tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26542777.post116440547626013348..comments2023-10-26T01:59:40.483-07:00Comments on The Dividist Papers: Carnival of Divided Government SEPTIMUS - Tryptophan Hangover Editionmwhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11181222537529037359noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26542777.post-1164766131163476282006-11-28T18:08:00.000-08:002006-11-28T18:08:00.000-08:00We appreciate the contributions, Wench - umm... I...We appreciate the contributions, Wench - umm... I mean - Ms. Poo. <BR/><BR/>I guess I have never actually explained the reason for my Carnival "rules" and this is as good an opportunity as any to do just that. At last count, Technorati is claiming there are some 55 million blogs out there and Blog Carnival has indexed many thousands of carnival editions. My hope is to distinguish the needle of this blog from that very large haystack by maintaining a specific focus on this narrow and, IMO, important topic. <BR/><BR/>Promoting and documenting the benefits of government that is divided, checked, and balanced between the major parties is the very reason for the existence of the blog. The associated carnival is intended to highlight others who are writing and thinking about the subject. If I dilute the carnival with off-topic submissions, neither the carnival nor the blog will be distingusihable from the other excellent political carnivals (many of which I also make submissions). <BR/><BR/>Requiring the use of the word "gridlock" or "divided government" is just an easy way to make that distinction, and further serves our objective of promoting the meme by expanding the search engine universe of "divided government" sites.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again for the submissions and the comment.mwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11181222537529037359noreply@blogger.com