I’ve noticed a lot of what appear to be newer, less experienced bloggers sharing news items by simply repeating the entire article in their blog. No comment, no reflection, just paste it all in there.

Well it’s silly. The article already exists on the Web. There’s a difference between writing about the news, and sharing the context, and copying swaths of it with your own byline. Besides, it’s a clear admission that you have nothing to say. Why are you blogging?

Hey Rocky, watch while I pull a rabbit out of a hat:

I can’t believe President Bush thinks we’re going to fall for his artificial hyping of the social security noncrisis. The only urgency here is that he’s struggling to change his legacy in his second term. I think he’s desperate not to be remembered as the president who botched Iraq. We’ll all know SS isn’t today’s real crisis, but he’s on the road, sellin’ it like snake oil.

“We need to act now to fix Social Security permanently,” he said Saturday in a radio address aimed at Congress. [Link]

Well, when I say we all know better, I misspeak. Lots of folks are falling for his act, and it’s unfortunate.

That’s it. Thanks for letting me vent.