I don’t mind the other side posting when their posts are not attacking, smearing propoganda. Debate is good, but our resident trolls as listed above post nothing worth reading.
It is fun to make fun of them, well because they are simple minded idiots.
But what I am talking about is sure make a joke about what they post, but don’t respond to their posts, it only encourages them in their baiting game they play.

IGNORE THE TROLLS – But make fun of them in the mean time.

Every bridge has a troll under it and it keeps ya on your toes, surely, as you cross the bridge daily. The troll’s attempt at humor is sad as trolls are so lonely under the bridge and each time a troll says essentially “blow me” the troll is literally crying, sobbing and begging for love and attention. Trolls don’t give a damn about politics or whatever forum they seek as a receptacle for their pain. They simply take the opposite position in any forum in order to be seen, heard and noticed. It truly is that simple.

Cherish your trolls, but without getting emotionally involved. Life without them would be so boring even if they contribute not a single noteworthy thing. They have no choice but to troll. Troll, troll, troll. It’s their life. Don’t take it from them by ignoring them. Have mercy. Have pity. Help stop troll suicide. It’s expected of a progressive to stop troll suicide no matter how distasteful you find it to be and think of the smiles you bring to the faces of other progressives as they read your brief, snarky reply to a troll. Most pleasurable, I assure you.

I thank you for your time.

Snarfit
SAVE THE TROLLS!!! Hermione would….

…we’d love to feed you to the pigs…

…but your parents are probably dead…

Well, the Christian part is only a facade. Machiavelli said that the powers that be should use religious people as their foot soldiers. They did not have to believe in religion at all just profess to believe. Also use whatever religion is prevalent in the country they rule. Then use the fanatical believers to do their bidding and fight their wars. The result looks like a christian nation but it is an illusion. The ends justifies the means!

This neocon cabal, BushCo, is following Machiavelli’s advice updated by Leo Strauss in the 1960s. Irving Kristol, Wolfowitz etc. were his disciples. There are some very good books on this stuff available. If you have interest I will list them for you.

WE’RE the MORONS for being so shallow as to think we’re at War, trying to “win the war”, and all that BS. They’ve tricked us into thinking in terms of war so that we think of winning and losing, and ending “the war”. Their goal is to prolong things as long as possible. As you said, once you figure that out, everything makes perfect sense.

The next mental leap is to WHY they’re doing this? I guarantee it’s not for profits or even power…they’ve got that. It’s for that little thing we’re NOT allowed to think…world domination by a Christian nation.

On one track they are doing “Plan A” with a vengence. That is, by their own PNAC ideology, seeking empire.

The other track is what they promote and say in public. Their public comments serve to pacify, deceive and distract everyone else to what they are really doing.
Looked at this way, all the confusing, contradictory statements make sense. Rove is not stupid. Bush says what his handlers tell him to say. Nothing the neocons do is stupid or without reason.

FLASHBACK to Jan 2007:

Q: General Casey, you were initially skeptical or expressed some reservations about sending more American troops into Iraq. What changed your mind, what made you think that now that is the right strategy?

Casey: I have said and done all along that I will ask for the troops that I need to accomplish the mission. The things that changed – one was the situation in Baghdad. Two was the commitments from the government that we just talked about, that these forces, if they came in, would have freedom of action to move with the Iraqi security forces. And three, it was clear that the reliability of the Iraqi security forces in the Baghdad area was not to the point where we could count on them to do the right thing without additional coalition support. So those three things combined to convince me that at this time we needed some additional forces to accomplish the mission.

It was dumb from the start (yellow cake ); and it continued to be dumb (removed a government and replaced it with NOTHING ) four years later.

And we have seen a “dog and pony” show in an attempt to make a bad idea (the Iraq war) look good. We have seen a “dog and pony” show in an attempt to make, a bad choice and bad execution look good.

We have seen the gimmicks, “yellow cake”, “stay the course”, ” the Surge” and other attempts to make creditable the war and the war’s execution.

We have seen the Bush team wrap itself in every American “cherished belief (the flag, the uniform, national security and more…” in an attempt to ward off criticism of its “way less than professional” execution of the Iraqi war.

We have seen the Bush team use the American military to “TELL AMERICA” that the Iraqi war was going “just fine, thank you very much”. We have “HEARD” the Bush team’s quiet about Iraqi REFUGEES while the Red Cross and the United Nations ask other countries help in assisting Iraqi REFUGEES in their efforts to cope with the Bush team’s war.

We have seen the Bush teams diplomacy. It is not pretty nor is it professional – unless one considers a threat to “blow a country back into the stone age” pretty diplomacy.

And the Bush team seems to have developed an IMMUNITY to impeachment. The United States of America – starting with Ex President Bill Clinton, owes every American president who has ever been impeached by this Country, an apology. If the current American President has not earned the right to impeachment – no president did!!!!

Wh have seen failure built into the Iraqi war effort due to either lack of planning for the “civilian side” or the lack of caring about the “civilian side”. It makes no sense to remove a sitting government and replace it with NOTHING!!! Terrorists and terrorist in training might like the lawlessness that the Bush team enabled by removing a sitting government and replacing it with NOTHING.

And “good luck” to anyone who tries to reconcile the Bush team’s war behavior with any other war behavior in the history of this country.

Comment by JPV — June 11, 2007 @ 1:52 pm
HEY GUYS, CAN WE MAKE A PACT, WITH EACH OTHER, TO COMPLETELY IGNORE THE TROLLS FROM NOW ON?

Comment by Buck Fush — June 11, 2007 @ 2:29 pm
“IGNORE THE TROLLS CLUB.”

Good idea, guys!!
Why not take this list you started and expand it to include the rest not listed yet, and also as Trolls change their “handle.” Then automatically (cut & paste) post it on every thread on TP about, say, every 25 posts. All of us anti troll folks can post it if we see it hasn’t been posted in a while. Especially on troll heavy threads. “Members” can add their names as they wish forswearing communication with the trolls. Repetition is the name of the game! (Put the word “Reminder” on top in bold)

What do you think folks? Shall we band together formally? If I don’t hear from anyone I will begin to post it anyway.

IGNORE THE TROLLS CLUB
Members:
Buck Fush, JPV, Merlin, Mr. President

Reminder
Don’t Read A Trolls Post

Don’t Respond To A Trolls Post

IGNORE THE TROLLS – Debate good, Trolls bad

Here are the trolls currently posting on TP.

m12, Patrick1, Jake, Valiant Venus, Pres. Clinton, MAF54, Mr. President,

IGNORE THE TROLLS – Debate good, Frank J bad

Get lost.