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I’ve recently been trying to close an account here at Redstate.com. It’s not been a very active account. I’ve not posted frequently and decided this forum is not a particular good fit for me. I’m sure everyone here has been in a similar boat. You joined a group, signed up for a list, dropped you business card in a fishbowl at a convention and later wished you hadn’t. And you wish to sever you ties from that group or fishbowl.
I’ve learned from past experience that it’s better to close an unneeded account than to have it sitting around collecting dust. All sorts of mischief can be had from old un-used accounts. And once it starts it can be really difficult to stop.
To that end I tried to close the account. On every other forum, blog, listserv, bbs etc I’ve ever been a part of closing an account has not been very complicated. Now days it’s usually as simple as going to your profile section and closing the account. There may be a couple questions about why you are closing it but it’s pretty painless. Even in the bad old days of the internet (mid to late 90’s) all it took was an e-mail (or two).
My first attempts were to e-mail the contact address. I did that over the course of months. Not with any great regularity but when I thought about it, I’d ask. Never received a reply.
I did occasionally continue to post during this time so I can understand the admin’s confusion. Why would this account post if it wanted it closed?
So recently I e-mailed daily for a week or so. Again, no account closure, no reply.
I was left with posting to the forum. I’ve only posted in open threads. I’ve politely asked to have the account closed. I’ve given my reasons why though I would think simply wanting the account closed would be enough. When I’ve been asked about it I’ve replied politely. The exception to that is when it’s been suggested that I actively try to get banned by breaking the “rules”. I’ve been a bit curt with those suggestions at times.
I understand I could instantly be banned for dropping the f-bomb, using the n-word, invoking HWSNBN but I chose not to because it’s crass and childish.
Instead I’ve politely and respectfully asked the account be closed. I’ve been told by at least one admin it can be done. I’ve not been given a reason why it’s not. I honestly don’t know why it’s not been done.
It’s been suggested that I’m asking for account closure because I wish to “scrub” my posts from this forum. I’ve pointedly and specifically responded that I’m not interested in what happens to any old posts. I don’t know how I can make that point anymore clear.
And believe me that every post after the first has been done with some hesitation. I’m not out to tick anyone off. I’m not interested in a game of “one up’s manship”. If that was the case I would thread jack, mindlessly post over and over or call out an admin.
So now I’m left with posting a diary. This is not fun, though it’s not hard. I’ve simply run out of options.
If anyone has suggestions about how I can get this account closed but would rather not reply here (it’s understandable), you can e-mail me at redstate2009@gmail.com
Thanks

Hmmmmmm
Erick Brockway Monday, November 16th at 12:45AM EST (link)Actually, you should maybe think about writing full time. You’re really good.
*snicker*
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I agree. Very well thought out.
TNJim Monday, November 16th at 12:49AM EST (link)Maybe you can be a front page contributor sometime, ajl_mo.
Heh.
“No. You can’t” -Moe Lane
the best part is the page and margin settings
LJ "Beaglescout" Miller Monday, November 16th at 4:15PM EST (link)at the beginning of the post, Mr. ajl_mo, if that is his real name, defines his page and margin settings.
yeah, that was the best part.
“Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property.”
heh
Erick Brockway Monday, November 16th at 8:56PM EST (link)That’s what happens when you paste directly from MS Word, I believe. I tried it once and didn’t like the results.
Somebody told me “Preview Post” was my friend, I took it to heart
Note to lefties;
“Don’t be afraid to see what you see.”
Ronald Reagan
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Chip in to get rid of “Babs” (Yes ma’am) Boxer.
I will
ajl_mo Tuesday, November 17th at 8:20AM EST (link)Believe me I won’t that mistake again.
5^5^5^5^5 Highly Reco'd -NT-
discerningconservative Monday, November 16th at 12:50AM EST (link)Kowalski...
discerningconservative Monday, November 16th at 12:50AM EST (link)That was sarcasm if nobody caught it.
