Opps.

“Here are the questions:

Is C.S.Strowbridge following Frank around the blog, even to the point of answering pointed questions not addressed to him?”

1. No. As I’ve pointed out in the past, I’ve posted in threads where Frank hasn’t been. I’ve not posted in thread where he as been. I’ve posted before Frank as shown up. For these facts, you can only conclude that my choice of threads to post in are not dependent on Frank.

   On the other hand, Frank and I are in nearly every thread so there is obviously a large crossover between our posts.

   I’s also like to point out a flaw in this question. “…even to the point of answering pointed questions not addressed to him.” Of course this happens. if it didn’t, there would be no discussion here cause none could start. Unless you expect people to call out other posters in the initial post of each thread. Which you would probably interpret as an attack.

2. How often has C.S. Strowbridge addressed comments to Frank that were not rife with curses, epithets and insults, no matter what Frank said?

   I object to the term, ‘curse’ as it implies something magical. Naughty words are just that, words. They have no power other than what the reader imbues them with.

   I also object to the final part of the question, “no matter what Frankie said.” Since the animosity between us is long and heated, you have to take the full history into account and not just the post being replied to.

   That said, I generally use insult, profanity, etc. Frank shouldn’t feel special when I call him a fucking retard, especially if he’s said something fucking retarded.

   If Frank doesn’t want to be insulted, he should try being less insulting.

3. Has Frank ever denied his responsibility for the statements he has made to others on this blog?

   Yes. He’s started fights and pretended he didn’t. The Safe @ Home thread is a perfect example of that.

4. Has C.S. Strowbridge once ever accepted responsibility for statements he has mad to any one on this blog?

   Again, the answer is yes. I’ve taken responsibility for my part in the flame war. Just not in a way that Frank would like.

   To use an analogy…

   Frank: I dare you to eat this donut.
   Me: Okay. [Eats donut]
   Frank: How could you eat my donut? You bastard.

   Frank intentionally tries to antagonize people and get them to response in a negative fashion. We’ve seen him do this several times to practically ever new poster that comes here and debates with him. He wants the attention. He wants the negative attention.

   It is important to point out at this point, the fact that I call him a fucking retard when he says something less than intelligent is all me. Others may politely disagree, or call it something less un-P.C., but I see no reason to treat him with dignity, cause he doesn’t extend that that courtesy.

   Also, as I’ve pointed out in the past, I’m an asshole who likes to insult people. That’s just who I am and I’m not going to apologize for it.

Anyone else?

Is C.S.Strowbridge following Frankie around the blog, even to the point of answering pointed questions not addressed to him?”

NO, Frankie is on virtually every thread. It would be impossible not to post on his threads.

How often has C.S. Strowbridge addressed comments to Frankie that were not rife with curses, epithets and insults, no matter what Frankie said?

Not enough.

Has Frankie ever denied his responsibility for the statements he has made to others on this blog?

YES.

Has C.S. Strowbridge once ever accepted responsibility for statements he has mad to any one on this blog?

uh, yes. I don’t really see where he’s made any that he should be ashamed of. Frankie? Not so much.

Is Frankie an @ss? YES

Is Frankie mentally ill? YES

Does Frankie project his faults and general douchebaggery on others? YES

Does Frankie have a persecution complex? YES

Is CSS an idiot for pointing this out? NO

Frank: “That is WAY different from “You make me abuse you.”
Even you couldn’t believe that bullshit.”

You want people to abuse you.
So you drive people to abuse you.

Me: “Do you want to poll the people here and find out what they think?”

Frank: “YEP.
Here are the questions:”

Wow. Those are some loaded questions. Did you really think I’d be stupid enough to accept those?

That is WAY different from “You make me abuse you.”

Even you couldn’t believe that bullshit.

Do you want to poll the people here and find out what they think?

YEP.

Here are the questions:

Is C.S.Strowbridge following Frank around the blog, even to the point of answering pointed questions not addressed to him?”

How often has C.S. Strowbridge addressed comments to Frank that were not rife with curses, epithets and insults, no matter what Frank said?

Has Frank ever denied his responsibility for the statements he has made to others on this blog?

Has C.S. Strowbridge once ever accepted responsibility for statements he has mad to any one on this blog?

Anyone, everyone on this blog is free to answer, at C.S. Strowbridge’s request.

