Is That Legal?

I suppose it's possible she premasticated a bunch of posts. Yeah, that's the ticket.

I just don't get it. Why the charade?

In the words of William Shatner, "get a life, will ya?"

You must have an awful lot of time on your hands. Writers write, and Michelle is a great one, and prolific. She also has interesting topics to write about. . .you obviously don't.

You are serious? First of all who freakin' cares when or how she does her thing. The fact that you sit there and analyze the minutes is Pathetic. You've gotta be kidding. But even if it were a joke, it's a sad reflection on YOU and has nothing to do with her or her postings. Perhaps you should take up a hobby...collecting stamps, maybe? ha ha ha

What do YOU do one the plane? Sleep? I multitask including email, phone, write articles, blog. I don't see your point; other than you can't see other people may work harder and more efficiently than you.

Strive for fame by your own individual efforts and not by criticizing the efforts of others. I noticed that you don't find anything wrong in what she blogs. Jealousy must be at work here.

She's linked to you; methinks in this case she doth protest too much. She could have ignored your post, or she could have just called you a racist moonbat, like she normally would, but she didn't - maybe there's a reason why. I'd suggest an Orbitz search; I did a quick one, using BWI as the most logical airport for her to leave from, and it's POSSIBLE that she could do this, assuming a lot of things went right - that is, she took a one-stop flight that left both BWI and Chicago a few minutes late - but it seems unlikely.

It'd take some reporting, but you might be able to find her flight itinerary from the speech sponsors. Using that, you could find out whether her planes were in the air at the times she posted.

If Liberals worked as hard, with as much due dilligence and with as much conviction... They would not be the pithy, pathetic and contrarian lot they are these days.

Many writers write ahead for blog posts. Why you are makign this an issue suggests that some left leaning pontificators cannot attck her on anything resembling facts. Which is a compliment of sorts...

Wow. Dude, you need to get out more.

Thomas Friedman has a full-time researcher and fact checker. Is Michelle Malkin allowed one too?

[ELM: Of course she is! But she maintains she does all of this herself.]

Could you BE more obvious about the fact that you are obviously a male and incapable of multitasking? Wait...I think you took this to a new level when you demonstrated that you can't even comprehend multitasking....

From Maria, a lawyer, mom of two little ones,knitter,actor, chauffer, also the only one in the house who knows how to cook or do laundry and yet, I STILL found time to write to (you while supervising homework and starting dinner, of course). Or did someone else post this....

This is silly -- I hate Ms. Malkin as much as anyone but this attention to detail is just plain creepy. She posts like the rest of us. Whenever she feels like it from wherever she is at the time.

If law professors have nothing better to do than analyze the timing of blog entries, the current state of American jurisprudence is no big mystery.

Get a life.

Yeah, dood. If you get out and get a life, Malkin's bizarre behavior will all make sense ('specially if you buy a bag of methamphetamines while you're out).

ELM -- As a professor, you MUST have something better to do. Like, oh, say, proving that the French riots are Bush's fault.

The update to the 8:25 AM post proves what, exactly? She could have made the update shortly after the post, or at about the same time as the next (12:31) post. There is no time stamp on the update. You are assuming that it wasn't made at either end of the time gap, but it easily could have been. You're a law professor, and you're submitting this as proof? You should know better.

There is a 4 hour gap, more than enough time (even with thte update)for her flights. Especially when you consider that she could have posted while waiting to board (and it's quite likely that she did).

Keith Olbermann, is that you?! Watch out for the black helicopters!!

"Oh, and by the way, it's not remarkable that a person might write in a plane. It is, on the other hand, unusual that a person would post from inside a flying plane."

I'll go one step further.

One has to remember that not only does the physical writing take time, but so does the "research" that brings forth the impetus for the post. Michelle updates her posts with e-mails from readers and links to other blogs on the same topic, indicating that she is online quite a lot. If she's surfing and email-reading inside an airplane, why can't she just say so?

Jesus, you're an effin child.
But it was worth reading your stupid post just to watch you get your ass handed to you in the comments.
What a tool. Wanklings like you will stoop to get that smear in.

It's hard to multi-task when you are too busy analyzing someone else... all that effort wasted on the timestamps of someone's blog entries.

No chance whatsoever that she might have blogged offline and posted them when she got back online is there? Oh wait, that might be too obvious.. surely someone who you don't like has to be doing something devious.

This loser Muller is always trying to improve his web traffic by challenging Michelle Malkin and always getting stomped since he is a bore and desperately wants to be like instapundit which requires something he is lacking talent and a work ethic (that what university tenure does). Check Alexa.com web traffic ratings (Michelle 3,692 vs isthatlegal.dork 755,376) Sumibak ka na lang ng kalabasa!

I'm a conservative myself, but phoniness annoys me whomever is guilty of it. To believe that her husband got her interested in politics in college, only to become a stay-at-home Dad after they had kids, uh, strains credulity, let us say. But, once you've told a lie, you're stuck. Just ask John (Christmas in Cambodia) Kerry or Doris Kearns ("it was a long, long, long series of oversights") Goodwiwn.

According to The Truth Laid Bare's ecosystem...

Is That Legal - 1,248th

Michelle Malkin - 2nd

Sounds like somebody has a terminal case of the raging jealousies, Eric. (If that is your real name AND if you wrote that post...)

You are missing the point. She obviously isn't the author of her blog. She's really very unsmart. You all have seen this video, no? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JuTFtfmtEQ
She obviously can't think on her feet and her husband writes the stuff for her knowing she's more marketable. this is just further proof.

Looks like another f'ing bean counter with too much time on his hands...

Or is it just a case of green gilled jealousy? Either way, it's pathetic. My advice - quit blogging. You are no good at it..

Who gives a toss whether or not all the posts on her blog were actually written by her? What matters is that Michelle Malkin is a hero of common sense, truth and decency, and that her blog is fantastic. These petty and trivial attacks on her show that her critics are incapable of taking her on in debate on issues that matter, and thus have to resort to these puerile and irrelivant slurs. God bless you Michelle Malkin!

Actually there is a hole in there large enough for a plane ride. It just has to be a direct. Luckily Minneapolis is a hub for Northwest and has lots of direct flights. I suspect the timeline could have gone something like this.

There is a direct from Baltimore to MSP that leaves at 8:47 am (est) and arrives at 10:32 (cst). If it was 15-30 minutes late (which is fairly standard for NorthWorst) and she has a wireless account with a national carrier such as Verizon,it is entirely plausible possible for her to have made the 8:25 am post in BWI waiting to board the plane.

Say she touches down in MSP at 11(cst)(maybe earlier if the tower gave them a direct path), if she has no checked luggage, and a ride waiting for her from St. Thomas (which I would expect)it would take ~15-20 minutes to find the person and get to the car(less if she is at the front of the plane and comes in at a low number gate in G,E,or F concourse). If she immediately got into the car booted her laptop and hit the national wireless carrier there is no reason why she shouldn't be able to do the quick post at 11:30(cst)/12:30(EST).

Let me get this straight; a member of a profession well-known for producing (and reading) reams of mind-numbing prose is assuming that someone who produces a small fraction of that amount in a given time must have help?

You are a law prof. correct? Violent criminals deserve due process, the benefit of doubt, and being innocent until proven guilty, BUT Michelle Malkin already has a jury knocking at the door?

You posted at 2:16pm... shouldn't you be doing something productive related to your job... or does UNC pay you to track timestamps on Michelle's blog?

It seems highly likely that she could have:

- Posted 5:49 am and 6:05 am right before heading to the airport.
- Posted at 8:00 am and 8:25 am while waiting to board the plane
- Boarded and flew for the 2hr 45 min flight time.
(Sample Flight: Northwest Airlines Flight 557 – Departs Washington at 8:56 am EST, Arrives Minneapolis 11:40 am EST)
- And then 51 min later her now infamous 12:31 PM EST post!

Just because she is self-motivated to write in her spare moments, does not mean she is lying. I would expect someone who makes a living writing to be motivated to post in this fashion, just as I expect others envious of her devotion and the success she has garnered from it question its authenticity. Spend a bit more time writing meaningful pieces and a little less time scrutinizing someone else’s work schedule perhaps?

Is this what they mean by cyber-stalking? It's sure creepy.

Wow...a quite concise and thourough examination of the facts at hand which show you are utterly obsessed with her.

If she were smart she would use the stalking law.

But some effort into truth...not fiction, ok?

Slow news day, huh?

please add your own...

This is a brilliant post. No wonder you are even more popular and well-known than Mrs. Malkin is. Perhaps next you can give us an analysis on how often the President takes a dump.

Me thinks someone is insanely jealous!!!