What an idiot! nt
Achance Monday, November 16th at 3:17AM EST (link)In Vino Veritas
"I cannot spare this man. He fights." -A. Lincoln
Third Street Monday, November 16th at 4:51AM EST (link)Mods, whatever do you, don’t close this person’s account! This is the kind of articulate, principled conservatism we need in the fight ahead!
HIGHLY recommended!
Try this link; maybe they have a "How To" page...
Vladimir Monday, November 16th at 7:16AM EST (link)http://bfredstate.blogspot.com/
There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted. - Arthur Schopenhauer
Thanks for the link
ajl_mo Tuesday, November 17th at 8:20AM EST (link)Thanks for the link but there’s nothing about how to close an account there.
If you are really desperate to close the account,
The_Gadfly Monday, November 16th at 8:52AM EST (link)it is actually fairly easy: make a gratuitous anti-semtic or homophobic post, then repeat it after you get a warning from one of the moderators. Or you could try either the Paultard or Third party routes. If you search some of the recent postings I’m sure you’ll be able to find plenty of examples to guide you in your postings. There seems to have once again been an earthquake and troll sightings have risen.
Or maybe you could try the contact form.
We’ve been called racists enough now that it shouldn’t bother us any more.
-AChance, http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2009/11/03/what-men-may-do-we-have-done/#comment-24463
If NY23 was a beat down for Conservatives, what do you call what happened to Progressives in NJ and VA?
inspired by ColdWarrior, http://www.redstate.com/hooah_mac/2009/11/04/ny-23-the-agony-of-defeat-not-so-much/#comment-156
Just to be informative, he knows all of this.
gekster Monday, November 16th at 9:10AM EST (link)I think he just wants attention, and he’s getting it.
but not from me anymore.
A political party cannot be all things to all people.
It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers.
Ronald Reagan
Every deer hunter in Michigan still likes to take a shot at a squirrel, rabbit, or even a troll every now and then.
Seems kind of crass and childish/It's been done
ajl_mo Tuesday, November 17th at 8:25AM EST (link)>it is actually fairly easy: make a gratuitous anti-semtic or homophobic post, then repeat it after you get a warning from one of the moderators
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Definitely that would get one banned. But it’s kind of childish to simply drop the f-bomb. I’d rather have my account closed without having to resort such action.
>Or maybe you could try the contact form.
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Believe me I’ve tried using the contact form. Never received a reply or an indication the e-mails were being read.
I've stayed out of this one for the most part, but
Steph C Tuesday, November 17th at 8:45AM EST (link)for you to say anything is childish and crass after a diary such as this is laughable. I have forum/bulletin board memberships that date back to the to early to mid-90s before they became all flashy as they are now. Some of those sites may no longer exist but closing a membership on any one of them is simply a matter of walking away. The admins eventually purge inactive memberships even if it’s years later.
Now if you want nothing more to with RedState, fine and dandy. Simply edit your settings to receive no correspondence of any sort and … walk away.
My thought when I first saw this complaint on another diary, was that you are a lefty complaining about inconsequentials such as that in an attempt to put RedState down, rather like that fellow nobody knows who posted a diatribe about how Glenn Beck is wrong about some quotes attributed to George Washington but when you ask the question about whether he gave Beck ample time to respond there was silence.
You, on the other hand, are not silent but increasingly looking childish while trying to call everyone else childish. The reason I stayed out this long was because I didn’t believe you were worth bothering about because you are a broken record (perhaps I should update that since cds do the same thing when they’re stuck). And not a particularly annoying to me broken record because your immaturity of approach is readily apparent.
And like most children you haven’t yet learned to quit while you’re ahead.
“[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” –Candidus in the Boston Gazette, 1772
Hillbilly Politics
Have you googled his ID? -nt-
Trelaina Tuesday, November 17th at 9:29AM EST (link)“I would be a poor Commander in Chief”
– Barack Obama, July 3 2008
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Why should I?
