Because I'm Irritated

UPDATE (08-10-05 11:49:00 CDT): It took Captain Ed about five minutes to post a gracious response. I am officially chastised for making him the target of misplaced aggression.

I'd normally not do this to a blogger that I like, but Captain Ed's post today about Air America has me a little steamed. Nothing wrong with the content of the post, you understand, except that it's about 11 days old, and I get no credit for having trumpeted this fact around the blogosphere already. Follow the dots.

Exhibit A: 11 days ago, the day after this story broke in a major way, I posited that Piquant LLC was the same people as Progress Media, minus Cohen and Rosen

Exhibit B: 4 days later, I re-emphasize the point.

Exhibit C: Michelle Malkin picks up my second post on this matter and frontpages it. In particular, she quotes this entire paragraph:

What I can't seem to get over is how everyone seems to treat Piquant LLC as a company that had nothing whatsoever to do with Progress Media and its doings, when in fact Piquant LLC is composed of the same people that made up Progress Media. It is certainly possible that Cohen and Rosen kept some of their fellow investors in the dark about this Gloria Wise deal, but given that Piquant LLC was primarily formed to dodge the legitimate debts of Progress Media, I find it hard to muster much/any sympathy.

Michelle was also kind enough to mention and credit myself and Professor Bainbridge for this on Hugh Hewitt's radio program. Hugh and Brian Maloney also gave me complementary links on this information.

Exhibit D: Captain Ed references the very Michelle Malkin post above.

Now, it's entirely possible that this entire mess is due to oversight, or Ed completely missing me making this point all over the place, and suddenly discovering it himself today. Today, however, I'm grumpy for a variety of reasons, and so I'm taking a minute to vent.

I do want to say thanks to Michelle, Brian, Hugh, Mark Coffey, John Cole, and the numerous others who have expressed appreciation and linked my humble blog on this story. You've helped get my personal creation off the ground faster than I could have imagined. Thanks.

Comments

[Captain Ed]

Just caught your update -- I don't blame you for getting frustrated. I'm happy to update the record to point out your work. Just FYI, I did gather the info myself the hard way ... I wish I'd just seen it here and saved myself an hour or two. ;-)

[TC@LeatherPenguin]

This twist was out there for anyone paying attention back in Mya/June. The only difference in the two companies is Cohen, Sorenson and Walsh were bought out and the creditors got stiffed. Oh, and they changed their stationary.