High praise indeed. She hates me. I think she really, really hates me.

I was wondering what to write over the noon hour when I had a tip from a fellow blogger that I've moved up again on the Amendment E hate list.

I had been running behind fellow Amendment E blogger Tim Gebhart on the list of amendment E enemies for some time as a result of his thoughtful and well written dissections of the incredibly bad ballot measure. But recently I seem to have taken a leap ahead of him on Bonnie Russell's naughty list. (Guess that means I don't get a present this year!)

Get a load of this tirade which made me giggle in masochistic glee:

A word about South Dakota bloggers, two of whom appear ethicially challenged. One boring lawyer when telephoned and questioned about inaccurate reports said, "I am not a journalist" (which absolves him from...?) Ask blogging opponents of Amendment E which PACs created either from State Bar meetings or big business (funding a couple of websites) which organization pays for their blogging product. Ask Pat Powers why he manufacturers emails and makes up quotes about others, (first busted on that last March by myself). Powers response? Silence. South Dakota senators have told me very negative things about Powers, the nicest being he's is a smoke and mirrors guy...as his banner ads appear to indicate. Seems very few generate any income. This becomes obvious when clicking the pictures of smiling individuals. Up pops an ad for Pat Powers blog, not a website to the person smiling. Then at the end of the month Powers trills "The blog received so many hits, (no visible counter we're supposed to trust him) and thank you!" Right. Smoke and mirrors seems apt.

Read it all here, and eat your hearts out. Oh my god! Bonnie can't find my hit counter.... (cough.. cough... site meter at the bottom of the page.. cough.. cough..) And heaven forbid I put pictures up to fill unused ad space. As "Mr. Bill" would cry in a high pitched voice in days past, "Oh Nooooooo." And I'd love to hear which Senators she's citing, because last I recalled, the proponents of Amendment E don't typically talk much with members of our State Senate.

Otherwise, I believe her greviance probably relates to the fact that I recently pointed out the fact that instead of being confirmed as part of the Amendment E effort, as the South Dakota Judicial Accountability crew now calls their own website the only official one, Bonnie Russell is now focusing on an effort to make money off of the anti-judicial paranoia that Amendment E contributes to inducing:

Apparently Bonnie is involved with USAJudges.com at http://www.usajudges.com. And you have to be asking yourself - What's their schtick?

USAJudges.com offers attorneys and citizens the chance to post their own experiences, so you can look for insight into a judge's crucial dynamics from people who have been in his or her courtroom.

And that's not all. For a low, low price you can create or retreive a report on a judge:

So, all of you disgruntled judge haters - you too can create a basic report, or pay $45 to create a detailed report on why your judge stunk. And better yet, for $150 or $250, the people who hate judges can get a detailed report on the bad judges.

I know I'm getting to someone when the best they can do is go after the hit counter and the pictures on my website. And then try to infer "someone on the playgound doesn't like me."

Let me assure you, the reader of a few things. Yes, I get that many visitors. Yes, I have some advertisers, and some pictures that aren't paid for which I change from time to time.

But most importantly, I don't print it unless I have a source. I might paraphrase if I can't find the source, but I'll disclose that. But if I write something, just like most all other South Dakota bloggers, I can and I will I'll back it up.

So, Bonnie. I'm not backing off one inch. No matter how many people on the playground don't like me.