http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369 I just wondered what the point of these blogs is.&nbsp; I understand that we all have different views and I have seen some pretty heated discussions on this blog site.&nbsp; I recently responded to one of&nbsp;the lengthy&nbsp;blogs, which by the way i dont usually read.&nbsp; It was regarding the Killer Kern.&nbsp; I was not disrespectful except when i told him maybe he needed to prop his eyes open (open his mind), which really isn't disrespectful...just my opinion. &nbsp;Anyway, he deleted all of my comments and only kept the positive comments to his blog.&nbsp; Why would anyone not allow others to voice their opinions, which by the way mine all had valid points.&nbsp; Closed mindedness?&nbsp; Hmmm. I just wondered what the point of these blogs is.&nbsp; I understand that we all have different views and I have seen some pretty heated discussions on this blog site.&nbsp; I recently responded to one of&nbsp;the lengthy&nbsp;blogs, which by the way i dont usually read.&nbsp; It was regarding the Killer Kern.&nbsp; I was not disrespectful except when i told him maybe he needed to prop his eyes open (open his mind), which really isn't disrespectful...just my opinion. &nbsp;Anyway, he deleted all of my comments and only kept the positive comments to his blog.&nbsp; Why would anyone not allow others to voice their opinions, which by the way mine all had valid points.&nbsp; Closed mindedness?&nbsp; Hmmm. en-us one sided, closed minded, no freedom of speech, no tolerance...how do people even get through life like that. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_110974 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_110974 one sided, closed minded, no freedom of speech, no tolerance...how do people even get through life like that. Even though it's someone's right to do so, it's not something I like much. If your grasp on your views and beliefs is so easily threatened, maybe you need to examine your beliefs instead of deleting people who disagree. <br /> <br /> Now, I myself have been tempted in the past to delete comments, but if you want to play on the grownup blogs, you have to act like a grownup in return. No chickening out when you get a little sting. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_110984 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_110984 Even though it's someone's right to do so, it's not something I like much. If your grasp on your views and beliefs is so easily threatened, maybe you need to examine your beliefs instead of deleting people who disagree. <br /> <br /> Now, I myself have been tempted in the past to delete comments, but if you want to play on the grownup blogs, you have to act like a grownup in return. No chickening out when you get a little sting. I had the same experience with the author on the Killer Kern blog. I had specifically disagreed with his premise in one or two areas and also questioned the level of expertise to make certain assertions, but it was not a personal attack. Some folks take really extreme positions on some issues, and the risk in taking such a position (as the author in question sometimes does) is a failure to listen. It appears that author has succumbed to that risk and deletes posts in the name of &quot;personal attack.&quot; http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111003 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111003 I had the same experience with the author on the Killer Kern blog. I had specifically disagreed with his premise in one or two areas and also questioned the level of expertise to make certain assertions, but it was not a personal attack. Some folks take really extreme positions on some issues, and the risk in taking such a position (as the author in question sometimes does) is a failure to listen. It appears that author has succumbed to that risk and deletes posts in the name of &quot;personal attack.&quot; I guess Sam, in his infinite wisdom, can't take any kind of serious challenge to his ever righteous opinion. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111039 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111039 I guess Sam, in his infinite wisdom, can't take any kind of serious challenge to his ever righteous opinion. Sam said to me...which by the way he deleted also, that He guesses that I think they should put warning labels on toothpicks and fortune cookies.&nbsp; Which by the way is a direct attack on my intelligence, but i considered the source.&nbsp; My response was &quot;I could probably eat a fortune cookie, fortune and all and not die and that he could use the toothpicks to hold his eyes open (some openmindedness) &quot; I dont think of that as a personal attack.&nbsp; I have seen FAR worse on this blog site. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111051 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111051 Sam said to me...which by the way he deleted also, that He guesses that I think they should put warning labels on toothpicks and fortune cookies.&nbsp; Which by the way is a direct attack on my intelligence, but i considered the source.&nbsp; My response was &quot;I could probably eat a fortune cookie, fortune and all and not die and that he could use the toothpicks to hold his eyes open (some openmindedness) &quot; I dont think of that as a personal attack.&nbsp; I have seen FAR worse on this blog site. rm6~he deleted your&nbsp;comment http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111055 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111055 rm6~he deleted your&nbsp;comment I feel the Weedpatch Gazette is really the product of arrogance and ego. If anyone disagrees with the author's views, the author accuses them of personal attacks and then deletes their comments. I will say this: the author really loves it when you agree with him. At any rate the document is product of a fairly narrow view and some narrow-mindedness, but what can you expect from a &quot;fringe&quot; product that has little literary value. P.S. The author deleted my reposts AFTER he had commented (and kept his comments).......truly sad. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111091 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111091 I feel the Weedpatch Gazette is really the product of arrogance and ego. If anyone disagrees with the author's views, the author accuses them of personal attacks and then deletes their comments. I will say this: the author really loves it when you agree with him. At any rate the document is product of a fairly narrow view and some narrow-mindedness, but what can you expect from a &quot;fringe&quot; product that has little literary value. P.S. The author deleted my reposts AFTER he had commented (and kept his comments).......truly sad. <p>And a teacher?&nbsp; what was taught, not to listen to anyone elses point of view.&nbsp; CLOSE YOUR MIND AND KEEP YOUR BLINDERS ON? Didnt he warn his students about the machinery in shop class?&nbsp; It is after all a teachers job to guide and teach....</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111098 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111098 <p>And a teacher?&nbsp; what was taught, not to listen to anyone elses point of view.&nbsp; CLOSE YOUR MIND AND KEEP YOUR BLINDERS ON? Didnt he warn his students about the machinery in shop class?&nbsp; It is after all a teachers job to guide and teach....</p> I went through most of the weedpatch gazette's blogs, either no comments at all or very few...WHEW... i thought it was just me http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111101 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111101 I went through most of the weedpatch gazette's blogs, either no comments at all or very few...WHEW... i thought it was just me <p><strong><em><font color="#333399" size="3">I think the Editor here ought to make a change. I don't think ANY OF US should have the power to Delete someone else's comments. We can Delete our own, perhaps. And the Editor can Delete any of ours on the basis of &quot;profanity or personal attacks&quot; be we should not be given the right or authority to censor someone else's written opinion's. Carin, are you reading this?