From my outgoing email:

Dear Amazon,

I received your recent email threatening to cut of my “affiliate” status if a bill to tax Internet sales in Hawaii becomes law.

You wrote:

We regret to inform you that the Hawaii state legislature has passed an unconstitutional tax collection scheme that, unless vetoed soon by Governor Lingle, would leave Amazon.com little choice but to end its relationships with Hawaii-based Associates. You are receiving this e-mail because our records indicate that you are an Amazon Associate and resident of Hawaii.

Don’t bother. I’m removing as many as your ads from this site as I can easily locate. I’d already been debating the question of advertising, our relationship never produced much revenue, and now apparently we don’t mean as much to you as I thought.

So long. Have a nice future.

-Ian

Hey, saying that felt pretty good.

Do you happen to follow cartoonist Daryl Cagle on Twitter? He’s been a link to sanity in the midst of the reporting on the death of Michael Jackson. His Tweets have been linking to a variety of editorial cartoons by various artists. And an entry on Cagle’s own blog about Jackson has been high on my recommended list.

His conclusion:

When I think of all that cartoonists have lost with Michael Jackson’s passing, it makes me weep.

Check it out.