Steph C Tuesday, November 17th at 10:26AM EST (link)Regardless of what he is or isn’t, nothing changes from what he has done.
“[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” –Candidus in the Boston Gazette, 1772
Hillbilly Politics
No need to google my ID
ajl_mo Tuesday, November 17th at 8:20PM EST (link)I’ve already done it for you. I provided a tinyurl link for the search in this post.
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/11/10/links-for-2009-11-10/#comment-41164
Since you've stayed out of it
ajl_mo Tuesday, November 17th at 8:00PM EST (link)>I have forum/bulletin board memberships that date back to the to early to mid-90s before they became all flashy as they are now. Some of those sites may no longer exist but closing a membership on any one of them is simply a matter of walking away.
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Since you’ve stayed out of it you may not have seen this in one of my earlier posts so I’ll type it again. I’ve been part of bbs’s, listserv’s, forums etc since the early/mid 90’s as well. And I never had to do more than send an e-mail (or two) to have an account closed. Usually it’s even easier than that. On the flip side I have been burned by having dusty old accounts still active. That is why I now close them when I no longer wish to have them remain open.
>The admins eventually purge inactive memberships even if it’s years later.
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If that’s the case with this forum no one has mentioned it to me. If an admin reply to any of my e-mails or early postings had said “Accounts with X months of inactivity are automatically closed” that would have an acceptable answer.
>You, on the other hand, are not silent but increasingly looking childish while trying to call everyone else childish.
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I’ve not called any one childish. I’ve called the suggestions that I drop the intentionally drop the f-bomb or the n-word to get an automatic ban childish. Because it is. I realize most the people suggesting that route were, in a way, trying to be helpful. So I explained my reasoning why I didn’t and won’t.
>you haven’t yet learned to quit while you’re ahead.
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Please explain when I was ahead.
I’ve asked for an admin to close my account because I can’t do it. If there was a little button I could push in the profile or an e-mail I could send I would have done it. I’m no further ahead or behind where I was when I started trying to have my account closed via e-mail.
You just can't quit us. And you know it. nt
Aaron Gardner Tuesday, November 17th at 8:24PM EST (link)Aaron’s Archive
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
conform?
GregInFla Tuesday, November 17th at 9:29PM EST (link)Would not that be against diversity? Diversity requires lack of conformance. Why are the tolerant intolerant of the intolerant?
– A true evolutionist would let endangered species die off. Anyone care to change sides?
Support Marco Rubio for US Senate.
GregInFla, it is sarcasm.
Aaron Gardner Tuesday, November 17th at 11:15PM EST (link)It is the battle cry of the new leftists, well at least it is my interpretation of it.
Aaron’s Archive
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
Aaron, I knew you did not mean it.
GregInFla Wednesday, November 18th at 10:12PM EST (link)I just have to point that out to the idiocracy around us.
Just poking fun, that’s all.
– A true evolutionist would let endangered species die off. Anyone care to change sides?
Support Marco Rubio for US Senate.
Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back in.
tankertodd Wednesday, November 18th at 1:00PM EST (link)Godfather III
———————————
The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race - Chief Justice Roberts
I would think someone who has been
Steph C Wednesday, November 18th at 7:48AM EST (link)on “of bbs’s, listserv’s, forums etc since the early/mid 90’s as well. ” would know how to at least code a blockquote or something. Yet, strangely you utilize none.
What I meant was the longer you go on about this, the more your petulance and immaturity show. Had you stopped sometime back many would merely have called you a whiner. Now, you’re like a child throwing a temper tantrum over nothing to get attention.
“[I]f the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.” –Candidus in the Boston Gazette, 1772
Hillbilly Politics
"..mindlessly post over and over.."
janis Monday, November 16th at 9:22AM EST (link)Obviously that’s not going to work to get your account closed as you’ve covered that angle thoroughly. And then some. And then some more.
