The Hall of Fire

When I read this comment from Dave I thought it was probably a bit of hyperbole but I guess not: Of course they don't. Shutting down the federal government is their main long-term objective. Perhaps their only one. I see you didn't watch that link I gave to the Maddow segment. You should watch that...

And what is his invitation other than a political stunt? Does he think the rest of the house members don't know his position? Does he somehow think to educate them in how to do their job? I thought Republicans have been screaming about wanting Obama to negotiate? He invites them all.. and now that'...

More have been promised, but I don't think there was one this week. The trials of the 940 people who were arrested have started, though. 940 people arrested? Over what? I only heard a bit about what happened in the Asheville area on Maddow's show regarding the gerrymandering.. but nothing more. . ....

Very well said Frelga. . . I did see somewhere some group suggesting prosecution for seditious conspiracy (18 U.S.C. § 2384): If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force th...

The fact that you are concerned I would "immediately discredit" her because she's a liberal makes me sad, a little. I am actually much more middle-of-the-road than many people here, which is one of the reasons why I can post at all in these types of discussions. A true conservative would ...

I do think Eru was being a bit facetious when she referred to it as "the naughty person's forum" and I thought it was kind of funny, myself. Sadly, I wasn't really... But I think people tend to underestimate the depth and breadth of the cognitive divide that exists and is ever-widening in...

That's just, not true. It astonishes me how blind you people are. I really truly expect better of people here, but I don't know why. I guess that makes me the fool. Oh it's so very, very true. Luckily Rachel Maddow did a wonderful segment showing how this shutdown has been planned for years . So un...

It's astonishing that you are blinded to the fact that while the House has dug in, it is Obama and the Senate that are refusing to negotiate... Quick post - I'm absolute SICK of hearing Republicans/Tea Partiers say that Obama and the Democrats won't come to the table and negotiate. There is NO nego...

The singing was really beautiful and moving.

yovargas wrote:Yeah, Eru...that was one of those "silently nods" kinda posts that can unfortunately kill a conversation by being too agreeable and well-put.

I see.

Dave_LF wrote:Donut be alarmed, fellow Earthlings. I, the davelf, are fine. Please to resume going about you're businesses.

Aaaaaand everyone stopped replying. Is this a delete test?

I think most of the time we all don't have issues sharing things or offering opinions, but with message boards, what you say is quite final unless you delete it. I'm sure we've all had a spoken conversation where we wished maybe we wouldn't have said something. No we can't take it back, but neither ...

Heck, I censored myself to the point of not visiting here anymore.. not fitting in, not contributing much of worth or it being positive, not actually having anything to contribute that's not redundant. Seems the censoring thing is a bit of an illness here. ;) And oh the irony of wanting to hit the b...

I thought it was an excellent post Wampus. Sorry if I'm giving the opposite impression.

We here, in general, over-analyze things, and that's the nature of written communication. In real life, if Lord M had made his comment, I may not even have given it a second thought. If I had, I might have just said right then and there, "I don't think that's really funny." And, if the co...

What one shouldn't do as a reaction is be totally dismissive and condescending towards other people's feelings. This is true. I wonder why you would worry about this post, Eru. Because there are ones before that I've gone to great care to try to not upset anyone has upset someone. :P Coupled with t...

And, nobody has asked you to self censor. :scratch: No one may specifically do that, but some of the reactions here end up doing exactly that. After all the years we've been posting together at various boards, you'd think we would all realise that we're a bunch of decent people who do not mean to h...

I think one would have to be in a coma not to be worried about the country. It's a big country. There's always something going wrong, or something that might go wrong, or a natural disaster lurking around the corner, or a long-term trend that's less than comforting and not likely to be addressed by...

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edit: Meh.. this is why I shouldn't have ever said anything. I can't express my thoughts well.. they get taken the wrong way, or perhaps I am offensive and judgemental or whatever..

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