someone to (wo)man my personal website

[sovereignslave]

Hey guys/ladies- I need some help in starting my personal webpage. I have reserved the address www.sovereignslave.com (http://www.sovereignslave.com/) for myself and all I need is someone to get it started. The site will only have some editorials from me periodically; no need for anything fancy. If there is someone out there that would like to set up a monthly payment from me to you for your assistance in maitianing a very basic site, let me know.
What I am hoping will happen is for someone to set up my site, and be prepared for me to send (email) them a periodic rambling to be posted on it. Initially I will have several rantings to be placed there, but then after I settled down and start posting such articles as I write them, they will only come at you maybe once every couple weeks.
I'm not a rich guy and I won't be using this site to sell anything, at least not yet. ?? It will only be a place for me to see my thoughts in print and perhaps to be enjoyed as a tool for others of similar interest.
I have a degree in poli sci, posses lots of life experiences, and just have to have a place to add my two cents worth into the political fray. Any takers?
How about 50 bucks to get the thing started?, is that an insult? Too much -- too little? I cannot pay professional prices! After initial setup, is it possible to get periodic articles added to it for, say 5 bucks per article?
If anyone out there is hip on all of this stuff, email me and straighten me out, okay? thx- bruceH

[washoeconservative]

You have a deal if the offer is still open. I'll build you a very nice website with custom contact forms and I'll even host a discussion forum for you. 50 bucks will cover the entire design and then 10 bucks a month will cover hosting, domain and one e-mail address.

Let me know!

Eric

[Warlady]

wash you may want to email him also.

[washoeconservative]

we have spoken, its all set up. :D

Thanks Warlady

[THEBIRD]

50 bucks. Wow. Wash, you are a nice fellow. I don't touch somebody's website for less than 500.

http://www.wetinkpro.com

[washoeconservative]

Yeah but Im not in it for the money. Its all about spreading the Conservative word. I charge normal clients far more than that.

JMHO

[sovereignslave]

Kind of looked to me like someone was offering their services so I answered right away, on 12 Jan at 02:37 GMT to < http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/scores/schedule/index.html >. But I have yet to hear back. Doesn't look like any deal I would hope to get involved with; not much reliability I'd say.
Even if there was a change of mind, the proper thing to do would be to acknowledge communication and gracefully decline. Perhaps I should just gracefully go away too; can anyone explain to me the redeaming value of this website?

[washoeconservative]

sov,

I sent you an e-mail detailing my offer after you sent me yours. Maybe I should just try calling you no?

[sovereignslave]

thanks

[sovereignslave]

Sometimes I have to wonder if people actually believe what they spout; do others actually live what they purport to support? Or, is there actually a higher degree of hypocrisy than that which even I believe?. Is it even fair to refer to “wobbliness” (waffling) as hypocrisy?; the young, at least should be given some play simply because they have yet to be tested under extraneous conditions; is 25 “young?” Can we set a specific age, or would society be better served if we left that open?

For the most part, basic decorum is a learned response, and it varies from local to local and between expanded cultural lines, i.e., ethnicity, from the “valley” to the “hills,” city and rural dwellers, etc. However, there are some specifics within generally accepted lines related to decorum that one could argue are pretty basic and even natural in nature. Let’s pick one: how about making a promise, then, deciding to back out of it. What would be the way to do this?

What if we make a promise with someone that (we feel) misrepresented him/herself to us, and we decided to not go through with a promise to that person. Or what if we found out something about that person that made us uneasy, or perhaps for some other reason felt we entered a deal that was inappropriate for whatever reason. Shall I simply ignore my previously promised part in that verbal contract? Would that be appropriate, at any time, especially if we are presenting ourselves to the world as conservative and governed by a code of morality/conduct?

For me, certain forms of decorum are not optional. Always, always, everyone rates to receive what I promise. And, if not, based on post-information, I would feel obligated to explain myself, and to “meet” the challenge straight away, keeping my actions and thoughts above board. Why? Not as a matter of respect for the other party, but out of respect for two most import things: 1) myself- I deserve, and demand, to be able to defend and show respect for myself, and 2) tradition- I dare I think I could be so bold to defy the concepts of tradition, and most certainly without making full disclosure as to why I may buck such tried-and-true values. Lord knows I am not one to blindly jump on any bandwagon, but when I don’t, I feel obligated to fully explain myself, not out of respect for the other person, but out of respect for myself.

