Comments on: Japan Blogs of the Year 2007 - Voting Open! http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/ Independent Podcasting from Tokyo. Featuring Seijigiri, a discussion of Japanese news and politics, as well as TPR News, our twice a week look at Japan's top stories. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:44:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Garrett DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-564909 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 08:02:58 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-564909 Well, the guy who beat us, Tobias Harris, author of <em>Observing Japan</em> is a Chicagoan. Come to think of it, he did have a big overnight surge in the polls. . . But then again, so did we. Maybe that's the trouble, Mr. Harris is running his site like Daley and I'm managining this one like Marion Barry. Well, the guy who beat us, Tobias Harris, author of Observing Japan is a Chicagoan. Come to think of it, he did have a big overnight surge in the polls. . .
But then again, so did we.

Maybe that’s the trouble, Mr. Harris is running his site like Daley and I’m managining this one like Marion Barry.

]]> by: Cal Hobbs http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-563563 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:15:48 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-563563 Garrett Had you consulted any Chicagoan you might have fared better in this poll. A Chicagoan could have reminded you of the legacy of the late, great Mayor of Chicago - Richard Daley (not to be confused with his son, the current pretty-damn-good Mayor of Chicago - Richard Daley. (The elder was Richard J and the current is Richard M I think but I could have the initials reversed.) Anyway, I digress. But the late Mayor (da Mayor to all true Chicagoans) would have told you to encourage your fans to VOTE TWICE! And vote again for dead relatives because in words probably falsely ascribed to the late Mayor - if a man was a good citizen his death shouldn't stop him from voicing his choices at the polls. Hey, it worked. It got Kennedy elected in '60 and without da Mayor's efforts that would not have happened so there would not have been a Camelot and Richard M. Nixon would have been in and out of the White House before those pesty burglars left the tape on the door at the Watergate so deep throat would not have had anything to talk about in the parking garage. So by losing this poll you just might have changed history. Garrett
Had you consulted any Chicagoan you might have fared better in this poll. A Chicagoan could have reminded you of the legacy of the late, great Mayor of Chicago - Richard Daley (not to be confused with his son, the current pretty-damn-good Mayor of Chicago - Richard Daley. (The elder was Richard J and the current is Richard M I think but I could have the initials reversed.)

Anyway, I digress. But the late Mayor (da Mayor to all true Chicagoans) would have told you to encourage your fans to VOTE TWICE! And vote again for dead relatives because in words probably falsely ascribed to the late Mayor - if a man was a good citizen his death shouldn’t stop him from voicing his choices at the polls. Hey, it worked. It got Kennedy elected in ‘60 and without da Mayor’s efforts that would not have happened so there would not have been a Camelot and Richard M. Nixon would have been in and out of the White House before those pesty burglars left the tape on the door at the Watergate so deep throat would not have had anything to talk about in the parking garage.

So by losing this poll you just might have changed history.

]]> by: Garrett DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-559900 Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:42:54 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-559900 Quite true. Once I saw Japan Probe in the category, I assumed JP would take 3/4 of the vote. Quite true. Once I saw Japan Probe in the category, I assumed JP would take 3/4 of the vote.

]]> by: Ken Y-N http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-559429 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:29:53 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-559429 I've closed voting, but I'm at work right now, and there is no way in the Democracy plugin to disable a vote or just display the results, which is a bit of a bummer! Glad you all enjoyed it, and you were both helped by Japan Probe not asking their readers to vote! I’ve closed voting, but I’m at work right now, and there is no way in the Democracy plugin to disable a vote or just display the results, which is a bit of a bummer!

Glad you all enjoyed it, and you were both helped by Japan Probe not asking their readers to vote!

]]> by: Garrett DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-559067 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:34:48 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-559067 Well, for what it's worth, it is now the wee hours on Christmas morning and, after pulling ahead, building up a lead, and losing it, TPR is 13 votes behind <em>Observing Japan</em>, which had the lead at the very beginning. I don't know if Ken Y-N has determined the winners or closed voting yet, but I doubt much will change. Our congratulations to <em>Observing Japan</em>, it was fun. In spite of myself, I did check the tallies at least once a day and I suppose I'm competitive enough to want to win in just about any contest in which I find myself. Well, for what it’s worth, it is now the wee hours on Christmas morning and, after pulling ahead, building up a lead, and losing it, TPR is 13 votes behind Observing Japan, which had the lead at the very beginning. I don’t know if Ken Y-N has determined the winners or closed voting yet, but I doubt much will change.
Our congratulations to Observing Japan, it was fun. In spite of myself, I did check the tallies at least once a day and I suppose I’m competitive enough to want to win in just about any contest in which I find myself.

]]> by: Steve Schapiro http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-551509 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:50:33 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-551509 I like the complicated rules/bicameral voting thing. Why not host the voting at one site, and have the other act as judges or sth like that? I like the complicated rules/bicameral voting thing. Why not host the voting at one site, and have the other act as judges or sth like that?

]]> by: Garrett DeOrio http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-548579 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:00:24 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-548579 I figure steps one through eight by giving everyone something to bitch about at the party. I figure steps one through eight by giving everyone something to bitch about at the party.

]]> by: Tori http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-548110 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:02:28 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-548110 "Now how are we going to get WJT T-shirts or coffee mugs?" I'm sure Ken Y-N is going to give them to all of us, romour has it he is "good for it." “Now how are we going to get WJT T-shirts or coffee mugs?”

I’m sure Ken Y-N is going to give them to all of us, romour has it he is “good for it.”

]]> by: Tori http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-548104 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:59:07 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-548104 I have to agree with Ken there, skipping to the party would be much simpler :) btw, if you want to add a comment notification plugin for TPR you can download it from <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Spread the word I have to agree with Ken there, skipping to the party would be much simpler :)

btw, if you want to add a comment notification plugin for TPR you can download it from here.

Spread the word

]]> by: Ken Worsley http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-547991 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:00:47 +0000 http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/12/18/japan-blogs-of-the-year-2007-voting-open/#comment-547991 How about forget steps 1-8 and just have a party? How about forget steps 1-8 and just have a party?

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