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Confession
05-17-11 | stolinsky

Posted on 05/17/2011 1:30:40 PM PDT by stolinsky

Forgive me, Freepers, for I have sinned. My sins are many:

1. I linked to my own website, which is a sign of the arrogant belief that people might want to read what I write. Of course, if I didn't think that, I wouldn't write in the first place, so it's hard to see much difference.

2. I "stole bandwidth," though it's hard to see how posting a short exerpt with a link was worse than posting a long article--or how repeated insulting comments don't also "steal bandwidth."

3. I wanted people to "pay" me to be "showered with my wisdom," though my website has no advertising and costs me $299 a year to run, plus untold hours of time.

4. I used too many bullet points--or is it too few semicolons, I forget?

5. I claimed to have a graduate degree, though this couldn't be true, since I expressed myself plainly, in short paragraphs, and never used a $5 word when a two-bit word would do as well.

6. I claimed to have scars from a line-of-duty injury in the Army Reserve, though this couldn't be true either, since "people like me" usually avoid service.

7. Unlike my critics, I use my own name instead of a screen name, because I'm willing to stand up and be counted for what I say, and believe.

8. I assumed falsely that I was among friends, so any differences could be resolved amicably. Instead, I got more anger and vitriol than I ever got from liberals in the years I posted on NewsMax and on my own website. Yes, they occasionally called me "Nazi," but even the most fanatical never threatened violence or called me mentally ill--both of which are ways communists used to silence those who disagreed.

9. I assumed falsely that most conservatives are interested in saving our nation from leftists undermining it from within, and extremist Muslims attacking it from without. But instead, some are too busy squabbling among themselves about who doesn't really "fit in" with their small group--a sure recipe for defeat.

For all these sins, forgive me. My pennance will be to forgo blogging for a month. Perhaps that will be enough time for the anger to subside. Or not.


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: butthurt; dramaqueen; givemehitsdammit; ibtz; opus; opustempus; selfdestructiveness; smallestviolin; whineypimp
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To: humblegunner; stolinsky

For pennance they shall drink the [un]holy caffienated beverage of doom, there amidst the horrible visions it shall grant they may achieve enlightenment.
Either that or they end up having one heck of a good conversation with a deer.

Or is drinking my coffee too much pennance to perform?


101 posted on 05/17/2011 3:10:16 PM PDT by Darksheare (You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
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To: stolinsky

aw shoot...I thought we had the makins of an Opus.


102 posted on 05/17/2011 3:10:17 PM PDT by stylin19a
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To: King Moonracer

103 posted on 05/17/2011 3:10:32 PM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: TheOldLady

Ah..okay.

I don’t have that ‘chafing’ problem with leather.

:)


104 posted on 05/17/2011 3:11:31 PM PDT by Salamander (I'm your pain.)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde
I appreciate you helping me sell those things ... they’ve been listed forever!!! :)

I'm thinking of setting up a blog about them and pimping it here. We ought to get a lot of traffic.

105 posted on 05/17/2011 3:12:17 PM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: stolinsky


On the other hand Romney, Paul, Tinklebee and Obama loves themselves a blog pimp.

106 posted on 05/17/2011 3:12:59 PM PDT by Eaker (The problem with the internet, you're never sure of the accuracy of the quotes. Abraham Lincoln '65)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

And very frustrating for that decent minority, I’m sure.

The only answer is to pay for your OWN web space and have total control of what does [or does not] get put on/in it.


107 posted on 05/17/2011 3:16:11 PM PDT by Salamander (I'm your pain.)
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To: Salamander
The blogger may very well _not_ make one red cent but the blog host site is getting rich off ~their~ hard work and subjecting them to the scrutiny and ire of pimp busters, everywhere.

Unfortunate.

I'd suggest they copy their writing off the blog (why is it there anyway?)
and post it directly onto Free republic or where ever their little
heart desires. Why bother with a blog? I'd ask them to name any
blog that gets more page views than Free Republic.

Silly bloggers. Trix are for pimps.

108 posted on 05/17/2011 3:17:24 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: humblegunner
Silly bloggers. Trix are for pimps.

Classic.

109 posted on 05/17/2011 3:18:34 PM PDT by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: Salamander

Yep.


110 posted on 05/17/2011 3:19:29 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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To: arderkrag

YUP! that’s how I go!


111 posted on 05/17/2011 3:20:39 PM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (I am keeping the faith, I have not finished my course and I am fighting for the good)
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To: humblegunner

But....but....You can’t get any HITS that way!


