• Kathleen Parker recalls a high school book report and undergoes a severe mental paroxysm during which she realizes that if it weren’t for narcissists like her, bloggers would have piloted the planet into the sun by now. MORE »

Hey, who knew the “Terrified of Blogs” bandwagon had any space left to acommodate latecomers? Because somehow, Townhall.com’s Kathleen Parker was able to successfully elbow her way on this week to sound a clarion call of warning about bloggers, “enemies” she breathlessly deems less interesting than “al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.”

Parker works very hard to be fair, allowing that “some bloggers do their own reporting”, “some bloggers offer superb commentary”, and that she isn’t trying to put down the “many brilliant people out there…who also happen to blog.” She says, “They know who they are,” and I naturally reply, “Why, thank you Kathleen! That’s nice of you to say.” She also offers some tidbits of wisdom that can’t be faulted: “People tend to abuse power when it is unearned and will bring down others to enhance themselves.” Well said, Kathleen — I bet Valerie Plame would agree!

Nevertheless, her tone shifts spasmodically hither and yon.

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