Update- Right after I wrote the post below the row of stars, I noticed all the other blogs in the world (our world, anyway) have covered the same story. I guess the Snarky angle is way off base. I guess this was more about the 2nd VT Republic folks publishing where Odum works and implying they are paying for him to... what? Attack them? Who cares? I don't really get this story. But it does remind me we're all about a paycheck away from going off the air. If that makes any sense.
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Odum is leaving GMD. He posted a farewell there and Baruth followed it up, so it's official. If it was just Odum saying he himself quit, I wouldn't be too sure. But if Phillip writes about it, you can pretty much hang it on your wall. And yes, this is true even if Baurth is just basing his post on Odum's post and nothing more. I trust VDB more than my own blog. It doesn't have to make sense. Read my disclaimer.
I think it's public knowledge there was something happening between John Odum and a Mr. Snarky Boy. Just last week Odum revealed Snark's ID to be this guy.
Freaky. Whether this Colby guy is Snaky, and whether Snarky had something to do with Odum's departure, we don't know for sure. We do know Snarky has written some very not nice things about Odum. Frankly I don't see why Odum would be a target for harrassment. He is a great political blogger, but I've always found him to be a pretty mainstream Democrat- he never said anything too radical or outright offensive. I would worry way more about the some of the shit I say at Carpetbagger. Odum's very likable it seems to me. Then again maybe those likeable, mainstream qualities of his drove some already crazy-radical more crazy. Who knows? I just hope it all turns out ok for Odum.
Odum announced he's out yesterday. That's a loss and I'm sorry to hear it. Of course I jumped over to SnarkyBoy to see what he had to say about it and I saw his post, also from Monday, called "A Day to Remember" but it wasn't about Odum. It was about skiing and it was posted hours before Odum's post.
So there's that.
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Related links from around the world (our world):
Odum's last "huzah"
The whole Baruth and nothing but
She's Right
Reason and Chaos
Five Before Brimstone
Cathy Resmer
Live & Local
Sky Barsch
Snarky Boy
It's like a soap opera, Haik. Miss a day, miss a lot.
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ReplyDeleteAnon makes a good point. Odum's about to save himself a shitload of time and bother.
ReplyDeleteAt the end of the day, who does give a fuck? Not just about Odum, but about any of this bullshit?
I'm drowning in debt and about to have another baby. This isn't making me a dime. I'll never have a job I like and I'll never have the capital to get a business of my own off the ground.
I waste time blogging as a form of escapism. Pure and simple. It isn't helping the world and it isn't helping me. True, it has changed Burlington politics, but it's probably made it worse.
Thank you for your comment, anonymous. You hit the nail on the head. 'Who the fuck cares' indeed.
Hey Snarky:
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ReplyDeleteIf you care so little, then shut up a lot.
"I'll never have a job I like"
ReplyDeleteWax-on. Wax-off.
You must learn to like the job you are lucky enough to have. You are ungrateful and spoiled. The rest of the world is going to eat your lunch, American.
Wax-on. Wax-off.
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