i am NOT a writer

[kpete]

i am a cut&paster (besides wife, mom, painter, teacher, student, etc. etc. etc)

i cannot take credit for original content here
i hunt and gather what interests me (and ALOT of stuff interests me)
and i post them at DU - because it is home to me...

i just thought i should make this clear
PEACE to all, kpete

[cliffordu]

1. Well......

Okay, then!!

[Doctor Hurt]

2. All writers are thieves anyway

at least you're up front about it :)

[kpete]

9. i quote:

PICASSO: If there is something to steal, I steal it!.

[TuxedoKat]

31. Haha

I like that quote. Michael Caine said something similar about the acting profession when discussing acting techniques, something like, "If you see something you like, steal it, because chances are they did from someone else."

[bleever]

38. Or in the words of Wilson Mizner,

"If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research."

:hi:

[panader0]

3. You are one of DU's best

[Octafish]

4. And we are the better for it.

Thank you -- for everything!



Love you, totally, kpete!

[Le Taz Hot]

5. Your contribution here has been invaluable

for years and I, for one, thank you. :hug:

[cyberswede]

6. I truly appreciate your cut & pasted posts!

Keep 'em coming. :)

[Scuba]

7. To steal from one is plagarism. To steal from many is research....

...like you, I cut/paste to/from DU and other media. All in the name of trying to educate, and become better educated.


Thanks for what you do.

[H2O Man]

8. You are definitely

one of the best resources on this forum! And we absolutely appreciate all that you do!

Thanks!

[kpete]

10. ok

no more
(especially from you H20 Man)
my ego is going to explode!!!

peace & love to you and yours,
kpete

[H2O Man]

43. Okay, one more thing:

I do not think I am alone in saying that I get the majority of my news from reading what you post on DU. Though I don't "K&R" every post, be assured that I am reading them. What you note in the OP -- about what you find interesting/important -- is by far a superior selection than any televison news program, newspaper, or magazine. In fact, I think you are at the very, very top of why DU is an essential resource for members of the Democratic Left. (And clearly, from other responses here, a lot of this forum's best minds agree.)

[LiberalAndProud]

44. And the rest of us too.

It's not just the best minds who depend on kpete to find the important stuff.



Thanks, kpete.

[Mist]

12. +1, I rely on you, kpete! keep on keepin' on! nt

[truckin]

11. But you are very good at selecting what to cut and paste!

I have learned a great deal from what you have posted and most of the things you are interested in interest me also.

Thanks for all your work!

[Dappleganger]

13. You have a zeal for causes...

which is quite catching.

Thank you (from another mom and wife)

:hi:

[pinboy3niner]

14. Discretion is the better part of cut-and-pasting

:patriot:

[Fuddnik]

15. I am a printer.

You couldn't read my handwriting.

[UTUSN]

16. Question: In your thread about the great Lib caller who punked LIMBOsevic

the title of the thread was something like "I called (LIMBOsevic)" or "I punked L." and there was a link to the transcript and audio. It *did* seem to give the impression that you, kpete, were the caller and some of the posters in the thread seemed to take it in that vein. I'm not sure. The author in the link was (STARK?).

This is a totally separate thing from my overall appreciation for the news clearinghouse function you perform for us.

Please clarify: Were you the caller who punked LIMBOsevic?!1 Thanks!1

[kpete]

17. NO

i was NOT the caller
and that is WHY i decided that i should make clear
just what I am
and thus the reason for this post.

peace, kpete

[UTUSN]

23. Thanks for clarifying & just a tad of observation here:

(An observation, NOT a criticism: ) I didn't see that you Replied to the posters in that thread who were saying you were the caller. Maybe you did after I lost track of the thread. It would have de-muddled things in that thread.


That's why I not only use quotation marks but (one would think: ) *superfluous* graphics like *****QUOTE**** and ****UNQUOTE***** marks around all my linked material. From the beginning I would get flaming posts who were blindly confusing my opinions with linked-text, but this even went on *after* I started using the QUOTE-UNQUOTE thingy.

