1. "Hardly anybody reads me."Because when I read Joe Shmoe #2768's blog on wordpress.com, I automatically assume he has a rabid readership.2. "The more companies pay me, the more I like their stuff."Yeah, it's called ADVERTISING. Holy s**t, what a novel idea. It's not like it's done on the radio and TV all the time or anything.3. "Did I mention I'm not a real reporter?"Oops. I thought Joe Shmoe #2768 was a reporter also. My bad.4. "I might infect your computer with a virus."Yeah, blogs are obviously the only forms of websites that can carry viruses. Regular websites? Nope. No viruses here. Just stay away from blogs man, they're EVIL.5. "I'm revealing company secrets."I guess all bloggers are working for high-profile companies who have to worry about industrial espionage. Hey Joe Shmoe #2768, even though your profile says you're 14, you're revealing company secrets!6. "Just because my name's on it doesn't mean I wrote it."Don't care. Besides, this phenomenon isn't really unique to the blogging world. This list also has the pretense that it applies to *all* bloggers, not just the extremely small minority that claim they're high-paid CEOs. You might do a list called "10 Things Novelists Aren't Telling You" and include something about novelists who write about anthropomorphic unicorns with dietary problems.7. "My blog is just a stepping stone to bigger and better things."Who cares? I mean really, if their blog manages to land them a well-paying job, then I say go for it.8. "I can control what you see on the Internet."I thought this article was supposed to tell me things I didn't already know.9. "Blogging just about ruined my life."They mention a few isolated cases and suddenly every blogger is going to get fired because of something they may or may not have posted on their blog? Going by the stunning new information revealing in #1, the likelihood of a potential employer actually reading an employee's blog is extremely small.10. "I'm already obsolete."Wow, blog posts went down from 1.6 million to 1.3 million? Look out bloggers, you're obsolete!The plain fact is, many people are far better writers than they are speakers, and thus probably wouldn't want a podcast because they wouldn't be good at it. Besides, the advent of film and TV didn't make books and newspapers obsolete, did they? No, I have a feeling that, until humans evolve telepathy, information transmitted in *gasp* written form will be around for a long time.This list fails.
John Edwards:The Bilderberg Candidate/SKULL BONES (Revised) by URI DOWBENKOWhen you own all the ponies, you don't really care whowins the race. So it is with the US presidentialelections in 2004.After his triumphant appearance at the BilderbergConference in Italy even the New York Times wasgushing at the performance of John Edwards. Theselection of John "Bilderberger" Edwards by John"Skull and Bones" Kerry was inevitable, as the secretsocieties own all the candidates in this "election."This time around George "Skull and Bones" Bush is notfavored by the elite as his father George H. W. Bushwas replaced by Bill Clinton in 1992.The New York Times wrote -- "Several people pointed tothe secretive and exclusive Bilderberg conference ofsome 120 people that this year drew the likes of HenryA. Kissinger, Melinda Gates and Richard A. Perle toStresa, Italy, in early June, as helping win Mr.Kerry's heart. Mr. Edwards spoke so well in a debateon American politics with the Republican Ralph Reedthat participants broke Bilderberg rules to clapbefore the end of the session.
maybe newspapers and televsion news shows should stop taking ads since there must be some editorial influence with ALL that money flowing to them, right? Easily more in a single day then even the big bloggers see in a month!
pbgswdApr 4, 2007
the dude is light on facts, and downright wrong #4
asianwasteApr 4, 2007
Here's #11: Worthwhile content.
lordramaApr 5, 2007
1. "Hardly anybody reads me."Because when I read Joe Shmoe #2768's blog on wordpress.com, I automatically assume he has a rabid readership.2. "The more companies pay me, the more I like their stuff."Yeah, it's called ADVERTISING. Holy s**t, what a novel idea. It's not like it's done on the radio and TV all the time or anything.3. "Did I mention I'm not a real reporter?"Oops. I thought Joe Shmoe #2768 was a reporter also. My bad.4. "I might infect your computer with a virus."Yeah, blogs are obviously the only forms of websites that can carry viruses. Regular websites? Nope. No viruses here. Just stay away from blogs man, they're EVIL.5. "I'm revealing company secrets."I guess all bloggers are working for high-profile companies who have to worry about industrial espionage. Hey Joe Shmoe #2768, even though your profile says you're 14, you're revealing company secrets!6. "Just because my name's on it doesn't mean I wrote it."Don't care. Besides, this phenomenon isn't really unique to the blogging world. This list also has the pretense that it applies to *all* bloggers, not just the extremely small minority that claim they're high-paid CEOs. You might do a list called "10 Things Novelists Aren't Telling You" and include something about novelists who write about anthropomorphic unicorns with dietary problems.7. "My blog is just a stepping stone to bigger and better things."Who cares? I mean really, if their blog manages to land them a well-paying job, then I say go for it.8. "I can control what you see on the Internet."I thought this article was supposed to tell me things I didn't already know.9. "Blogging just about ruined my life."They mention a few isolated cases and suddenly every blogger is going to get fired because of something they may or may not have posted on their blog? Going by the stunning new information revealing in #1, the likelihood of a potential employer actually reading an employee's blog is extremely small.10. "I'm already obsolete."Wow, blog posts went down from 1.6 million to 1.3 million? Look out bloggers, you're obsolete!The plain fact is, many people are far better writers than they are speakers, and thus probably wouldn't want a podcast because they wouldn't be good at it. Besides, the advent of film and TV didn't make books and newspapers obsolete, did they? No, I have a feeling that, until humans evolve telepathy, information transmitted in *gasp* written form will be around for a long time.This list fails.
theactioncomboApr 5, 2007
The word blog pisses me off.
justdanielegrlApr 5, 2007
John Edwards:The Bilderberg Candidate/SKULL BONES (Revised) by URI DOWBENKOWhen you own all the ponies, you don't really care whowins the race. So it is with the US presidentialelections in 2004.After his triumphant appearance at the BilderbergConference in Italy even the New York Times wasgushing at the performance of John Edwards. Theselection of John "Bilderberger" Edwards by John"Skull and Bones" Kerry was inevitable, as the secretsocieties own all the candidates in this "election."This time around George "Skull and Bones" Bush is notfavored by the elite as his father George H. W. Bushwas replaced by Bill Clinton in 1992.The New York Times wrote -- "Several people pointed tothe secretive and exclusive Bilderberg conference ofsome 120 people that this year drew the likes of HenryA. Kissinger, Melinda Gates and Richard A. Perle toStresa, Italy, in early June, as helping win Mr.Kerry's heart. Mr. Edwards spoke so well in a debateon American politics with the Republican Ralph Reedthat participants broke Bilderberg rules to clapbefore the end of the session.
mbthompsonApr 5, 2007
How many profiles do you think he checked before he said that?
chrisnixonApr 5, 2007
11. They write stupid baseless stories in the hope that they'll get attention for their financial website to sell you stuff.
earvolutionApr 5, 2007
maybe newspapers and televsion news shows should stop taking ads since there must be some editorial influence with ALL that money flowing to them, right? Easily more in a single day then even the big bloggers see in a month!