purplepeep #22 said:And I think folks can pretty easily say, “good point!” , “that’s goofy!’ or whatever in reaction to a blog post or a comment. I’m old fashioned enough to think if someone’s so mentally lazy that they can only click a “rating” then they’re probably out of their league intellectually.

Little Ma said:
I think it’s a bit presumptuous to suggest changes to MM’s format.

Michelle made a major change to her blog format a little over a year ago – she did not have categories on it – I along with probably some others – suggested that she have categories – like most blogs have – and it happened.

A lot of major blogs use a 1 to 5 star rating system for comments. This proves useful – because when you need to review a commentor’s behavior (believe me – it’s done) a consistent number of low ratings for a commentor’s comments – can be cause to cancel their privelidges. It would certainly help on this blog – because apparently some people think this is their own little chat room.

In other words – a comment may receive ratings from 50 people for an average rating of 3 stars. Also – a report this comment – check box – is often supplied by the rating. If this is checked – this almost immediately alerts the webmaster to review the comment – and if needed -delete it – as well as – revoke (if needed) the rights of the commentor – and if necessary – report the commentor to the authorities. In today’s cyberworld – it’s simply smart to have this capability on any blog.

As far as the intellectulism purplepeep
refers to – spare me please.

I can’t stand Lieberman: his nastiness when addressing people’s concerns about illegal aliens infuriates me. He also gets very high NEA ratings, which is the most powerful impediment to cleaning up our uber messed up schools [I know--I left programming to teach for a few years; the biggest problem is the education structure (or "culture"), reinforced by the teachers, & principals rather than the parents or kids]. We need Vouchers and Competition!

Here’s Lieberman’s record on illegals:

Rated 0% by USBC, indicating an open-border stance. (Dec 2006)

Make sure immigrants are treated fairly. (Jan 2004)
Unacceptable to allow Mexicans to die trying to immigrate. (Sep 2003)
Voted YES on continuing federal funds for declared “sanctuary cities”. (Mar 2008)
Voted YES on comprehensive immigration reform. (Jun 2007) [McCain-Kennedy]
Voted NO on declaring English as the official language of the US government. (Jun 2007)
Voted NO on eliminating the “Y” nonimmigrant guestworker program. (May 2007)
Voted NO on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006)
Voted YES on establishing a Guest Worker program. (May 2006)
Voted YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security. (May 2006)
Voted YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship. (May 2006)
Voted NO on allowing more foreign workers into the US for farm work. (Jul 1998)
Voted YES on visas for skilled workers. (May 1998)
Voted YES on limit welfare for immigrants. (Jun 1997)
Sponsored comprehensive immigration reform, without amnesty. (May 2005)
Pay fair prevailing wage to guest workers. (May 2006)
Provide funding for social services for noncitizens. (May 2006)

On August 21st, 2008 at 2:25 pm, Oh-nO said:
If the uninformed knuckleheads of this great country vote for and elect BO (bad option) or McAmensty, they will get what they deserve. Hopefully the rest of us can survive the storm. Lord Jesus, come quickly.

There. I am sure that is what you really meant to say.

I’d rather eat dirt.

That will be just about what you can afford after obama gets done with your paycheck to fund a genuine open borders movement and 3rd world poverty relief.

On August 20th, 2008 at 10:08 pm, stoptheinvasion said:

You know, you really should not hold stuff in. It is not healthy. you gotta let it out man, go with that emotion.

I’d rather eat dirt.

We need a Constitutional Amendment requiring “None of the above” as one of the candidates. When NOTA wins, the current president stays in office until a new election can be held – in which none of the candidates who lost to NOTA is permitted to run.

I could not agree with you more. I have said, not voting is a wasted vote. I beleive a write in is a wasted vote. IMHO, the best action for those of us who just can’t hold our nose and vote for mcamensty, is to band together and vote for a 3rd party conservative. A decent showing (albeit no win chance) would send a strong message taht the GOP can no longer take the conservative base for granted.

I’m with ya’ WC.

Anybody else?