WordPress.com Political Blogger Alliance
May 25, 2007I had an idea (strange, huh?). Originally I thought it would be neat to add political WordPress.com blogs in a special section of my blogroll, and create my own little community of amateur pundits that use the service. In a way, ALL WP.com bloggers are part of a community already, but I thought I’d start a club just for those who like to talk politics.
Most political bloggers will have blogs from other services in their blogroll. Not everyone uses WP, after all. There are advantages to staying within the community, however. One advantage would be ease of commenting. Once you’re logged in, you can hop from blog to blog without having to enter in tedious email info and quickly drop a comment (nice to have avatars too), and all discussions can easily be kept track of through the “my comments” section of our dashboards. Another advantage: you don’t have to do a lot of work to ping these blogs. All you have to do is link to a post, and it pings them immediately (leaving a pingback in the comments section). With other blogs (or blog services), you may have to copy/paste trackback urls, and that can be a bit of a crap shoot. It can work real slick for some blogs and not work at all for others (or at least I’ve discovered). Yet another advantage is how easy it is to search for tags within the community, but that is less special because services like technorati seem to be dialed into it as well. Anyway, you get the idea….
So, every so often, I’ll click on the WP ‘politics’ tag and check out what people are posting. If I stumble upon a blog that I haven’t seen before, I’d just add it to the blogroll. I’ve been adding a couple a week since I started it. I’m sure there are more, so as time goes on this list will grow in my sidebar (under “wordpress political blogs”)
Then I started thinking. What if we formed some semi-formal alliance? A ‘club’ made up exclusively of WP.com political bloggers (right, left, and center) who could regularly exchange ideas and comment on others’ posts. So far I haven’t seen anything like that. Maybe it’s worth a shot?
I whipped up a ‘club’ button that we can put in the sidebar. You’ll have to forgive my photoshopping skills, but here goes:
If you want to add the button to your blog (it links back to this post), here is the code (with border):
<a href="https://chenzhen.wordpress.com/2007/05/25/wordpress-political-blogger-alliance"><img src="https://chenzhen.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/wppoliblog1.jpg" alt="WordPress Political Blogger" /></a>
…and without a border:
<a href="https://chenzhen.wordpress.com/2007/05/25/wordpress-political-blogger-alliance"><img border="0" src="https://chenzhen.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/wppoliblog1.jpg" alt="WordPress Political Blogger" /></a>
Update 11/2: The alliance has become interactive! The lowdown:
What I’m attemping to create here is a tool that we can use to make our blogs more lively and entertaining. I’m not really forcing any obligations on anyone, so I don’t want you to get the impression that going along with this means that there’s going to be a whole list of expectations (beyond etiquette). You don’t have to respond to every ping. Just so you know.
If you want to participate, there are just a few details…
- In order for this to work smoothly, everyone needs to create a page that can be pinged. It took me about 2 min. to make mine: https://chenzhen.wordpress.com/wp-political-blogger-alliance/ . And I need to know the link so that I can consolidate them, so just post it in that thread or respond in email once you’ve whipped it up. That’s really the only requirement. A handful of you already have done this, and the pings work beautifully. The idea here is to compose a code that is easy to paste in your post that allows you to ping everyone in the alliance at the same time.*
- I don’t really like the idea of any one blogger “abusing” the tool by using it to try to dominate the discussion. In other words, if you’re calling out and pinging the alliance 3 times a day it might get a little annoying. Sure, it’s easy enough to just ignore such a thing, but nevertheless I think it would be akin to blog whoring just for the sake of blog whoring. It’s kind of a fine line, and we’ll probably tweak the guidelines as we go forward, but for now I’ll stick with a rule of 1 per day max. No minimums, since some of you might prefer to comment only. And, it probably goes without saying, but we don’t want to double up on a topic either, so try to make sure that a story or headline hasn’t already had pings sent by someone else first. If it has, and you’ve got your own unique analysis that you just spent like 2 hrs on, just link to that thread in your post instead. We’ll see it. Make sense?
- Be somewhat civilized. This might be the hard part, ’cause a) there’s a very diverse crowd being pinged and b) it’s the internet. In debate, you win by attacking the argument or idea, and you lose once you resort to attacking the person (there is a difference). Keep that mindset, and we’ll be fine. That’s not to say that I don’t enjoy a good blog war. This will be a bit of a free-for-all, so I hope people are relatively thick-skinned when it comes to having logic, facts, position, etc. challenged. We’ll just have to see how this goes, cause I’m not sure if anyone has really tried anyting like this before.
- This is about “politics”, so use the “politics” tag/category when you post, and only send the pings when you post about “politics”. You might have a cool car, for example, but please don’t ping the whole group to show off the latest pics you just posted. Also, consistent use of the “politics” tag in general means more views from the wider wordpress.com audience.
Luckily, it’s pretty easy as individuals to block urls and IP’s if #2 or 3 becomes a problem for someone.
* The up-to-date code can always be found in my sidebar (——>):
Founder of the |
Simply copy the “WordPress.com Political Blogger Alliance” and paste it at the bottom of your post. Once your post is published, it will send a ping back to everyone in the alliance. Easy!
Update 11/4: A tag (category) specifically for the alliance:
Create the “WordPress Political Blogs” category and add it to your alliance-oriented posts. In2thefray and I have already added the RSS feed for this tag in our sidebars, so we can see the latest offerings right on our blogs:
WP.com political blog alliance
Even better, if everyone uses the tag consistently, the above link will provide a great chronological record of the posts within the alliance. In addition, you will have a record of your own contributions to the alliance in your sidebar (assuming you have added the “categories” widget). Remember to use “WordPress Political Blogs” exactly (alternate spellings and abbreviations will be a different tag, technically)
Great idea!
by bosskitty May 25, 2007 at 9:16 pmI like it and I love the logo. I’ll put it on my blog when you get the code.
by nytexan May 25, 2007 at 9:19 pmarrrgghhh….hang on a sec 🙂
WP makes it a little tricky to put code in there like that. Also, the inclusion of a dropdown box sends it into fits as well. I’ll see if I can figure it out.
by ChenZhen May 25, 2007 at 9:35 pmGreat idea, I appreciate you putting me on there too.
by regman68 May 25, 2007 at 10:10 pmChen:
by nytexan May 25, 2007 at 10:45 pmDon’t worry when you get it we will come. Have a great weekend.
Update: FIXED! Damn…my kung fu is strong lol
BTW- This thing is very fussy with code. It’s kinda dumb when you try to switch from visual to code, so I suppose if I go in and edit it again it will screw it all up. Anyway, just for the record, if you want to display code on your blog there is a converter on this site. All you do is paste the html you are trying to display in there, click ‘encode’ and it will convert it to the code you would enter in your post. Essentially, all the tags are converted to their other form. Funky!
Update: Added another one….liberalpost.wordpress.com
by ChenZhen May 26, 2007 at 12:15 amI just added the button on my blog. Great idea. Thanks for including me.
by mpinkeyes May 26, 2007 at 5:32 amCool idea. Thanks for adding me.
by newscoma May 26, 2007 at 9:14 amThanks gang!
by ChenZhen May 26, 2007 at 11:10 amYou may have noticed that the blogroll is pretty diverse. I feel it’s important to have dialogue with all sides of the spectrum. It can keep us intellectually honest, and guards against ‘group think’ (not to mention spouting outright falsehoods). In a way, we’re helping each other out. After all, what fun would blogging be if people agreed with you all the time?
I encourage the group to stay civil while not being afraid to challenge each other. Try to refrain from ad hominems or personal attacks though, Ok? Let’s see how it goes…
BTW- It probably goes without saying, but if you spot more recruits go ahead and post them in here.
thanks so much for including hysterical raisins, chenzhen! i would love to add the club button. this is a great idea.
by nonnie9999 May 26, 2007 at 3:50 pmI added the button. Thanks for the nod.
-Chin
by Chin May 26, 2007 at 9:34 pmGreat idea! Thanks for adding me!
by balkan May 27, 2007 at 7:30 amAgree with most above, great idea.
by christianconservative May 27, 2007 at 3:47 pmGood to see this catching on!
I added a few more to the list. It also dawned on me that the timing of this idea works out pretty well, as I see more and more blogs popping up that are more or less geared towards the 2008 election. It should be interesting around here for the next year and a half.
Another thing- I added more tags to this post (basically every politically-themed tag I had in the arsenal) to help other WPers find us. I think I’ll add some more next time I update the list.
by ChenZhen May 28, 2007 at 7:37 amOK, I have added the logo and have it linked back to here, I would appreciate being listed on this WP Politics Roll… Thanks much, Fred
by TexasFred June 3, 2007 at 11:00 amI appreciate the interest Texas, but your site kinda violates what I put in the 2nd paragraph there. In other words, while you do use WordPress software, you aren’t part of the “community” of bloggers who use the service for free. (The tell-tale sign is that you dont have an avatar in the comments.) We’re not ‘logged in” to your site to leave comments without having to enter name/email/website info, and your posts don’t show up on our wordpress page. I like your site, and have added you to my blogroll, but I’ve intentionally excluded sites like yours from the ‘alliance’ for this reason. Sorry for the confusion.
by ChenZhen June 3, 2007 at 3:31 pmYour loss… I could bring you a lot og WP bloggers that AREN’T ‘leeching’… Oh well…
by TexasFred June 4, 2007 at 4:47 amAnother thing, everyone on that list was invited.
by ChenZhen June 4, 2007 at 9:16 amI’ve been in and out of town so I just saw this. Great idea and thanks for the inclusion.
by Miche June 4, 2007 at 9:35 amI love the idea! Please add us! http://www.thesouthpaw.wordpress.com Thanks!
by thesouthpaw June 5, 2007 at 1:24 amOk…I added a few more. PING!
