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We think blogs are like potato chips, you just can't have one.
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Kingston Kool Aid
www.KingstonKoolAid.blogspot.com
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www.PoliticalAmmo.blogspot.com
new to us:
Joe Bubel's Blog
http://jbubeljoberman.spaces.live.com
Hudson Valley Labor Report Blog
www.LaborReport.blogspot.com
Ulster Common Sense
www.UlsterCommonSense.blogspot.com
Independent Ulster
www.IndependentUlster.blogspot.com
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Also new in August
Hudson Valley Labor Report
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NOT POSTED BY BLABER - the Cahill-Auerbach photo,,,
i wrote " The Blind interviewing the Blind "
Blob boi didnt print it,,, Typical Blaber "journalism"
Thanks 9:27
As always, please feel free to post your "Blaber Won't Post-It" comments here.
Thank you for the post!
You're full of crap ucp. Truly inflammatory posts that Blaber won't post you don't either. Wimpy,wimpy,wimpy. Limp wristed as conservatives usually are.
I am assuming Blaber will reject this, since it is not nice to Sennett.
In response to Blaber's thread on Palin, it's been hijacked by county dem infighting. I responded (off topic myself) to someone calling julian backers 'bitter'.
Interesting you can start off your comment with telling others they are 'bitter' and 'nasty', yet you go on to use childish word pleying tactics like 'juLIEn'
Sennett's got a God complex problem. For someone who has come from NYC, it is easy to think the people in this area 'need' your help. That they are less sophisticated. Maybe many of them don't know how to get from 6th and 80th to 3rd and 42nd using just 2 trains. Sennett probably doesn't either, his driver would take care of all that noise. But that doesn't mean they aren't as smart as him. That definately doesn't mean they want or need some kind of intellectual saviour.
When we first started, we posted ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.
But that's because no one "pushed the envelope"
Now we do need some guidelines.
Here's what we won't post at UP
1) anything using certain curse words or is just too vulgar
2) anything that accuses anyone of a crime or illegal acts
Other than that, we post EVERYTHING no matter WHO it criticizes.
You tell him UP!
At least you have rules, and only 2 to boot. Blaber is like a box of chocolates. You never know what is going to get thrown away.
Let's have some fun. Try to guess Blaberz rulez.
Rulez #1, never say nothin bad about Jon, BFF.
There's no such intersection of 6th and 80th. 6th ave only goes up to 59th. Jon Sennett has a driver? Keep dreaming, he can barely afford a suit. If the UC democrats want to shun intelligence and go to hell in a handbasket they're welcome to. Don't say Sennett didn't offer to help you.
Blaber Rule #2
Don't criticize Blaber
I posted a comment criticizing his graphic skills... NOT POSTED
when is this kid going to learn how to format his graphics... have you seen that picture of Sarah Palin?
8:50am
limp wristed conservatives. Who protects your freedoms son? It is not some peace loving hippy!
Thanks for the link UCP.
September 1, 2008 8:50 AM
Put your (but) on the line and post your name to it :) Mr. Anonymous
Joe Biden got 5 deferments from the draft? Pop quiz, who else got 5 deferments from the draft? Hint: They call him "a chicken hawk".
BTW, Joe Biden, the Lifeguard and highschool football player got a permanant deferment for his asthma.
I wonder if the MSM will make an issue over this.
Palin versus Obama
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/pol/822369131.html
I don't know if Blaber is going to post this. This is part of the Palin Thread.
You liberals, by your own ideology, are NOT alowed to make judgements on this out of wedlock pregnancy. How dare you. If this were Chelsea, and we were making snide comments about her PRIVATE PERSONAL CHOICES, you'd be all up in arms.
The Palin Family 'crisis' will actually bring this family closer to regular American families than Obama or Biden talking about their 'dinner table' chat. Teenage pregnancy is something that MILLIONS of families have dealt with or are dealing with. This is a CONNECTION which cannot be bought.
Go ahead, keep attacking this family. I can only hope NBC and MSNBC attacks the Palin family. You will see NY go red this November.
I tried to post the following on HudsonLaborReport.blogspot.com
I saw it on this blog, but THEY wouldn't post my comment.
Is Blaber running that blog too?
Here's my comment..
Hein and company have done a terrible job bringing jobs to Ulster County. Being a union worker, why the heck would we support this guy if he can't bring jobs for us here? Support someone who can bring us jobs. All Hein probably did was call "a friend" of his to talk to the union bosses to get the endorsement. The union workers have been forgotten again.
Quigley is all over the place.
Check out LenBernardo.com and click on events... there are pictures of Quigley EVERYWHERE
cc: Ulster Politics, since this will probably never see the light of day on your blog
Maybe the should put the word NEPOTISM back in the ethics code, or is that too strong of a word for Jeanette to handle?
cc: Ulster Politics
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As much as I like and respect the Kingston Kool-Aid blog, I have to respectfully disagree with the assessment of the author.
The fact is, Jim Quigley has been campaigning, but he has been doing so on a Countywide level. The position of Comptroller is a County job, not a Kingston job. Any candidate who spends an inordinate anmount of time in Kingston ignores - by definition -much of the rest of the County. That would be highly disrespectful to the voters at large. One cannot tell voters all over the County "You are less important than the residents of Kingston."
The fact that - as the photos attest - Mr. Quigley is campaigning throughout the County and not concentrating on one locale shows that he is cognizant of just how Kingston-centric County politics has become and that this fact, like so much else in Ulster County, must change.
As for Mr. Auerbach, he has no choice but to campaign in Kingston. The people of Ellenville and Wawarsing already know him too well and are trying to survive his "management" of the Village of Ellenville. Some management. Even the fast food establishments have closed up shop.
Jim Quigley has the experience and record of success we need to set this County on sound financial footing. We don't need a politician who follows all the campaign formulas, turning the election into another example of business as usual. We need someone who says the way things have been done in the past - whether in campaigning or in Government - must be thrown out so we can start over, fresh.
That's exactly the person Jim Quigley is. That is why we need him as our County Comptroller.
http://www.ulstercommonsense.blogspot.com
Another arterially blocked fan of Burger King laments the loss of his carcinogen coated poison delivery. Most residents of Ellenville were glad to see it go. I know our hospital has saved plenty in uninsured ER visits from the local Imre's. Try the sushi bar, it might bring back a few brain cells.
