Part 11, “California?”
(For earlier parts of this series, please click this link: Witch-Hunting a Blogger in Whitewater, Wisconsin.)
I have a link on my website to a California blog called “The Foothill Cities Blog.” It’s well-known in the blogosphere (what bloggers call their part of cyberspace) as a pseudonymous blog, covering the foothill cities of California. I admire its efforts, and months ago I wrote to one of the authors of the Foothill Cities Blog, to mention that they were an inspiration to me. Publius (that’s his pseudonym) replied, and posted my email. Thanks, Publius.
That’s my connection to the Foothill Cities Blog – that’s it! There’s no mystery, no weird connection, no conspiracy of bloggers, etc. There’s also no connection – at all – between someone who posted for that blog and my FREE WHITEWATER website, or even Whitewater, Wisconsin.
The exchange appears below in black font, followed by the actual PDF documents I obtained, and then my commentary in blue font.
The exchange:
Subject: Fascinating!!!
WOW!!! BINGO!!! I just found a long, detailed, fascinating article by Gary [I have deleted surname, it’s the name of a family in town] in the archives of the “FOOTHILL CITIES BLOG” on the legal rights of bloggers, especially in small towns across the country as these bloggers turn their sights [sic] on their local city halls and city governments. This article, written by Gary [I have deleted surname] is INCREDIBLE because he states, in lengthier and more detailed form, all the same arguments that “John Adams” wrote about with a link on “Free Whitewater”. Here is the link to Gary [I have deleted surname] article in the “Foothill Cities Blog” – www.insidesocal.com/editorsditors/20Q1lQ91. It was written on September 28, 2007.
The files:
I have made the PDF files confirming this exchange available here — 2008-1 (11).
My comments:
1. California? No, not really. As you see in this email exchange, someone – name deleted by the City of Whitewater – thinks that there is a connection to the Foothill Cities Blog. He is sure of it, and believes that because the surname of someone who writes in California is the same as a family in Whitewater, there must be a family connection.
It’s nonsense: someone who believes in empty coincidences like this probably doubts that Americans landed on the moon, or is likely convinced that O.J. must have been innocent, because the glove just didn’t fit.
I have deleted the references to the surname of the Whitewater family, but as you’ll see, subsequent emails sadly and erroneously focus on this one family.
Next Up on Wednesday, March 5th at 10 AM CST: Part 12, “The Call Would Be a Mere Pretext.”