</font></em></strong></p> <p><strong><em><font color="#333399" size="3">Jim Richards</font></em></strong></p> <p><strong><em><font color="#333399" size="3"></font></em></strong></p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111107 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111107 <p><strong><em><font color="#333399" size="3">I think the Editor here ought to make a change. I don't think ANY OF US should have the power to Delete someone else's comments. We can Delete our own, perhaps. And the Editor can Delete any of ours on the basis of &quot;profanity or personal attacks&quot; be we should not be given the right or authority to censor someone else's written opinion's. Carin, are you reading this?</font></em></strong></p> <p><strong><em><font color="#333399" size="3">Jim Richards</font></em></strong></p> <p><strong><em><font color="#333399" size="3"></font></em></strong></p> Wow! Jewels, you are right. I had not checked that. It must have been a standard practice for him to delete things he grossly disagreed with based on accusation of personal attack. I agree 100% with Jim. We should stand up for what we write. I realize that one can post &quot;anonymously&quot; (and that is another topic for discussion--I don't think that should be allowed--just like you have to sign letters to the editor!), but even those posts (if allowed) should not be able to be deleted. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111110 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111110 Wow! Jewels, you are right. I had not checked that. It must have been a standard practice for him to delete things he grossly disagreed with based on accusation of personal attack. I agree 100% with Jim. We should stand up for what we write. I realize that one can post &quot;anonymously&quot; (and that is another topic for discussion--I don't think that should be allowed--just like you have to sign letters to the editor!), but even those posts (if allowed) should not be able to be deleted. In&nbsp;my&nbsp;<strong><em><u>OPINION,</u></em></strong>&nbsp;its called Sams &quot;Bill of Rights&quot; and #1 is&nbsp;&quot;Freedom of Deletion!&quot; and #2 is &quot;The right to use your fingers to tell your opinion and his to delete them.&quot; http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111111 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111111 In&nbsp;my&nbsp;<strong><em><u>OPINION,</u></em></strong>&nbsp;its called Sams &quot;Bill of Rights&quot; and #1 is&nbsp;&quot;Freedom of Deletion!&quot; and #2 is &quot;The right to use your fingers to tell your opinion and his to delete them.&quot; trucker1 ~ DONT MAKE ME DELETE YOU....YOU MUST AGREE WITH ME http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111113 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111113 trucker1 ~ DONT MAKE ME DELETE YOU....YOU MUST AGREE WITH ME :)&nbsp; lol http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111115 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111115 :)&nbsp; lol Simply stating Jewels-He makes his own rules in Sam States of America AKA &quot;Weedpatch Gazette&quot; I completely agree with you. Don't say something if you cant take the either Positive or Negative feedback. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111116 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111116 Simply stating Jewels-He makes his own rules in Sam States of America AKA &quot;Weedpatch Gazette&quot; I completely agree with you. Don't say something if you cant take the either Positive or Negative feedback. i know trucker....i was just kidding...sarcasm, gotta love it http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111118 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111118 i know trucker....i was just kidding...sarcasm, gotta love it <p>Where would we be without it? We should all run for City Council on the grounds of Honesty and Sarcasm!! What a Combo!</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111123 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111123 <p>Where would we be without it? We should all run for City Council on the grounds of Honesty and Sarcasm!! What a Combo!</p> <p>Sam deleted my comment because he knows that I make a good point when I say that he is acting like the nanny government that he hates when he deletes the posts that he disagrees with the excuse that they are "personal attacks." I would think that someone who writes for a circulated publication would be used to some disagreement once in awhile, but apparently Sam is either too unconfident in his own beliefs to stand up for them in the face of a serious challenge or he is in denial about the fact that his opinion on warning signs might lean a bit too much toward absurdity. I believe his actions show him to be self-righeous, something any writer should avoid.</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111127 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111127 <p>Sam deleted my comment because he knows that I make a good point when I say that he is acting like the nanny government that he hates when he deletes the posts that he disagrees with the excuse that they are "personal attacks." I would think that someone who writes for a circulated publication would be used to some disagreement once in awhile, but apparently Sam is either too unconfident in his own beliefs to stand up for them in the face of a serious challenge or he is in denial about the fact that his opinion on warning signs might lean a bit too much toward absurdity. I believe his actions show him to be self-righeous, something any writer should avoid.</p> dont forget EXTREME closemindedness and onesided opinions http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111128 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111128 dont forget EXTREME closemindedness and onesided opinions <p>Jim's right - why does someone have the power to delete another's posts here? I've never seen such a thing. Just because they start the discussion doesn't mean they <em>own</em> it. I say, copy everything you write to Sammy &amp; post it in your own blog. He can't delete <em>those</em>, can he?</p> <p>I must say anyone who edits another person's writings has <em>major</em> control issues. Puts a whole new light on Sammy's stuff for me.</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111129 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111129 <p>Jim's right - why does someone have the power to delete another's posts here? I've never seen such a thing. Just because they start the discussion doesn't mean they <em>own</em> it. I say, copy everything you write to Sammy &amp; post it in your own blog. He can't delete <em>those</em>, can he?</p> <p>I must say anyone who edits another person's writings has <em>major</em> control issues. Puts a whole new light on Sammy's stuff for me.</p> Oh yeah, maybe we should give City Council the ability to delete the ideas of any citizen that doesnt agree with them ( i am not referring to Tehachapi City council, just councils in general) http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111130 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111130 Oh yeah, maybe we should give City Council the ability to delete the ideas of any citizen that doesnt agree with them ( i am not referring to Tehachapi City council, just councils in general) my comment to The Darwin Award post is: Was there a warning label on the cyanide laced sardine so the cat wouldnt eat it? http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111134 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111134 my comment to The Darwin Award post is: Was there a warning label on the cyanide laced sardine so the cat wouldnt eat it? Personally, I find Sam's stuff entertaining even if&nbsp; I disagree with some of what he writes and he takes way too long to get to his point.&nbsp; He certainly writes well though. :)&nbsp; I wasn't aware he was deleting peoples comments.&nbsp; Has he written anything about censorship yet?&nbsp; I wonder what his views on that are.&nbsp; A simple solution is to make another blog, like &quot;The Weedpatch Gazette Article Discussion&quot; blog and use that to discuss.&nbsp; I don't care enough to make the effort myself though! :)<br /> <br /> The single time I tried to engage him in conversation about something he posted he gave a single line answer and that was that.