I have been chosen "Best Canadian Blog"
To my delight this website has been voted "Best Canadian Blog" in the annual Weblog awards. I was surprised to be nominated, and am thrilled to have won. Over 10,000 votes were cast.
I'm glad to win, because it's encouraging feedback to me. My blog is unusual, in that it is usually focused on one issue: freedom of speech and the human rights commissions that infringe that freedom; and my blog entries are often quite long, sometimes up to 5,000 words.
To know that thousands of other Canadians share my deep interest in these issues is incredibly satisfying. And I'm always gratified to discover that a lawmaker, or a member of the mainstream media, has read my blog and used it as "ammunition".
That's what winning means to me: a validation of my year-long campaign to reform Canada's abusive human rights commissions. I hope that whatever publicity I have earned from this honour only increases traffic to my site.
I should note that the runner up for "Best Canadian Blog" was my friend (and co-defendant in a nuisance suit brought by an HRC activist) Kathy Shaidle of the blog Five Feet of Fury, who also emphasizes freedom issues. It's amazing that, between the two of us, we received nearly two thirds of all the votes.
An even more impressive outcome, however, was Kate McMillan's election as Best Conservative Blog -- because she was the only Canadian in that category, and was running against enormous names such as Michelle Malkin, Victor Davis Hanson, Power Line, Atlas Shrugs and the second-place finisher, Ace of Spades. And, perhaps it's no coincidence, but Kate, too, is a co-defendant in that same human rights nuisance suit, because her blog has been an advocate for free speech, too.
Cheers all around, and thanks to you, gentle reader, for voting for me.
I'm glad to win, because it's encouraging feedback to me. My blog is unusual, in that it is usually focused on one issue: freedom of speech and the human rights commissions that infringe that freedom; and my blog entries are often quite long, sometimes up to 5,000 words.
To know that thousands of other Canadians share my deep interest in these issues is incredibly satisfying. And I'm always gratified to discover that a lawmaker, or a member of the mainstream media, has read my blog and used it as "ammunition".
That's what winning means to me: a validation of my year-long campaign to reform Canada's abusive human rights commissions. I hope that whatever publicity I have earned from this honour only increases traffic to my site.
I should note that the runner up for "Best Canadian Blog" was my friend (and co-defendant in a nuisance suit brought by an HRC activist) Kathy Shaidle of the blog Five Feet of Fury, who also emphasizes freedom issues. It's amazing that, between the two of us, we received nearly two thirds of all the votes.
An even more impressive outcome, however, was Kate McMillan's election as Best Conservative Blog -- because she was the only Canadian in that category, and was running against enormous names such as Michelle Malkin, Victor Davis Hanson, Power Line, Atlas Shrugs and the second-place finisher, Ace of Spades. And, perhaps it's no coincidence, but Kate, too, is a co-defendant in that same human rights nuisance suit, because her blog has been an advocate for free speech, too.
Cheers all around, and thanks to you, gentle reader, for voting for me.
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