The left is unbelievable.

Are you obsessed?

You're a law professor and this is the kind of stuff you spend time thinking about?

Creepy is the word for it, alright.

Dear Ahab...er...Eric,

This obsession has gotten unhealthy. Put away the harpoon before you hurt someone.

Sincerely,

Ishmael

You're insane, dude! What's makes you think that if someone else was writing her posts that it wouldn't have been discovered by now. I mean, they got Ben Domenech plagiarizing in about three days. Get a life, dude!

I admit I haven't used Movable Type in quite some time, so someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there such a thing called 'drafts'? And can't timestamps be adjusted to one's desire for whatever reason? I don't even know why I responded to this tripe. Oh yeah...

Jim O'Sullivan & Adam - You obviously don't know Michelle, have never met her, and have never spoken or corresponded with her at any length. Stop speaking out of your posteriors and move along.

After checking with my contacts at the FBI, CIA and the FOX, I can confirm your suspicions. Yes, your delirious and yes, size does matter. Michelle's blog is a gigantic success because she offers a product people yearn for. Whether she is the one posting or it's her children tapping away on the keys, it is obvious your no competition for either one of them.

Your a curious one. So much to offer, so little to show for it. I can only surmise that your musings on other issues are as flippant as the one advertised today. It doesn't reflect well on you....

It's a conspiracy, I tells ya!!! Likud faxes her talking points written on the flayed skins of minority children. I'M NOT CRAZY!!! YOU'RE CRAZY!!!

Dean/McKinney '08

Eric, I am surprised that in this time and age you haven't heard of the Malkin quintuplets! You only have to imagine the arguments when all of them want to blog at the same time.

Please, do all of us a big favor: get a life!

"You are missing the point. She obviously isn't the author of her blog. She's really very unsmart. You all have seen this video, no?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JuTFtfmtEQ

"She obviously can't think on her feet and her husband writes the stuff for her knowing she's more marketable. this is just further proof."

What were you somking when you came up w/ your critical comentary, and can I get a couple of lids....

I loved how the great thinker Cindy (I'm too E-fing lazy) Shehan could not come up w/ an answer to why she could not put a headstone on her son's grave, now that is love.

(You would think that she could spare some of the money she gets for whoring for the Code pinksters.)

Hee hee. Are these the same five commenters working in rotation?

ERIC MULLER: STILL GETTIN' USED TO THE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME CHANGE.

Okay, no need for a further dog pile but is anyone else offended by the casual assertion by a crank above that he "hates Malkin as much as anybody"? Is hate of a columnist (Malkin, Coulter, Will, Steyn) so deriguer among Lefties that it must be declared in a disclaimer?
Apparently so.
What a disgraceful sack of crapulence this kind of claptrap reveal the Left to be.

If I remember right, you're the guy who Michelle bested in an extended argument over her book In Defense of Internment. Your logic was poor, which might be a byproduct of tenure; because you don't need to think anymore, you're apparently out of the habit. You did, however, stock your paragraphs with personal accusations and ad hominem.

You must be the laziest Lawyer on the face of the planet. How did you ever become a professor?! Successful people work hard, unlike you. Turn to any industry and ask their top performers how many hours they work, and it will be close to 100 hours per week. How about getting into the real world and work for a living.

If I remember right, you're the guy who Michelle bested in an extended argument over her book In Defense of Internment. Your logic was poor, which might be a byproduct of tenure; because you don't need to think anymore, you're apparently out of the habit. You did, however, stock your paragraphs with personal accusations and ad hominem.

It is to laugh.

lol

Are you serious? Even if this were true, what exactly does that prove other than what's already obvious to everyone here: you're a stalker.

You sound a tad envious of her popularity, my man. Lord knows how you feel about Glenn Reynolds and Ann Althouse. Jealousy is not a pretty thing. Not at all.

Eric, just to adddress some of the things you were asking about on Michele Malkins Website.

1) a professional journalist, columnist, and author like Michele could easily have posted those updates in the time frame you sited above. She would have to be skilled typist for here choosen trade to start with. For a skilled typist to put out that amount of information is easy.
2) any good researcher such as Michele, would have performed her research and developed the story in her mind before she even set down at the key board. Unlike me, or the causual blogger, her mind is trained and geared for that kind of performance. She was a journalist and columnist long before she was a blogger. And in that buisness, if you don't think and produce fast, you don't stay in buisness.
3) Laptops and portable devices are not required to be turned off on the airplane. Only on take off and landing. On a three hour flight, maybe thirty minutes of the flight. (Yes I have flown a lot) That still leaves 2.5 hours for typing, plus the terminal time. Plenty of time.
4) posting from a plane is a simple matter now days. Most planes have phones in the seats ecspecially airlines that cater to the buisness crowded. It would be expensive to use, but then it is a buisness expense.
5) the fact that you didn't find flights at the times you listed, doesn't mean there isn't any. Most online sites are going to be like most travel agents, they are only going to have available what the airline makes available to them. There could very well be other flights.
Did you call every possible airline? There are an awful lot of them out there.
6) Most major airports now have some type of wireless hub or internet cafe. And almost all are broadband connections. To add something to a blog only takes a few minutes, if that long.
7) The posting time mark on the blog is the time where the blog server is located. In other words, if the blog is one a server in DC, the time mark will be in the Eastern Time Zone. But if she is to the west, the time zone she is in will be 1 or more hours behind that.
8) Your rant sounds like a liberal who can not beat Michele's arguements, so instead, you resort to the personal attack that she is not able to do this. You insult her and thus try to diminish her in the eyes of her readers becuase you can not defeat her arguments. Or you are some bigoted liberal who thinks that conservative women are kept bare foot and pregnant, and thus she is to stupid to do this on her own, and her husband is using her name to hide behind. Whatever the reason, your attack is pathetic and simple minded.

She has a downloadable version of her blogging software and works offline then can post at quick intervals.

Oh, and you're welcome for the extra 2,000 hits today!!!!!!

What's wrong with Michelle's ex-RAND corporation economist, Rhodes-scholar stay-at-home-to-take-care-of-the-kids Jesse "I Savagely Beat a Student Photographer" Malkin burning off some of his creative energy doing a little ghost-writing/conservative advocacy through his wife's blog? Nobody is denying that Michelle is hard-working and talented... She's a talented person with a talented team behind her - a team that includes her husband Jesse and Regnery editor Ben Domenech.

Just FYI, she uses MovableType which offers scheduled postings. You don't have to be around to post articles at any time during the day or night. Many bloggers use this feature so they can keep regular postings spread over the entire day while updating things real-time as events occur.

Uhm... 8:25 - 12:31 is more than enough time to take an airplane flight to Minneapolis.

Did someone fail basic math?

Clearly Michelle Malkin sent all of her wacko friends to comment on your post. Who exactly needs a life?

As wont as I am to call names, after reading this only one word comes to mind:

Loser

Sheesh......

Seems that "back from vacation" did not mean "in DC" - it meant that she was working in Minneapolis. You tripped over you're own false assumption. Just give it up and relax.

Why do so many of these commenters put me in mind of the flying monkeys in the Wizard of Oz?

Technology learn it...before you sound foolish. (Hint Gizmodo.com)

I am coming soon...

As someone said before, she may write things before she posts them on here site. And if this is the case, istead of posting 3 at one time, she might have them scheduled to post at a certain time. I dont know, or maybe she just likes to write alot, whatever, Its great stuff so I dont care how she does it.

Northwest Airlines
Flight 623 8:47am
Washington, DC (IAD) 10:32am
Minneapolis/St Paul, MN (MSP) 2hrs 45min - Nonstop

I have the verizon thingie, and use it ON THE PLANE before takeoff all the time. Being a conservative uber-mileage person in business class, I board first, then sip mimosas and surf the web while law professors cue up to board in coach. Mrs. Malkin could have easily posted (and updated!) her post at 8:25 or even 8:45. And then easily posted what she wrote on the plane upon arrival while taxiing at 11:30 Eastern, let alone 12:31. Geez.

That took me 5 minutes and a stop at travelocity.com. And I'm not even a blogger :)

Guys. This is what bloggers do. They notice things and follow up on stuff:

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000219.php

The fun thing about blogging is collective intelligence and not obnoxious bitching.

Ok. I know you probably do not like Michelle Malkin. I've figured you're trying to find a way to destroy her. I see that you're stuck on it. You probably won't listen to any of this. In fact, you'll all probably label me as a right wing conservative who waits at the Malkin Blog with baited breath for every post she does, eyes all googly. You might do that. Or maybe you'll do this rationally and logically with some ounce of common sense.

