The Conservative Cat

Conspicuously missing from Ms. Finke's article is any mention of the traffic coming in to The Huffington Post or the business model, other than the fact that Arianna expects a lot of traffic and considers the blog a good investment.

The reason for the omission is that The Huffington Post is less than 24 hours old, and there's no sign of advertising anywhere, even something as useless as a blocked popup. We have no facts on which to base an analysis of the blog's potential for success.

So, we have a review of a new blog conducted with no data except some hearsay about how it might have been better if David Geffen had signed on as a writer. (That makes no sense to me. After all, David Geffen is a producer, not a cat.)

I think the problem is that humans are too anxious to know the future. You cover yourselves with public opinion polls and market research and mindless superstitions because it's so much better to KNOW how it's going to turn out instead of guessing. Why watch Veronica Mars if it's going to be cancelled before you find out who killed Lilly Kane? Why read through Arianna Huffington's blog if it's going to flame out in the first week? Why bother to build a hardened-concrete survival shelter under your basement if you know John Kerry is going to lose?

See, I'm the same way. I want to know what's going to happen. I just don't like to talk about it until all the votes are in. It's harder to pass yourself off as a superior life form when you keep counting your chickens before the eggs are laid.

Respectfully submitted,

Ferdinand T. Cat