As much as it pains me to say this, several of the Republican candidates for President have a following that is playing downright dirty across the web. In fact, they’re flat out cheating, and we’ve caught them red handed.

What candidates have these cheating fan clubs? So far, we’ve been able to pinpoint large groups of cheaters who support Ron Paul, Tom Tancredo, and Newt Gingrich. Granted, we can’t start pointing fingers at the candidates themselves, because we have no way of knowing if they are indeed involved. My guess is that they aren’t. But we should certainly contact them and let them know we think they should condemn such actions.

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Conservative Bloggers, Activists to Convene in Reno
Prez Candidates, Training & Western Themes to be Showcased

(Washington, DC) - A new conservative gathering in the West will be held this fall in Reno, Nevada, on October 11-13th. The Conservative Leadership Conference (CLC) is being co-hosted by Citizen Outreach and Americans for Tax Reform. The conference theme is “Conservatives and the New Media,” devoting considerable focus on bloggers and the Internet cyber-activist community, as well as traditional grassroots activism.

“As dissatisfaction within the conservative ranks begins to reach record levels, the timing of this event in the West couldn’t be better,” says CLC ‘07 director and conservative blogger Eric Odom. “With Nevada being a key swing state, the location is ideal as well.”

In addition to traditional panel discussions and issue debates - primarily concentrating on fiscal, free-market, state’s rights and individual liberty issues - CLC ‘07 will feature a two-track training program for grassroots activists and cyber-activists conducted by some of the leading training instructors in the country today.

Presidential candidates will be invited to address the conference, and an awards banquet featuring the first annual “State of the Conservative Union” address is included. The conference will wrap up with the announcement of the results of a planned “straw poll” of the 2008 presidential race.

The venue for the conference is John Ascuaga’s Nugget Resort, located in Reno/Sparks Nevada. The resort has ample resources and tools which will help attendees network, blog and spread the message. Combined with excellent fall weather, 1,900 rooms, luxury facilities, high speed internet access throughout the entire event center, entertainment and dining opportunities, the Nugget Resort is a perfect location for this event.

Registration fees are being kept to a minimum to allow the widest possible attendance by grassroots bloggers and activists of all incomes. 50%-off early-bird special rates, good through May 31st, range from just $50 for a three-day Conference Only pass to just $125 for a full Silver Pass which includes the awards dinner and receptions. In addition, a limited number of rooms are available at the Nugget Resort for conference attendees at only $96 per night.

For additional information or to register, please visit www.CLC07.com

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Last night a newsletter from StatCounter dropped in noting the website statistics providers recent refusal to accept big bucks to allow a third party spyware firm to place cookies in the code of EVERY user of statcounter services.

Not only did StatCounter take pride in refusing the offer, they also made it clear that one of the leading competitors had ACCEPTED the dirty money in exchange for cookie placement in the stat tracking code.

From the official StatCounter Blog:

A few months back, StatCounter was approached by an advertiser, offered lots of $$$, and asked to include a spyware cookie on all of our member sites…we refused on the spot.

You install StatCounter to track visitors to your site NOT to open yourself and your visitors up to being spied upon by phantom advertising corporations.

It appears, however, that other players in the world of webstats were happy to take up this offer…

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In only three months of being online, ConservaBlogs.com has jumped into the top 9,000 blogs at Technorati and we’ve gone from 6,000 visits the first month to what is shaping up to be more than 25,000 visits for March.

This growth has allowed me to view some very interesting statistics. It was difficult during the first month because I knew that the stats were skewed due to such small amounts of traffic. Now, however, the stats are large enough to actually be taken seriously.

The most surprising statistic has been the user browsers. Let’s take a look.

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Who the hell is Ron Paul? It’s a question that can be heard across the web and beyond. I’ve seen countless threads on discussion forums started by users begging to know more. I myself have even been on the hunt for solid information on the Texas Libertarian.

So begins my hunt for information on Ron Paul. I’ve compiled a good starting list and I’m listing his basic stances. From what I’ve found so far his voting record is superb and matches his beliefs and promises.

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CLC07 has launched its Blogger Contest. The winner gets all kinds of goodies, including free accommodations, free VIP access to the event and more.

All you have to do is write a post about it and you’re in! Check it out!