Say what you will. Call me names. Assume everything, because that's the best way to do it in this world of blogsphere. But taking down Michelle Malkin is like getting over the fence at the White House. You're going to make it a few steps, but then you're going to be facing down several very unhappy and less then excited men in black suits.

If you're going to go after someone, go after a soft target. Someone who's proven to have holes in their armor and is worth taking down with your perfectly practiced prose. Is it really worth it to further create this storm of the political "me and them" viewpoint? I admit to falling there before, but the point is this.

I get out of that rut. I try and find compromise. I try and find where I can match the liberal world. Hell, I voted for Gore the first time (and then voted for Bush. I almost went for Kerry...almost) and am now seriously looking at whatever Democratic guy they can throw my way in the face of the current president.

I'm not a veteran political blogger in the world. I'm just some guy with a relation to Tom DeLay. I don't have much going for me these days. I read, I post my opinion and then I move forward. Someone offends me? I'll write a post to respond to it and slap 'em around a little. But I won't follow their every move and chronicle their posting history to the minutes with commentary on their traveling schedule. I see why you did it...but I don't know what led you to keep going after the first few sentences.

I guess I said all that to say you really could stand to refocus your ideas. Maybe write a post about how the liberals and conservatives need to come together in this political hurricane season before it becomes something worse. Your call though. Your blog. Your choice. Your writing. I'm just a random fly in your comment pool.

Is it possible? I prefer to believe so. Sayeth the little kid from the long ago McDonald's TV ads..."Hey, it could happen."

I suppose it doesn't mean anything to you that Malkin cites other bloggers' efforts all the time. There's simply no reason to assume she'd have an unacknowledged co-contributor. It's unfortunate that you'd even suggest it, but sadly typical of the ad hominem nature of challenges to Malkin's work that have come from the left.

Too funny. Just wait for airlines to offer wi-fi on airplanes in the air, never mind that most (if not all) major airports have it already. And I'd venture to say that you can possibly get wi-fi from a plane on the ground before they tell you to turn off your electronic devices. I've not tried it, but I can see it being possible.

And for the uninformed, wi-fi is much faster than that old dial-up that some still use. It makes me wonder if the "good" professor is still on dial-up?

Oh my God... you are SUCH an idiot.

Jesus. Get a fuckin' life.

OMG. You got your ass kicked here in the comments. You can't possibly be a Prof or is it a Middle School? Maybe a band director in Elem? Very nice.

[Kat, you see me getting "my ass kicked" here in the comments because I have comments. Try leaving a comment over at Michelle Malkin's place sometime.]

Are you serious? You spend your time trying to prove that a blogger doesn't do her own writing by tracking her timestamps? This is probably grounds for a restraining order. It's definitely grounds for some prescription medication.

Man, what a time-waste. It appeals to my sense of justice that you are getting thrashed in your own comments page.

Seriously, dude. This post is creepy at best, reflects a tremendous amount of insecurity and jealousy, and makes you out to be a very sad little man. That's probably not what you were going for when you attempted to "out" a more successful blogger.

[EM: Thanks for the diagnosis, doc! How much do I owe you?]

You do know that you can access the Internet on some aircraft, don't you? Don't you????

So a woman with a family isn't smart enough to write unless she has someone to help her? Nice.

[ELM: I didn't say that. You did.]

Excuse me, Professor, but it appears to me that you are not up to date on the latest trends pertaining to wireless Internet a.k.a. Wi-Fi. In 2004, the FCC approved of the use of Wi-Fi on commercial flights, and United Airlines is already committed to offering Wi-Fi to its passengers. Furthermore, Wi-Fi service is already available at several airport terminals.

[EM: Fascinating defense, David. Maybe you should consult with your client now. She doesn't say she had wifi access on the plane.]

And just what of intellectual importance do YOU write about, Mr Superior?! Judging by your jealous tirade against Ms Malkin, I would guess that you would rather spend your time investigating why SHE writes so often, rather than enlightening the World with your supposed "intelligence!"

I read Michelle's blog several times a day. I ended up here because of her link. These comments sure are an enjoyable read!

I shall now go back to wasting a substantial portion of my day reading Ms. Malkin's blog and waste no more reading this one.

Good luck, you'll need it.

The comments issue is addressed on her site. Too many people wanted to abuse her in seriously vitrolic fashion. And she chose to disable them. I recently had such an encounter. Someone was commenting about Rachel Corrie and leaving a link to a site with disgusting jokes. I changed it so comments required my approval.

For a site with as much traffic and insanity as it has, I doubt she has the ability to spend time approving comments...therefore it was probably easier to simply disable them and avoid being called some very offense terms related to the female and probably even male anatomy.

Her website, her choice. You have the same option here as well. You've made a different choice. Not bad or good, just different.

By the way, after I posted my comment I realized a lot of that was in relation to another site as well that has a direct intention of attacking Malkin. Take that for a grain of salt.

Hey Professor Muller, It seems that you are jealous as heck of Michelle Malkin. Her books are popular, she gets on the news, and at the same time your books and article are written to be written and not to be read. Sorry but nobody is interested in another analysis of Justice Stone and some footnote in a law case from 50 years ago.
And there sure as heck aren't lady professors at UNC Law School who look like Michelle!
Michelle could do an ad for Danon Yogurt while the lady profs at UNC Law could do an ad for Quaker Oats.
Isn't it time for the faculty at UNC Law to stop dressing like 1960s campus activists?

UNC actually pays you to sit in your office all day and wonder about nonsense like this? I guess it's money well spent if it keeps you from more destructive activities, like corrupting law students with your drivel. Leave Michelle alone. You're not worthy of cleaning her shoes.

professor, instead of obsessing about Michelle Malkin, maybe you should be on the lookout for terrorist muslim drivers at your University.

All I can say is... GET A DAMN LIFE!!! It's plain to see that you are envious of Michelle's success and that her blogospheric super star status gets under your skin big time. If I were you, I'd just shut up and be grateful that Michelle threw you a bone and linked you on her site. Otherwise, who'd even know or care about your silly screed?

On an aside, how come your only complaint is that Michelle posts too much? For all the many posts you cited, you don't seem to have a counter argument for one of them. Grow up and go get a life.

I bet this is more clicks than you normally get in a month. And you just know we're all bookmarking your page so we can come back tomorrow and read more of your "musings". Or not.

I have but one question Jealous?

Mark

[Kat, you see me getting "my ass kicked" here in the comments because I have comments. Try leaving a comment over at Michelle Malkin's place sometime.]

And how exactly is she supposed to write as much she does and still have time to manage comments? She's not a machine, you know.

Eric, you silly little man, it's nice to see YOU have time to blow attacking others on your blog. I can only imagine (thankfully) the deranged ranting you inject into the courses you preach--er, teach. Are you a professor because you prefer the company of others like you--those who have yet to live in the real world? Maybe you should try teaching high school students; I'm sure you would relate to them on an emotional development level even better.

I'm sure hard work is something you really know nothing about, being a professor. ("Those who can, do; those who can't, teach.") But I assure you, hundreds of millions of people actually manage to work long hours and multi-task every day. Believe it or not, we even do it without depending on "secret help" OR graduate assistants! (Shocker, I know. But it CAN be done.)

Maybe you should take a sabbatical and live in the real world for a while.

Grow up, you silly little man.

Damn. More proof that intellectuals who can function in the outside world do so. And what's with the fruity dog?

As a non-American, I am curious about something I have observed in this comment section:

Is it commonplace for people who live in America to immediately lash out in a crass and base form when people ask questions?

I must say, it is very distressing that 95% of those who don't agree with Prof. Muller immediately (and more often than not, solely) respond by insulting him. Only 5% (guesstimate) of those who disagreed with him did so in a civilized manner, with proper and just counterarguments.

Is this blatant disregard of respect, social etiquette and basic debating skills typical in America?

I see Prof. Muller's point. He makes a valid argument. Those who have pointed out how the times could work also make a valid counterargument. But it is very, very disappointing that a large majority of those who rebut cannot do so without adding an insult or two.

Laughable. But I worked at a University and know many Professors with little to do, time on their hands and the taxpayer's money going in their pockets.

Tell you what, why don't you contact Michelle and provide her with your home phone number, work number and cell phone number? For the next month or so, every time she's ready to upload a post, she can call you in person so you'll know it was really her. The odd hours she keeps might interfere with your normal routine, but it will be a small price to satisfy your small mind.

God willing, we will prevail in peace and freedom from fear and in true health through the purity and essence of our natural fluids. God bless you all.

Perhaps the solution would be for you to contact Ms. Malkin and arrange to shadow her for 48 hours. I wonder how long you'd last? I doubt I could keep up!

