Letters to the Editor
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@David Sugarman
Most everyone I know loves them.
They are a very likeable folk.
What's there not to like?
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Thanks, Arne...
He gets on a roll every damn time. That was my point.
I don't like banning. But I can see why it's done. After all, it is Glenn's home, and he has a right to keep it clean, indignant yelps about "freedom of expression" and "censorship!" be damned (FWIW, DS has been booted off other blogs too, and probably quicker than here). You won't find a more tolerant and sympathetic person than Glenn to the idea of discourse and free speech ... which is why he reluctantly has had to ban certain people. But only after fair warning.
Let me put it a different way: If you have a party, and there's someone with OCD there that starts getting in every conversation and yelling at people when they tell him to pipe down, you ask him politely to behave or leave. When he doesn't behave, you ask him to leave. Not because you don't have sympathy for his disability, and not because you don't want to give him some slack, but because the party's not a therapy session for his benefit only.
In fact, I finally had to give up my screen name, because, not just here, but everywhere else, too, he was taking every opportunity to smear me. It was too much of a distraction. And frankly, some of it was pretty disgusting. I really can't believe that any of his defenders would have been so quick to excuse him if he had written the same things about their mother or sister, or, god forbid, their grandmother. All because I subtly tried to warn others on these threads about his past history on Salon, and he was the only one who noticed.
One thing I have learned from this experience is to have a greater appreciation for the ability of our regular trolls to stay on topic... relatively speaking.
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and for those who think rupert_c was just being sarcastic
he *defended* my right to post - and in the Face of the Great God GG. and he and i have SCREAMING FIGHTS! what can i say? some guys are just...manly. (on the other hand, aryans like arne, who actually have some truth to say ("david sugarman's problem...is that the thread ends up being all about him" - this is true, i REALLY feel i have something to say and furthermore, i am IMPORTANT. psychotic? maybe, but in that case most of you are too) needs to MAKE THINGS UP! "(FWIW, DS has been booted off other blogs too, and probably quicker than here)" saying FWIW doesn't make it TRUE! in fact, it's NOT. just banned here.)
bamage(pg 15), that was a clever chinese proverb
"When you speak of Tsao-Tsao, Tsao-Tsao arrives.
So you can thank whoever it was this morning. The guy who didn't appreciate my NPod comment."
that was "Christopher Michael Neill" whose masterpiece of incomprehension was,
@bamage
"Another Zionist racist, I see. Ghosting for Sugarman, or are you just an asshole on your own terms?".
i hope this is still here in the morning so you can see it. "patg", you'll be happy to know that half the world's pistachos come from california. iran still makes carpets though (and oil). "prunes"! sarcasm! (pg 16) i didn't know you had it in you! (and nicely done - just the right amount of sneering [the idea is to *almost* have to put in a smiley face, but not quite]) -
Jim Montague....
Your post at 05:16 PM is a classic. In general, the comments in these threads don't get red stars, but if it were the practice, that comment should get one. It's worth a bookmark.
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@Karen M
if someone's ONLY post is "Don't feed the trolls!", did you expect that to remain uncommented on? do you expect to be deferred to merely because you happen to head up your local chapter of Lesbrarians United? Way more than arne, Way more than aVulcan, your poisonous backbiting schoolmarm ways make you trollia prima. for those not in the know, Karen M was the prime mover in my silencing. yes, i Don't Like You, why should i?
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here's jim montague's list (deserves repeating)
Ran for congress and lost.
Produced a Hollywood slasher B movie.
Bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas; company went bankrupt shortly after I sold all his stock.
Bought the Texas Rangers baseball team in a sweetheart deal that took land using taxpayer money.
Changed pollution laws for power and oil companies and made Texas the most polluted state in the Union.
Replaced Los Angeles with Houston as the most smog-ridden city in America.
Cut taxes and bankrupted the Texas government to the tune of billions in borrowed money.
Set the record for most executions by any Governor in American history.
Became President of the United States of America after losing the popular vote by over 500,000 votes, with the help of my father's appointments to the Supreme Court.
Spent the surplus and bankrupted the treasury.
Shattered the record for biggest annual deficit in history.
Set the economic record for most private bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.
Set the all-time record for biggest drop in the history of the stock market.
The first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.
The first president in US history to enter office with a criminal record.
The first year in office I set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history.
After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, presided over the worst security failure in US history.
Set the record for more campaign fundraising trips than any other president in US history.
In first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their jobs.
Cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any president in US history.
Signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any president in US history.
Presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.
Presided over the highest gasoline prices in US history and refused to use the national reserves as past presidents have.
Cut healthcare benefits for war veterans.
Dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.
Members of his cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (The 'poorest' multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice has a Chevron oil tanker named after her).
The first president in US history to order a US attack and military occupation of a sovereign nation, and I did so against the will of the United Nations and the world community.
Created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States.
Set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any president in US history.
The first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the human rights commission.
The first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the elections monitoring board.
Removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight of any presidential administration in US history.
Rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant.
Withdrew from the World Court of Law.
Refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.
The first president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors (during the 2002 US elections).
The all-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations.
Biggest lifetime campaign contributor, who is also one of his best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation).
With a policy of "disengagement," created the most hostile Israeli-Palestine relations in at least 30 years.
The first US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view Presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability.
The first US president in history to have the people of South Korea more threatened by the US than their immediate neighbor, North Korea.
Failed to fulfill his pledge to get Osama Bin Laden "dead or alive."
Failed to capture the anthrax killer who tried to murder the leaders of our country at the United States Capitol building. After 18 months, still has no leads and zero suspects.
In the 18 months following the 9/11 attacks, I successfully prevented any public investigation into the biggest security failure in the history of the United States.
Removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history.
Entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.
has at least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available).
Was AWOL from National Guard and deserted the military during a time of war.
Refused to take a drug test or even answer any questions about drug use.
All records of his tenure as Governor of Texas have been spirited away to his father's library, sealed in secrecy and are unavailable for public view.
All records of any SEC investigations into my insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
All minutes of meetings for any public corporation I served on the board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
Any records or minutes from meetings I (or VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.