oooooh....somebody had her little button pushed!

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on our government. The e-mails I sent to Congresswoman M J. Kilroy (D-OH) earned me an automated reply form letter:

Thank you for contacting me to share your concerns about climate change legislation. I appreciate hearing from you and I welcome the opportunity to address your concerns.

A limit on carbon emissions is critical to sustaining the future protection of public health and the environment. Without controlling our carbon emissions, our planet will face disastrous consequences. I am committed to developing a successful energy program that rewards innovation, efficiency and early action.

The transformation of energy consumption will create thousands of clean energy jobs right here in America. America is positioned to make the solar panels, wind turbines and bio mass products that will power our nation in the very near future. Additionally, reducing carbon emissions is the only way to reverse climate change and save our planet. My concern about this component of the plan is to ensure that the consumer is not significantly disadvantaged and that polluters pay their fair share.

We can slow the damage to our environment without inhibiting economic growth. I also will fight to ensure that any climate bill will not force Americans to pay higher prices for their electricity. (emphasis added - neat trick, wonder how they plan to manage this)

Thank you again for taking the time to reach out to me. As your representative, I both need and value your perspective. Please feel free to write, email and call about any issue that you wish to discuss with me. I look forward to continuing our dialogue in the future.

Yeah, sure. I will be continuing our dialog in 2014 when I campaign against her for any candidate non-incumbent that opposes her, making sure her first congressional term is her last.

I can't stand it here any more. You do nothing but troll this board, stalk and attack posters. You add nothing of an intelligent or substantive nature to anything you post. Coming to this board used to be nice, but now it's like standing in a field as flies leave a nearby manure pile and suddenly hover around me and my friends, and I wind up spending too much time swatting them away. You simply can't be nice and civil to people. Nobody wants to subject themselves to that all the time. You've been relentless in your attacks against gt, and all it does is make you look like a horrible person, whether you realize it or not.

As far as debate, I'd love to debate issues, but personal attacks based on one's views is NOT debate, and that's all you do.

Here's an example of a post on Maher's board by an intelligent conservative who I believe I could learn a lot from. Note the EXTREME difference in this person's communication skills, compared to yours and those of your ilk on this board.

I just came to this board today. I watched Real Time with Bill Maher for the first time last night and really enjoy it. While I do not agree with him on his views, I enjoy listening to politcal arguments and he does make strong cases.

I have been a life long Republican and served on numerous state campaigns as both a volunteer and paid worker. I know the value of a true debate and what it yields.

I searched for Bill Maher this morning and immediatley found this board. I have spent the last couple hours reading through countless posts and views of people from both sides of the political aisle. It is truly a shocking and numbing experience.

I see that most from the left provide a rational view and expressed opinions, but then I see the right has no true representation here. I have come across a few posters that say they are Republicans, but as a Republican I can assure you they do not stand for our parties beliefs.

A couple of the names I have seen include; helloinfidels, ketchupholic, mudwhistle, and theraceman.

While I am only passing by, I wanted to share with you my views on these individuals, as a person with a strong politcal background. I have a few explanations into the actions of these individuals and would like to post them for you.

-These people only argue because they purely like to argue with no goal in mind except to upset other.

-These individuals are truly Democrats, posing as Republicans in an attempt to smear the Republican party

- These people truly do not know what the Republican party stands for

In any of the above cases, we would rather they not try to represent our party, as they are actually mis-representing it.

I have been a member of numerous political forums, and I assure you that we would not allow any of these people to exist on our boards. They give no basis of fact with their arguments and only make them to hear themselves self promote a disturbing agenda.

I hope the majority of the people on here do not lend credit to their foolish assertions and realize they represent no party in this country.

Thank you for hearing from me and I look forward to some civil political debate on here without the rhetoric those few seem to rely upon.