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As you can see, I’ve gone with a new theme on the blog. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for some time now, but just haven’t gotten around to it.

This theme is a lot easier to manage and seems to be a lot friendlier on browsers and load times. Plus, the colors are simply much better on the eyes. In my opinion that is…

Also, the last theme I was using was a pain to work with and edit. Widget sidebars are becoming the “hot” way to manage content, but I think they are complete crap. I just need simple HTML to mess around with and I’m good to go. This theme does support widgets, but unlike the last theme it doesn’t force you to use them.

Overall I think this theme will be a long time look for this blog. I’m sure I’ll mess around with the header image a bit, but the over all look and feel will remain in place.

Props goes out to Ed Merritt for creating the theme and offering it for free download.

Hope ya like it!

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Last night I had some free time to relax and take a break from the daily grind. Well, I didn’t really *have* time, but I made time. While most people kick back and watch the tube for relaxation, I surf the web with no real goals. So I decided to spend a little time on Netscape.

I’ve had an account with Netscape for six months now, but I’ve never really gotten around to surfing the pages or submitting news. Last night I decided to give it a go. I pulled up the RSS feeds and knocked out a few stories that had come up within the ten minutes of me checking. It gave me a chance to get a feel for the site and understand the differences between Netscape and Digg.

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It certainly appears that way. And Digg isn’t going out of its way to prove it isn’t the case. Last night my Digg account vanished for no reason at all. The message I got when I tried to login said that my account no longer existed due to “misuse”.

That’s odd, how would I have misused my account in the last week when I haven’t even USED the account in at least a week. And even when I was using it, I was only voting on OTHER stories for the most part. I hadn’t even Dugg one of my own stories in a month, so I couldn’t imagine what was going on.

I immediately contacted Digg asking what had happened. I used a very simple message that was polite and straight to the point.

Digg.com Staff,

Today I went to login to my account only to find that my user account is completely gone. What happened to it and why?

Please advise.

User Name: ericodom

-Eric

Before I shock you with the response, let’s have a re-cap of some of the posts I’ve made in the past about Digg.

Is this proof that Digg.com is biased?

More on Digg’s Political Bias

Others Stories and posts:
Why is Digg being censored?

Fascists, Stalkers, and Moonbats, oh my!

Digg Bury Brigade

Troubles in Diggville

Digg say hello to “fair and balanced”

Digg the rigged

It’s very clear that Digg is either actively working to diminish the influence found in stories that do not align with the beliefs of the left, or at least they allow Liberal user groups to game the system with the same agenda.

Was Digg biased against me in giving me the ban? It sure looks like it.

About 80% of the stories I Digg are what some would consider Conservative. I hide nothing in the way I vote and because of it my stories have never gotten any ground. Most of the time they will get a bunch of votes real quick, and then disappear into oblivion. Obviously, there is a group of users that serve no purpose other than to shoot content they disagree with politically right out of the sky.

Could it be that I was banned for being a Conservative? Not according to Digg. According to Digg I was banned for, brace yourself, ADULT CONTENT!

Adult content? Are you kidding me?

Your account was banned for violating Digg Terms Of Use by submitting
adult content.

For more info: http://digg.com/tos

-The Digg Watch Team.

Ok, perhaps I *accidentally* submitted a page that had a banner ad or something on it that could have been deemed adult. I then replied to Digg to show me the story that was in question, as I couldn’t access the account to look for myself.

Then comes this response.

Sorry about that. It was an error on our side. Sorry for the
inconvenience caused.

-The Digg Watch Team.

The account is now back online.

Come on Digg, you should be above this kind of game. There is no point in playing it. Either you’re fair, or you’re not.

Which is it?

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Republicans, regardless of what the media is saying, it has been confirmed that the “executive” decision to move the GOP primary to the 7th of February is in NO WAY final. The party as a whole now has a chance to fix this terrible mistake and get things back on track.

Citizen Outreach has launched an online petition to help get this thing rolling in the right direction. I’m also posting the Alert that was sent out via e-mail earlier this evening.

-Eric Odom

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YouTube, Digg, Netscape, and many other social networking sites have opened up to the political scene and traffic has increased to ALL of them because of it. Mixing politics with the social realm of the internet was a winner long before it came about. It was only a matter of time before these social giants were ready to go live with what may be one of the most important part of political campaigns moving forward.