Maybe they’re keeping you around for entertainment purposes. Hopefully someone will come along that gives us more bang for the buck and you can retire into the shadows from whence you came.
What will work/Entertainment purposes
ajl_mo Tuesday, November 17th at 8:30AM EST (link)>Obviously that’s not going to work to get your account closed as you’ve covered that angle thoroughly. And then some. And then some more.
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E-mailing periodically didn’t help. E-mailing consistently ovr a week or so didn’t help. This is the only other option I can think of. If anyone has any ideas I’d love to hear them. you can e-mail me at a temp account redstate2009@gmail.com
>Maybe they’re keeping you around for entertainment purposes.
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Maybe. The site admins have never said why they won’t clsoe the account. Mr. Stevens has said he can but he won’t. But there’s been no explanation.
Documentary? nt
mschmitt Tuesday, November 17th at 8:32AM EST (link)Documentary?
ajl_mo Tuesday, November 17th at 8:11PM EST (link)Do you mean “Documentation”? Of the emails? Easy enough…
Here’s a screenshot showing the last bunch of requests
http://imgur.com/Cx27a.jpg
No, documentary.
mschmitt Tuesday, November 17th at 8:18PM EST (link)Catalog your experience; I think it’d be more compelling that way.
Neil, for pity's sake, put him out of his misery. nt
penguin2 Monday, November 16th at 9:45AM EST (link)Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Benjamin Franklin
Penguin2, your hard-heartedness is revealed.
Socrates Monday, November 16th at 10:59AM EST (link)Do you not see the cry for help behind the words?
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Gone 2500 years, still not PC.
Socrates, you know I am soft-hearted, to a fault.
penguin2 Monday, November 16th at 11:07AM EST (link)I hate to see suffering.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Benjamin Franklin
5 Penguin!
mom2oneson Monday, November 16th at 11:01AM EST (link)Please Neil, for whatever reason it’s really bothering him. Your so nice Neil I know you have a big heart! <3
If he keeps it up, I'm going to call for his account to be closed. -nt-
Richard Mullins Monday, November 16th at 11:04AM EST (link)For more on my views, go my wordpress site:
http://rpmullins.wordpress.com
For more on Happy jet airlines, go here:
http://happyjetairlines.wordpress.com
For a good dose of satire go here:
http://thesquash.wordpress.com
For more of I like to do a lot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42008626@N03
We should use caution, Richard.
Socrates Monday, November 16th at 11:09AM EST (link)Once we start down that road, it’s only a matter of time before the truly innocent have their accounts closed. And you can’t just give someone a new account because their old one was closed.
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Gone 2500 years, still not PC.
Trust me, the Innocent will not get there account closed
Richard Mullins Monday, November 16th at 11:13AM EST (link)just the guilty and pest like.
For more on my views, go my wordpress site:
http://rpmullins.wordpress.com
For more on Happy jet airlines, go here:
http://happyjetairlines.wordpress.com
For a good dose of satire go here:
http://thesquash.wordpress.com
For more of I like to do a lot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42008626@N03
Slippery slope
Erick Brockway Monday, November 16th at 9:01PM EST (link)Don’t start the slide. One day sir you could ask for your account to be closed and a cascading failure could doom the whole system.
Besides, I’m not convinced ajl_mo won’t change his/her mind and want it re-opened. As yet, there are only 20 or so comments requesting such closure by that person.
Allow them to think about it and make sure that’s what they really want.
Note to lefties;
“Don’t be afraid to see what you see.”
Ronald Reagan
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You just re-open the old one.
Tbone Monday, November 16th at 1:22PM EST (link)My account has been closed and opened so many time the hinges are worn out.
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
And then your request, too, will be denied (nt)
Neil Stevens Monday, November 16th at 1:04PM EST (link)Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis
This should be on the FP.
Socrates Monday, November 16th at 10:56AM EST (link)It’s especially important, with unemployment at somewhere between 10.2% and 20.2%, the leftists in charge of our government with their foot to the floor driving its expansion, terrorism at home and abroad, our troops in the field, and Western Civilization disintegrating around us, that we pay attention to such things.
