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From: Steven Clift Date: 2008 Apr 17 09:06 UTC Short link

Does anyone out there have a contact list of Minnesota bloggers?

E-Democracy.Org will be using this information to contact bloggers about the
Minnesota Minute video project and if in Greater MN, about the Rural Voices
initiative.

Let us know: <email obscured>

Cheers,
Steven Clift
E-Democracy.Org

From: mitch berg Date: 2008 Apr 17 12:30 UTC Short link

The Minnesota Organization of Bloggers is the biggest
active group of bloggers in the state - indeed,
probably the nation.

The group is non-partisan (although most of us are
center-right).

The "contact list" is on every single MOB blog; we all
have a blogroll that lists all the rest of us!

However,here's the "official" page:

http://www.fraterslibertas.com/Images/MOB/MOBindex.htm

"True North" is an offshoot of the MOB; it's a group
blog, and is overtly center-right conservative.  But
TN (unlike the MOB) is explicitly political in nature,
and has some of the more outspoken bloggers writing
for it.

From: Eva Young Date: 2008 Apr 18 04:00 UTC Short link

Mitch Berg promotes the MOB as a group of "Center Right" blogs.  It's
not - it's right wing blogs - and many fringe blogs are on that
blogroll.  Many of the blogs on the blogroll aren't current.  That's
the nature of blogs - people get in, and leave blogging.

The MOB is all right-wing bloggers with the exception of Flash
(Centrisity), whose blog seems center left.  It also includes fringe
blogs like antistrib, who regularly do racist posts to build their
traffic.  One notorious example is a post about "Dirt Worshiping
Heathens" to describe Native Americans.

Look True North is definitely partisan, and includes people like Janet
Boynes - Michele Bachmann's Ex-Lesbian side-kick.  That's not exactly
mainstream.

Since Berg has brought up, the MOB, and Look True North, I'd be
interested in his take on a little Look True North mystery story.

http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/2008/03/minnesota-majority-targets-private.html

MOB and Look True North Blogger Drew Emmer posted an item on Look True
North listing home, work phone numbers and home address and photo of
Karl Bremer - a private citizen who disagreed with him.  The post has
since been taken down.

http://minnesotamonitor.com/upload/tncache3.JPG

Emmer was called out on his hypocrisy by Hal Kimball:

http://dumpbachmann.blogspot.com/2008/03/wright-republican-emmer-hypocrisy-at.html

After Emmer was called out on this hypocrisy, he denied making this post:

http://lloydletta.blogspot.com/2008/04/drew-emmer-denies-authorship-of-true.html

So maybe Mitch can explain how Look True North works.  How would a
post on Look True North be made to look as if it was posted under
another author?  When I've had a group blog, each individual blogger
uses a password to login, and the authorship of the posts is linked to
the login credentials.

Eva Young
Near North
Lloydletta's Nooz
http://lloydletta.blogspot.com

From: mitch berg Date: 2008 Apr 21 12:45 UTC Short link

CLOSED CIRCUIT TO STEVEN CLIFT:  I wasn't aware that
you were soliciting debate on blogs.  Please clarify?

--- Eva Young <email obscured>> wrote:

> Mitch Berg promotes the MOB as a group of "Center
> Right" blogs.  It's
> not - it's right wing blogs - and many fringe blogs
> are on that
> blogroll.

Eva, for the record *everyone* is welcome to the MOB.
It is explicitly non-partisan - and I have the emails
to plenty of local leftybloggers to prove it.  Some
MOB blogs are fringe-right, a few have been center or
center-left, and more than a few are completely
apolitical.

The MOB HAS tended to be center-right, because that's
what most of the good bloggers in the Twin Cities are.

> The MOB is all right-wing bloggers...It also
> includes fringe
> blogs like antistrib, who regularly do racist posts
> to build their
> traffic.  One notorious example is a post about
> "Dirt Worshiping
> Heathens" to describe Native Americans.

Leaving aside the mangled context, Eva - as long as
you want to play "guilt by association", the reader
should know that *you attended the last MOB party".

http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1183932804.shtml

So much for our "exclusivity!"

> Look True North is definitely partisan, and includes
> people like Janet
> Boynes - Michele Bachmann's Ex-Lesbian side-kick.
> That's not exactly
> mainstream.

