At least once every three months I get a solicitation in the mail asking me to send money to a company who will list me with search engines.What year are these people living in? Do they expect me to believe that just because a new year has begun search engines will delete my sites from…
Tag: Opinion
Where have all my blogging friends gone?
I have been using this site as a blog for a little over a year now. In that time I have met many interesting people. Some of them are still blogging while others have moved onto bigger and better things. I’d like to take a moment and list some of the bloggers I have met…
Of unions and dues increases
I belong to a union. I am mostly happy with the job my union does but there are many things that they do that I do not agree with. For one thing I do not like the way my union is in lockstep with the Democratic party. I also do not like the way my…
Dunkin Donuts just got more expensive
When I get paid I like to take a few dollars out of the ATM and pick up a coffee on the way into work. I don’t care for Starbucks coffee at all so I usually go to one of the many Dunkin Donuts in the area and get a medium regular coffee and an…
About the support The troops by bringing them home slogan
1. This is not a debate for the anti-war vs pro-war discussion2. Please try to stay on topic.One thing that has been bugging me for a while is the anti-war slogan, “support the troops by bringing them home.” Let me start off by saying, as a former soldier, no one wants to be in a…
Is Social Media being used to spread misinformation?
On September 26th 2007 Rush Limbaugh had a conversation with a caller about “phony” soldiers. This call was referencing an earlier discussion about a specific “phony” soldier who was found to have forged his military records. This soldier claimed to be an Army Ranger who had served in Iraq and witnessed atrocities.CALLER 2: No, it’s…
How old is your blog?
I’m not talking about how old as in “when did you start blogging?” No, I am talking about how old as in what form does your content take?Every blog goes through stages of life. Some go from birth to death and disappear while others return like a phoenix and burst back onto the scene with…
Do Bloggers Need a Union?
This week I have been noticing an uptick in articles proclaiming that bloggers need a union. Some of the reasons cited have had to do with banding together to get health insurance or normalizing of advertising rates. Others have poo pooed the idea saying that to unionize the bloggers would remove the creative spirit behind…
Democrat comes clean on Iraq
What do you do when you are a Democrat and you hear good news coming from Iraq? Why you get depressed…House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Monday that a strongly positive report on progress on Iraq by Army Gen. David Petraeus likely would split Democrats in the House and impede his party’s efforts to…
A Guest Blogger on Guest Blogging
When people talk about marketing a blog or driving traffic to a site, most of the conversation revolves around that site. However, one great method of gaining exposure and driving new traffic to your site doesn’t have anything to do with your site at all: Guest Blogging. Unfortunately, the topic remains one of the less…
Some Republicans just don’t get it
In the news lately there has been a surge of quotes about the amnesty bill winding its way through congress. One of the funniest ones has to be from senator Trent Lott:”I’m sure senators on both sides of the aisle are being pounded by these talk-radio people who don’t even know what’s in the bill,”…
How positive thinking and quantum physics can work for you
Have you ever seen the books at the bookstore about the power of positive thinking? Are you familiar with quantum physics? Believe it or not, these two things work together to make your life better.Let me warn you right now that this post is going to be a little bit “out there” so don’t feel…