Rolling up "The Hill"
So I took the family down to the beach for a few days, leaving the computer and most of my other gizmos behind. Of course, that results in a zillion e-mails waiting for me this morning and the bar has been pretty high as far as getting my attention.
But one from Congressman Brad Miller made me laugh. It is basically an update to constituents following the the Iraq testimony last week, but had this biting bit of commentary:
"I also gave a video interview to The Hill, a publication devoted entirely to Congress and politics. The Hill hosts a blog on which they invite Members of Congress to post entries, which has resulted in some of the most tepid, uninteresting blogging known to man.
Dude, when a Congressman is ripping your blog for being boring, that's just wrong. At any rate, Miller goes on:
They posted portions of interviews with various Members as a "video log," or "vlog." Their question to me was what I would have asked General Petraues if I had gotten the chance."The question I would have asked was why his very optimistic forecasts of events in the past had proven so wrong.
For those who are interested, click here for Miller's take on things.
And no, Miller's not the only Triad area Congressman hitting the vlog scene.
Howard Coble put his take on Iraq out there as well.
Update: More video from the e-mail box: