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McChrystal Doesn't Get It—Does Obama?
Posted on Oct 29, 2009
By Scott Ritter
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Thus the solution itself becomes the problem, thereby creating a never-ending circular conflict which has the United States expending more and more resources to resolve a situation that has nothing to do with the reality on the ground in Afghanistan, and everything to do with crafting a politically viable salve for what is in essence a massive self-inflicted wound. It is the proverbial dog chasing after its own tail, a frustrating experience made even more so by the fact that any massive commitment of troops brings with it the fatal attachment of national pride, individual hubris and, worst of all, the scourge of domestic American politics, so that by the time this dog bites its tail, it will be so blinded by artificialities that rather than recognize its mistake, it will instead proceed to consume itself. In the case of Afghanistan, our consumption will be measured in the lives of American servicemen and women, national treasure, national honor, and, of course the lives of countless Afghan dead and wounded.
The manner in which McChrystal has peddled his plan for Afghanistan to the American media, and to Congress, may be politically savvy. It is certainly insubordinate. The decision to employ American military power is the sole prerogative of the American president. A general may offer advice, but any effort to engage the machinery of politics to pressure a sitting president defies the basic constitutional tenet of civilian control over the military. President Obama, once a constitutional law professor, should know as much, and would do well to severely reprimand McChrystal for his actions. Or better yet, Obama should fire McChrystal and replace him with someone who respects the rule of law and the chain of command.
Obama may have won the Nobel Peace Prize, but if he allows himself to be bullied into supporting McChrystal's foray into Afghanistan, he will reveal himself as the worst kind of warmonger. True, he didn't invent the Afghan quagmire. That honor resides with George W. Bush, who also is to blame for the American fiasco in Iraq. But history will be surprisingly gentle toward America's 43rd president. Bush will share the blame for his calamitous military decisions with the mistaken policies of previous administrations, a compliant Congress, headstrong advisers, servile intelligence agencies and, of course, the shock of the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Bush will be seen more as a useful idiot than a ruthless ideologue. Obama, with his obvious intelligence, soaring rhetorical skills and Nobel credentials, does not readily fit such a characterization. If he decides to reinforce failure in Afghanistan by dispatching tens of thousands more American troops to that disaster, America's 44th president will cement himself as a grand fraud, a hawk hiding in dove feathers. Given his potential for doing good, one clearly would not want such a scenario to play out.
The president's lack of military experience screams out when he calls America's involvement in Afghanistan a "good war." He would have been better off trying to make the case for a justifiable war, or even a necessary war, but to label a process that brings about the death and injury of thousands as "good" makes me wonder about Obama's fitness to be commander in chief. His seeming inexperience on national security affairs and foreign policy leave him vulnerable to domestic political pressures that emanate from these arenas. The president does possess the vision to see a world in which America stands side by side with other nations as an equal, operating with a shared notion of due process and respect for the rule of law, but that doesn't square with any decision to deploy more troops to Afghanistan. Expanding the war in Afghanistan will lend credence to the central worry about Obama: that, at the end of the day, this man of vision might in fact be little more than an Illinois politician who is willing to barter away American life, treasure and good will for political gain on the domestic front. And, in doing so, it will undermine his noble vision of an America "resetting" its relationship with the world following eight years of unilateralist militarism.
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Afghanistan has, over the centuries, earned its reputation as the graveyard of empires. Just ask the Greeks, Mongols, British and Russians. If Barack Obama ultimately agrees to dispatch more American troops to Afghanistan, he will ensure not only that America will add its name to the list of those who have failed in their effort to conquer the unconquerable, but also that his name will join the ranks of those leaders throughout history who succumbed to the temptations of hubris when given the choice between war and peace. The Nobel committee will have failed in its gambit to motivate America's 44th president to embrace the mantle of peacemaker, and the American people will be left to sort through the detritus of war brought on by yet another failed president.
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By #1Robeyfan, December 1, 2009 at 10:03 pm Link to this comment
Outstanding article by Mr. Ritter. The generals are giving Obama a lot of bad advice. Obama needs to listen to the voters who put him in office, not the generals or the neo-cons who want perpetual war.
By Sodium, November 11, 2009 at 4:15 pm Link to this comment
Re: Sepharad,November 8 at 4:27 am.
Please consider this post as a continuation of my eariel post concerning President Obama and Afghanistsn.
In order to provide with more profound comprehension as how I exactly feel and think about President Obama,please make sure you read the following post of mine,which comprise two parts:
PART 1 of 2
PART 2 of 2
Both parts are posted on the the thread that embodies the column/article entitled " A Noble for Defeating Cheneyism " by Joe Conason,published under the heading labelled "Report" of Truthdig's website.
By reading those two parts,I believe that you will get a more profound understanding of why I insist on giving Obama more time to see what he can or cannot accomlish. He has alrady changed America's standing in the worid,especially in the Arab and Muslim world. And that is,by itself,no small achievement,considering the resentment that prevailed in the last eight years of Bush/Cheney's hawkishness,bellicosity and belligerence to dictate terms that defies international norms and the spirit upon which the United Nations was founded and international law was established,keeping in mind that the United State took the lead in creating the United Nations and in the establishment of the International law,supposedly respected and adhered to by all sovereign countries of the international community.
By Sodium, November 11, 2009 at 3:10 pm Link to this comment
R: Sepharad,November 8 at 4:27 am.
Because President Obama has already changed the tone of U.S.policy from Bush/Cheney confrontational policy to dialogue and accommodational one,even before he won the presidential election,through his various speeches and comments during two years of campaigning against all odds,I have made a promise to myself that I will refrain from making a single negative comment about his actions or inactions for the first two years in office to see for certain that he could stop the bleeding of America in blood and treasures that seemed leading slowly but surely to total collapse,precisely as it had happened to the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.
Because of my belief of what I summarised above and because of my promise to myself not to criticize President Obama until he completes two years in office as President,I wish to refrain from making any negative statement about his policy whether it is internal or foreign. However,in order to provide you with some answers to the question you raised I would suggest the following steps to President Obama to take:
(1) Explain to the American people the fact on the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq,including the fact that there are reliable reports that insist that Osama bin Laden and his brain,Ayman Al-Zwahiri,are no longer in Afghanistan. In fact there are reports that say bin Laden has died sometimes ago from kidney disease. Use the SOFT POWER with the Talibans. Therefore,there is no need to deploy addional troops to Afghanistan,but rather the U.S. and its allies should rebuild Afghanistan after more than 30 years of disasterous wars. That will win the hearts and minds and certainly will serve the best interest of the U.S.in that part of the world. How to do that? read(2) below.
