I cannot wait for the Chimp to be out of office for good (him and his boss, Darth Cheney).

I’m curious, have you ever actually been to New York City or is that statement based on watching old movies form the ’70’s?

Yes there still are neighborhoods that would be considered poor in the boroughs, but most of Manhattan is more like a playground for the rich today than what you describe.
I’ve lived around NYC most of my life, YOU seem to be describing a scene from 1978.

No talk about how we’ve dissolved our manufacturing sector shipping jobs overseas while spending astounding amounts of money on the military and Iraq (didn’t the Soviet Empire make a similar mistake).
We print up treasury note I.O.U.’s by the boatload which are bought primarily not by Americans, but by foreigners who hold our debt giving them unprecedented control over our economy.
Foreigners are also buying up our assets at a unprecedented rate as the value of the dollar plunges and we become the largest debtor nation on the planet

If there’s any hate on this sight, I think it would be natural for patriotic Americans to hate the fact that this country is being sold off and mortgaged to the hilt in a take the money and run fashion with no regard for the future well being of America as a country.

Feel free to go looking. You will find that I gave up playing “Whack a troll” a long time ago. It accomplishes nothing other than to make us look like a bunch of kids taunting each other. I can see the conservatives now…look at TP, there are threads where one of ours got them so hot and bothered we were able to keep it going for 400+ posts. Victory for the trolls and the right.

If that’s what you want TP to look like, more power to you. If your ego needs the boost of thinking you are very clever by whacking trolls, I’m sorry for you.

I often wonder how many people, who could have become members of TP’s community. have come here only to see the school-yard taunts and games of Whack-a-troll and left.

Some French guy(s) came up with the terms a)1st world, referring to U.S. and friends, b)2nd world, referring to U.S.S.R. and friends, and c)3rd world, referring to everyone else. Now that there is no Soviet Union, these classifications really mean nothing.

The fact that it sounded like a rating made it seem like “3rd world” meant less developed, when it does not mean that at all. That’s why the term “less developed nation state” would be more fitting.

Mood swings? Try some lithium.

Comment by bilbobaggins — February 15, 2008 @ 4:35 pm

What detrimental effect?

How does the number of posts in a thread affect the overall environment here at TP in anything more than a casual way?

Posters who play Whack-a-Troll driving threads up to 400+ posts are plain old pains in the butt. It accomplishes nothing and in fact has a detrimental affect on TP. It just encourages the trolls to come back to get their egos stroked again and again by getting posters here all worked up.

If you can’t ignore them, talk about them, don’t talk to them. Talking to them validates their existence and strokes their egos. Talking about them invalidates their existence.

Scandinavia has one of, if not, the most advanced and satisfied societies in the world. Iceland may be the first self-sustaining country with renewable energy very soon. The chicks are hot. You can party. Everyone’s basic needs are met. Much less crime and violence.

What a tool Roger is!

Posters who criticize other posters for playing Whack-A-Trollâ„¢ are self-righteous pains.

but without the leisure time.

trolls please notice that Sweden scores higher than the US and Norway ties us…..also trolls who hate Hugo take note that Venesuala ties the US.

Denmark and Switzerland are among the happiest places on Earth.

Can’t we have both?

trolls are not stupid. But commenters that allow themselves to be manipulated into answering trolls inane comments are stupid.
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