WORRIED IS ANNOYED

A number of months ago a new blogger commented on this post. As it is our wont to do, Granny and I clicked over and welcomed her to the blogworld and offered encouragement. She seemingly copied some things from our blog (which was a bit flattering) and commented favorably about our blog. On 2/14/06 On Granny's post "Mea Culpa" she posted a welcome and a link to Action Now's blog. So I would say that we have been kind to her.

Action Now eventually began posting to her blog and Granny and I pop over now and then to check her out. Her blog is devoted to anti-immigration articles, which is ok and her right to publicize her opinions. Whether or not I agree with someone, I champion their right of free speech. As a matter of fact, I found points of agreement in some of the articles she posted and even exchanged emails with her and sent her some links, but - and this is a big BUT - I thought her personal comments on her posts were rather rabid and somewhat racist in tone. I disapproved of that. Granny and I had recently exchanged emails about her and I voiced an opinion that before now I would not have posted publically. Now I will.

Even though Granny and I admit to checking out her blog from time to time, neither of us have posted any more on her comment boxes. Granny did not specify why she did not comment, but I would not because I did not want my blog name or our blog to be linked to one that was racist in tone. I'm sure that Granny had similar thoughts. Granny and I, of all people, have reason to be anti-racist.

I was content to let matters be; I did not molest her and she did not molest us. Apparently, though, as we lurked her blog, she was in turn lurking us, as well as other blogs. Granny and I tend to follow much the same blogs - Granny comments more; I lurk more - but I think I probably roam more and I follow bloggers that do not visit here. It has turned out that she has obviously stumbled upon other blogs to which I have offered comment. Since I sometimes use my blog name from some of my other blogs, she may not have realized that the commenter was Worried from Is America Burning. But whether I use Seven Stones from This Is War, or Nocturnal Scribe from Sacrificed for Empire, or Worried, or the blog name from any of my other blogs, IT IS STILL ME! And she made a mistake.

She commented on several posts yesterday on this blog and offended me. I started to delete her comments, as I can as administrator of this blog, but I let it stand. She did offer some viewpoints with which I agreed. However, she 1) claimed authorship of my war blog "This Is War" and 2) she used comments almost verbatum from some of my comments to other blogs - she plagiarized my writing. I could have overlooked the plagiarism but not claiming ownership of my blog. That ruffled Worried's feather and the 2 offenses together annoyed me greatly.

For her information and for any of our newer readers or anyone else she may attempt to deceive, I want to set the record straight. As I became more and more concerned about the horrors of the obscene wars Bush was waging in America's name, the maiming and killing of our (America's sons and daughters) and of the terrible toll we were taking on civilians in those countries, I decided to create separate blogs for those subjects so as to avoid taking up this blog with so many war posts.

On my post "Now Granny's Made Me Madder Than I Was Already", on 2/01/06 I said, "Considering all the material I have to rave about, I'm going to start a new blog just for the anti-war material. I'll let you know when it's up and running." I immediately created the blog.

On my post "Worried Checks In" on 2/02/06, I commented about a blogger problem with my new blog and specified http://this-is-war.blogspot.com. This blog deals primarily with the war as it affects the Arab people. Subsequently I created another war blog http://imperial-sacrifices.blogspot.com dealing with the war as it affects our troops.

Both of these blogs are mine, as offshoots of Is America Burning. Granny can attest to the fact that I created them. Neither of them are Action Now's. She is not only a plagiarist but a liar. I regret the necessity of publically exposing her like this but I do not regret doing it. I do not know her motivation, whether she was trying to entice more readers to her blog, or whether she is becoming a troll. But there is no excuse for lying.