Oil is $blah blah per barrel.

Unemployment is 5.5% now.

The war is still on.

Obie said this and Obie said that.

Health care is off the hook expensive.

History will prove this, that and the other.

Hillary is so on and so forth.

McCain is old.

On, and on and on.

I read this board and there is much said on both sides of all the arguments.

Alot of what I read is very interesting and causes me to think carefully about my personal opinions.

However, I'm really sick to my stomach of the silly, grade school name calling nonsense that goes on between (sic) grown-ups.

It's time to raise the level of thinking. To improve the quality of the discussions away from this kind of childish behavior. We're in a new age folks. One in which we have an obligation to improve EVERYTHING in our own ways.

One particular member here and I have met in person although he won't remember it. He and I have completely opposing viewpoints on almost EVERY issue with the exception of our joint love for a certain type of girl. I say we are both OLD ENOUGH to behave like adults. Especially since we travel in an adult oriented world.

Folks....it's time for us to remember that life isn't all about the price of oil and accumulation of wealth and other self absorbed endeavors.

It's time for us to be reminded that the pursuit of excellence on all levels is what America is about.

Raise your level of rhetoric and improve the quality of discussion here. I guarantee better results.

Guess who!

I think you hooked up w/Gonzo in LV too. Or you might be Gonzo.

Good guess, but Gonzo is more handsome than I.

However, this thread (no insult intended) is not about who I am, but what I think.

Go Geez! Sorta sounds like Gonz doesn't it?

Well,

That proved my point. At least to me.

People are more interested in WHO posts than the actual point.

Unless you capitalize your handle, and there are quite a few, you are not the alias in question.

Address the point?

Guess not!

Good work though folks, at least you read it.

Some people will never grow up. This thread pretty much proves it.

I stopped posting here because of the low maturity level from all sides.

You're the one that turned this into a frick'in riddle.

If you want an honest response to a question or issue you should keep your personality out of it.

I rest my case!

I won't be back here.

And, SLB, you got it right.

That was the reason for the original thread, but it appears that it's a little too much for the regulars.

Flame away!

I’m sorry you didn’t get bigger chants of Kumbaya. So it seems appropriate for you to “pull a Clinton” by declaring victory and moving on. You must certainly be the bigger man (or woman, we may never know). I use an alias here, but not to hide from the locals since everyone knows who I am. What about you? No courage of your convictions? You degrade the community based on what? That LACK of response? No one wanted to talk to you? No one degraded you or called you names.

You gave it a chance for a whopping 27 HOURS. My how generous of you. I’d bet that your most recent response was written long before you posted your first!!

I think you are expecting too much. Considering that a greater percentage of people believe in space aliens than will elect our next president. You can not expect that everyone that posts here is capable or interested in having a civil discussion. This is confounded by the fact that, Politics and Religion are based on problematic ideas.

“By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell -- and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed”. Adolph Hitler, Mein Kampf
“All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few”. Stendhal

To have a civil respectful discussion it helps if the participants respect each other.
This is true even if the participants don’t necessarily believe in the intelligence of the other participants.

“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes”. Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
“Be wiser than other people if you can; but do not tell them so”. Lord Chesterfield

When posting on an open forum such as TER, you can’t possibly believe that anything you say is going to make any difference what so ever. This is mental masturbation at best.

“Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong”. Oscar Wilde
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices”. William James
“Speak the truth, but leave immediately after”. Slovenian Proverb

What do possibly have to gain by dumping other people’s ideas?

“Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference”. Anonymous
“Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he'll be a mile away--and barefoot”. Sarah Jackson

Lastly remember.

“History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives”. Abba Eban
“Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as meaningless experiences goes, its pretty good”. Woody Allen



PS
“Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them”. Samuel Palmer

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in the manner that suits YOU.

It is nice to have a place where you can say whatever you want, even if it's "JAckO you fuckin loser asswipe lib mothefucker"

At least he gets to call me a Repukican Biblethumping shithead..

I mean, that' equitable, no?

but Bible-thumping is an important part of the Republiscum platform.  You know, if you want complete and thorough bullshit, it's important to have a solid foundation of bullshit.

What amazes me is that there are ANY Bible-thumpers here - let alone the complete fuckin loonies like BenD.  Why, folks like him dare not knock on doors, because they're so fuckin crazy somebody would kill them before they went a block.

of course i'm not, but i'm not most things i get called either but shit, you cant piss your pants about everything,

unless of course you're an al gore liberal

what blows me away is being on a site with guys who have the disposable income to pay chicks to suck their bungholes and they whine about income inequities....

who really can't afford to hobby. I know there are many that freely admit they can only hobby once a month or less.

Losers living the life of a loser, but it doesn't stop them from coveting the life of others. They just aren't willing to put forth the effort to make something out of their lives. It's easier to play the lib game of wealth redistrubution. Why work for a living when BillKile or GaGambler has plenty? we'll just take some of their money, they probably made it dishonestly anyhow. That's the way they think.

I'm not sure I'd take your soiled money regardless of how much you make.

Believe you me, I don't covet your life. I've had a lovely career both in and out of the hobby.

Fact is, nobody cares how much you or BILLKILE make!

Nobody!

If I told you how much I hobby, whom I see and how much I spend you wouldn't believe me anyway.

Denial or insulting me would be your method of making yourselves feel good.

I can promise you this much...I don't need your help.

Who do you think you are anyway?

Certainly not my hero.

Pretty sanctimonious.

Feigning piety or righteousness suits you though.

I'm not even sure if you are a hobbyist or a provider. You must be a hobbyist, most providers are happier about their lives.

Just another loser, did you hear me loser?

I am not pious or self righteous, I just take care of my own business, and wish(against all odds) that others would do the same.

Bye, loser  Roflmao