No one has to click on the link.
People that are afraid that blogs will jump up and tweak their noses should not click on the links.
He has less advertising then ALL major news sources posted here, why not go after them with their popups and auto starts?
Hard to say without specifics.
Probably because it isn't a case of the "author" hawking his own amateur stuff on Free Republic's dime.
I didn't even mention "noob" anywhere although I should have...