After a period of time, for me, some posters earn their place in my interest level. There are only a few, I completely ignore, unless the misquote me or try to restate in their words and thoughts what they think I said, or wished I had said. I cannot let anything like that go unchallenged.

As has been previously stated the biggest void is/has been the refusal by some to address an issue....any issue. The responses are usually party line/talking points or attack the messenger...doesn't require much thinking to operate that way.

I am always curious about the real persona when eye ball to eyeball VS when they are insulated from social interface reality behind the keyboard.

It does have a somewhat distorted entertainment value, at times!

Some of you may recall the tone of this forum prior to the 2008 election. That will return as we get closer. I still believe some that have "appeared" to have dropped off the radar, post election, are reincarnated in some of the current identities on the political forum.

btk