• Canadian Politics (National and Provincial)
• US Politics
• Middle Eastern / Israeli Politics

If you’re interested, please contact us. Prior experience writing for the Internet (or weblogs) isn’t required, but strongly encouraged. Please include your name, contact information and any relevant writing examples.

Also note, we will not be accepting any candidates who intend to cross-post between multiple weblogs - contributed material must be original. However, writers will retain copyright and ownership of contributed materials.

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That aside, I also have to consider the reality that blogging has kept me away too long from my friends, people I’ve grown distant from, and from focusing on the marriage I hope to one day share with someone special to me. In other words, it’s time for me to move on. I’ve done my best here, and feel that I can’t do any more. All the best to everyone out there. It’s been real!

ORLY Update: As some had guessed, the post above was my contribution to April Fools! Day, although I have to confess that I was touched when reading all the nice comments left for me and I truly appreciate the kindness that others have shown me here; in fact, I kinda feel like a fool myself now because of the sincerity that I received after writing a prank post. I hope that everyone who truly thought that I was a goner can share my actions in jest and if I have truly offended you, please know that it was not my intention to do so! Regards- Matthew

H/T to Five Feet of Fury 

Addendum: Visual Aid:

Alternate caption: I don’t allow comments.

* Canadian Politics (National and Provincial)
* US Politics
* Middle Eastern / Israeli Politics

We are particularly interested in attracting contributors with insight in provincial politics of Quebec, Atlantic Canada, and Ontario.

If you’re interested, please contact us. Prior experience writing for the Internet (or weblogs) isn’t required, but strongly encouraged. Please include your name, contact information and any relevant writing examples.

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Perhaps a better method of assessing the top political blogs in the country would be to include traffic and other statistical info from a multitude of traffic/ranking services. Companies like, Blog Pulse, Technorati, Alexa, Compete, Google (with PageRank), (among others) provide traffic and or other statistics to assess overall popularity.

If anyone is interested in tackling a project like this, drop me an email and we can work together…

Post popularity is determined by ranking the total pageviews (for that particular month) of each of the posts; as determined by Google Analytics. There was a tie for ninth and tenth place, so this month there are twelve top posts.

As you can see from the list below, May was a eclectic month, with topics ranging from US politics, to hockey, to global warming.

1. Jenna Jameson, Hillary Clinton for President!
2. Negotiate with the Taliban?
3. Fred Thompson Responds to Michael Moore
4. Rent Control in Alberta?
5. Al Gore vs George W Bush - Whose House is Greener?
6. Shane Doan: Cut the Tories Some Slack
7. Double Standards in Hate Crime Reporting
8. Global Warming Hypocrites - Get Out Your Eco-Friendly Barf Bags
9. Donald Trump v. Rosie O’Donnell
10. Polling Afghanistan - A Push Too Far?
11. Update: Progressive Conservatives become even MORE endangered…
12. From Gay Rights to Incest?

If you’re planning on attending, drop me an email me [greg - at - mediablitz.ca](or contact me here) and maybe we can discuss the state of the blogosphere over a few drinks

Post popularity is determined by ranking the total pageviews (for that particular month) of each of the posts; as determined by Google Analytics. There was a tie for seventh place, so this month there are eleven top posts.

As you can see from the list below, April was a controversial month, with many of the top ten postings getting a great deal of comments:

1. Al Sharpton’s Daughter is not a Nappy-Headed Ho
2. SSM: Is Incest Next?
3. Three Cheers for Racial Apartheid in Canada
4. Al Gore vs George W Bush - Whose House is Greener?
5. Liberal Party Activists Censoring YouTube Videos Critical of Stephane Dion
6. Gay Marriage: Hazardous to your Health
7. Elizabeth May: Meltdown
8. Rent Control in Alberta?
9. Ben Mulroney to run for CPC in Papineau
10. Stephane Dion on Bert Brown: I could have made a better choice than Albertans did
11. Al Gore and the Farce of Global Warming

Mike Brock (of Brock: On the Attack!) was one of the first political bloggers who really caught my attention. He took a year or so off (after about a year of fading), and now seems to be back at full strength. Good on ya!

Wonder Woman used to blog at North American Patriot, then mysteriously vanished. 11 months later she kicked up her heels again at Lasso of Truth. Hints revealed on her new blog may have something to do with some kind of romance that has since flourished, but I am sure she will/has reveal(ed) what she was up to at some other point. Great to have you back and bouncy!

Blog fanboy out.

We celebrate the blogosphere because it embraces frank and open conversation. But frankness does not have to mean lack of civility. We present this Blogger Code of Conduct in hopes that it helps create a culture that encourages both personal expression and constructive conversation. [via: Werner Patels]

Looking at the comments of the many commentators on ThePolitic, civility isn’t the word the comes to mind.

Update: Make sure to share your opinion in the comments.

As you can see from the list of top ten posts below, March certainly wasn’t a very good month of Stephane Dion…

1. Liberal Party Activists Censoring YouTube Videos Critical of Stephane Dion
2. Stephane Dion: Whining Gone Wrong
3. Al Gore and the Farce of Global Warming
4. Attention Prospective Employers of Allen Varlaki
5. Martha Hall-Findlay: Put in her place
6. Straight Talk From Osoyoos Chief Clarence Louie
7. Stephane Dion: The punchlines practically write themselves
8. No Mr Dion - it’s not a delusion people really do hate you!
9. Dion and The Liberal Party Line-Up
10. Reform Reform Reform: What has Spooked Garth Turner?

Update: Transcript for the video…

Hello Facebook, thank you so much to all of you to participate in it. I’m very impressed and very encouraged… it is a great support I am receiving and let me tell you, it will motivate me a lot to win the next election to offer Canadians in deed what we believe in… that means a more prosperous Canada, and more just Canada, and a more sustainable Canada.

We’ll succeed altogether.

We’re interested in finding writers who can provide insight into the following topics/areas:

• Canadian Politics (National and Provincial)
• US Politics
• Middle Eastern / Israeli Politics

If you’re interested, please contact us. Prior experience writing for the Internet (or weblogs) isn’t required, but strongly encouraged. Please include your name, contact information and any relevant writing examples.

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