Now MySpace has entered the game. Welcome to MySpace Impact.

Thoughts?

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Hi all,

Today we sent the following letter to Senator Dennis Nolan and all Nevada media outlets. If you have not yet contacted the Senator please do so now. His contact information can be found here.

Thanks!
-Eric Odom

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Dear Senator Nolan,

The Nevada Blogosphere took note of your disparaging remark in the Las Vegas Review Journal concerning your stated opinion that Cyberspace Bloggers are irrelevant. The full context of your quote was as follows:

“I don’t think any legislator is too worried about what cyberspace bloggers are doing.”

In the last election, bloggers had a significant impact on getting Ron Knecht and Joe Enge elected locally here in Carson City. Is it your hope that bloggers are irrelevant because you don’t wish to deal with that segment of the populace or are you simply out of touch with one of today’s primary modes of conducting commerce and influencing opinions worldwide? There is a cross-section of today’s politicians who earnestly hope that the everyman publisher will be ignored because they depend on the top-down dissemination of doctrine for their power in the conventional political pyramid.

Bloggers are the base of activism in Nevada and nationwide. We are a phenomenon that will not go away and will in fact, revolutionize elections. Bloggers reach into every home and office with a computer and are in fact, given more credibility than print media because we tell it like it is and expose the truth without the media spin.

By taking a dig at bloggers, you are making it significantly harder for Republicans to regroup and win the hearts and minds of the American public. Instead of taking a conservative stance which is the basis of our party, you look toward raising taxes and belittling those who have given the most in the way of time, funds and resources to the NV GOP.

Welcome to the blogging revolution Senator; blogs are here to stay and are, even now, more prominent than print media. In ten years, all media will be online primarily and your elected seat will depend on the reviews and support you get from bloggers. The blogosphere took down John Kerry, Dan Rather and most recently the AP. Exposing the hidden agendas of politicians will be an overriding priority for bloggers who are unafraid of taking on the ‘big boys and girls’ of the print media and elected office.

The following Nevada bloggers request that you apologize for your untimely remark and instead concentrate on working with our continuing efforts to revive the Nevada GOP and the conservative movement in Nevada:

Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
President
NoisyRoom.net – http://www.noisyroom.net/blog/

Eric Odom
Director
Conservative Leadership Conference (www.clc07.com)
Blog – http://www.conservablogs.com/EricOdom
www.ericodom.blogspot.com
www.conservablogs.com
www.battlebornnews.com

Richard Disney
Nevada Legislative Policy Committee
3983 S McCarran Blvd, Reno, NV 89502
http://conservablogs.com/nvlpc/
http://conservablogs.com/richarddisney/

Nancy Dallas
Editor/Publisher
NewsDeskbynancydallas.com
Established January 2003

Mike Lussem
Section 11 http://artsec11.blogspot.com
Las Vegas

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Good… God… please… have… mercy… on… us!

I’ve now been rebuking Nevada Republican “leaders” for two years over their COMPLETE lack of ability to compete with the Democrats in grassroots, internet activism. Has anyone listened?

I’ll let the screen shots speak for themselves.

The Nevada Assembly Democrats

Notice how they have a smiling team that looks like a winning football program in a post game press conference?

Now let’s see what the Republicans are up to.

Nevada Republican Assembly Caucus

Confident this “team” will help us win some elections moving forward? Didn’t think so.

Also, why did they hire a company that can’t even pay its hosting bill?

Good grief. This is INSANE!

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Reno, NV - In October of 2007 thousands of Conservatives looking to organize and network on a scale that has yet to be seen will meet in Reno, Nevada for the first annual Conservative Leadership Conference ( www.clc07.com ).

Invited speakers include Newt Gingrich, Michelle Malkin, Hugh Hewitt and Morton Blackwell just to name a few. Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform ( www.atr.org ) in DC, has signed his organization on as a co-sponsor of the event. Presidential hopefuls will be given an opportunity to speak in front of extensive traditional and new media coverage.

As dissatisfaction within the Conservative ranks begins to reach record levels, the timing of the largest event of its kind in the West couldn’t be better. With Nevada being a key swing state, the location is ideal as well.

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