This is the one blog where I say: "I don't get it." I so rarely look at it, unless a link to a link leads me there, but I am aware of its popular existence. When I do see it, I am befuddled, for there are zillions of comments - mostly from bored lurkers - at almost every post. The site is so boring, so redundant, so static. The website author's motto is "if you have to ask, it ain't shock and awe."

What makes it popular? It's "All Middle East All the Time," the only topic the War Birds care about. These people love to gather together, Ann Coulter style, and let off steam by chanting for war, war, war, nukes, nukes, nukes. The whole blog consists of nothing but long quotes from articles 'round the web, with nary an original thought from the web owner. That's why I don't get it. The popularity of this sort of thing shouldn't be surprising, knowing the aggressiveness and obsession of the intensely pro-war crowd.

A picture of a bus gets 700+ comments. ?? Ohhh, methinks people at work should be working, and not surfing. Awful of me to say, I know. Makes me understand why some employers are monitoring Internet use, and firing folks.

The second most boring blog on the planet? Instapundit. The guy does nothing but "here's a great link here that's worth your time"; "there's a great interview here"; "so-and-so said this and how great it is..."; "see the Carnival of the Foot Powder Consumers this week at this website"; "see this report here; then see this here." What utter helplessness. What is the value of a non-principled, go-with-the-flow, central blogging link-o-rama? The fact that people mention InstaPuppet and libertarian in the same vein is a speech crime.

As someone mentioned to me the other day, at least Andrew Sullivan is interesting. He may be wrong, a neocon fellow traveler, a warbird and whatnot, and he may focus waaay too much on all things homosexual, but at least he writes. He presents some unique posts, at times, and some things that he brings forth really make you go, "what?" But there's value there, even in disagreement. He has ideas. He has arguments. He has something to say. His TimesOnline columns are always good.

So what does this guy do but stink up the web with his false taxonomy and statist central website? He's a favorite of the Beltway libertarians, by the way.