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The No. 1 Libertarian Blog? You're Reading It.
A website dedicated to web entrepreneurship comes up with a thorough and useful list of "The Top 100 Libertarian Blogs." Why?
While we at WebPreneur typically try to steer clear of politics, it is clear that issues such as net neutrality and controlling the size and scope of government are of increasing importance to web entrepreneurs. Thus a growing number of web entrepreneurs are expressing new found interest in libertarian principles. So to assist those of you interested in educating yourselves further, we’ve sorted through thousands of sites and selected the best of the best for what we believe to be the top 100 libertarian blogs...
Coming in at number one is this very blog you are reading, reason's Hit and Run.
Hit and Run has been previously praised by Playboy as one of "five winning political blogs" and by Washingtonian as one of the "best political blogs." Of course, what we are proudest of is how every day we are able to earn the attention and readership of each and every one of you.
Elemenope|11.12.08 @ 11:57AM|#
Of course, what we are proudest of is how every day we are
able to earn the attention and readership of each and every one of
you.
You suck up, you.
|11.12.08 @ 11:59AM|#
Of course, what we are proudest of is how every day we are
able to earn the attention and readership of each and every one of
you.
Feel free to kiss my ass any time. It works.
TallDave|11.12.08 @ 12:02PM|#
No Instapundit or QandO?
I'm all for Libertarian Hotties, but come on.
At least they got Volokh. Eugene for CJotSCOTUS!
|11.12.08 @ 12:04PM|#
There's actually 100 that are worth reading?
Of course, what we are proudest of is how every day we are able
to earn the attention and readership of each and every one of
you.
I think I just got a partial woody from that.
|11.12.08 @ 12:05PM|#
No Urkobold? But, but,
we're "a widely-read libertarian culture site"!
Hit & Run deserves such recognition, in any case.
|11.12.08 @ 12:08PM|#
What with Weigel, I think that reason.com is also the #1 Democratic party blog.
|11.12.08 @ 12:08PM|#
Thus a growing number of web entrepreneurs are expressing
new found interest in libertarian principles.
Given the reports of widespread support for Obama in Silicon
Valley, they must have found their interest in libertarian
principles since November 4.
|11.12.08 @ 12:09PM|#
This is a Libertarian blog?
I thought this was an Obama blog.
If that is the case, then screw you Glibertarians.
24AheadDotCom|11.12.08 @ 12:09PM|#
Finally! A list of libertarian blogs in which Reason not only
beat GovExec and FederalTimes but DC Cocktail Party Chatter Weekly!
Congrats!
Of course, some unknown website's naming of Reason as something or
other pre-dated Weigel's recent post in which he downplayed BHO's
"civilian force"
and didn't even think about what happens when that "force" comes
back to the "homeland" and whether they could be activated
here.
|11.12.08 @ 12:10PM|#
Contributors -
Allow me to extend my congratulations for getting some well
deserved recognition, guys and gals.
Commenters who actually contribute something to the discuassion can
take an unacknowledged bow as well.
|11.12.08 @ 12:13PM|#
Of course, what we are proudest of is how every day we are
able to earn the attention and readership of each and every one of
you.
Finally! A list of libertarian blogs in which Reason not only
beat GovExec and FederalTimes but DC Cocktail Party Chatter Weekly!
Congrats!
When you say each and every one, that doesn't include LoneShithead,
right? RIGHT?!?
|11.12.08 @ 12:14PM|#
Those commenters I mentioned above of course excludes lonewacko, lefiti and the like.
|11.12.08 @ 12:14PM|#
Also, congratulations to Balko for placing 5th. He is a major contributor to libertarianism and awareness of very important issues.
anarch|11.12.08 @ 12:17PM|#
Commenters who actually contribute something to the discuassion can take an unacknowledged bow as well.
If an commenter bows and no one acknowledges it, has he actually
contributed?
Not that the question pertains to me.
The Wine Commonsewer|11.12.08 @ 12:24PM|#
Of course, what we are proudest of is how every day we are
able to earn the attention and readership of each and every one of
you.
Including the guy who sent you the link last night? ;-)
[reaches around and pats hisself on the back while looking for the
horn button marked 'TWC']
|11.12.08 @ 12:24PM|#
Hit and Run has been previously praised by Playboy as one of
"five winning political blogs"
Was that in the Girls of Reason issue?
Jesse Walker|11.12.08 @ 12:26PM|#
Weigel's recent post in which he downplayed BHO's "civilian
force"
This would be the post that says the force is "not a good idea" but
takes issue with the claim that it was "exactly what Hitler did in
Nazi Germany."
The Wine Commonsewer|11.12.08 @ 12:27PM|#
Wow, 100 libertarian blogs?!
Do some libertarians have more than one blog?
