@neptuneblue,
It's all gone wonky....in one of blathem's threads (right after the election) some people have been voted up by ridiculous amounts, interestingly enough it some of our finest Rhodes scholars..just as oral, cold joint, and even layman who is still on suspension. The numbers change all the time, I've been down by 80 thumbs then up by 10 or down to zero. Obviously these meaningless votes are extremely meaningful for some people.
Luckily I've never been this pathetically needy, but if all this cheating, and lying over this voting cock-up scam makes them feel alive and victorious. With any luck, Robert won't pull the plug because we are a bunch of ungrateful problematic ninny.