&nbsp; I don't see much point in writing and posting something if you have no interest in discussion about it.&nbsp; Anyone can spew forth diatribes. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111159 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111159 Personally, I find Sam's stuff entertaining even if&nbsp; I disagree with some of what he writes and he takes way too long to get to his point.&nbsp; He certainly writes well though. :)&nbsp; I wasn't aware he was deleting peoples comments.&nbsp; Has he written anything about censorship yet?&nbsp; I wonder what his views on that are.&nbsp; A simple solution is to make another blog, like &quot;The Weedpatch Gazette Article Discussion&quot; blog and use that to discuss.&nbsp; I don't care enough to make the effort myself though! :)<br /> <br /> The single time I tried to engage him in conversation about something he posted he gave a single line answer and that was that.&nbsp; I don't see much point in writing and posting something if you have no interest in discussion about it.&nbsp; Anyone can spew forth diatribes. Hello all,<br /> <br /> Just to clarify for everyone...<br /> <br /> If someone starts a blog and puts a post on it, we try to go as far as we can to allow them ownership of the blog. That includes the ability to delete any comments they do not wish to appear on it. The Tehachapi News has been very open regarding this. We will only intervene when someone has violated our terms and services.<br /> <br /> If you find that someone is repeatedly deleting your posts, you are free to make the choice to no longer visit their blogs or comment on them. <br /> <br /> Finally, I would ask that you take a peek at the Ground Rules listed just under the &quot;Leave a Comment&quot; post...no personal attacks. Try to keep it civil in here. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111171 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111171 Hello all,<br /> <br /> Just to clarify for everyone...<br /> <br /> If someone starts a blog and puts a post on it, we try to go as far as we can to allow them ownership of the blog. That includes the ability to delete any comments they do not wish to appear on it. The Tehachapi News has been very open regarding this. We will only intervene when someone has violated our terms and services.<br /> <br /> If you find that someone is repeatedly deleting your posts, you are free to make the choice to no longer visit their blogs or comment on them. <br /> <br /> Finally, I would ask that you take a peek at the Ground Rules listed just under the &quot;Leave a Comment&quot; post...no personal attacks. Try to keep it civil in here. We tried to comment on the subject itself but our comments were deleted http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111185 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111185 We tried to comment on the subject itself but our comments were deleted I'm referring to this blog post. <br /> <br /> Feel free to debate the merits of having a blog where anyone can post anything versus a blog where the owner plays judge and jury all day...just stay away from personal attacks. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111192 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111192 I'm referring to this blog post. <br /> <br /> Feel free to debate the merits of having a blog where anyone can post anything versus a blog where the owner plays judge and jury all day...just stay away from personal attacks. <p>Editor...We weren't personally attacking anyone...To be more clear, would you define "personal attacks" for future reference?</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111196 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111196 <p>Editor...We weren't personally attacking anyone...To be more clear, would you define "personal attacks" for future reference?</p> Sure. It becomes personal when the discussion has moved beyond the topic and instead starts on the person. As I mentioned before, talking about whether blogger should be deleting comments is fine, but when the discussion becomes about one person and <em>not</em> one idea, you're probably wobbling a little too close to the line.<br /> <br /> I didn't say that anyone here was engaging in personal attacks. Most long-term posters are well aware that if we have an issue with a post, we don't pussyfoot around about it. I just noticed that a few comments were getting further from the subject at hand and more about a fellow blogger. <br /> <br /> It looked like a good opportunity to make a gentle reminder about civility. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111213 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111213 Sure. It becomes personal when the discussion has moved beyond the topic and instead starts on the person. As I mentioned before, talking about whether blogger should be deleting comments is fine, but when the discussion becomes about one person and <em>not</em> one idea, you're probably wobbling a little too close to the line.<br /> <br /> I didn't say that anyone here was engaging in personal attacks. Most long-term posters are well aware that if we have an issue with a post, we don't pussyfoot around about it. I just noticed that a few comments were getting further from the subject at hand and more about a fellow blogger. <br /> <br /> It looked like a good opportunity to make a gentle reminder about civility. why thank you editor !! :) http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111228 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111228 why thank you editor !! :) samheath is at it again, i disagree with certain parts of his topic and ask for an explanation and he deletes my comment (or maybe he complained to the editors and they do it, i donno) http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111878 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111878 samheath is at it again, i disagree with certain parts of his topic and ask for an explanation and he deletes my comment (or maybe he complained to the editors and they do it, i donno) Speaking to the point of deleting blog comments, those that would delete comments from their blogs that disagree with their point of view, would appear to demonstrate narrow mindedness and extremism to the exclusion of rational arguments. Persons who create blogs and engage in such action usually write only to see their words in print--to satisfy their super egos. In such cases, their comments are quite valueless and generally serve no good other than to promulgate arrogance and self-righteousness toward others. Of course, adults here know that such behavior is childish and immature, as is most anything written.<br /> <br /> I would recommend that bloggers on the News site ignore the blogs from those who engage in such disrespectful behavior. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111921 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111921 Speaking to the point of deleting blog comments, those that would delete comments from their blogs that disagree with their point of view, would appear to demonstrate narrow mindedness and extremism to the exclusion of rational arguments. Persons who create blogs and engage in such action usually write only to see their words in print--to satisfy their super egos. In such cases, their comments are quite valueless and generally serve no good other than to promulgate arrogance and self-righteousness toward others. Of course, adults here know that such behavior is childish and immature, as is most anything written.<br /> <br /> I would recommend that bloggers on the News site ignore the blogs from those who engage in such disrespectful behavior. Hey at least i get to wake up every day with an open mind and an open heart.  Sometimes I have to consider the source and recognize how sad and really pathetic it must be to be a person of such onesidedness.  How boring the world would be to only see and understand one point of view.  I am so happy that I am the person I am today and not one of those people.  http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111932 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111932 Hey at least i get to wake up every day with an open mind and an open heart.  