(2) Adhere firmly to the United Nations Charter and the well established International Law while adhering firmly also to the U.S. Constitution at the same time. That what President Dwight Eisenhower had done and succeeded in keeping America in peace with itself and with the rest of the world for 8 years. During his two terms in office,America was the most admired country in the planet,including among the people who lived within the political boundaries of the Soviet Empire. Yes,the political circumstances are different now,but the concept Eisenhower had adhered to remained unchained: Rules of Law,(NOT survival of the fittest,and NOT might makes right),should be America's guide. Nothing else. I must mention in this cotext that I am NO Republican by any stretch of imagination. Admirer of Eisenhower? Yes,yes indeed,in a big and firm way….
(3) I do share your high regards for Helen Thomas and perhaps more. A half a century as a notable reporter at the White House is no small achievement,by any standard of measurement. No wonder her colleagues have fondly dubbed her as the "DEAN" of the press reporters at the White House. However,my understanding of the meaning of the word "courage" may differ from hers. And I leave it at that. Obama's courage is so profound in his ability to navigate through a sea infested by all kinds of terpedoes,ranging from hatred to collossal inheritances.In addition,uncooperative opposition that wants him so badly to fail. The Left is making a big big mistake in attacking him so severly.
I am running out of space. I stop here.
Sepharad: it is good to hear from you. Take care.
By Sodium, November 5, 2009 at 12:39 am Link to this comment
Subject: Some Specific Historical Facts From Afghanistan History.
The central point concerning Afghanistan as the grave yard of empires as Mr. Scott Ritter has written in his outstanding article is expressed in the following 21 words:
"Afghanistan has,over the centuries,earned its reputation as the graveyard of empires. Just ask the Greeks,Mongols,British and Russians."
Because of the fuss someone sounded like having a typical mindset of the neoconservatives of the already discredited authors of the "Project For A New American Century",I have found myself compelled to test Mr Scott Ritter's comments quoted above to satisfy my own curiosity first and see how far the fussy neocon's contention might be close to the "truth":
The Greeks in Afghanistan:
Afghanistan's Web Site-@Afghanistan History
Instead,he ended up facing,and I quote,"unrest and bloody revolts become the regime hallmarks". He withdrew to Babylon,(present day Iraq),where he became very ill and died,either in Iraq or while his military generals were carrying him to get his body back home to Mecadonia,Greec. Till present time,no one knows where Alexander the Great was burried. That is the ultimate fate of the greatness. Tell that to the bravado of the warmongering mindsets. They may learn from the failure and fate of Alexander the Great in that part of the world.
The Mongols in Afghanistan:
The British in Afghanistan:
The Russians in Afghanistan:
Graveyard? Yes,yes,indeed.
By Dave Lefcourt, November 3, 2009 at 1:34 pm Link to this comment
As usual, Scott Ritter is right on the money. Just as he knew Iraq had no WMD before Bush invaded the country, his analysis of the war in Afghanistan and the destabilizing of Pakistan is also right on.
As to Pakistan, our prodding the Pakistanis to pursue the Taliban, now into Waziristan Province, may bring short term success, but hardly lasting stability and victory. Besides creating the massive dislocation of thousands of refugees, (local residents in the path of the Pakistani army's pursuit of the Taliban), our(CIA) drone attacks and the subsequent killing of innocents has alienated the entire Pakistani population against our presence in the entire Af/Pak region. They see us as the main destabilizing factor that is the catalyst for inciting the stepped terrorism in Pakistan's cities. Pakistan needs our support, but at arms length and certainly not with our presence, in neighboring Afghanistan and clandestinely by the CIA and its drones.
It is American hubris and exceptionalism that has driven American foreign policy. We are not indispensable to maintaining stability in the world. But we are the most capable of creating more destabilization and instability than any other country in the world. Iraq, now Afghanistan and probably Pakistan are our latest misadventures. Viet Nam stabilized only after we left. We seem determined to replay that unfortunate scenario in Afghanistan with Pakistan the new "Cambodian" sanctuary. A fractured Pakistan is a catastrophe we may well bring about if we continue our present course. A nightmare too horrible to contemplate.
By Alex Chaihorsky, November 2, 2009 at 3:42 pm Link to this comment
I hope one day in not so distant future someone in the White House will recognise the incredible value of the Scott Ritter's thinking, his courage to say things without putting a coat of sugar on them, his diligence in historical study and his true patriotism, the loyalty to the Country and Constitution, not schoolmates, 5th column lobbyists and chronies.
Obama, like Michael Jackson before him is trying hard to enter the club of white establushmnt and in the end he will be dealt with as Michael was - sqweesed dry, covered with dirt and mud, accused of all sins and made scapegoat for all that was brought upon us by the previouws clowns. His problem is too much "I" in his ego. Too much thinking of his legacy and too little - about his country.
By Horatio Green, November 2, 2009 at 10:49 am Link to this comment
Although at first thought I thought the change in command in Afghanistan as positive, I have since had some reservations. I have a level of mistrust in Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal. I have a concern that he is not being honest in his COMISAF Initial Assessment when he has seemingly emphasized a New Strategy: Focus on the Population, which, if President Obama decides to stay in Afghanistan must be our focus as opposed to a military objective. McChrystal is at heart a warrior. His basic instinct is to kill. That was his mission as Commander, Joint Special Operations Command. His involvement in the Pat Tillman friendly fire incident investigation and cover-up was not honorable.
I believe it certainly will if we continue with our current military mindset in Afghanistan. As Dennis Kucinich has said:
"It is not simply combat troops that present a problem, but our entire military presence is counterproductive to our security. Sending additional military personnel indicates that we are deepening our military involvement in Afghanistan. "
"Afghanistan is a nation of independent tribes that is rife with corruption. Nation building cannot come from the barrel of a gun. Instead the United States should work with Afghanistan's neighbors to help provide regional security to allow the Afghan people to rebuild their nation. It is time that Congress takes control of this war by eliminating its funding and bringing our troops home."
"If the Obama administration is determined to 'win the war' in Afghanistan, then we should be prepared for another Vietnam. An unending military commitment is unacceptable to the American people and it should be unacceptable to Congress. If the Obama administration refuses to bring this war to an end, then Congress should use the power of the purse, granted by the Constitution, to end the war and bring our troops home. Many objective analyses indicate that the U.S. should withdraw from Afghanistan. If the Obama administration can't do it, then Congress must."
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By JAMES RAIDER, November 1, 2009 at 11:00 pm Link to this comment
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The Microsoft Surface Pro is truly a wonderful piece of technology. Even though it comes in a very small and light package, Microsoft did not even consider skimping on performance. The incumbent tablet, the Surface Pro 4, can house an Intel i7 processor within. Paired with a 16GB RAM, this 2-in-one tablet is a force to be reckoned with. Now, rumor has it that Microsoft is toying with the idea of making the Surface Pro even more amazing. According to recent reports, the Surface Pro 5 will sport a massive 512GB of storage.
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It seems that my misfortune of living with chronic back pain has made me sort of impervious to pain. Or at least neuropathic enough to be able to handle more pain than expected.
Yesterday I had surgery. Right on my tail bone, essentially. I had a spinal block which is one of the strangest sensations I have ever experienced. I was able to wiggle my toes but couldn't feel them. I told them to move and they moved, but they felt disconnected from my body. Nothing else from my waist down worked, though.
Once out of the OR I slowly began regaining use of my legs. That too was weird. I sent a command to raise my leg and it jerked upward. I had no fine motor control. It was all or nothing, odd. However, I regained the use of my legs much quicker than the doctor anticipated. So quickly, in fact, that I was released out the front door before he had a chance to get back and give us more detailed instructions for caring for the wound site. The wife and I were slightly confused at the generic instructions on the sheet that the nurse gave us, so we called the Dr for clarification.
He asked how I was, and was alarmed to hear that it was only slightly uncomfortable. In nearly every other case of this type of surgery, people hurt so badly they need to keep a constant flow of Vicodin flowing just to cope. I hadn't taken anything and was helping with dinner and dishes just a couple hours after getting home. Even now, the next day, I barely notice it and it only bothers me if I sit wrong or it gets hit by something. I was laying on my belly in the living room watching TV earlier and one of the kids starts running toward me, every indication was there that she was going to jump on me the way kids do... I screamed, her eyes grew to saucers in realization of what she was about to do, and skillfully she rerouted her path and landed on the couch instead. I thought I was done for, but all was good.
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Live on Sky Sports 2: Sun 12.30: Celtic are bankers at 1/3 with Ladbrokes to see off Hearts as the SPL season draws to a close.
Last Sunday at Tannadice, Celtic were definitely worth opposing and shrewd punters will have been quids-in if they'd taken the 3/1 about the Terrors edging out the Hoops. However, back on home soil, Neil Lennon's boys won't slip up again as they welcome Hearts to Parkhead.
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More precisely, Coral chalk Celtic up at 6/1 to strike twice without reply and in what should be a relaxed end-of-season affair, the Hoops can cruise through the gears early in proceedings and get their noses in front before the interval.
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How to Earn $1000 a Month Writing at Hubpages
Initially I started writing at Hubpages for fun, but we all can use more money. Now I am focusing on that. I don't think it would be hard for anyone to make a $1000 a month at Hubpages, as long as they put in the time and effort, plus have the patience needed.
In an average month you can earn about $1.00 per hub with the Hubpage Ad program,, eBay, and Google Adsense. You'll find certain hubs earn more money than others. A rule of thumb that I've heard is to plan on 20% of your articles will earn 80% of the money. So this amount is doable.Many hubbers earn much more than this per hub.
How to Do It
I've read about one man that earns $3000 a month with around 250 articles and another that only earns $60 for the same number. What you will earn depends on how much time you put into your content and how well you choose your topics. Topics need to be specific. For instance, I wrote an article "How to Grow Lilies." It didn't do well on Google. Once I changed it to "How to Grow Asiatic Lilies", it gets more traffic.
Choosing the right niche to write about and the right keywords may be the most important part of writing for money. Some of my hubs earn nothing and one earns $30 a month. Many say they earn much more for some of their hubs. You can cut your work down if you choose the right keywords.
If your hubs are at least 8 months old and you are not earning at least an average of $1 a month per hub, you need to take a hard look at what you are writing about and learn some SEO (search engine optimization.) It can take a year of experimenting to find which topics get good traffic. This is where the patience comes in. As hubs age, they also rank better with Google and earn more money. If you aren't writing about the right niche though, you may not earn anything. Many say the formula is 20% of their hubs earn 80% of the money. I have hubs that get little traffic too.
Using simple arithmetic, you would need 1,000 hubs then to earn $1000. Many will do much better than this. If you can write 3 hubs a day for a year, you would have about that many at the end of a year. You may have a head start already, so it will give you days that you can have off. My bet is that you will end up earning more than the $1000 when you are finished.
I don't have the time to write 3 articles in a day, but I can write 1 a day if I keep at it. After 3 years, I would have the 1000 hubs completed. Since my hubs will keep aging during that time, I would expect to make more than $1000.
I don't know about you, but $1000 would go a long way towards retirement. If you follow the plan for 3 years and you complete 3 hubs a day, you may be able to quit that day job. I would spend some of that time on other writing sites though, so your eggs aren't all in one basket. Creating your own websites is good too. Stashing money away in a bank account wouldn't be a bad idea either.
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I would agree with you that for most people (including myself) the best approach is to gradually build earnings over time. It took me 3 months on here, before I began to appreciate that.
Very interesting hub. I am already halfway there to those earnings from Adsense. I do not use the Hubpages Ad Program though because I tried it three times and each time it cut my Adsense earning by about 80% a day and I was only getting an average of $2 to $3 a day from the Ad Program.
But I have read that many hubbers make lots of money from it.
Your advice is spot on. It took me well over a year to finally learn enough about writing for the internet and SEO to get a decent payout every month.
Like you say though once you have worked out just what does work then it is a matter of writing as many articles as you can when time allows.
Voted up and awesome
Good advice, I had the same idea of trying to make $1000/month.
Barbara, I am with you all the way. I am not earning much but as mu hubs age my earnings go up. I see Google traffic picking up and I want HP to be my primary source of income. I currently freelance so it doesn't give me time to work on my novels, so if HP is my source of income I could relax a little more, concentrate on my hubs and finishing my novels.
I am with you on this. It sounds like a very doable plan. Wishing you the best of luck!
Very informative hub. I think the more exposed your articles are, the more money you will get.
Good advice. I wish I could know how to write productive hubs. I'm nowhere near earning $1 per hub per month, and I have over 150 hubs. Keep trying I guess. Voting this Up and Useful.
Great hub! I am not making anything so far. I can't even figure out where the few cents each month that I made went to as a whole total in general.
Hi Barbara, this article is to help you judge how you can reach that goal and even perhaps expand it just a bit higher. I wont be offended if you don't publish the comment. But take a quick look at the math/data on the page. I just didn't feel like copying any of the numbers over.
The article is from pre-panda hubpages - but the traffic to earnings ratios should still hold mostly true.
I see that you are judging that you average $1 day per hub, but if you dig in and find which articles are earning you several dollars compared to those that earn you very little and try to repeat the successful topics/layouts/terms you can quickly start to increase that earnings amount and the time frame in which you can achieve them! It really is very possible.
Thanks so much for the inspiration. I seem to be in a slump right now as I can't seem to generate good ideas to write about however as you pointed out, patience is the key.
