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'This guy is coming down, there's nothing anybody can do about it'
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Posted on 07/30/2009 5:24:09 AM PDT by cycle of discernment

Vanished: Obama exposer disappears off Net

Owner vows: 'This guy is coming down, there's nothing anybody can do about it'

July 29, 2009 10:57 pm Eastern

By Joe Kovacs © 2009 WorldNetDaily

TheObamaFile.com, an extensive information depot questioning Barack Obama's eligibility to hold the office of president, has vanished off the Internet, and its publisher believes the political end is also near for the commander in chief.

"This guy is coming down, there's nothing anybody can do about it," declares Parker Shannon, a 70-year-old retiree who has documented alleged violations by Obama for the past two years from his home in suburban Boston.

But Shannon stresses his decision to shut down the site had nothing to do with any kind of pressure from the government.

"The Obama camp didn't get to me. They can't," he told WND. "What got to me is my fellow Americans, the cheap bastards."

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: sourcetitlenoturl

1 posted on 07/30/2009 5:24:09 AM PDT by cycle of discernment
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To: cycle of discernment

“What got to me is my fellow Americans, the cheap bastards.”

Does he even know there is a recession going on?

Unemployment is at highs?

Taxes are rising?

(and this is without even nothing the fact that web hosting is cheaper than it ever has been)


2 posted on 07/30/2009 5:26:24 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: cycle of discernment

Vanished: Obama exposer disappears off Net Chicago style.


3 posted on 07/30/2009 5:27:52 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: cycle of discernment

Not enough donations to make it worth while to do the work of maintaining the site. I can understand that.


4 posted on 07/30/2009 5:29:37 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Thatcher)
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To: cycle of discernment
"What got to me is my fellow Americans, the cheap bastards."

...see you in the unemployment line A$$hole, have a nice day

5 posted on 07/30/2009 5:30:00 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: cycle of discernment

Freerepublic could also go down without support.

I would think it would not be a bad idea if Jim were to initiate a special funding drive to get TheObamafile back online.

Losing a website like that means losing momentum in our struggle to Take Back America.


6 posted on 07/30/2009 5:30:34 AM PDT by Eye of Unk ("If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Web hosting is fairly cheap, but he was spending a lot of time updating and maintaining his content. Perhaps you’d like to volunteer?


7 posted on 07/30/2009 5:31:11 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money -- Thatcher)
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To: PapaBear3625

Thanks, but I have my own blog:

http://ccwsaveslives.blogspot.com/


8 posted on 07/30/2009 5:31:58 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
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To: cycle of discernment

That really sucks....I’ve never even heard of the site...wish I had.


9 posted on 07/30/2009 5:35:40 AM PDT by TeknoBeck (I've upped my standards, so up yours...)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Would it change your mind if the website owner was a FReeper who just celebrated his 70th birthday?
10 posted on 07/30/2009 5:40:26 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: cycle of discernment

What can we do to speed it up?


11 posted on 07/30/2009 6:03:32 AM PDT by DeaconRed (BO STINKS & IS A RACIST & BLAMES "W" FOR EVERYTHING BAD)
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To: cycle of discernment

So, the site owner wants us “cheap bastards” to buy his book when he writes it?

Call me crazy, but insulting your customer base and blaming them for your poor choice of business model isn’t the greatest way to sell more product to those people.

I really appreciate what this guy did. But apparently he wasn’t doing it out of a sense of patriotism or country - he wanted to make a profit. Well, the site was poorly laid out (I only saw it for the first time yesterday), most of the information was from other sources, the donation button’s weren’t prominent, and neither was the financial predicament of the site. Generally, it wasn’t very compelling.

A great resource? Yes. Absolutely. A site that compelled visitors to donate to the owner? No, not at first visit, at least, and not without some explanation (the site takes a long time, the owner’s on a fixed income, yada yada yada).

Blogs with freely available information are everywhere. If you’re going to compete in that market, you have to offers something more. If what you’re offering isn’t compelling, then it isn’t your customer’s fault - it’s yours.

The irony is, now that the guy gets exposure and might actually get some donations, he doesn’t want any.

Curmudgeon is the term that comes to mind.


12 posted on 07/30/2009 6:07:51 AM PDT by chrisser (Jim Thompson is the the finest, bravest, most honorable American I have ever known...)
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To: cycle of discernment

The ‘Bama’s demise will also relegate the omnipotent MSM to the role of court jesters. The only hope of the MSM is to become permanently funded by a liberal federal government as a state run propaganda functionary, or turn to funding from the DNC and become a subdivision of that party. The American people will never take them seriously again.


13 posted on 07/30/2009 6:12:54 AM PDT by Spok
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To: Spok
Dan Rather is already asking for massive government subsidies to keep "journalists" employed.

We just know Dan doesn't mean us.

Not one penny for a government funded press!

14 posted on 07/30/2009 6:20:46 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Spok
Dan Rather is already asking for massive government subsidies to keep "journalists" employed.

We just know Dan doesn't mean us.

Not one penny for a government funded press!

15 posted on 07/30/2009 6:20:49 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Red in Blue PA

Don’t understand. My blogs are FREE. Why couldn’t he have a Free blog?

And there are places to purchase websites inexpensively.

Sumpin’ ain’t quite right.


16 posted on 07/30/2009 8:50:41 AM PDT by HighlyOpinionated (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell)
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