Posted on 08/14/2017 8:21:01 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
In this world we may have knowledge or repose but we may not have both. The human condition is a series of decisions; we either deal with them or circumstances deal with us. Once a bell is rung in our presence we cannot un-ring it. All of these apply to our relationship to the Drudge Report.
For years we have looked to Matt Drudge and his Drudge Report as a place where we could get some actual news. During the presidential election cycle last year this was especially true. While the foaming-at-the-mouth liars in the media churned out their disinformation day after day we at least had Drudge as a kind of Radio Free America. He posted surveys which showed that Donald Trump was clearly on his way to the Republican nomination and his fairly presented news kept alive the hope that Trump could and would win the election, saving us from another Clinton presidency.
Nevertheless, like a doctor who continually works in wards full of people with various illnesses and finally succumbs to one of these severe maladies, sometime earlier this year Drudge fell ill with hubris and began to believe that it was he who elected Trump rather than us. He began acting like he could punish Trump for any number of transgressions his whimsical little mind imagined. He published the results of polls proved to be faked by irrefutable, Wiki-Leaked emails. That was no problem for Drudge. He just made believe the stories he carried (often alone) where not true and the faked polls were honest reflections of dwindling support for Trump. It was a creeping change that was hard to discern at first.
Then came Trump’s ban of so-called transgender soldiers and Drudge’s gloves came off completely. He is now just as much an enemy of ours as CNN. Some say this is because Matt Drudge is a homosexual, others say it is a manifestation of the disease of liberalism Drudge has come down with. Personally I don’t care why Drudge has turned on us and I do mean us. I just want him off my favorites list because Donald Trump is the only person standing in the way of the total destruction of our way of life.
It is now time to turn on Drudge and put him down. As happens when any enterprise is successful, imitators will appear and a very good and satisfying alternative to the anti-American Drudge Report has arisen. It is http://thelibertydaily.com where honest descriptions of our enemies abound and truth reigns.
Why add to Drudge’s questionable hits numbers and be insulted and mocked by his slanted headlines?
Search twitter to get the most up to date information from patriots like Bill Mitchell, Mike Cernovich, James Woods (yes THAT James Woods) U.S. Freedom Army and Mike Andersonsr Jim Hoft (Gateway pundit).
Go to these sites for the truth about what is happening in our country and the world:
Www.Freerepublic.com Freepers are the most astute consumers of news on the web. Stories that have relevance to our lives are what you find each day.
http://www.barenakedislam.com/ no more lies about the religion of peace
https://www.weaselzippers.us/ when something is breaking news forget about all other sites THIS is where you get up to the minute reports.
https://nalert.blogspot.com/ Good as a secondary source; it provides contextual analysis of what is happening in our world.
http://www.militarycorruption.com/ posts stories built on reports often smuggled out of military installations that give us the full actual picture of what has actually happened in breaking military related stories.
http://www.zerohedge.com/ financial news that combines bottom lines with political events.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/ very good hard hitting analysis of the stories that mean something to us
http://gotnews.com/ Charles Johnson gets the stories no one else can get; want to hear one of the actual treasonous speeches John McCain made in the Hanoi Hilton? This is the site to find it.
https://twitter.com/LarrySchweikart/
http://www.americanthinker.com/ Fresh articles each day on all subjects. No fake news here.
By the way what have you done lately to deserve to live in America?
Wow, a conservative FReeper mocking Drudge for making too much money under free enterprise capitalism.
Are listening to what you wrote? You sound exactly like Obama when he told Joe the Plumber that some people just make too much money.
You have every right to think, write and say whatever you like and to make as much money as you want.
But then, so does Matt Drudge.
http://www.whatfinger.com/ Very good site.
Drudge having a headline YOU didn't approve of for, OMG 24 hours!, is a small snapshot of that point in time.
My wife and I have gone more than 24 hours in several cases during our marriage where we didn't speak to the other because we were mad at something they said. But we didn't head to the divorce lawyer over it.
I don't recall seeing anywhere where there is a requirement that Matt Drudge run his online business by having to first get the opinions and approval of some of the complainers, moaners, groaners, whiners and naysayers on FR, before he posts his links.
Ya'll sound like a bunch of liberal snowflakes, who are micro-aggressed because someone said something you didn't approve of before you were able to retreat into your safe spaces.
Any of that sound familiar?
Agreed.........
I have every right to mock him under our (somewhat) free enterprise (somewhat) capitalistic system. If Drudge isn't providing a value/as much of a value anymore, I can and will criticize and/or stop going to his site. I am of the personal opinion that the super click bait stuff (especially negative to Trump/Bannon/etc) he posts is negative to his brand value over the medium and longer term. I'm not asking the government to interfere with Drudge or tax him more so stop writing straw-man arguments.
Drudge obviously does not care if he loses hits from MAGA supporters, since he is blood libeling them with “Make America Hate Again” editorial.
Why anyone on the right would use his site is beyond stupid.
Yeah, conservatives are SO STUPID, they completely lack any powers of critical thinking. If it’s published at a so-called conservative web site, without exception they take it for the gospel truth. They can’t be trusted to separate the pepper from the fly specks, so no conservative should ever be trusted to read ANY news source that violates the values of ANY other conservative.
Single issue parochialism is the greatest reason why conservatives struggle to win at the ballot box despite the fact that they outnumber avowed liberals by a 3-to-2 margin. There’s a lesson to be learned there. Unless, of course, conservatives really are that stupid.
bkmrk
How would I know what headline Drudge ran? I no longer visit the site.
I read about the headline on a conservative site I visit. The consensus was that it was the last straw. Everyone on the very long thread was moving on from Drudge. The sentiment was strong.
Drudge is not your wife. He’s the provider of an online service. If you like the service, use it. But stop trying to manipulate others into using it. In a free market we all get to decide what products to use. For many, other sites now provide a product superior to Drudge’s. That is our decision to make—not yours.
Well said!
+1
LOL.
Now if I could just get more production out of my #1 columnist.
Great!
Your points are well taken.
I was being sarcastic and didn’t mean anything personal towards you.
I agree....a lot of his headlines...or links tend to be focused on trivial things...there are so many outlets for news, he can no longer be considered a go to website...at least he helped expose Bill Clinton as man with a sordid bent.
Long live the real truth. Go to anysite which gives it out.
I still check Drudge. Sometimes I see stuff I don’t like. I don’t need help deciding which webpages to look at.
No personal affront taken. I can be as sarcastic as the best of them can too. :-)
Thanks.
Only that your comment said, "....Drudge had that as his top header for ~24 hrs....."
You said it. I didn't
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