SC Most Commented Posts of 2008
This is a list of the diaries or stories posted at SC in 2008 that generated the most discussion. Revisit the flame wars, the thoughtful extended conversations, and the trivial chatter below...
Diaries and stories from 2008 on SC with 100+ comments as of today (technical note -- date is determined by time of last comment, not time of original post), with author and number of comments:
No, the Bush Tax Cuts Have NOT Generated Higher Revenues (B Rational, 273)
Does Sarah Palin believe in evolution? (adam ricketson, 200)
Ignorance of economics is more relevant than ignorance of evolution (skymutt, 189)
Senator Obama, Please Give a Straight Answer (B Rational, 187)
"Stimulus"...Love that Word... (John, 135)
Medical Insurance, two personal tales (Tlaloc, 116)
Georgia-Russia: What Really Matters this Fall is Clear (John, 114)
Bye Bye Obama? Is the Writing Already on the Wall? (John, 113)
Liveblogging Obama's speech (Brendan, 111)
Bias in the worst way by AP (Bird Dog, 111)
Quick Thoughts on Palin's Performance. (John, 109)
IT'S SARAH PALIN FROM ALASKA AS JOHN McCAINS VP! (Red Wing, 101)
Top 5 Open Threads and Special Topics:
Congratulations Obama and the Dems / Wednesday Open Thread (Ender, 223)
Friday Open Thread (Brendan, 223)
The SC Stock Market Challenge (Stinerman, 219)
Wednesday Open Thread (Brendan, 212)
Friday Open Thread (stinerman, 195)
Number of comments isn't necessarily indicative of anything profound, of course, but it's an easy and objective way to compile a list of noteworthy content and commentary.
Please comment here on whatever strikes your fancy about the above list or individual entries on it, but let's keep this a positive-focused retrospective. Many thanks to everyone who wrote and commented in these posts, and of course thanks also to those who show up day in, day out to chat in the open threads, and make this a fun place to hang out.
Comments :
Mr. Rogers
comes to Swords Crossed? ;-^}
comment here on whatever strikes your fancy about the above list or individual entries on it, but let's keep this a positive-focused retrospective.
What strikes my fancy is the most interesting discussions were the ones where passions ran hot.
Nothing like a dry, impartial debate to bring folks flocking to SC! =)
I'm only half stupid
Heh... I suppose I ought to have explained
If folks get mutually into a feisty exchange on some topic, I think that's great (so long as it stays on the right side of the posting rules).
In this particular case, I didn't want to put people up in crosshairs ("oh, I remember that terrible post XYZ") when my intention was only to provide a fun roadmap of where a lot of the chatter on SC took place over the past year.
Come, my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world -- Tennyson
The XYZ Affair
The XYZ Affair was good times.
In our society, people are rewarded for pretending to be certain about things they're clearly not certain about. -- Sam Harris,
needs more cowbell
-nt.
I came. I saw. I posted.
Veni, Vidi, Bitchy.
more cowbell
visual demonstration
I'm only half stupid
Make your own
'more cowbell
' song.
We are all mediators, translators. - Derrida
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