We must not become distracted by the news, with its power to divert us to the merely urgent from the truly important. This diary reminds us that there are bigger issues than defending our way of life and the futures of our children and theirs.
What really needs to happen is that this diary should be front paged and linked throughout the blogosphere. Perhaps you can organize a leafleting campaign in your neighborhood, or go door to door raising awareness of this diarist’s plight. Remember, it’s not just his problem, but awaits all of us if we should ever want to stop posting on a blog as vital and important as Redstate.com.
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Gone 2500 years, still not PC.
He is just trying to generate jobs
GregInFla Tuesday, November 17th at 9:31PM EST (link)closing accounts at redstate.com
– A true evolutionist would let endangered species die off. Anyone care to change sides?
Support Marco Rubio for US Senate.
Recommended Unread (nt)
Neil Stevens Monday, November 16th at 11:03AM EST (link)Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis
Thread winner. nt
Socrates Monday, November 16th at 11:10AM EST (link)–
Gone 2500 years, still not PC.
Dude, give me your login.
Tbone Monday, November 16th at 11:57AM EST (link)I’ll have you account closed in no time. Honest.
I have the opposite problem. It’s been a constant struggle for me to keep my account open for over the last 4 years.
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
5 (nt)
Neil Stevens Monday, November 16th at 12:01PM EST (link)Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis
HAHAHA
bs Monday, November 16th at 12:45PM EST (link)that’s one of the funniest things I’ve seen posted here in a long time.
5!!!
Decorum is fo’ suckas
555 -nt-
Trelaina Monday, November 16th at 1:06PM EST (link)“I would be a poor Commander in Chief”
– Barack Obama, July 3 2008
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Point, set, match! -nt-
civil_truth Monday, November 16th at 1:13PM EST (link)And Rightly So!
Priceless, tbone... just priceless (ROFLMAO) (nt)
eburke Monday, November 16th at 1:23PM EST (link)“All that need be done for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
“Dead fish go with the flow” ~ izoneguy
“We have a Statue of Liberty not a Statue of Necessity” ~ ColdWarrior
Do it without violating posting rules?
ajl_mo Tuesday, November 17th at 8:32AM EST (link)I’ll have you account closed in no time. Honest.
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If you can do it without violating the posting rules maybe I will. Better still let me know.
Thanks
Repeating the same post across many threads violates our posting rules, technically
Neil Stevens Tuesday, November 17th at 8:49AM EST (link)So by repeatedly asking the same question you are breaking our rules.
Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis
Okay ajl_mo, Neil has given you wise advice.
penguin2 Tuesday, November 17th at 9:12AM EST (link)We would like to see you get your heart’s desire. Though there are surely some more important things in life, to be concerned about.
Are you just trying to be a nuisance? That will do it. The standards here at RS include contributing useful dialogue, so far it is hard to find any of that coming from you. I do not mean to be unkind, just stating the obvious.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Benjamin Franklin
That is one posting rule I'll voilate if needed
ajl_mo Tuesday, November 17th at 8:04PM EST (link)I’d rather the admin’s just close the account just with my asking politely. But if I need to violate a posting rule to satisfy an admin, that’s one I’m OK with.
The next open thread I’ll ask to have my account closed. Though I’m not holding my breath, maybe it’ll be closed.
Mr. President-why didn't you ask to have it closed
melissatx Monday, November 16th at 1:37PM EST (link)prior to running for election? You got everything else scrubbed from the net or sealed.
I am sure it was just an oversight.
But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever. John Adams
Tell Obama your login is a business.
Socrates Monday, November 16th at 3:48PM EST (link)He’ll have it closed by 5 Eastern time, in country or not.
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Gone 2500 years, still not PC.
LOL, plus a fine and jailtime for not providing insurance! nt
mschmitt Monday, November 16th at 3:59PM EST (link)I'll get the President to let me leave it on...
