[]_Who has the thickest head in this forum?_[]

[Jame Gumb]

What person in this forum you have the most problems with to see your point?
no matter how you try,no matter how many links you post they have their head in the sand.

Who do you think has the thickest head in this forum?

[Nbadan]

Most people get their political leanings the same place they get their religious leaning - from home....they may tend to swing one way or another for awhile, but a majority of the time they swing back to the party affiliation that their family supported....so I guess the question to your answer is everyone - sometimes...

[sabar]

Everyone. There's probably like 3 people here max that have changed their view on something because of a debate.

[Nbadan]

You obviously haven't been reading this forum long....back in the day I used to generate tons of hate mail to Kori and Tim.....now, Bush bashing is rather par-4-course....

[Mr. Peabody]

You obviously haven't been reading this forum long....back in the day I used to generate tons of hate mail to Kori and Tim.....now, Bush bashing is rather par-4-course....

Well, it was only 5 years ago that Bush has approval ratings in the 60' and 70's. Now they're in the 20's and 30's.

[Anti.Hero]

Well, it was only 5 years ago that Bush has approval ratings in the 60' and 70's. Now they're in the 20's and 30's.


Stop bragging DUBYA!

[JoeChalupa]

I have a fair and balanced view on all the issues. Then I decide on what I feel is right.

[FromWayDowntown]

I can only speak for myself, but without Dan's guidance, I'd be an unabashed Bush supporter who listened only to Rush and Hannity and saw no other reasonable choice but to vote Republican. Now, thanks to Dan's program of incessant questioning of the right-wing media, my poor, feeble mind -- previously incapable of reaching principled positions for itself -- has found principle by proxy. [/bluetext]

P.S. -- It might just be that the reason that there is more Bush bashing here is that increases in membership have brought more outspoken posters who disagree with this Administration. Despite the foregoing, I'm not believe that Dan is the causative force in the shift of the putative majority on SpursTalk.

[JoeChalupa]

I've always listened to the right-wing conservative talk shows so I could get a feel of how they think and feel. I've been a registered democrat from day one and yes it is due to my being raised in a staunch democratic family and the son of migrant workers who worked their way up in the traditional American way. But I've always looked at other views and my father and I have had some pretty intense conversations regarding immigration and unions. I've voted for plenty of republicans in my time.

[FromWayDowntown]

I'd be interested to hear others' views, but my sense is that people tend to become fairly intractable, politically, somewhere around their mid-20's. I don't have too many friends who have had sudden changes (or even really subtle changes) after that point. I think family has a lot to do with political viewpoints, but I also think that life experiences tend to make a huge difference as well. I would think that my political views aren't necessarily representative of those of my immediate family or, especially, my extended family.

[johnsmith]

You obviously haven't been reading this forum long....back in the day I used to generate tons of hate mail to Kori and Tim.....now, Bush bashing is rather par-4-course....

:lmao:lmao

I love how you are implying that it has something to do with you.


No one wears the douche bag hat as proud as you do Dan.

[JoeChalupa]

I remember the days when some complained about posting political views and thus the political forum was created.

[hater]

definitely the rednecks and their fellow sell-outs that still support Bush :lol

[smeagol]

smegmal

I guess the friendship did not last . . .:depressed

[Mr. Peabody]

I can only speak for myself, but without Dan's guidance, I'd be an unabashed Bush supporter who listened only to Rush and Hannity and saw no other reasonable choice but to vote Republican. Now, thanks to Dan's program of incessant questioning of the right-wing media, my poor, feeble mind -- previously incapable of reaching principled positions for itself -- has found principle by proxy. [/bluetext]

P.S. -- It might just be that the reason that there is more Bush bashing here is that increases in membership have brought more outspoken posters who disagree with this Administration. Despite the foregoing, I'm not believe that Dan is the causative force in the shift of the putative majority on SpursTalk.

:lmao
My secretary was staring at me because I was laughing as I read this post.

[2centsworth]

white liberal more often than not equals person of privelage ravaged with guilt or stuckup son of a gun.

[xrayzebra]

I remember the days when some complained about posting political views and thus the political forum was created.


I don't remember that Joe. In the real "olden" days, the days of the
rejects, we used to have some really lively discussion on Clinton. Me and
Coastal Kid, a stanch dimm-o-crap, sleepydragon, old whats his face,
Mongo, one of Kori's favorite people........just kiddin......


But anyhow Kori and Tim, bless them, started this site.....

[JoeChalupa]

I don't remember that Joe. In the real "olden" days, the days of the
rejects, we used to have some really lively discussion on Clinton. Me and
Coastal Kid, a stanch dimm-o-crap, sleepydragon, old whats his face,
Mongo, one of Kori's favorite people........just kiddin......


But anyhow Kori and Tim, bless them, started this site.....

