Not all paid links are bad. You can not group all paid links under one banner. A Webmaster has
every right to charge for a link when there is a competitive market to get a link on that page.

The show must go on. With or without a pagerank I continue with my blog. Adjusting and dropping some of my money-making links and other stuff hoping to get my PR back. In two months time Google gave it back, only half, but then again its better than zero.