Neil Stevens Monday, November 16th at 6:09PM EST (link)… calling it a job created or saved.
He’d jump at the chance to have an actual savings.
Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis
You are a true patriot, Neil
Socrates Monday, November 16th at 6:19PM EST (link)Sacrificing for the good of your people.
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Gone 2500 years, still not PC.
"A" job?
Trelaina Monday, November 16th at 7:15PM EST (link)He’d call it a couple hundred at least.
“I would be a poor Commander in Chief”
– Barack Obama, July 3 2008
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Great Job ajl_mo
billyd Monday, November 16th at 6:00PM EST (link)Congrats on getting into the recommended diaries section. I look forward to reading more of your entries.
November 2nd 2010. What are you doing today to improve your tomorrow?
Nice -- recommended due to this comment. nt
mschmitt Monday, November 16th at 6:04PM EST (link)5 (nt)
Neil Stevens Monday, November 16th at 6:08PM EST (link)Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis
Why is it so hard to ban him?
SoulEspresso Monday, November 16th at 7:20PM EST (link)He doesn’t want to be here. For his own reasons he wants it scrubbed. He keeps the rules and is unfailingly polite.
As for me, I click through recommended diaries only to come across this waste of time because the admins are … what, toying with him? Why? Why must we all suffer for ajl_mo’s desire to depart and be scrubbed?
I’m annoyed. Make him go away, please.
Personally
Trelaina Monday, November 16th at 7:48PM EST (link)I think a little fun is needed now and then. We can’t be serious all the time. The occasional offtopic post on the recommended list is not a hideous offense.
From what I can see, the mods explained their point of view pretty well….over and over and over. They’d probably do what he asked if he’d stop spamming the site over it (assuming there’s no other motivation).
“I would be a poor Commander in Chief”
– Barack Obama, July 3 2008
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I'm not paid to moderate RS or give user support
Neil Stevens Monday, November 16th at 9:00PM EST (link)I’m allowed to have fun.
And besides he’s yet to give me a good reason *to* close his account.
Most of us are having fun with him anyway.
Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis
Getting your account closed is simple. And no profanity is required.
mbecker908 Monday, November 16th at 10:03PM EST (link)A certified check or wire transfer in the amount of $3.2MM in favor of Redstate should do it. After the cash clears of course.
I love capitalism.
I can pretty much guarantee you...
bs Monday, November 16th at 10:11PM EST (link)that that would be most effective.
Decorum is fo’ suckas
Heck I'm cheap
Neil Stevens Monday, November 16th at 10:18PM EST (link)I’d do it for a hundo.
Donation button’s on my profile.
Want to run for conservatives? Give.
There Is No Crisis
You can check out any time you like...
$peciallist Monday, November 16th at 10:22PM EST (link)but you can never leave..
Sarah can do it--but she won't either. -nt-
CincoSolas_del_Bronx Tuesday, November 17th at 8:31AM EST (link)soli Deo gloria
I see dead people......voting!
pajohn Tuesday, November 17th at 4:54PM EST (link)This goofy “closing account” conversation reminds me of part of a Newsmax email I recieved on the 15th of this month (11/15/09):
–Excerpt–
More Than 3 Million Registered Voters Are Dead
There’s an easy explanation for low voter turnout in some areas of the country — more than 3.3 million voters on registration rolls are, in fact, dead.
And another 12.9 million voters remain on registration rolls in an area where they no longer live, according to an analysis by Aristotle International Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based company that provides voting data to political consultants and others.
That means that about 9 percent of all registered voters are “deadwood” voters — the term for voters no longer able to vote in a precinct.
“With deadwood exceeding one in seven in some counties, candidates might as well spend a day a week campaigning in the cemetery,” John Aristotle Phillips, CEO of the company, told CNS News.