Is this a concept that is gone? Has the new generation lost this line of thinking? No matter how rude, nasty, or ill-willed the other person is, I would be stooping to his/her level if I simply turned a cold shoulder to a previously “sealed” deal, right?

I started this chain in hopes of getting some help at starting my own website, waiting for weeks until I received a response. No problem, yet. But then there was a response, a response I quickly accepted by returning an email, and then I waited again, for a couple weeks. But I got nothing again. Hmmm? Promises, promises.

Then, after sending a private email, I get messaged that there was a response through my email, even though I never actually received it (must have gone on to that email heaven in never-never land). No problem, I received a phone call from this person continuing with his promise to get something going. Great!, I made no mess over the lost email, and was happy to hear help was on the way. We had a very nice phone conversation and even exchanged some niceties about political positions, agreeing on many of them, simply exchanging some get-to-know-you goodies. The call ended with Eric, yes, that Eric, saying he was going to see if he could import my previously registered website address and he would get back to me that next weekend, about two days away. That was almost 3 weeks ago.

I waited till the following Tuesday, and made a polite phone call, leaving an upbeat message stating that I hoped all was well in his end. Heck, I was so excited about a phone call that I made up a whole new opening proposed statement to fit on my new site the very night we talked. Then, still not hearing anything for several days, I called again the next weekend; again, leaving a polite message, again, hoping everything is okay.

Now we are nearly three weeks removed from our phone call and still no returned communication. What am I suppose to think?

Did Eric discover something about me he didn’t like? Did he find out that I am the boogieman and not deserving of his attention? Okay, let’s say I am the boogieman. But isn’t Eric’s name still on the line for promises promises? Isn’t his name sake at risk for reneging on a verbal contract? Should he still be bound to show respect for himself, for his own upbringing .. his family name .. by acting honorably?

If he found out I am the boogieman, conservative values would still dictate that he pick up the phone and state as much, “you are the boogieman, and I prefer to not deal with you as I have a high degree of respect for myself and my family values. After we talked I discovered that you did such-and-such and I choose to not be associated with that kind of behavior.” Or, actually, Eric would be most correct in confronting me with what HE THINKS is the cause of me being the boogieman, giving me the chance to defend myself; we do believe in a full and vigorous defense, don’t we? This would be the most dignified response, not silence and dismissal. Am I the only one left that holds his (my) word to be his (my) bond; I am only as good to the world as my word is, and I will move hell and earth to make good on my promises. Am I alone here? (Not that it matters, I still say my word is my bond; a liar is also a thief, for the principles are equal low.)

I have a right to know why Eric called with promises, then simply turned off the line of communication.

On the other hand, I am going to feel about 2 inches tall if I find out that Eric is currently in the hospital, fighting for his life, recuperating from a terrible car crash that occurred the night of our phone call. Again, I hope all is well at Eric’s end of the world.

On a good note, I am working on establishing my website all by myself! A little at a time. And yes, old dogs can learn new tricks: < www.sovereignslave.com (http://www.sovereignslave.com/) >.

One day at a time.

And yes, a have a past. I was a mean and nasty punk kid. A tough guy wannabe biker, a liar and a thief with a lot of hate and confusion in my young life. But when I became a man, a real man, I put away foolish (childish, ala. I Cor. 13:11) things, made my peace with my yesterdays, and am trying to rectify the wrongs into the future. Meanwhile, I am human. I have baggage to deal with, at times feeling, insecure. We all deserve to know “why,” don’t we?

[Black Jacques Shellac]

Consider this a life lesson learned.

Promises easily made are easily broken. It's not nice, but it tends to be true. It has much more to do with human nature than your right to know, or your value as a person. People have lives and egos and faults and shame. They make easy promises, sometimes sincerely, but sometimes out of ego, in haste. And then they realize that fulfilling that promise is lower on their priority list than earning a living, seeing the girlfriend, watching TV. And then it's easier to just avoid.

I've done it, we've all done it. Now you've had it done to you. Join the club, accept.

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