Hello Everyone,
As we approach the important vote for the Ethics law in the coming days, I feel it is my responsibility as Majority Leader to point out some very
disconcerting activity by Democratic Legislators who are supporting the law as it stands. I am surprised to see that some of the very people, who have
been advocating for keeping politics and government separated, are giving the appearance of using their elected positions for political purposes or personal gain. Moreover, this is taking place on the eve of voting for the Ethics law.
1) One Legislator while voting several times to include sections in the law that will remove John Parete from office, is publicly soliciting the very office that he is voting Parete must vacate. Although some may not agree,
I would like to request that this Legislator recuse himself immediately from any further discussion or voting on the Ethics Law in its current form
since he stands to gain personal benefit from the results of the law with his active solicitation to become the BOE commissioner. There is clearly a conflict of interest.
2) Another Legislator has sent a letter of support from Chairman Donaldson to their District Democrats in an election of Democratic committeeman. The
letter describes Dave as the Chairman of the Legislature writing as a friend". Again, it is the appearance that is worrisome to me. If I got a letter
from the Chairman of the Legislature on behalf of a candidate, I would stand up
and take notice. I question the purpose of using the Chairman if not to take advantage of his elected position. I would ask if the Chairman is sending letters of support for all the candidates of contested Democratic committee positions?
I want to remind everyone that the majority of Democrats and even the
Chairman of the Ethics Committee do not support this law as written. Our power as the majority
has been usurped by the siding of a few Democrats with the Republican
minority. I can not express enough my disappointment with the majority members who are ignoring the wishes of the majority
of the Democrats and siding with the Republicans to pass the law with the contested section included.
We still have a chance to fix this mess by doing one of two things. We can strike the section from the Law as the Caucus has voted to do 2 times already, and pass an Ethics Law this year. Another option is to postpone voting
on the Law until the County Executive is elected and admit our inability to come to consensus as a caucus. I can not fa thom majority members actually going
through with this knowing that most of their caucus is not supportive of the law as written.
Gary Bischoff asked me during one of our meetings "Are you saying we have to vote with the caucus?" Of course I can not, and would not ever say that. However, what I can say is that if
we allow the Republicans to carry this vote, we have not done what the voters have asked. They elected us as the majority knowing that we will not always agree with each other, but assured that we will carry the day when the
votes are counted.
Those who think that the Republican Party is voting based on principal, are not being honest with themselves. The Republicans are merely taking advantage
of our weakness as a caucus, as they should. In unity there is strength. Once the minority sees
that they can peel us off one by one, issue by issue, we are no longer an effective Majority. I don’t believe any of us want that.
Thanks,
Brian Cahill
Ulster County Legislator,
Majority Leader
Brian,
I assume you are referring to me when you are talking about a conflict of interest. I disagree with that statement and can only remind you that long before you were elected or even started running for public office there were those of us who believed in what we were saying. You have the right to believe in your causes but don't make the mistake of trying to tell me or anybody else they are wrong for feeling the way that that do. You were
nowhere to be found when this issue was being debated in the legislature and you are way off base to tell those of us that were carrying the democratic
banner back then that they are wrong now. If you have a problem with ethics in politics that is fine but I will not under any circumstance forfeit my vote on this issue. Have a good day.
Pete Loughran
Ulster County Legislator, Kingston
10:02 -
Cute, but not to the point. The point is that even in the most economically challenged inner city areas, fast food establishments flourish. For two out of the three such restaurants in Ellenville to fold is a clear sign of just how economically crippled Ellenville has become.
The health benefits may be a positive side effect, but are immaterial to the conversation about the economic record of the Ellenville Village Manager.
Nice try at derailing the question at hand, though. You definitely get points for effort, just not for execution.
For the record, I don't like fast food, but I think everyone should have their choice. Big Brother does not need to involve himself in what people eat.
Considering the level of competence (or lack thereof) demonstrated by Government as a general principle, the less involvement it has in our lives, the better.
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Mr. Blaber -
As you claim to be "fair and balanced," I hope you will live up to your self-proclaimed reputation and publish the fact that Kingston Kool Aid wrote the following on Rich Cahill's blog:
Kingston Kool Aid said...
Imre-
We have not noticed much in Kingston, and the times we did notice, we have not seen a lot of Mr. Quigley.
Pictures are worth 1000 words though. We stand corrected. It appears he has been around more on the county level as you say.
I, like many Kingstonians are used to politics being centered in Kingston. I agree they need to change. Let's hope for a good campaign.
September 2, 2008 1:58 PM
Those pictures of Quigley are all from one day, last Saturday. He has been out 1 friggin' day.
Regarding blogs:
Political Ammo seems to have joined the Blaber Brigade for pre-emptive banning of certain posts or posters.
I responded to some questionable claims made by the anonymous Political Ammo, concerning whether Washington concluded his oath with "So help me God," and just how much of a role religion played in the founding of the nation. I backed this up with substantial support evidence.
The initial response was to ignore the evidence, move the goal posts, and make various strawman claims that put words in my mouth I never said. When I responded with further refutation and substantiation, and further challenged blatant assertions made by PA and another poster, PA simply left his/her erroneous claims as the final statement, and then REMOVED THE ENTIRE THREAD rather than deal with it or let the evidence speak for itself!
And here I was trying to raise the level of local political discourse and engage in serious debate!
Then, PA posted a bogus quote by Jefferson (actually, presenting TWO separate quotes from SEVEN years apart, taken out of their actual context, misquoted, and then smooshed together to make it seem like one continuous quote!) at the head of his page, but when I tried to point all this out, PA has now REFUSED to post ANY MORE POSTS FROM ME!
Not because I'm calling anyone names, or being slanderous, or accusing anyone of crimes (other than PA engaging in poor research and disseminating false information!), but because I have challenged the accuracy and credibility of what the blogmeister has posted!
At least Blaber, who still bans nearly all of my posts for no reason, identifies himself; PA is still anonymous.
If blogmeisters can't stand the heat of being exposed as sloppy researchers and presenters of bogus info, they shouldn't be blogging.
Ulster Politics remains one of the few local blogs that can be trusted to truly be "fair and balanced" when it comes to handling contrary and unfriendly posts.
Will someone tell Political Ammo to grow up and play by the rules?
Look lets face facts as I told Blaber his blog is done as in put a fork in it. Why does anyone waste time anymore with that worthless blog. You want a real discussion of the issues come to this blog.
Steve, you make the mistake of identifying yourself. When you insist on getting credit, your effect is severely limited to those that agree with you. Auerbach now has control over Blaber's blog so of course anyone that could shed light on Elliot's nefarious past is banned. All blogs have agendas of their own. The trick is to talk in language that they don't understand, so they post without knowing it's meaning. Anonymously, of course.