VW

L O S E R

What? Aren't you supposed to be indoctrinating the 'wee ones' with 'breathing document' crap in some class?

This blog entry says more about the writer than Michelle. I am always amazed by people who have never found something that absorbs them. I shudder to think how vacant their life must be.

LOL. I'm cracking up. You're so sad.

Curses! You have discovered the secret! Obviously, no woman -- and a woman of Filipino descent at that! -- could possibly do what Ms. Malkin does.

Thank you for investigating this charlatan. Women like her must be suppressed, particularly when they don't adhere to the party line!

Resolutely continue your struggle against reactionary forces, Comrade!

Had to chime in. All of the 99.999% of the preceding comments make my point even before I try. All hail, bow down to the almighty professor (to be?), all knowing and perfect, refined, sophisticated, PROGRESSIVE probably, too. Right? Gag. If your dear Ah-ree-AHHHH-nah Huffington were blogging like that, you would carry her around in a golden throne.

Dick!

I love Malkin's blog. I'd like to point out that green eyed and envious are not flattering attributes. Why not focus on bettering yourself?

Do you realize how anal retentive and utterly disturbed to 'normal people' one comes off as when one cross references post times and flight times. There are serious issues and problems in the World that need solving, Michelle's blog is not one of them.

Outstanding work Professor!
What more riveting analysis can we expect tomorrow?
Perhaps an in-depth expose' of Charles Johnson of LGF's bowel movements?
LMAO.
Pathetic

Um, in the 21st Century, you can blog anywhere. Even on a plane.

You know what they say. Those that can write do.

Those that can't teach....

This is not only true in writing but in most fields. In my experience, many of the people you find in academia (i.e. most professors) could never cut in the real world. They are cowardly little creatures who are afraid to try and only survive because of the modern world's biggest safety net, known as tenure.

Instead, they hide in their ivory tower and obsess over people who are performing in the real world, jealous, knowing that they will never be a big man beyond their own campus....

It's tough when you have to confront your own limitations, lack of courage, and motivation....

ya know, I heard of Malkin's blog the week it started, and have gone there every day since- by way of Michelle's link, this is the first time I've heard of this place, and it's the last time I'll be here.

ya petty little ferret.

Wow! Have you ever got comments! I try to blog at least twice a day, sometimes more. Sometimes I write posts that are unfinished, which go into the "draft" file. I once set five of those drafts free in one day... people must have thought I was a blogging machine! There are blog services that allow you to stagger and release posts at predetermined times. You do build a strong case against Ms. Malkin, but remember, dynamic people are dynamically motivated!
I think I'll go blog about this...

You're not serious are you? May I suggest finding a good, wholesome hobby instead of blogging.

Boy, you are stuck on stupid and sittin' on silly.

Bet you wish you had yourself a fine looking lass like the lovely Michelle.

What a pathetic creep.

Tenure has its privleges, but it rarely involves much of a work ethic - and increasingly - intelligent commentary.

You're caused a bit of a s--- storm because you haven't a clue about those you criticize.

My work day is frequently 18 hours - can you say the same?

I'm going to repeat the same observation I made before, just for the fun of it. Which is:

This is an academic. Unless the trait is strongly imprinted in his character, he has no personal incentive to be productive, and to concentrate his mind on matters more important than Malkin's posting habits. He'll get money and false compliments from those dependent on his grades, unless he's convicted of a felony.

The sad moral: Academia tends to destroy character, including the virtue of productivity.

But there may be hope for Muller. He could, for example, quit his welfare position and subject hilself to the rigors of an actual job.

The obvious retort: If productivity is such a big deal, what are you doing commenting repeatedly on Muller's blog?

Well, um...

Eric: you're skating on thin ice here. I suggest that, for your own safety, you cease this line of investigation ASAP. We may be busy siphoning funds from no-bid contracts but we have plenty of time to track down those who wish to take down one of our own.

UNC Law School? God help the good people of North Carolina, home to many fine friends and family.

If a conservative had created a timeline of Markos Zuniga's posts, you'd all be screaming "FASCISM" (not that you have the slightest clue what the word means).

Did you notice that AllahPundit blogged for Michelle all last weekend? He even signed his posts for your convenience.

Oh, the tired, worn out, loser left. No ideas, no visions, nothing at all to offer anyone other than recycled Socialist groupthink. It must be exhausting to wake up every day driven by a core philosophy that died 100 years past.

Parkito

Okay, is it too much to ask that anyone who plans to accuse someone of engaging in ad hominem attacks actually look up the phrase and understand what it means first? Looking at someone's timestamps on their posts and postulating that they may not be the actual author of their work is NOT an ad hominem attack.

Many of the comments here, however, can't say the same. I especially ike the ones that assert that such a post proves:

a.)the author is an incompetent lawyer
b.)the author is silly and stupid
c.)the author is sexist and thinks women should be barefoot and pregnant
d.)the author is a jealous liar who envies Ms. Malkin's success, ergo everything he writes is false
e.)Don't forget to attack the "lefties!"

Judging by the nature and "quality" of the posts here, I would say there is a definite method to the madness of Ms. Malkin's linking to this article. Why fight your battles when your readers can hop in the ring for you?

First, I can't help but notice that nowhere has anyone posted anything like "here's Ms. Malkin's itinerary, flight info, etc." so a conclusive analysis could be done and all this wild specualtion could be put to rest. Second, putting aside the actual process of posting the content, when does it get written? Where is the time for sleep, meals, bathroom breaks, travel, guest appearences, etc, etc.? Again, the one who could put this to rest would be Ms. Malkin, and not any of her obviously rabidly devoted fans. Third, this issue does have relevance as it goes to her credibility as an author. If you live by the word, then you die by the word. Is it really too much to grasp that much of an author's clout comes from the idea that their work is, in fact, theirs?

Malkin's honesty issues part I

Part II

Part III

Yes, all three links are from the same source, but David Neiwert knows whereof he speaks and provides TONS of supporting evidence.

I don't have comments since I mostly post lies and unsubstantiate bs. When someone questions my integrity I like to send my minions of idiocy to other blogs comment sections. Then they can repeat the same comment over and over again. My favorite is calling the blogger who has offending me a loser for reading my blog. They don't seem to get the implication. Well, I never claimed people who read me are smart, just that there are a lot of them. Pay me bitches. For the record, Jesse did not write this.

All Michelle has to do to clear this up is to post the flight information from her trip. She's not going to do it. The only info I got from her post is that she writes a lot. But she didn't deny anything.

She can call people all the names she wants. And her rabid fans can come her and post whatever they want. However, there are people out there who know the truth, and know Michelle for what she really is, not what she pretends to be.

Keep on keeping on Eric. You have always stood out in a very good way as someone who criticizes Malkin on the merits (or lack thereof, to put it mildly), rather than other less admirables bases (see e.g. http://www.nyu.edu/classes/siva/archives/002909.html and http://www.nyu.edu/classes/siva/archives/001801.html

You do realize there is blogging software that allows delayed posts, right? For instance, you can post 5 articles at the same time and set them to "publish" at varying times throughout the day.

Yeah, I thought you knew that...

This obsessive post of yours says more about you than it does about Michelle.

Ad Hominem attacks are usually an indication that one has no valid responce to a person's arguments, so one falls back on a classic texbook example of a fallacy.

I suppose for those who value "form" over
substance this position has some substance. ;-)

But don't they make you turn it off on the airplane?

No, they make you turn it off before pushback. Sorry, man, but I see folks ALL THE TIME doing last-minute laptop stuff before the crate gets rolling.

Michelle is one of those types.

OR you can console yourself with the thought that she's just another among the hordes of right-wing frauds. Whatever floats yer boat.

Ok so you can't post on an airplane? damn, well I have on my cellphone and on the one provided by the airline more than once. Oh but that is not the point here right? we should be attacking instead of being constructive. I bet if you frikin liberal idiots would stop calling the conservatives idiots we could get something done in this country, oh but since you idots have nothing of substance to contribute we will continue with the madness.

Why in the heck does Memeorandum consider this worthy, and therefore waste my time? You're a dork for writing it, and I'm a dork for reading and commenting.

Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.
Eleanor Roosevelt

if the glove don't fit, you must acquit!

oh wait. wrong argument.

A mom? Not possible. I don't care who stays at home. Kids get sick, they want their mom, not their dad, not their mom's blog. I know prolific, and I know impossible. Malkin's claims are impossible.

Eric, I have to agree this was a cheap shot.

More importantly, an airline radio exec told me yesterday within the next few months domestic airlines will be equipped with wi-fi so we can blog in the air. He was excited about it because for the airlines it means that some of their in-air programming will be accessed by fliers via their computers on the internet, rather than by the airlines having to pay the cost to get a copy of the program aboard every plane. Or something like that -- it was a sales pitch call, so I was blogging as I was listening to him and may have missed something.