I was kind of thinking along similar lines. DelMarDave sent me the
link/list and my response to him was: Huh? There's that many
libertarian blogs?
Urkobold™|11.12.08 @ 12:38PM|#
ALTHOUGH THE URKOBOLD IS FOND OF HIT & RUN, HE DOES NOT
UNDERSTAND HOW IT SURPASSED LIBERTARIAN HOTTIES ("FREEDOM IS
SEXY") FOR THE NUMBER ONE SPOT. THE URKOBOLD IS VIEWING THE
GALLERY RIGHT
NOW. OH YEAH, BABY, TELL ME ABOUT FREEDOM.
FREEEEEE-DOOOOOM!
sage|11.12.08 @ 12:38PM|#
Congrats, everyone.
Now that the Republican brand is thoroughly tarnished and has been
defeated soundly in the election, we just need to do the same thing
for the Democrats. Then, teh victory will be ours!
*twirls imaginary mustache*
pistoffnick|11.12.08 @ 12:42PM|#
I confess that I come here for the excellent quality of snark, not necessarily the articles.
Tacos mmm...|11.12.08 @ 12:44PM|#
Given the reports of widespread support for Obama in Silicon Valley, they must have found their interest in libertarian principles since November 4.
You can always count on R C Dean to play the commissar.
|11.12.08 @ 12:47PM|#
This is the best!!???!?!?
I'm like Charlie Brown - I buy the most pathetic Christmas trees,
adopt the ugly and deformed puppy, and I read what I thought was
the most pathetic blog.....things are much, much worse than I ever
imagined.
:)
|11.12.08 @ 12:54PM|#
From Libertarian Hotties:
Creating this website has given me an excuse to network with
some of the most beautiful, interesting, intelligent women I've
ever met. If they are able to use their physical charms to draw
attention and further disseminate a worthwhile message, then hey,
bonus. ;)
Women after my own heart. Take that, Feministing!
|11.12.08 @ 12:59PM|#
Take that, Feministing!
Did you just fist Feministing? Holy shit, dude. That's
hardcore.
"Ladies, I'm a pacifist. I pass a fist. Get
it?"
|11.12.08 @ 1:06PM|#
I confess that I come here for the excellent quality of
snark, not necessarily the articles.
Oh, yeah. Snark drives traffic. Content, not so much.
You can always count on R C Dean to play the
commissar.
Na Zdorovie!
|11.12.08 @ 1:07PM|#
Women after my own heart.
Olivia Munn is a libertarian? C'mon, that's a just a random
sampling of young hotties in their undies.
egosumabbas|11.12.08 @ 1:10PM|#
Huh, missing:
http://www.nolanchart.com/
http://www.samizdata.net/blog/
http://themessthatgreenspanmade.blogspot.com/
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/
Orange Line Special|11.12.08 @ 1:13PM|#
The frequently p0wned Jesse Walker says This would be the
post that says the force is "not a good idea" but takes issue with
the claim that it was "exactly what Hitler did in Nazi
Germany."
Good to know Weigel doesn't think it should be top of BHO's list,
but somehow his condemnation was a little on the light side and
didn't include him showing any evidence of being able to think
through all the implications. And, he ended with "Obama is
proposing a new civilian force that he'd command as he commands
every branch of the military." OK!
Say, has Jesse Walker ever walked back that smear of me?
|11.12.08 @ 1:15PM|#
C'mon, that's a just a random sampling of young hotties in
their undies.
Random hotties that have what many don't have.
"It has a philosophy. And that is what makes it dangerous."
Did you just fist Feministing? Holy shit, dude. That's
hardcore.
Dude, they were practically begging for it. I bet they just love
James Joyce, too.
|11.12.08 @ 1:18PM|#
You can always count on R C Dean to play the
commissar.
Don't turn around, uh-oh
Der Kommissar's in town, uh-oh
|11.12.08 @ 1:19PM|#
Hurry, don't be late
I can hardly wait
I said to myself when we're old
We'll go dancing in the dark
We'll go walking through the park
And feministing...
FrBunny|11.12.08 @ 1:19PM|#
H&R spurred me to subscribe to Reason, so this does not surprise me. Well done! (And for the record, I give 68.4% of the credit to Balko.)
concerned observer|11.12.08 @ 1:26PM|#
Wow, I guess the saying about one-eyed man in the land of the blind is true. In the movement of totally irrelevent people, the occasionally though not usually relevant is king.
FrBunny|11.12.08 @ 1:27PM|#
Not ironic at all, Alanis. Too bad you hate it though. Why do you still hang around?
|11.12.08 @ 1:27PM|#
I bet they just love James Joyce, too.
Are you implying that they're fat and fart a lot? That's a horrible
thing to say.
|11.12.08 @ 1:28PM|#
Random hotties that have what many don't have.