Sometimes I have to consider the source and recognize how sad and really pathetic it must be to be a person of such onesidedness.  How boring the world would be to only see and understand one point of view.  I am so happy that I am the person I am today and not one of those people.  <p>rm6~ personally I dont see many blog comments on the above mentioned blogs.&nbsp; I dont think anyone can even get through most of them.&nbsp; I think if more people did read and comment, &nbsp;when they disagree, their comments would have been deleted too.&nbsp; It's just weird.</p> <p>The editor wont delete.&nbsp; She assured me if we were getting out of hand with our comments she would let us know.&nbsp; I guess having your own point of view doesnt sit well with all.</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111939 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_111939 <p>rm6~ personally I dont see many blog comments on the above mentioned blogs.&nbsp; I dont think anyone can even get through most of them.&nbsp; I think if more people did read and comment, &nbsp;when they disagree, their comments would have been deleted too.&nbsp; It's just weird.</p> <p>The editor wont delete.&nbsp; She assured me if we were getting out of hand with our comments she would let us know.&nbsp; I guess having your own point of view doesnt sit well with all.</p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="4">I didn't know this was happening!&nbsp; There has been a couple times I worked hard on a response and it never appeared on the site.&nbsp; I honestly thought I probably did something wrong.&nbsp; </font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="4">So, I had a good response to Sam's take on &quot;My Fair Lady.&quot;&nbsp; He titled it &quot;Why can't a women be more like a man.&quot;&nbsp; A great piece of wording put to music - I would consider poetry.&nbsp; </font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="4">It wasn't&nbsp;really a disagreement - just my personal take on the male and female roles.&nbsp; I'll be looking to see if my post shows up.</font></p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_112002 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_112002 <p><font face="Verdana" size="4">I didn't know this was happening!&nbsp; There has been a couple times I worked hard on a response and it never appeared on the site.&nbsp; I honestly thought I probably did something wrong.&nbsp; </font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="4">So, I had a good response to Sam's take on &quot;My Fair Lady.&quot;&nbsp; He titled it &quot;Why can't a women be more like a man.&quot;&nbsp; A great piece of wording put to music - I would consider poetry.&nbsp; </font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="4">It wasn't&nbsp;really a disagreement - just my personal take on the male and female roles.&nbsp; I'll be looking to see if my post shows up.</font></p> <p>Yea, I had a comment about &quot;Why can't a woman be more like a man,&quot; it went like this (I just reposted for the third time):</p> <p><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><em>I don't think it's quite right to debase Islam simply because we don't think what they do is right, and while I agree that western civilization is great in that it gives or at least attempts to give men and women equal status, I think it is arrogant to claim that we have the&nbsp;&quot;proper perspective,&quot; as there are plenty of other perspectives out there and we are not the judge, jury, and executioner for the&nbsp;whole world.&nbsp;I also think it is false to imply that Christianity had a major role in deciding that women should have equal status compared to men, as it was&nbsp;feminist movements and the liberalization&nbsp;of our society that&nbsp;led to&nbsp;the status that women enjoy today.</em></font></p> <font face="Tahoma" size="2"> <p><br /> <em>As for the connection between Christianity and great musicals...I don't get it...</em>&nbsp;</p> </font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><em>Now let me ask you a question. Judging from your other posts, you seem to&nbsp;cast Mexicans and other minorities (like Muslims) in a bad light while using illegal immigration and &quot;backwards cultural practices&quot; to justify it. Why do you do this?</em> </font> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_112026 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_112026 <p>Yea, I had a comment about &quot;Why can't a woman be more like a man,&quot; it went like this (I just reposted for the third time):</p> <p><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><em>I don't think it's quite right to debase Islam simply because we don't think what they do is right, and while I agree that western civilization is great in that it gives or at least attempts to give men and women equal status, I think it is arrogant to claim that we have the&nbsp;&quot;proper perspective,&quot; as there are plenty of other perspectives out there and we are not the judge, jury, and executioner for the&nbsp;whole world.&nbsp;I also think it is false to imply that Christianity had a major role in deciding that women should have equal status compared to men, as it was&nbsp;feminist movements and the liberalization&nbsp;of our society that&nbsp;led to&nbsp;the status that women enjoy today.</em></font></p> <font face="Tahoma" size="2"> <p><br /> <em>As for the connection between Christianity and great musicals...I don't get it...</em>&nbsp;</p> </font><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><em>Now let me ask you a question. Judging from your other posts, you seem to&nbsp;cast Mexicans and other minorities (like Muslims) in a bad light while using illegal immigration and &quot;backwards cultural practices&quot; to justify it. Why do you do this?</em> </font> <p>I also asked him why he was deleting posts containing opposing opinions, which, guess what?...was deleted...but of course the comment by happymantoday reading &quot;I do not have much time right now to write, but I want to say, 'Thank you,&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr. Heath,'&nbsp;&nbsp;for the fine article&quot; was commended.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_112028 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_112028 <p>I also asked him why he was deleting posts containing opposing opinions, which, guess what?...was deleted...but of course the comment by happymantoday reading &quot;I do not have much time right now to write, but I want to say, 'Thank you,&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr. Heath,'&nbsp;&nbsp;for the fine article&quot; was commended.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> well Lori, it looks like you have joined the deleted club.  I read your blog comment and there were no personal attacks at all, whatever! http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_112057 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_112057 well Lori, it looks like you have joined the deleted club.  I read your blog comment and there were no personal attacks at all, whatever! <p><font face="Verdana" size="4">WOW!&nbsp; My comment on Sam's &quot;why can't a woman be more like a man,&quot;&nbsp; is GONE.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="4">So, my way of handling Sammy boy - won't read his articles and obviously, won't respond to his articles.&nbsp; </font></p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_112085 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_112085 <p><font face="Verdana" size="4">WOW!&nbsp; My comment on Sam's &quot;why can't a woman be more like a man,&quot;&nbsp; is GONE.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="4">So, my way of handling Sammy boy - won't read his articles and obviously, won't respond to his articles.&nbsp; </font></p> So the muslim story....EVERYONES comments have been deleted. