I post my political stuff on Shiloh Musings, and there's lots of politics on my mind. Maybe the blogs should be combined. What do you think?
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Combine the two blogs!?!
ReplyDeleteHmmm.. Somehow I wouldn't want to see that.
There's too much contrivance in the geopolitical, too many setups, too much psyops, too much negativity. That may overwhelm the pleasantness of the everyday as enjoyed at me-ander.
Maybe some think that me-ander style entries would counter-balance Shiloh-political. It could..
The political whirlwind is out of control now. That's normality, so to speak.. I prefer to keep it at a distance because it seduces and traps. What's an example?
Here in the US, the political stage did a predictable 180 degree turn last Nov. There were queues of this as long as two years ago. Now the IrqWar is promoted as a failure, bad planning, bad-bad-bad. That War goes on for years but officially there is posed debate and consternation. Talk is cheap. why the contrived debate?
the political whirlwind..
The same happens in Israel. There's winograd and worldwide psyops-like stage of a defeated Israel. The Lebanese Arabs lasted a month. They retreated. They controlled no Israeli Territory. They had what?, a decade to arm but lasted a month as if they had been armed and trained just before the War. Plus Israeli (and Arab?) news claims that they're re-arming and/or re-armed. Then they had to be disarmed and "DEFEATED."
(the plot thickens..)
But the GOI posed the notion that disarming the Arabs was the issue. See what I'm getting at? The GOI posed the criterion for defeat or victory and the GOI and Arabs then publicly pose an arbitrary conclusion.
The ceasefire seemed to appear instantly as if the Arabs were out of ammo, as if by design. Then there's winograd.
Many Israelis use the advertised, if not hyped, notion of "failure", as singularly promoted by winograd, to complain about authority/gov't. That's the catch! Suspect agitprop is inherited and used as a platform for debate/critism/venting by Israelis. It's a non-starter. A setup. See what I mean?
Okay, now that's the political mainstream she said/he said/they said debate. Yes, we certainly socialize and get acquainted amidst such banter but we should be aware that the banter has a deceptive and negative side.
Do you want to combine soup recipes with that??? Or pictures of flowers, children and cats???
But of course you will have an individual's pov. Which I'd like to hear.
Shabbat Shalom
JTP/USA
OK, I won't. I agree with you and just wondered what others think. I do consider my blogs so different that the readers may not get along.
ReplyDeletethere are times when I'm more me-ander and other times, when I'm more musing/political
And there are even posts which can go to either...
Combine the blogs. You dilute your voice by dividing your readership. And, many issues are cross-over.
ReplyDeleteIf you're worried about people getting turned off by one type of article or another, topic title them so people know what to look at. "Political: xxxx"
Just a suggestion.
Akiva, thanks for the input.
ReplyDeleteWho knows what the next year will bring...
but I love my two banners! They'd have to be combined somehow....
"muse said...
ReplyDeleteOK, I won't...."
That was quick! LOLLOL
In lieu of all discussion; I'd like to see the "my other blogs" link at the top of the page/template. As someone who "prefers" the seperate blogs; People could have an easy queue to the other blogs.
Of course, if the blogs were combined, something I'm not completely against, then there'd be no need to make "my other blogs" notice at the top of the page.
If a combined blog; Maybe a half sized banner, above each entry, could denote a me-ander post or a shilohmusings post. That would make each post, or group of posts, seperate as one or the other category.
JTP/USA
I'm not the expert in all the code stuff. I understand that with new blogger one can have two, or more, in one. Bagel Blogger has it.
ReplyDeleteI really don't have the time for some major changes right now, but...