Thank you for this information. I only have a few hubs, which average over a dollar a month each. I thought that was bad, but now I can look at it from a more positive perspective. Thank you!
Hi Barbara Kay,
I like people who plan ahead, and I tried to teach this to my 6 nephews. And I hope some of it landed in their memory banks. I voted it up and useful, and very good for everyone to think ahead---as we never know what tomorrow will bring.
wonderful information here Barbara!
Barbara Kay, this is quite a motivational hub. I am at the stage where I would be joyful to see a hundred dollars a month. If I saw one thousand the ambulance might just have to be called. I understand that niches have a lot to do with it but I have not found one that interests me as yet. Also time is a big factor. I find that I have less and less time to research. I am trying to do the three hubs a week thing. Your words have motivated me.
Hi Barbara I love this Hub, and I have found it very helpful. I don't make anywhere near the kind of money you are talking about earning from Hubpages but it's great to hear it's achievable. I know that the more you write the more you can earn. I am trying to write at leasst 3 Hubs a week too and so far so good.
Hope to be able to write about making $1k from HubPages at some point in the future.
Voted up and useful, thanx again.
Hi Barbara,
What an Inspiring Hub!Loved it. Voted up and useful!
Great job!
Nice tips thanks. I haven't reached $1000 per month yet in Hubpage, not even $100 per month. But it will come to that someday. Cheers
Hi BK, sounds like a great plan and I could only hope that I would be anywhere near that a year from now. But I remember when I started 10 months ago, constantly being told not to give up. Keep pushing, keep learning . . . and I am still here :)
Thanks for the encouragement, Barbara. Rated up.
Right this second, I'm just happy I can put on my resume that I'm a "professional freelance author" because I made $3.00! ROFL! I can't imagine getting 3 articles up each day - I wish! LOL One step at a time though, right? Gotta learn the ropes before you can swing from them... (^_^)
What I observed is that earnings not by number of pages you created..but it varies with the traffic..if traffic increases, earning also.if traffic decreases, earning also decreases..
Great Hub and enjoyed reading all the comments so far. This is the kind of honest information I am looking for. I just wrote & published my 1st Hub a couple of days ago..so I'm a BIG-OL-Newbie! Not new to writing, but new to hubs. Anyway, I've learned quite a bit in a short time about this process. I think one of the main keys to attracting traffic IS to write about what OTHERS may be searching around the internet for on a day-to-day basis! Write what YOU know, but also learn other things/ideas and write about what OTHERS want to know and learn about. Wishing everyone good luck! Thx for the Hub & great comments; very encouraging!!
Hi Barbara,
Thank you for another great hub, I am trying to soak all the wonderful information up like a sponge, so I can put it into practice.
I hope this Hub motivates me to write more. When I joined Hubpages I wrote 9 hubs consistently but then lost interest midway. I was lucky that i started earning in my next month only but maybe i became complacent or plain lazy and stopped writing. But of late have been encouraged to write once again.Thanks for writing this Hub.
Two weeks ago, my husband told me about people make money on Hubpages.com. I was skeptical at first but I trusted my husband and gave it a try. Your hub just confirmed what my husband had told me. I think I should keep on trying. Hopefully I will see some earning in the future. Thank you for sharing.
It takes a little bit of time and promotion. For me, I aim to try to take some of my hubs now and promote them on other sites so that there are more eyeballs looking at them. Doesn't mean they'll stay but they'll see and perhaps share or like. It depends on how you approach the promotion as well as the content that you create.
I came across hubpages accidentally and started writing for fun. Your advice is very helful to newcomers, but writing three hubs a day may not be possible for me.
Hope my income will slowly increase.
Thanks for SHARING:)
It is good to have goals and a plan. As they say, "Plan your work and work your plan." My plan is for a minimum of 3 hubs a week. I see my income only going up about $1. a month right now. I have only been here 4 months, so I know that will start to improve. I have never been a patient person, but to make up for that I am VERY stubborn and do not give up easily. We learn as we go and I plan to keep on going too. Good luck and God's speed! :)
I have an important question. If you wrote those 1000 hubs at the rate of 1-3 hubs/day. Would your traffic maintain itself at any pace after that if you quit writing hubs altogether? Just curious... thanks so much for your hub!
Good info, Barbara. I am finding it overwhelming trying to get a handle on all this hubology (early days for me still!) and this kind of hub is very useful. Voted up, thanks!
Been over a year hear but earning peanuts. Your hubs has raised my expectations. Thanks for sharing
This is if no killer Pandas make their way changing the algorithms and hard work!
OK, killer Pandas...I didn't see that in the learning center! Is that a techy word for some hubbing pitfall we newbies should know about?!!
This is so incouraging!!! Thank you so much & bless you!
I would say that your advice is great. I am earning significant amount from the Hub Ad program that Makes me happy and I am pretty sure that in a Years time or 2 I will have to completely quit my Job to write full time. Its worth :)
Opps I can't spell suddenly "Encouraging" LOL & thank you!
Hi Barbara, a very encouraging hub, for sure.
I'm also gunning for that 1000 hub mark (it is WAY out there). I had a slow start my first month and a half, but added 7 hubs in the past week or so. Just keep hubbin, right?
Voted up and useful, and now following. You've got a bunch of hubs that I can't wait to read!
Great Hub, new folks like myself need this type of motivation.
Thanks, I am trying to get an understanding of keywords and titles now.
very useful article. Thanks for this.
A lot of substance in this hub.
Barabara.. your hub is a morale booster for hubbers like me who gave up hopes of earning any penny through hubpages... great hub..Will stick to the path shown by you.
Sound advice .. the key is perseverance and networking. Having online friends helps a lot, but can never get you as much traffic as quality, keyword optimized and niche content can. It takes work and time, but is definitely possible!
Up, useful, shared, pinned and tweeted.
That's quite a logical hub. Though, it may seem a bit of a fantasy, if we only judge it by the title. However, you explained it thoroughly and justified your claim. It is, certainly, possible :)
P.S: Can you please clarify your statement where you mentioned how much money your hubs (individually) earning? I do not know how to find that information. It would be kind of you to explain it.
Very interesting hub Barbara. I hope I could average out 1 $ per hub. You mention that one of your hubs is making 30$ a month while some are not making anything. Is it possible to check how much a hub makes on a monthly basis? How do I check mine?
Voting this hub up, useful and interesting. Sharing it.
Excellent hub! Keeps me inspired to write more hubs.
I wish I had the time to write one a day. But I feel I'm doing pretty good. I'm making about a dollar a day for my 37 hubs. And your 20-80 rule seems to be the case for not only money, but for traffic. I get about 500 views per day for all my sites and it seems that around five of those get the vast majority.
Simple tips but sounds like you nailed it on the head. Good hub.