You wanted a poll, you got a poll.

I’m not, Frank, cause you’re not the victim.

“There are practically an infinite number of possible responses to any statement I might make. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY IN THE WORLD, I can be responsible for your unique choice.”

No Frank, there’s a very limited number of ways to respond to you, almost all of them are abusive. This is not a fluke as it is your goal. Your goal here is to stir up trouble and get attention any way you can, the more negative the better.

“But stop playing around with me. You’re a mean, spiteful man with a cruel streak. No one here has the integrity or guts to intervene. But you’re not getting applauded, are you?”

Do you want to poll the people here and find out what they think? Are you really that deluded?

You say “I believe I’m the victim.” Is that different from saying, “You people say bad things to me and about me?”

That’s the question here. I am saying what you are doing. You are characterizing it, as if something else is happening, hence the ridiculous defense, “Your Honor, he kept throwing his face at my fist.”

There are practically an infinite number of possible responses to any statement I might make. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY IN THE WORLD, I can be responsible for your unique choice.

That doesn’t make me a victim, a word I’ve never used to describe myself, but in does make a you a minimizer, a word used in the field of abusive behavior, to describe a person, who either pretends he is actually doing little or no harm, when it is the “wrongness” that is at issue; or a person who confuses his reaction to another person’s behavior with his / her own behavior as a cause of his / her action (sound familiar?).

You either know what you are doing is wrong, but you do it anyway; or (scarier) you don’t that what you are doing is wrong.

But stop playing around with me. You’re a mean, spiteful man with a cruel streak. No one here has the integrity or guts to intervene. But you’re not getting applauded, are you?

Why acknowledge the failure of the Louisiana leadership (Democrats) at the city, county and state level when you can safely criticize the leadership (Republican) at the federal level? And by not holding them accountable, they have no pressure to make any changes or otherwise prepare for the NEXT hurricane or other natural disaster.

Politics trump public safety.

Frank: “‘I couldn’t control myself, your Honor; he kept throwing his face at my fist!’”

You keep believing you’re the victim here. There’s a reason why everyone you argue with hates you, you are worth hating.

Sure. The fact remains–FEMA prepared a plan for these exact circumstances. Whether the plan was feasible or not, they didn’t just fail to implement it, the people responsible didn’t even have it in their hands.

Heck of a job!

“What I do want to know is, why was the federal government of the United States, which has theoretically been preparing for a catastrophic event of this scale for the past four years, utterly unprepared to respond in a timely manner to a humanitarian crisis of this magnitude? Why did babies have to die waiting for help to arrive?”

Reading the CREW press release, it is difficult to address any of these points becasue the CREW press release provides absolutely no details regarding the mechanism that would:

* Evacuate residents and position resources pre-hurricane;
* Provide power, water and ice to hurricane victims; and
* Provide short-term shelter and longer-term temporary housing.

Who was supposed to do these things? Dare I suggest that at least the first item could only have been done by local authorities?

Read FEMA’s charter again. They are a disaster RESPONSE agency. Yes, I know that some of their responsibilities have been changed re: homeland security, but their primary function is to assist victims AFTER a disaster has struck.

It is not, nor has it ever been, the responsibility of FEMA to stockpile millions of tons of food, drinking water and ice (how do you stockpile ice?) around the country in anticipation of a disaster.

Where would you store it? How do you move thousands of tons of supplies in the 24 hours or less that you would have before a certain hurricane track was established, and the actual landfall of the storm?

Criticize FEMA all you want — there is certainly plenty to complain about — but I really wish people would keep their mouths shut about things that are logistically impossible. Either that, or offer a solution to the kinds of problems I have just outlined.

Wilbur: May be. I was always fast for short distances.

And you fit right in. In fact, you bring out this nastiness in other poeple.

Then again, that’s your goal.

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…by the Democrats. Yeah, that’s it.

No, you’re thinking of the religious right.

It was my understanding that they were trying to chase Him out of America.

A. You mispelled “Her”.

B. Just because Dems don’t like the idea of insane nutjobs like you murdering homosexuals doesn’t mean we hate God.

‘Nawlins was a pit before Katrina and billions of dollars later is still a pit.

Give it to Mexico.

Translation: “I hate America.”

Is there no limit to the lack of taste of half the posters on this blog?

Jeebus.