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    Best o' Dag - Vote for your favorite blog post

    By Michael Wolraich on Sat, 12/20/2014 - 3:44pm |

    Hello folks, after much consideration of the nominees for best o' dag, our "distinguished" panel of judges has proven incompetent. Whining that they could not judge among so many worthy candidates and that besides, they were delirious from a bad stomach flu, they failed to narrow the field.

    Therefore, I have sacked the judges and submitted the entire nomination roster to you dagbloggers. If I've set this up right, every registered user will get one vote and only one vote. You can see real-time results, but individual choices will remain confidential. The poll will be monitored by the Zimbabwean Fair and Balanced Ministry for Voting on Stuff, so you can rest assured that your vote will be counted.*

    Ramona is self-submitting to the national contest from her own blog, so if she wins, we'll send the runner-up. If anyone else has their own blog and would like to self-submit one of their posts to Batocchio, please email me at [my last name]@yahoo.com.

    Voting will conclude at noon on Tuesday EST. If there is no clear winner, we may hold a run-off. Ladies and gentlemen, good luck.

    * Voter ID required in Texas, Idaho, Alabama, and other police states.

    PS Votes for best creative and line-o-the-year to follow

    <a href="http://dagblog.com/politics/armed-society-bloody-society-18240">An Armed Society Is a Bloody Society</a> by Doctor Cleveland - 2/18
    15% (2 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/religion/story-pentecostal-snake-handler-refuses-help-and-dies-my-reaction-surprising-even-me-18243">Pentecostal Snake Handler Refuses Help And Dies</a> by Ramona - 2/19
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/arts-entertainment/ask-me-about-shakespeare-18253">Ask Me About Shakespeare</a> by Doctor Cleveland - 2/21
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/politics/generation-wuss-18262">Generation Wuss</a> by Michael Maiello - 2/23
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/bad-history-month-18285">Bad History Month</a> by Richard Day - 2/26
    15% (2 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/religion/will-real-god-please-stand-18449">Will the Real God Please Stand Up?</a> by Ramona - 4/10
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/politics/freedom-defend-18467">Freedom to Defend</a> by Michael Maiello - 4/17
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/little-known-fact-statue-liberty-wears-shackles-18491">The Statue of Liberty Wears Shackles</a> by Wattree - 4/23
    31% (4 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/media/derange-wars-cliven-bundy-story-18528">Derange Wars: The Cliven Bundy Story</a> by Ramona - 5/03
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/when-society-insane-18591">When Society is Insane</a> by Elusive Trope - 6/4
    8% (1 vote)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/politics/valkyries-lament-18656">The Valkyrie's Lament</a> by Michael Wolraich - 6/23
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/personnel-file-18681">Personnel File</a> by Barefooted - 7/2
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/politics/religious-freedom-vs-religious-privilege-or-franklin-vs-penn-18685">Religious Freedom vs. Religious Privlege</a> by Doctor Cleveland - 7/3
    8% (1 vote)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/humor-satire/true-personhood-18692">True Personhood</a> by William K. Wolfrum - 7/7
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/footing-bill-assisted-suicide-18715">Footing the Bill for Assisted Suicide</a> by Elusive Trope - 7/17
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/gop-border-campaign-plan-cruz-control-18764">GOP Border Campaign Plan on Cruz Control</a> by NCD - 8/2
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/world-affairs/other-two-sides-israel-and-palestine-18773">The Other Two Sides in Israel and Palestine</a> by Doctor Cleveland - 8/5
    8% (1 vote)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/intellectual-heft-behind-broken-windows-18775">The Intellectual Heft Behind Broken Windows</a> by Michael Maiello - 8/6
    8% (1 vote)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/mort-george-robinn-18798">Mort, George and Robin</a> by Richard Day - 8/15
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/tough-choices-levant-18837">Tough Choices -- Facing Genocide in the Levant</a> by bslev - 8/28
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/half-assed-why-america-cannot-stop-slaughter-iraq-18847">Why America Cannot Stop the Slaughter in Iraq</a> by Michael Wolraich - 9/2
    8% (1 vote)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/losing-our-heads-here-iraq-and-saudi-arabia-18864">Losing Our Heads (Here, in Iraq, and in Saudi Arabia)</a> by Jolly Roger - 9/9
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/hey-democrats-you-want-win-try-being-democrats-18925">Hey, Democrats, You Want to Win? Try Being Democrats</a> by Ramona - 10/4
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/columbus-discovered-america-18934">Columbus Discovered America</a> by Richard Day - 10/9
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/magical-karmic-raises-are-only-women-18938">Magical Karmic Raises Are Only for Women!</a> by tmccarthy0 - 10/11
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/liberals-dont-sell-buy-18940">Don't Sell. Buy!</a> by Hal Ginsberg - 10/12
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/way-back-book-review-mouse-roared-18963">A Way Back Book Review: The Mouse that Roared</a> by Michael Maiello - 10/20
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/mid-term-elections-taking-longer-view-19047">The Mid-Term Elections: Taking The Longer View</a> by coatsd - 11/19
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/personas-eat-policy-wonks-breakfast-19048">Personas Eat Policy Wonks for Breakfast</a> by Oxy Mora - 11/19
    0% (0 votes)
    <a href="http://dagblog.com/john-kennedys-death-and-how-it-changed-us-19055">John Kennedy's Death and How It Changed Us</a> by Ramona - 11/22
    0% (0 votes)
    Total votes: 13