So what? We *are* overtly, proudly center-right as a
matter of mission.  That happens to *be* closer to the
mainstream than, say, this forum - but it doesn't
matter.  Mr. Clift didn't say he wanted "non-partisan"
bloggers, now, did he?

> So maybe Mitch can explain how Look True North
> works.

Actually, Eva, I'll first tell the part of the story
you omitted; we removed the post to which you referred
in a matter of hours.  We realized it was a mistake.

At any rate - check out your local MOB blog.  Better
yet, come on down to a MOB party and meet some of your
local bloggers (just as Eva did!).  It IS just about
the best time in town.

So anyway, Mr. Clift - that's us.

Mitch Berg
The Midway

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From: Steven Clift Date: 2008 Apr 21 12:57 UTC Short link

E-Democracy.Org is seeking to create a contact list so we can connect with
Minnesota bloggers. In part to spread the word about
http://minnesotaminute.org, but also so we find more Greater Minnesota blogs
http://e-democracy.org/rv. While we are at, we will also invite the political
bloggers to add themselves here:
http://pages.e-democracy.org/Minnesota_political_blogs

Since few bloggers seem to list an e-mail address, if someone already has a
good collection we'd appreciate the help.

Thanks,

Steven Clift
E-Democracy.Org

P.S. Is anyone aware of a _comprehensive_ site like this for Minnesota:
http://www.orblogs.com

From: K R Schiebel Date: 2008 Apr 21 13:16 UTC Short link

> P.S. Is anyone aware of a _comprehensive_ site like this for Minnesota:
>  http://www.orblogs.com

Here is a start:

http://www.blognetnews.com/minnesota/

Flash
Centrisity.com

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Steven Clift <email obscured>> wrote:
>
>  E-Democracy.Org is seeking to create a contact list so we can connect with
Minnesota bloggers. In part to spread the word about
http://minnesotaminute.org, but also so we find more Greater Minnesota blogs
http://e-democracy.org/rv. While we are at, we will also invite the political
bloggers to add themselves here:
>  http://pages.e-democracy.org/Minnesota_political_blogs
>
>  Since few bloggers seem to list an e-mail address, if someone already has a
good collection we'd appreciate the help.

From: mitch berg Date: 2008 Apr 21 14:07 UTC Short link

Actually, the most comprehensive list is probably this
one:

http://blogs.citypages.com/mnblogs/

While I can't vouch for how many of them pass Eva's
ideological purity test, the list is exceedingly
complete.

Mitch Berg
The Midway

--- Flash <email obscured>> wrote:

> > P.S. Is anyone aware of a _comprehensive_ site
> like this for Minnesota:
> >  http://www.orblogs.com
>
> Here is a start:
>
> http://www.blognetnews.com/minnesota/
>
> Flash
> Centrisity.com
>
> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Steven Clift
> <email obscured>> wrote:
> >
> >  E-Democracy.Org is seeking to create a contact
> list so we can connect with Minnesota bloggers. In
> part to spread the word about
> http://minnesotaminute.org, but also so we find more
> Greater Minnesota blogs http://e-democracy.org/rv.
> While we are at, we will also invite the political
> bloggers to add themselves here:
> >
>
http://pages.e-democracy.org/Minnesota_political_blogs
> >
> >  Since few bloggers seem to list an e-mail
> address, if someone already has a good collection
> we'd appreciate the help.
> >
> >  Thanks,
> >
> >
> >  Steven Clift
> >  E-Democracy.Org
> >
> >  P.S. Is anyone aware of a _comprehensive_ site
> like this for Minnesota:
> >  http://www.orblogs.com
> >
> >
> >  Steven Clift
> >  Ericsson, Minneapolis
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From: Tim Erickson Date: 2008 Apr 21 14:25 UTC Short link

Thanks to those who supplied answers. Our goal is to get as much
information about what is out there as possible, without regard to
ideology, so the links provided should be helpful.

Here is what we have so far:

   http://blogs.citypages.com/mnblogs/
   http://www.blognetnews.com/minnesota/
   http://www.fraterslibertas.com/Images/MOB/MOBindex.htm

This is our own very incomplete list (anyone can help update it):

   http://pages.e-democracy.org/Minnesota_political_blogs

Also, this is a recent list of rural Minnesota Citizen Media projects:

   http://pages.e-democracy.org/Minnesota_citizen_media

Tim Erickson
E-Democracy.Org

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