Some Guy wrote on Mar 14^th, 2010 at 6:19pm:

's okay.

this thread jumped the shark about three hundred pages ago.

Riffhard wrote on Mar 14^th, 2010 at 8:30pm:



maybe you should try prayer and meditation... if you're trying to tone it down, and I haven't noticed, it's b/c you did for so sohrt a time, no one will notice for a long time... you need a god, a strong god, not the u.s. constitution... stop enduring life and suffering the world. i hope you can keep it toned down, but i know you can't, i know one who can help you with that, seek that direction, and maybe the world won't bother you so much.
does a day go by, where you don't go the same direction with your points, as the big conservative media...
and i've toned it up... which is why i'm calling you a no common sense, levin drone!!!

Jesus Christ wrote on Mar 15^th, 2010 at 9:21am:



We're very close to it.


Its getting to the stage where its quite obvious that its totally beyond some people to disagree and argue in a civil manner without name-calling or their beliefs being mocked or ridiculed.

I would suggest a few of you take a look at the first paragraph of the user agreement that you all agreed to when signing up to use this forum

http://rocksoff.org/messageboard/YaBB.pl?action=register

The choice is yours, folks. Either you wise up very soon and clean this thread up or there won't be ANY room for political discussion on this site because its a subject you can't be trusted to discuss like adults.

Gazza wrote on Mar 15^th, 2010 at 2:21pm:



Fair enough. I can see some of my own posting in this critique.

C'mon people. We can do this. Fired up / ready to go !!!!

I would hate to see all political discussions banned.  I know this thread gets heated but I also know I don't have to click on it.  I vote for more civility and less hostility.  Let's save the thread.

Rocks Off is frequently referred to by it's members as "the nuthouse" &  "welcome to the asylum"
Just asking, why is a thread which discusses politics, which does go off the road on many instances, any different than any thread on this site?  It has it's warts, it also informs.  I'm not the admin, just one of the patients here.  Time to find Nurse Ratchet for my meds.

Nellcote wrote on Mar 16^th, 2010 at 7:02am:


Neither Voodoo or myself have a problem with politics being discussed. We can't  expect people to live in some kind of vacuum. This one IS different from the other threads in that it descends into page after page of personal insults. Banter is all well and good, and indeed perfectly healthy - but not when it crosses over into constant verbal abuse.

Yeah that's a good idea, let's have the moderators give a thumbs up or down.
I'm sure they have both the time and the inclination to do that!

How about we all try and be adults and learn some civility without relying on the mods.
I have certainly toned my comments down.
Can't say I've been exemplary, but I have tried.

So, how about that crap heap Pelosi trying to "pass" the health care takeover without having the members vote!

Constitution?
How do ya spell that?

In all fairness, this isn't a Constitutional issue at all.
It is a procedure used all the time in the House for minor legislation.
And afterall, the federalization of the healthcare industry isn't such a big deal.

This is more of an attempt by Pelosi to shield those Dems who would have voted for it.
A big old "Present" as Obama would call it.

Gazza wrote on Mar 16^th, 2010 at 8:21am:


That seems more than fair, as does yesterday's suggestion that everyone re-read the membership agreement. To wit:


You agree, through your use of this YaBB forum, that you will not post any material which is false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually-oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of ANY law.

Hmmmm...is there any one poster in particular whose posts EVERY single one of those adjectives apply to? Now, granted, the stuff he's posted which is "invasive of a person's privacy" regarding me is WRONG - but he thinks it's the truth, and that oughta count for something.

So, is there a prize handed out for breaking every single one of the membership agreements?  I guess maybe that's what he was talking about when he said he wasn't interested in "petty morals".

...ok..... you can't blame me for trying 

Any idiot that votes for Cameron is a drone.

I like Obama, we should give him a chance.

"with the shit pulled by Bush admin for 8 yrs, it still makes me giggle you guys are surprised. your apathy then, is your disdain now... go figure! you voted for it!"

I am not aware of one piece of legislation passed during the Bush administration where the Speaker of the House decided that her "half" of Congress did not have to vote on a bill for it to become law.  If you are aware of any, please let us know.

And contrary to your post, I am not surprised that this Administration has pulled this shit.
Their line, per Robert Gibbs and David Axlerod, is that Americans want Obamacare, and they don't care about the process of getting there!

WHAT?

Polls show overwhelmingly that most Americans do not want this bill, and "the process" that they are talking about is the Constitutional mandate of a vote of both houses of Congress before such a bill passes.  They are so smitten with themselves, they have ignored the will of their constituents and wiped their collective asses with the Constitution.

And just a few weeks ago, Obama was lamenting that he and the dems were not listening to the American people.  What a load of shit.