When I post as ME, it's not for "getting credit" but to TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for what I post! Would that others would do so, too. I'm sure that my being banned from Political Ammo had nothing to do with my identifying myself, and everything to do with showing up the blogmeister's lack of researching and debating skills.
But I've decided to go one step further and I'm announcing that I've just created A NEW BLOG of my own!
It's called "2020 ULSTER" and you can find it at http://2020ulster.blogspot.com/
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I know there are a plethora of blogs listed here that more or less cover the same territory of current local partisan politics and personalities, so I won't try to compete with that crowd.
No, I'm going for something LARGER and more IMPORTANT, taking in the BIG PICTURE and the LONG VIEW!
I've already put up some preliminary material previously written for the Ellenville Journal that sets the agenda and tone of the blog, and hope that it will be of interest to those here of all political and philosophical stripes who CARE about the future of our county and the communities within it, as well as the larger world that we interact with.
I would appreciate if Ulster Politics could link to this new blog, and mention it in the original part of this thread's post.
I will be making some tweaks and additions over the next few days, but I wanted to get it online quickly, so there's plenty of reading material up now to get anyone started who can see beyond merely the upcoming election and political kabuki theater.
Here's another post Blaber won't touch, I'm sure; it follows his announcement that Auerbach will be on the radio tomorrow morning, when he SHOULD be doing his nicely-paying job at Ellenville Village Hall:
Well, that means he will be campaigning on the public dime of the Ellenville taxpayers who expect him to be doing the village manager's job at that time!
I'm still waiting for a listing and description of that "series of successes in corporate America and private industry" you keep alluding to but never get around to actually naming! We here in Ellenville are not aware of any such "series"!
Care to point to any actual ACCOMPLISHMENTS of note during that "reign" at REAP? Or any of the other public sector jobs? How does working behind the counter of his father's hardware store qualify him to oversee the finances of a $300+ million government, or be the "ethical watchdog" of the county when his own ethics and practices are widely known down here to be sub-par?
Bet you don't print this one either, Blaber.
Steve, your blog site has an invalid security certificate.
Putting up a name and a picture instead of allowing the free use of your ideas is egocentric. If you wanted to make real change like steering the direction of policy or shaping the public discourse, posting anonymously is the way to go. "Taking responsibility" is a poor excuse. None of these blogs, including Jeremy's would have nearly the following nor the significance they do without the free commentary. My reward is the fact that almost every one I read contains the ideas and phrases I wrote. Proof positive to me that my contributions have shaped these forums.
7:53 Zimet is that you?
7:39:
I don't know why you are showing an invalid security certificate; I set up the blog in the usual way. Where and when does this come up?
Can you see ANY of the blog? Anyone else having trouble seeing the blog?
Is there some part of the set-up procedure or settings where I can check and/or fix it?
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7:53:
Never have I read such a lame justification for anonymity!
When *I* read something from an anonymous cipher, I have NO WAY of knowing if the person is QUALIFIED to opine on the subject or if they have the AUTHORITY to speak to certain facts or information knowledgeably.
When an anonymous nobody makes glowing claims or makes scathing claims, why should we take it seriously? IT could be the person himself making fulsome praise about himself (as I claimed Auerbach did) and how would we know. One line EA always uses (when he questions the value of a person's claim), that I will agree with... "consider the source." When the source is unknown, why should we take it on it's own say-so?
Anyone can throw stones when hidden from behind a wall, or make slanderous claims without having to face the one you accuse. When one stands up to face the music of one's own words, one better be careful. AND if the person has a track record of integrity and accuracy, THAT opinion, or relaying of facts, is more likely to be valid.
Oh, and you are MORE than welcome to free use of my ideas, or anything I say. Except now you have the added benefit of knowing WHERE it came from, and thus can stand on MY credibility when you relay it. That is far more safe than spreading the anonymous claims of a nobody.
A forum "shaped" by anonymity is hardly one to count on for accurate and unbiased information, and becomes an echo-chamber for cowards and flacks.
Nice spin, 7:53. I don't think I have ever heard that remaining anonymous, gives you're comments greater weight. I can understand, if you alluded to how allowing anonymous posts allows for more inflamatory comments. The bottom line, for the blog master, is more posts.
Let me ask you, if some guy came to your door with a paper bag over his/her head, and started to tell you how wonderful a candidate is, would you, one, even open the door? And 2, listen to a word he/she had to say?
Blaber's blog is ALSO trying to load some kind of dll, signed by Mircrosoft. DO NOT ACCEPT THIS CERTIFICATE!
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Elliot Auerbach's "experience" pales in comarison to that of Jim Quigley, who runs billion dollar investment funds and makes profits for his investors in a single month which outpace the entire net worth of all of Eliot Auerbach's business ventures combined.
Furthermore, the job of Comptroller is one primarily of accounting and auditing, which is Jim Quigley's profession. Mr. Auerbach has no formal accounting credentials, much less the impressive auditing resumé that one finds in Jim Quigley.
Mr. Auerbach's most notable (and dubious) distinction is his tenure at the helm of the Village of Ellenville. While many Ulster County Towns and Villages are facing economic tough times, Ellenville is the only one which seems to be in a permanent state of disaster. Even the pre-crash real estate boom did not lift Ellenville economically and the few employers that have been there are leaving in droves.
There is no objective justification for choosing Mr. Auerbach over Jim Quigley. The only reason anyone is backing Eliot Auerbach is that some people have decided that an emotional commitment to the Democrat Party is a more rational basis for decision making than the objective comparison of the resumés, talents and abilities of the candidates.
There simply is no other choice for Ulster County. Jim Quigley is far and away the best man for the job.
Opinions need qualifications? Absurdity Steve. Weight given to posts on blogs? If weight were due your posts of random personal invective on Blaber's blog last year would have doomed his blog. Just compare what you posted then Bubel to what you're producing now. One would think now that you might've finished high school. Blogs are for opinion, satire, and outright fiction for entertainment purposes only. Anyone coming here or to any blog for factual information might as well be getting info from the Bush administration. Facts are kicked around, prodded and tortured to find their most amusing attributes to spread their awareness to a wider crowd. It's up to the concerned parties to confirm the facts on the ground. This is not educational television, it's more akin to the Daily Show. Who gets more viewers? Moyers or Stewart? Steve- dry knowledgable and strictly factual information makes the Bubels of the world fall asleep. Few of us have the attention span to take it in. I happen to find your humor funny, but I doubt any other reader here would even recognize it as humor. Most of the english speaking world have trouble even reading you without a dictionary. Ever hear of "Common Sense" and it's effect on our democracy?