And just for the record, these blogs don’t have to be posting about politics 100% of the time (I certainly don’t), but I’ve made an effort to make sure that these blogs do it often enough to know they’re interested. In other words, I just don’t pick any ol blog that has used a ‘politics’ tag.
by ChenZhen June 9, 2007 at 1:14 pmI like it, and I’m going to add it to
http://www.fredthompsonnmo.wordpress.com
by dankleinsorge June 11, 2007 at 11:16 amOK- The list gets a little longer.
by ChenZhen June 16, 2007 at 9:54 amOne more update. I added the RSS feed tor the ‘politics’ tag in my sidebar. Now we’re talkin’!
by ChenZhen June 16, 2007 at 11:32 pmWonderful idea! Definately going to add it.
http://www.ownlifeamerica.wordpress.com
by thoughtpolice June 20, 2007 at 4:38 pmGreat idea! Thanks for the add…
by apolitico June 20, 2007 at 5:22 pmAnother update. I gotta tell ya, that RSS feed makes it super simple to find you guys. 😉
by ChenZhen June 20, 2007 at 5:58 pmThis is a cool Idea..I like it
by Dear A June 21, 2007 at 12:22 amNice idea. Could you add http://www.mdvp.wordpress.com? Thanks.
by mdvp June 21, 2007 at 7:39 pmAdded some more blogs to the mix. Thanks again to all who have added the button!
by ChenZhen July 13, 2007 at 8:53 pmThis is a great idea and a great blog. Thanks
by J.G. Rivers July 20, 2007 at 11:34 pmIt is an interesting resource. Good luck with it’s growth. CZ interesting blog overall. See you around the community
by in2thefray July 25, 2007 at 1:00 pmAnother update. Added a few more bloggers to the list.
Also, I totally forgot about the convenience of “my comments” when it comes to tracking discussions, so I added that little detail to the post.
by ChenZhen July 25, 2007 at 3:26 pmi guess i’ve been hiding, even though i use that category a lot. at any rate, i’m adding your icon-link-thingy to the otherwhirled.
hysterical raisins sent me.
by commander other July 25, 2007 at 4:22 pmWhat a great list!
Several are among my favorite bloggers too. Keep up the good work!
by Christopher July 27, 2007 at 5:19 pmWelcome newbies!
by ChenZhen August 11, 2007 at 9:37 pmI shall add your button.
by fairlane August 19, 2007 at 5:33 pmgreat list. Feel fee to add my site to the list if you think it meets your standards!
arclightzero.wordpress.com
by arclightzero August 20, 2007 at 5:48 amIs it weird that I’m reminded of sonar men when I do this:
{{{{PING}}}}
?
by ChenZhen August 21, 2007 at 11:09 pmLOVE THE SITE AND LOGO YOU CREATED– thx. I just started a political blog– check it out.. gopnews.wordpress.com
by gopnews August 26, 2007 at 3:08 pmWe’re also poli-bloggers on WordPress, and we’d be honored if you would consider adding us! http://forthardknox.com and http://jennsierra.com.
Thanks!
by Jenn Sierra August 30, 2007 at 4:54 pmJenn
Jenn-
That second link there sends me to the main wordpress.com page.
EDIT: OK I found you: http://jennsierrafhk.wordpress.com/
It appears that the jenn sierra site meets the requirements outlined in the post, but the Ft. Knox one doesn’t (different commenting system). So, I’ll add the 1 site.
by ChenZhen August 30, 2007 at 5:48 pmPlease add my blog to the list. Just moved over to wordpress hosted on a great hosting service.
thanks and keeping fighting the fight.
-Chuck
by Chuck @ Detroit Populist Times August 31, 2007 at 9:28 amChuck-
Your blog appears to use wordpress software but it isn’t hosted on wordpress.com (?) The alliance is really only for the wordpress.com community. Sorry for the confusion.
by ChenZhen August 31, 2007 at 5:21 pmMan…. 😦 okay… I’ll remove the banner 😥
by Chuck @ Detroit Populist Times August 31, 2007 at 10:26 pmI saw this via From the Left. This sounds like a very cool idea.
by fitnessfortheoccasion September 10, 2007 at 11:25 pmCame across this while blog hopping. I hope you won’t mind if I post the logo on my blog. I’m from the Southern Philippines.
Karlo
by karlo mikhail September 22, 2007 at 1:44 pmWelcome karlo!
by ChenZhen September 22, 2007 at 10:37 pmThanks! 😀
by karlo mikhail September 24, 2007 at 3:38 pmAdd Yikes! to the list! http://yikes101.wordpress.com
BAC
by BAC October 7, 2007 at 6:01 pmNice site BAC! You’re in.
BTW- I updated this page again. All the recent additions should show up on this page (it’s been a little while).
Also, we lost someone (Byrne’s Rightings is now defunct), but since Ed is back from the People’s Republic of Halliburton, it’s kind of a wash. 🙂 I for one am excited to see what Ed has to say. I try to make an effort to check in with all the bloggers on the list periodically, but if you discover someone on there who is no longer active, please let me know.
by ChenZhen October 7, 2007 at 10:48 pmHi, can I join?
by Baltimoron October 20, 2007 at 4:46 pmWell, Baltimoron, this is really for bloggers whose sites are hosted on wordpress.com.
by ChenZhen October 20, 2007 at 5:22 pm[…] October 26th, 2007 As in2thefray recently suggested, I think it’s time to try to use the WP Political Blogger Alliance more interactively. One idea would be a situation where I would occasionally post something […]
by TEST: WordPress Political Bloggers, Please Respond « ChenZhen’s Chamber October 26, 2007 at 6:32 pmWell, i have added the button and wish to join… your Kung-Fu is strong… Snap Crack Wooosh… Ti Kwan Leap!
by Ed October 27, 2007 at 9:01 pmHi Ed.
I added the button, too.
http://nicedeb.wordpress.com/
by nicedeb October 27, 2007 at 11:39 pmHi Deb and Ed. Me too.
by bmac October 29, 2007 at 11:50 amhttp://bmac20.wordpress.com/
What a great idea! Thanks! I put the button on my blog, too!
http://gto7.wordpress.com
No Compromises when it comes to being Right!
by No Compromises October 31, 2007 at 5:41 pmYou have been added to the D=S family blogroll, now don’t go gettin all liberal on me now…
http://democratequalssocialist.wordpress.com/
by TRM October 31, 2007 at 7:24 pmIs there any reason you can’t open this up to WP.org political blogs? I assume since you specifically refer to WP.com blogs that you’ve done this for a reason. But if you’re interested in opening it up to all WP blog, let me know. Mine is a WP.org self-hosted blog.
by richards1052 November 5, 2007 at 4:28 amThrough night time vision, God has directed me towards your Interweb so that I may spread His word of Truth.
Dominionists for Tancredo 2008
http://protoplasm.wordpress.com
-RPTH
by Hipple, Rev. Paul T. November 13, 2007 at 2:45 pm2007 Weblog Award Finalist
(multiple categories, including Best Political Weblog (Dominionist category)
I’m not sure if that means I’m doing smething right…or what.
by ChenZhen November 13, 2007 at 10:29 pmHmmm … not sure if I really want to follow Rev. Paul T. Hippie, but here I am, anyway.
Here’s the page:
http://1truebeliever.wordpress.com/alliance/
Is that what you need?
by wickle November 14, 2007 at 3:00 pmwickle-
Thanks! You’re in. I added your link to the code in my sidebar.
by ChenZhen November 14, 2007 at 3:55 pmBrother or Sister ChenZhen
Dominionists for Tancredo 2008 is my award winning Weblog, a God-Inspired calling working hard for the betterment of our great nation, which just so happens to desperately need Rep. Tom Tancredo as our next President in order to secure our borders and our Christian Way of Life.
You would be an answer to my Prayers to God by putting Dominionists for Tancredo 2008 on your ‘webblogroll’–if for any other reason than to offset the abomination of the numerous Pastor Gov. Mike Huckabee weblogrolls on your weblogrolls.
If we don’t get the word out about Rep. Tom Tancredo, my fear is that the Dark Side will win this election. We can’t allow that to happen!
Yours in Christ the Son
-RPTH
by Hipple, Rev. Paul T. November 15, 2007 at 2:14 pm2007 Weblog Award Finalist
(multiple categories, including Best Political Weblog (Dominionist category)
RPTH- Your prayers have been answered.
BTW- “Brother” ChenZhen has a great feel to it. Thanks!
by ChenZhen November 15, 2007 at 3:04 pmI’m adding the button to mine — please add me to the alliance.
roadkillrefugee.wordpress.com
by rkref November 22, 2007 at 1:27 pmMy button is up. Thanks for including me in the alliance.
by vjp November 23, 2007 at 5:58 pmI’ve added your button to our wordpress site … VirginiaDem.org
by virginiadem November 24, 2007 at 10:53 amvirginiadem- Go ahead and make a ping page if you want, and I’ll add you to the code.
by ChenZhen November 25, 2007 at 10:54 amOK, code updated. We’re starting to run out of letters!
by ChenZhen November 25, 2007 at 4:46 pmThis is my first encounter with the alliance. ChenZhen kindly invited me on board, so yeah.. Hope I can contribute somewhat to good discussions here and there.
I think I might be the first Muslim in the group. Will be posting some stuff from my point of view, albeit not too frequently as I’m not really a power-blogger.