Also, I don't see anything wrong with changing the time of blog posts either to have them more spaced out throughout the day or evening, or to put a morning time on something that was written at 2 am. It's a privacy and security issue, I really don't want people to know when I'm online and when I'm not.

I enjoy Michelle's output. It's always interesting though I only agree with her half the time. "Always" is the key separating bloggers from blogees. I can output as fast as that (using cut and paste) but am not always interesting. I can probably output more, if some raging issue of the day is needling me.

Plus to your blog for having a comments section. That is one thing lacking on Michelle's. But she gets that x-rated, vile, loon commentary all the time which is not safe for kids. Her old blog comments really reveal how unhinged left side bloggees are. Her blog is better without them.

And really, she is a mom. Need one say any more than that. That is the reason she can out work you while you are eating chips and drinking soda.

When are those Dhimmocrat detention camps going to opened in Minnesota? I think she was really there looking over floor plans.

I respect Michelle Malkin. She has an impeachable work ethic and I as a blogger try to emmulate her. She sets a standard we can all achieve and is an excellent role model.

1)I suggest you see a doctor about your innate jealously of Michelle Malkin and her success.

2) And while you are at it: GET A LIFE!

First, I can't help but notice that nowhere has anyone posted anything like "here's Ms. Malkin's itinerary, flight info, etc." so a conclusive analysis could be done and all this wild specualtion could be put to rest.

- - -

All Michelle has to do to clear this up is to post the flight information from her trip. She's not going to do it. The only info I got from her post is that she writes a lot. But she didn't deny anything.
- - -

Give me a break. Some of you actually expect her to post her flight information? Who TF are you people, a bunch of law students or professors pretending you're prosecuting a criminal? You actually are demanding "evidence?" An "alibi?" BWAHAHAHAHA!
Get real!

How about I accuse one of you, like say, Eric, of being a bank robber, or whatever. I WANT EVIDENCE that you're not! I demand to know where you were when that bank was robbed, dates and times documented!

You guys are so full of crap it's hilarious. "Investigating" a blogger because she posts more than you do...that's just priceless.

And that MalkinWatch loser and his wacko sycophants--what, nothing better to do than stalk other bloggers? YAWN.

I hope you realize, Eric, how small and pathetic you look with ridiculous crap like this. If you're such a crack investigator, why don't you investigate things like terrorists on the UNC campus? You might actually be contributing something to society, rather than getting your rocks (pebbles) off flinging poo at Michelle Malkin because of her daily routine.

Loser.

All Michelle has to do to clear this up is to post the flight information from her trip. She's not going to do it. The only info I got from her post is that she writes a lot. But she didn't deny anything.

This assumes that the accusation is worth the effort of the response. Not everyone who shouts "J'accuse!" is entitled to hear a defense. In this case, I think a snicker was by far the more deserved response.

All the effort expended and you still can't put together a decent blog.

I suppose that explains why you couldn't get a job at Duke. Far fewer hacks there.

Know what I mean? Sure you do.

Hey, I read the "honesty" links and I hate to break it to you guys, but assertions are not "evidence." Where's any actual, substantive factual errors? Did she ever, for instance, pass off phony National Guard documents to accuse a President of not fulfilling his duties, a couple months before an election?

Because that would be a big deal.

All we have in this case is a stalker who's apparently never been on an airplane, and sone people who think their weird obsession is so important that Michelle needs to pony up her flight info to "clear things up." Yeah, I'm sure she'll get right on that.

There's a a reason people don't stop and talk to the homeless guy who says aliens working for the government stole his brain. Same logic applies here.

Well, it's always funny to see some douchebag get plenty of posts on his poor, neglected blog only after he's made an ass of himself. At least we're all reminded of the egotistic idiocy that gets cultivated within a professor whose students long ago learned to simply nod along with his Leftist rantings so they can get a passing grade.

You know why these comments "are so fun to read"?

Because at least he allows comments here...unlike hero Malkin. Or are working mothers who are strong Republicans too scared?

You can call this post a "waste of time" yet I see all you jackasses wasting time to defend Malkin. Are you all unemployed or "obessesed" with defending people you've never met?

First, I can't help but notice that nowhere has anyone posted anything like "here's Ms. Malkin's itinerary, flight info, etc." so a conclusive analysis could be done and all this wild specualtion could be put to rest.

Hey, at least you admitted that's what it is, "wild speculation."

Why on God's green earth should Michelle Malkin be expected to share her travel plans with this crowd? Why should she even attempt to "put to rest" an absolutely ludicrous accusation like this?

The idea that these posting times are impossible for her to achieve, even given her travel plans, has been refuted quite handily by several posters in this thread. So basically, you have absolutely zero evidence of any wrongdoing. At least with Ben Domenench there was actual evidence.

If Michelle really is the one doing all her own blogging then I really feel for her children.

Yeah, a guy who worked for the DOJ as an AUSA is a raving ivory tower nutjob who doesn't know how to work and can't deal with the real world.

I'm just curious, did Michelle turn you down when you came on to her or something? Remember, you were both at the same convention, you invited her for a drink, she turned you down?

Dude. she's married.

You should have hit on an easy chick, like you usually do.

You know one of those that always needs help finding their room 'cause they drank too much, again. They never remember in the morning and you don't even have to pay them.

Seriously though, this stalking thing it ain't healthy, before you know it somebody's going to get hurt. So, chill

There's a difference in work habits between academics and the self-employed ...

"Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything! You've never been out of college! You don't know what it's like out there! I've *worked* in the private sector. They expect *results*. " -- Dr Ray Stantz

To some people who want a good argument, all I have to say is this. The only evidence your argument has is the time she posts. Sorry, In my book, you also have to post the flight times in which you don't. This is key if you want your argument to hold water. I'm not going to look them up because that would be envasion of privacy on Mrs. Malkin's part and I'm lazy.

Lastly, I have this to say. I've been a resident of North Carolina since I was born. BTW, If you want proof of this, you can go to the Robeson County courthouse in Lumberton to get my birth certificate. I'm also a student in the UNC system although I don't think you are teaching at UNC Charlotte, the school that I am currently going to, but UNC Chapel Hill. No? Since I am a resident of the state, I get my tuition reduced. Relax, I still have to pay $7000 a year for school. I don't mind this though, I only have to pay $15,000 of what I borrowed back not counting the $8,600 I borrowed from my uncle. This doesn't bother me all that much because there are other people out there paying double what I am.

However, what bothers me is that you are a Law Professor at a UNC public school which my state taxes pay for. The fact that my hard earned money goes to pay people like you makes me glad Bush cut the Education fund. My mother works for the School Food Services and her cafeteria needs new pipes. However, the education elites though it was more appropriate to spend money on recarpeting the Board of Education.

Seriously, I want my money that I pay to Easley every pay check to go to something other than a state lottery.

I am going to contact UNC and find out if you have permission to post a blog on University computers. You should be fired for this.

Shakespeare was right....

Dude --

I have never laughed so much or had so much fun watching someone get flamed in their own comment section. I've been to law school and know from law professors, and I gotta believe your ego is hurting big time from this s--- storm. Have a good night and a pleasant tomorrow.

BTW, Michelle's blog is well written and interesting. I could care less if someone "helps" her with it. If it goes out under her name, she is responsible for its content. When is the last time you "authored" a law review article and wrote every word and footnote all by your little lonesome self?

Remember, the issue here is that, if Malkin indeed has a co-blogger, then she is publishing material written by someone else with her name atop the work.

In the publishing biz, that can be a serious breach of ethics. I'm not sure if it is in this case, but it all raises the question: Why not credit the co-blogger?

Keep up the good fight Eric. MM must have activated her mindless trolls to dispense with their 2 cents. It makes for entertaining reading if you don't take it too seriously - and who would? If your hero is a right-wing wacko apologist for shipping Americans off to internment camps, well, what can you expect?

How transparent can you get. Just admit you don't like Malkin's conservatism and get it over with. If you were writing about MOLLY IVINS, or MAUREEN DOWD, you would be gushing about her "tireless work ethic." Grow up.

If her handheld or laptop is on, she can save files with whatever timestamp they were written at. then when they post they reflect that stamp. It's like when you get 5 emails all at once from the unc whole campus mailing list that all have different timestamps. While those messages were just probably held up for approval, malkin's may be held up pending network connectivity. In both cases the timestamps are retained.

THIS LIBERAL IS FULL OF SHIT AS A CHRISTMAS TURKEY MICHELLE KICK ASS..

