2008 In Review

I’ve been reviewing what Windypundit was all about this year, and it turns out 2007 was the year in which

• I made a fearless election prediction.
• John Dvorak and I found common ground.
• I introduced you to the swell guys on the Lima SWAT team.
• I piled on Ron Paul, and then again, and then one last time.
• I pondered the market failures in 22-inch wiper blades and Dulce de Leche ice cream.
• I explained why preventing deep linking is stupid and wrong.
• I designed the FEAR card.
• A guy running for office gave me an interview.
• I endorsed Barack Obama…for Governor of Illinois.
• I tried to find a polling place.
• Despite the stiff competition from Florida, Chicago showed that it could still screw up an election.
• I relived the thrills of rear wheel drive in winter.
• I explained how to pick a wife.
• Steven Spielberg and I had something in common.
• My wife and I bought a new car.
• I explained a crucial distinction in internet technology.
• I gave Ken Lammers a tag line.
• Playmobil released this charming toy.
• I explained why we shouldn’t ignore prisoners.
• I explained why I love economics.
• It was okay for some people to look at naked 13-year-old girls.
• Chicago launched its war on tiny little baggies.
• The game was the game.
• I explained what it means when the Governor of New York is “linked” to a prostitution ring.
• The FBI raided people for clicking on the wrong links.
• I explained how I’d been wrong about Iraq in a post that was itself kind of wrong about Iraq.
• I clarified my position on jury nullification.
• Senator Mike Gravel. Helter Skelter. It is what it is.
• All was not actually revealed. (If you click on only one link, make it this one.)
• I found out “Slit Skirts” wasn’t as cheerful as is it sounds.
• I tried to pump up my search rankings, but you all didn’t do your part.
• I told the truth about elevators.
• I explained to Kip why some people claim to like competition but hate the free market.
• Police pretending not to be police claimed that Sean Bell should have known they were police.
• I made all the pictures bigger.
• I discovered Photoshop Disasters.
• I planned to entertain the little people in my media empire.
• I rated the RAV4 at 5,000 miles.
• I partied with Radley Balko.
• I finally wrote about the most evil law of all.
• Kip explained about the gay whales.
• The Chicago defense bar woke up to the blogosphere.
• I finally tried cleaning my camera’s sensor.
• I felt people don’t suck.
• The Chicago police demonstrated their crimefighting skills.
• The El Camino police demonstrated their fabulous educational skills.
• I explained Gayvolution.
• I explained that not all sodomy is buttsex.
• People tried to convince me that it’s okay for the police to shoot babies.
• I discovered a very weird Trek mashup.
• I dabbled in video blogging. (If you click on a 1000 links, you can still skip this one.)
• A moron responded to my slam of the El Camino police.
• A typical libertarian ran for Senator in Kentucky.
• The Supreme Court gave gun owners a pat on the head and a scratch behind the ears.
• I reviewed a pretty good book about cross-examination.
• Radley Balko trashed my home town.
• I posted a driving video.
• I took pictures of fireworks.
• Norm split.
• A court misunderstood statistical sampling.
• I set myself up for a tragic movie disappointment.
• I did my third and so-far-final videoblog about the heartbreak of owning an SUV last summer.
• Barry Cooper released another DVD.
• Georgia State Troopers smelled good.
• I revealed my criminal past.
• I explained the personal pain that gay marriage has cost me.
• I looked into some of the math behind DNA matching.
• I took a few nice photos of Powers Lake, Wisconsin.
• I took a few nice photos of Jennifer.
• The Lima drug raid got uglier.
• and I explained why.
• Rob Gillies wrote one of the best news ledes ever.
• Cops got the right to break your stuff.
• The TSA continued their fine work.
• I set myself up for another tragic movie disappointment.
• A took the Maya Angelou personality test.
• Rob Nesvacil almost kinda sorta blamed right-wing pundits for an assination plot against Barack Obama.
• I said I’d do more healthcare blogging…and maybe I will someday.
• There was no rain.
• The interweb did what it does best.
• Richland County gave its cops some weapons of war.
• The USDA made it illegal to test for Mad Cow disease.
• My blog got a visit from a Hollywood producer.
• I had some questions about teen sex.
• Mark Bennett had some bad weather.
• I was awakend by a knock in the night.
• The State of California made a liar out of me.
• I asked the government for my share of the bailout.
• Knight Rider sucked.
• Clay Aiken made a shocking revelation.
• Joel Rosenberg cost me some money.
• PR6!
• I May Have Underestimated the Badness of Our Economy
• Once again, the government forces people to watch pornography.
• I come out in defense of prurient interests.
• Paul Krugman won a Nobel prize
• I had a vision of our economic future.
• I defended indecision.
• I retouched Sarah Palin.
• Rick and Brittany got married.
• I had the natural response to James Carville.
• I explained the link between legal blogging and science fiction.
• I proposed a new multi-author blog.
• We did something we can be proud of.
• Red State went crazy.
• I started my series on Obama Derangement Syndrome.
• I took on some help.
• We gave $700 billion to a guy that didn’t know what he was doing.
• I posted my three-part defense of prostitutes and their customers.
• Privacy theives invaded the D.C. subway.
• I explained why subway searches aren’t exactly a big win in the War On Terror.
• I lamented the rise of the prison industrial complex.
• I responded to some criticism of my prostitution posts.
• I explained my solution to the auto industry crisis.
• My out-of-town co-blogger tried to get me in trouble with the local police.
• Congress stole Christmas.

Happy New Year.