Letter to the Editor
Ralph Nader - who managed to split the anti-republican vote and get Bush selected as president is running again for the same reason. Nader gives Republicans a chance to donate twice in this year's election. They can give once to Bush - and once to Nader to draw people away from the Democratic nominee. When Nader posts his contributions I'll bet you'll see that the majority of his big contributors will be the same people who are also big contributors to Bush. Nader knows he can't possibly win. The only thing Nader can accomplish is to make sure Bush wins. Nader is very dishonest.
I was trying to help Bartcop make a little extra money on his site with Google AdSense. Google pays sites by the click to advertise their stuff and since Bartcop reaches hundreds of thousands of people - I figured it was a good match. Since Bartcop is technologically challenged - I applied to google for him. This is their response:
------
From: "Google AdSense"
Subject: Google AdSense Account Status
Hello,
Thank you for your interest in Google AdSense. After reviewing your
application, our program specialists have found that the website
currently associated with your account does not comply with our
policies. Therefore, we're unable to accept you into Google AdSense at
this time.
We did not approve your application for the reasons listed below. If
you are able to resolve these issues, please feel free to reply to
this email for reconsideration when you have made the changes.
Issues:
- Sensitive content
- Inappropriate language
---------------------
Further detail:
Sensitive content: Google believes strongly in freedom of expression
and offers broad access to content across the web without censoring
search results. At the same time, we reserve the right to exercise
discretion when reviewing sites for AdSense. We've found that your
website contains content that we don't allow at this time. AdSense
policy doesn't currently accept sites that advocate against any
individual, group, or organization. Please review our policies
(https://www.google.com/adsense/policies for a complete list of site
content not allowed on web pages.
Inappropriate language: We've found that your website contains content
that isn't in compliance with our program policies. We don't allow
websites with excessive profanity or potentially offensive content to
participate in Google AdSense. Please review our policies
(https://www.google.com/adsense/policies) for a complete list of site
content not allowed on web pages.
---------------------
For a complete list of AdSense criteria, please visit:
https://www.google.com/adsense/policies
https://www.google.com/adsense/terms
If you would like to submit another website for consideration, simply
reply to this email and provide us with the URL. If this new website
complies with our program policies, we will help you start delivering
AdWords ads in minutes.
Please contact us at adsense-support@google.com if you have any
questions.
Regards,
The Google Team
--------
I strongly encourage Bartcop readers to email adsense-support@google.com and protest this. Basically - what Google is saying here is that they don't consider the type of people who read Bartcop to be worth reaching for advertizing purposes. That no one they represent has a product that Bartcop readers would be interested in.
They claim this isn't cencorship - but come on! It doesn't take a genius to figure out what's going on here.
As many of you know - I oppose Gay marriage. But I'm not strongly opposd to it. As I have written several times - it just plays with the definition of marriage to much and ignores the fact that humans reproduce heterosexually and that families and children are part of that. Of course - there's a million flaws with that argument because I'm in a non-reproducing heterosexual relationship myself, but not married. And - if it were up to me - I would reduce - not expand - the definition of marriage - making it available to families with children - and a one year waiting period.
Having said that - I have to say that I like the defiance that San Francisco is doing. San Francisco is a gay driven town and in this culture this is important to them. I can't help but to want to cheer them on. So - for those who disagree with me on my position - have fun at the weddings. And I hope you don't end up in same sex divorce. Bet careful what you ask for - you might get it.
Letter to the Editor
There really is no difference between deficit spending and tax increases. They are the same thing. A deficit is like a tax charged to your credit card that you have to pay later - with interest. So the idea that we are in some sort of an economic recovery when the deficit is 500 billion a year is nonsense. We are bleeding money and bleeding it really fast. And every year Bush have been president the bleeding gets worse.
We are borrowing money from the future so the rich can get a tax break today. And that is as wrong as you can get. Its time to cut the government's credit card and demand that we make the hard choices now before we get so far in the hole that we never crawl out.
Letter to the Editor
Was it a coincidence that Dean's campaign took a turn for the worse after Al Gore endorsed him? Al Gore is not the king maker he thinks he is. Gore isn't really a player in the Democratic party these days. Four years ago Gore failed to become president because he separated himself from Clinton in a way that was extremely offensive to Clinton supporters. Then - after Bush stole the election - Gore was the first one to shout down the critics who objected to the Supreme Court stopping the recount process and appointing Bush president.
Dean tried to run as an outsider - but when he accepted the blessing of Al Gore - who is as much an insider as you can get - it ruined Dean's image. Gore's endorsement might have been the "Kiss of Death" for Dean. Makes me wonder if it would be better if Al Gore were to endorse Bush than another Democratic candidate. And Al - please - skip the Democratic convention!
------
For what its worth - I had the first Gore for President site on the web. I've got some emails about this letter from Gore supporters pointing out that the news media played up the Dean screech and that's what killed his campaign. But - if you remember - Dean "screeched" after coming in a distant third in Iowa after spending 43 million bucks - so - it wasn't the screech that did that! Clearly Dean had problems before that occurred.
At the time Gore ebdorsed Dean - Dean was #1. Or so it seemed anyhow. Gore came in as "kingmaker" probably to try to take credit for putting Dean over the top. I remember at the time cringing because Dean had a strong campaign and then the day Gore did it I thought - this makes it look like Dean was appointed by insiders - not earned it. Gore turned an outsider campaign into an insider campaign and it fucked it up. And - I was right - Dean dived from that point.
Whatever happened to Dean it happened in a period starting at Gore's endorsement and Dean losing big in Iowa - before he screeched. So - if you disagree with me - you figure it out!
Letter to the Editor
A few months ago there was a story in the news - that if you searched for "miserable failure" on Google, you got Bush's biography. I've been playing with Google to see what other words return what results and its quite a lot of fun. Micheal Moore's site talking about Bush now replaces the first spot for "miserable failure" Bush is now second. Same results if "miserable" and "failure" are used separately. But anti-bust sites take #1 for the words "AWOL", "chimp" and "worst president ever". If you type in "budget surplus" however - you get a story about Clinton.