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Originally Posted by Jamo
Yup, you have refrained from such remarks (as I do) and I do indeed respect you for that. I prefer the issues be argued on point as well. Having said that, I think that humor...when it is indeed funny and not simply used as a label for boring catch phrases...is an essential tool for keeping a good conversation going. You may be right about the sheer number of the types of threads directed at Obama due to the more prevelant conservative viewpoint around here, but there were periods of time when remarks about Bush pushed the limits...most asspecially diuring the last mid-term elections and during the last presidential runup.
However, as Ron assplained, it gets a bit tedious cleaning up threads. Personally, I prefer to send folks to the woodshed. One button does the job. KISS.
Congrats on the new little buddy. I just lost a good pillow fight to my two year old grandson.
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The humour is great - some of the posts/cartoons are bloody hysterical! And I fully understand and expect that the anti-DNC posts will be more numerous simply because of the makeup of the forum. The problem is that some folks just don't understand that the same joke over and over stops being funny around the 7th time.
The constant copy/paste hack jobs posing as news are also getting tedious (though the Scott Ott ones are usually pretty good), and I especially have a problem with the ones that do not properly credit their sources. I disagree with most of what Obama and Congress are doing, but making up new crap to complain about just seems counterproductive.
The new little buddy is pretty cool. I got 'stuck' entertaining his older brother (almost 4). I got him 'Cars' for his 2nd birthday and he took to it in ways that his dad hates me for. He also has quite a collection of diecasts - and he always saves the Corvettes, Cobras, and Ferraris for me to play with. And he knows the difference between them! He can also identify Audis and BMWs by what the circles look like.
I bought him a couple of those colour shifting Hot Wheels that change depending on the temp (you dunk them in a bowl of hot or cold water) - big hit, and highly recommended, but be prepared for everything to get wet!
Steve