P.S. My, that’s a lot of spam comments right there –>
by The Sphinx December 2, 2007 at 12:35 pmSphinx- Actually, now that I think about it, I’m pretty sure that Heathlander is a British Muslim. Regardless, we’re getting a really good mix. Christians, Jews, Muslims, agnostics, conservatives, liberals, an Iraq war vet, etc.
BTW- Thanks for the ping page- code is updated again.
by ChenZhen December 2, 2007 at 1:17 pmWelcome sphinx and Chen you forgot to mention the requisite village idiot, yours truly…
by TRM December 2, 2007 at 7:31 pmYo Chen! You still have a letter with my name on it? 😉 -NOIP
by nooneinparticular December 19, 2007 at 4:09 pmhttp://editoriale.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/wp-political-blogger-alliance/
You’re in!
by ChenZhen December 19, 2007 at 10:47 pmyou rock
by nooneinparticular December 20, 2007 at 8:46 amOh yeah, bandwagon.
Sorry, I’m a tad slow.
by Psycheout December 21, 2007 at 7:07 pmYou got the big P, Psycheout. I was savin’ it for ya.
😉
In light of these recent updates, I’ll send out an email to remind everyone.
by ChenZhen December 21, 2007 at 9:29 pmCome on Chen, back it up. 🙂
by Elric66 December 21, 2007 at 9:43 pm[…] email that I thought was kinda interesting, and I figured I should share it with the rest of the Alliance: Dear […]
by We Got Mail! « ChenZhen’s Chamber December 21, 2007 at 9:49 pmI’ll take a big “P.”
D’oh! Thanks!
by Psycheout December 22, 2007 at 1:12 amHere is my page:
http://usjamerica.wordpress.com/wordpress-political-bloggers-alliance/
by Jamelle December 22, 2007 at 3:42 pmI’d add you, but I’m a bit concerned by your overuse of the “teh”.
hmmm…pending review, definitely
by ChenZhen December 23, 2007 at 12:57 amThanks, though I don’t actually use “teh” that much at all.
by Jamelle December 23, 2007 at 1:26 amand your avatar reminds me of the old “public enemy” logo..so, you know…we’ll have to see…
by ChenZhen December 23, 2007 at 1:52 am[…] it is my intention to continue blogging in the ‘08 and am especially looking forward to the WordPress Political Blogger Alliance group post on the 20th. This should be pretty cool. We’re at 12 different and diverse blogs […]
by America the…07 Roundup Part III « IN2THEFRAY December 28, 2007 at 11:51 amHi everyone! I want to let you all know I’m joining the alliance. This is a really great idea and I’m excited that I’m going to be a part of it.
http://newerleft.wordpress.com
by New(er)Leftist January 3, 2008 at 5:20 amPing page added and code updated!
BTW- Today I got 8 pings from you guys. Nice work!
by ChenZhen January 4, 2008 at 8:18 pmWelcome Fundamental Freedom!
Ping page added and code updated!
by ChenZhen January 9, 2008 at 12:02 amThis is a rightwing site posing as a liberal one. Part of the new dirty tricks campaign of the RNC and their swiftboating plan.
by Bill Nelsen January 10, 2008 at 5:47 pmThe visionary masterminds have figured us out oh no
by in2thefray January 10, 2008 at 5:51 pmI guess my RNC check got lost in the mail?
by ChenZhen January 10, 2008 at 6:08 pm[…] sources or evidence. Some have even visited me here in the Chamber, and recently I’ve even been accused of being involved in a conspiracy (of […]
by Mr. Conspiracy « ChenZhen’s Chamber January 11, 2008 at 8:30 pmMitt Romney a True Flip Flopper come join us and post a comment on how Mitt Romney continues to Flip Flop Daily, come read articles, and watch video at.
http://mittromneyflipflopper.blogspot.com/
[Blog Pimp emblem awarded – CZ]
by Jeff Davis January 18, 2008 at 8:54 pmyuiy
by rix January 20, 2008 at 6:26 pmThank you for online organizing. I added your button to my site, and look forward to participating in the alliance.
Backyard Beacon (imby.wordpress.com)
by A.M. January 22, 2008 at 4:20 pmHey A.M. I like your site. You’re in!
(Ping page added and code updated)
by ChenZhen January 22, 2008 at 10:32 pmHey Chen,
I just got started on WP in November, but I want to get it on the alliance. Check it out:
http://rebello.wordpress.com/
by tommypaine January 24, 2008 at 11:16 amtommypaine- Looks pretty good, and it’s nice to see another Obama supporter. Let me know if you have any questions.
by ChenZhen January 24, 2008 at 1:59 pmYo Chen, I can vouch for Tommypaine… he’s cool.
by nooneinparticular January 24, 2008 at 4:48 pmGreat, thanks.
by tommypaine January 24, 2008 at 5:12 pmSo is this supposed to generate traffic from political blog fans to our sites?
by rkref January 28, 2008 at 7:40 pmrkref- The traffic thing is kinda secondary. It’s more about sharing our posts with others who are enthusiastic about the subject matter, but with differing views. A way of stimulating debate and learning from each other. The wp.com format allows us to easily track our conversations (via “my comments” in the dashboard) and consolidate our posts in one place (via the “wordpress political blogs” tag), so that’s why I’ve limited membership to those bloggers exclusively. The button (thanks for adding it, btw) links back to this post as sort of a meeting place to introduce new members and share ideas.
There are some who participate more than others but overall I think we’ve had a good time thus far.
by ChenZhen January 28, 2008 at 9:39 pmSounds like a great idea. I’m not sure a special page would really work on my blog. Is this critical for your purposes?
by rkref January 29, 2008 at 12:40 pmrkref- you have a couple options:
1. If don’t want to have the new page appear on your blog as a tab, there is a way around that (check the wp.com FAQ)
2. A post would work just as well, and if you wanted to you could even backdate it so that it doesn’t appear on your front page. I just need the url so I can add it to the code.
Overall, the ping page/post is nice to have, but I’d say that using the special tag is more important because more people are using it. A lot of us use both, however.
by ChenZhen January 29, 2008 at 2:17 pmHello my fellow WordPress Political Bloggers! I think this is a great idea and look forward to reading your posts. 🙂
by kayinmaine February 2, 2008 at 5:53 pmWelcome Kay!
I updated the code with your ping page.
by ChenZhen February 3, 2008 at 2:16 pmWelcome aboard 🙂
by The Sphinx February 3, 2008 at 5:10 pmHey ChenZhen, really late in adding the pingback page, looking forward to participating more actively.
by Dan (Fitness) February 3, 2008 at 11:52 pmHiya Dan. Welcome to the alliance!
Your ping page is now enshrined in the code.
by ChenZhen February 4, 2008 at 6:48 pmHi Everyone!
I’m new to the WPPBA as of yesterday and wanted to drop by to say hello to everyone. I’m the proprietor of Words From a Wicked Woman where I write about anything political and/or LGBT and/or dealing with religion. I’ve also been known to delve into anything related to Apple, Inc.–one of my favorite topics.
I am so very glad that CZ began this group and I truly look forward to reading your thoughts and comments as time goes on.
TWW
by thewickedwoman February 8, 2008 at 10:00 pmWe’re starting to run out of letters!
Ping page added and code updated.
by ChenZhen February 8, 2008 at 11:33 pmHi Chen,
by TRM February 9, 2008 at 12:34 amI am by ono means jumping ship just yet but I would gladly give up my letter to another… I only ask, out of respect for the D=S name it go to a right leaning blog 🙂
TRM, I’m ashamed of you! The solution isn’t to make those who have letters give them up, but to grow the number of letters so that there are more letters to go around!
What, are you becoming some kind of Commie? 😉
We could give credit to CZ for the idea and expand the code to “ChenZhen’s WordPress.com Political Bloggers Alliance,” thus adding a few letters. Or we could just go nuts and expand it in any of these ways:
Alliance of Political Bloggers on WordPress.com (which only adds a little on its own, but opens up the option for adjectives … “Thoughtful Alliance,” “Sacred Alliance,” “Unholy Alliance,” “Rebel Alliance”)
WordPress.com Political Junkies’ Bloggers’ Alliance
Ever-Expanding WordPress.com Political Bloggers’ Alliance
… or the tag line could even be expanded from just being a label to sort of a statement, if we really needed more room:
Another contribution to the WordPress.com Political Bloggers’ Alliance (again, adjectives can be used eventually … “Another thoughtful contribution,” etc.) … and even into a real sentence:
This is another contribution …”
Give growth a chance!
by wickle February 9, 2008 at 8:39 amwickle- the solution would most likely be to simply add periods or backslashes or something.
A little while ago Psycheout (Blogs 4 Conservatives) developed this really cool javascript code that made it easy to for me add ping pages, so I’ll run it by him too.
by ChenZhen February 9, 2008 at 10:05 amSure, sure, whatever … but I wanted the opportunity to make the gag. TRM was being gracious, but I had to go for the redistribution joke, didn’t I?
by wickle February 9, 2008 at 6:13 pmActually I kind of get a headache when I look at this:
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LOL
by ChenZhen February 9, 2008 at 8:52 pmLOL Wickle,,, it actually took me a few minutes to catch the joke….. up late last night playing cards…. came in 2nd!!!!! cha ching!!!$$$
by TRM February 10, 2008 at 12:13 pmChenZhen..
I like to join my blog Ideas and Revolution that has come active again to the WordPress.com Political Blogger Alliance once get approval from you.
http://ideasandrevolution.wordpress.com/
I do have question… Understand need to setup a new page and make a tag/category for the alliance but how do we use this code you speak of?
