Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

As I stated 'stirring the hornet's nest'.    

So easy! 

I'm afraid you've face-planted again Rich.  Is any reply to you at all evidence of  "stirring the hornet's nest?" 

As a matter of fact, I like Epic Games' parody ad, and I love the original 1984 Apple ad.  Thanks for the opportunity to take this stroll down memory lane.  

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Originally Posted by Richard Davis

#98

Angry, petulant, petty, and frustrated is a terrible way to go through life. 
 

Weak reply Rich, you left out "damned funny"!   

But seriously, if mocking you makes me "angry", "petulant," or "frustrated," then I am confident you do not know what those words mean.  I will plead guilty to "petty" but in this case the magnificent humor is worth it.   Jim 

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

P.S.  Are those traits borne out of the fact that you voted for Joe Biden, regardless of how his policies are now affecting your children, and that you may have sold out their futures to satisfy your petty anger, and yet massive ego?  

You regularly bring up my kids.  This pleases me, because I can brag about them without appearing totally obnoxious. 

Son #1 is still a paramedic on an ambulance in a western state.   He called the other day to tell us he delivered his first roadside baby.  He said that made him far more nervous than the stabbings, ODs, fallen grandmas and horrible car wrecks he often is called to.  Momma and baby are doing great!  We are extremely proud of him.   I am not sure Biden gets the credit, but there is such a need for health care workers, especially nurses and paramedics, that he can get a job anywhere he wants with a phone call.  They are paying 20k+ signing bonuses right now for a one year commitment.   If this is Biden's economy, it sure is not hurting son #1.

Son 2 finished his engineering masters degree this fall.  He is entertaining a couple of job offers, and it is a tough decision to make.  Should know more in a week or two.  So much opportunity in his field.  Thanks, Joe!   

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

You beat me to it. I had intended to start a thread when there were only four of his new outrage threads with no replies. I had it on my clipboard, but had to do some work this afternoon and lost it. It was basically one of my snarky trolling threads but your screenshot said it all. The Outrage Machine is on the forum. And he says he has no idea who Stewart Rhodes is. He’s so well informed.

James owned him this morning, and serial multi-posting is Rich's coping mechanism.

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

Both members who were found guilty of seditious conspiracy were leaders of the group. The other three member were convicted of other charges and all will likely do significant jail time. 
Next up for seditious conspiracy charges: the proud boys. I assume it's a safe bet Rich doesn't care about them, either. 
Afterall, he apparently doesn't care about the efforts of the oath keepers to overthrow democracy on Jan 6th...
"Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes was convicted Tuesday by a Washington, DC, jury of seditious conspiracy for orchestrating a far-reaching plan to stop the peaceful transfer of power after former President Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden in the 2020 election."
"The conviction is a win for the Justice Department, which argued that the attack on the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was more than just a political protest that got out of control — but rather a violent attack on the seat of American democracy and an effort to keep Biden out of the Oval Office by any means necessary."
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/oath-keepers-trial-verdict/index.html 

I just read all the entire linked cnn coverage, and it sounds like the jury considered the charges and massive amounts of evidence very diligently and reasonably.  They appear to have carefully considered each defendant’s culpability for each charge and carefully rendered guilty and not guilty verdicts based on the facts and the law.  Chalk up one for the system!  Trials and outcomes like these make me proud of citizen jurors.

It will be interesting to see how the sentencing goes.  It looks like all of the defendants could face at least 20 years, not sure if the prosecution is asking for the max though.

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

The country largely rejected crazy in the midterm elections. Rich didn't get the memo...

Must be a Colorado thing...

Originally Posted by David Cotterell

Davis, Moscheck, Brown, Lacey, Shaffer, Rachal, Kaufman, McFarland, Clark, Carroll, Cotterell.  Sorry, I may have missed a very infrequent poster or two.... Add yourself to the list if you feel abandoned...

We are just 11 people who actually post here. There may be lurkers but I doubt it....

What are we accomplishing?  No one has had an Epiphany yet, in either political direction.  No one of any importance whatsoever takes note of what we say....

And, yet, here we are... 

Weird, eh?

Dave

Hi Dave - interesting post.  You have more or less described human life for 99.999% of humanity.  No one but the occasional MLK, Gandhi, or Jefferson accomplishes much the rest of the world would consider important.  Still, I think my career in law and yours in teaching have no doubt affected many people in extremely positive ways.   We all should be pleased and hopefully satisfied with what we have accomplished, even though our accomplishments make no measurable difference in the big picture.   The key is that 7 billion people who accomplish a little in their own small patch add up to some great accomplishments. 

As I see it, here we have 11 or 12 friends who occasionally waste some time chatting with each other about interesting topics.  We do this with our own in-person friends and family too.  Humans are social animals, and this is a social forum.  Usually.  It has value, to me at least, even if we never accomplish anything of importance.  Obviously at least 1/2 of the dialog here is just interpersonal sniping.  Richard thrives in that environment.  The rest of us must enjoy it somewhat, or we would have bailed long ago.  Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Obviously at least 1/2 of the dialog here is just interpersonal sniping.  Richard thrives in that environment


I see your now up to what?  98 Angry, petulant, petty, childish postings in a row to try your best to get a dig at me?

Hasn't been working too good for you has it?  Strikes me that all you're accomplishing here is getting yourself frustrated.  (along with making yourself look small)  

And since you made this statement:  1/2 of the dialog here is just interpersonal sniping.  Richard thrives in that environment

I'd just remind you to put yourself at the top of that list, as you seem to engage in that with me on a constant basis.   

Does it help you to stay so angry and pissed off all the time, or is it simply that you still can't get over yourself and your massive ego?  

I realize that you're most likely feeling inadequate in many ways, but if you can manage to control your spiteful anger and your bitterness, you'll probably be able to manage your emotional distress over the Christmas holiday.  

Best of luck with that!!  

This was no dig at you Rich.  I thought I was just a posting of obvious fact.  Seriously, are you actually denying that you thrive in an environment of interpersonal sniping?  That would be hard to believe.  And like I said, the rest of us must enjoy it somewhat, or we would have bailed long ago.  

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

Pretty much 90% of why I even bother hanging out here is to watch Rich call you guys out on your BS.....ohhh and I also get a kick out of how transparently you guys pat each other on the back when you do happen to get one up on him....which isnt often but whenever it does you all gleefully do a round of patting your backs....hilarious!

You walked right into my trap, Greg.  I love it.