Daily Kos: "Why I'm Boycotting The Huffington Post, And I Hope You Will Too"

I do not provide free content (or any content, for that matter) to the Huffington Post, and don't plan to. I'm boycotting Huff Post until my brothers and sisters in the writing/blogging trade get paid. I just removed Huffington Post link from my blogroll.

Here's an excerpt from the Kos post:

Even Kos himself pays his front pagers for their work. He gives them fair pay and even health insurance for the work they put into this site. And for good reason. The front-pagers work very hard to put in quality work that gives the site a solid reputation for progressive activism. Arianna Huffington makes way more money from her site than Markos does (unless Kos made $315 million for this site, which I strongly doubt). She should not only pay her bloggers, but pay them damn well!

P.S.: I'm a Kossack but not a front-pager. I cross-post from my site four or five times a year, creating original material for hummingbirdminds and then sharing it with the larger world.

Why I'm Boycotting The Huffington Post, And I Hope You Will Too

Urge advertisers to say no to O'Reilly

Here's the message I attached to the petition urging advertisers to reconsider money spent on the FOX New Channel's The O'Reilly Factor:

I am a Liberal who consumes liberally (but also thoughtfully). Our family buys a new fuel-efficient car every three years. We own a home and spend money on furnishings and upgrades. We buy clothes and food and videos. We invest in stocks. From now on, before each purchase, we will consult the list of FOX advertisers. That will be our NO-SHOP LIST.

This follows a spate of hate-filled outbursts by O'Reilly directed at the progressive blog Daily Kos. Sign the boycott petition here.