Yeah Quigley sure knows how to sleep on the job! I'll take a well-meaning screw up anyday over a lazy bum. The Democratic party (not "Democrat party" as the woefully uneducated Imre puts it)may be disorganized, but the Republican party has lost all claim to anything except the subversive theocratic element that once was the basis for it's forming to oppose. To vote now for the Republicans is an act of treason against your country. They can paint themselves red, white, and blue all they want, but their true colors bleed through. Quigley might as well go back to sleep. It's over. No one took him seriously anyway.
9:02 -
In point of fact, the Party's name should be - logically speaking - the "Democrat" Party.
Why?
A Republican is a member of the Republican Party.
A Conservative is a member of the Conservative Party.
A Socialist (capital "S") is a member of the Socialist Party.
A Communist is a member of the Communist Party.
A Libertarian is a member of the Libertarian Party.
Therefore, a Democrat is one who is a member of the Democrat Party, regardless of how the Democrats have twisted the English language to try to hijack the word "democratic."
The Democrat Party is anything but "democratic." Time and time again they have used rules, regulations, procedural motions, censorship of opposing viewpoints and whatever tools they could get their hands on to thwart the process of democracy. One prominent example is their use of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate to block the confirmation of Federal judges when they did not have 51 votes to do so in a straight up and down vote.
Their Party is one made up of Democrats, but a Party which rejects those concepts which could legitimately be termed "democratic." Consequently, they have no justifiable claim to the word "democratic," regardless of their inane defenses of the use of that word.
I have no doubt that the general rank-and-file membership of the Party does, in fact, support and cherish democracy. Sadly, their leadership is more concerned with raw power.
As to the issue of education, I generally don't like to speak about my background because degrees only prove that you went through a certain process for a certain number of years, not that you have actual knowledge. Many of my friends who have never attended college have more information in their heads and talent in their bodies and minds than the pseudo-intellectuals who look down their noses at everyone else, by virtue of nothing more than a piece of paper on the wall. In fact, the pseudo-intellectual snobs have proven, on a fairly consistent basis, that they utterly lack any semblance of common sense and that true intelligence often evades them, as well.
That having been said, I have a law degree (JD) and a doctorate in law (LLD) with my thesis having been written on legal issues surrounding international finance. Among other accomplishments, I was part of a team which worked on a case before the International Court of Justice between Hungary and Slovakia in the 90s. I speak three languages fluently and can get by with varying levels of success in several others. My children are fluently bilingual.
Given that you refuse to even give your name, one might assume that you are too cowardly to give an honest assessment of your own background, although you are certainly quick to judge the backgrounds of others with no factual basis for doing so.
Do opinions NEED "qualifications" to BE opinions? Of course not; like a-holes, everyone has one. But that's not what I said, is it?
I said "I have NO WAY of knowing if the person is QUALIFIED to opine on the subject or if they have the AUTHORITY to speak to certain facts or information knowledgeably."
AUTHORITATIVE comments trump blather from know-nothing ciphers. QUALIFIED experts' opinions trump posturing bloviation from anonymous cowards. Nothing absurd in that, is there?
Sure, there's no end to opinions, but why should we take them seriously if the source of them can't be bothered to prove that there's some WEIGHT behind them, due to the integrity and competence of the person opining?
Look at the silly blatant assertions from the above post on Quigley... who IS this nameless clunk spouting this vitriol from behind a curtain? Why should WE take it seriously? Why should WE care what a nameless clown thinks? Does he KNOW Quigley personally? Has he personal experience that SUPPORTS his claim about JQ's "lazy" nature and his "sleep on the job"? When "he" says "No one took him seriously anyway," why should we BELIEVE his claim? Is he a professional pollster who can prove it? Just using such absolute terms as "No one" reduces his credibility to zero, in my book. How do we know this isn't Auerbach posting?
Really, does anyone here plan to have his or her mind changed by such anonymous drivel?
Entertainment purposes only? What is this, a psychic hotline infomercial?!!! I'm sorry that you seem to think that these forums can't serve a higher purpose. So degraded they've become BECAUSE of the high noise-to-signal ratio and lack of trustworthy accountability anonymity has led to, that one might think they have no useful potential, alas.
God knows, I try to inject humor, satire, puns, wordplay, clever turns of phrase, and amusing cultural references to make my posts more interesting. But the main reason is to inform, educate, inspire, and, mostly, GET PEOPLE TO THINK!
And since it seems that fewer and fewer persons ARE capable of independent and critical thinking, I accept up front that MOST readers are beyond my reach, and will either just skip over it, or it will skim over their heads; but that a few thoughtful and rational persons WILL read it, and CAN appreciate it, is all I can hope for or expect.
Yes, sometimes when it SEEMS I'm responding to some anonymous cretin, I'm not; I don't expect them to GET what I'm saying. No, I'm writing PAST them to the intelligent and perceptive readers who DO "get" it.
As for length, I feel like Mozart in "Amodeus," being told by the Emperor that there's "just too many notes" in the opera! No, there's just as many words as I need to complete my argument! Like Mozart, I ask, "Which ones should I cut?"
As ad great David Ogilvy said, "The more you tell, the more you sell." He said that IF the person is interested in the product or subject, he or she will read everything you put in front of them, no matter how long; if they're NOT interested, well, it doesn't really matter, does it, as they won't get past the headline.
Thanks for the link.
Blaber won't post any of my comments if I am looged in. He still posts an occasional Anonymous comment or two from me. He especially does not like when you make comments regarding those of us that pay property taxes being fed up.
Steve you're still too egotistical and bitter to reach beyond the tip of your nose. Those of us who get it aren't interested in a mutual admiration society. The effectiveness of these forums is in programming the language of those who don't get it. You know, the voters. They don't care about your efforts or Imre's fascist style. They want words to use at their coffee breaks. You and Imre can bloviate all day but you aren't making any difference. Pompous self promotion isn't going anywhere. Knowledge of the finances of Hungary and Slovakia still doesn't repair the claim that Burger King is actually food. The image of a man sleeping in a lawnchair is far more effective than any firsthand judgements. Will Joe Blow care? I doubt it. Do I care what you think about skewing an election by swaying the passing reader? No. If I did, I would'nt have been doing it for the past three decades.
Jerimiah,
Perhaps you should re-consider Len Bernardo. Blaber is just a mouthpiece for Mike Hein. If the Hein camp won't post stuff that you write, how interested do you think that they are in fixing YOUR problems?
