And Mc cain used the same expression awile back but, Obama used it a little to soon after her comments and looked like an ass. You know he is, uh always uh thinking, and he will be sticking his foot in his mouth more as the pressure builds

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fyi, I have no way to monetize my blog, just for the record.

I thought about using Google AdWords (or is it AdSense?) but I run an AdBlocker on my fireFox install, so I felt it would be too 2-faced of me to try to get money from people seeing and clicking ads when I refuse to look at them myself.

Cheers,
PittCaleb

1) I don't consider it bad form to mention or link to your blog. I have mine linked in my signature. Of course, mine isn't really a blog where I take on political issues or other stuff. I just write on occasion about stuff in my life: kids, baseball, music, TV shows, etc. Why is it such a big deal if people want to point us to their sites? The whole point of the Internet is links, to discover new information that you might not know about or seek out otherwise. If you don't want to click on it, that's your prerogative.

2) The whole "pigs and lipstick" thing is yet another ridiculous diversion from real issues, and evidence that candidates of all types too easily fall into cliches and idiot talk to appease the masses. C'mon, Barack: do better than this!

Dave, full-time child roadie for Owen and Amelia
www.davebrigham.com

Here's my official position on the blog linking:

1) Links to a blog that is generally parenting related are fine in your signature and/or profile.

2) If you have some thoughts to share, post those thoughts, not a link to the thoughts.

3) If you don't own the thoughts, cite them accordingly (i.e. a reasonable-length excerpt with credit and/or a link where credit is due).

I have no need to censor the mention of other (relevant) sites. I am happy to support other dad sites (see #1 above). What I do not like is people using the forums as a place to promote their ventures, be it blogs, get-rich-quick schemes, sales of wondrous products, or whatever. There is only one reason for this policy - to prevent the forums from degenerating into a useless mess of promotion and spam. We're not going to take any step in that direction.

If you think of this site as a neighborhood pub, the promotional posts are like someone coming into the pub and yelling "Hey everyone! Come check out my store down the street!". A bit annoying and out of place. Nobody wants to hang out in a place where that's happening all the time. So, they'll be asked to leave so that our friendly patrons can enjoy their beer and conversation in peace.

All of that said, I see no reason to further complain about PittCaleb's post. I'm sure he'll adjust accordingly going forward, I have no further concerns, and it's nice to have him here.