I dont fit in
Apparantly I dont fit in with the Republicans, according to everything I read as a conservative I should be a gun toting, religious, pro-life war mongering southern boy. I have never owned a gun, I've shot a couple, I like them but I dont hunt and dont like the idea of having one in my house ( thats what I like to say but really my wife is scared of them)- I believe that the 2nd amendment applies to all of us and if I want a gun i should have one. I'm an atheist but I believe that if I want to go to church, I can. Also I believe if my son wants to pray at the school he should be able, but on the same token the muslim children should have the the same ability. I agree that church and state should be seperated, I dont want to walk up to a court house and see the ten commandments but if they have been there for more that 25 years ( the age a vehicle reaches antique age) than the display is historic and should be deemed so. I dont believe the abortion debate applies to todays presidency race, I have my own opinions and this will anger many but I dont want the president candidates to talk about it - we have bigger issues. I did not agree with the Iraq war - I dont think it was in our national interest to our nation to attack them - we should have packed our bags and gone into Afghanistan to finish that battle and let the UN take care of it without our help. I do want Iraq finished correctly because we dont need another Afghanistan in the middle east. I believe in the Reagan principle that we need smaller govt but I want both party's and washington to stay out of my personal life.
Here are the comments that apparently got me kicked off.
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I think you're a troll.
mbecker908 September 3rd, 2008 at 8:16 p.m. (link)
1 Bad spelling.
2. Bad punctuation. 3. Lousy grammar.
4. Don't have/can't use/think you're smarter than the spellchecker/grammar checker. 5. See yourself as a victim.
You're right. You don't fit in.
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This post does look kind of trollish... (nt)
George Claghorn September 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 p.m. (link)
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I dont get the troll thing
Ballard Mattingly II September 4th, 2008 at 6:56 a.m. (link)
and this was a bit of satire with my own views - the I don't fit in was completely sarcasm and should have been taken as so
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I hate that
Ballard Mattingly II September 4th, 2008 at 7:13 a.m. (link)
I have a full time job, two kids a working wife and everything that goes with it - and sometimes I don't get to do the spell check or grammar check, I just throw down what I can. People who attack spelling and grammar in a "diary" don't have anything they can say that worth reading - if you want to say something about my statements above than say, dont come after me for the stupid stuff like spelling and grammar.
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I was wrong. You're not a troll.
mbecker908 September 4th, 2008 at 10:51 a.m. (link)
You're an idiot.
Here's what you're telling us. "Hey, it's all about ME! ME!! ME!!!
"I don't have time to think through what I want to say and put it down in a coherent fashion so you I can successfully make my point with you. I don't have the time or the energy. So you'll just have to parse the crap I do throw against the wall and figure out what I'm trying to say. You've got the time. You've got nothing better to do than to figure ME! out."
Dude, get over yourself. You're not impressive. You're not rational.
CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.
this is where you err
Streiff September 4th, 2008 at 12:21 p.m. (link)
posting without even making a cursory effort to check grammar and punctuation simply shows you have no respect for the community and a grossly inflated sense of your contribution thereto.
I think you're in the wrong place. You need to really evaluate your ideas as consider whether or not this is the appropriate forum for them.
"A man does what he can and endures what he must."
So you dont read the words I write
Ballard Mattingly II September 4th, 2008 at 7:23 p.m. (link)
or argue with what I believe or my values are but come at me with spelling, grammer and "troll" Why don't you take the time to discuss positions ? I guess you just decided I don't follow your exact ideology so you would just attack my spelling - a little petty
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If you bothered to think through your values(?)
mbecker908 September 4th, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. (link)
and present them in a digestible and discussable format you'd probably get some response.
Given that you don't care enough about your whatevers to take the time to communicate them clearly don't expect us to care enough to do the work of response.
You really are a jerk.
CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.
actually
Streiff September 4th, 2008 at 7:48 p.m. (link)
I thought your stuff was illiterate and incomprehensible. And as this is a written medium that makes whatever ideas you have a lot less valuable.
Now I think you're an asshat and as you'll shortly discover what I think matters.
"A man does what he can and endures what he must."