I don't think they are very interested in fixing your problems.
Forget Len Bernardo, Hein is a fiscal conservative that switched sides to maintain his principles and his committment to his constituents. Len Bernardo is a social conservative that is only taking advantage of a void. Stick to what matters, our tax burden. Family values are nice but they don't fit in the budget and you won't need them when you're broke.
Michael Hein, a fiscal conservative?? Is that why he suggested a 39% tax increase to the County Legislators? I'm pretty conservative, and that is something that I would have NEVER suggested.... and after that, he found that oooooppps, he was mistaken.
Send Mike Hein back to the "jewelery business" where he belongs. I'm sure the business has forgotten all about those bands.
7-20- I think you're a little confused about what a fiscal conservative is. A fiscal conservative forces a tax hike or a services cut. A social conservative, which you obviously are (besides being British) cuts taxes without cutting services and runs deficits in hopes of a surprise windfall that doesn't usually come. Blind faith in a higher power economics or rapture economics is why our country is in such dire economic distress. The Democratic party (correct spelling) has captured the fiscally conservative flag. Pay as you go keeps spending in check.
3:57, you immediately lose all, if you had any, credibility when you use words like facist. You are lucky you are alowed to post anonymously, because any future posts from you should be over looked. Even if you used an alias, you could save me the time it takes to read your posts. Time which I can never get back.
Here you go anonymous. I think you'll enjoy the speaker more than the topic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-E8P9AfGEM
Nothing like getting a few MORE anonymous whiners to make my case for me!
Me, bitter? Where'd you ever get THAT notion? Do you presume to ken my state of mind from a few electrons I send through blogger.com's wires?
Me, egotistical? How so? I don't pretend to be more than I am, or make claims that go beyond the truth, like some candidates who shall remain nameless. (Although "pompous self promotion" is as good a description of a certain Ellenville-based candidate as I've heard! I, myself, for one, have nothing to promote!)
Also, based on your comments, I think it's presumptuous of YOU to claim YOU "get it"! From where I sit, YOU don't, or you wouldn't have answered as you did.
Wow, and YOU speak for the VOTERS! And YOU know what "they" want!
And what the h-e-double-hockey-sticks does Burger King have to do with anything? (I don't eat meat, so I would be the last one to claim what they serve IS food, but what exactly IS your point?)
The rest of your post is even more confusing (or confused) which may be why you are too ashamed or cowardly to reveal your identity.
Oh well. Thanks again for proving my point.
So where's Kryolux? How come you lost your bid for office? I guess you really got it. I guess you didn't realize that a lot of the humor in your writing was at your expense. You have some reading comprehension issues btw. Go reread the post to figure out which parts referred to you and which were for your comrade Imre.
Where's Kryolux? Why, right here where it's been since 1984! Are you daft? Do you even know what you're talking about?
Kryolux Inc is a privately-held corporation *I* created in 1984 to consolidate my various consulting, media, marketing, and research services. It's been in continuous operation since then, with clients around the country (and a few beyond), as I am not dependent on local trade (mostly pro-bono or discounted work for local non-profits and such who couldn't afford my regular rates).
But why this ad hom attack on ME? Is that YOU Elliott?
Oh, and what's this nonsense?: "How come you lost your bid for office?"
NO, bozo, no such thing happened! *I* voluntarily CHOSE not to RUN AGAIN for trustee in 2007, which came as a shock to the mayor, who never saw it coming (He thought HE was the cause of my decision, he told the town party chair, because of the way he'd been treating me at board meetings in public, but that wasn't the reason, though it didn't make me more likely to stay for more of the same!).
No, my reasons were laid out to everyone in my columns and elsewhere long before the election, and it was MY choice, and nobody else's; and had I opted TO run again, the chances of my being given a third term were near certain.
So wipe the egg off your face, anonymous crank, you just sank your credibility! Alas, since we can't TAG you with it, you will be able to try again to spew crap, and we can't be forewarned that you are just an empty barrel who either makes up or believes lies and has no hesitiation to spread them maliciously.
Reading comprehension issues? I doubt it; as an editor, I have a long history making sense out of nearly-incomprehensible babble. Could it be, just maybe, that the piece, as I suggested, was confusingly and badly WRITTEN?
Why don't YOU point out where I confused comments about me with those directed to Imre, and show just how "clear" the references were in the original? Bet you don't. Bet that IF you try, it will only show that you are jumping to conclusions that have no merit, and show YOUR lack of reading skills.
Next.
Steve the name calling really shows your poor manners. You lost an election. Nobody chose you. Posting in response to you and your fellow Quigley hack Imre requires no delineation. You are one and the same. You're a washed up has been that doesn't earn any respect. You chose to attack anonymously posted commentary like a fool. Do you own that paper you work on? I hope so. Public displays like yours get people fired. You have the same nasty tone you imply with your remark about local labor pools. Go see a therapist.
Name calling? HOW does one "name call" against a NAMELESS anonymity? Can you, anonymous whiner, go running down the street yelling, "Oh, that nasty Krulick has sullied my good name!"? Of course not! YOU HAVE NO NAME TO CALL!
No, the poor manners is when anonymous curs such as YOU hide behind masks and throw insults and attacks from BEHIND a wall. THAT is uncivil! I am out here, an open book, but YOU have a bag over your head! HOW RUDE!
Actually, I lost my first TWO elections! SO BLEEPING WHAT! How many elections did Lincoln LOSE before he became president. WHAT POINT DOES THAT MAKE?
"NOBODY" chose me? WRONG, liar! Why, THOUSANDS of persons voted to "choose" me in each election for legislature, in a district purposely SKEWED to make it hard for non-Republicans to win! BUT WHAT OF IT? WHAT IS YOUR POINT? How does any of this refute my previous comments? Is that all you've got?
AS Elbert Hubbard said, "If you can't answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names?" How rude of you, from your anonymous bunker, to make slanderous comments about ME? How does this refute my comments? Well, of course it can't, but it shows how pathetic and desperate YOU are.
Just CALLING ME "a washed up has been that doesn't earn any respect," absent any support evidence doesn't make it so! Who ARE YOU to be believed? Unable to answer my ACTUAL words, you must resort to poor manners, slander, irrelevancies, and name-calling to avoid dealing with the relevant issue! HYPOCRITE!
No, I don't own the paper I write for, and they can't "fire" me because I don't take a penny for my columns! I would more likely leave THEM before they drop ME, because MY columns are among the most read and talked about things that make the paper sell!
