kpix.dayport.com http://cbs5.com/video/?id=34213@kpix.dayport.com

]]> By: Mike Hardy http://oaklandliving.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/what-a-waste-of-space/#comment-570 Mike Hardy Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:18:26 +0000 http://oaklandliving.wordpress.com/?p=140#comment-570 I'm rapidly heading towards the stance (defensible, I think) that picking up the onion in the real world, and just reading the collection of Oakland blogs (taking care to actually follow links and get background, ya'll) makes you much better informed than anything I've seen out of the Tribune, the Chron, The Berkeley Daily Planet etc except *maybe* Chip Johnson. But even Chip Johnson typically writes an informed piece but seems to follow a pattern of bringing up a problem, ranting about it for a bit in general terms and leaving it open-ended. At least on the blogs some specifics and some possible solutions - you guys seem to be better than him even. Maybe it's the ability to easily toss aside the two-position / compare and contrast format that otherwise legitimizes completely ridiculous positions. You can just pin something to the wall and laugh at it when it is deserved. Either way, keep it up! :-) I’m rapidly heading towards the stance (defensible, I think) that picking up the onion in the real world, and just reading the collection of Oakland blogs (taking care to actually follow links and get background, ya’ll) makes you much better informed than anything I’ve seen out of the Tribune, the Chron, The Berkeley Daily Planet etc except *maybe* Chip Johnson. But even Chip Johnson typically writes an informed piece but seems to follow a pattern of bringing up a problem, ranting about it for a bit in general terms and leaving it open-ended.

At least on the blogs some specifics and some possible solutions – you guys seem to be better than him even. Maybe it’s the ability to easily toss aside the two-position / compare and contrast format that otherwise legitimizes completely ridiculous positions. You can just pin something to the wall and laugh at it when it is deserved.

Either way, keep it up! :-)

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