Really inspiring to read this. I love success stories on HP as they make me push myself, knowing I can make more money in the long run.
My earnings have increased over time and I focus on writing quality content, well researched topics and titles and going back over old hubs to update them.
Thanks for this - keep up the great work.
I have written more than 200 hubs, but have nothing near a dollar a hub. I am now learning more about SEO and writing articles that have more potential to make money. But you are right, volume is important as well.
Great advice with a practical approach. 1000 hubs seems like a good goal. When you change a title on HP does it change on google eventually? voted up!
As a writer with just 4 hubs, I find this article very encouraging. I appreciate the tips and I'll be working harder to make my writing work for me!
Obviously I am missing something as I don't earn anywhere near the amount per hub that you are suggesting, and I have 105 hubs right now. I keep going back and refining titles, etc...but I'm not sure I really understand how to use the keyword tool. And just when I started making about $30 a month, my earnings and views dropped by more than half...and I don't know why other than that Google hit me again.
I'm glad you are doing so well, but I haven't been that fortunate. It all sounds good, but people like me don't really understand some of what people like you say, so it's a hit and miss thing. I have three hubs that account for almost 1/3 of my views, which I think is totally insane.
It gets depressing, sometimes!
Good one! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Very interesting hub.... I will try to follow your tips so I can improve my earnings
A hub that everyone wants to read. Good advice and I am bookmarking for daily encouragement. Thanks for sharing.
I have been writing for HubPages for over a year now and I have to agree that your advice is quite sound. I am constantly amazed at how statistics are so true. About 20% of my hubs really are generating 80% of my earnings. Thank you for sharing your experience and excellent advice.
I like the strategy. I need to put it to work.
How do you find out what each hub makes with Hubpage Ad program. I have no idea what hub is earning more than another.
Enjoyed reading your hub good information. Vote uP!
I can see that your idea is doable and I am inspired to walk your talk:). Find this not only informative but also inspiring and so I voted up.
Hi Barbara Kay,
Very helpful and encouraging hub specially to new hub writers.I written only five hubs and earning yet to start. I planed to write one hub a day. After reading your hub I think to make it three. Nice and vote up.
I will certainly agree with you that it is possible to earn that kind of money here. It does make a difference what topics you write about. Some do better with Hubpages ads while some prefer adense only for higher click amounts.
This is an excellent hub with great advice, broken down so that it is easy to follow advice.
When I say easy to follow, I mean easy to understand the actual writing of three hubs a day is beyond me as I find putting a hub together takes me ages. I think it is my age lol...
Plus, once I get started, I find that I check out my facts and that often leads me on a rabbit chase, it is so easy to get distracted.
I found this very useful; I like the idea of having a plan something to aim at so thank you very much for posting this.
Voting up and hitting some buttons on my way out
Great motivation! I agree that it will take patience, persistence, and passion to write enough quality hubs, but it can be done and is being done by many! :)
Useful hub that I can surely say! I really believe that when you are devoted to a goal and do something the right way spending time and effort, it will eventually pay you off. Thanks for sharing. Voted up and useful :)
Interesting and very useful hub. Great motivational hub to write more and keep on hubbing. Something to keep in mind. I like the way it was presented, sound so positive.
Thanks for sharing. Voting up and all plus sharing.
Very Useful information. I hope that one day all motivated "hubbers" will reach this thresh hold. Great Quality Hub! I look forward to more and an update when you reach your $1,000.
Great hub! I'm still a long ways from that goal, but it's a nice thing to work towards :)
I too feel motivated by your hub. I'm new here but I read a lot before joining and though I heard it was possible to make a nice amount of money from Hubpages, it's nice to actually hear someone say it. So thank you, it gives me hope for the future!
It sounds like a pretty reasonable plan to me! I don't relly have time to even write 1 a day sadly, but I think the slowely building your number fo hubs plan will still work, might just take me a littl elonger! lol! I'm nowhere near earning $1 per hub a month yet, but I think it is a reasonable estimation when you have hundreds of hubs written and they are all well established. I have 59 hubs in total I think, and 2 of them bring in 1/3 of my traffic so I think I need to do some more along the same line as them! If I can just break the payout every month threshold that would be an awesome start! I'd like to just pay off 1 bill a month from my hubs, it would be a great start and a great help! Its all about slowely building quality hubs I think. thanks for a great, inspiring hub. Voted up and shared
To make $1000 would be amazing. Good, inspiring hub! Voted up and sharing!
I have a theory that the best way to make money on HubPages is to write hubs about how to make money on HubPages. But this one was very good, with practical information and not just the usual vague "Oh just write high quality hubs." Sure - I'll get right on it.
Hope you hit $1K a month soon!
Great Hub and excellent advice ... voted up.
Your hub is very interesting and informative. It does take a lot of patinece, and time to write a lot of hubs, but its probably worth it. It would help a lot to have extra money, especially when its needed. Great hub, I voted up.
Great hub , Barbara! I am inspired by your work. Just wondering if the title is as important as the tags we assign to each hub. I like my titles to be a bit innovative and uncommon. A little worried that it might not get the traffic.
Thanks for the informative hub. I am new to Hubpages and have only written one so far. It did receive a good score though no reader action but that's ok as I had to start somewhere. As I read more and more articles from experienced Hubbers like you I hope to get in a groove and be able to write interesting articles. Extra $$ is always helpful and I appreciate your sharing your helpful tips. Voted Up and Useful!
Encouraging article. I am setting goals and looking forward to achieving them. Thanks
Very true. The hardest part is keeping up with it, because as many have already said, those first few months will barely earn anything. It's a cumulative effect
Thank you and I will stick to it.
My goal is 5 hubs per week. I tried 1 per day but some days I just don't have my muse or other things are going on. I try to do a little SEO especially on the title, but most of my hubs are very recent so I can't see real results yet. I did ditch Amazon for eBay as Amazon ads (on my blogs, too) don't seem to convert well.
Barbara Kay, This is a great hub. thank you for sharing. When you break it down the way you have it is very attainable. Can't wait to start writing. lol. Voted up and useful
Thanks for the advice, but I'm not aiming for $1000 in Hub revenue. I'm making enough so I can save for vacations. Besides, I started an at-home business last year and am in the process of getting a job (not just to gain more business partners and customers).
But anyway, that's really sound advice for a sound Hub.
Thanks for this article! As a newcomer, it was nice to hear get some advice from a seasoned expert, and it's very encouraging to hear that financial success can be achieved from doing something that you genuinely enjoy! Best of luck to you :)
I would love to earn 1k a month but for now Im focusing on a much smaller goal to not get discouraged. I tend to be one of those set goals to high, get discouaged and stop all together people. So for me $100.00 per month is my short term goal. Although I aspire to be so much more here at Hubpages. Good article.