I remember posting a comment and got plenty of "keep your political views out of this" comments and I beleive it was NBADan that asked for a separate political forum. I don't remember those names you mentioned so that must have been before my time.

[ChumpDumper]

My secretaryElitist.

[DarrinS]

I would have to say our resident twoofers, Nbadan and Galileo.


But then again, it's unfair to have a battle of wits with them because they are unarmed.

[ChumpDumper]

You can always tell when you've gotten to those two since they scramble to try and change the subject.

[xtremesteven33]

im a 9/11 truther and have had many debates. i just honestly dont have much time to message back and forth on the computer for hours.

but id be more than willing to debate face to face. i do almost everyday.
.

[ChumpDumper]

Well, you make over 9 posts here a day.

You can go ahead and present your comprehensive 9/11 theory in the appropriate thread I provided:

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65214

Then it can be debated at any pace you wish.

[2centsworth]

Elitist.

more like ass kisser

[DarkReign]

more like ass kisser

...says the Al Capone avatar...

[Nbadan]

P.S. -- It might just be that the reason that there is more Bush bashing here is that increases in membership have brought more outspoken posters who disagree with this Administration. Despite the foregoing, I'm not believe that Dan is the causative force in the shift of the putative majority on SpursTalk.

While that maybe true, before this forum it was near heresy to badmouth the GOP in Texas. What generated all the complaints to Kori and Tim in 'the olden days' wasn't what I was writing about the resident idiot in chief, that was all true or I never would have lasted, but that I had the gull, the sheer audacity to badmouth the GOP in red Texas....I don't claim to be the driving force toward any ideological change in this forum or anywhere else, but claiming that this forum hasn't given people the opportunity and the capacity to voice their free opinions without being overwhelmed by forum group-think is just plain ignorant.

[Nbadan]

I would have to say our resident twoofers, Nbadan and Galileo.

But then again, it's unfair to have a battle of wits with them because they are unarmed.

I think we have a winner...in fact, I'm almost convinced that one day Darrin crawled out of one of Chumpy's dark crevices....

[2centsworth]

...says the Al Capone avatar...

:sleep, only a gay man wouldn't know my avatar.

[johnsmith]

While that maybe true, before this forum it was near heresy to badmouth the GOP in Texas. What generated all the complaints to Kori and Tim in 'the olden days' wasn't what I was writing about the resident idiot in chief, that was all true or I never would have lasted, but that I had the gull, the sheer audacity to badmouth the GOP in red Texas....I don't claim to be the driving force toward any ideological change in this forum or anywhere else, but claiming that this forum hasn't given people the opportunity and the capacity to voice their free opinions without being overwhelmed by forum group-think is just plain ignorant.

:lmao

Yes Dan, when I think of you I think, Courage. How could someone have the courage to bad mouth the GOP of Texas while anonymously sitting behind his computer and chatting on a message board that is dedicated to an NBA franchise. You're a true hero.




You're a delusional idiot.............and a loser..........

[FromWayDowntown]

but claiming that this forum hasn't given people the opportunity and the capacity to voice their free opinions without being overwhelmed by forum group-think is just plain ignorant.

Or claiming that this forum has changed political discourse -- that people are so fragile that they won't post their real beliefs on the internet for fear of reprisal (really, what reprisal is there on the internet?) unless there's a friendly forum in which to post -- is just plain self-aggrandizing.

Certainly, I can only speak for myself, but there's never been one time that the fact of living in Red, GOP Texas has ever stopped me from expressing my honest political views, regardless of the side of the debate I'm supporting.

What's even more curious about your "I've made the difference" assertion, though, is that I'd bet that a significant percentage of those who post in this forum don't live in Texas.

Ultimately, I still think that the difference from 2004 to 2008 is the increase in membership and the diversity of viewpoints that increase brings. Here's a for instance: looking down the list of those with the most posts on this site, I checked and saw that CBF joined in March of 2005 and is member number 1216. Since that time, membership has increased ten-fold to 12,837 screen names. Now, I'll grant that a significant number of those are trolls, but even if fully half of the new members are trolls for existing posters, that means that membership to SpursTalk has increased five times over since early 2005. It's not as if that sort of increase, on a site dedicated largely to the posting of opinion, won't bring with it a significant number of opinionated individuals who choose to talk about politics.

[101A]

I'd be interested to hear others' views, but my sense is that people tend to become fairly intractable, politically, somewhere around their mid-20's. I don't have too many friends who have had sudden changes (or even really subtle changes) after that point. I think family has a lot to do with political viewpoints, but I also think that life experiences tend to make a huge difference as well. I would think that my political views aren't necessarily representative of those of my immediate family or, especially, my extended family.

True for the most part.

Giving credit where it is due, however; Dark Reign is about the most open minded poster who hangs around.

[DarkReign]

:sleep, only a gay man wouldn't know my avatar.


Yeah, whoops....I meant Tony Montana.

