Yours truly received a singular honor today. I was nominated over at Polipundit as a Jack Bauer of the Blogosphere!
I can’t tell you what this means to me. I am weeping with joy. I am bursting with pride. I am glowing with satisfaction.
Why do I feel like going out and kicking somebody’s ass?
Actually, the criteria for nomination was quite strict:
1. He’s male. Sorry ladies, but this gun-toting, do-what-a-patriot’s-gotta-do guy is focused testosterone. This ain’t Siegfried and Roy, this ain’t Dr. Phil, and any woman pulling the kind of stuff we see Bauer doing in “24″ would look more like “Xena†than a counter-terrorism agent.2. He’s decisive. No one who can be connected to a focus group or committee need apply.
3. He’s not PC. Bauer does what is required, and is not subtle about it.
4. Despite being violent a lot, Bauer is not crazy or bloodthirsty. He does what is necessary, but holds his fire, and is willing to let even terrorists live if they surrender. That rules out DU or Daily Kos, even if they could accept being on the same side as Bauer.
And there are six more that are just as tough.
In the end, I lost out to some other guy. Imagine giving the award to that Michael Yon fellow? After all what did he do? Pay his own way to go over to Iraq just to blog? Hell, I can do that from my study…in my pajamas and bathrobe.
Come to think of it…going to Iraq just to blog does sound like something Jack would do.
Seriously, thanks to the guys at Polipundit. Maybe I should hold a “Chloe O’Brien of the Blogosphere” contest. What do you think?
4:27 pm
Rick, you’re right up there among giants, proud to be a groupie. You’ll always be the most Jack to me.
Chloe contest, LOL, you said it! PERFECT. How one measures affect (or lack thereof) in the b’sphere is beyond me… tact, that’s easier.
Question is: will she get a kill count this season.