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_112115 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_112115 So the muslim story....EVERYONES comments have been deleted. Wow! I didn't realize the author of the Weedpatch Gazette had gone soooooo far off the &quot;deep end&quot; with deleting MANY MANY comments that were obviously not personal attacks--just disagreement with views. It seems that that has been a past and present practice now that I review the postings. At one point it was my understanding that the author had been an educator. I have little respect for anyone's words when they will not even listen. To dismiss other's views is a disservice and is disrespectful to the field of &quot;education&quot; and rightly casts dispersion on one's motives. I really do not consider someone an educator who would engage in those types of practices; they are really demonstrating ignorance and intolerance. What a shame to have such a twisted outlook on life. http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_112298 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_112298 Wow! I didn't realize the author of the Weedpatch Gazette had gone soooooo far off the &quot;deep end&quot; with deleting MANY MANY comments that were obviously not personal attacks--just disagreement with views. It seems that that has been a past and present practice now that I review the postings. At one point it was my understanding that the author had been an educator. I have little respect for anyone's words when they will not even listen. To dismiss other's views is a disservice and is disrespectful to the field of &quot;education&quot; and rightly casts dispersion on one's motives. I really do not consider someone an educator who would engage in those types of practices; they are really demonstrating ignorance and intolerance. What a shame to have such a twisted outlook on life. <p><strong>There is an old adage that one should never discuss religion or politics which of course is a fairly antiquated notion.</strong></p> <p><strong>I would submit, that the era in which we live, reinvigorates that adage for those who indulge in much of either.&nbsp; </strong></p> <p><strong>When a president counsels weekly in order to seek spiritual advice from a religious leader who soon thereafter is revealed to be bumpin meth amphetamine with some bronk buster from Colorado, one can understand why&nbsp;HE would hope nobody would discuss either of those topics</strong>.<strong> *S*&nbsp; People that live in glass houses etc .....</strong></p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_112393 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_112393 <p><strong>There is an old adage that one should never discuss religion or politics which of course is a fairly antiquated notion.</strong></p> <p><strong>I would submit, that the era in which we live, reinvigorates that adage for those who indulge in much of either.&nbsp; </strong></p> <p><strong>When a president counsels weekly in order to seek spiritual advice from a religious leader who soon thereafter is revealed to be bumpin meth amphetamine with some bronk buster from Colorado, one can understand why&nbsp;HE would hope nobody would discuss either of those topics</strong>.<strong> *S*&nbsp; People that live in glass houses etc .....</strong></p> <p>jewels, hope you don't mind me bumping this thread, but Sam's at it again. I posted several rational posts pointing out his mistaken thoughts on evolution, &amp; now they're gone. I'd just like to point out, like I did on his blog, that evolution and Christianity are compatible &amp; the deity referenced in the Declaration of Independence would have no problem &quot;creating&quot; through evolution.</p> <p>Darwin wrote his basic founding work about evolution <em>decades</em> after the Founding Fathers created this country, so I'm not even sure why Sam even brought that up!</p> <p>Anyway, the film he so kindly supports in his post was created by duping the interviewees &amp; not telling the truth about the production. Google <em>Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed</em>&nbsp; to find out what the participants like PZ Myers &amp; Dr. Eugenie Scott have to say about their interviews.&nbsp; This is how deceivers like the Discovery Institute operate: by not telling the truth to those they intend to mislead. Don't fall for it like Sam has.</p> <p>I'm sure Sam will also delete the other rational responses to his misrepresentations about evolution, like this one from Wiggy:</p> <p><strong>&quot;Hmmm. My post was deleated. I'm not sure why. It was related to the topic and, though&nbsp;critical,&nbsp;very civil - friendly even. Let me try again. Basically it was this:</strong></p> <div class="bako_blogcomment"> <p><strong>The <em>Expelled</em> movie: &nbsp;Is really just a paranoid conspiracy story, up there with the most outlandish of them. You see, scientists don't stick to ideas they know to be wrong and they don't suppress ideas they suspect may be true. The nature of science is that they criticise all ideas without exception. They can win fame by disproving ideas. That's the great thing about it. It's why it's so good at moving forward. </strong></p> <p><strong>The discovery of new human ancestors: This does not mean evolution is wrong. It just means we have a more complete picture of how we evolved now. That's why the discovery is being celebrated instead of covered up. </strong></p> <p><strong>The opening chapters of Genesis: A lot of Christians, like scientists, can alter their enterpretation of Genesis to deal with scientific evidence. Moderate Christians can practice their religion and accept science without having to stick to a literal reading of the bible. Francis Collins is a Christian who is also&nbsp;the prize winning scientist in charge of the Genome Project. He even&nbsp;wrote a book called <em>The Language of God</em>. I think all Christians interested in this subject should try&nbsp;reading it.</strong></p> <p><strong>I hope this post is ok. Fingers crossed!</strong></p> <p><strong>Wiggy&quot;</strong></p> <p>Sam, why post such nonsense, &amp; why won't you defend it when it's called to the carpet? What is there it hide, if you are truly correct? You just look silly, y'know, &amp; hurt the cause you seem to support. Why can't your God use evolution to create? He's all powerful, right?</p> </div> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_149255 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_149255 <p>jewels, hope you don't mind me bumping this thread, but Sam's at it again. I posted several rational posts pointing out his mistaken thoughts on evolution, &amp; now they're gone. I'd just like to point out, like I did on his blog, that evolution and Christianity are compatible &amp; the deity referenced in the Declaration of Independence would have no problem &quot;creating&quot; through evolution.</p> <p>Darwin wrote his basic founding work about evolution <em>decades</em> after the Founding Fathers created this country, so I'm not even sure why Sam even brought that up!</p> <p>Anyway, the film he so kindly supports in his post was created by duping the interviewees &amp; not telling the truth about the production. Google <em>Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed</em>&nbsp; to find out what the participants like PZ Myers &amp; Dr. Eugenie Scott have to say about their interviews.&nbsp; This is how deceivers like the Discovery Institute operate: by not telling the truth to those they intend to mislead. Don't fall for it like Sam has.</p> <p>I'm sure Sam will also delete the other rational responses to his misrepresentations about evolution, like this one from Wiggy:</p> <p><strong>&quot;Hmmm. My post was deleated. I'm not sure why. It was related to the topic and, though&nbsp;critical,&nbsp;very civil - friendly even. Let me try again. Basically it was this:</strong></p> <div class="bako_blogcomment"> <p><strong>The <em>Expelled</em> movie: &nbsp;Is really just a paranoid conspiracy story, up there with the most outlandish of them. You see, scientists don't stick to ideas they know to be wrong and they don't suppress ideas they suspect may be true. The nature of science is that they criticise all ideas without exception. They can win fame by disproving ideas. That's the great thing about it. It's why it's so good at moving forward. </strong></p> <p><strong>The discovery of new human ancestors: This does not mean evolution is wrong. It just means we have a more complete picture of how we evolved now. That's why the discovery is being celebrated instead of covered up. </strong></p> <p><strong>The opening chapters of Genesis: A lot of Christians, like scientists, can alter their enterpretation of Genesis to deal with scientific evidence. Moderate Christians can practice their religion and accept science without having to stick to a literal reading of the bible. Francis Collins is a Christian who is also&nbsp;the prize winning scientist in charge of the Genome Project. He even&nbsp;wrote a book called <em>The Language of God</em>. I think all Christians interested in this subject should try&nbsp;reading it.