Tracking Blog Posts

I just added a few links to sites devoted to tracking the posts that populate the blogosphere.

A couple of years ago there was a mention about Feedster at and article about blogging at Time Magazine. The truth is, I was not impressed by that site back then, and the truth, they have not improved greatly.

But there is a couple of newer ones that really deliver the goodies.

A prime example is Technorati.

But the one I really like is Blog Pulse, thanks to them I have been able to find out about what people is talking about in regards of the main topic at this blog, which is Euskal Herria, the Basque people.

To see for yourself what I am talking about, check out this recent posts:

The Rain in Spain... by EU Referendum/

But, most of all, there is ETA. Though they were not responsible for last year’s Madrid bombs, they have not gone away. Until now, the Spanish governments, supported by the majority of the population, including the majority of the Basque population, have refused to negotiate with the terrorists, thus distinguishing themselves from the far more craven behaviour of the British governments.

Certain reforms that would satisfy the democratic Basque nationalists have been put through and, just as with the IRA, there are indications that, although ETA has not stopped its bombings and other attacks, militarily it has been growing weaker.

A Genealogy Center at Taxpayer's Expense by Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter/

(The Basques are the people who inhabit an area in the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain around the western edge of the Pyrenees on the coast of the Bay of Biscay. Early Basques were adventurous sailors, and Basque descendants are found in many areas of the world. Basque settlements are found in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, and communities in Idaho, eastern Nevada, and throughout California.)

To be sure, Basques should be able to study their family trees and learn about their heritage in the same manner as all other ethnic groups. But is it appropriate to spend a quarter million dollars of taxpayers' money for this? If so, how about doing the same for Irish, German, English, Italian, Swedish, Lithuanian, African-American, Hispanic, French-Canadian, Cambodian, Portuguese, and other ethnic groups?

I need to leave comments at each and everyone of these posts.

And the ones to come.

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