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I Have A Very Clear Perception What The Internet Is In My Mind. I'm Free. I'm Not Defined By What They Say Is The Internet Is. Meaning Goldman Sachs, Meaning Who They Invest In For The Latest Start-up, Meaning The Latest Buzzfeed, Or Salon, Or Gawker. Well, Gawker's More Independent. But, There's A Lot Of Corporate Makeover Of The Internet That I Have Not Adapted To, Simply Put. I'm Friends With Some Of Them. When I Go To New York I Make The 6th Avenue Rounds, But I Am Not A Part Of That System.

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Matt Drudge

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I Have A Very Clear Perception What The Internet Is In My Mind. I'm Free. I'm Not Defined By What They Say Is The Internet Is. Meaning Goldman Sachs, Meaning Who They Invest In For The Latest Start-up, Meaning The Latest Buzzfeed, Or Salon, Or Gawker. Well, Gawker's More Independent. But, There's A Lot Of Corporate Makeover Of The Internet That I Have Not Adapted To, Simply Put. I'm Friends With Some Of Them. When I Go To New York I Make The 6th Avenue Rounds, But I Am Not A Part Of That System.

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I'm A Free-thinker. I'm An American. I'm Very Concerned With What's Happening. So, I Just Give It My All. I've Learned How To Take Care Of Myself And Detach From Outcomes Because, Otherwise, You Can't Survive.

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I Envision A Future Where There'll Be 300 Million Reporters, Where Anyone From Anywhere Can Report For Any Reason. It's Freedom Of Participation Absolutely Realized.

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I Challenge Hillary Clinton; Take Away Your Secret Service. Take It Away Now! Take Away Your Secret Service! Dismiss Them! Have No Security Around You. Have No Guns Around You, Hillary. I Dare You! I Dare You! Obama, Same Thing. Drop Your Guns, Obama! Take Your Secret Service Away, Obama. Take It All Away! Leave The White House Unguarded, Obama. Let Everybody Know There's No Guns On The White House Grounds, Obama. You Know What Would Happen In 30 Seconds? Both Of Those People Would No Longer Be On Planet Earth.

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I Realize That Just My Personality Is, That I've Gotta Stay Focused. I Can't Be Too Distracted.

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I Do Most Of My Business On That Dirty Internet That You Were Just Talking About, Where I Find There Is A Lot Of Freedom To Report Exactly What I Want.

Since Democrats Vs. Republicans Has Been Obliterated, No Real Difference Between Parties.

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I've Written Thousands Of Stories, Started Hundreds Of News Cycles.

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There's Just A Law To The Universe. We Can Have The San Andreas Rip Tonight. You've Nothing To Do With That. We Could Have Had That Super Hurricane, That, Look What It Did To South Carolina Two Or Three Hundred Miles Offshore! Imagine If A Category 5 Eye Wall Went Right Up The Chesapeake Bay. They Can Say "well, Mankind Did That." No, Mother Nature Decides. So, Will We Survive? I'm Sure We Will.

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There Will Be Over 3,500 Killed In Usa Today From Abortion. No Flags Lowered, No Presidents Crying. No Media Hyperventilating. Normal Day.

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