What The Hell Is A Dipnote?

In the jargon of the State Department, a dipnote is basically a Diplomatic Note for short. Nothing too shocking there. What is a shocker is that it is also the name of their brand spanking new blog. Yes folks, the State Department has joined the blogosphere. What does that mean exactly? Well perhaps it means we regular people can have discussions with actual representatives of the people who work in the "foggy bottom."

The Department of State has been in the news lately due to its enabling of Blackwater USA and helping them to cover up the atrocities committed by the mercenary group headed by war profiteer Erik Prince. But the DOS isn't all bad. There are plenty of good people that work there that are committed to working with countries across the globe. The problem is mainly at the top and particularly due to Bushophile named Condoleezza Rice.

So what is the Dipnote up to so far? Lately they have discussed the Burmese situation, goings on in Budapesht and exactly what the blog is all about. There was supposed to be something about Blackwater, but that 2nd post never materialized evidently. The blog is nice, but if the DOS thinks this is going to solve their problems, they might want to be more forthcoming with Congress and the American people besides having a comment section.