Thanks
by MJ "revoltingpawn" February 14, 2008 at 7:00 pmMJ-
Simply copy the “WordPress.com Political Blogger Alliance” (located in my sidebar) and paste it at the bottom of your post. Once your post is published, it will send a ping back to everyone in the alliance (because each letter is a link to a different member’s ping page). Make sense?
by ChenZhen February 14, 2008 at 7:16 pmChenZhen…
OK I made the page – http://ideasandrevolution.wordpress.com/wp-political-blogger-alliance/
I also added the button, the feed and the category. Added the tag to a recent post to test and the ping showed up on your pingback page.
If so kind to add my site to the code…
Thanks
by MJ "revoltingpawn" February 15, 2008 at 12:34 pmMJ-
There is a problem with the page. Also chekc you make sure that your “allow pings” box is checked.
by ChenZhen February 15, 2008 at 1:41 pmChenZhen…
Oops… Had page still set to private so should be OK now.
by MJ "revoltingpawn" February 15, 2008 at 3:04 pmMJ-
Looks good! I’ve updated the code.
by ChenZhen February 15, 2008 at 5:06 pmFeb 19…anyone else havng WordPress troubles? I see by this comment box that I AM logged in, but I can’t get into my acccount.
by Trollfighter February 19, 2008 at 9:39 amDOS attack. They fixed it. Awesome.
by Trollfighter February 20, 2008 at 7:54 pmThanks for the hook up–and hello all fellow political bloggers–check me out and tell me who you are so I can add you to my blogroll.
-Murphy
by mklasing March 5, 2008 at 12:29 amChenZhen…
I changed my domain for my blog so could you update the code please?
Ideas and Revolution
http://ideasandrevolution.net/
Thanks
by MJ "revoltingpawn" March 6, 2008 at 7:18 pmDone. Code updated.
by ChenZhen March 6, 2008 at 7:31 pmHi,
by Maldives Election 2008 March 15, 2008 at 11:12 pmInteresting blog.
http://www.maldiveselection2008.blogspot.com
Hey Hey Hey
Inserting my Blog as well.
http://normaljoe.wordpress.com
by DB Reese March 20, 2008 at 8:05 amHow can I vote for Barak Obama when his key phrase is “Change You Can Believe In”. They ended his phrase in a prepostion! Is he just going for the illiterate vote? Just wondering and confused…..
by rachel March 21, 2008 at 11:30 amPlease add TSJ to this collective.
We are in full support.
http://sagamorejournal.wordpress.com/tsj-word-press-political-blog-ticker/
by The Bruce March 28, 2008 at 8:57 amThe Bruce-
There is a 404 error message for that page.
by ChenZhen March 28, 2008 at 10:16 amCorrected.
Thanks.
by The Bruce March 28, 2008 at 11:31 amChenZhen…
Question?
I like that the WordPress.com Political Blogger Alliance allows blogs from the whole political spectrum but should it include hate sites?
I am talking about -> No Compromise When it Comes to Being Right! http://gto7.wordpress.com/
It’s nothing but a Muslim hate site and peaches xenophobia and it really has nothing to do with politics.
Does it really need to be part of the alliance?
by MJ "revoltingpawn" March 30, 2008 at 1:16 amMJ-
My inclusion of anyone in alliance certainly doesn’t constitute any endorsement on my part of any particular viewpoint.
There, disclaimer added.
That said, I can see where you are coming from, and I agree to a certain extent that it’s pretty clear that NC has a problem with Muslims and/or Islam. In that sense I’ve already taken it under advisement.
Personally, I’d prefer that blogs like NC weren’t somwhat commonplace on the web, but the truth is, they are. Perhaps my rationale for having NC in there is I can say that he represents that particular corner of the blogosphere for the alliance’s broad reach.
And remember that as an alliance member, he has given himself a little extra exposure to those that would direct ire at him, so by all means go ahead. So far I have not seen him delete any comments or ban anyone, and he’s just as fair game as anyone else.
by ChenZhen March 30, 2008 at 10:18 amChenZhen…
I understand what you are saying but this is a political blog alliance yes? His blog is strictly religious argument based and sorry it’s just a hate site.
It is not true he has not banned anyone since I seemed to be banned myself. He does not promote discussion since No Compromises has deleted my comments just because of a strong counter opinion against comments by him or other people’s comments. He considers them personal attacks but when one of his buddies leaves a comment that is personally attacking me and not a counter argument those seem to be OK. I did not bring this up in my first comment because wanted the site looked at because of its content and not because I was personally banned.
by MJ "revoltingpawn" March 31, 2008 at 9:40 amMj-
There are certainly plenty of political themed posts on the site. Just check the category roll.
And I can’t stop any member of the alliance from banning and/or deleting other members. I knew going into this that there would probably be members that can’t and won’t get along (see #3 above). But the idea with the alliance was simply to facilitate a free exchange of ideas with bloggers of very diverse ideologies. While I think that it’s regrettable that there is this stuff going on, ultimately all the Alliance is is a group that has agreed to interact with each other using pings and the tag. However, if NC has squelched any dissenting opinion and is clearly not participating in the Alliance in the spirit in which it is intended, then sure, I see no reason to have it in there. Again, I’m taking it under advisement and I encourage any other members’ opinion on it, so thanks for your input.
If you want to, you (or anyone else) can personally blacklist NC by adding the url to your askimet spam filter. In theory, that should stop any of NC’s pings from showing up on your site and prohibit any comments.
by ChenZhen March 31, 2008 at 7:41 pmChenZhen…
Not worried about the pingbacks but his hate posts show up on the Alliance feed. Just was thinking member blogs should be about politics and not promoting some brand of hate.
by MJ "revoltingpawn" April 1, 2008 at 11:21 amTrouble in alliance land?
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by I Have Been Accused of a Crime! « No Compromise When it Comes to Being Right! April 3, 2008 at 4:05 pmThe Dude Abides.
by Dude April 3, 2008 at 7:34 pmThe Dude Abides.
http://www.thedudesblog.com
by Dude April 3, 2008 at 7:35 pmhttp://republicanfail.wordpress.com/
Can I play?
TIA
by R F April 11, 2008 at 12:56 pmHey Chen, may I get in on this?
by The Red Pill April 11, 2008 at 1:52 pmR F and Red Pill-
You two are welcome to use the “WordPress Political Blogs” tag in your politically-themed posts, and if you have a ping page created, go ahead and post it here.
BTW- Red Pill, check your email, I sent you an invite to join already.
by ChenZhen April 11, 2008 at 2:07 pmHere ya go. Thx.
by R F April 11, 2008 at 2:37 pmOK R F is in. Ping code updated.
by ChenZhen April 11, 2008 at 11:02 pmhttp://theredpill67.wordpress.com/wp-political-blogger-alliance/
Thanks Chen.
by The Red Pill April 11, 2008 at 11:50 pmSorry, just read the comment about running out of letters and figured I would help the cause.
Let’s try this instead.
http://theredpill67.wordpress.com/wpba/
by The Red Pill April 11, 2008 at 11:54 pmCZ,
I created a page for the alliance and have been getting pinged but I’m not sure other blogs are getting pinged by me. What might I be doing wrong? My alliance page is:
Thanks for any light you can shed.
Rutherford
by rutherfordl April 13, 2008 at 1:18 pmRutherford-
Well, you pinged me today! Just make sure that you’re using the latest version of the ping code (always in my sidebar) and you should send pings. There has always been an issue that not everyone gets pinged every time. That is a wordPress issue and there’s not much we can do about that.
I have noticed, however, that the more times you go to ‘edit’ and ‘save’ your post, the more likely that many people will be pinged. It’s almost as if the system “retrys” each time. I dunno.
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by मेरे चिट्ठों पर/से आवाजाही (१) « शैशव April 18, 2008 at 7:51 amJust writing to let everyone know we’re new to the group and can’t wait to jump in. Great idea!
ImperfectUnion.
by dickard April 18, 2008 at 6:41 pmdickard-
The Alliance is for blogs that are hosted on wordpress.com only.
by ChenZhen April 18, 2008 at 6:50 pmCZ, I realized that my entries weren’t pinging because I wasn’t pasting the “code” at the bottom of my posts. Now all seems to be well.
One question, how do I “qualify” to get my blog listed under your list of blogs in the Alliance?
Regards,
by rutherfordl April 18, 2008 at 9:40 pmRutherford
Rutherford-
I added your blog to the blogroll. It was an oversight on my part, so sorry about that.
BTW- Have you thought about an avatar?
by ChenZhen April 18, 2008 at 10:07 pmHaven’t given too much thought to an avatar but I guess it would beat the anonymous silhouette. I’ll try to come up with one.
by rutherfordl April 19, 2008 at 5:43 pmNice and unique. I like it.
by ChenZhen April 20, 2008 at 11:23 amHey Chen, add the Dude to your blogroll. You know you love it.
by The Dude April 25, 2008 at 11:25 amOh Mama, Obama! The Crazy Uncle Is Back!
by The Dude April 29, 2008 at 1:57 pmHello sir. I added your ‘Political Blog’ icon to my site on a dedicated page, and I also added you to my blogroll.
by Matthew Podoba May 8, 2008 at 5:35 pmMJ, is that you? I dunno if it’s necessary to have ping pages for 2 of your sites.
by ChenZhen May 8, 2008 at 6:16 pmThis club is a great idea. I’m goint to add you to my blogroll and hopefully you will add my blog to this club.
by arradmin May 10, 2008 at 1:49 pmCheck out my blog at 2DudesOnPolitics.com and let me know what you think
by arradmin May 10, 2008 at 1:54 pmChenZhen…
“MJ, is that you? I dunno if it’s necessary to have ping pages for 2 of your sites.”