And, finally, the classic retort of the hapless online loser: accuse the opponent he can't deal with honestly with mental illness! (Usually, it's "time to up your meds!") How Soviet of you!
And you can't even admit being wrong and ignorant! With friends like YOU, Auerbach doesn't need enemies!
BTW, 3:34, we are lauging at you. Not with you.
5:36-I'm glad you're entertained. Krulick's not too bright. He falls for it endlessly. He wants a target, I'm only too happy to oblige. He's just like that idiot Quigley hired last year. Too stupid to realize he's being poked with sharp stick for laughs.
Keep whistling in the dark past the graveyard, Sparky!
I doubt anyone is impressed or buying what you're peddling! I'll let the perceptive readers determine who's displaying the most wattage here, absent your desperate spin!
That I even KEEP poking at YOU is because you don't seem to see how you are digging yourself deeper and deeper as your lies and ignorance keep piling up outside the hole of bulls**t you're shoveling!
You're like one of those anonymous masked gladiators easily dispatched by Maximus, to be replaced by another equally anonymous foil!
Maximus: [after swiftly dispatching another gladiator] "Are you not entertained? Are you not entertained? Is this not why you are here?"
To quote the inimitable Bugs Bunny, "What a maroon!"
Oh, and lest we forget and get sidetracked, as you devoutly wish I and others would, this ISN'T ABOUT ME, after all, but about AUERBACH! And that YOU, and the other anonymous YOUs, and HE, won't and CAN'T answer my simple questions or challenges, and HE remains the same unqualified and unsuitable candidate he has been called out as.
Bet the next post continues to ignore THAT relevant stuff, and keeps going after ME! After all, when that's all you've got, that's all you can do!
This should be fun!
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Krumdick, your posts are generating the response. Why would anyone defend Auerbach? It's your blind rage at work here. You make claims that you don't back up, then attack mild retorts to your claims with rules of discussion that you yourself violate. You're a joke. Your violent raging against your own creation is a reflection of your weakness. No, you are all about you. You obviously have issues that need professional help and no one here is offering it. I told Yankee Jim that too and look where he ended up. You're headed down the same road. Go get help.
Yawn.
My mother used to tell me that the one yelling loudest or devolving into name-calling of a childish nature ("Krumdick"? Wow, how clever!) has already conceded the argument.
Why WOULD anyone defend Auerbach? I don't know. Isn't that what YOU were doing? If not, all your ranting and attacking of ME must then be some personal vendetta or petty rivalry! After all, *I* had a purpose in posting my concerns; all YOU seem to be posting about is ME and what a horrible person *I* am!
What claims have YOU backed up? You've simply posted errors and lies, and haven't even the grace to admit your mistakes when pointed out. Since it's all done anonymously, I guess you feel no requirement to.
MY claims are based on MY integrity as a person (something YOU have hardly been able to tarnish), and the fact that many others down here know it to be true.
What "mild retorts"? There have been no "mild retorts," only blind rage against ME personally from anonymous cowards. Show me anything else!!! Where has anyone even ATTEMPTED to REFUTE my claims? They've been systematically IGNORED or dismissed with a handwave.
And then I'VE been attacked personally as a means to discredit MY credibility, rather than the claims themselves being challenged. Sorry, no debate points there.
So, what "rules of discussion" have I violated? (More blatant assertions; where's the substantiation?)
Raging against MY "own creation"? Are YOU serious? Care to clarify that? Is EA my creation? ARE YOU?
And finally, the classic loser tactic known to long-time newsgroupers... when you've lost, but can't admit it or throw in the towel gracefully, claim that the opponent is mentally ill ("Time to up your meds!" is the classic line; how Soviet is THAT?!!!) and "needs help" as if THAT refutes or supports ANY previous ARGUMENT!
Again, MY sole purpose is civic betterment and public warning; yours seems only and exclusively to be to obsessively attack me personally. Honestly, which of us is a better candidate for some inner reflection and getting a grip?
I want to thank Ulster Politics for adding my new blog to the listing!
I know that it is not going to appeal to everyone, but I believe that there IS a small but thoughtful contingency that can be convinced of the seriousness of these issues, and has the potential to help turn that concern into viable action in the county.
Oh, and though the "20/20 Ulster" usage, as you posted it with the slash mark, has an interesting connotation of clear-sighted long-range vision -- which I certainly don't mind being connected to -- the ACTUAL name of the blog is "2020 Ulster" as in the YEAR 2020, because THAT is how far ahead I want to be focused, rather than getting bogged down in current trivia that will look oh so irrelevant in over a decade.
By your own standard, Krumlin, you have lost. You seem to be doing all the yelling for naught. You really need to get over this apparent feud you have with Auerbach over what? He stole your eraser in kindergarten? You are the most juvenile blogger on here. You're an embarrassment to Ellenville. You're making Auerbach look good. If that was your goal, sorry, I'm not supporting him.
And let it be known that Krullock won't tolerate the kind of abusive behavior that he posts on this blog!
Just saying I'VE "lost" doesn't make it so! By WHAT standard? Again, there you go with a blatant assertion, but no details, examples, logic, or proof. (You wouldn't last five seconds in a high school debate club with THOSE tactics!) I'VE already pointed to several recognized objective standards long accepted in the online community to determine when someone has essentially conceded the debate, and you've already done it repeatedly.
Who says I'm yelling? Again, you wish to frame things a certain way, but why should anyone buy it?
Ah, I see you've downgraded my "feud" with Auerbach to merely "apparent"! Boy, you are quite stingy with admissions of error and apology, ain't ya!
Sorry, Chuckles, but there's NO feud! Why, every conversation we've had this past year has been quite civil and even productive. There are even things we AGREE on! Why can't you accept that there's NOTHING personal here, and that it's simply that I think he is NOT QUALIFIED, personally or professionally, for the job, and that his overblown and vacuous self-promotion needs to be punctured on its own terms?
I didn't go to school in Ellenville, so once again you clearly are ignorant of the background, and hence are spinning wild scenarios from the aether.
I'll let the READERS decide who is acting in a juvenile manner ("Krumdick"? "Krumlick"? Yeah, that's adult!), and who is acting maturely.
YOUR framing is hardly the be-all-and-end-all! In the end, you are merely an anonymous gnat that is buzzing around, contributing nothing useful to the dialog, but still requiring a little energy to either wave off or swat, nothing more.
Yeah, I think I can live down YOUR unsubstantiated evaluation of me, boo hoo, all the way to the bank.
But keep coming back for more! I'm sure the readers can't wait for what silly claims or risible names for me you will come up with NEXT time!