The state with the highest percentage of deadwood voters is Massachusetts, where 116,483 registered voters are dead — 3.38 percent of the state’s total — and 538,567 no longer live in the area where they are registered to vote.
Other states with a large percentage of deadwood voters include New Hampshire, West Virginia, and Wyoming, according to the Aristotle International analysis.
North Carolina is the state with the lowest percentage of voters considered deadwood. Although 3.5 percent of registered voters there are dead, just 30,888, or 0.5 percent, no longer live where they are registered to vote.
“Deadwood on voter rolls complicates the electoral process and can cause problems like fraud,” said Phillips, and it “always creates a perception of low voter turnout.”
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I find it interesting that it is apparently possible to determine exactly how many registered voters are “deadwood” (9% or mighty close to 1 in 10 nationwide), but they can’t easily just close out their accounts either. Hmmm… I DO hopefully assume that being dead will at least be considered a valid reason for avoiding jury duty?
I assume there are some built in protections that makes it very hard to take names off the voter rolls to prevent accidents or etc., but its certainly very odd how it all works out. Actually knowing how many are dead or no longer living in their registered areas and yet unable to remove their names….
Explaining exactly why this is might even make a good diary….
Cheers,
PaJohn
*Yawn*
TNJim Wednesday, November 18th at 12:58AM EST (link)“No. You can’t” -Moe Lane
chuckle -nt
OccamsRazor Wednesday, November 18th at 3:41AM EST (link).
Sup all!
Jake W Wednesday, November 18th at 4:50AM EST (link)Just stopping by to recommend this truly great post. I can tell you poured your heart into this, and it really shows. You should make posts with this sort of passion more often!
I look forward to reading many more excellent contributions by you, Mr. ajl_mo.
In fact, the only person I think I’ve ever seen make a post more awesome than yours was the now late 4palin.
“The future kingdom of Socialism will be a terrible tyranny of criminals and murders. It will throw humanity into a true hell of spiritual suffering and poverty.”
–-Fedor Dostoyevsky
“I will not stand by and watch this great country destroy itself under mediocre leadership that drifts from one crisis to the next, eroding our national will and purpose.”
–Ronald Reagan
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Addendum, Cheers Style
Jake W Wednesday, November 18th at 5:00AM EST (link)To prove how awesome this post is, for the rant that follows, replace the word “couple” with post, and you should get an idea of just how awesome this post is:
“The future kingdom of Socialism will be a terrible tyranny of criminals and murders. It will throw humanity into a true hell of spiritual suffering and poverty.”
–-Fedor Dostoyevsky
“I will not stand by and watch this great country destroy itself under mediocre leadership that drifts from one crisis to the next, eroding our national will and purpose.”
–Ronald Reagan
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ROTL there Jake!...
JadedByPolitics Wednesday, November 18th at 5:52AM EST (link)even more that stupidity can be rewarded EVEN at Redstate shows how far our country has dipped in the age of Obama
Whoever has his enemy at his mercy &
does not destroy him is his own enemy
Perfect Example of Institutional Cruelty
tenebrous Thursday, November 19th at 7:34AM EST (link)*shaking head* This is the perfect example of why I’m disillusioned with RS, actually. You have a SIMPLE request that requires virtually no effort to achieve, and not only is it not done, there’s no explanation for the refusal; furthermore, in response to such a pedestrian request, people start piling on and calling the guy names (stay classy!); to add to the cruelty, people then mock him and tell him to break the rules to get what he wants.
Wow, guys. I’m seriously underwhelmed. Tell me, do you steal candy from babies and pick the wings off flies, too? Seriously. Is this how you treat “the least of these”? You do realize that this is precisely the kind of thing that DKos and HuffPo pick up to use as an example of “mean-spirited conservatives”, right?
And I see a little tag line just below my post that says, “Be respectful, or be banned.” I don’t see much of that respect here — just institutional cruelty.
That candy would've rotted their teeth anyway. nt
mschmitt Thursday, November 19th at 8:21AM EST (link)