Posts Made By: Maurice Clark

Originally Posted by James Brown

I never said James was a staunch conservative.  He was, as I have noted quite recently, a right moderate when we met.  A steady but not exclusive R voter.  But if exaggeration or fabrication makes you feel better about yourself, so be it.   

Of course Russ and I are both far more conservative than you are.  Your alleged brand of conservatism is a betrayal of the word.  On the contrary, you are simply a prime example of that most tedious clique within the modern Republican party - the constantly angry right populist.  You exist to heap hate on those who don't think like you.   This is why you love Trump so.  His one skill is self aggrandizement while heaping hate on the Democrats, the immigrants, women, the downtrodden, the Courts, 1/2 the press... basically anyone who is not a reflexive sycophant.  His fans lap it up.  If you or Trump were Roman Catholic, you would light candles at the shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Grievance.   I am sure You'll never confess, but what happened in your past to make you so hateful?   I am sorry for this circumstance of your life.

I can see grievance as the core of your being in this very thread.  You have no ability, interest, or desire to explore a complicated issue.  You have no wish to understand other points of view.  You are incapable of making connections with and understanding the viewpoints of like-minded hobbyists, even if you disagree on many fundamentals of politics.   

You, like Trump, show up merely to chest thump and ridicule the rest of us, even those with whom you probably agree.   So it goes.  It is ineffective and sad.  Paraphrasing Michael Ramirez from the thread-opening column, your actions merely reflect shame on you.  But like Trump or any other true narcissist, you are incapable of comprehending this.   The inevitable result of your style is lonely irrelevance.  That is profoundly sad.

Originally Posted by James Lacey

My wife and I have both had to have a medial meniscus repair and have slowed way down now that we are 60+, but we still manage to stay pretty active for old codgers. I wish you all the best for your return to health!

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Thanks James. Went to the doc today and I have surgery scheduled for Friday afternoon. The meniscus needs to be repaired on the right side of my left knee. Also opted for a tendon repair using a tendon from a cadaver. Doc says it should never happen again, but it’ll take a lot of work to get it flexible. I hope to get back on my bicycle trainer ASAP, but we’ll see how it goes. I’ll need to keep it straight for a month before I can start bending it way before that.

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Oh, look who’s back. You figure if you stay away long enough we’d forget about that last thread you started? There sure were a lot of terrorist attacks over Thanksgiving and in the two weeks since, huh?

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

I really think the man has lost it as evidenced by his latest behavior. The man really knows how to stifle conversation. Even if you dig down past all of the innuendo and name calling in the titles of his threads, which I’m sure he thinks are very clever, and agree with his points, which I do as far as how some in higher education are wrong when it comes to Antisemitism they get lost in the way he presents them. He comes across as an utter fool who no one want to interact with. Funny and sad at the same time.