Also: Since we are a somewhat controversial blog — i guess (?) — we don’t get much advertising from companies .

Then there’s that ad companies can’t fit us into a particular slot. We’re not Michelle Malkin and we’re not Talking Points Memo or Daily Kos, etc., etc. Our POVs are rather unique to us and to our readers, I guess.

Any ideas for how we can attract advertisers are always welcome. I regularly write to companies whose products i thin would attract customers, but often don’t hear back.

And I tried the Commission Junction (CJ) ads — we got accepted by some very nice companies like Hewlett Packard, Apple, and Adobe — but none of our customers purchased their products so I ended up taking down all those ads. (CJ is like Amazon — we only make money if we sell a product, not for advertising it.) Actually, it was fine to take those down since it was more work for moi Also, their ads required download time from other servers, and slowed down the opening of our home page.

To be sung to the tune of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
Have yourself a frozen margarita.
Have some salsa, too.
Taco chips with dip are a good choice for you.

Have another frozen margarita
While you shop online.
Buying all your gifts this way will work out fine.

Through the years when you shopped with care,
Running here and there for naught.
All your gifts got returned next day
No one liked the way you bought.

Refill that big mug with margaritas.
Aren’t you feeling better now?
Click to buy, they’ll just exchange it anyhow.
And have yourself a stress-free little Christmas now.

To be sung to the tune of “The First Noel”:

The first Friday after Thanksgiving Day
Is a rush to the malls to grab bargains and pay.
Getting up at four in the dark and the cold.
Just to fight for a toy for your 5-year-old.

Drive around for a park, stand in line at the store.
Then you hear that the toy’s not in stock anymore.

No sleep, no toys, no patience for this.
Go back home where you log on for shopping bliss.

To be sung to the tune of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”:

Oh, you don’t have to pout.
You don’t have to cry.
You don’t have to go out.
I’m telling you why.
Santa Claus is online this year.
Sleep until ten.
Wear your PJ’s all day.
You can stay in
And still do okay.
Santa Claus is online this year.

There’s lots of bargain shopping without going to the mall.
No need for all that hopping from store to store for all.

With PayPal or card
You’ll finish your list.
It’s not even hard.
How could you resist?
Log on for shopping this year.

Do Experian have affiliates? Asking as I purchase fligts quite often through the year wanted to throw the idea out there???

Can you believe it costs Larry over $15 grand a year? So every penny really helps.

Thanks for the blogging!

Special thanks to you, Larry, the authors, and my friends that comment here! You guyz prevented me from jumping off a cliff about the election shenanigans. I would have regretted joining all those Obot lemmings already down in the abyss!

The reason it’s expensive is because we need a powerful server with excellent 24/7 support staff who understand how WordPress is programmed. That combination is very difficult to find. Then we have additional costs, including our recent software upgrades.

STAY TUNED for the new comments feature to be installed in the next few days. Because we are a popular blog, with 600,000+ comments in our archives, the comments program authors have had to go back to the drawing boards to come up with a way to permit us to use their terrific software.

I also think some people shopped already, when we put up the announcement of the event the other day…

Thanks to those who shopped early!

Thanks for helping let freedom reign!