Weekly Report for Week of Feb. 22, 2008
Submitted by zdevereaux on 22 February, 2008 - 14:52.
Blogs
Blog buzz
This week a site dedicated to criticizing the Ed Stelmach campaign in Alberta received significant links from the national partisan blogosphere. The site, entitled http://www.rottentories.ca(a parody of the film/music review site www.rottentomatoes.com), is registered to well known Liberal blogger Calgary Grit.Two of the top blog posts this week offered scathing critiques of Dion and the Liberal Party's lack of willpower and preparedness for a spring election. Bloggers reacted to news stories explaining Dion's softening of the Liberal party’s stance on the upcoming budget. Blogger to blogger reactions and criticisms formed another theme in the top blog posts this week, with the third most significant post having been deleted in its original form by blogger Peter Csillag. The original post was entitled "Castrate social problems! Revise and reinstate the Sexual Sterilization Act of Alberta." The new title of the post is "That one with sterility" but the original version has been archived by an opposing blog, The Wingnuterer, via access to the Google cache archive.
In the fourth most significant post the blog Uncorrected Proofs criticizes the Peterborough Politics blog for oversimplifying the language and separatism issue in Quebec. The Alberta theme continues in the second most referenced blog posting this week where Calgary Grit takes the Alberta PC party to task over the returning officer scandal -- which has seen half of the returning officers in the upcoming Alberta election exposed as having known ties to the PC party.
Top Linked News Stories in the Political Blogosphere
- The Toronto Star - Queen fire still not out
- CTV News - Chretien advises Dion to trigger election: analyst
- The Globe and Mail - Tories flirt with majority support, poll finds
- The Globe and Mail - Dion hints Liberals willing to let budget stand
- The Globe and Mail - Tories say Dion pledges would force Ottawa back into deficit
Top Blog Posts
- Far and Wide - Why Aren't You "Ready"?
- Calgary Grit - Democracy Derailed
- Peter Csillag - Castrate social problems! Revise and reinstate the Sexual Sterility Act of Alberta - (Archived version of the post)
- Uncorrected Proofs - The Craziness That Sometimes Comes From Peterborough Politics
- A BCer in Toronto - Why?
Party Leaders and their Facebook Supporters for February 22, 2008: Source: Infoscape Research Lab and Facebook.com
Youtube
Stephen Harper
| Title | Upload Date | Views Last Week | Source | Tone |
| President Bush Amused at "Comical" North American Union Talk | September 7, 2007 | 1369 | Unknown | Neutral |
| Stephen Harper brings US style media control to Canada | February 13, 2007 | 1061 | Unknown | Negative |
| Stephen Harper On Corner Gas | March 17, 2007 | 672 | Unknown | Positive |
| Rick Mercer Report : Harper Home Pregnancy Test | March 28, 2007 | 621 | Unknown | Negative |
| Stephen Harper taken out of context | August 5, 2006 | 434 | Blogger Network | Positive |
Stephane Dion
| Title | Upload Date | Views Last Week | Source | Tone |
| Cold Open -- Stephane Dion vs Stephen Harper | January 24, 2008 | 964 | Media | Positive |
| Liberal Ship is sinking | April 13, 2007 | 422 | Unkonw | Negative |
| Video Smackdown - December 12th, 2006 | December 12, 2006 | 292 | Blogger Network | Negative |
| Not A Leader | January 29, 2007 | 251 | Conservative Party | Negative |
| Stephane Dion mocks Stephen Harper's weight | January 31, 2007 | 233 | Unkown | Negative |
Jack Layton
| Title | Upload Date | Views Last Week | Source | Tone |
| Jack Layton Slip ( Big Ass ) | December 4, 2006 | 778 | Unknown | Negative |
| Jack Layton and the Gift-Concert of Handel's Messiah | December 14, 2006 | 285 | Unknown | Positive |
| Olivia Chow's Green House Tour | November 24, 2006 | 173 | NDP | Positive |
| Jack Layton (NDP) OWNS The Canadian House of Commons | October 17, 2007 | 137 | Vlogger | Positive |
| Jack Layton in Question Period | April 26, 2007 | 110 | Media | Positive |
Elizabeth May Green
| Title | Upload Date | Views Last Week | Source | Tone |
| Michelle's One Plant Rant Constitutional Cannabis Vol.2 | November 23, 2007 | 388 | Vlogger | Positive |
| Canada and climate change at the 2007 G-8 meeting | June 14, 2007 | 97 | Unknown | Neutral |
| Green Party leader Elizabeth May challenges Peter McKay | March 18, 2007 | 72 | Unknown | Neutral |
| Green - Liberal Alliance in Central Nova | April 15, 2007 | 62 | Unknown | Neutral |
| Elizabeth May Profile | February 14, 2007 | 53 | Vlogger | Positive |
Gilles Duceppe
| Title | Upload Date | Views Last Week | Source | Tone |
| The day Jean Chretien snapped | December 23, 2006 | 376 | Vlogger | Positive |
| Free Energy Devices for after the Earth Polarity Shift | January 8, 2008 | 100 | Unknown | Neutral |
| Diplomatie : Maxime Bernier ne se rend pas compte... | February 7, 2008 | 71 | Bloc Quebecois | Positive |
| Laflaque - Qui est-ce que c'est que c'est que vous pensez ? | July 26, 2007 | 70 | Vlogger | Neutral |
| Le français, langue de travail au Québec | October 24, 2007 | 50 | Bloc Quebecois | Positive |
Tag Cloud For Total Discussion in Partisan Blogosphere
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