The 2008 Weblog Awards Endorsements - Val

The strength and power of blogs lies in their networking proficiency. The more blogs your read, the more chances you have of not just getting excellent news, information, opinion and enjoyment, but of being a part of this net based community. You also get to "meet" some really great people and develop relationships and kinships with same. I can safely say that I have never, in my entire life, read as much as I have read in the time Ive been blogging. And I can also say that I have met some incredible people whose knowledge and opinions an friendship and support I value. And, of course, had the privilege of enjoying some rather excellent writing to boot.

Thus, I look forward to Kevin Aylward's Weblog Awards every year. Not only do you get to support some of your blogging colleagues, but you get introduced to other bloggers you may have never heard of and whose work you might end up reading and linking to often. So, with that in mind, Id like to post my endorsements for many of the award categories in the 2008 Weblog Awards.

- Best blog: Hot Air
- Best Individual Blogger: The Anchoress, although both Jules Crittenden and Rachel Lucas are more than worthy of the honor.
- Best Humor Blog: Although IMAO is great, my vote this year goes to Mother May I Sleep with Treacher.
- Best Comic Strip: I'm partial To Day by Day
- Best Liberal Blog: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. YEAH, RIGHT.
- Best Conservative Blog: All in this category are excellent reads, but my vote goes to Michelle Malkin with Ace of Spades a real close second.
- Best Political Coverage: A toss up for me between American Thinker and Townhall.
- Best Sports Blog: A bit raunchy at times, but Kissing Suzy Kolber gets my vote.
- Best Military Blog: BLACKFIVE, baby. BLACKFIVE. They always got our 6.
- Best Law Blog: Volokh Conspiracy
- Best LGBT Blog: Gay Patriot
- Best Culture Blog: SondraK. Scroll over the camouflage, boys.
- Best Diarist: Army Wife-Toddler Mom
- Best Gossip Blog: Gotta vote with the cubanito, Perez Hilton.
- Best Canadian Blog: Im partial to five feet of fury
- Best European Blog: No Pasaran!
- Best Asian Blog: Ashin Mettacara
- Best Middle East or Africa Blog: Michael J. Totten
- Best Australian or New Zealand Blog: Tim Blair
- Best Latino, Caribbean or South American Blog: Yoani Sanchez with much kudos to our great friends at Cubanazos and El Cafe Cubano.
- Best Major Blog: Instapundit
- Best Very Large Blog: Right Wing News, Patterico or Protein Wisdom.
- Best Large Blog: The inimitable sultry satin voiced Fausta!
- Best Midsize Blog: Both Betsy's Page or Argghhh! are worthy of the honor.
- Best Small Blog: Another toss up: Nice Deb or Glittering Eye.
- Best Up and Coming Blog: McClatchy Watch, although Sundries Shack is darned good as well.
- Best Hidden Gem: I dont know, but The Communist Dance Party has a nice ring to it.

There you have'em, folks. Please drop by these excellent blogs and give them a look-see. If you like what you read, then by all means add them to your favorites or blogrolls and visit often.

I hope you all will take the time to add your vote for the folks Ive listed or for your own personal faves. It's an honor as bloggers to win in your own particular category and get some well deserved recognition for all the hard work.

And, if you have your own faves you'd like the Babalu family to get a heads up on or vote for, feel free to drop their links or URLs in the comments.

Posted by Val Prieto at January 6, 2009 03:28 PM

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