Lorie Byrd, the Blogosphere, and General Coolness

Lorie Byrd picked up my post on Rathergate and posted it at Polipundit, then took the time to send it to Crush Kerry, where it's also now linked. Apart from the general coolness of seeing your stuff miraculous appear in the aether, it's worth recalling what a great world we live in and what a great development blogging has been. It really is "open source" journalism and a true "marketplace of ideas" now. Before, the barriers to entry for starting a magazine, newspaper, or, God forbid, a television network, kept out voices like Lorie's and Pat Hynes' at Crush Kerry and mine. Now, there are no barriers.

Also, it's worth noting how generous and genuinely nice people can be. That's "news" too, although we never hear about it.