While your tinfoil hat is in the shop for tuning, you might consider using the spaghetti strainer as a temporary fix.

Oops, gotta' go. My fillings just reminded me that it's time for my daily Art Bell mind meld.

As a law professor, you use your degree to track and analyze the posting times of someone else's personal webpage?

Everybody knows Michelle Malkin has people 'ghost blog' for her. I thought this was common knowledge among the political-savvy and the reason she refuses to allow for any feedback or comments on her blog...

Yes, she hides behind the guise of these hypothetical, slur-slinging, ne'er-do-well racist lurkers who would descend upon her site in a frenzy should she open up the comments section on her website, but we all know the truth.

Besides, the shortage of comments sections on conservative blogs just proves once and for all that these red-state bloggers, who are so unabashed in there blind loyalty to the now-failed conservative ideology and so strangely complicit in their willingness to follow Bush and the rest of the troubled Republican party straight off the cliff into the murky recesses of political oblivion, can no longer defend their viewpoints.

They cannot defend the failed policies they once preached so proudly. They can no longer wade through the missteps of the Republican party and try to explain away their total incompetence of the Republican party in the face of adversity.

But they will be held accountable. The American people do not take kindly to betrayal and this President has reached his breaking point in the eyes of people from both blue states and red alike.

Once these Republicans are stripped from power, it will take decades to wash clean their stench, to make right the wrongs these scoundrels have mercilessly perpetrated upon our beloved country.

These wingnut bloggers simply post their rhetoric and then run away, cutting off any chance for the people who frequent their sites to debate their point.

And they call liberals, whose blogs are overwhelmingly open to comments, cowards who have no ideas and are unable to defend them when they do?

The proof is in the pudding... or lack thereof in Miss Malkin's case.

You do realize there is blogging software that allows delayed posts, right?

That would be relevant if MM were saying she did that. But she's still trying to make timeline fit without claiming to use delayed posts. If you can see that this doesn't work, and that she needs some other sort of explanation, then maybe you could explain that to her.

So many repub hypocrites. Finally, they are being exposed. Bye-bye, bugman. Any writer who knowingly signs someone else's work is also a hypocrite. Pretty low.

Jesus F-in Christ! Depending on the length of the flight I can respond to, or originate 50-80 emails, not to mention compose blog posts that won't be uploaded until I land and get online.

Get the f**k over yourself already! I've tried to give you the benefit of the doubt, but this is just too goddamn childish.

BTW, I don't agree with a lot of what Ms. Malkin writes. Regardless, this is just petty bullsh*t.

OK, so now she's given the flight number, actual shoveoff time, even her seat number. That and the fact that she has a wireless card pretty much establishes that per posts are entirely consistent with her known travel pattern.

Of course, since other posters have so effectively dismantled your suspcions to begin with, we didn't need her confirmation to know that this was a wild stab at nothing anyway.

They couldn't have been between 8:25 a.m. and 12:31 p.m., because you updated the 8:25 post sometime after 8:25 and before 12:31.

How do you know for sure that she updated the 8:25 post before her 12:31 post? It's entirely possible that she did it, say, after her 1PM engagement.

But in fact, she could have updated it between 8:25 and 12:31. It could have been in the 25 minutes she had before shove-off. Or, it could have been en route to her 1PM engagement.

So it seems you're just factually wrong here. You say it "couldn't have been", when it most certainly "could have."

Hope you're a better professor than you are investigator.

You know, for you to analyze her posts like that, you must have been on her site for a long time. Michelle Malkin is a fairly attractive woman. Something tells me, (and it makes me shudder to think), that you probably only had one hand on the keyboard when writing your post. Get a life, man.

For those complaining about the vitrol directed at Eric:

1) He has made unfounded and baseless accusations that Malkin is a plagerist.

2) Its obvious from his "history" with Malkin that he does not raise this issue in good faith. Its a petty jealous smear.

He deserves to be treated with scorn and contempt.

Sorry, Don't buy it. You can be on the net anywhere/anytime. I recently traveled (on leave from Iraq) and found there is WiFi in almost any airport (even in Europe and the Mid East). I'm not even counting those that log on via celluar ISP's. I'd like to think this is more you just being out of touch with the times rather than you being petty. Well whatever it is... good luck with that. I have better things to do (like my job) that read this stupid stuff.

From Iraq with Love....

The only reason that Bush's illegal war for oil is able to continue is by the jingoistic flag waving of the corporate controlled media and neocon scribes like Michelle Malkin. The really cool progressives use the Internet to question authority and have intellectual discussion of topics that the corporate controlled media won't cover.

I am somewhat of an expert on 9/11. I know from looking at some really cool progressive Web sites that it wasn't the propaganda that the corporate controlled media would have you believe of 19 hijackers and jet airplanes.

I know of some really cool progressive sites that show how it was squib charges and holograms that destroyed the WTC. I can look at a 72 dpi image posted on a really cool progressive Web site and tell you exactly how steel is affected by burning jet fuel and the physics of an impact of 500-plus mph by a large object. That is what the Internet can do for us really cool progressives.

There's a lot more going on in the 9/11 cover-up than meets the eye. People who buy every word that the corporate-controlled media says should go buy George Orwell's 1984 and practice up; it won't be long before the hopelessly indoctrinated manage to get the clocks to thirteen here. Peace. -- Scott Laughrey

Definitely my favorite comment here is the one calling Eric Muller's dog "fruity." Take that, left-winger! Your dog is a, um, big homo. And stuff. AND THOSE WHO CAN'T DO TEACH! And and and professors are lazy and dumb!

Great stuff.

As a "rabid fan" of Michelle's I cannot believe that a serious law Professor can have such a ludicrous discussion about his obvious obsession with Michelle.

What is your problem? You really do need to get a life, get out more, read up on the technology possibilities of today. You are stuck in a time warp, and attempting to argue in your echo chamber court of law with outdated arguments.

As for "The jury may not be in, but they're knocking on the door."

The only knock on the door you will hear is someone coming to take you away, somewhere where you can't hurt yourself anymore.

Even if this is true, it's still not very interesting. I, for one, don't read Malkin's blog because I want to read her own words, it's the content that I'm concerned with. Who writes it comes second.

Sounds like one relatively unknown law professor is upset because MM is getting more than her 15 minutes of fame while almost nobody knows him. Or is this just hatred of the good for being the good, in the words of Ayn Rand?

The answer is obvious. Selected not elected Bushco McChimpy has implanted a bluetooth cyborg chip in Malkin's brain, controlling her completely and directly posting her thoughts on the interweb. These chips are targeted and fired from space causing instant obedience to the illegal Bush regime. There is hope however. The targeting system can be defeated with a simple hat made of tinfoil. Plese help get the word out.

As per times Michelle's post say, do you realize you can save them as drafts and post them later? The time listed on the post itself is misleading. She could write at a certain time and post it later, but it may show the time when she began the draft. Keep that in mind when throwing stones at Michelle.

You are so OCD out of it, on this e-stalking, perhaps you need to think about not only how this appears, but also what it objectively is.

Maybe the post times are that as she saves her post on her laptop, maybe not, but WHO CARES?

She not claiming she found the WMD while in the Bahamas ....

Get agrip, and then some other activities. SOrry but I just can't imagine plotting outhese times and matching it to ANYONE's lifetrack.

It's a worrisome activity by you sir.
WORRISOME.

Those of us who are helping our kids find a realistic legal education owe you some gratitude. UNC obviously isn't where we'll find it. A law professor is the very last person in the world to carry on a conversation about work ethic. Did your rabbit run out of batteries???

With all due respect .... this is indeed an embarrassing and somewhat petty posting.

Unlike your detractors, I thoroughly enjoy reading your blog; it is on my daily list to pass through each morning.

But this? This is beneath you.

First, it is utterly banal and uninteresting. Why is it remotely newsworthy? Does Malkin have assistants? Probably. Or maybe not. But why would I care? More importantly - why would I care about assertions to that effect not established by clear evidence? If you had actual proof it would be one thing (though still not exactly riveting news).

Second, what you've done here is attack the messenger rather than the message. The beauty of Internet free speech is that it permits the free exchange of IDEAS ... and in my opinion, many of Malkin's ideas could be challenged on thier merits.

It is unfortunate in the extreme that you completely discredited yourself by gossiping about the individual rather than engaging in a mature, respectful debate about that person's IDEAS ...

How could you miss that point so badly? In your classes, as you debate important precedents, do you discuss the concepts involved? The positions?

Or do you discuss what the attorney's were wearing? Who wrote their briefs?

This really is embarrassing, Eric. Your responses in your comments are even more troubling.

