Death by Captcha

[Doctor Rock]

I already did the birthday wishes in the early AM. To do more now would be unbecoming.

Also, as much as I would likely be totally miserable and beside myself and neurotic and feeling artificial or self-conscious or left out or lonely or whatever if I came, the upside of Crappitystock would be that I could speak openly about Obama without offending anyone. It really is this particular method of communication which makes for simple misunderstanding. I have no tone, no facial expression, no potential for diplomacy or clarification after the initial and immediate reaction. It really is too bad, because I am close to certain that there would be no ill feelings if I said what I have said in person. 

You worry too much. 

[matthew]

Far too much. An older woman (a grandmother, actually) who works in the supplements department, observed that I worry too much in social situations and she has only spoken to me for a few minutes here and there. 

A customer today told me I was very diplomatic.

Anyway, here is a dog with fireworks:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/dumQ4IUNtxw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/dumQ4IUNtxw</a>

[Sabamah]

Also, as much as I would likely be totally miserable and beside myself and neurotic and feeling artificial or self-conscious or left out or lonely or whatever if I came, the upside of Crappitystock would be that I could speak openly about Obama without offending anyone. It really is this particular method of communication which makes for simple misunderstanding. I have no tone, no facial expression, no potential for diplomacy or clarification after the initial and immediate reaction. It really is too bad, because I am close to certain that there would be no ill feelings if I said what I have said in person. 

i'm not trying to start anything, but i want to know how you would have stated this in person:

At least now he will become more openly right-wing.

I still do not see him being elected. Despite the popular myth that the concern is truly racist rednecks, it is the quiet unacknowledged prejudice of the Average American that will defeat him. People fear differences quite naturally, and some will even vote for other candidates not aware that it was the skin thing that decided it for them. If he does win, it will be close and what follows will be a most bitter affair and likely a mess single term, possibly involving assassination attempts.

In the end of it all I could care less, though I believed that Clinton had a better chance at defeating McCain and that Clinton was less likely to get more people killed. Perhaps there is chance their is a Golda Meir tucked away inside Clinton that might prove me wrong, but I have not seen evidence of it (rhetoric notwithstanding). She is a business candidate (like her husband) and I do believe she could care less about war (neglect and casual complicity in crimes against humanity is not something I excuse, but I do not see her escalating things unless she were dominated by her military advisors) and global hegemony. Obama on the other hand, speaks very much like a neoconservative and I fear he is secretly a hawk. Oh, yes, he "sorta" disagreed with the Iraq war (kinda, maybe ...not really) back in 2002, but his assurances that he was not against all war were far stronger and more confident than his lukewarm criticism of the war.

I have posted this speech, removing the couple of passages that mention George W. Bush and the current situation, on message board several times and convinced several people that it was George W. Bush or Dick Cheney or some Project for the New American Century neocon. This speech coupled with his stridently hawkish foreign policy and disturbing aggressive liberalism-styled rhetoric was front and center for me when I criticized him months ago.

without it being a shitstorm, as the majority of the folks at crappitystock are obama supporters. i'm being serious here- i am truly baffled. because i don't understand the disconnect between what you type on this board and the "wha hoppen??" attitude to how we react to it.

the way i see it, we've been down this road before. you know that we support him, especially now as the democratic candidate. why are you still doing this? it's shitty enough as it is to live in the u.s. with the government we live under. are your words making it better? what is your eventual point with these posts?

i'm all about good hearty debate, but politics is an area where a line generally has to be drawn when there are major conflicting views on things. if i was a republican, i would not be stuffing my politics down crappiteers' throats- because it's not right. there are plenty of forums in this world to discuss what any indivdual's view is. on THIS board, i feel that it creates a level of discomfort that i really, really do not enjoy. i love that we have a separate "isle" for politico talk, because i don't have to look at it in order to be a functioning, posting member of this board.

basically, i just don't want to continue feeling like i have to go chainsmoke every time politics is brought up on the main board. i don't feel that it's fair, just as much as i don't think it would be fair if we bombarded anybody with fairly constant remarks that they are (apparently, as a matter of empirical fact) wrong in what they believe. i can't and won't be a part of that any more. if i am wrong in this, then i apologize. i really just needed to get that out there because i have been on this board for way too long to keep feeling alienated by this.

[Just Some Girl]

man. the whole gangs here but nobody's sayin nothin.


also, sorry about my mind snatchers joke, dan.  she looks absolutely adorable in that hat. 

Duh. SUPER adorable! Duh.

[Just Some Girl]

(ignoring politics, for now)

OMG, DAN, THAT BABY SOPHIA OF YOURS IS BEYOND CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


(nice work on that breeding thing)

[bebopbalogna]

not to be referee, but i kinda understand where matt is coming from.  for instance, i know joe scarborough pretty well.  we talk pretty frequently. my neices and his daughter hunted easter eggs at my parents house.  we even talk politics, and we hardly ever agree on anything, but we listen to each other.  and we're friendly about it, even if we argue relentlessly.  and we get along just fine.  and i'm quite sure that matt and i (and you) are much more like-minded politically than joe and i are, even though i often look at matt's posts and want to go smoke a cigarette.  like right now.  there is a difference in conversation and especially the way we react when we read something, ala message boards, and engaged with a person with a face and moving lips. not that you have to agree, it's just that the disagreement doesn't seem so sinister, as it does here.  so anyway, i'm gonna go smoke a cigarette now and finish cleaning shit in the spare room.

[bebopbalogna]

oh hey karen. 

[Moetown]

on THIS board, i feel that it creates a level of discomfort that i really, really do not enjoy.

Let me see if I got this right. It's a level of discomfort that makes you feel uncomfortable?

[Moetown]

Just 2 days left of school!!


 

[full blown possession]

The Stirratt's are good friends of mine.  They use to both play in The Hilltops who were the first band to actually request Band Called Bud to open for them when in mempho.   I guess cause we were easy to blow off the stage back then.

did the hilltops write band called bud or blue mountain....


again thank you for the trivia