We used to post interesting complaints from time to time, but the onslaught has been overwhelming. It's time for some praise, for relief. "We get letters..." as Mad Magazine used to say:
"A very hip blog, but not enough Buddhism." Allen Ginsberg
"I check it frequently." Thomas Brewton at View from 1776
"Maggie's is my favorite blog." G.K. Chesterton
"Les Aubes sont navrantes!" Arthur Rimbaud
"Maggie's Farm is a daily Ivy League education - and no exams." George W. Bush
"There is always a surprise on Maggie's Farm." Rocky Raccoon
"I envy your IQs." Albert Einstein
"Nice blog, but yo - where the cheesecake at?" Bill Clinton
"Eclectic but confusing. What are you all about, and why do you bother?" SL in Indianapolis
"This is your third and final notice. Your electric bill is past due." New England Light and Power
"You waste too much time with it, and you shouldn't have to edit everything - but I do enjoy reading Maggie's sometimes." My first wife
"What is a "blog"?" MR in Covington, KY
"I agree with you 100%" Rick Moran at RingWingNutHouse
"A very fine, refined, and unpredictable poetry selection. Love it." T.S. Eliot
"A bit centrist for my taste, but the blog opens my mind." Markos Jones ("Mr. Jones") at Daily Kos
"An essential once-a-year read." TC in Toronto
"An exemplar of the true American spirit." George Washington
"You are cybersluts who would sell your souls for a reader." JT, CIO, Interplanetary Industries, Ltd.
"You sure do know your tractors and your hotdish." Johan Johanssen in Minnesota
"Good Injun braves. Heap big hunters. Only blog in casino." Chief Sitting Bull
"Excellent New England bog, I mean brog, I mean - hey, pal, that's my drink!" Ted Kennedy
"Maggie's Farm has true grit." John Wayne
"Maggie's Farm 'gets it'." Frederick Hayek
"Most misunderappreciated politically centrist, intelligent, and groovy website in the Milky Way." Powerpine
"We put Maggie's on our blogroll, but it was like 'pity sex'." Balloon Juice
"You will be the first to die, filthy counter-revolutionary pigs." Lenin
"You will be next to die, filthy infidel pigs." Omar Muhammed el Rashid al Ramal, in London
"A bunch of f***ing goddam fascist counter-revolutionary pigs who I will have lined up and shot, you f***ing c***suckers." Hillary Clinton
"Maggie's makes me feel square and old-fashioned." Sigmund Freud
"A deep understanding of the challenges facing Western Civilization." Lionel Trilling
"The blog that knows the blues." Sonny Boy Williamson
"The blog that knows the Constitution." James Madison
" .............................. ." Instapundit
"Maggie's Farm has raised my ticket sales by getting my name out, so hurry and place your ads here now!" William Shakespeare
"I ain't gonna work on Maggie's Farm no more." Bob Dylan
"Hey - that photo is the farmhouse I grew up in." David Burge, my hero, at IowaHawk
"Hey Bird Dog - I just stubbed my toe on the Spanish Steps. Owww. Ouchie." Ezra Pound
"Excellent taste in whine." Robert Parker (Parker rating for the 2006 Maggie's Farm: "32. Corked, overly-sweet, too much gunpowder, aftertastes of liver, diver duck and old owl. Past its prime, worn-out even though it was never any good. Drink now if a desperate alcoholic, or, if not, put down the drain immediately.")
"You lean a bit left, but you are otherwise quite likeable." John Ashcroft
"My sixth or seventh...or maybe eighth... I dunno... favorite blog." His Royal Highness Roger De Hauteville, King of Sicily (brevetted)
"If you were in Europe, you'd be in jail where you belong, writing your memoirs on fine French toilet paper." Jacques Chirac
"Les oiseaux - fantastique!" John J. Audubon
"God bless you all at Margie's Kitchen for your good work. I'd like to offer to name your Connecticut contributors 'Honorary Democrats.' Would that be something they might like? There would be a photo with Nancy Pelosi." Joe Lieberman
"Your blog is a good example of why we need to limit political speech in America. Free speech is one thing, but you make it clear why we need limits. Even roads have speed limits. Not everything needs to be said." John McCain
"What is all this hideous right-wing nonsense? Do you all really mean all this?" My sister in MA
"Hey Bird Dog, get away from my quail." Elvis Presley
Image: A 1950 Farmall Model C
You know it's there, but you just can't find it, like wasting ten minutes looking for a great (in your memory) 2 year-old post - it's in there somewhere, but where? And filed under what category?Department of Complaints Department Department: Praise for M
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