No, That is not me.
I do have a question… Why do my posts no longer appear on your WP Political Blogger Alliance pingback page?
by MJ "revoltingpawn" May 11, 2008 at 10:19 amChenZhen,
My apologies if I’ve caused you any confusion. I requested membership to the WP Blogger Alliance in a prior comment, but the page I constructed was mapped incorrectly. The problem is resolved.
I have added the ‘WP Blogger Alliance’ logo and have it linked back here. It appears on my home page and on a dedicated page. Both pages are pingable. I have listed you on my blogroll as well.
http://capitolstreet.wordpress.com/
I would appreciate being listed on this WP Political Blogger Roll.
Also, please be advised that you seem to have me confused with MJ “revoltingpawn” My blog is separate from his.
Please comment if I have failed to provide anything else you may need. Thanks.
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by Ron’s Paul’s Campaign Quiet But Still Alive « Capitol Street May 12, 2008 at 12:53 pmHey, could you add me to this alliance as well? I’m new to this and not too sure what I’m doing. My page that you advised me to make is here.
by virgomonkey May 18, 2008 at 10:30 pmvirgomonkey-
Page comes up as “not found”.
by ChenZhen May 24, 2008 at 8:43 pmI would like to add your link to my blog, shoot me an email if you don’t mind and give/deny permission!
by VaDEmBlogger May 26, 2008 at 6:40 amJC
For some reason I couldn’t post a response in this thread a couple days ago…just giving it another shot.
http://cloaknbadger.wordpress.com/wppba/
If you could add my site to the alliance list I’d appreciate it! =)
by cloaknbadger June 11, 2008 at 7:52 amThanks Cloak, your blog has submitted for review by the Chamber Council!
by ChenZhen June 11, 2008 at 9:14 amThanks man! Lemme know after the decision is made. I’m only 60% clear on how this ping business works. haha.
by cloaknbadger June 11, 2008 at 10:32 amOK Cloak, you’re in! Ping page added and code updated.
by ChenZhen June 13, 2008 at 1:07 pmThanks! I put ya’s in my blogroll. Do other people’s pings just start appearing on my ping page eventually or I need to do something first?
by cloaknbadger June 13, 2008 at 3:40 pmNo you’re fine, the pings should show up eventually, as the others begin to use the updated code with your link in it.
by ChenZhen June 13, 2008 at 7:22 pmIs this alliance only for conservatives?
by virgomonkey June 21, 2008 at 2:57 amvirgomonkey-
Huh? That’s kinda funny, ’cause I could have sworn way back when that NiceDeb complained that it was just the opposite.
Anyway, no, it’s for everyone, as I state in the thread, the goal was to get bloggers from across the political spectrum. Honestly, I think it turned out pretty well. Sure, there’s some ebb and flow, and at times it may appear that all the recent posts are from members of one side or another, but it does have a good balance. New members may come in and tip it to one side or the other, but the more people we have, the greater likelihood that we’ll have active members of all stripes. That was the idea anyway.
by ChenZhen June 21, 2008 at 6:48 amOh cool. Thanks CZ. I may try and do this again. I appreciate what you do here!
by virgomonkey June 21, 2008 at 1:15 pmWhew. I think I’m almost done. I’ve got my page here for your review and your records.
I also have the sticker, and you’re on my blogroll.
by virgomonkey June 26, 2008 at 11:51 amChen, in order to grow the community at Cadillac Tight I am not going to be cross-posting at my blog. So go ahead and remove my old link and add this one, please.
http://cadillactight.wordpress.com/wppba/
by The Red Pill June 26, 2008 at 3:37 pmVirgomonkey- You’re in! Congratulations, you got the last letter in the code. It got me thinking…from here on forward, I could
a)add more characters to the code
b)make an effort to replace inactive members with active ones, keeping the number of members that are in the code constant, and ensure it isn’t a collection of deadbeats.
I’m leaning towards b. There are probably a half dozen members that have pages in the code who really don’t participate, so when a new member comes along and wants in, I can make a judgement call there.
However, anyone can use the “WordPress Political Blogs” tag, since there’s no inherent limit to that. Heck, there are people using the tag that I didn’t know were out there, so the more the better as far as that goes (so long as the posts that use the tag are political in nature, and not an attempt to alert the community of, say, a newborn family member or the fact that you landed a new job).
Red Pill- Sweet! I’ve replaced your page with the Cadillac Tight page.
Happy blogging everyone! Now play nice!
by ChenZhen June 26, 2008 at 4:56 pmThanks Chen!
by virgomonkey June 26, 2008 at 8:17 pmHi Chen,
I think I’ve done this right. Pingback page is:
Let me know what I screwed up on.
Thanks for this btw. Great idea.
by abbeyroad69 July 1, 2008 at 6:52 pmHey Chen,
I’ve been doing this for a while, and honestly, the postback thing doesn’t seem to be working terribly well. I’m thinking of dropping it (and asking to be dropped from the code that links to different wp political bloggers). The pingbacks are more annoying than helpful.
That said, I think the idea of having blogs to respond to is a great idea, and wonder if there might be another way to do it? If we all used a simple tag (politicalblogs) or something like that, we could just subscribe to the wordpress.com feed for that tag, and see posts we like as they pop up. This has the added advantage of allowing the more vociferous posters to go wild without annoying us with excessive postbacks.
What do you think?
by Dan (Fitness) July 7, 2008 at 1:17 amDan-
Yea I understand the drawbacks with the ping code and having a page, and if you want to drop yours, that’s fine.
There already is a tag for the alliance (wordpress political blogs) that has been used by most of us for quite some time now. You weren’t using it?
by ChenZhen July 7, 2008 at 5:38 amChen, that sounds good. (I should have been using that tag all along! Oy!
by Dan (Fitness) July 8, 2008 at 12:16 amChen,
This is a great idea! I only wish I had known about it before because it fits so well with my blog called GreatDebater. I would love to join the alliance. Also, if you’d like to exchange blogroll links with me please visit: http://greatdebater.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/why-i-blog/ and leave your URL there. The purpose of my blog is to generate debate on anything and everything that matters. Cheers.
-Chris
by CM'Blog July 9, 2008 at 9:31 amHere sir is the pingback page:
http://outtheotherear.wordpress.com/about-the-blog/part-of-the-wordpress-political-bloggers-alliance/
The blogs name is In One Ear…Out the Other and the main page is here:
by Marc July 9, 2008 at 9:51 amhttp://outtheotherear.wordpress.com/
Is there anyway of knowing that I’ve linked with alliance correctly. I’m interested in how the ping system works. Maybe you could visit my site or do what is it that you do and tell me if I’m all set.
http://greatdebater.wordpress.com
Thanks
by CM'Blog July 9, 2008 at 11:28 am-Chris
CM’Blog-
I checked out your site, and you don’t have to put the button in each of your posts. Here is the how-to for the ping code:
Marc-
Nice job with the ping page. I’ll get to adding the link to the code pretty soon.
But I think that the use of the tag (see updates in the post) is the most important thing for alliance members. The ping pages are kinda neat, but they don’t really work like I’d hoped for whatever reason.
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by Blog Update: Don’t Panic! « DebaterBrawl July 10, 2008 at 9:11 amChen, thanks.
Knowing that I don’t have to place the button in every post is a relief. I went to the How-To page and instead placed the updated code in my posts.
I’m thinking the next step will be creating a political alliance page on my blog for visitors to keep up on pings. When I have it up, I’ll post think link so you can add me to the master list.
Thanks again,
by CM'Blog July 10, 2008 at 9:15 am-Chris
CM’Blog-
OK, don’t get me wrong, I’m glad you figured out the ping code, but I just got hit with a barrage of pings over here! LOL Now I know that you’re just catching up and all that, so in the future, please keep in mind the tenative ping rules above call for a max of one per day.
There is no limit to the use of the tag, however.
by ChenZhen July 10, 2008 at 8:24 pmChen,
I Apologize for that. I’ll keep that in mind.
Thanks.
by CM'Blog July 10, 2008 at 9:41 pmHey Chen, can I be removed from the WPBA? Thanks.
by Jamelle July 13, 2008 at 8:15 pmYou getting some unsavory visitors?
by ChenZhen July 13, 2008 at 8:41 pmYeah…and I don’t really make any use of it either. I’ll continue to use the tag though.
by Jamelle July 13, 2008 at 11:23 pmI’m thinking that I’m going to put the ping page thing up for a review. The tag works wonderfully, but the pings are hit and miss, I’ll admit.
So at this point I’d say that tag use is the most important thing, and if you have an extra RSS widget for it that you can throw in your sidebar, even better. If everyone did that, I’d say abandon the ping pages altogether.
by ChenZhen July 14, 2008 at 3:18 pmInteresting. I’m getting code pings from blogs I haven’t heard of or seen before.
And on the surface they don’t appear to be splogs.
by ChenZhen July 15, 2008 at 10:15 pmI haven’t really seen splogs show up in any tagged feeds…. yet.
