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08-03-2009, 05:42 PM
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QUOTE=Boomer;218123]pssssst, Keedy, come over here right now and listen to Boomer, er Miss Kitty, er Boomer....ohhhh, I know, I have truly gone mad....
But anyway, OK. Now, please listen. First of all, check that six-shooter right up here behind the bar while you are in here.
It will be better to just get over last fall. It's here. It's now. And lots of issues can be discussed as issues. J
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ust issues. That's what real discussion is about. Issues.
We live in a world of information overload. A world from which it seems like the links are never missing anymore. And we could literally paper the board with a link war. That would be easy to do.
Of course, a link sometimes can be quite a good thing. But too many links as thread starts look to me like a leaflet drop like I said the other night when I was explaining some stuff from my angle. We could fling Huffington out there and follow it with Beck and on and on it could go and go. And what would be the point?
There are some really good links in cyberspace. (like the ones I use, of course.  -- just kidding. I think we have finally progressed to the stage where we can laugh.) But considering our sources and how they support our own opinions with facts is a really good way to use links. Links can be great starting points. But there are so many out there in cyberspace. There are those in political who make excellent use of links, sharing information on which they comment. And yeah those links can be a little slanted sometimes, but not inflammatory links for the sake of venting.
Also, Mr. Tony, Mr. Admin, Sir, made a really good point the other day about removing the political opinions that are being dragged around the whole board in the signature line. (I have seen them, too.)
Keedy, when I signed on here in November 2007, I had watched for a while. And then I joined. And then I started to post. And then it became part of my routine. And I could not seem to shut up. To this day, it remains my only board. I have watched it grow from a lame little operation with a short column over to the side where a post might appear every half hour if we were lucky. And then it started to grow. And we had information and fun everywhere.
The separate forums began to appear and Political was one of them And it went along with some back and forth that could get maybe a little hot from time to time, during the election, but really no big deal. Still OK.
But at some point fairly recently, things got cranked up to a level that was not like the board I had known for so long. The slant to the right had gone up another notch. And the posts in Political seemed to be dominated by repeated phrases that had been gleaned from the right wing media din.
We have a few remaining in Political who will truly discuss issues as issues. But we also lost some good ones along the way when they just gave up because of the onslaught of all the stuff of the hatred of Obama that permeates parts of the media now. (And trust me, I am sure not defending the far left media. They can get nasty, too.)
Keedy, I am worried about our country, just like you are. And so many others. And I have found that political discussions in real life, also, are becoming so angry sometimes. These are difficult times. And sometimes I think I am living in an Orwell book.
I saw someone compare TOTV to a newspaper somewhere along the line. And sadly, we all know that now newspapers almost all have their slants. And when I saw the cranking up that was happening here on TOTV, I considered just logging off forever. I thought I was seeing TOTV turn into a political rag (or maybe rage) on some days and a real snoozeroonie on others.
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And then the lid blew late last week.
And now I think I see a glimmer of hope. Hey, maybe we can have more real discussions in Political. Discussions that I know some people really enjoy reading. Discussions of issues.
And, Keedy, I am not picking on you at all. I appreciate it that you told Mr. Tony that he was right and that you should not have dug up that old thread. Chelsea is a wonderfully funny lady. And yes she is a Democrat but we forgive her. And Chelsea is the one who brought us that thread where we had so much fun writing captions for pictures. There is so much more here than just our politics.
And I have to hand it to you, Keedy, that was downright classy of you to admit that Mr. Tony is right. [SIZE="1"](But I still want you to hand over that six-shooter to me while you are in here. I will keep it for you right here behind the bar.)
And thanks, Keedy, for listening.
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Well, I wasn't here on this forum last fall but it was turned up a few notches in the threads I read. As far as your friend being funny...well, humor is subjective...I didn't chuckle once.
We are going through extraordinary times and that makes alot of people nervous. Some of us saw it coming but many refused to see.
Boomer....You have written my name at least 5 times in your post. Please send me a PM if you want to talk one on one.
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