🚀 go-pugleaf

If you are a fellow American patriot and lover of the First Amendment, then 
by these presents greetings. It is good that you seek rational and 
democratic discussion of the great and urgent issues facing our nation. 
Unfortunately, I think you've come to the wrong place. See the bottom of 
this post for additional evidence.

Especially if you remember the old days of thoughtful discussion in the 
newsgroups, this triumph of noise over signal may sadden you. Hyde Park of 
the world and cheap advertising are all that remain.

However, there are many alternatives. For example, there are many more 
"refined" forums on the Web where polite discussions can be found. Even 
better if you can build bridges to real people in the physical world. For 
example, you could treat a rational RINO to a movie--like Fahrenheit 9/11. 
Lots of good books still being published. (Michael Moore has two new ones.) 
You could write a letter for your local paper--you'll reach more "normal" 
people and probably have more impact than here. Or you could donate to the 
political campaigns--I confess I've already made eight donations. Just 
remember that big money is harming democracy, that BushCo has more money 
than anyone, and that if money alone decides elections then the American 
republic is already dead.

Last, but MOST important: VOTE! Your nation needs you NOW!

On the other hand, if you are a Bushevik troll, then in the immortal 
floor-of-the-Senate words of the unloved Dick Cheney: "Go f*ck yourself.

When selecting "featured" posts for this mindless blather thread, the 
following factors are considered:

1. Ad hominem evasion of real issues.
2. Stone-headed fanaticism.
3. Generalized hate speech, such as racism.
4. Spinning diversion or trivialization of issues.
5. Blatant lies or hypocrisy.
6. Overt trolling, such as extensive cross-posting.
7. Incomprehensible writing.
8. Vicious negative emotionalism, especially amusing personal attacks.

Sorry to get a bit lengthy, but the election is upon us, and it's harder to 
shorten it up than to just let this message grow for the last few days. So 
here are a few production "rules" for the mindless blather thread "game". 
(But being an optimist, I'm quite looking forward to the game-ending 
election and hoping the trolls will quickly crawl back under their rocks.)

Notes:

For the purposes of this thread, the freshest original parts are usually 
sufficient, but use the last entry on the References: header line if you 
want to see the full context.

In response to a polite query (obviously not from a troll), there are 
several reasons to remove links:

1. Nasty trolls linking to Trojan installers, etc.
2. Greedy trolls dreaming of clickthrough revenue.
3. Stupid trolls with stupid Web pages.
4. Rude trolls with secret links to any of the above.

alohacyberian <alohacyberian@att.net> wrote:
<old stuff snip>
> So what? Bush is still going to win the election in spite of the
> squawking of those desperately trying to garner a few extra votes
> from the misinformed now that they see that Kerry is toast. Do you
> think Hillary will pick Kerry as her vice-presidential running mate
> in 2008? Me either. She'll go for a conservative Southern Democrat
> and will have no choice but to avoid Edwards since he'll be tainted
> by the Kerry campaign as just another loser. KM

-- 
Dubya is so bad at security that they decided to block their OWN
campaign Web site from international access. Security by obscurity
doesn't work, so Dubya is trying stupidity?

We don't know if 9/11 could have been stopped--but we do know Dubya
failed to stop it. That's the FACT.

You want steady leadership for disastrous change?

Attack, lie, spin. Dubya's REAL trifecta.

Forms of government:
Democracy: People enthusiastically ruling themselves.
Oligarchy: Rich and powerful extending themselves.
Theocracy: Fanatics like the Iranian model?
Hate-ocracy: How else to describe Rushbaugh's dittoheads?

Trolls fed to "The vile spewers of mindless blather thread".
('Doorman' is a role-based pen name of Shannon Jacobs, copyright
2004.)