An rss widget sounds good. I whipped up a graphic for it (feel free to use it), and here is the code:
<a href=”http://wordpress.com/tag/wordpress-political-blogs/feed/”><img src=”wp_political_blogs.jpg”></a>
by Dan (Fitness) July 15, 2008 at 11:09 pmGreat idea! I added the link and graphic to my blog. Now to add the pingback.
by Afrit007 July 27, 2008 at 8:32 amI’m trying to set-up my blog correctly. I put the code into a page on my site. If this is correct please add me to the list or if it’s wrong please tell me what I need to do. Here’s the link: http://www.killerbuffalo.com/?page_id=110
Also, thanks a lot for setting this up for everyone. We political blogs have got to stick together.
by David Lamb July 28, 2008 at 12:21 pmSorry David but to be in the alliance, your blog has to be hosted on wordpress.com (as opposed to simply using wordpress software).
by ChenZhen July 28, 2008 at 5:11 pmDamn. I’ll take down the page then. Thanks for the help though, and best of luck. It’s a great concept that you’ve got here.
by David Lamb July 28, 2008 at 8:08 pmI’d like to join up!
by Tim Weaver July 30, 2008 at 2:11 pmTim-
I see you’ve added the button, so now all you really need is to make sure that you use the “wordpress political blogs” tag in your posts and you’re officially a participating member.
Welcome to the club!
by ChenZhen July 30, 2008 at 9:04 pmI posted my site url in the ping section of you blog, but I notice people posted their blog here so…heres my blogs alliance/ping page
http://sensico.wordpress.com/alliance/
and heres the main page
http://sensico.wordpress.com
I had a quesiton about the “wordpress political blogs” thing we are supposed to add to the bottom of our posts. Does the links change automatically? Just curious, I did add it though.
by sensico August 5, 2008 at 3:26 pmSensico-
I have to manually add new ping page urls to the ping code, and since the letters are all taken, I had to replace an inactive member with yours. the updated code is now in my sidebar.
as for the tag, you are using that perfectly.
welcome to the club!
by ChenZhen August 5, 2008 at 10:05 pmHi ChenZhen and everyone. This is a fantastic idea, great club! I’ve added the ping page at http://deannaizme.wordpress.com/wp-political-blogger-alliance. My main page is http://www.deannaizme.wordpress.com.
by deannaizme August 6, 2008 at 10:28 amDeanna-
You have to allow pings and comments on your ping page for it to work as intended.
by ChenZhen August 6, 2008 at 9:30 pmHi ChenZhen and others members of the club, thanks for adding my blog to the code. I do have a few questions, how does everyone know that the code has been updated? How will I know when it’s updated again?
I do post a lot every day, so should I limit the use of the tag so not to dominate?
cheers,
by dandelionsalad August 7, 2008 at 7:12 amLo
Chen, I was allowing pings but not comments. I’ve corrected that now. Thanks!
by deannaizme August 7, 2008 at 8:32 amLo-
When I update the code, I always announce it in this thread. So, if you’re the type that checks one’s “my comments” in the dashboard, you’ll see those updates since you’ve now commented here (one of the reasons why I ask new members to comment here, incidentally). The latest code is always in my sidebar for quick copy/pasting.
As for the use of the tag, all I have to say is to please use it for posts that are politically themed, and includes at least a little of your own analysis or commentary. I know a lot of bloggers like to simply copy/paste a link with an excerpt and make it a post, and do it in rapid fire succession. Nothing wrong with that, but I’d try to save the tag for threads where you’re offering up your own ideas. After all, the main reason I started this thing was to use the wp.com tools to invite others to debate, discuss, challenge, etc. your arguments. And we’ve got a very diverse crowd here now to do just that.
by ChenZhen August 7, 2008 at 4:05 pmHi Chen,
I think I’ve gotten everything set up right: I added the page (and allowed links and comments), am using the tag, and the coded links on my posts. I haven’t seen any pings as yet … am I doing something wrong, or am I just being impatient? If it’s the latter, I apologize. 🙂
~ Deanna
by deannaizme August 7, 2008 at 5:23 pmDeanna-
I haven’t added your page url to the code yet, so you won’t get any pings until I do that (I was waiting for you to fix). After I do, it may take a little while as people start to use the updated code.
by ChenZhen August 7, 2008 at 5:33 pmThanks for explaining the use of the tag, Chen. I won’t use it on all my posts then. I did put the RSS feed for the tag on my blog today. Good idea of your’s to do that.
by dandelionsalad August 7, 2008 at 5:41 pmMy name is Joseph Francis Grant. I live at 401 Park Row Suite 413, Bowling Green, KY 42101, USA. Phone: 270-535-4390
by Joseph francis Grqnt August 12, 2008 at 4:59 pmFor World Democracy, I volunteer to fight under the Georgia Flag of Democracy against Russia. I am prepared to fly to the end of our American borders and to continue to Georgia report in and defend Democracy and Sovereignty of your Country today–with permission.
Please open your arms to the Democratic World to hear your Democratic cries. Allow us to help, if necessary die through our will to defend.
Wow, ChenZhen! I know Tex calls you “general,” but I didn’t realize that you were actually recruiting sportswear wholesalers to go fight in Georgia!
How very … ummm … creative.
by wickle August 13, 2008 at 6:56 amYea, I’m gonna leave that one up there I think. Points for creativity.
Perhaps I should have a new emblem for this type of thing.
by ChenZhen August 13, 2008 at 9:57 amChen
by Kurt August 14, 2008 at 3:00 amI know we don’t see eye-to-eye on anything, and I know you’ll delete this comment, but I just thought I’d put it out there.
Whether you realize it or not, your Alliance has made it impossible for any independent wordpress political blogger to have their voice heard.
I tried to become part of your group, things didn’t work out very well. I don’t know if it was because my skills in writing code are lacking or whatever, all I know is that once I was on board I could no longer post on my blog or comment on other blogs. Yes, I blamed you, and I’m sorry you got the brunt of my anger, but I was royally pissed that I was not allowed to voice my thoughts on what I still, to this day, consider important issues.
You have somewhat of a monopoly on the political discussion, and I think that is wrong. If I wanted to be a PUMA, I could have some influence, but that’s just not me. I don’t think you set out to close the voice of the people by doing this, I’d like to think it was an unforeseen occurrence.
Nevertheless, I would like to be heard, and you are in a very real sense, the gatekeeper.
Do you have any response for me?
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by चिट्ठेकारी का दूसरा साल « समाजवादी जनपरिषद August 14, 2008 at 6:01 amKurt-
I don’t know why you’d assume that I’d delete your comment, as I don’t recall deleting them in the past. Heck, a couple of posts up I let the spammer slide.
Look, I know that you’ve brought up this complaint in the past, and I’m not sure what to say. I have no idea why you’ve had technical difficulties with blogging and commenting. It looks like your previous sites…
http://k152.wordpress.com/
http://wp01.wordpress.com/
…were deleted by author (you), and that’s something that is done in the wp.com dashboard. It really has nothing to do with anything that I have the power to do, the Alliance or writing code. So if that wasn’t your intent, I’m sorry, but again I don’t know what to say because I have no idea why/how that could have happened.
Anyway, if you want to be part of the group, its as easy as using the “wordpress political blogs” tag/category for your posts. Any wp.com blogger can use it, so I’m not really the gatekeeper or whatever. No monopoly.
by ChenZhen August 14, 2008 at 6:29 amPlease, talk to me like I’m a five year old.
by Kurt August 14, 2008 at 7:39 amHow do I use the wordpress political blogs tag?
Where is it? What is it? How does your pinging system work? What does your button have to do with anything?
Hi ChenZhen … just wanted to check with you. I haven’t seen any pings as yet and wanted to make sure I was doing everything correctly. Thanks!
by deannaizme August 14, 2008 at 9:28 amKurt-
Its easy. I see that you currently have the categories “entertainment”, “justice”, and “politics”. Just add “wordpress political blogs” and select it when you post about politics. That will make your posts show up here.
The ping pages are a little different, but if you want to know how it works, I made instructions.
The button is simply something to post in a text widget in your sidebar, and it links back to this thread. It acts as a way to spread the word.
Deanna-
You weren’t getting pings because I still hadn’t added your page to the code. Sorry about that, and thanks for reminding me.
I have now added both you and Solar1, so as people start to use the updated version, you should start to see pings.
by ChenZhen August 14, 2008 at 9:07 pmEasy?!?!?
by Kurt August 15, 2008 at 12:45 amLook, I understand that you are smarter than I am. You win.
Okay?
I got the button.
I got the tag.
WHAT IS THE PINGBACK CODE?????
Kurt-
Have you read this thread? Its all up there, and with the instructions in my previous comment, I’m not sure what else there is to say.
by ChenZhen August 15, 2008 at 3:51 pm“First, you’ll notice that my sidebar contains the latest code”
by Kurt August 15, 2008 at 10:22 pmNo, I don’t notice it. I’ve looked at the sidebar, and since I don’t know WHAT I’m looking for, how will I know when I SEE it?
“COPY IT. It’s usually easier to do this from another window”
Now, even if I were able to find this secret, hidden thingy, I have no earthly idea HOW to do this.
“Second, PASTE the code at the bottom of your post”
This is where my blood pressure went through the roof. I tried copying and pasting whatever I could click onto on your sidebar, and my computer responded by windows saying, “not responding”, repeatedly.
My relaxation meditations have been able to keep me from smashing my computer into a million pieces, but just barely.
I only have Dean’s List intelligence, you’re problem is that you are so much smarter than us normal folk that you can’t relate to us on our level. You say, it’s all up there, and I believe you. I just don’t UNDERSTAND you.
All I know about copying something is that you place the cursor over an item and then right-click it. If this is what you mean when you say “copy” it, then if you wouldn’t mind letting me know exactly what to right-click on, I’d really appreciate it.
OK relax Kurt…
In the instructions, I highlighted the portion you want to copy. But let’s try it here…
Highlight this:
WordPress.com Political Blogger Alliance
Then right-click -> copy
Go to your post, and paste it at the bottom (making sure that you are in “visual” mode and not “html” mode, as per instructions)
Ta da! Once you publish your post, it will send pings. Make sense?
by ChenZhen August 15, 2008 at 10:47 pmThank you, Chen.
by Kurt August 16, 2008 at 5:38 pmYou’re the man!
Hi Chen … I don’t want to be a pain. But I’m still not getting any pings at all. I think I might have figured why — there seems to be a duplicate http:// in the URL pointing to my trackback.
Thanks again … this is an excellent idea and has already gotten me a few more readers, which I appreciate.
by deannaizme August 20, 2008 at 12:45 pmI’m not sure I understand how to do this (I’ve got politics down much better than the tech side of blogging…) but could you add http://www.poligot.wordpress.com to your list?
by mamakristin August 23, 2008 at 8:28 pmmama-
I’ve added you to the blogroll, but the first thing you want to do (and the easiest thing) is start using the “wordpress political blogs” tag in your posts.
by ChenZhen August 23, 2008 at 9:30 pmJust checking in to see if the code has been updated with new people lately. I’ve seen some new blogs using the tag.
Also, would love to have my blog listed on your blogroll.
Thanks, Chen.
by dandelionsalad September 10, 2008 at 7:39 pmAre the Brits welcome to join?
by UK Voter September 18, 2008 at 12:37 amYea, UK, there are Europeans in the Alliance already.
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by Did Palin’s Email Hacker Break The Law? « ChenZhen’s Chamber September 18, 2008 at 7:17 pmChenZhen,
Would you please add me to your alliance? My blog is http://valkayec.wordpress.com
I’m fairly new at blogging so I’m still learning A LOT. Would you explain how I know if I’m in visual or html mode?
I’ve already added the wordpress political widget, but I’m not quite sure I’m doing everything else correctly. Oh, I do get that I have to use the tag as noted above on political posts.
by Valerie Curl September 19, 2008 at 10:22 pmI’m wondering how I can go about adding the link button to my sidebar. Thanks.
http://www.josephantonaiello.wordpress.com
by Joseph Aiello September 22, 2008 at 2:05 pmnever mind. i figured it out.
i am going to start using the “WordPress Political Blogs” category
by Joseph Aiello September 22, 2008 at 2:48 pmThis idea of yours is a kewl outreach for WordPress.com politically-oriented bloggers and I’d really like to be included on your sidebar for others to come by and shriek with me..heh heh
http://commontater.wordpress.com/
I will start using the WordPress Political Blogs tags from now on!
Stay inspired!
PuC
by commontater September 24, 2008 at 10:27 pmWelcome aboard Joseph and commontater (clever nic, btw).
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by Calling all WordPress.com Political Blogger Alliance members who are on MySpace… « Ideas and Revolution October 1, 2008 at 12:46 pmI’m not sure the function of having a pingable page, and I’m not sure how to do it either. I’m not that computer savvy I guess.
I did add your WordPress Political Blog icon to my page. Any help with the pingable page would be great, thanks.
Jerame Clough
by nextgen08 October 2, 2008 at 8:35 pm-Next Gen Politics
http://culturepress.wordpress.com/wp-political-blogger/ Hi ChenZhen, would you please add my blog to the alliance as well? Thank you for this brilliant idea and for putting all of this together, by the way.
by culturepress October 11, 2008 at 2:44 pmI’m sorry, that link above is bad! This one should work:
by culturepress October 11, 2008 at 2:45 pmhttp://culturepress.wordpress.com/about/
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by Introducing: Chamber Lounge « ChenZhen’s Chamber October 21, 2008 at 11:36 pmI know I am late to the party but I hope you will accept me into it. This is a great concept and I hope to be able to help keep it going
by kempite October 23, 2008 at 9:42 amChenZhen,
I like your website. I was wondering how I could become part of the club or if there are any prerequisites.
Your Asian name is ChenZhen, mine is KaiWen 凯文 =P
Thanks,
by Kevin Robles October 26, 2008 at 11:48 amKevin
Kevin-
The main prerequisite is that your blog has to be hosted on wordpress.com.
by ChenZhen October 26, 2008 at 11:57 amA new post in regards to what Barack Obama’s elevation from office seeker to President will bring to America:
by kempite October 27, 2008 at 7:01 pmThanks for the note. WordPress political blogs is now a tag.
Latest post: Election Night Poll Closing Schedule and Predictions
by kempite October 29, 2008 at 2:00 amChenZhen, sorry about over-using the ping process; honestly, I’m new to blogging and never even heard of pinging until very recently (I’m a techno-tard), so I didn’t “get it.”
by culturepress October 29, 2008 at 12:19 pmThanks!!
The Presidential election is not the only game in town. In New Jersey we are pretending to elect a man who is pretending to be a United States Senator.
by kempite October 30, 2008 at 1:25 amIt is time right now to speak up for what we want from this new administration that is going to take the reins in just a few months. We have a window of opportunity to make our needs and wishes known, and shame on us if we don’t use it. At the top of my list is the monumental project of upgrading all of our old building stock nationwide to an energy standard of R30 or better. Why do I like this idea so much? For one thing, it would create an enormous amount of employment almost overnight. This is not new technology – we know how to do it; the materials required are already in stock at every local lumberyard all over the country and the skills required are also abundantly available – there are lots of men and women out there who know how to use a caulking gun and swing a hammer. This nationwide project could revive the building supply industry, reduce CO@ emissions, and be a giant step towards freeing us from dependence on foreign oil.
Another project that I hope will not fall off the drawing board is the creation of a nationwide high-speed rail network such as has existed for some time in Japan and all over Europe. The technology is already familiar; the manufacturing capability is already here, sitting idle. I have heard it said, and I can believe it, that it was World War II that really ended the Great Depression. This high-speed rail project could be the industrial and economic equivalent of World War II, and leave us a better legacy in terms of local sustainability and world peace.
Betty King
443-9005
Woolwich
WordPress Political Blogger
by Elisabeth King November 8, 2008 at 6:48 amCan I be added to the blogroll?
My blog is Politics of the Common Good.
by Craig Berger November 8, 2008 at 9:50 amI would like to enter my blog to the roll, if that is possible.
by lobotero November 12, 2008 at 4:39 pmcomment6,
by name November 20, 2008 at 6:07 amcomment1,
by name November 20, 2008 at 2:53 pmI would like to enter another blog into the alliance.
It is designed to allow for the organizing of a grassroots Rrpublican effort to persuade the eventual Republican nominee for Governor of New Jersey to pick State Senator Jennifer Beck as their runnin mate and potentially, our Lieutenant Governor”
The wordpress url is:
http://jenniferbeckforltgovernor.wordpress.com/
I have submitted a previous site, the parent site of the above mentioned one. But I am not sure if that one has been incorporated into you blogroll yet.
That site is POLITICS 24/7 and is located at:
http://politics247.wordpress.com/
Thank you for your time and your effort. It is appreciared.
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by High Calling Blogs « A True Believer’s Blog December 1, 2008 at 9:47 amIs this how you do it, ChenZhen?
by Objective Scrutator December 1, 2008 at 12:43 pmWell OS, that would work….once you changed the settings for that page to allow for comments and pingbacks.
by ChenZhen December 2, 2008 at 12:58 amOK, I thought I only had to allow pingbacks. I didn’t know I had to allow comments.
by Objective Scrutator December 6, 2008 at 12:35 pmOK, you’re in OS. Pingcode updated.
by ChenZhen December 6, 2008 at 7:33 pmHey, this is a really cool idea. Is there anyway to do it without having the extra page show up automatically in my list of pages across the top?
by Nisha Chittal December 10, 2008 at 8:20 amNisha-
The one way I saw to do it was to change the page attributes, and instead of a main (parent) page, make it a child of one of your other pages. That should make it disappear from the navigation bar across the top.
by ChenZhen December 15, 2008 at 9:17 pmI enjoyed the list of people given here because it provides a good listing of ACTIVE people working to spread real townhall opinion from all over the coutry. My blog has been around for nearly a year with original content about politics and terrorism. The connections from readers has been great and I learned there are smart citizens. Fools beware, there’s a new sheriff in town, the informed citizen. Please add my site! Thanks,
by grappledoctor December 18, 2008 at 11:53 amgrappledoctor
ruckingfidiculous.blogspot.com
This is a wordpress.com blogger alliance, grappledoctor.
by ChenZhen December 18, 2008 at 9:01 pmPardon me! I carelessly missed that in my surfing. How about my mirror site…..ruckingfidiculous.wordpress.com
by grappledoctor December 20, 2008 at 6:12 pmThanks!
Cant believe I missed that!
Grappledoctor
My site is great,
by Oivesfpk December 26, 2008 at 9:08 pmHi, visit my link please,
by name December 28, 2008 at 4:37 pmhello, a fellow blogger told me about this group & it sounds like a good idea.
my blog is: http://socialjusticenow.wordpress.com
i would appreciate an ad if you think it fits.
thanks!
by douglaskev December 30, 2008 at 11:13 amNot only is my blog available, if you wish to add it, but I had begun a similar, albeit, more primitive method some time ago. I was attempting to create an “army of bloggers” out of my blogroll. As such, I have several hundred blogs on my blogroll from which you may choose to contact if you want to do so. Thanks, Jim
by Jim Lunsford January 7, 2009 at 7:56 amHI,
by mickmck707 January 9, 2009 at 11:31 pmGOOD IDEA. I PUT LOGO ON MY PAGE, AND MADE A NEW PAGE FOR PINGBACK.
