03-22-2009, 04:20 AM
bloggers are cool.. though for all intent and purposes they really are just people with way too much time on their hands that take advantage of the tools available to fill it with something that gives them pleasure. as to reading their wares, or taking any of it seriously, it takes having too much time on my hands and a desire to wade through their egotistical me me me-ness, (with self editing this can get pretty sticky) which usually drives me away pretty quick, when I have had the time to wander in their direction. especially the blogs from the big island, which from what I have seen and read are way to silly to take serious. hunter's blog was exemplary, and is sorely missed. he had a knack for presenting information professionally without waving his own flag, which obviously earned him the respect that led to his current position with the county administration. as to the line that one can get their news faster from a blog than other more traditional sources, that may be all fine and true, but I have yet to see a need to take advantage of this resource, there just isn't any news I want rushing at me like that, especially at the cost of having to wade through web sites cluttered with all the other noise the pages are filled with. the idea of being able to see bloggers unite and bring their investigative skills together, through a third party that edited and presented worthwhile 'news' in a respectable format, rather than embedded as they are now, in individual personal surrounding, would, well at least 'could', be a real resource. but in the end what does it matter... as long as we realize their role as entertainers, and not be swayed in to believing everything we read, all is great. and of course, going to their sites remains voluntary, they are either a click away, or on the dark side of the moon, as it should be