Oh, I'm down with that. I just want to know where this mad
libertarian scientist's lab is that is cranking these babes out. As
a rule, they don't occur in nature. (Yeah, yeah, I know, you *tell*
us you're hot....)
|11.12.08 @ 1:30PM|#
c.o.--You seem to know a lot about certain things: idiocy, irrelevancy, chronic public masturbation, etc. It can't all be a coincidence.
|11.12.08 @ 1:33PM|#
I bet they just love James Joyce, too.
I once tried to read James Joyce out loud in a sexy voice. I got
surprisingly far
concerned observer|11.12.08 @ 1:42PM|#
@JW-Have fun being irrelevant. If you hadn't noticed, your candidate didn't get elected. He didn't place second. Or third.
|11.12.08 @ 1:47PM|#
I bet they just love James Joyce, too.
Dead White Man? Ha. Tear down the canon! Let's read
Beloved eighty fucking times!
|11.12.08 @ 1:51PM|#
Congratulations, much-adored Reason staff.
And, by the way, I don't come here for the snark... I come for the
ignorant, malformed, and poorly punctuated pronouncements of our
nano-dicked trolls. Every day they are like a breath of dumb
air.
concerned observer|11.12.08 @ 1:55PM|#
@Sugfree-Right everyone who disagrees with you has a tiny dick. Right. That's some interesting congitive dissocnace you've got ging there.
FrBunny|11.12.08 @ 1:55PM|#
Have fun being irrelevant. If you hadn't noticed, your
candidate didn't get elected. He didn't place second. Or
third.
I'm still surprised sometimes to see how politics for some people
is exactly the same as having a favorite football team. Actual,
y'know, ideals are irrelevant.
Boston|11.12.08 @ 1:56PM|#
CO,
I have this irrelevant bum in my neighborhood that just needs
reasoning with, you should try that.
|11.12.08 @ 1:57PM|#
CO,
At least you have the courage to admit it. Have fun jacking off
with tweezers.
|11.12.08 @ 1:58PM|#
congitive dissocnace...
OK, who's spoofing c.o? Fess up. You *know* his maximum syllabic
limit is 2.
Ska|11.12.08 @ 2:00PM|#
We'll go walking through the park
And feministing...
Bad.....song.....parody....stuck...in...head...
concerned observer|11.12.08 @ 2:04PM|#
"AT least you damit it. Have fu jacking off with tweezers"
I was being sarcastic you fucking douchebag.
TheOneState|11.12.08 @ 2:05PM|#
Wow, deep field!
But the blogs are grouped by theme, not ordered by overall rank. So
technically you're *tied* for number 1 with "Libertarian Party of
Allen County" etc.
Not that that's not an accomplishment....
concerned observer|11.12.08 @ 2:06PM|#
Hey Boston, guess how many syllables the word "observer" has. Why don't you respond to something I actually said, rather than making juvenile insults?
|11.12.08 @ 2:11PM|#
JW,
It's probably him. Look at the completely incorrect way he used the
term "cognitive
dissonance."
Thinking that a half-literate ass-stain whose only purpose is to
hurl crude insults correlates to possessing a tiny penis is, in no
way, shape, form, or fashion, cognitive dissonance.
concerned observer|11.12.08 @ 2:14PM|#
I don't really know why I bother you people have your haeds so far inserted into your anuses that it's imposibe to extricate them.
|11.12.08 @ 2:16PM|#
Crude: Characterized by simplicity, especially
something not carefully or expertly made.
This is the last vocabulary lesson, you cretinous jackanape.
Kaiser|11.12.08 @ 2:17PM|#
Congrats to H&R on their achievement. I just recently started commenting here, stumbled across it a few months ago and it has since become a regular part of my day.
zoltan|11.12.08 @ 2:18PM|#
Now, can you get us a decent discussion forum.
threaded comments maybe?
Can we second, third and fourth this please?!!?!? At least
outsource it to some free message board site!!!
matt2|11.12.08 @ 2:20PM|#
Come on, CO, tell us more tall tales about your literacy. I bet no one noticed that you somehow managed to write "irrelevent" and "relevant" in THE SAME POST earlier.
|11.12.08 @ 2:22PM|#
FrBunny,
He must put on his righteous armor and slay the dread Reason
dragon, home of the simultaneously incredibly dangerous and utterly
irrelevant libertarianism.