Yelling, screaming rants only serve to show that you have no control. Krumlon, your whole background is nothing with your radical authoritative bent. Why should anyone take your views seriously? Let's see you mentioned, soviet, meds, and psychiatry. Nobody else did. You did. No one cares about you and your background. Who knew Diane had to put up with such nonsense. I feel sorry for her.
Elliott is that you? People have told me that you are all nice to the people on the outside, but you are really a nasty guts.
Who else would have the time or energy or interest to fight with Steve K.
You are the only person!
No, sorry it's not the infamous EA. Kookchick was just lonely and bitter and needed somebody to fight with.
I hate to break it to you, but you obviously didn't realize that capital letters indicates yelling or screaming Kolchek. A little late to the internet are we? You lost your cool a long time ago. A stark mad raving lunatic.
Well Krumnik, you think you've won something. Let's see, I still think Quigley is a lazy bum and Bernardo is unethical. I know now that it wasn't Kryolux, but Besicorp that dumped you because of your personality disorder, abandoned a building in Ellenville, and went on to be successful. You have personal responsibility for the mess that the village is in and that lurch impression you did while greeting voters a few years back is actually your real self. You have proven yourself to be hypocritical in your judgement of others and have serious issues with your esteem. You'll answer to anything including Imre out of your vain need for attention. You have no internet manners. And you prognosticate about end of the world scenarios in a true chicken little fashion. If you want to call that a victory, then go ahead. I'd hate to see your idea of failure. It must be pretty grim.
Ah, Chuckles is back for another round. Can't you just feel the LLLLOOOOVVVE flowing from his every orifice?
First, there's NO yelling or screaming or ranting by me here. (I addressed that on the neighboring thread, along with an explanation of what it MEANS to "yell" -- actually the term is "shout" -- online.)
Chuckles just wants to frame it that way, but YOU ALL can judge for yourself who is going beyond the pale, crossing the line, or losing his grip.
"Radical authoritative bent"? Interesting turn of phrase! Care to DEFINE and EXPLAIN it, and then how it applies to ME, and the relevance of it to this question of AUERBACH'S qualifications to serve as Comptroller?
Persons are free to take my views as seriously as they choose. That I have a track record of respect and integrity in my community (in spite of your feeble and ham-fisted attempts to claim otherwise), that my work is out in the public for all to see, that any reader of intelligence can reach their own conclusions from my very words here, that I bolster my claims with FACTS where available, authoritative sources where possible, and logic where it applies... these are some reasons to take MY views seriously, as opposed to those of an anonymous coward already proven to be ill-informed and disingenuous.
How does MY mentioning NEW words, in the context of dealing with YOUR FRAMING, disqualify them or me? Explain it logically! Why, YOU bring up new and unrelated things all the time in your efforts to avoid dealing with what's ALREADY the issue and words stated! Sorry, no points for that one.
IF no one cares about me (Again, YOU can't know what EVERYONE cares about, O preumptuous online mind-reader! Why, if even ONE person wanted to know more about me and my background -- which YOU brought up FIRST, remember, NOT ME, with silly nonsense errors about Kryolux etc. -- that would refute your absolutist claim!) why are YOU so obsessed with ME and keeping ME in the forefront of discussion?
Now comes the creepy stalker part where Chuckles invokes my wife's name. Why? Oh, and you spelled it wrong. Which suggests he really doesn't know or care about her, but is perhaps trying some crossing-the-line intimidation, to suggest that HE knows where I live, and that I better be careful. Otherwise, just WHY this completely irrelevant and personalized inclusion (Who brought her up. "Nobody else did. YOU DID!" See what I meant by ironic projection?!!) Anyone else find this out-of-the-blue mention icky and uncalled for?
Oh, and since the "nonsense" is just YOUR blatant assertion based on false premises, there's nothing to feel sorry for. Except for you, who seems to get a kick out of this outpouring of personal vitriol.
So, is 5:11 also you Chuckles? If you WERE Elliott, of course you would deny it! How can we take the word of an anonymous coward? Folks down here KNOW that EA will lie for credit when truth will get him cash! And certainly in this case!
But if it's NOT EA, is sure must be one sick puppy to spend THIS MUCH TIME ON ME! What IS his game? Lonely? Bitter? Seems like more ironic projection!
Then it seems to go on to the next post. Chuckles takes a patronizing tone and deems to lecture me on the history of the internet! AS one who goes back to BBSs, Delphi, Prodigy, and Apple Online, I think that lesson is presumptuous. I dealt with this "yelling" stuff (any real internet expert would know the term is "SHOUTING"!) on a parallel thread, but, to sum, NO, not EVERY little use of upper case letters for a word here or there is shouting! THAT is just natural inflection to help make the printed words more like the speech you would hear from me IF I were talking on the phone or such. No, SHOUTING is when whole sentences, paragraphs or posts are in upper case; besides being harder to read, it is universally considered rude. As I have NOT done this (need I post the authoritative cites from online netiquette boards to confirm this definition?), I have not "yelled," hence all of Chuckles crocodile tears over it are moot.
Anybody else think my responses are "stark raving mad lunatic" material? How about those who think Chuckles has crossed a line here?
Again, Chuckles presumes to KNOW what *I* THINK! Nah, I've won nothing here, but YOU have surely lost!
BTW, do you, Chuckles, think anyone here cares what YOU think? It must be so sad to have put on this legend-in-your-own-mind performance here, which you may consider rapier-like wit (more like a blunt sledge), and NOBODY but YOU gets to know the genius behind it! LOL!
More lies: No, Chuckles, Besicorp didn't "dump" me! *I* left THEM when I learned of the double-dealing and dishonesty being done behind my back while I was in Europe on a trade show tour. I wasn't fired, and I didn't quit! I simply put my things in a box when I got back, took them home, and continued to make myself available for the next few months, as we were in the process of going public, as I WAS STILL VP, Secretary, Director, and 2nd largest shareholder, while ceasing to do my "everyday" job as international marketing director. ONLY after the success of our public offering, did *I* give up my official positions, and later sold ALL my stock.
The records at the unemployment office can verify that I was NEVER fired, and never quit! Indeed, my former partner approached me later that year to produce a company newsletter, but, as he wouldn't sign a detailed contract that precluded any misunderstanding about our respective duties and responsibilities, I declined.
So, again, your ill-informed imagination, or disingenuous proclivities, have tripped you up! Sorry, no "personality disorder" O dispenser-of-online-psychiatry-without-a-license!
