The Invisible Hand hides behind the curtains and pretends like it is not home

Dey heads is empty, but dey bellies is full

As was pointed out earlier today the guys at Red State are having a bake sale because liberals are big meanies who wouldn’t share their Super-Secret Scoop Decoder Ring (with the built-in Truth Seeking flashlight). Red State readers are being encouraged to contribute so that they can still count on receiving Red State exclusives like Pejman’s Picks!, the serialization of Ben Domenech’s How Ben D. Got Hired, Got Caught and Got Fired and, I don’t know, maybe a tote bag or Five for Fighting concert DVD.

Needless to say (but I’ll say it anyway) Erik In-The-Red felt compelled to explain why Red State felt it needed to shake down their readers when Eagle Publishing is their Sugar Daddy:

First, a number of you want to know why we need money if we’re connected to Eagle Publishing. That one, to me, is easy — Eagle contributed $55,000.00 to the redesign process already. RedState earns Eagle exactly zero dollars. So we really do need your help to raise the additional money.

So Red State is basically a charity case that Eagle Publishing funds to keep Erik, Clayton, Mike, and Ben off of the streets, out of gangs, and presumably out of the military.

In other words, more Wingnut Welfare.

Quite honestly, do any of these guys make any money? Michelle Malkin keeps Big Brain Bryan slaving away for free in her basement like the Gimp in Pulp Fiction, and she still isn’t making any money outside of selling her unwashed autographed spittle towels online to people like Chad Castagna.

Then there is Chris Muir, whose comic strip Day By Day isn’t exactly threatening to replace Marmaduke in the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune

I’m sure his readers money is as good as yours and mine…albeit a bit stickier.

Ick. Just… ick.