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Billmon is the pseudonym of a left-wing political blogger who ran the website Whiskey Bar ("Free Thinking in a Dirty Glass"). He was an influential voice in the leftwing political blogosphere, and retired from blogging at the end of 2006, though in summer 2008 he began posting diaries on Daily Kos. Before he created that website, he was a commenter and guest poster on Daily Kos.

This page only contains information about Billmon's blog writing on Daily Kos; for additional information on his writing see the main Billmon page.

Contents 1 Front Page Posts 2 List of Post Links 2.1 January 2003 2.2 February 2003 2.3 March 2003 2.4 April 2003 3 Original Source

Front Page Posts

In the second post on January 3, 2003, Billmon was designated by kos as one of two guest posters for the next two weeks, along with Steve Soto, while Markos was busy with work and other projects. Billmon did two posts that first day, Steve Soto joining him on January 4.

That first guest blogging stint lasted through January 16. Billmon had three more stretches of guest blogging, from February 28 through March 2 and again on March 8, both solo turns, plus a long weekend starting on April 3 with new guest poster Steve Gilliard. His final front-page post was on April 7, 2003, with Markos just back; as a postscript, Billmon noted that the Whiskey Bar (his new blog) was just opening to customers.

It should be mentioned that Markos had previously front-paged a comment by billmon on December 19, 2002: Committee chairs may want to keep Lott around had a title and introduction by kos, but the text is billmon's full comment from this thread.

Billmon initially signed his posts "Billmon", with an upper-case "B", and his comments, which had been signed "billmon" with a lower-case "b", became capitalized. When he returned in February and March, his capitalization was no longer regular in either posts or comments, though more likely to be capitalized in comments.

List of Post Links

When Billmon started posting at Daily Kos, the blog was using Movable Type software. Markos was the sole blogger, and comment threads popped up in a separate window. The Movable Type site has subsequently been archived at DailyKos.net, and all links are to that archive.

In the archive, direct links can only be made to individual front-page posts, and to the entire comment threads of those posts. Billmon stopped posting over six months before the changeover from Movable Type to Scoop software—though he did continue writing comments afterwards—so all of his front page posts are in the archive.

January 2003

Friday, January 3, 2003

• The Shape of Things to Come also had [10 of 63 comments] by billmon.
• Whole Lott a Trouble? has no comments by billmon in the 21 posted.

Sunday, January 5, 2003

• Ring of Truth? also has 3 of 41 comments by Billmon

Monday, January 6, 2003

• The Forrest Gump Economy also has 4 of 18 comments by Billmon

Tuesday, January 7, 2003

• Fun With Numbers also has 7 of 34 comments by Billmon
• Leaves of Grass has no comments by Billmon in the 4 posted.
• Stop Press: Dog Bites Man also has 9 of 103 comments by Billmon
• Cattle Call Plus has no comments by Billmon in the 60 posted.

Wednesday, January 8, 2003

• Life Imitates Art? also has 2 of 20 comments (one unsigned) by Billmon
• Sharongate also has 7 of 34 comments by Billmon
• A Very Fine Whine also has 4 of 18 comments by Billmon
• White Supremacist (Not Trent Lott) Arrested also has 11 of 47 comments by Billmon

Thursday, January 9, 2003

• Billmon's unsigned Bush: Kennedy is "Fabulous" also has 1 of 11 comments by Billmon
• Billmon's unsigned Cattle Call Update also has 5 of 37 comments by Billmon

Friday, January 10, 2003

• Back Despite Popular Demand also has 3 of 27 comments by Billmon
• Give My Regrets also has 2 of 10 comments by Billmon
• Pick a Number, Any Number—NATO Allies Willing to Attack Iraq Without UN, Wolfowitz Says has no comments by Billmon in the 30 posted.
• Grasping at Straw Polls also has 2 of 27 comments by Billmon
• Eatin' Words also has 2 of 23 comments by Billmon

Saturday, January 11, 2003

• Why Not Try Soylent Green? also has 2 of 5 comments by Billmon
• The world's oldest profession—President's Public Mood Turns Cheerless also has 5 of 20 comments by Billmon
• Strategery also has 10 of 64 comments by Billmon
• Gotta Get Up Pretty Damn Early in the Morning to Fool Dick Cheney also has 1 of 9 comments by Billmon
• An unsigned Delusions of Grandeur also has 1 of 5 comments by Billmon
• And the Most Predictable Headline of the Year Award Goes to . . . also has 1 of 12 comments by Billmon

Sunday, January 12, 2003

• Graham's In also has 6 of 101 comments by Billmon
• Frum the Horse's Mouth also has 2 of 19 comments by Billmon
• Dark Side of the Moon has no comments by Billmon in the 26 posted.
• An unsigned How Do You Like Me Now? has no comments by Billmon in the 6 posted.
• An unsigned Term Limits? Those Are For the Little People has 3 of 29 comments by Billmon

