Note: This is in response to the critical emails I get about my reporting from staunchly partisan Democrats and Republicans. In particular the Dale Peterson story. I am obviously not talking about any of the regulars. It's always people who read the daily emails and rss feeds. They go out to 15k people, so I get a lot of email responses.
Before writing me critical emails, take a moment to understand my life. Because of this website, more or less every day since January 15, 2009, I have sat in front of my monitors for 12 hours and read approximately 250 articles and watched 75-100 videos. That's daily. It's freaking depressing, but I do it because I care about my country. I haven't asked for donations. I haven't run a single advertisement, pretty much just so that you will have a better a web reading experience.
And by the way, watching clips and reading stories is the easy part. The difficulty (and trust me, there's plenty of it) is in the presentation. Unless you've done it yourself, you have no idea. My advice to anyone -- Do NOT start a news website, not under any circumstances. Blogging kills, or destroys your soul, and sometimes both.
I might not post a lot on certain days, but understand that I'm still here watching clips and reading, a slave to these issues and this website. I go to sleep when I'm exhausted and when I wake up, I'm back in this chair and in front of these screens within 15 minutes, generally. I'm not trying to earn your sympathy. I'm the one who needs to get control over his life. But I'm asking you to hold your tongue before you fire off that nasty email. You're probably wrong about my thoughts anyway, as in the case of Peterson. So don't waste your time or mine.
Bob Knight said it better than anyone:
Video: Go to 2:55 of the clip ------>!
And then start at the beginning and watch the entire thing.
Warning: It's Bobby Knight. He's going to use colorful language.
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Quote is transcribed inside for those who can't watch.
- "When my time on Earth is gone, and my activities here are passed. I want they bury me upside down. So my critics can kiss my ass."
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