OK, my turn. When I singed up here I had no idea there was a political side to it( a bad idea, I might add), hence the couple of years the kj mentioned. It didn't take me long to realize which way this side was leaning. At that time, swampy was their favorite whipping boy. Th mojo is to gang up on people then start exchanging recipes with each other or post pictures of tables when losing the argument. This is the intellectual high watermark of the intelligentsia here. Over time, I have got to know my fellow mac users here so let me share with you what I have learned about them over the years. In no particular order,
Black(formerly BlackLandlord)- pretty nice fellow. We get along fine and on rare, very rare, occasions he even sides with me. I am sure he too used to watch Creature Features on WGN.
davester- a pompous British ex-pat who fled the socialist Britain of the 70s for the capitalist, imperialist America. He never misses the opportunity to bad mouth everything America stands for while fantasizing about the land he left behind. He doesn't come here that often but when he does it is for the sole purpose of admonishing others not to feed the "troll", i.e. me. Of course, he never misses the opportunity to jump in every thread I start.
Grace62- a relatively new here. She sounds like a sweet little lady. She usually has read and linked to 10 articles by 8am. She used to be sweet and innocent and very concerned about violence, until last Sunday when she suddenly discovered the Bush Doctrine and went hog wild.
$tevie- she wants to be considered the forum queen, very articulate and smart. Unfortunately, she can be easily goaded into using profanities like we are seeing here. She used to act as Forum's Grammar Czar for a while. She doesn't like it a bit that I can devalue her by a factor of hundred using a few keystrokes. She is the portrait of a liberal democrat. She criticized the tea party brochures for Washington visitors as racists but later offered her own advice which districts in Baltimore to avoid. I assure you she did not mean the Irish neighborhoods.
John Dough, August West, Carnos Jax, Rick-o - So far as I can tell they have nothing else to do other than wait for me to post something then jump in with some wisecrack. JD, affectionately called doughboy, has been following me around asking why I don't answer his questions. He goes so far as PMing me in the mornings. These guys often ask me to leave the country and go back where I came from, proving once more that they have no use for immigrants who do not tow liberal politics.
cbelt3- Wise and experienced. He knows his stuff, complete with publication numbers. He is the favorite conservative for his measured and thoughtful positions, unlike me of course. He used to come to my defense but my proclamations have been too much for him as of late. To establish himself as the thoughtful conservative, he makes sure to end his posts with a jab at Palin, Trump or whoever the current favorite Republican whipping boy may be. Try as he might, one little slip up and all the Palin-bashing credits goes out of the window and he is savagely attacked.
Ted King- I know who is posting when I see wall to wall text. If you have the time and patience to read his
posts treatise, you may learn something. He too claims to be "open-minded" but he has yet to find ONE thing Republican that he likes.
billb- the other resident conservative. We don't get engaged much. He does his thing, I do mine, may be because half the time I don't know what he is talking about. I hope he sticks around.
RgrF- He doesn't like me a bit, and worse, he has put me on "ignore"
Problem is I get more replies from people who put me on ignore than anybody else.
Pam- she comes and goes but certainly fits the mold of Grace and ¢tevie.
Trouble- a reliable conservative but she(I think) doesn't come here very often anymore.
swampy- is closets to me ideologically and took the brunt of attacks early on. Of course, the compassionate liberals betrayed their vicious inner selves by tearing into her and demanding that she should give up benefits the government has forced her pay into all her life.
rjmacs- the most reasoned self-identified liberal on this side of the forum. He is someone who openly speaks when he is conflicted. Others turn on a dime and claim they never changed. He is new though. I give him a few more months.
Last but not list, kj- Frankly, I forgot about you. Come back more often.