    Comments

    I have no idea why, but I get a kick out of this.

    That is all I got!


    by Richard Day on Sat, 12/20/2014 - 5:21pm

    Well, I showed up with my Social Security card, the original one I got when I was 16 and went to work for the state highway in Ohio. Nope, wasn't good enough. Next I signed in with my debit card. Nope, Dag doesn't take it, especially after it was trashed by Home Depot. My drivers' license slipped down behind the seat of my car and I can't reach it so I just shot myself in the foot on that one---Europa, I'm going to sign in with my Texas gun license #, wait a minute,,,,o.k.,, well I guess Dagblog just went to Hell, but I got to vote.  


    by Oxy Mora on Sat, 12/20/2014 - 8:19pm

    I missed this  Missy.

    I still have that card, the one I received on  my 16th birthday. I had to apply for it by mail I assume.

    I really have it.

    I guess, nowadays, mama and papa can get that card for the baby just after birth?

    Why did not that old card evaporate.

    I mean the universe is based upon entropy?

    I still have mine. 48 years later.


    by Richard Day on Thu, 12/25/2014 - 9:05pm

    Since my Florida ID cost me 2 trips and over $100, can I vote twice?  


    by trkingmomoe on Sun, 12/21/2014 - 2:27am

    I checked with Jeb Bush and the Supreme Court and they say it depends on who you vote for.


    by Michael Maiello on Sun, 12/21/2014 - 9:20am

    LOL...Merry Christmas


    by trkingmomoe on Sun, 12/21/2014 - 10:17am

    Get your votes in folks! You have a civic responsibility. It's just past noon EST, and the deadline is less than 24 hours away. It's a lot of blog posts, I know, but you can narrow your choices to those that have already received a vote or two.


    by Michael Wolraich on Mon, 12/22/2014 - 12:40pm

    Vote today, people! We've got a clear frontrunner but a large group tied for second place.


    by Michael Wolraich on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 10:38am

    For the life of me

    Just cannot understand it

    Why Progressives lose.


    by Oxy Mora on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 11:39am

    Hang on... I'll pick one of these blogs as soon as I'm sure that Elizabeth Warren isn't going to write one.


    by Michael Maiello on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 1:10pm

    In the words of DD, hahahaha


    by Oxy Mora on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 1:23pm

    And it's over. Congratulations Eric Wattree, for a wonderful post and a well-deserved honor!

    Eric, I need to know if you would like me to submit this post to Batocchio on behalf of dagblog or your own blog, so please email me or comment here.


    by Michael Wolraich on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 2:03pm

    (Can't add a new comment, it just thinks I'm trying to vote/cancel my vote, so ...)

    Congratulations, Eric! A wonderful post that deserves to be read. I hope you're as proud of it as you certainly should be. Well done!


    by barefooted on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 3:05pm

    Well done, Eric!  Congratulations!  Our very first contest!  What a pleasure reading (or re-reading) so many fine posts.  A fine bunch here.  Really.

    (Edited to add congrats to the runners-up, Richard Day and Doc Cleveland.  Good job!)


    by Ramona on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 4:13pm

    Congratulations!


    by Michael Maiello on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 7:20pm

    Hi Michael,

    I've been a little under the weather - my stomach decided to show me who's running things. But that's great news to come back too.  I am truly honored - and I mean that - because I have tremendous respect for the contributors to Dagblog. So I want to thank everybody who made it possible.

    Michael, submit on behalf of Dagblog.

    Happy Holidays to all.

    Eric


    by Wattree on Thu, 12/25/2014 - 8:48pm

    Congratulations, Wattree!

     


    by Doctor Cleveland on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 5:26pm

    Congratulations Wattree!


    by MrSmith1 on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 5:53pm

    Congratulations 


    by rmrd0000 on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 6:42pm

    Well done, Eric!


    by Oxy Mora on Tue, 12/23/2014 - 6:42pm