Thanks for sharing.
Good article, well written with lots of info. Thanks for sharing the above Inspiring Hub. VOTED UP
I'm loving the information. I'm still new to the hub game and I'm working with what time I have to write quality content. Reading great posts like this really keeps me encouraged to keep going and not give up on it. Thanks for taking the time out to speak life into this venture! Voting up and useful!
Clear, concise and to the points; anyone ever tell you that you write like a woman? ;0)
Thank you for encouraging us to do our best.
Useful hub.
I am really motivated by the article, thanks for the valuable information. I am a new hubber here, please help me to begin my journey
Thank you for your insight. It takes time to grow here and you provided the community with a good goal and a way to achieve it. I look forward to reaching the $1000 threshold. Voted up useful.
Hello Barbara. I've been around here for a while but would like to crank it up a notch. More hubs that are really good is likely the answer. It is a bummer to see what I thought was a great article I wrote never really get any traffic for the most part. I'm going to keep at it and try to build up my hub volume as best I can.
You have a good point. I know my biggest problem is writing consistently. I let long periods slip by without writing a thing and it sure shows in my earnings.
I have 21 hubs and have been here for a week and would love to have some profits from what I have done (I am within 20 views of 1000 page views).
All of my hubs are featured except the one I just wrote that is still pending; 90% of them having a Hubscore over 70-75, and the rest in the upper 60's.
That said, I think I could be successful at it... maybe. Everyone has told me my stuff is looking to be really nice but I have been rejected many times by Google Adsense despite that and until I get there I can't earn anything.
Great article though, it gives me insight into what I can obtain if I get approved. Voted up.
Let's not forget about Adsense's 6 month wait before you can apply and start earning money.. Do take that into account on the 1st year of earnings.
Thanks for the advise. I'm just getting started, and I'm at $0 still. So I really needed some motivation to keep writing. So if you have time check my page. I would appreciate any suggestion you have. My best regards :)
I would appreciate that. Thank you so much
Cool hub. Reading it made me want to post more hubs. Thanks!
I hope at some point I am able to reach this... or anything for that matter. I am not sure why Google Adsense wants nothing to do with my hubpage. I have 1100+ hubviews and 22 featured hubs (all of them). It's rather disheartening. My account information is American so it's not like I'm bound to a 6 month dealy. I've made $0 from any other source that I could make money from and I am not even sure if I could at this stage. Ahh one day I will reach this, I hope. Great hub Barbara!
It is always good to read hubs about the ability to earn reasonable money from Hubpages. I have set myself a goal of achieving 100 hubs by the end of this year - nowhere near the number you suggest, however the amount I am trying to earn is less than a$1000.00 per month. I do agree though that you need to write the right hubs. I published one hub - a movie review that has never received a view. When I first published it I did not include a photo and I think that stopped it from being forwarded to my followers.
This is an extremely educational hub, filled with useful and good information. Thanks Barbara.
This hub is straight to the point. I really like your strategy its simple and easy to follow. According to your math making $1.00 a day on hubs is interesting. This tells me there is a huge problem with my hubs. I have over 200 hubs which in 7 days collectively earn $17. Thank you for sharing ....ok...now I have a lot of work to do. I never go back and refine hubs that are just sitting this is where I could really get the kinks out of poor performing hubs. Voted up and useful.
I didn't see you mention backlinks. I recently learned about backlinks. I try to spend 4 days writing and the 5th day on backlinks each week. I noticed my earnings doubled last month, after starting that strategy. I'm expecting them to triple from the original amount by the end of this month. I also use the 5th day to edit old hubs for better SEO. I'm still learning about SEO but it's all starting to pay off. I also plan to move all my non-travel related hubs to a new hub site. That will also improve my google rankings - to keep one hub site per niche. Thanks for your info. I enjoyed reading your article! It helps to carry on for the long-haul when you know others are "in it with you" so to speak :)
Oh that would be great! I'm signed up for the Ad program but it's incomplete due to Adsense. I thought about joining the apprenticeship program, but I am not sure since I don't have the Adsense. I may have to shift over to doing my recipes on a blog to get that going. I wonder how much I'd have to do on my blog before that could be approved. I actually can't even put a new URL for Adsense when I try to go to the Adsense homepage... it automatically takes me to the resubmit application page for http://hubpages.com/@neinahpets :(
Thanks for the wonderful advice. I'm hoping that sooner or later I can already join the earning program of hubpages since I am new here.
I am a newbie here and this article is my first one to read and i have to say thank you so much for you help me have a clear clue about how to earn extra money here and take a long investment in it
Very helpful guidelines! Thanks for sharing your experiences!
Very nice Article what i would do with $1000?I could have some very nice stuff lol
well put, thanks for this insight..will put it to use .
Very inspiring and encouraging. Thanks for sharing. I do hope I will get enough time to write 3 hubs a day! :-)
I have to say I earn very little from ads, most of what I earn comes from HP. That being said, after 23 months I have yet to find my niche (I am nowhere near $1000 per month but I have seen my earnings gradually increase since I have been here, giving validity to you theory about more hubs. I occasionally write book reviews and believe it or noy my hub about the third Fifty Shades of Gray books has over 100,000 views!
Good advice, voted up and useful.
Simple yet resourceful thank you very much for the info. Since i am a first time hubber, everyone was new here at some point of time isn't it ? i have a question ,i would be really thankful if you please answer it. what is the mode of payment that hubpages employs to pay its hubbers. do i need to have a paypal account and own a credit card ?
Definitely helpful! An extra 1000 a month goes along way. I'm going to try to improve my lesser performing hubs and be more specific with my titles. Great hub!
It's not going to happen for me. I have 400 hubs and make $50 per month. Oh well! :) Good suggestions....for others. LOL
this will super helpful to me thank you......
This would be great if I actually made $1 per hub per month but I'm not even close. I calculated mine out and I make like $0.25 per hub per month. So, I would need around 4000 hubs to make $1000 per month. : (
I am still not making that much writing for Hubpages... more like 3 or 4 dollars a month... and I'm happy with that.... although I would be happier with 1000 dollars a month!! so maybe I will try your ideas... sure couldn't hurt!
Thanks for writing this inspirational article. Voted up and interesting.
I have a problem with niches lol I have too many interests
I am also new to hubpages. Your hub was very interesting and informative. Its made me want to get stuck into writing more now. Thanks for your inspiration.
Hello Barbera. I love writing. Maybe my choice of words didn't sound very positive but i've always had a love for writing about various topics. The beauty of hubpages is we can write about anything and share it with like minded people. I'm going to have lots of fun and once again, thank you for your inspiration.
