If you’re a blogger and have been living under a rock (or you’re not a blogger) then you haven’t heard of Pajamas Media. I’ll give you a quick rundown of what Pajamas Media “seems” to be attempting to do. I…

It’s a loosely bound group to promote content and advertising, folks; there’s no group-think or editorial pressure…

Anyway, good on you and Happy Holidays!

However, that’s just me, and I have no dog in the race whatsoever. If they succeed at challenging the MSM, I think that’s wonderful, and more power to them. Frankly, I would LOVE for PJM to succeed!

And, I find myself agreeing with Kender (surprise, surprise!) that there’s going to be a VERY short pier and VERY long walks for anyone who tried to tell you what to write, much less how to write it!

[Oooooo, Eeeevil Thought&#153 : Record that discussion and sell it for profit!]

Now, to a very important question: Will being a member of PJM encourage CatBlogging on this blog?

A very merry Christmas to you and your family, Rick, and all the blessings of a happy New Year!

– R’cat
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Hee! Actually, the hype and hysteria on both sides of this debate has been entertaining as hell. Can’t wait until I get my ads up - watch the first post I write. It will go something like…

Today’s news out of Iraq (buy, buy, buy) focuses on the President’s speech he gave last night (click the adlink, click the adlink) in which he defended his war policies (spend, spend, spend) against the charges of Democrats…

But Hey! Who says my content is going to change when I get those ads? Don’t anyone tell me I’m a blogwhore or nothin’!

Simple. I think more power to ‘em. The hype and hysteria around the b’sphere since the party in NY has kept me entertained, and I have seen some really great satire come from all of this.

Anyone that believes you are going to change one thing you write here, contract or no, must not reallly understand you. The simple thought of someone calling you and actually having the balls to tell you what you can and can’t write makes me giggle. The look on the face of someone when the realization hits them that telling you what to write was a huge mistake is something I would pay goodly amounts of money to see.

I can’t wait to see how this all plays out.

To anyone from PJM that believes they can tell Rick what to write, please, PLEASE, record that conversation and post it as a soundfile for the world to hear.

That would be comedy.

Regardless, whatever benefit you find by joining is yours. Its just too bad, as much as I’d like to buy an advertisment on your site, I won’t be able to afford it, and you won’t be able to set the prices.

I wish you the best of luck, and hope this helps you to be more successful.

Either you missed the point, more likely, or you’re being disingenuious, which I do doubt. I didn’t misunderstand the nature of those posts. Read what I wrote:
“And I understand your context - and your humor.”

“Who” wrote the post is irrelevant. All it takes is one screen capture of a major corporation’s ad on a site with content like that to start a controversy for the corporation. And you and I both know the tactics of some well enough to not pretend it can’t or won’t happen.

And I didn’t suggest you would somehow alter your posting because you inked a contract with PJM. What I pointed out was a problem with their ad model as it has been expressed by them. If truly large advertisers with a great deal to lose are going to run ads on blogs, they will have to maintain some standards - most likely very PC ones, as a matter of fact. Pointing that very basic fact out is not an attack on you.

Why not consider and respond on that very valid point, as opposed to taking it as a personal, or blog vs. blog assault - which it was and is not? If you care about PJM, elevate the discourse, don’t drag it down. I certainly didn’t intend to with my post.

All I’ve seen [and yes, I could be wrong (the horror)]. Is an endless parade of attack and destroy of Althouse, Den Beste, Kelly. And some of it quite Vulgar (capital V). It was a fairly large story in this little backwater, that is the right b-sphere. And it was a story that touched upon a very, very wide range of issues.

You were writing about a story, in which you have a personal and financial interest. And what you wrote, to me, left quite a lot to be desired.

I’m gonna have some spirits, I’m gonna power up the hifi, and spin a Richard Pryor platter.

Good Luck in Your Endeavors Sir, Respectfully, Elmo.

If that’s the problem, why didn’t Elmo just come out and say it. I would hope that anyone who reads this site knows that any company - including PJM - who tried to tell me what to write or how to write or what subject to write about would, at the earliest opportunity, be a featured post on my blog. And I would give them the most royal reaming possible, making some of my Krugman fiskings seem tame by comparison.

The idea that a couple of hundred bucks is going to influence me one iota is - well, it’s laughable. Writers who seek to make a living - especially political writers - are much more interested in reaching people than in getting paid for it.

I have turned down several other ad opportunities in the past - mostly because I thought they would clutter up the site and not pay well to boot. The PJM concept intrigues me which is why I wanted to be there at the beginning.