Looks like the problem is the following in style.css:

#midcontent ul li ul {
list-style-type: square;
}

try adding this:

#midcontent ul li div#adspot_124985358 ul {
list-style-type: none;
}

or a more generalized call if you are going to have multiple adspots on the page:

#midcontent ul li div.adspot ul {
list-style-type: none;
}

I *think* that will do it! :D

hmmm... adding this code to the style.css didn't help - ( wasn't supposed to replace anything was I?)

Is there something in the html code I can do to have it use the div#adspont_124985358 ?

I even tried overriding the CSS Class in the widget area with the adspot_124985358 info to no avail

Also - the bullet from

#midcontent ul li ul li {
list-style-type:none;
padding-left:15px;
margin:0;
background:url(img/zekebullet.gif) 0 5px no-repeat;
}

is what is being added in there -

this is what I get - when I view source - is it the "widget_core_free_htlm" class that I should be looking at?

(which of course I cannot find)

<div id="midcontent">
<ul>
<li class="widget_core_free_html"><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://cache.blogads.com/124985358/feed.css" />
<script language="javascript" src="http://cache.blogads.com/124985358/feed.js"></script>
<br>

Sorry! Didn't look closely enough:

change this:

#midcontent ul li ul li {
list-style-type:none;
padding-left: 15px;
margin:0;
background:url(img/zekebulletx.gif) 0 5px no-repeat;
}

to this:

#midcontent ul li ul li {
list-style-type:none;
padding-left:0;
margin:0;
background-image: none;
}

That will remove the arrows from the whole sidebar I think.

Or to target only that specific advertisement just add this instead of replacing the above:

#midcontent ul li div#adspot_124985358 ul li { 
padding-left:0;
background-image: none;
}

or:

#midcontent ul li div.adspot ul li { 
padding-left:0;
background-image: none;
}

*crossing fingers* :?:

By Golly... it looks like it worked.

http://coldheartedtruth.com/politics/index.php?blog=18

I need to get some basic training on css... instead of swimming through all of these modifications.

I've only ever owned one book on CSS and I personally love it. Can't say if it's the best, because I have nothing to compare it to! :D

CSS - The Missing Manual
David Sawyer McFarland
Pogue Press, O'Reilly
ISBN-10:0-596-52687-3
ISBN-13:978-0-596-52687-0

Glad I could help!