</strong></p> <p><strong>I hope this post is ok. Fingers crossed!</strong></p> <p><strong>Wiggy&quot;</strong></p> <p>Sam, why post such nonsense, &amp; why won't you defend it when it's called to the carpet? What is there it hide, if you are truly correct? You just look silly, y'know, &amp; hurt the cause you seem to support. Why can't your God use evolution to create? He's all powerful, right?</p> </div> <p>I don't know why anyone bothers to comment on Sam's blog. I noticed that Sam deleted some comments today and had to smile. Same old Sam. disagree with Sam and you disappear. Sam thinks he is above the rest of us. Sam wants to be GOD.&nbsp;&nbsp;Heck he's&nbsp; called me a bully a time or two, can you believe that.</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_149798 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_149798 <p>I don't know why anyone bothers to comment on Sam's blog. I noticed that Sam deleted some comments today and had to smile. Same old Sam. disagree with Sam and you disappear. Sam thinks he is above the rest of us. Sam wants to be GOD.&nbsp;&nbsp;Heck he's&nbsp; called me a bully a time or two, can you believe that.</p> <p><font color="#ff0000">Yep, I should've listened to my better judgement. Sam's at the &quot;delete&quot; button again. Here's what I posted in response to his justification of bigotry during WWII:</font></p> <p>*Against her better judgement, oohchild decides to respond to The Weedpatch*</p> <p>Sam writes:</p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Univers"><strong>&ldquo;The only good Jap is a dead Jap!&rdquo; and not knowing who was a &ldquo;good Jap&rdquo; was the legitimate justification for Manzinar. To understand this you had to have been living at the time here in America on that &ldquo;Day of Infamy&rdquo; when the Japanese so totally demonized themselves by the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, you had to be listening to your radio as Roosevelt delivered that speech to Congress damning the Japanese Empire and committing America to war.</strong></font></span></p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">My father was born &amp; raised in Hawaii; he was 18 &amp; just out of high school when Pearl Harbor was bombed. He was on the other side of the Oahu when the attacked occured &amp; told vivid stories of what he experienced that day. He promptly joined the Army in response to the declaration of war.</span></p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><em>He would be absolutely disgusted &amp; disagree vehemently with your deduction, Sam. Not everyone considered the Japanese living in this country to be&nbsp;the enemy.</em></span></p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_170932 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_170932 <p><font color="#ff0000">Yep, I should've listened to my better judgement. Sam's at the &quot;delete&quot; button again. Here's what I posted in response to his justification of bigotry during WWII:</font></p> <p>*Against her better judgement, oohchild decides to respond to The Weedpatch*</p> <p>Sam writes:</p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font face="Univers"><strong>&ldquo;The only good Jap is a dead Jap!&rdquo; and not knowing who was a &ldquo;good Jap&rdquo; was the legitimate justification for Manzinar. To understand this you had to have been living at the time here in America on that &ldquo;Day of Infamy&rdquo; when the Japanese so totally demonized themselves by the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, you had to be listening to your radio as Roosevelt delivered that speech to Congress damning the Japanese Empire and committing America to war.</strong></font></span></p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">My father was born &amp; raised in Hawaii; he was 18 &amp; just out of high school when Pearl Harbor was bombed. He was on the other side of the Oahu when the attacked occured &amp; told vivid stories of what he experienced that day. He promptly joined the Army in response to the declaration of war.</span></p> <p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><em>He would be absolutely disgusted &amp; disagree vehemently with your deduction, Sam. Not everyone considered the Japanese living in this country to be&nbsp;the enemy.</em></span></p> <p><font size="3">lol oohchild...I managed to read it before he got to the delete button. </font></p> <p><font size="3">I don't understand his need to censor, it makes him look like an old fool having a temper tantrum. I guess he hasn't figured out that responses to&nbsp;his blog&nbsp;can be posted elsewhere and he can't delete them.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Maybe someone should start a separate blog: <em>Responses to the Weedpatch Gazette</em></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_170937 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_170937 <p><font size="3">lol oohchild...I managed to read it before he got to the delete button. </font></p> <p><font size="3">I don't understand his need to censor, it makes him look like an old fool having a temper tantrum. I guess he hasn't figured out that responses to&nbsp;his blog&nbsp;can be posted elsewhere and he can't delete them.</font></p> <p><font size="3">Maybe someone should start a separate blog: <em>Responses to the Weedpatch Gazette</em></font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> <p>Samheath is at it again, and Sparks jumps right in in his defense, and backs up his lies with lies of her own, come on sparks, you can do better than that, it is cowardly to delete a post and then say it was a personal attack, no one can see it then, read over some of the comments in this blog about sam deleting comments, it looks like I'm in good company here, just about everyone has had their comments deleted by sam, I could add a few, but the people that posted here already make my point just fine, bloggers like oohchild and Jewels, if you disagree with sam, he deletes your comment, I made no personal attack on him at all, I only posted comments from other bloggers on Huffington post, their words, not mine, to show two sides to the story, there are some ugly comments made daily on huffington post, and it is a extreme left wing blog, not moderate at all, lets be real here, not all&nbsp;comments on Huffington post are Intelligent, as sparks says, they are hateful and cowardly.</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209135 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209135 <p>Samheath is at it again, and Sparks jumps right in in his defense, and backs up his lies with lies of her own, come on sparks, you can do better than that, it is cowardly to delete a post and then say it was a personal attack, no one can see it then, read over some of the comments in this blog about sam deleting comments, it looks like I'm in good company here, just about everyone has had their comments deleted by sam, I could add a few, but the people that posted here already make my point just fine, bloggers like oohchild and Jewels, if you disagree with sam, he deletes your comment, I made no personal attack on him at all, I only posted comments from other bloggers on Huffington post, their words, not mine, to show two sides to the story, there are some ugly comments made daily on huffington post, and it is a extreme left wing blog, not moderate at all, lets be real here, not all&nbsp;comments on Huffington post are Intelligent, as sparks says, they are hateful and cowardly.</p> <p> While you may have a point about certain posts on the Huffingtonpost website, Starbucks1, those kind of hateful words can be found on every blog out there. Makes no difference if they lean left, right, or middle. As far as I can see, it's just a wash. No one's any cleaner than anyone else. You'd have a legitimate argument, otherwise.