Heh, trying to get the thread moved?

He's doing pretty well. Republicans and some of the Dems in Congress (ie, Harry Reid and some on the Senate Finance Committee) suck. I'd like to see Reid retire Dick Durbin take Harry's job.

I've never been who expected much. And I had no idea that Joe Lieberman was never going to let a substantive healthcare reform bill pass. I just didnt' know his history back in 1993.

Anyway, I'll shut up now.

Yes, I picked "prayer" because it was a prayer thread. Therefore, according to your "the prefix tells me where to post" standard, I was in good shape.

However, you seem to think my thread was a political thread. You're wrong about that, but obviously your "I'll know it when I see it" standard tells you I posted in the wrong forum.

In other words, your two standards are in conflict. That's only a part of the reason your position on this topic is a mess though.

I referenced a relevant ChiefsPlanet poll administered by the incomparable and non-controversial ChiefsPlanet polling expert (Rain Man), himself, yes. How does that make the thread political? If that's all it takes to make a thread political, then Phobia's earlier post is as much satirical commentary as it was a light-hearted joke.

No, I'm not. Since you ejected from DC, I don't get the chance to "speak" with you very often. So, I had little choice but to ask you in this thread.

I shudder to think of it. I pretty much stopped visiting this place after the 04election. The DC forum and an influx of new posters who didn't always take themselves so seriously (FAX, for instance) were what made this place enjoyable again for me.

I enjoy reading DC and I'm glad it's there, but I really don't like it leaking over to this side.

What would this place be without a few people to carry the burden of being wrong on each topic. :D

Speaking of opinions....how is it that most of the regular DC posters have an opinion ( and apparently a highly informed one) about every subject that ever comes up? I mean, how is it possible for so many people to know so much about everything from health care to international politics to the economy to the military to terrorism and on into infinity? Some of these folks can barely write a coherent sentence, yet they'll still argue over the finer points of the global warming debate or the UN's role in the Middle East.

Between work and the family and the house and such, I can barely find time for mindless CP posting and managing my fantasy sports teams.

Pat, as one of the legitimately smart DC posters, can you explain to me the DC Forum method of time management? I too would like to Be an Expert On Everything! :D

You're sitting on a boatload of casino cash. I can take you under my wing and teach you about everything but it's not going to be cheap. :)

That casino cash was generously bestowed upon me by RNR, who is a scholar and a gentleman despite his poor (and I use that term generously) taste in football teams. I have no idea what to do with it but being the left leaning fellow that I am I'll probably end up giving it away to a teenage crack whore with six kids. Unless you have a better idea, of course!

Many of the topics in DC have a direct and tangible impact on our lives. As such, it makes sense to be well-informed of them. It seems that people who have a dislike of politics (or other topics in that lounge) would rather not deal with such topics, for whatever reason. As you wrote, "fantasy sports teams."

That is the power of the Planet, similar to the effect of staying at a Holiday Inn Express. :)

Kind of like being a teenager - that time of life when you know everything but haven't faced many of life's problems ........

I voted yes. But there is a slight problem here. Some threads start up as anything but political, but other posters make it so. For example, if I post anything from the old country simply because it's cute or has cultural value the usual suspects jump in and start with the insults and political attacks. Then according to this poll, I would be in danger of losing my thread privileges. Fraz should have included an option to direct the blame to the repliers who would make a non-political thread political.

Just my 2 cents.

Perhaps any and all interaction among posters should be verboten? That'd solve everything, wouldn't it?

There is a difference between "well informed" and "full of shit".

I'm mostly joking here Donger, but at the same time it's not too hard to spot the difference between those who really know what they're talking about and those who pretend to. And I'm sure you know what I mean.

It's sort of an intellectual version of the Internet Tough Guy.

Edit: None of that is directed at you, BTW.

I realize you have some simple-minded stalkers who think every Iranian who ever lived is a terrorist, but there's a big difference between a harmless thread getting hijacked by morons and one that's an obvious button-pusher. A reasonable person can easily tell the difference.