(cant believe I fucked that up)

[DarkReign]

It's not as if that sort of increase, on a site dedicated largely to the posting of opinion, won't bring with it a significant number of opinionated individuals who choose to talk about politics.

Bam. Opinions increase in numbers when the number of available opinions increase. Who knew?


While that maybe true, before this forum it was near heresy to badmouth the GOP in Texas. What generated all the complaints to Kori and Tim in 'the olden days' wasn't what I was writing about the resident idiot in chief, that was all true or I never would have lasted, but that I had the gull, the sheer audacity to badmouth the GOP in red Texas....I don't claim to be the driving force toward any ideological change in this forum or anywhere else, but claiming that this forum hasn't given people the opportunity and the capacity to voice their free opinions without being overwhelmed by forum group-think is just plain ignorant.

This is one of the more self-fellating posts I have ever seen. Especially the last sentence. As if somehow, youve been a beacon of light in a dark forum. That you have somehow shown the path of dissent to the oppressed.

Whilst it may be true you were/are vastly outnumbered (politically speaking)being a Texan, theres a fine line between objective dissension and dissent for dissent's sake.

A line you routinely cross. For all the lackluster non-news stories that get their own thread here based off some sound-byte or editorial partisan opinion article, youre solely responsible for over half of them.

For as much as you try (and fail...routinely) to come off as objective and informative, those that see your overall contribution tag you for the partisan hack you are.

At least gtown, boutons, xray, etc dont hide behind some air of objectivity. Theyre stated, blatant partisans. They dont pretend to be something they are not.

You on the other hand...

[JoeChalupa]

That goes both ways...and then some.

[fyatuk]

I'd be interested to hear others' views, but my sense is that people tend to become fairly intractable, politically, somewhere around their mid-20's. I don't have too many friends who have had sudden changes (or even really subtle changes) after that point. I think family has a lot to do with political viewpoints, but I also think that life experiences tend to make a huge difference as well. I would think that my political views aren't necessarily representative of those of my immediate family or, especially, my extended family.

A girl I know was pretty much a complete communist up until around 30. Then she got engaged to a rich guy and suddenly became very pro-market, since free-market economics now benefitted her :lol

[johnsmith]

Quick Dan, change the subject to 9/11 so as to avoid any further virtual bitch slapping that you are receiving in this thread.

[Wild Cobra]

I would have to say our resident twoofers, Nbadan and Galileo.


But then again, it's unfair to have a battle of wits with them because they are unarmed.

Yes, I agree. That's why I didn't say anything yet.

[JoeChalupa]

Quick Dan, change the subject to 9/11 so as to avoid any further virtual bitch slapping that you are receiving in this thread.

I don't think Dan is worried about it. I wouldn't be. I'd just bitch slap your ass back.

[johnsmith]

I don't think Dan is worried about it. I wouldn't be. I'd just bitch slap your ass back.

Let numb nuts speak for himself. And for the record, I said "virtual bitch slap".


Now go back to lying to all of us about how content you are with your life.

[JoeChalupa]

Let numb nuts speak for himself. And for the record, I said "virtual bitch slap".


Now go back to lying to all of us about how content you are with your life.

I love my life. Now go back to bitching about how pathetic yours is.

[johnsmith]

I love my life. We know dude, you lie to us about it fucking constantly.



Now go back to bitching about how pathetic yours is.

Link please.

[JoeChalupa]

We know dude, you lie to us about it fucking constantly.


link please. I don't have to lie. I love my life and I'm sticking to it. Feel free to leave yours at your earliest convenience.

[johnsmith]

I don't have to lie. I love my life and I'm sticking to it. .


Whatever you have to do to sleep at night.

[Oh, Gee!!]

Who do you think has the thickest head in this forum?

tie between xray and wild cobra

[JoeChalupa]

Whatever you have to do to sleep at night.

Close my eyes.

[johnsmith]

Close my eyes.

Well played JoeChalupa..........................plus we have found common ground.

[Nbadan]

Nice Joe....but just remember that winning a argument with JohnSmith is still like winning the Special Olympics...

[johnsmith]

Nice Joe....but just remember that winning a argument with JohnSmith is still like winning the Special Olympics...

Man, you're also very original.


Not only have you won the hearts of minds of people all over the globe Dan, but you've also come up with a joke that was invented in the 1970's.

[johnsmith]

Nice Joe....but just remember that winning a argument with JohnSmith is still like winning the Special Olympics...

By the way Dan, when was the last time you won an argument with anyone on this site? Last I checked, you routinely emberass yourself in the 9/11 threads and then everywhere else when someone disagrees with you, you just stop posting in that thread.

[JoeChalupa]

Well played JoeChalupa..........................plus we have found common ground.

I'm awake and alive and kicking!!!

[smeagol]

My vote goes to MFD. Unfortunately he stopped posting in right around 2003