You know… I love the readers of this blog.  I really do.  They’re nice people who have good ideas and who generally can have healthy debates and good discussions.  But I have to say… some of y’all…

OK, there’s a reason why the following statement is on the sidebar of my blog.

You’re welcome to contact me, but DO NOT PUT ME ON A MAILING LIST UNLESS YOU ASK ME FIRST! DOING SO WITHOUT MY CONSENT IS RUDE AND WILL LAND YOUR ASS IN MY JUNK BOX AND ENSURE THAT I WILL NEVER REPLY TO ANOTHER EMAIL YOU SEND ME.

I made it really big, for those of you who just missed the capitalized text on the sidebar. 

Now, what is the reason?  It’s because there are some out there who are nice enough to drop me a note.  Hey, that’s great!  I generally answer emails.  But just because I reply to you, does not mean that you’re now free to put me on a mailing list of your likeminded friends and litter my email box 5-10 times per day with stuff that you find interesting/offensive/appalling on the Internet.

I read the Intertubez too, people.  Not only do I read them, but I am capable of understanding the actual language too!  That means I don’t need your commentary or that of your friends forwarded to me when they hit “Reply all,” because they somehow think that their thoughts on any given piece of news is somehow appreciated by everyone on that list.

When you start forwarding 10 stories/commentaries to me and a list of your 1000 closest conservative friends on a daily basis, I really want to hit you!  Hard.  In the face.  I’m not being nice, because I’m sick of it.  I know you feel like you’re contributing to the advancement of the conservative movement by sending out relevant stories to your email lists, but guess what!  I likely have read them already, and they’re littering my Crackberry.  On any given day, I walk out to my car, turn on my Crackberry and get 5-10 emails from several people who STILL don’t get it. 

So let me be clear.

If you have something to say to me, GREAT!  Say it.

If you have a news story you want me to address on this blog, let me know.

If you put me on a list of your buddies and litter my Inbox with shit that you find on the Intertubez, precipitating a discussion that turns one email into 30, because your pals don’t know how to stop using the “Reply All” button or assume that everyone on the list is interested in their musings, JUST DON’T.

I will tell you right now that I don’t read them anyway, and it pisses me off to no end to have to sit there and delete your brain droppings.  So your addresses get blocked as spam, and you ensure that I never reply to another email you send me.

Got it?

Good.