Allow me to introduce myself, I have been watching this site for more than 5 months. At the risk of offending almost every last person that post on this site, I just had to join to ask simple questions. Are most of the posters on this site escapees from your local mental institutions? Are there any adults on this site? Now, that sounded harsh and very brash coming from a new person. But, have you stopped to read the posts?

There is a group of people that are so vulgar that they should be rated NC-17. Your consistent tactical assault is to point the finger and I am pretty sure that it is not the index finger you are using, then almost everyone dips into the murk of calling other people names. I suppose it has escaped you, but when you are educated and express most of your views using scatology, your useful or intellectual attempts are then ignored. There is one exception on this site, I think that they say what is on their mind and they will use terms tailored to the individual they are trying to communicate… Hats off to you! An often overlooked fact, people become deaf to belligerent and nasty people.

On the other extreme, there are those who are obsessed with culinary delights and spends what appears like hours discussing food. The thing with that, you paint a visual picture of yourself. I bet that this nice woman is thin as a rail, but she must be fixated on her figure and has perhaps is somewhat Cacomorphobic and lives out her fantasy of being able to eat what she wants with her friends.

Then you have the bible people. I respect you folks and there is little doubt that there will be a judgment day for all people. Not much to comment on there because I too believe that if we put God back into our lives then we could put in perspective our Nation’s ills and perhaps make a plan that can be sent to DC.

Moving right along, there are a select few that think they are always right. Here is a surprise, no one is right all the time. And here is another eye opener, you do not need to get the last word on every subject. Sometimes the best response is no response. One person I find hilarious in their self-righteous attempt to prove themselves right, I look for that person’s post because they are in deep deep left field! They try to sound like an intellectual giant and proves themselves to be just plainly spaced out.

Then there is that one person that desperately seeks attention with nonsensical posts and actually pursues people after they leave the site. Talk about odd behavior! Why would anyone let someone get so far under their skin that they would continue to argue with a person that has said their good by? What that says to me, the other person may have been onto something.

And then there are the “pity me” people. Sure some of the above can fit into this class, but there are some that project the innocent who have been wronged. You know who you are. Each time you post, but they said I was a (fill in the blank) you are not proving anything other than you skin is real thin and you are making yourself a target. Just stop it, remember you can elect to not respond to angry BS.

Yes, this site has a mixture of personalities; some I have grown to enjoy their exchanges, like the nice woman and her friends that rarely engage in any political discussions. I like this group, they remind me of a book club, or friends that get together for friendly poker games. I am very fond of the bible people, save one or two. The one, already discussed that is so sanctimonious that they are actually very vile…using their favorite word to describe another poster. The other, well they just cannot believe that Jews exist. What I do not see much of is discussions on political matters with any discussion on solutions.

One may ask, where do I fit, which group. None. What do I believe in, God, America, home should be a sanctuary where one can feel safe, and children deserve better education than they are receiving at home and in our educational institution, but mostly I believe in you and our ability to make the US a better place!

Ya ever seen the movie "Wonder Boys" PM? It sounds as if you kind of have a "Professor Tripp" thing going on. Michael Douglas plays a writer and college professor that just can't write the ending to his book.

Vernon Hardapple: Why did you keep writing this book if you didn't even know what it was about?

Grady Tripp: I couldn't stop.

Walter Gaskell: Are you drinking, Professor Tripp, right now?

Grady Tripp: [smoking weed] No.

Couldn't help notice you were from WA. Not your problem I hope. :wink: