Les,

When I first encountered your site, it appealed to me as a reliable clearinghouse for a wide range of dirt on the hypocrits leading and selling our country.  Sadly, it has been some time since a compelling strand has been initiated in this regard, and we are instead treated to a series of electronics consumer reports and pokes at religious zealots (who are, you must admit, easy targets). 

Have They gotten to you?  Has Mild Bill (AKA Sweet William), one of Their most devious agents, subdued your rebellious nature with threats or extortion?  Was it a carrot or a stick that quenched the fire in your belly?

You found me out. It was the large piles of cash they handed me that brought about my silence.

You’re right, it’s been awhile since I’ve ranted much on Politics, but I beg your endulgence as I am ADHD and as such my interests tend to bounce around quite a bit. Truth is I haven’t paid as much attention to the news lately so I’ve not had much to get riled up about. I’ve been stressing over my job and when that happens I tend to avoid compounding it by stressing over the politicians running the country.

Never fear, though, something’s bound to piss me off before too long and I’ll be back on that topic.

I think you might be on to something Ken. I find myself impressed with the complex thought you and some others represent here on a regular basis but Les seems to adore Mild Bill (regardless of how self focused and pseudo-intellectual he is). I went away for awhile because I got tired of the lazy discussion style so prevalent of late. I can’t decide which I detest most in myself. The righteous indignation I feel when I read the Religion 101 some on here simply must repeat over and over, or how bored I get with the mindless “yeah, I loved that game… did you hear Version 15 is gonna be out in time for Christmas?” or “ well this is the way it is because when I was an ace armed serviceman...” Sometimes I want to introduce others to this great site. Sometimes I wonder why. Maybe it’s really me. Maybe I just don’t deserve to be here.

Well guys, I’m sorry if you feel I’ve let you down as of late, but that’s the way it goes sometimes. Stick around if you wish, leave if you don’t. I appreciate your contributions to the discussions, but I’ve never concentrated on any one thing exclusively so if the lack of focus in my topics bothers you then you may want to look elsewhere. I won’t be offended if you leave for greener pastures.

Fair enough Les. This site has always managed to interest me enough to come back and I appreciate the effort and passion you put into it. I guess it just seems to me sometimes that you focus on a few contributors and leave others to feel that they don’t exist, or that what they wrote didn’t measure up. All sites go up and down and most contributors eventually say something worth reading. Thanks for giving us the chance to vent and discuss. Above all I appreciate that.

I have also been lax as of late, but then I don’t think anyone ever read my posts anyways . I hope to be in the mood to post soon (seasonal depression lifting… energy returning...) and I tend to post only on religion and politics since I have no other interests that move me enough to speak of. I will make it a point to hunt down some particularly inflamatory items to rant about within the next week or two.

I actually did compose a few entries last month but deleted them without posting them.

Looking forward to that Eric. You always have something entertaining and/or compelling to say. Not kissing up or anything...just continuing to practice my own penchant for being willing to publicly credit or challenge, regardless of whether it inspires affection for me.

Wowsers!!!  Look at all the fun I’ve been missing!  Ken, I don’t know where you get that characterization of me being one of Them.  By the way, the next time you take a shower, try to stand directly in front of the shower head; AG Ashcroft doesn’t like profile shots.  And stop using so much damn hot water…it fogs the camera lens.  Luckily it doesn’t affect the microphones.:evillaugh:

Boy golly, I’ve been called a lot of things, but pseudo-intellectual ain’t one of ‘em.  I’m not even bright enough to know what that really means :?  I thought a better description of a self absorbed, pseudo-intellectual is someone who spouts shit like this:

I went away for awhile because I got tired of the lazy discussion style so prevalent of late. I can’t decide which I detest most in myself. The righteous indignation I feel when I read the Religion 101 some on here simply must repeat over and over, or how bored I get with the mindless “yeah, I loved that game… did you hear Version 15 is gonna be out in time for Christmas?” or ” well this is the way it is because when I was an ace armed serviceman…”

Translation:  I’m a self-absorbed mama’s boy who doesn’t want to hear any opinions other than those I already have.  Anything I don’t already know is not worth knowing.  I’ve never spent one second in uniform, but I know every fuckin’ thing about it and every thing else in the universe.

Les, it’s ever so regrettable that you don’t adequately stimulate Brock’s superior intellect.  Goddamn it I just figured it out...Brock has pictures of you naked with a man, a donkey, and a small boy!?  Is he threatening to show your family unless you listen to his mamby pamby horseshit???  He sounds like a goddamn jealous woman:

I guess it just seems to me sometimes that you focus on a few contributors and leave others to feel that they don’t exist, or that what they wrote didn’t measure up.

How creepy is that!!!!???? :?

In addition, I would class someone as a pseudo-intellectual who talks about GIs using “knock out” bombs given to them by their faithful butler Alfred and stored in their multi-purpose utility belts in case they come across any siblings of fugitive despots!  That would be especially if that person never spent one minute wearing CWDE (of course Brock knows what that is) or training in chemical warfare.  Well maybe charlatan is a better term, but I ain’t smart enough to know what that is either.

Oh yeah, PS3 sounds cool.

Hugs & Kisses :hugs:

Mild Bill