First: A little update to the “Bernie’s blog ate my comment” story. Through some back-channels, odum over at Green Mountain Daily was able to alert Bernie’s blog staff that a comment was not posted. And lo and behold, my unremarkable comment has been posted. So, kudos to Bernie’s staff for making good on this, but it begs at least one question…

Instead of publicly whining about it like a sullen teen, I would much rather have sent an email to someone on the blog staff, but (at least within the short time I looked) I couldn’t find any contact information. And the names of the main blog posters are not linked to email addresses. (And for posterity’s sake, I was only whining for you, my fellow netrootsians).

Oh, and the question that was begged?

Why are the bloggers posting anonymously? Seems to kind of undercut the benefit of transparency that blogs can provide.

Second: I really wish members of the press (and not just of the mainstream variety) would stop using the short-hand phrase “Anti-War Democrats.” You hear it all the time and it plays right into the Republican plan to convince America that Democrats are soft on defense. If the press would just simply insert the all-important word “Iraq” to make the phrase “Anti-Iraq War Democrats,” it would be a far more accurate description. Check out this Google search for about 14,600 examples.

Third: I heard Cokie Roberts opine today on NPR that Bush’s approval ratings are so low just because of the poor progress of the Iraq War. Um, Cokie? Why don’t you take a look at just this one poll among many that detail the many other ways that Americans are dissatisfied with George W. Bush.

Fourth: Read Jean Rohe’s blog entries on Huffington Post about her New School commencement speech that took on John McCain — and the push-back that followed.

Fifth: 802 Online links to a good reader-driven interview with Dan Gillmor.

Sixth: Two news media observer blogs have started. Peter Daou gets busy with a Daou Report annex called The Grit which tags itself as “Quick hits on politics & media” (also the name of a Michael Stipe-owned natural foods restaurant in Athens, GA).

And Greg Sargent launched The Horse’s Mouth on May 14th but he just announced this morning that it will be hosted on the American Prospect site.

OK, maybe the title should say Seven Parts…

Here’s another long episode of Al Gore: Come-Back Kid from New York Magazine.