Hi Barbara, today is the first day I have actually started to explore the whole business of making money on Hubs, and I found your article very useful, encouraging and interesting. Now I must look at SEO and try to understand more about that. Thanks for this great Hub. Things are a bit overwhelming for a new writer.
This is a very helpful and sensible hub. Thanks for inspiring us.
This is great advice! Writing one hub a day is a lot easier than 3 or even 10 a day. Slow and steady gets things accomplished! I have had more success on my own blogs and Squidoo then I have here. Don't get me wrong. I make sales and payments, but nothing close to the $1000. a month I earned at Squidoo. I'm back again to try something new. Why? I agree with you that $1000. extra dollars a month can go a long way towards retirement (or in my case a better lifestyle in the near future). Gave you a thumbs up! ;)
I think the idea of earning $1000 from 1000 hubs was one of the major reasons that I started on HP. Could it have been this article that I found on Google? Even if it wasn't, this hub is still amazing. I tried to read as many comments as I could because the HP community provides so many excellent tips within the comments but there's just so many. Thanks for the info.
Man...I'm so boggled by all the opportunity. I am eager to see what a few more well-researched and highly optimized articles could earn.
What an inspiring article Barbara .. I've just joined HP around 8 months ago and have 54 articles ..(averaging a buck to $1.50 per day ...and that's cumulative earnings ...not per hub) .. sometimes I get a bit disheartened about it but am determined to earn AT LEAST $2k a month ... and I know that's not entirely unachievable... ...once again..Great hub!
This article is very useful, especially for beginners like me....great work in motivating us, thanks a lot...voted up and interesting..!!
I commend you for your success. My hubs are on political issues, such as faith, justice, gun rights, political parties, oil and gas issues and a few about personal issues. I do not make any significant money. Adsense disappered and I have to check on that, Amazon produced no funds and I wanted no part of e-bay.
I guess I will continue to be a "poor" writer.
I write for two content mills where I make about $200 per month and my political columns has attracted the attention of a person who wants to do a separate site and is taking the right steps.
Thank you for your reply. Almost everything on the Internet is dependent upon Google. It is hard to make money this way. But we all keep trying.
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One of the most frequent questions I am asked is
Is my script ready?
Whether or not a specific script is ready is open to interpretation, based on who is reading the script. However, here are some guidelines I have developed based on my own experience as a development executive and after talking to producers, managers and agents.
1. How do you know when you are ready?
The first three to five scripts you write are usually for yourself -– they are your experiments. They are often not yet good enough to be submitted to a producer or agent. However, they are not a waste of your time. You've submitted them to your friends and family, and perhaps to members of your writing group. You've listened. You've learned. You now know script formatting, what brads and covers to use and have mastered your screenwriting program or designed some macros which work for you. Your margins are set to industry standards, and the page numbers are the right size and in the right place.
By this time, you probably also know where to buy those brass brads (the Writers Store of course), what your title page should look like and what color of script covers (if any) you prefer. You've even learned how to proofread your script, and you catch those words your spell check misses. You know the ones, they are spelled right, but used incorrectly. And for the many writers who have consistent spelling and grammatical problems, you've had the good sense to recruit someone else to proofread for you.
More importantly, you now have a working knowledge of the basics of script structure, can tell a story and are well on your way to creating unique and believable characters. You also have a bookshelf of your favorite 'how-to' screenwriting books, subscribe to The Hollywood Screenwriter, Scr(i)pt Magazine and/or Creative Screenwriting, and you have a few books which explain how Hollywood works. You've explored websites and have your favorite ones bookmarked. You are itching to get noticed by Hollywood. But having the basics down is just the beginning. There are thousands of writers out there itching to get noticed. To greatly increase your chances, there are several very important steps you need to take.
2. Exercise Your Creative Voice
By about your sixth script, you've found your
creative voice
and have a pretty good idea of what genre fully engages your imagination and readily showcases your inherent talents. Now, you immerse yourself in honing your craft. You've probably also acquired a sense of whether your scripts are headed for the independent market or have a commercial hook unique enough for the major studios, top producers and stars to see dollar signs while reading.
While there are no magic formulas, I usually recommend that once you find your creative voice, you should
exercise it
. This means: write three to four scripts in one genre. Why? Because it hones your craft. If your first romantic comedy is good, then your second should be better. And your third or fourth should be terrific.
A writer with one terrific romantic comedy can open a number of producers' doors. But a writer with one terrific and two to three very good romantic comedies, can keep those doors open long enough to sneak in and develop a relationship with several different producers and their development executives. Whatever the genre, you should write several scripts in that genre to develop your craft and build up a solid body of work.
Hollywood loves to pigeonhole people, and you don't want to be pigeonholed, right? I sympathize, but it is easier getting into a locked house if you concentrate on one particular door, rather than running from door to door and then trying the windows. Visualize your body of work as a 'battering ram' knocking on Hollywood's door. We can hear you better if the knock is loud and consistent. Once the door opens, you can dazzle us with 1, 2, 3 or 4 scripts, all in one genre. You have also proved to us that your one terrific script wasn't a fluke. And now that you've honed your skills, let's look at the best ways to get professional feedback.
3. Writing Contests: Valuable & Inexpensive Feedback plus Marketing!
Okay, let's review your progress: you've found your voice, honed your craft, and developed a body of work. How do you determine if you AND your scripts are ready for the market? You need feedback. It's time to move beyond the opinions of your family and friends. What about classes and writer's groups? Both of these sources can be helpful in providing feedback to a writer. However, in many cases, the feedback might be from writers whose skill level may not be as high as yours. And, in a classroom situation, the instructor may not be able to read each student's script in its entirety.
An inexpensive place to get feedback is through a screenwriting contest. Nominal submission fees (less than $100) encourage you to enter your script in a number of contests. Be selective. Most contests, unless they indicate otherwise, are biased toward
dramatic scripts about something
. That trendy teen comedy, action-packed martial arts script or high-budgeted sci-fi adventure probably won't impress most contest judges, who are usually not interested in the commercial potential -- they are interested in terrific writing. Study the entry rules and the promotional materials about contests.
Some of the better contests for novice writers are those sponsored by film festivals or film commissions, or even writer's groups. Who are the judges, and how are the winners determined? Blue-ribbon judging panels are often producers, agents, development executives or writers. Depending on the contest sponsor, they may be well-known professionals or absolute newcomers. Each contest has its own system, but, in general, most contests have a systematic screening process, involving staff members, unpaid volunteers or interns before the best scripts reach the blue-ribbon panel. Script finalists are usually read at least three or more times.
A few of the contests will give feedback, but that's not a given. In fact, unless you pay for it, the usual feedback a writer receives is
. If you don't make it into the finals, semi-finals or quarter-finals of a contest, that's a comment on your writing. But, if your script does well, then you have an
when it comes time to market yourself and your script. More later about contests.