</p> <p>You're right about the frustration in taking the time to respond to a poster, only to find your well-crafted response deleted minutes later for just disagreeing with the poster's position. IMHO, it's as rude & disrespectful as a personal attack. There's plenty of ways to post an article that stands alone, without the ability to let other bloggers comment. To allow posters' comments to be deleted defeats the purpose of this kind of blogging. I hope that one day the TN will modify this site, so there's a way for people like Sam to post their writings without the ability for others to post comments. They can then post over there if they wish to pontificate without comment. I'd rather have an interesting conversation flow from one of my posts, but I guess not everyone agrees.</p> <p>:-(</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209539 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209539 <p> While you may have a point about certain posts on the Huffingtonpost website, Starbucks1, those kind of hateful words can be found on every blog out there. Makes no difference if they lean left, right, or middle. As far as I can see, it's just a wash. No one's any cleaner than anyone else. You'd have a legitimate argument, otherwise.</p> <p>You're right about the frustration in taking the time to respond to a poster, only to find your well-crafted response deleted minutes later for just disagreeing with the poster's position. IMHO, it's as rude & disrespectful as a personal attack. There's plenty of ways to post an article that stands alone, without the ability to let other bloggers comment. To allow posters' comments to be deleted defeats the purpose of this kind of blogging. I hope that one day the TN will modify this site, so there's a way for people like Sam to post their writings without the ability for others to post comments. They can then post over there if they wish to pontificate without comment. I'd rather have an interesting conversation flow from one of my posts, but I guess not everyone agrees.</p> <p>:-(</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>It seems this blog site is filled with many different people, different cultures, different ideas and different opinions. What a great thing to represent so much diversity in such a relatively small area.</p> <p>I personally enjoy reading things that oppose my views, to see where other people stand on issues, to shed some light on a different way of thinking/processing something. Some people like to see thier own words on the screen, some people like to get everyone riled up, I'm sure there's an endless list of the different reasons people blog and what thier exact idea of what a blog should be is.</p> <p>There always have been and always will be people that don't like critisicm. There will be people that don't care what your opinion is and the reasoning behind it. There will be people who oppose your views, your very morals, your religion..... There will be people that delete your posts without taking the time to read through the first sentence.&nbsp; I don't think that is right but I don;t think the delete button is a bad thing you just need to choose who to respond to and who to ignore. We all seem to know who deletes posts and who doesn't so instead of wasting your own time with a well crafted reply that will only be deleted 13 seconds later, post it to your blog and start a conversation there.</p> <p>I think Joty's idea&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;<font size="3"> a separate blog: <em>Responses to the Weedpatch Gazette&quot; </em></font><font size="2">is a great one&nbsp;</font></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209585 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209585 <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>It seems this blog site is filled with many different people, different cultures, different ideas and different opinions. What a great thing to represent so much diversity in such a relatively small area.</p> <p>I personally enjoy reading things that oppose my views, to see where other people stand on issues, to shed some light on a different way of thinking/processing something. Some people like to see thier own words on the screen, some people like to get everyone riled up, I'm sure there's an endless list of the different reasons people blog and what thier exact idea of what a blog should be is.</p> <p>There always have been and always will be people that don't like critisicm. There will be people that don't care what your opinion is and the reasoning behind it. There will be people who oppose your views, your very morals, your religion..... There will be people that delete your posts without taking the time to read through the first sentence.&nbsp; I don't think that is right but I don;t think the delete button is a bad thing you just need to choose who to respond to and who to ignore. We all seem to know who deletes posts and who doesn't so instead of wasting your own time with a well crafted reply that will only be deleted 13 seconds later, post it to your blog and start a conversation there.</p> <p>I think Joty's idea&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;<font size="3"> a separate blog: <em>Responses to the Weedpatch Gazette&quot; </em></font><font size="2">is a great one&nbsp;</font></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Starbucks don't call me a liar unless you can back it up, and don't try to scare with me with that &quot;you are the minorty&quot; crap, I can see most people agree with you and that doesn't change my opinion in the least. .&nbsp; Also, &nbsp;I read your post on Sam's blog Starbucks, there wasn't much in the post except for a lot of words like f--ck and sh--t and how you hate a liberal online News site that Sam happens to admire.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And although as you probably know I never delete comments on my own Blogs (I love a good debate).. Sam has a right, whether any of us like it or not, to delete comments he doesn't want on his blog.&nbsp; Freedom of Choice.&nbsp;&nbsp;He loves posting his stories, he puts&nbsp;a lot of work into his collection of stories, &nbsp;and his blog means a very lot to him.&nbsp; Thus, if you don't like that he deletes negative comments or obsessive rants than my advice to you is to not go to his blog anymore.&nbsp; The solution is REALLY that simple. (smile)</p> <p>I had no idea that Sam was deleting comments, personally I wish he would have left your comment up for everyone to read, because my response to your post (below) looks kind of weird now..&nbsp;There is no crazy ranting to go above it.&nbsp; I was shocked to see he had deleted your post, but I left my comment in place anyway. I wasn't responding to his blog anyway, I was responding to your comment that was full of cuss words and hatred. Please feel free to post your rant on this blog. &nbsp; lol</p> <p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><font size="2">&quot;Starbucks, I read Huffington Post all the time and I like to think of myself as a fair person with&nbsp;integrity.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don't know what you are reading, but the Huffington Post in my opinion is one of the most honest online political sites that I have ever read.&nbsp;&nbsp;Your EXTREME hatred for&nbsp;this news site&nbsp;shows bad behavior on your part.&nbsp;Thus, it's not likely anyone is&nbsp;going to take your opinion seriously or with any merit.&nbsp; The truth is that people who blog on the Huffington Post have their opinions just like people on this blog do and that is their right, just as it is your right to bash Arianna. The&nbsp;only difference is that most people on the Huffington Post do their bashing in a more intelligent manner.&quot;&nbsp;</font></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209631 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209631 <p>Starbucks don't call me a liar unless you can back it up, and don't try to scare with me with that &quot;you are the minorty&quot; crap, I can see most people agree with you and that doesn't change my opinion in the least. .&nbsp; Also, &nbsp;I read your post on Sam's blog Starbucks, there wasn't much in the post except for a lot of words like f--ck and sh--t and how you hate a liberal online News site that Sam happens to admire.