As for Malkin's comments: I rarely read there since she has no comments - but I did previously when she DID have comments. In fact, I debated her several times on issues, and found her responsive and articulate. She is seriously misguided on several points ... but responded to my queries thoughtfully.

Unfortunately, every thread was quickly overtaken with trolls that make the commenters here seem polite and tame by comparison. My liberal brethren filled her blog with racist demagoguery of the worst sort. Truly hateful, vile speech.

Thus she closed her comments. Which is a shame because, again, discussing her IDEAS was a worthy use of time. Discussing HER is an utter waste of time, and I don't see how you miss that.

As I said, your own responses in these comments has been perhaps the most disturbing thing. Frankly, I just deleted your from my favorites. You sound - for the first time - like a teenager or a child, filled with bitter angst.

I expected so much better.

Want my sincere advice? You can still turn this around by taking the high road. Apologize unequivocally, to your readers and to Malkin. Let it go. You will end up looking classy.

Or ... stay on this road and lose more of your relatively few readers. What you've done here is a disservice to your profession and to the cause of modern liberalism. You've made all of us look bad, and that really bothers me.

Again, because you have a bully pulpit from which you could have been discussing IDEAS.

What were you thinking?

Lastly, Eric, it's been a while since law school, but have you considered the possibility that not only were you boring and petty with this post, but possibly libelous, as well.

What is the standard for libeling a public figure? Am I right that it's gross negligence and/or maliciousness in spreading false and damaging information?

Am I close? If that is the standard - and Malkin can demonstrate that 1) you're assertions are erroneous and 2) that you were malicious in spreading those assertions, and 3) that her reputation was damaged .... well, perhaps YOUR jury will soon be knocking on the door?

Probably not. Probably not worth Malkin's time and your post probably doesn't rise to that level anyway ... but still. So petty. So childish. So completely irrelevent.

I hope you apologize and show contrition. It would be an impressive act following a clear mistake.

If not ... well, I've enjoyed your blog. Good luck to you.

Just because you don't work as hard doesn't mean you shouldn't assume others can't run circles around your work ethic and figure out how to get things done, even in airports, cars and on planes. As a blogger and investment professional who also happens to sit on a number of public company boards, I can assure you that I am connected 7x24 and am constantly interacting, save for 6 hours of sleep and 90 minutes of exercise every day.

To profess that you have "figured out" that somebody "can't possibly" accomplish something because you haven't organized your life to do that says much more about your state of affairs than it does Michelle Malkin's or mine or anybody elses.

I won't call you lazy, because you may not be (or may not think you are anyway). But I am quite certain that others are infinitely more productive than you are -- a realization which miay astonish you.

Geez man, you need a hobby other than getting yourself so wrapped up in the work habits of others.

Brilliant! You've unravelled Michelle Malkin's clever deception! There wasn't just one blogger, as any fool can see, there were two, three, maybe four or five or six! It was Karl Rove blogging from the Book Depository, Dubya blogging from the manhole cover, and Michelle Malkin was blogging from the Grassy Knoll! Who knows how many bloggers were involved in this vast right wing conspiracy!? But none of them all together could fool you, huh? You have unravelled their clever conspiracy with, with, with GEOMETRIC logic.

Kudos! You are just a friggin' lefty genius!

By the way, for those searching for right-wing blogs that allow comments: I recommend Polipundit.com.

I rarely post there anymore but I was once a regular commenter. Every thread has at least a few liberal voices and they are not censored at all(unlike, say, DU or DailyKos).

Liberals that are respectful and thoughtful in their opinions are welcome there (although their ideas will be debated vigorously).

http://www.polipundit.com

Methinks thou dost protest too much...

Sure, Michelle is cute, but sending flowers
might be a better way to show your crush than
pulling her pigtails in the playground.

Grow up. If you are intimidated by someone
who is productive and literate and makes good
arguments then your complaint says a lot more
about *you* than about her.

Sid:
I think it's perfectly valid to consider whether a person who injects him/herself into the public sphere for the purpose of influencing society is telling the truth about him/herself. for example,if somebody wants to be president, but continues to claim he spent time in Cambodia on secret missions, I think its valid to consider whether or not he's lying. Similarly, if someone wants me to put faith in his/her opinion on matters of public importance, I think I should consider the truthfulnes of that person in judging what he/she has to say. I don't "move along" until I complete that process.

You believe what you want, and I'll believe what I want. I won't accuse you of thinking with an organ other than your brain, just because I think that what you seem to believe - that Jesse Malkin sits at home all day watching Michelle work as he takes care of the kids and cleans the house - is wrong. If I'm wrong, and if, as you imply, you know the Malkins so well, give us some insight. Otherwise, leave me alone, and direct your personal insults elsewhere.

I schedule posts to auto-post all the time. I also back-date posts when I've written them offline or while disconnected from the internet.

Admittedly, I don't put out the vast quantity of posts, but I'm not a full time media person either....

Just remember, most blogging software is pretty flexible. For example, I have posts scheduled to auto post for the next 12 days at a certain time of day.

When Malkin gets around to acknowledging the existence(let alone addressing the criticism) of her most effective critic, David Neiwert/Orcinus, y'all come back now, m'kay?

You're kidding right?

I can't believe that UNC would really pay you to teach law on their campus. No law professor is this dense.

It has always been my opinion that good lawyers and law students are trained to multi-task in order to be truly successful. You seem to think that laziness and poor time management are preferred.

If you really are a paid professor, then I suggest that your former students ask for a refund from the school.

Wow. What a shower of comments! I found your blog via Michelle Malkin and compliment you for allowing comments. By the way, if folks are looking for good blogs allowing comments I suggest www.biglizards.net/blog/ and http://dailyablution.blogs.com.

Anyway, have a good morning and obviously keep linking to Michelle Malkin. It seems to build traffic if nothing else.

I know of at least one airline that has Internet access onboard. Get a life.

Eric,

It's pretty clear that you are just envious of her ability to get more work done in a day than you can in a week.

You would think that an attorney would know about burning the midnight oil to get prepped for a case.

It appears that Eric Muller would be better off actually teaching law, not jerking off.

Reminds me of the story of the preacher watching the little boy playing hookey from school and fishing. In a perverse sort of way...

After a couple of hours the preacher confronted the truant, telling him he was wasting his time and hadn't even had so much as a nibble.

The boy replied, Not expecting a nibble. No hook, no bait.

The preacher scolded him for totally wasting his time.

And got the expected rejoinder: I may be wasting my time fishing without a hook or bait, but it's better than watching somebody else fishing without a hook or bait!

Your preoccupation with trying to find an ad hominem attack against Michelle hoists you with the preacher's petard.

Wow. Sad, sad, sad.
I knew douchebags like you in school...my friends and I use to beat their pathetic asses.

Am I the only one who lowers the credibility rating of a commenter or blogger who resorts to terms like "Rethuglican" or "Dhimmicrat" or other velocity increasing terms? I know that most political bloggers resort to this, but is it just me that is turned off by it? Truely, if you want to insult someone, it should be easy enough to come up with something interesting and original. Satire is also effective. Remember that your insult isn't for your pleasure, and not so much for the pain inflicted on your target, as for the audience. They wish to be entertained, so give them something they will enjoy.

Eric: down here in the south, when a man expresses an unhealthy amount of interest in a married woman other than his own wife, we have a remedy. We take him out behind the woodshed and show him a few tricks them boys down at Gitmo ain't even begun to think up. It's all very interesting to discuss the deepest motivations that drive unacceptable behavior such as insecurity, obsession, fixation, etc., but since the effective cure for all of these gray-meat malfunctions is a good old-fashioned ass-whoopin', the finer points are pretty much moot.

I know North Carolina is damn near Yankee country, but I hear tell there's good ol' boys even up there. Best mind your p's and q's sport, and stop worrying about Michelle's t's and i's.

Please sir, I want to be proud of being a UNC alumnus. This kind of prickly silliness makes that difficult.

You are a tool shed.

GET A LIFE!

Why does it matter whether Michelle has an assistant or co-blogger? One of her main schtick is that she supposedly is a big champion'er of full disclosure. At least she is when it concerns left/liberal blogs. I guess that same doesn't have to apply to her right?

She could not have updated a post and taken a two-hour 45 minute flight in a four hour time window? Are you serious? And how do you know the update came in that four hours anyway? It's not unheard of for bloggers to update older posts of theirs as news/emails/trackbacks come in.

I agree with Prof B; this may have seemed like a good idea when you started the research part, but you shouldn't have gotten more than a few sentences in before you realized you had nothing interesting to report.

Instant Malkin Fanboy Boilerplate:

"UNC pays for this? You're a sucky lawyer! Learn technology! You are racist/sexist! Michelle is totally awesome! The left sucks. Get a life loozer!"

