You know the one thing that I used to, and I really mean USED TO was the EXCHANGE OF IDEAS and thoughts. Folks dont always agree but made every attempt to validate their arguments, attach links from their readings, etc., and basically make the case for their feelings on subejcts.

I, personally, used to enjoy coming here to read and learn....many, many times I THOUGHT I knew how I felt about an issue, a candidate, etc. only to read some well thought out response and supplied links to find that I was in error. That change of heart many times was from postings from posters who are polar opposite of my way of thinking in general, and we also would have folks post to the forum their real life knowledge without showing an "ax to grind"

We have become here recently a forum on one liners and little smart aleck remarks, instead of proffering a real case for feelings. Folks who run for office are open to any and all criticisms, but NOT the personal comments calling them names that are offensive even in the playground.

I wish we could return to the actual sharing of ideas instead of the personal, little one sentence remark aimed at ridiculing anyone who may have a different view than the poster.

WHY this is now the case, i dont know. I do know that we have folks with duplicate screen names who come on here for one reason...just to incite...we have others who have been warned and actually thrown off who come back with another screen name to carry on the assault.
remarks that sometimes make the screen from other folks complaining about this area just fall on deaf ears, but they are correct. Why visit here to simply be confronted with the immature one liners that serve no purpose except I suppose to make the poster feel like the big guy on the playground.

I am not claiming to be an angel, but I do believe that my errors of judgement in posting have not taken the hard turn to be so personal and vicious as many lately.