I DON’T KNOW HOW TO ADD POSTS TO THIS PAGE. THE POSTS GO ON MY BLOG. SHOULD I ONLY HAVE THE ONE PAGE. THE POLITICAL BLOG PAGE?
NEW POLITICAL BLOGGERS PAGE IS.
“HTTP://MICKMCK707.WORDPRESS.COM/WP-POLITICAL-BLOGGER-ALLIANCE”
ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED
THANKS
Wonderful idea, Thanks for creating the alliance.
you can add me also:
http://pumasunleashed.wordpress.com/
by ellurian January 10, 2009 at 10:54 pmHey Chen,
You can add Hillary Unleashed to the Political Alliance as well.
Thanks-
http://hillaryunleashed.wordpress.com/
by ellurian January 11, 2009 at 10:51 amHey Chen —
Just clicked over from another site that was part of the alliance.
Our (yes, there is two of us) blog address is: http://partialbigots.wordpress.com.
The ping-back page is: http://partialbigots.wordpress.com/about/wppba/
Quick question: I don’t mind adding the button to my main page. However, I’m a design snob and the current ones would totally kill the vibe we got going. Is it okay if I have my partner in crime try some photoshopping of his own? I’ll glad share the results with the rest of the group, of course.
Thanks and let me know if I need to do anything else.
by partialbigots January 13, 2009 at 11:57 amOK, I have updated the ping code with a bunch of new pages….
And remember, be sure to use the “wordpress political blogs” tag as well.
by ChenZhen January 15, 2009 at 10:41 pmHello ChenZen
by Daniel Verhoeven January 13, 2009 at 5:08 pmI learned to know this initiative visiting Dandelion Salad’s magnificent Blog. After glazing for a while, I think I understood some of the things going on here. I’m from Belgium and salute you from the Capital of the EU Brussels. Here’s the ling of my WP political Blogger ping page:
http://thewingsofthecarp.wordpress.com/mediacommunication/wp-political-blogger-alliance/
Kind Regards,
Daniel Verhoeven, Belgium, danielverhoeven@deds.nl
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by Experimentele MetaBlogs Beta 0.4, La Flandre Profonde revisited « The Wings of the Carp January 17, 2009 at 4:22 amOh boy, I was so proud of myself for finally linking up and still NO ping backs. (sigh) Chen, you said you added pages? How come no workie? What am I doing wrong?
pumasunleashed.wordpress.com
hillaryunleashed.wordpress.com
what is the exact tag supposed to be.. is it :
wordpress.com bloggers alliance? wordpress blog alliance? wordpress.blog alliance? WordPress Bloggers Alliance?
ellurian
by ellurian January 17, 2009 at 3:33 pmellurian-
please be patient. From what I can tell, you’re doing everything right, but the rest of the alliance has to be using the updated code for it to work. It may take a bit.
The tag is WordPress political blogs <—click the link and you’ll see
by ChenZhen January 17, 2009 at 7:05 pmI’ll try- really, I will try.
As long as you promise you’re NOT Ashton Kutcher.. 🙂
by ellurian January 17, 2009 at 10:23 pmStill?
by ellurian January 19, 2009 at 5:05 pmPolitical Championship Wrestling
http://politicalwrestling.wordpress.com/wp-political-blogger-alliance/
American Heartland Bar and Grill
by Political Championship Wrestling January 23, 2009 at 3:47 pmhttp://americanheartland.wordpress.com/wp-political-blogger-alliance/
mappzs
by alexandervnhc February 2, 2009 at 5:44 amI wanna do this but am a newbie and definately need help. I just vreated my page yesterday and am unfamiliar with the site. Please take a look at my page and let me know what I need to do. Everything on my page centers around money/politics in some way so it would be very appropriate for most or all of the content which is all video. Any help would be huge! Thank you in advance.
by reelnewsnetwork February 13, 2009 at 11:54 pm..sounds like a great idea…have added your code linking my readers back here but not sure how to do this ping thang// guess I am not alone… It seems I need to walk across the cyber/street in this new cyberspace community and borrow a cup of sugar!Little help please…
by grantman February 16, 2009 at 8:01 amgrantman
Nice post.
by EnjoyMedia March 17, 2009 at 10:41 amThis certainly sounds like an interesting idea. Can someone please email me detailed instructions on how to do this to southwestgalibertarian@gmail.com?
I’m decent at writing up posts, but the more advanced features of WP are beyond me for the moment. I’ve only been here for a couple of months, and the vast majority of that time has been spent writing posts and handling publicity manually.
Thanks y’all!
by Jeff April 3, 2009 at 2:42 amAttempted to put pingback thing on my site, who knows if it worked as intended. WTF happened to the ability to cut and paste in wordpress? It used to be so dang simple.
by wok3 June 7, 2009 at 7:04 pmThis is a great idea. More dialogue is needed.
Addy @ ‘babygiftsandshowers.com
by Addy June 12, 2009 at 1:57 pmI just came across this…I’ve added it to my page & would love to be included here.
http://lagoldeyez.wordpress.com
Thanks!
by lagoldeyez June 15, 2009 at 9:03 pmI just added my page at Stix Blogver 3.0
http://stixblog.com/wordpress-com-political-blogger-alliance/
by Stix July 31, 2009 at 3:47 pmpoliticalinquirer.com
by fooser August 3, 2009 at 12:03 pmHey, I’m trying to cut out the sugar, so could I just come over for a cuppa joe? Need help with the code, please. And like Jeff, doing it the ol’ fashioned way…
Thanks,
by Lisa August 14, 2009 at 1:10 pm~~Lisa
http://wok3.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/pingback-page/
by wok3 September 4, 2009 at 3:57 amChen,
Please add Head Muscle to the WP Political Blog Alliance.
My Ping page is:
Let me know if there is a problem
Thanks!
by chuck227 September 16, 2009 at 11:12 pmChuck
This is a great site. Will definitely be back soon.
http://www.545out.com/
by Eric September 20, 2009 at 5:45 pmWow – wish I had found out about this a month ago – please add me!
http://hippieprofessor.com/wp-political-blogger-alliance/
by hippieprof September 29, 2009 at 6:31 pmThere’s good info here. I did a search on the topic and found most people will agree with your blog. Keep up the good work mate! 🙂
by REIT October 6, 2009 at 4:49 pmGreat idea!
Glad I found it.
by larryk12309 October 15, 2009 at 5:16 amGreat….check out:
http://takeonpolitics.wordpress.com/
by Dav123 October 17, 2009 at 8:30 amfantastic idea
by Corve DaCosta October 24, 2009 at 10:56 pmAdded it to my blog page, Great Idea!! My blog is
by Ericatwitts December 16, 2009 at 7:47 pmA Patriotic Nurse
Hey I like the idea, check out my stuff, see if I fit the mold, Kynikos
http://kynikos.wordpress.com/
by Kynikos December 22, 2009 at 7:51 pmGreat Post! Love your blog! Btw I stumble onto this site that provides a Rss tool that converts any partial rss to full rss! Just wanna share with you guys: Full rss Have fun with it!
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by Bush's Swan Song « Viva L’Anarchia! January 11, 2010 at 5:06 amOnly taking in wordpress blogs?
by joeBlow January 20, 2010 at 8:17 pmis it politically correct?
by Vishinsky Designs January 30, 2010 at 3:22 pmHave placed logo at my site (http://underthelobsterscope.wordpress.com).. would like to be listed here.
by btchakir January 31, 2010 at 12:34 pmHi CZ. Here’s my ping page. Hope you like the blog!
http://jamesboard.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/wp-political-blogger-alliance/
by bingbing February 4, 2010 at 2:01 amI’m self-hosted now, so please update Get d’Clu to this addy:
http://getdclu.com/wp-political-blogger-alliance/
Thank you.
by Lisa April 6, 2010 at 9:39 amChenZhen, please add my site to the list:
Thanks — great gig you’re running here.
— Marque
by Marque May 20, 2010 at 10:05 amThis sounds terrific! Count me in.
by Snekkar June 3, 2010 at 1:03 amI like this idea a lot!
I have placed the Political Blogs logo on my site.
please add my site to your list:
http://thegiggletest.com
my wp political blogger alliance page is:
by Giggle T June 12, 2010 at 9:03 pmhttp://thegiggletest.com/wp-political-blogger-alliance
I would like to be included, as well.
http://cassandra-files.com/wp-political-blog-alliance/
Thanks!
by Sandi Behrns August 12, 2010 at 12:59 amthis is good tv:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#38945080
by thom delahunt September 1, 2010 at 9:27 amI’m so in:
Cheers!
by rottenart September 12, 2010 at 11:12 amI am going to try and do this. I just love this idea. I hope I can manage to do everything I’m supposed to when it comes to dealing with tech part. I am an Journalism student at Ashford University. My major is Journalism and Mass Communication and Minor is Political Science. Thank you for helping people.
by Timothy Bladel January 17, 2011 at 9:37 pmhave you the RIGHT to POLITASIZE
by buldozerparty January 19, 2011 at 10:37 amHuh, What does that mean?
by Timothy Bladel January 20, 2011 at 6:15 pmREAD THIS: http://throughtheeyesoffreedom.wordpress.com/
by american, teenage warrior June 29, 2011 at 5:55 amThanks, I’m new to this whole blogging experience but am really digging it. I have a very progressive show on Blog Talk Radio, I hope you can check it out sometime.
http://ronnagaderadio.wordpress.com/wp-political-blog-alliance/
Peace!!! 🙂
by Ronn Jordan August 25, 2011 at 7:05 amThe Georgia Guidstone was built by a liberal.
why the word ‘Liberal’ was chosen for this particular affiliation has nothing to do with the populace….
RC.
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