112 posted on 05/17/2011 3:20:41 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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To: stolinsky

I think I read this apology already, but it was from a different Freeper.

Not saying that you stole the apology or anything, mind you.

:-)


113 posted on 05/17/2011 3:21:30 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

114 posted on 05/17/2011 3:27:44 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Sunburn = self inflicted radiation poisoning.


115 posted on 05/17/2011 3:28:05 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Allowing to America is akin to injecting yourself with AIDS to prove how tolerant you are..)
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To: Joe 6-pack

I’m trying to imagine how useless Free Republic would be if every comment looked like this:

“I think that idea is silly. It is clear that.... (excerpted — read more at MyBlog.Blog”


116 posted on 05/17/2011 3:28:31 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: stolinsky; All

Sung to the tune of Talking Heads’ “Life During Wartime”

(Ahem...)

Heard of a website. loaded with users,
hacked up and ready to go
Loaded some porn links, over in Russia,
a place where nobody knows
My Mother’s basement, here in the darkness,
I’m getting used to it now
I lived at DU, posted at HuffPo,
I’ve lived all over this town

This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco,
this ain’t no fooling around
No time for Freeping, or more donations,
I ain’t got time for that now

Posting my excerpt, to 1000 websites
hope for an hitcount some day
I got three logins, a couple of hand-socks,
you don’t even know my real name
High on some spraypaint, the spam is loading,
everything’s ready to roll
I sleep in the daytime, blogpimp in the nightime,
I might not ever get home

This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco,
this ain’t no fooling around
These ain’t no KOS Kids, or Weasel Zippers,
I ain’t got time for that now

Heard about Pauly? Heard about Marcos?
Heard about humblegunner?
You oughta know not to mess with pimpbusters
somebody Zot you out there
I got some pictures, some AP copy,
to pimp a couple of ways
But I ain’t got no lifestyle,
ain’t got no girlfriend,
ain’t got no reason to stay
Why make donations? Why post a real link?
Gonna be different this time
Can’t write a letter, can’t send a postcard,
I can’t write nothing at all

This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco,
this ain’t no fooling around
I’d like to rob you, steal all your passwords
I ain’t got no time for that now

Trouble at login, got through the firewall,
we blended with the crowd
We got computers, we’re tapping users,
I know that ain’t allowed
We dress like students, we dress like housewives,
or in our birthday suits
I changed my avatar, so many times now,
I don’t know what I look like!

You make me shiver, I feel so tender,
we make a pretty good team
Don’t get exhausted, I’ll do some pimping,
you ought to get you some sleep
Got you the login, follow directions,
then you should change your e-mail
Maybe tomorrow, maybe the next day,
whatever you think is best

Burned all my thumbdrives, what good are
thumbdrives? They won’t help me survive
My chest is aching, burns like a furnace,
the burning keeps me alive
Try to stay stealthy, away from pimpbusters,
don’t want to catch no quick zots
Try to be careful, don’t take no chances,
you better watch what you say….


117 posted on 05/17/2011 3:28:47 PM PDT by Bean Counter (If Obama is the answer, how stupid was the question??)
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To: Bean Counter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlrWsKn_lK0&feature=fvst

“Butt Hurts” ~ With apologies to Nazareth

Butt hurts, butt scars,
my blog, it’s marred,
any blog, posts fluff,
or exerpted enough
we take a lot of pain,
take a lot of pain
Bloggers like a clown
rants of the insane
butt hurts, ooh ooh butt hurts

I pimp, I know
but even so
I get a hit or two
I scammed, from you
I really pimp a lot,
really pimp a lot
blogs are like a whore
you pimp her when she’s hot
butt hurts, ooh ooh butt hurts

some FReepers hate my pimpy-ness
deceptiveness, my scumminess
Pimpbusters think I am a mess
they’re all beating me

I know my blog is cool
I know I get hits from you
My blog is plagiarized,
getting hits from you
butt hurts, ooh,ooh butt hurts
ooh,ooh butt hurts

[Guitar solo]

I know my blog is cool
I know I get hits from you
My blog is plagiarized,
getting hits from you
butt hurts, ooh,ooh butt hurts
ooh,ooh butt hurts


118 posted on 05/17/2011 3:33:18 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: stolinsky

Oh, don’t be such a baby.

Free Republic is your home too.

And, as everyone knows:

Home is where you act the worst and get treated the best...or something like that.

Thanks for the excerpt.


119 posted on 05/17/2011 3:36:46 PM PDT by Vendome ("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
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To: humblegunner

lol


120 posted on 05/17/2011 3:37:20 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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