Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy

Sponsors are those who you make pay, for things that you would give to a friend or stranger for free.

“It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.”

- Rod Serling

I also find it difficult to read blogs that make sponsorship the primary reason for their existence. To me, sponsorship of my blog is just gravy — a fun way to make my hobby pay for itself and a few small toys. The last few days I’ve had several requests from businesses to pay me for advertising space. I’m not totally against this, as you can see I have an ad for a printer ink company, and a blog & merchandise search engine already on my sidebar (and usually, but not currently, Google Adsense). However, I have to draw a line somewhere, lest my site have more ads than new unbought-content.

I’m more likely to give away a link in a post due to a cordial or reciprocated request, than farm out my Google PageRank to web entrepreneurs who will pay me cash or royalties. That’s why I’m giving a link to Pastor Rob who asked many of Jon Swift’s readers, who participated in the liberal-blogrolling experiment, to link back to him as he added our blogs to his blogroll. This, despite him having little in common with me religiously, geographically, or politically. Sometimes it’s good to expand ones’ blogroll past the point of reason or logic, and just see what happens.

The Conservative MPs are sending out pathetic polls asking “Do you support Stephen Harper’s tax cuts? [] Yes [] No”. As if that isn’t bad enough, I found one blowing in the wind outside of my apartment building. I picked it up, and it was from Gerry Ritz. One big problem; he’s the MP for Battlefords-Lloydminster which is over 400km away! The flyer didn’t blow here, I found others like it in the junk mail discard bin under the mail boxes. What the heck are his MP communication flyers doing in Regina?

I think the Conservatives are spamming names of their non-disgraced MPs in places other than where they are elected, to try and got non-compromised names in front of the public. Lukiwski, Vellacott, contribute to the growing, and unflattering list of Saskatchewan Conservatives with serious scandals in the not so distant past.

Wandering Coyote noticed this sham attack advertising which uses your tax money (to respond to MPs, and I won’t confirm to receive it from them, but I suspect that too) in the guise of MP-constituent communication. She also learned officially why it’s happening.

I think Ritz’s propaganda ending up in Ralph Goodale’s riding, is not by coincidence.

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Hat tip to Ryan A.

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And it really couldn’t be more fitting than having a Blob of Oil speaking for Harper’s Conservatives in the latest Flash attack ads on Dion. It fits so well - slimy, out of Alberta, and ready to cause more global warming. See willyoubetricked.ca if you’re interested in seeing the ridiculous ad.

If all you have is nothing… learn to enjoy it. There’s a lot more nothing where that nothing came from.

It’s actually very good advice. With so many things in life, believing is seeing. Advertisers will tell you the opposite, because happy people don’t buy as much!