Monday, January 13, 2003

• Return of the Living Dead also has 4 of 25 comments by Billmon
• Gimme That Old Time Religion also has 12 of 61 comments (one unsigned; look for mention of Mrs. Billmon) by Billmon
• An unsigned Did Somebody Turn Off Bill Schneider's Life Support? also has 2 of 19 comments by Billmon
• Downhill From Here? also has 2 of 50 comments by Billmon
• Just Say HMO also has 2 of 17 comments by Billmon
• Dividends Revisited also has 3 of 30 comments by Billmon

Tuesday, January 14, 2003

• Cooking Up a Storm? also has 4 of 64 comments by Billmon
• An unsigned Information Please also has 2 of 12 comments by Billmon
• The Tipping Point also has 1 of 17 comments by Billmon
• The Guns of February also has 3 of 24 comments by Billmon
• Bold (Billmon's, though signed "Boldmon") also has 3 of 15 comments by Billmon

Thursday, January 16, 2003

• Lean Mean Dean Machine? also has 1 of 36 comments by Billmon
• Good News also has 1 of 22 comments by Billmon

February 2003

Friday, February 28, 2003

• Return of the living dead also has 2 of 12 comments by Billmon.
• Out of Africa also has 1 of 26 comments by Billmon.
• Raising Hamas also has 3 of 24 comments by billmon.
• Spam in a Jam also has 4 of 16 comments by Billmon.
• Hail to the Thief has no comments by Billmon in the 15 posted.

March 2003

Saturday, March 1, 2003

• Takes One to Know One also has 2 of 51 comments by Billmon.
• South of the Border has no comments by billmon in the 22 posted.
• Pressed Turkey also has 2 of 38 comments by billmon.
• Turkish Taffy has no comments by billmon in the 28 posted.
• The Clinton Factor also has 1 of 22 comments by Billmon.
• The Sound of Silence also has 1 of 20 comments by Billmon.
• Do These Men Work for the Same Government? has no comments by billmon in the 25 posted.
• The Big Fish also has 2 of 39 comments by Billmon.

Sunday, March 2, 2003

• Snake Eyes also has 2 of 96 comments by Billmon.
• Please Speak Clearly into the Lamp also has 1 of 51 comments by Billmon.
• No Means No also has 1 of 13 comments by Billmon.
• No Means Yes has no comments by billmon in the 19 posted.
• Baghdad Rules also has 1 of 27 comments by Billmon.
• What Next? also has 1 of 35 comments by Billmon.
• Over and Out has no comments by billmon in the 11 posted.

Saturday, March 8, 2003

• Scenes from the Next War also has 1 of 34 comments by Billmon.
• Good Old Boys also has 1 of 34 comments by Billmon.
• Back to Korea has no comments by billmon in the 26 posted.

Tuesday, March 25, 2003

• What the Experts Are Saying also has 17 of 265 comments by Billmon.

Wednesday, March 26, 2003

• More From Officer X also has 14 of 156 comments by Billmon.

Monday, March 31, 2003

• "A Lack of Character" also has 5 of 128 comments by Billmon.

April 2003

Thursday, April 3, 2003

• Fog of War? Or Fog of Lies? also has 1 of 46 comments by Billmon.
• Lies, Damned Lies and the Office of Strategic Influence has no comments by Billmon in the 26 posted.
• The Holistic Shooting Match also has 1 of 15 comments by Billmon.

Friday, April 4, 2003

• Scenes From the Burma Railway also has 9 of 172 comments by Billmon.
• Zinni for President? also has 2 of 43 comments by Billmon.
• Defining Victory Down has no comments by Billmon in the 26 posted.

Saturday, April 5, 2003

• What the War is NOT About also has 1 of 27 comments by Billmon.
• Our Man in Baghdad also has 3 of 24 comments by Billmon.
• Weapons of Mass Destruction? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Weapons of Mass Destruction! also has 3 of 134 comments by Billmon.

Sunday, April 6, 2003

• The Open Thread is unsigned, but kos wasn't yet back, and Billmon has no comments in it, though Steve Gilliard does. Which of them would say "But PLEASE don't feed the trolls . . ."?
• Science Experiment has no comments by Billmon in the 84 posted.

Monday, April 7, 2003

• Last Words has no comments from billmon in the 27 posted.

Original Source

This page is based on data published in Top Comments: Billmon on Daily Kos, part 2, written by sardonyx, and published on April 23, 2008. Some additional information has been taken from Top Comments: Billmon on Daily Kos, part 1, written by sardonyx, and published on April 18, 2008.

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