Which is, of course a fine example of, wait for it... cognitive
dissonance.
concerned observer|11.12.08 @ 2:26PM|#
@Sugarfree-You libertarians are rightly ignored most of the time. However when some people are actually stupid enought to believe anything you say, it really fucks things up.
|11.12.08 @ 2:29PM|#
Thank goodness you're here to put a stop to all our nonsense with hyperbolic insults and an army of strawmen. That totally distracts from your minuscule penis. Which I see you haven't even bothered to deny...
zoltan|11.12.08 @ 2:29PM|#
Is it not a coincidence that CO has the same initials as "Correctional Officer". Methinks he might have a corresponding intelligence quotient to that group. Of course, you can counter that the leader of a gypsy band couldn't possibly be too smart either.
concerned observer|11.12.08 @ 2:36PM|#
I don't see why my penis size is an issue, but it's perfectly normally sized. It's not my fault that you people have a phallic obsession.
|11.12.08 @ 2:44PM|#
Hey Boston, guess how many syllables the word "observer"
has.
Hey moran, Boston didn't say that. Besides, we all know your mom
wrote that for you.
Crude: Characterized by simplicity, especially something not
carefully or expertly made.
I really think he meant curd. He clearly has issues with not only
spelling, but also with Big Milk.
Yeah, I'll stop feeding it now too. After a while, smacking around
13-year olds it just gets boring.
Shane P. Brady|11.12.08 @ 2:52PM|#
This is pretty cool. I'm honored to be the in same group as Hit and Run.
Ed Niedermeyer|11.12.08 @ 3:02PM|#
No surprise here, only one beef. Where is your coverage of the
auto industry bailout? You people every hear of British Leyland?
It's about to happen here, and every time I check H&R I expect
to see the topic get the trademark Reason treatment. Granted,
there's a whole world of turd to cover, but the #1 libertarian blog
should be all over this issue.
Otherwise, keep kicking ass!
|11.12.08 @ 3:09PM|#
While Reason's blog is great that list isn't. From the looks of it they did a google search for libertarian blogs and compiled the first 100 they found. Clearly the writer of the article doesn't spend much time reading the blogs since some listed are rather pathetic while other good blogs are ignored.
Jesse Walker|11.12.08 @ 3:09PM|#
Say, has Jesse Walker ever walked back that smear of
me?
I appreciate the fact that this sentence appeared in the very same
post in which OLS walked back his comment about Dave.
Windypundit|11.12.08 @ 4:29PM|#
That website is just a bunch of knuckle-dragging link trollers
trying to drum up backlinks to improve their pathetic Google
PageRank.
Not that I'm bitter.
|11.12.08 @ 5:03PM|#
Now, can you get us a decent discussion forum. threaded
comments maybe?
I'll take formatting buttons before threaded comments.
Urkobold™|11.12.08 @ 5:06PM|#
Now, can you get us a decent discussion forum. threaded comments maybe?
I'll take formatting buttons before threaded comments.
THE URKOBOLD WILL TAKE THE BLINK TAG OVER THREADED COMMENTS AND
FORMATTING BUTTONS.
Old Bull Lee|11.12.08 @ 5:58PM|#
I find threaded comments hard to keep track of. I'd rather refresh the page and have them all in order.
|11.12.08 @ 6:19PM|#
lewrockwell's blgo seems pretty good too...although no discussion...they at least don't advocate carbon trading schemes or interventionist foreign policy. You can also be sure that none of them voted for Obama.
|11.12.08 @ 6:38PM|#
Congratulations!
(And thanks to the mighty Urkobold for the hottie link he provided
above!)
Ray Tapajna|11.12.08 @ 10:01PM|#
If you want background information about the failures of Free
Trade and the so called Free Market, go to Tapart News and Art that
Talks since 1994 with data back to 1956 related to so called Free
Trade.
We need to first define what the term Free Enterprise means and
what Fair Trade means before letting loose so called Free Market
idealogy that is not really Free.
Far too many Free Market enthusiasts are like horses leaving the
starting gate without the jockey.
Most of the Free Market today is based on making money on money
instead of making things. The only real value left in the USA as a
money standard is labor and workers. And unfortunately, workers
have no voice in the Free Market process during our times.
See http://tapsearch.com/tapartnews/
http://tapsearch.com/flatworld/
http://www.bizarrepolitics.com
http://www.therationale.com/
|11.13.08 @ 12:57AM|#
Hey thanks for letting me know about all those other sites I can
waste my time on! Maybe one of them will actually be
libertarian!
[drink]
L. Belle|11.13.08 @ 10:42AM|#
haha
I'm lovin' these comments. Especially, "I just want to know where
this mad libertarian scientist's lab is that is cranking these
babes out." I may have to quote you, JW.
It's kind of sweet that some of you guys doubt we're for
real.
Urkobold- I've got your full frontal freedom right here,
baby.
Congratulations, Hit& Run!
Randy Marsh|11.13.08 @ 11:28AM|#
Merry Christmas H&R!
Hark the herald Obama sings
Glory to the newborn Obama...
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