Okay, I am not one to try and deny someone the chance to make money. Hell, I love money. Money is good, it lets me buy shit for my wife and kids. It gives me security, food, heat, and a lot of stuff that I just enjoy having. But, there are times when I draw lines in the sand. For instance, I would never hurt anybody for money. I certainly wouldn't kill for it. For that matter, I wouldn't do anything to intentionally harm the environment for money.
I guess now, part of my environment includes my computer and the intertubes it connects me to. Lately, this environment has been polluted. No, not by sexy Gilligan's Island reality TV show ads, not by ads from companies with which I disagree. No, these ads are polluting my environment with noise and a lot of fucking blinking, and apparently out-and-out lies. After all, how many times can I be the 100,000th visitor!!!!!?
Yes, I realize that I could pay to not have to see or hear these ads, but fat chance. This site cannot advocate free information on the Internet and, at the same time, try to force me to pay to not hear annoying ads that would be more at home on a gambling site or porn site.
Daily Kos is a wonderful source of information, outrage, and simple fun. It's intelligent, community oriented, and a force for good. The ad that is currently running diminishes all of that. Please make it stop.
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