1. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Consider yourself flattered and, if you believed that your insights are valuable, be grateful that they have reached a wider audience.
2. Write up some opinion pieces and start peddling them to independent publications, local newspapers, etc. Perhaps you will be the next big pundit.
Joanna
Jim Farmelant wrote:
>On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 19:18:47 -0700 joanna <123hop at comcast.net> writes:
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>>You're kidding, right?
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>>Caligula's appointing his horse is a historical cliche, often
>>trotted
>>out on the occasion of certain kinds of appts -- like Bush and
>>Miers.
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>True, but I invoked this cliche first. It's sort of like
>after Hurricane Katrina when I wrote a post here,
>titled, "Where's Dick Cheney?" asking where
>the vaunted VP was during the whole debacle
>that followed that storm. Sure enough within
>a couple of days, Derrick Jackson in the Boston
>Globe wrote a column bearing the same title,
>asking the same question.
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>>Joanna
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>>Jim Farmelant wrote:
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>>>On Thu, 6 Oct 2005 16:08:25 -0400 Jim Farmelant
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>><farmelantj at juno.com>
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>>>writes:
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>>>Once again, I have had an idea expressed on this list that
>>>has been ripped off by a prominent columnist, this
>>>time, Maureen Dowd, in today's piece, "The Trouble
>>>with Harry," on Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers.
>>>I made a comparison between that nomination and
>>>Caligua's naming of his horse Incitatus for the office
>>>of consul. Sure enough, Ms. Dowd in today's
>>>column, in the print version (but not the online version
>>>of the column), there is a subheading which
>>>asks, "Who's the next appointee, Caligua's
>>>horse?"
>>>
>>>Jim F.
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>>>>Well, Bush seems to following in the footsteps of
>>>>Caligua who was said to have named his horse,Incitatus, consul.
>>>>Perhaps, he will similarly come to a bad end.
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>>>>>Chuck
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