:hi:

[tblue37]

47. I use the "blockquote" html tag to offset material I am quoting from

another site, to make sure it is not confused with what I am saying in my own voice in the same post. I also usually use a blue font, to make the distinction even harder to miss.

[onehandle]

18. Ignore the rabble. You have nobody to answer to.

Peace, indeed.

[NV Whino]

19. I always appreciate what you post

I do, however, lament the fact that you seldom comment on the content. I would welcome brief comments from you, which does not require you to be a "writer."

[tekisui]

20. You are a DU treasure. Thank you for what you do.

[renate]

21. you find the most interesting stuff--thank you for all you do for us!

:yourock:

[Eyerish]

22. Thank you for all you do kpete...

You are one of my favorites around here.

[petronius]

24. As long as it's made clear what the original source is and who the true author is,

if original work is cited and not stolen, what's wrong with posting links and a C&P sample? It's true that some people post useless dreck (original or not), but one man's dreck is another man's treasure, and I find DU to be a valuable clearinghouse of articles and news that I otherwise would never see...

[EFerrari]

30. People get confused and attack kpete as if she originated the material.

[petronius]

35. You probably could have stopped after your first three words

;)

If source-confusion is frequent with the OP's posts, then perhaps a more emphatic attempt to identify sources would be in order. But personally, I have rarely had difficulty (with any poster on DU) telling the original from the C&P - and when I do have difficulty it's often because I'm racing through a post with most of my mind focused on my intended reply. A return to reading-with-attention usually solves the problem...

[EFerrari]

37. It's funny because during the BushCo years

I started keeping track of reporters who simply reprinted talking points. As a result, I started noticing who didn't (both of them, lol) and since then developed a sense of who to "go to" on a number of topics. But that all started because I was pissed at Junior. lol

[femrap]

25. I appreciate your

links...we seem to have similar tastes in news.

Thanks.

[myrna minx]

26. Thank you for scouring the internet tubes to find your magnificent contributions.

You're a wonderful asset to DU and I'm very grateful. :toast:

[JuniperLea]

27. Sad you had to actually say it...

But I'm glad you did. Watching you get pummeled for something you never said is really wearing on a person.

[Stinky The Clown]

28. You are much a part of DU as any of the forums.

And in many ways, more valuable.

I for one value your efforts

[EFerrari]

29. Don't feel bad, kpete.

When I used to teach "Paradise Lost", every semester someone blamed me for Milton's anti-feminism.

lol

[mopinko]

32. you have alot of fans.

don't let the turkeys get you down.

[SalviaBlue]

33. OK, thanks for the disclaimer.

I will continue to click on most of your posts... you cut and paste and hunt and gather interesting things... Thanks.

and Peace to you too. :)

[philly_bob]

34. You ARE a valuable member of DU community. (nt)

[lunatica]

36. You've written many original posts

and you've expressed yourself quite well. And I always click on your posts in the hopes to see your comments.

peace back at you

[suffragette]

39. Always appreciate your contributions here kpete

[sabrina 1]

40. You are a news agregator and one of the best on DU

And I look for your posts because it saves me time finding all that interesting news. I don't know how you do it, I truly appreciate it.

[gejohnston]

41. I have not seen many of your posts

but I apologize if I were among those. Peace.


:hippie:

[eridani]

42. With a spot-on instinct for exactly what is WORTH cutting and pasting n/t

[Uncle Joe]

45. As Ross Perot would say.

You rock, I know it, you know it and the American People know it.

:yourock:

[Buns_of_Fire]

46. A discerning mind is just as good...

Which reminds me of a story:

A friend had decided to install a back door in his house. So he called a local architect to advise in its placement, for easiest access and not to interfere with the house's basic structural integrity, and not to cut anything that shouldn't be cut, and all that.

The architect looked around, knocked here and there, and finally took out a crayon and marked a large "X" on the wall. "This is where it goes," he said, while handing my friend a bill for $100.

"Wait a minute," my friend said. "All you did was poke around for five minutes and draw an "X" on the wall and you have the gall to charge me $100?"

The architect smiled. "You're not paying me to cut the hole. You're paying me to know WHERE to cut the hole."

:patriot:

[Kurovski]

48. K&R

:grouphug: