A while back the Albany Times Union started up a so-called “Tea Party” blog. Initially, it was at least partially stocked with actual Tea Party bloggers. Well, actually just two. That was, however, at least more than they have at the end. Which was none.

That is, unless you count Bill Claydon (see DailySok “Where’s Billdo”), renowned producer of graphic fetus videos and piston-like comment-replier (a “jump-the-shark” tactic Bill uses to bait the Lefties and artificially pump up his comment counts by providing near-concierge-level replies to every actual reader-submitted comment; effectively doubling the comment count).
Here’s Bill (or “Billdo”, a nickname he earned due to his non-appearance in any Albany Tea Party events prior to his TU blog career, like the famous “Waldo”).



Mike Huber, or Mike “Hubris”, as many of the current TU News bloggers and journalists call him behind his back, self-styled “Blog Czar” and “Interactive Audience Manager” had this to say on 10 November 2010 in his little blog:

Background: We launched the Tea Party blog in June with four women and three men, all local and all agreeabeseven bloggers. I removed two bloggers in early September, after one posted a gruesome photo in violation of our terms of service. The second blogger was removed because, after a lengthy email correspondence, we decided it was best to end his association with timesunion.com blogs. We frown on bloggers using our online space to test the limits of common decency.

At the time, the remaining TP bloggers and I were unsure whether to continue with the blog. They’re busy people. They volunteer to write this blog, and now their names were unfairly tainted because of the actions of their co-bloggers. Who needs the aggravation? Ultimately, we met and talked things over and they collectively decided to continue. Good thing. Otherwise, the terrorists win.

Wow, did he just say “Otherwise, the terrorists win.“? Hey Mike, I think the Terrorists “won” when they became part of the Times Union Green Blog.

Jeff Jones
Jeff Jones has been an environmental lobbyist around the Capitol for more than 15 years. He represents the Natural Resources Defense Council, Land Trust Alliance, and New Partners for Community Revitalization. He also directs the New York State Apollo Alliance, a coalition supporting green jobs in an emerging clean energy economy.

Wow, this sanitized version of “Green” Jeff Jones is a far cry from his salad days as an Actual-Terrorist and fugitive and member of the Weather Underground. Yep, the TU Green Blogger is that Jeff Jones.

And now he blogs for Mike Huber.

What a joke.

For anyone who doesn’t know the back story, as the 2010 Elections heated up, Mike Huber took to logging into the TU “Tea Party” blog and deleting comments and forbidding content that he didn’t like.
Here’s a related snippet from the Metroland coverage:

Well, the Times Union likes the Tea Party blog when it generates tens-of-thousands of page views and drives the click-ad revenue through the roof.

But they only like it when it is the sanitized and familiar view of the Tea party. Like the FBI version of the border. A nice, thick blanket over the body. Little folding numbers. You know – “we love guns” and “we hate commies” and “Progressives suck” and “we love God” and all that standard fare the far-left commenters churn on.

But when it gets too edgy, or ruffles some feathers, they start to cringe and censor. The Staff at the Times Union recently challenged the TU Tea Party bloggers to answer the question: “Is the Tea Party nothing more than a shill for the Republican Party?”, after a mind-numbingly repetitive series of Republican candidate-centric articles by a TU Tea Party blogger who doubles as a Tea Party Co-Organizer (at least since he became a TU blogger anyway). But, more recently, the TU Staff prohibited any content or material related to the Albany Tea Party / Capital District Tea Party Leader.

Read the whole thing here.

Mike Huber also logged in and deleted comments that a savvy (former) TU “Tea Party” blog reader posted detailing an internet search that he had conducted that “outed” a chronic TU commenter, “nick c” (or google site:timesunion.com “nick c” to see how your tax dollars are spent), that turned out to be an on-the-clock stateworker, posting blog comments all day day long from his cushy state job at DMV. No wonder Carl Paladino was “mad as hell”…hehe…

Anyways, for the record, I guest-posted (and also for the record – completely without Valerie’s prior knowledge) an edgy piece with an after-action picture of some Mexican Drug Cartel shootout carnage. Mike Huber (aka Mike Hubris) fired Valerie and Kevin, the only 2 TU bloggers that were actually even remotely associated with the Albany-Area Tea Party movement.

The Times Union’s loss. The DailySok’s gain. We got two grassroots activists and terrific bloggers, and neither is a paid National Republican Congressional Committee employee, or spouse thereof.

And Mike Huber got the “DailyBill”.

And Fonzy on water skis.

For anyone not familiar with Mike Huber, Tu Blog Czar – see below (WARNING NSFW – This is a funny claymation depicting Mike Huber’s head being evacuated from a dog’s rectum).

For the record, I’d rather be a Huber-labeled Terrorist, than an asshole like you, Mike.

Blog on, dude!