Carpetblogger: Sometimes Friends Must Tell Each Other the Truth, New Site Look, Blog Spam

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December 19, 2004

Sometimes Friends Must Tell Each Other the Truth, New Site Look, Blog Spam

One thing I fail to understand is how the Democratic Party ended up siding with the lawyers in their fighting with Doctors. You want to talk about an issue where you're on the wrong side? Who should we be fighting for - the ones who heal sick people, or the ones who sue them? Don't get me wrong - I love lawyers. I think anyone who makes it their career to look out for the little guy against the big corporations is someone worth knowing. But things have gotten out of control. As Democrats, it's our job to tell our friends that they're screwing up. Everytime a lawyer forces a good doctor out of practice, that's one more person who no longer has access to quality health insurance. It would be one thing if the lawyers were only going after the quacks or those who are dangerous. But it's quite different when they sue anyone, hoping for a settlement. If we're going to take our country back - the first thing we need to do is stand up to our friends and say "Enough - you're not helping."

The lovely Miss Rose has been of great assistance with the redo of my site. Together we stayed up tonight, figuring out my style sheets and making the thing look cool. That's her artwork. If you need a site design, we're available!

I may have to make comments Registered users only because I'm getting an insane amount of blog spam without actually getting comments. Unfortunately, Moveable Type doesn't have a built in spam filter (or an easy way to turn off comments on an old entry), and MT-Blacklist requires that I manually delete spam comments rather than just killing any comment with the words "Texas Hold-Em" in it. But before I require TypeKey registration, I've got one trick I'm trying first.

If you're spamming my blog - please stop. Nobody is going to use an online casino or buy prescription drugs because of a comment on Carpetblogger.

Posted by MikeSager at December 19, 2004 1:53 AM

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I like the new look. My compliments to the lovely Miss Rose.

There are some good tips on dealing with comment spam here: http://cheerleader.yoz.com/archives/000849.html I've just done the first one--IE, renaming my comment script--and I've gotten virtually zero comment spam in the year I've been online.

Posted by: Jacob Sager Weinstein at December 20, 2004 6:29 AM

The Lady Rose thanks you for your kind words, and would be quite willing to help with the look of your sites if you so desire.

Renaming my comment file is exactly what I did - we'll see how well it works.

Posted by: mikesager at December 20, 2004 7:56 AM