If you've ever wondered how

I haven't watched the board much, but normally a hornet's nest is easy to find once you post anything.  Then they just dog-pile on.

If you want to see some really neat stuff, go to lauraingraham.com and see these:

pot-stirrers wandered in and out of these forums just to rile people up on these controversial issues.  I hope you're right and it's not an MT.

Yes, people are all too willing to accept things at face value and not question and that makes it much easier for subversive factions to weaken and destabilize a system of integrity that needs to be protected.  I don't understand it when I hear people say that the CIA doesn't lie, or that government officials would never betray the trust of the people, but history has proven time and time again that it happens all the time.  Power and greed are insidious entities and unfortunately our society is rampant with it.  I have believed for a very long time that there are a whole world of things we don't have a clue about and, God forbid, the proverbial caca will hit the fan when those things come to light.  It's not a conspiracy theory or paranoid thinking, it is a reality.  There are two types of people:  Blissfully ignorant and painfully aware.  I was burdened with the latter  Gee, what type are you?

Even got hypnotized. Supposedly guaranteed to quit. Lasted 5 hours. Thank heavens I never smoked anything stronger.

I left this board a while back for a period of time due to the harassing emails I was getting from the former owner of this site.  It finally stopped when I told her that in the 10 years I had had email service I had never received such harassing or threatening emails and come to think of it, prior to her emails to me I had never received ANY harassing or threatening emails.  I told her if they didn't stop that I would find the proper resources to report her conduct.  She was angry because myself and two other posters were emailing to each other upset about the rampant deletion of liberal posts.  Apparently when we used the initial MTstars email form she was reading them.  In the course of her emailing me she also told one very obvious and easily discovered lie.  The whole thing was creepy.

Just wanted to get that off my chest. 

The hate that flies on this board is absolutely unbearable. I came to this board to compare issues of both parties and what do I see? A few people trying to give facts and get bombarded with HATE. I feel sorry for them and so CHILDISH.

What is worse is that some posters are falling into the trap by answering with just as hateful messages.

I am going happily on my way to find another place to compare issues and it WON'T BE WITH TRASH MEDIA as some are trying to force down my throat.

My mind has probably been made up for this election and I certainly won't be voting for Obama since I've seen some posters spew their hate against the republicans, although I do like Biden.

It's a shame.

gain information.  It's very difficult to get accurate information without all the slams.  Any suggestions on good websites to review these topics of interest and what each candidate's stand is on each?  I've started watching CNN.  I have to admit, I was really a Hillary supporter and now that Obama's on the ticket instead, I just don't know which evil is worse.  I thank you for your input and I will continue to delve into this mess until I can come up with my own conclusion.  I'm just trying to gain information from all angles, not relying on just 1 opinion.  I asked the question below of everyone, but no one responded. 

Does no one know the answer?  Is it ridiculous of me to think that the resolution to this crisis should not dig into my pockets?  I personally feel that the people who got those bonuses should be made to give them back, that they should be paying fines to offset this mess since they were the ones cooking the books for the bonuses. 

Old story, and not an impressive one. I don't like hearing any story like that, ever.  It's no better than Clinton, but wasn't it the Dems who said that personal "affairs" were just about sex and meant nothing?  We don't know if Biden cheated or not, do we?  I don't know, but I hope not.

The Obama-Ayers-Wright-Pfleger (and on and on) affairs are far more detrimental to this country, so wake up and smell the coffee.

It seems to me that liberals are the ones crying and whining abour their rights.  Just like people telling government to stay out of their uteruses.  You didn't seem to have a problem with hospitals and doctors' rights when they were taken away when they were forbidden to refuse performing abortions.  You didn't have a problem with those rights being taken away.  You complain about Christians taking rights away from others.  We are the ones who aren't allowed to pray in public without fear of being made fun or just outright attacked these days.  But for you to say that we are the ones who have no problems taking away rights from others when you liberals have no problems taking away rights of other people as long as you get your way.......talk about your double standards. 

These people were not forcing others to listen to their Bible study.  There is no reason why they can't have Bible study in a private home. 

You kept complaining about conservatives wanting revenge against terrorists and that is why we are for enhanced interrogation but here yourself you say that you normally would have sympathy but because of their group doing things you don't agree with, you have no sympathy.  Is this revenge on your part?  This group doesn't believe like you and doesn't agree with a liberal agenda and so therefore it is okay for them to be attacked for having a Bible study in a private home?  Once again....double standards.

He may not be prosecuted, but if the person who placed that ad can be identified,  he's in for a very thorough federal proctological exam. 

you've just slammed Bush and anyone who likes Bush.  Point to one thread where you've debated someone like an adult without resorting to the worlds idiots puke and other assorted adjectives up to and including curses words to slam Bush and people who like him?

I've only broken it down to the simplest form to try and make you understand.  We're having a debate which makes any political board interesting, and I'm not the least bit angry at you all, but you all seem very angry with me.  It's really sad that adults can't come to opposing viewpoint boards and have civil conversations. It really is quite boring.   It really shows what a sad state are culture is in.  Our culture endorses immaturity and touchy feelings which is quite sad.  I'll wander back to the other boards I frequent where people manage to debate (most of the time) without getting all snitty at the people with opposing viewpoints.

God bless....

Bush has the utmost respect for the media.  Why, if it wasn't for the media, Bush wouldn't even have known that he's been selected for jury duty.  (Of course, he's got expertise in getting out of things requiring *duty* to his country, so he won't be Juror #200-whatever this time around.  The good news is the no court will have to suffer through Bush's *judgments,* which leads me back to Iraq.

Bush would never do anything to impede freedom of speech.  He wants all Iraqis to have freedom of speech.  He loves freedom of speech (except maybe for that time he wanted to blow up Al Jazeera, before Blair talked him out of it).

And Bush would NEVER condone paying for what's nothing more than propaganda promoting something he thinks is good (except maybe for that time he paid radio talk show host Armstrong Williams $241,000 to promote the *No Child Left Behind* program on his radio show).

Hmmmmmmmmm... MY BAD.  You don't have it wrong at all.  Matter of fact, you're right on the money!

Well, there's the proof then!!!! 

I think Lamont won a primary in a state where if I'm not mistaken tends to be a blue state.  I think there's still and election to be held.  He'll probably win, because as you stated above.  If a state tends to go Democrat or Republican they will tend to go that way again.  I believe the polarization has reached such a point that the liberal states will become even more left, and the right states will become more right.  There were a few pesky little states in the presidential election that went to republicans that usually go to democrats, but presidential elections are not always cut and dry like Senate and House elections tend to be.