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[05.02.03] Querulous Blogistanis Don't Feel "Liberated"

(Reuters) KNOXVILLE — Yesterday, Glenn Reynolds, the one-man 3ID of the blogosphere, was forced to weather a revolt from impatient locals uniformly disappointed with his skeptical reviews of President Bush's landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln. "He was supposed to come and liberate us," said Ali, a disgruntled blogger who nonetheless admitted receiving a 300% traffic spike and other untold riches after Instapundit started linking to him. "You call this liberation?" he asked while picking up two live chickens and a satellite dish subsidized by PayPal donations.

Reynolds thought he had put the rebellion down quickly, but the dissenting e-mail kept pouring in, only to reignite lingering doubts about a quagmire in Blogistan. Middle East scholar Mickey Kaus noted, "He thought he could deal with it in one update. Instead it took him three! With 350,000 more ground troops — different story!"

Jeff Mohammed Al-Jarvis of BlogistanInfo.com weighed in, saying of Bush's speech, "It was the speech of a leader. He did not gloat but he did show a firm and clear direction."

The opposition came in all stripes. At the main demonstration, a statement purportedly written by a man claiming to Iraqi Information Minister Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf's cousin was read, saying in part "We beat back InstaPundit! He is down to less than 30 uniques a day!" A toothless man riding around on a donkey was seen muttering "Saddam, er, Atrios — Good!"

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