should just move to another country. he seems to hate this country. he hates the administration. he considers the recent election to be an absolute disaster. he doesn't seem to respect the military and its views, and it's the military that insures the freedom he so enjoys.

rick, i don't know you. i do know that you have a very arrogant attitude on these boards, and you seem to despise the current administration. you say a lot of things as though they are fact, but you have problems substantiating them. you arrogantly put down opinions that are contrary to your own. i know there are a lot of people that disagree with me, but i try to respect their side as well. i sometimes fail, but at least i try. heck, there are all kinds of discussions here with opposing viewpoints, but no one here is anywhere near as condescending as you. we have many people here that go back and forth everyday about politics. nobody really seems to be a political plague on the board except you. you stick out like a sore thumb.

if you're too good for this country, leave. if you deserve more than the government and its people are providing, go wherever you can to get what you feel you are owed. my tolerance is at an end with your attitude. i would not be hurt to never see a politically motivated post by you again. in fact, i think these boards might be a better place w/o your political garbage. i have no problem at all with your other posts. you seem to be a friendly person for the most part. it's the arrogance and lack of respect for the country that is infuriating.

sorry, i just had to get that out. i feel better know. maybe i'm the one that should just stop reading the forum.

Yo lofty1:

His arrogance makes him feel taller, you know like 5' or maybe 5'1".

LMAO

JonR

hey, that's not funny. i'm only 5'6".

but i'm drinking milk, and one day . . .

Lofty..Very nicely put. If Rick or anyone else does not like this country they are free to leave but I do think that most of the people like Rick like to complain because they like the attention that it gets them. Rick I do not know you , I do realize that in America you do have the freedom to express your opinions because that is what we can do in a free country. If you do not like the way things are done here please leave . I do not agree with everyone here all the time but I do realize that is what makes America great we are allowed to have a difference of opinion. Rick you realy do cross the line many times. I am not here to take your inventory ...Just my opinion.

lofty1

i'm glad to see you speak your mind, and i am not being sarcastic.

"should just move to another country." why, i love this country. i speak my mind to protect it.

"he doesn't seem to respect the military" where did you get that nonsense.

"i do know that you have a very arrogant attitude on these boards" it comes with the territory.

"political plague" ? are you getting a cold or a fever, or blisters on your arm. bad simili.

"you stick out like a sore thumb." that is by design.

"i think these boards might be a better place w/o your political garbage." you would find a bunch of guys like charlie and JonR sitting around agreeing with each other, along with many others, and eventually they would get bored with each other.

"i have no problem at all with your other posts. you seem to be a friendly person for the most part" sans politics, i am an easy going guy who plays with birds, goes to vegas two or three times a month for a few weeks at a time and plays nickle slots.

"it's the arrogance and lack of respect for the country that is infuriating." i have already mentioned my love for my country, my arrogance is my arrogance, and it relates to politics only.

"maybe i'm the one that should just stop reading the forum." and miss all the fun and excitement. stick around and think of it as the performance it is.

eh3856

"I do realize that in America you do have the freedom to express your opinions because that is what we can do in a free country. If you do not like the way things are done here please leave." you do need to make up your mind.

i'll draw my own line if you don't mind.

another example of a sad, pathetic man doing whatever he can to get any response at all...it hurts so good, doesn't it rick?

Rick I do respect your opinion but you are really sounding like the crochety old man that as kids everybody would be afraid to go in his yard when the ball would be hit over the fence. Life is much to short to be so crochety. Lightin up. You will find life is not as bad as you make it.

on another thread uncleb writes:

I will definitley recongnize GW as the POTUSA. He was voted in fair and square, no question. I will still question decisions that I do not agree with but he the President of my country and as such, gets my support.

to me, this is respectful. he disagrees with the policies of the administration, but declares it respectfully. this is a civil disagreement concerning politics. i agree with many decisions of the president that uncleb may find disturbing or misguided. he is not malicious. he is not arrogant. he is not condescending. i respect and welcome such opinions. i'm not looking for perfect harmony and agreement. i don't think anyone here is. i think we all just would prefer a little respect concerning our political discussions. does that make more sense?