That about covers it. I've done your job for you, Malkinbots. You can go away now.

I think there was a Muslim driving around looking for yo a few eeks ago...

You Malkinbots look so pathetic defending someone who got caught red-handed like this. Good job, professor!

How pathetic. The best thing this jackass can come up with to write about is how much Malkin writes. And the best support his sad little acolytes can offer is name-calling. Not inconsistent with liberal debating tactics, I suppose, but still pathetic.

Grow up and use your effing brain.

--
Every time a liberal whines, a baby cries.

Looks like Maglalang's linking to you had the desired effect, ELM. All her rabid sycophants came after you. I especially love the comments that chide you for 'not having anything better to do.'

Touché, morons.

what a silly topic, I feel dumber for just reading it. I did like the interjection of the ever-evolving 9/11 conspiracy theory followed by the "stupid" Bush "chimp" comments.
Funny how Mrs. Malkin, President Bush, or all conservatives for that matter are all "idiots" but in the same breath are the perps. of some of the grandest, most complicated conspiracies.
Want to know how to defeat a lefty in a debate? Just let them keep talking, they will defeat themselves eventually.

So Malkin prefers quantity over quality, no surprise there...

Do you line up your cheesy poofs with toothpicks and count them before you eat them? I bet your underwear are from K-Mart too.

"Eric: down here in the south, when a man expresses an unhealthy amount of interest in a married woman other than his own wife, we have a remedy. We take him out behind the woodshed and show him a few tricks them boys down at Gitmo ain't even begun to think up.....
...the effective cure for all of these gray-meat malfunctions is a good old-fashioned ass-whoopin', the finer points are pretty much moot."

Assault, including a threat of torture, over the issue of whether Malkin writes her own blog posts.
Makes a lot of sense!

Hmmmm. Too much time on your hands?

I'm underwhelmed by your efforts. You're apparently a silly, unserious person.

wow. 180+ comments. Its amazing how limbaugh-like malkin's audience is. i thought your original post raised an interesting question.

First of all the poor woman writes nothing but drivel, lies and self-serving glop that apparently feeds more than one person who actually thinks she is more than a rather silly, certainly irrelevant, bit of entertainment.

She's no more "conservative" than Hillary Clinton. She's a disgrace to journalism, she actually should be writing for "National Enquirer."

The woman is a collosal and sad joke. And, she lies.

If She drives you nuts,
he must make you moonbatty insane.
Since it's your house where he stomps your ass.

Damn, Eric. You've been pwn3d on your own blog.

Yikes.

Not to sound like a song lyric but,
isn't it ironic that your effort in shedding doubt on the productive output of another results in you being fairly criticized for being unproductive?

Its almost like a president lawyer defending his perjury under cross examination by saying it depends on what the meaning of "is" is. Rich. Thanks.

Shouldn't you be prepping classes or something?
I guess the easiest way to get attention is to throw mud at someone who has worked hard to make a name for herself. I can assure you that this was the first time I have ever been to your blog, and like most of the others whom have recently visited, it will be my last.

You could run her work through a writing analyzer, or have Dateline NBC follow her around with hidden cameras. You're a dork, man.

Boy, talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

Since when did it become improper for the blogosphere to be skeptical about what is printed online?

There is a very simple explanation for this. Most bloggers use software to write their blogs. As most do take time to research and write properly, one writes drafts of said blog, until they are comfortable with their draft to Post-it. Most software allows you to change the time of the draft, however if you don't, it keeps the time you STARTED the draft and not when you posted it. DAH! and no brainer.

[Interesting theory, defense counsel Pete. Too bad your client isn't explaining it this way.--ELM]

there area bunch of possiblities, she could have a wireless card that can send it from the plane (it is possible you know) or she could have aksed someone on the ground to type what she said...or any number of things..

but as many others have said get a life, it doesn't realy matter.

Isaac Asimov was prolific, as well. People made jokes about him having clones and robots, but nobody seriously believed that it was anything other than the fact he was an extremely efficient, organized, and energetic writer.

[ELM: This is the first time I've seen Michelle Malkin compared to Isaac Asimov.]

Asimov wrote more books than I will ever read.

I'm just saying.

I like Michelle but I think it is horrible how she eats kittens!

It only takes 2.5 hours to fly between DC and Mpls, and 15 minutes to go from the airport to downtown/University area.

A far as I'm aware, it's only during takeoffs and landings that you can't use electronic devices (such as a laptop), but fine during mid flight. Whatever the case, you're coming across like a tosser. This is the first and definitely the last time I will visit this blog.

I'm going to rationally debunk this whole "mystery".

To narrow this down to what time that really matters for this argument;
Post time: 8:25am 4/4/2006(subsequently updated) and
12:31pm 4/4/2006.

She reported in her post that her plane took off at 8:50am, which allows ample time to update the 8:25am post while the plane is getting ready to debark. And she was able to use the airport's wi-fi from inside the plane.

Assuming a 3-hour flight (because I don't know where she lives on the East Coast), that would put her at the gate in Minneapolis no later than 11:25am EDT. Even if it was a 3.5-hour flight, she still is at the gate before noon EDT.

Plenty of time to shoot off a post at 12:31pm EDT and/or update the previous one before (or after?) catching a cab to her appearance. She doesn't mention if she was writing a post while on the flight.

I see no magic, slight of hand, nor discrepancy.

Any questions? Feel schooled now? Is jumping to conclusions what law school taught you?

From a hick with no college education, I think you really should get a refund for your useless education and change your profession, before you embarrass your profession any more.

Unusual that someone would post in a plane? Look, I blog on tech issues not politics so I'm not trying to jump in this (although admittedly I am a fan of Michelle's) - normally I just lurk but your statement strikes me as incorrect.

GPRS (which at the risk of oversimplification, I'll describe as a mechanism to let you connect to the internet from your cell phone) allows people to post while on the road. I have both T-MObile GRPS and also have Verizon Wireless broadband (GPRS is fairly slow, but for text transfers like blogs, it gets the job done) and I both blog post from flights on many occassions. You get in a lot of crap for having your cell on after they tell you to turn them off, but I frequently scribble my blog posts on my tablet while I'm flying and when we land, I post. Back when I only had GRPS, it was pretty limited but in Douglas and Seatac for instance, you could definitely pick up a signal on the runway. With Verizon wireless broadband (and no, I work for neither company) I've been able to get a signal even after takeoff. BTW, on many international flights, you have WiFi access on them (although that's not what we're talking about with Michelle's posts).

Long story short, it's very easy to post while landing and right before takeoff - and considering the delays we sometimes face when taking off or leaving, it's pretty common. I've blogged from my Tablet PC and my iMATE JasJar on more than a few occassions and if you're tech inclined, it's totally reasonable to think someone else is doing the same.

On this one, it should be innocent until proven guilty and if this was court, Michelle would probably be granted summary judgement based on this evidence.

You realize that not only can you adjust the time of posts, but you can also schedule posts for automatic future publication.

But really the question is why is it any of your business? If I were Michelle I would start checking the bushes outside my house. The creppy leap to stalker isn't that great from this point.

Why IS a professor at UNC using his paid time to cyberstalk a woman, presumably on a UNC-owned computer? (Assuming he was at work at 2:16PM Tuesday, don't want to make an unfounded accusation)

Also, why is she "guilty" of something with no evidence presented? Have none of you heard of due process? More importantly, what makes anyone think they have a right to demand her travel documents?

Equally silly, has Eric (and his defenders on this) never heard of in-flight email?

Kat, you see me getting "my ass kicked" here in the comments because I have comments. Try leaving a comment over at Michelle Malkin's place sometime

If you had been called the things Malkin was regularly assaulted with before she nixed her comments, you'd do the same. Anyone who think the comment here are harsh or insulting apparently have no idea how much worse it can get.

Is it commonplace for people who live in America to immediately lash out in a crass and base form when people ask questions?

Go &%$@ yourself, you dirty foreigner.

(Totally joking, couldn't resist, love foreigners, I even like the band Foreigner. The devil made me do it.)

Any guy who owns a dog like that probably isn't impressed by Malkin's looks. Hell, he probably wants makeup tips.

Sorry folks. Lots of college faculty are like this chowderhead. No wonder I don't socialize with my co-workers. Only thing worse than a faculty meeting is seeing them outside of work.

To quote the great Lloyd Christmas:
Mannnn, you are one pathetic loser!

I wish I could find a nicer way to tell you that your a loser. But, the blatant truth is easy for all to see all too well. Woud you like to follow her around and record her urinating schedule too. Man, are you a really creepy person.