Next, O erroneous one, BESI was ALREADY successful before I left, thanks in part to my involvement that helped us GET to becoming a public company, having over 100 employees in Ellenville, many dozens of distributors and dealers. Oh, and I was PERSONALLY selling about one-third of all the square footage of solar collectors we accounted for, and I was personally selling MORE square footage overseas than any other US company. So IT was successful, and *I* was successful.
Soon after I left, many top execs quit or were fired; there were labor problems for the very first time; nasty, troublesome, or greedy persons were put on the board of directors; sexual harassment cases happened; Mike Zinn got caught up in election fraud and other financial chicanery and went to jail; AND they moved out of Ellenville... ALL of which had NOTHING to do with ME! YOUR point being...?
AS ONE vote on the Board, I have to bear SOME responsibility for the mess in Ellenville, but we trustees were routinely treated as mushrooms by Auerbach: kept in the dark and covered in manure! Try and dig for info and you hit a brick wall. Try to stay in the loop and you are kept out. And with Auerbach buddy-buddy with the mayor and most trustees unwilling to buck that, it was HARD for ONE MAN to fight that. YOU ask those in the know, who came to many meetings... ASK THEM WHO did his homework, and WHO asked the tough questions, and WHO TRIED to make things better, yet was thwarted over and over, and you will find out why MANY were sad to see me decide not to run again.
YOUR opinion isn't proof of anything. Calling me a hypocrite doesn't make me one; where's the evidence and logic to support the claim?
Questioning MY "esteem" or "vain need for attention" (MORE online psychiatry!) doesn't make it so! Man, YOUR obsession with me is quite severe! Do you have the HOTS for me, or something? Damn!
And for an anonymous person, who brings up for NO relevant reason MY WIFE, to criticize MY online manners, is perhaps the height of hypocrisy as WELL AS rudeness.
I see you at least skimmed over my columns! But you seem NOT to have understood it, if THAT is your response. Well, time will tell how right I am; *I* do much research on the subject, and have for years, and things ARE pretty bad. What is YOUR expertise on the subject?
Victory? Nah, that's petty thinking. I'm just trying to defend my integrity against scurrilous scum like you who have no compunction to bring my wife's name (misspelled!) into it, or lie about me.
My, my, what would YOU do without me to spit on?
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Could I suggest that the blogmaster end this cycle of devolving diversion from the relevant issues by simply refusing to post the ill-informed, bilious, and strictly personal-attack-mode rants of this ANONYMOUS coward? It really serves no purpose, I'm sure most readers are bored or disgusted by it, but, as long as YOU permit it, *I* will be forced to defend MY HONOR against the slurs and lies he posts.
As much as I'm against censorship, THIS is not "free speech" but near-slander and hate-speech, and I'm sure is not YOUR intention to permit a platform for such IRRELEVANT and vile material that has NO bearing on "politics in Ulster" as YOU would have it. Thank you.
Call on the blog administrator to give you a break? That's pretty weak. If I read back on this thread, it seems Krulick started the namecalling and yelling. Perhaps if the moderator were to block his use of personal invective, there'd be no need to respond? Nah, that'd be no fun! Let him keep fighting.
Asking the blogmaster to exercise some control is like asking the parliamentarian to enforce the rules. Nothing "weak" about it, particularly as that wasn't ALL I did; my SUGGESTION was just a minor coda following a rather STRONG response eviscerating EVERY single "argument" Chuckles "presented"!
Including my explanation that merely writing occasional words in upper case is NOT "yelling" ("shouting" being the correct term). Hence, I initiated no yelling!
As for "name-calling" and "personal invective"... how does one get charged with personal invective against an anonymous NON-person? I mean, which PERSON did I call a name? Which PERSON did I initiate "personal invective" against? What's his name?
See how silly this becomes when ya don't think things through?
It seems Political Ammo is no longer functioning; clicking on the link says it's been removed.
Maybe PA's having been shown by me to be incapable of proper historical research and source citing to support his presumed claims (to the extent PA had to ignore or remove the posts that showed PA to be in error, including an entire thread!) convinced PA to pack it in? ;)
Anyone know the REAL reason?
Steve, you insulted every anonymous poster on this board. You're an abrasive, rude, and obnoxious buffoon that obviously has no life and vainly attempts to exercise control over others because no one listens to you. You are the annoying troll. If you only knew what Ellenville politicians have said about you, you'd bow your head in shame. I won't even lower myself to repeat them.
1) Nope.
2) Nope.
3) Nope.
4) Nope.
5) If you could have, you would have.
Just as I predicted; like a fish flopping on the deck, gasping its last. Reeled in, line played out, reeled in again, played out again, until exhausted, hauled onboard, ready to be fish stew.
Blatant assertions of control over the opinions of others. You are a classic case worthy of the poor reputation you've earned.
1) No
2) No
Just a few gasps left it seems; at this rate, the fish is practically defunct.
Or, to paraphrase Monty Python:
"'E's passed on! He is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-FISH!!"
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(Also, reminds me of the scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail with the Black Knight:
King Arthur: I command you, as King of the Britons, to stand aside!
Black Knight: I move for no man.
King Arthur: So be it!
[They fight until Arthur cuts off Black Knight's left arm]
King Arthur: Now, stand aside, worthy adversary!
Black Knight: 'Tis but a scratch!
King Arthur: A scratch? Your arm's off!
Black Knight: No, it isn't!
King Arthur: Well, what's that then?
King Arthur: I've had worse.
King Arthur: You liar!
Black Knight: Come on, you pansy!
[They fight again. Arthur cuts off the Knight's right arm]
King Arthur: Victory is mine!
[Kneels to pray]
King Arthur: We thank thee, Lord, that in thy mercy -
[Cut off by the Knight kicking him]
Black Knight: Come on, then.
King Arthur: What?
Black Knight: Have at you!
King Arthur: You are indeed brave, Sir Knight, but the fight is mine!
Black Knight: Oh, had enough, eh?
King Arthur: Look, you stupid bastard. You've got no arms left!
And even when BOTH LEGS are cut off, the Black Knight keeps claiming victory! As the King says, "What are you gonna do, bleed on me?!"
Black Knight: Oh, oh I see. Running away, eh?! You yellow bastards! Come back here and take what's coming to you! I'll bite your legs off!!
[Fade to black.]
Yep, my work here is just about done.
The great torrent of verbal diarrhea ends with a plea to the blogmeister to intervene and a last gasp of "nope" coupled with a feeble claim of victory over nothing. The moniker "null and void" that is used to describe Ellenville has truly found it's owner.
Fish stew, anyone?
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