What are some of the other sources for feedback? Should you pay for an evaluation?
4. Getting Feedback On Your Script: Paying a Reading Service
Breaking into the business and getting recognition for your writing is time consuming and disappointing if the script isn't ready. Many writers make the mistake of marketing themselves and their scripts before they are ready. Haven't you heard? Hollywood rewrites scripts all the time. Why should I rewrite it; they will just rewrite my script anyway.
Yes, every script that's optioned or bought is rewritten numerous times, but in all my years working for a studio or production companies, I cannot recall anyone saying,
Let's buy this script and then spend hundreds of thousands of dollars rewriting it
. Most scripts are purchased or optioned because the story is terrific, and the writing is compelling. Rewrites are ordered to address deeper problems, which seemed minor in the initial evaluation stage. And, scripts are rewritten because after the deal is made, the script is further scrutinized, and changes are needed to accommodate a director or a star, or to address some new information in the marketplace.
So before you write a query letter, go to a pitching event, or call your relative or buddy in the biz, get professional feedback. On a budget? There are a number of
reading services
that advertise
. The bulk of these services are on the internet, and their fees are more than the contest submission fees, but less than what you would pay a professional script consultant. This is a crowded niche, and some of the services are criticized for aggressive marketing tactics and the contracts you must sign. However, for a modest fee, they promise that an industry reader or development executive will read your script and provide you with a written evaluation.
My advice? Find out who is really reading your script. The company may be owned by a real person who will give you their bio and/or credits, but is that the person reading your script? If an unpaid intern or a novice story analyst is reading your script, then you may need to get several evaluations from several reading services before you can feel comfortable with the evaluations on your script. But, if your reader is a development exec in between jobs or temporarily freelancing, then you have a good chance of getting the opinion of a seasoned pro. Their evaluation may closely mirror how your script may fare when a production company or studio covers it.
However, if you can invest more bucks in your screenwriting career, you might discover a professional script consultant will give you more bang than a reading service.
About Donie Nelson
Donie Nelson is a highly successful and respected consultant and career strategist for screenwriters and producers. Her personalized strategies (advice, marketing, feedback) have successfully helped writers move their careers forward since 1991. Donie's career history includes executive positions with feature film, television and cable companies, including the MGM Film Company and several independent film and television production companies based at Paramount Pictures, Twentieth-Century Fox, and MGM Television.
Donie to arrange for your own personalized consultation.
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Implant removal. Any suggestions?
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Implant removal
It is very difficult to comment without a photo. Generally, if you wanted to go really small, you may need a lift. Again, it all depends on body. If you have saline implants, we will deflate initially to determine if you will need another implant or lift. There are many possibilities here. Best to discuss with your Plastic Surgeon. Good luck.
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Removing breast implants
Breast implants are like a pillow behind your breast. Size of your breast after removing the pillow is hard to predict and can't be controlled. If your breast hasn't gained or lost since the implants were put in then you can expect them to be about the size they were back then with the implants not there. Also, it's important to understand the pillow of a breast implant does not lift the breast and taking them out does not make them sag. This supposed effect is an illusion created by the volume fill out or the volume removal. A lift procedure means shifting the nipple-areola and breast behind it up higher on the chest and has not effect on real volume. It has different incision and risk tradeoffs.
Photographs needed
Without photographs it is indeed difficult to determine what you will need. It is also impossible to predict whether or not you will need a lift.
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Without photos, no one over the Internet can give you specific opinions. However, if you are a D with implants and go down to a B after removal, you will probably need a lift to deal with the excess skin.
Lift with removal
Need photographs to determine whether a lift and which one would be preferable. A drain for a week would be very useful as well. Best of luck
Typically when removing larger implants and going from a DD size to B-C cup size, a lift is indicated otherwise the breasts would be very ptotic. Maybe if you post photos we could better understand your situation. Best wishes, Dr. T.
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Implant removal. Any suggestions?
I would recommend you remove the implants and heal from that before considering a lift. You may not need one. Wear a good compression bra while healing.
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Comic book writer Mark Waid wrote a long post on Facebook sharing is his feelings on the 2016 presidential election. Spoiler alert, he's not too happy about how it turned out.
Donald Trump won and Hillary lost. I'm not happy with Trump being our president either. I wouldn't have been happy to have Clinton as president either. That's one of the things that made this election such a giant bucket of suck. No matter who won, it was going to be awful.
Mark began his post by stating that his therapist told him that he's in the grieving stage with the outcome of the election. The post pretty much goes downhill from there.
He then talked about appearing at comic book conventions in red states. Some comic book professionals have vowed not to attend comic book conventions in states that voted for Donald Trump. Mark will not do that. He will attend conventions in red states. He will use his straight white male privilege, some argue to be the most powerful kind of privilege, to create safe spaces at these conventions. He went even further.
From Mark Waid's Facebook account:
I'm not hard to find at shows. If you're a fan or creator and are ever, ever made to feel uncomfortable on a convention floor, come find me. If it's a fleeting thing, just come hang out. If, on the other hand, you can point out the aggressors, I will rain HELLFIRE on your behalf, I PROMISE you. Ask anyone. They'll tell you that I'll flip tables on bullies and creeps, and I'll have your back. And while I've never had to use it, I've got enough clout to have hatemongers flat-out thrown out of shows, and I am not above those sorts of nuclear options.
I've never seen Mark Waid in person. Judging by his photos, he doesn't strike me as an intimidating person.
I haven't felt the need to attend a comic book convention in quite some time. It just never seems worth it. Panels are now usually posted to YouTube. You can buy anything sold at a comic book convention online.
Now that Mark is offering to use his straight white male privilege for anyone who asks, it might be fun to go to a comic book convention again.
The next time Mark attends a convention in the neighboring red state of Pennsylvania, I may have to go. I want to see him rain hellfire and flip tables. I don't even know what hellfire is. Something tells me it's not nice. It sounds dangerous, especially if used indoors.
Now that I think of it, the last time I went to the Baltimore Comic Con, the fire alarm went off. Everyone had to exit the building. Could Mark Waid raining hellfire on someone have caused the fire alarm to go off?
If it takes too long to see Mark Wade do his thing, I could have my wife go to Mark's table to have him autograph my copy of Kingdom Come #3. She could then just casually mention to Mark that I annoy her.
It wouldn't even be a lie. I annoy her all the time. She'll ask me to do something and I then forget to do it. That's so annoying.
Once Mark hears that I've annoyed my wife, he's duty bound to find me and rain forth his hellfire upon me. He's also obligated to flip my table. Considering that I wouldn't have a table, that might be hard. He promised to do these things on Facebook, so by law, he has to do it.
That sounds like a lot of fun.


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