Setanta wrote:I see that after this thread was locked, my response was deleted. Calling in your conservative moderator buddies, Tico? That won't discourage me. Your beliefs are a matter of complete indifference to me. I don't use blogs, i don't use op-eds, i don't regurgitate anyone else's opinions. I have my own reasons to criticize the Shrub, and i do so. What you think on the subject is irrelevant.
What are "
conservative moderator buddies"? The moderators here do a fine job, and obviously felt your post was deserving of the treatment it received ... I had nothing to do with it, I assure you. In fact, I have no idea what you said in your prior post, it was so forgettable.
Setanta wrote:Quote:I have not demonstrated that any members involved in this discussion have blamed Bush for the hurricane. I've not even tried. What on earth lead you to think I had? If you would pay attention to what you are responding to, perhaps engage your brain before your fingers, you might have understood the question I was asking BBB ... or perhaps not and just jumped in anyway, blathering away as if you knew what you were talking about, when you clearly did not.
You wrote: "Do you Blame bush for the hurricane, or don't you?" Whether or not you like it (and i've no doubt you don't like being contradicted), i've the right to comment on anything posted here. So i pointed out that you can't accuse anyone here of claiming that the Shrub is responsible for the storms. As one can see above, you acknowledge that you cannot. Your comments about what i do or do not know are just more personal vituperation, something in which you always indulge when people don't roll over and play dead in response to your attempt at rebuttal.
I really don't think of you as unintelligent, Set, but I got to tell you, I do question your ability to read a sentence and comprehend meaning at times. Very often when it involves reading what I type. But in this case, I don't think you were fully aware of the context
(in another thread, BBB accused Bush of being responsible for the deaths of all dogs that died in the aftermath of the hurricane, for the simple reason that his dogs were in Air Force One or the White House, and had not become victims themselves 
; I then remarked about how some anti-Bushies were implying that Bush was responsible for the hurricane; BBB then accused me of lying; I then posted the article from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who did imply Bush was responsible for the hurricane; BBB then posted some nonsense about Bush ordering Arks like Noah built 
; then in this thread, BBB seemed to be aligning herself with the thought that global warming increases frequency and intensity of hurricanes, and so I tried to pin BBB down as to whether she blamed Bush for the hurricane or not; that's when you came in; I never got an answer from her), but that didn't stop you, and you just jumped in, believing I had come from left field and accused your Aunt Bee of blaming Bush for causing the hurricane.
But the sad part is, I've already explained this context to you, but your pride simply won't allow you to let go. And you didn't tell me I couldn't accuse anybody
here of claiming Bush was responsible for the hurricane. You said: "
No, Bush is not being blamed for the hurricanes, so that sort of attempt at a dodge doesn't even get a nice try." So I corrected you, just like I corrected BBB. I don't think you like being corrected, do you?
Setanta wrote:Quote:You ooze rancorous contempt in your postings on a regular basis, apparently trying to bully other posters, usually dragging entire threads down to where your blackened heart dwells. Don't even claim the high road in that regard. You simply don't care for when others push back at you.
There is no long-lasting, bitter resentment which i cherish toward you, which is the meaning of rancor. On the contrary, i find you often hilarious, indulging in personal invective and diversionary discussions of semantics and writing rather than the topic at hand. You are often an endless source of comic relief, such as with purple prose like "blackened heart." And it certainly is not an exercise in attempting to take a high road to stand at street level and observe your residence in the gutter.
Rancor means "bitter deep-seated ill will." Perhaps you're right ... maybe your bitterness isn't deep-seated. I'll give you that. Let me rephrase:
You ooze bitter contempt in your postings on a regular basis." Hell, you ought to agree with that much, I'd think.