Commom Lofty, tell me you don't secretly giggle when JonR and Rickamaven mix it up...

IMHO, it's botls like them (and Bassdude, Hog, Chipslave, Delta, LLT, EI, Lizard, X, Steve, Slim, Pablo, our beloved Cavallo, Rasta, Wolf, MACS, Kazama, DrM, Charlie, CigarPrimate, Thurson, DrJothen, CW, DapperDan, UncleB and several others) that MAKE this forum.

Otherwise, it would be dull like the Cigar Weekly sandbox. LOL

Buenas noches!

Lofty- Thank you for speakly so kindly of me.

I think most of you are taking Rick a little to seriously. He has said it more than once in numerous posts... he is performing. He makes his political posts with the sole purpose of eliciting a strong response... one way or another. Most of the political posters on this forum do the same thing to a certain extent. Sometimes the line gets stepped over (maybe a little more often by Rick). Politics brings that out in just about everyone.

As for the suggestion that he leave the country, that's absurd!!! Like any of us has the right to tell another American to leave this country (illegal aliens-yes we have the right).

One thing I must give Myop-Rick credit for is he picks his battles wisely. He obviously is never willing to do battle with someone who is obviously intellectually superior or has the ability to have an open mind.

BTW Myop-Rick, Dubya's your Daddy!

DRJ

lofty1

where were you when i was called a piece of ****, **** you (from marla), and a few other things designed not to disagree with my point of view, but to personally insult me, or at least attempt to.

i looked around, but i must have missed you. where were you?

drjothen

obviously "intellectually superior or has the ability to have an open mind." people are able to read what i write and laugh, agree, or disagree. we don't do battle.

speaking of myopia, the lasik surgery i had to correct that problem about 3 weeks ago is improving my vision dramatically, day by day. soon you will have to find something different to call me.

may you too outlive your heart and your eyes, and may you be as lucky as i am to find doctors capable of correcting the problems you will face.

we mock the things we are to be.

rick wrote:

lofty1

where were you when i was called a piece of ****, **** you (from marla), and a few other things designed not to disagree with my point of view, but to personally insult me, or at least attempt to.

i looked around, but i must have missed you. where were you?

i missed marla's "**** you", unfortunately, but i caught you being called a piece of ****. in fact, that was the "straw", so to speak, that inspired me to write my post. simply put, you asked for it. you beg for it all the time. it's as though you try to make people mad. i see the fun and entertainment value in simple teasing, but seem to want to make folks' blood truly boil. why would anyone deliberately attempt to be hated?

uncleb, i never said that rick should actually leave. well, i never really meant to. i merely proposed that if he hates this government, military, and really the whole country as much as he disrespects it, perhaps leaving would be best for him. it's really more of a suggestion to him to solve a problem he seems to have. kind of like, if you don't like his posts, don't read them. hmmm, i could be on to something there.

I agree, for RICKAMAVEN, this forum is just a tool he uses to get the attention he apparently so desperately needs and lacks in his life.

Perhaps these forums ARE HIS LIFE!

Either that, or he seriously needs some psychological help to address his rage and anger.

DD

Lofty do what I do. Anytime you see a post authored by Rickmaven skip over it as you know it isn't going to contain anything remotely useful, entertaining, or informative. If its a thread started by Rick don't bother opening it. I started doing this awhile ago and found that it works quite well.

Wait a minute. Let's cut through all this BS and get to something important. Rick said he goes to Vegas two or three times a MONTH and stays for a FEW WEEKS each time.

Don't you REALLY mean that you live in Vegas and leave on occasional weekends?

I thought about this last night and came to the same conclusion as plabonte. Maybe if we all ignore rick he will wither up and go away.

Author: bassdude Date: 11/04/2004 09:51 AM Reply

Maybe if we all ignore rick he will wither up and go away.

Well half of that statement is already true