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China Law Blog: Will Beg For Your Vote

By Dan Harris on Posted in Good People

One of the things I cannot stand about public television and public radio here in the U.S. is how they constantly beg for money. Well I am proud to announce we are not doing that.
We are instead begging for your vote and your endorsement.
The ABA (American Bar Association) Journal editors have once again chosen us as one of the top 100 law blogs and then thrown the final decision on best blog in each category out to the public. We have won this competition every year, thanks in large measure to you, dear readers, and we so so much want to win it again this year.
So please go here and vote for China Law Blog and if you have a blog or any other forum and you think we are worthy, please let the world know. If we can get just 1% of the people in China to vote for us….

  • Eric T.

    Begging is so pathetic.
    C’mon, fess up, you won last year because the same people voted over and over and over again.
    There, don’t you feel better now?

  • http://adamdanielmezei.com Adam Daniel Mezei

    You got my vote!

  • Jeff

    Of course you can beg for my vote. Just don’t grovel, as I lived on Grove, not you.

  • Matthew Callis

    Well if I give NPR money the least I can do is vote for your blog. Well done.

  • http://wdbox2003.typepad.com/yishilaoshanyang/ W.D. Box

    You have taken begging to an all time high. Got a nose bleed yet?
    How can one refuse your entreaties?
    Now I have to vote for you.

  • Handan

    Well, given that the popularity and status of this blog (and in turn your firm) partly translates into business, I don’t see how begging for a vote is not begging for money. Just not my money. (Got it? Revise that first sentence and you’re water tight, logically, at least.)
    After spitting this out, I now am going to happily vote for CLB.

  • maoyuan

    full content rss feeds gone, so the vote gone.

  • http://www.chinalawblog.com Dan

    Eric T.,
    Let the record reflect that CLB defeated you last year in what was deemed a transparent, open, and fair election.

  • http://www.chinalawblog.com Dan

    ADM,
    Thank you. Much appreciated. I hereby appoint you campaign manager for Eastern Europe.

  • http://www.chinalawblog.com Dan

    Jeff,
    Yes Jeff, you lived in the big house on Grove and I in the smaller house on Clarendon, but more importantly, and on this our entire neighborhood would agree [Jeff and I grew up together in Kalamazoo, MI, and have been friends since we were about 4 years old] that your funky little sorry ass running hook shot was a disgrace and I will never forget the times I would block it so bad that the ball would go onto the roof!

  • http://www.chinalawblog.com Dan

    Matthew,
    You are a man of tremendous class and grace and I hereby appoint you in charge of bringing out the vote from that same ilk.

  • http://www.chinalawblog.com Dan

    Mr. Box,
    I will do what works and since it got your vote, I am satisfied. Thanks.

  • http://www.chinalawblog.com Dan

    Handan,
    Thanks for your vote. Your logic is interesting, maybe even accurate. But this is an election, so I am throwing away logic and focusing on emotion and I can state that your vote for me will make your life and that of your kids and their kids better.

  • http://www.medivisas.com/ uk visa

    Isn’t just 1% of China being too conservative :)

  • http://www.chinalawblog.com Dan

    uk visa,
    Yes, seeking 1% of China is on the conservative side, but I picked that for the following reasons:
    1. That percentage has some history. Shirts, I believe.
    2. We lawyers are naturally conservative.
    3. I didn’t want to appear arrogant.
    4. My competition is a bunch of blogs from Texas, California, Delaware, South Florida, and New York City. Even if I were to assume each of them were to get every single vote possible from their home state/regions, my 1% from China would still bury them. So really no need for more than that and when I get it, I will shut down the campaign.

  • http://www.chinalawblog.com Dan

    Maoyuan,
    I did not realize we were no longer dishing out the full posts on our RSS feeds and I have changed things back so that we are now doing so again. I believe we are now pushing out the full post in the RSS feed, which is absolutely what I would like to do, particularly as about half our readers are in China and we know what can happen there on the net.
    So will this get your vote?

  • Maoyuan

    Hi, Dan
    Thank you for the explanation. In this case, you get my vote. And another couple of votes from my buddies.

  • scottinapac

    I’ll vote twice.