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I’m a Mad Cat

What is wrong with the world? What is wrong in the blogosphere? The purest explanation is the imperious impudicity and inanity most of us express and exhibit through our actions. If someone writes something of actual value, with true meaning and depth; it will remain ignored.

With so many greed driven bloggers hell bent on keyword targeting and such, bloggers with important ideas are buried in the rubble. This is the same reason American Idol is more important than people dying in wars. This is why humankind is at it most disappointing stage in history. Do you think I’m being negative or overreacting?

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Loki “Mr. Mad Cat” says he’s with me on this!

People want compliments and pats on the back. You’re wonderful…NO…you’re twice as wonderful as I am….NO, NO, NO….you’re three times as wonderful as me…isn’t it wonderful? Hahahahaha :shock:

I don’t need someone patting me on the back, there are much more important issues at hand in this world. What could be more important than Britney Spears and who has the hottest, red carpet body? Most people think, “But I don’t like politics…and I cannot miss what Simon Cowell says next! The news is so depressing…I must have fun all day!”

Don’t you understand that this is why the world is at risk for total destruction? Does the thought of billions of people burning to death in a nuclear inferno bother you? What are YOU going to do about it? Many of you are thinking, “Shut up! I’m trying to giggle and squirm in a frenzy of fun!”

People seem to only care about superficial ideals. Am I alone in feeling this way? When I look at the most popular blogs on the web, hardly any of them have substance. They are all about how to make money and how to teach others to do the same.

I’m sorry, but making money is the least important subject on Earth. What is important is stopping all these wars, and educating children…giving medical care to people who cannot afford it and feeding children who are starving to death…but we watch American Idol instead, living in apathetic decadence.

What am I doing about it? I study every political figure in local, state and national governments and am DOING MY PART BY VOTING FOR THE PEOPLE I BELIEVE WILL HELP PROLIFERATE REAL CHANGES IN THIS WORLD. All the problems in America are caused by lazy, carefree citizens. Most people who do vote know nothing about why or who they are voting for…how scary.

I am neither democrat or republican; I vote for who I agree with. Socialized health care and anti war policies are at the core of my beliefs. Instead of killing people all over the world, America should be giving us health care. Big corporations are killing the American dream along with the dreams of people all over the world.

I am not writing my weekly “Bobby’s Batch” post until tomorrow. Right this moment, I am embarrassed to be an American. I am ashamed of what this country has done and the shallow ideals we spread across this world.

The beautiful and majestic “Mr. Mad Cat” was photographed by Ian Benninghaus from the web site In Focus Imagery (the site is currently under construction but be sure to check out his incredible photography by clicking his name above). The cat’s name is Loki. The photographer says this about his cat, “The toughest beast in all the Nor’ east.
Mr. Personality, the most photogenic cat in all the land.”

Loki captured my mood perfectly for this post.

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Blogging For Humanity: My Most Important Post

The Truth

Wouldn’t it be great if the top bloggers were all the types of people that helped people, fed hungry children and represented things deserving of respect? Unfortunately they are not. It seems that making money is all that matters to 95% of them. Blogging is a powerful tool and it is sad to see those in charge take advantage of the most reliable marketing strategy known. That is greed.

In order for those in blogging who want to benefit humanity to ACTUALLY GET IT DONE, you need to listen to what I am saying. Sure you can write all day, but without stripping power away from those money hungry people who run the blogosphere, it cannot happen. Besides, if a rich blogger gives money to help people, it is just to improve public relations and image.

What You Can Do To Change The Power Balance

Blogging is very unique and Different from anything else. It’s not just about writing, making money, making friends, building linkage or gaining popularity.

Lets get into something that may upset you as a blogger. This is about the reality of how things really work. Google is the biggest and most powerful search engine. Google is also the most unethical corporation in the world today. Do you disagree? Google tells us that to be relevant as a blogger, it is not recommended to link to low ranking blogs.

They want you to link to high ranking blogs only. That should clear things up for you. If it doesn’t, perhaps you are a greedy, self righteous sheep like most of the other money bloggers who want to be just like the ones on top who help perpetuate this cycle.

First and foremost, the number one thing you can do is never link to the super high ranked blogs. Don’t advertise on them and never respond to their silver tongued tricks to lure you in. Stick to where the real power is, the mass public of people who you can be friends with. If we do that, we will take the power and put it to much more important uses than making money for our own vanity and greed.

Ask Yourself What Is Important

I want all of you to answer my questions here. Let me know how you feel.

Here’s the situation. You have just gained a page rank of 5. All of a sudden, a rich A-list blogger starts paying attention to you. They aren’t your friend and you know it. They want to be your friend and promote you. Now you have the chance to make some real money. We will call this blogger, Blogger-X.

Blogger-X is rich and powerful with a sports car header on his blog. He now likes you and here’s your big chance. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Please let me know what you would do.

To make money, a lot of bloggers pay for services and advisers. You adviser tells you that by deleting all outgoing links on your blogroll and all links to low ranked blogs, you can triple your money making chances. WOULD YOU DO IT?

What I Would Do

I would completely ignore Blogger-X. I wouldn’t say thank you because I am not his friend. I will not be someone’s friend for money. If I received an incoming link from Blogger-X, I would redirect it away from my blog and back at him. If Blogger-X took the time to really get to know me (through several months), then maybe I could start believing that he was more than just a greedy blogging “professional“.

On the 2nd question, I would tell my adviser I was in no way interested. It’s as simple as that. Blogger-X is no more important than you or I. However, when facing a shot at making a lot of money, most of us will sell out. Would you sell out? How much do you want to benefit humanity? This article will be continued in part 2.

Read this related post from Nafasg entitled: Technology Brings People Together

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