so with most of left blogistan focusing it's attention on this rove thing, i'm once again not inclined to post about it. this always happens when a hot topic hits the blogwaves. i usually won't bother post about it, unless it happens to fall into one of my few pre-existing obsessions (uzbekistan, arabic language or culture, third world travel, chick tracts, a couple of obscure films... come to think of it, i have a lot of obsessions). there doesn't seem to be a point when others who are more knowledgeable and articulate are already more than covering the topic from all angles.
i guess you might say that i don't usually participate in blogswarms. not that i am against them or anything. i understand that they can be a useful tool in getting an underheard message heard and to spur action on important issues. it's just that most of the time, that's not what i see this site to be about. i really only want to write about stuff that i feel moved to write about. if someone is pushing me to write, even for good reason, or even if i just feel obligated to write something, posting at this place ceases to be a fun hobby and starts to feel like a chore.
anyway, back to rove. maybe i'l write something substantive later. but for now i just don't feel like it. that's not to say that it doesn't interest me. on the contrary, i've been following it quite closely. if you want to too, i highly recommend the following:
defective yeti has a good discussion of the back story for those of you who have not been following this up until now.
i like arianna huffington's post too.
there's a post by one of valerie plame's "classmates" from when she started with the CIA.
you can also read today's new york times editorial about the matter.
billmon has a well-written rebuttal to many of the arguments of the rove defenders.
fafnir mounts his own rove defense.
and, of course, the usual political sites i read are all over it (to name just a few, there are many more to be found just by clicking up and down my blogroll. and, of course, many of these sites are discussing other things too).
that's all i got for now. maybe i'll write something original about this later. maybe not.