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And although as you probably know I never delete comments on my own Blogs (I love a good debate).. Sam has a right, whether any of us like it or not, to delete comments he doesn't want on his blog.&nbsp; Freedom of Choice.&nbsp;&nbsp;He loves posting his stories, he puts&nbsp;a lot of work into his collection of stories, &nbsp;and his blog means a very lot to him.&nbsp; Thus, if you don't like that he deletes negative comments or obsessive rants than my advice to you is to not go to his blog anymore.&nbsp; The solution is REALLY that simple. (smile)</p> <p>I had no idea that Sam was deleting comments, personally I wish he would have left your comment up for everyone to read, because my response to your post (below) looks kind of weird now..&nbsp;There is no crazy ranting to go above it.&nbsp; I was shocked to see he had deleted your post, but I left my comment in place anyway. I wasn't responding to his blog anyway, I was responding to your comment that was full of cuss words and hatred. Please feel free to post your rant on this blog. &nbsp; lol</p> <p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="font-family: Arial"><font size="2">&quot;Starbucks, I read Huffington Post all the time and I like to think of myself as a fair person with&nbsp;integrity.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don't know what you are reading, but the Huffington Post in my opinion is one of the most honest online political sites that I have ever read.&nbsp;&nbsp;Your EXTREME hatred for&nbsp;this news site&nbsp;shows bad behavior on your part.&nbsp;Thus, it's not likely anyone is&nbsp;going to take your opinion seriously or with any merit.&nbsp; The truth is that people who blog on the Huffington Post have their opinions just like people on this blog do and that is their right, just as it is your right to bash Arianna. The&nbsp;only difference is that most people on the Huffington Post do their bashing in a more intelligent manner.&quot;&nbsp;</font></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>oooh i totally agree...whats the point of having forum if someone can't express their opinion about a blog without the worry that it will be deleted because it wasn't to the liking of the publisher? Granted, i understand deleteing someone's&nbsp;comment&nbsp;who's totally over the line but comeon, the point of having this is so we can see others opinions and be open-minded, by deleteing comments we don't get that...communist much??? Chill-out people and if don't like someones comment, so what? get over it, give them a negative comment back if it makes you feel better, but don't delete their opinion...just cause you don't like it doesnt make it any less valuable or worthy.....sounds like insecurity to me....just saying (please dont delete my comment!) lol :-) have a good day!</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209693 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209693 <p>oooh i totally agree...whats the point of having forum if someone can't express their opinion about a blog without the worry that it will be deleted because it wasn't to the liking of the publisher? Granted, i understand deleteing someone's&nbsp;comment&nbsp;who's totally over the line but comeon, the point of having this is so we can see others opinions and be open-minded, by deleteing comments we don't get that...communist much??? Chill-out people and if don't like someones comment, so what? get over it, give them a negative comment back if it makes you feel better, but don't delete their opinion...just cause you don't like it doesnt make it any less valuable or worthy.....sounds like insecurity to me....just saying (please dont delete my comment!) lol :-) have a good day!</p> <p>&nbsp;Sparks, you and Sam both grossly misrepresented what I said, my post was to show what Huffinton post is really like, it is a extreme left wing opinon web page, not a news page, LOL, it is known for anti-semetic remarks also, that is what my post was about, how they had to turn off the comments about the violence in Jeruselem blog, because too many huff posters put up anti-semetic comments, its a fact, and what I posted on Sam blog were comments FROM THE HUFFINTON POST, yea, there were alot of cuss words, THEIR WORDS, NOT MINE,as you try to&nbsp;say here, thats your first lie,&nbsp;&nbsp;thats the point I was making, how angry the people on the blog can be, and you say how I wrote I hate online liberal news, I never said that, second lie,&nbsp; you agreed with sam that I was making personal attacks on him, third lie, tell the truth Sparks, lies will only make you look bad here, it seems you are the only one here thats agrees that sam should delete comments if people disagree with him,, well, at least you have him on your side,</p> <p>links about anti-semetic Huffington posts,,,,read and learn,</p> <p><a href="http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=29160_Huffington_Turns_Off_Comments_on_Jerusalem_Attack&amp;only">http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=29160_Huffington_Turns_Off_Comments_on_Jerusalem_Attack&amp;only</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=B1DF75F4-D152-4CC7-ADB6-D40DF0FFB3CB">http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=B1DF75F4-D152-4CC7-ADB6-D40DF0FFB3CB</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209757 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209757 <p>&nbsp;Sparks, you and Sam both grossly misrepresented what I said, my post was to show what Huffinton post is really like, it is a extreme left wing opinon web page, not a news page, LOL, it is known for anti-semetic remarks also, that is what my post was about, how they had to turn off the comments about the violence in Jeruselem blog, because too many huff posters put up anti-semetic comments, its a fact, and what I posted on Sam blog were comments FROM THE HUFFINTON POST, yea, there were alot of cuss words, THEIR WORDS, NOT MINE,as you try to&nbsp;say here, thats your first lie,&nbsp;&nbsp;thats the point I was making, how angry the people on the blog can be, and you say how I wrote I hate online liberal news, I never said that, second lie,&nbsp; you agreed with sam that I was making personal attacks on him, third lie, tell the truth Sparks, lies will only make you look bad here, it seems you are the only one here thats agrees that sam should delete comments if people disagree with him,, well, at least you have him on your side,</p> <p>links about anti-semetic Huffington posts,,,,read and learn,</p> <p><a href="http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=29160_Huffington_Turns_Off_Comments_on_Jerusalem_Attack&amp;only">http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=29160_Huffington_Turns_Off_Comments_on_Jerusalem_Attack&amp;only</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=B1DF75F4-D152-4CC7-ADB6-D40DF0FFB3CB">http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=B1DF75F4-D152-4CC7-ADB6-D40DF0FFB3CB</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 class="firstHeading">The Huffington Post</h1> <div id="bodyContent"> <h3 id="siteSub">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</h3> <div id="contentSub">&nbsp;</div> <div id="jump-to-nav">&nbsp;</div> <p><b>The Huffington Post</b> (often referred to on the <a title="Internet" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet">Internet</a> as HuffPo or HuffPost) is a<b> liberal </b>online news <a title="Website" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website">website</a> Because of the prominence and access of its contributors, the HuffPost regularly publishes <a title="Scoop" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoop">scoops</a> of current news stories, otherwise providing links to selected prominent news stories, providing a <b>left-of-center </b>counterpoint .</p> <p>Now, there is nothing wrong with being a left wing blog and comment page, just admit what it is,,,,,,</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209768 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209768 <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1 class="firstHeading">The Huffington Post</h1> <div id="bodyContent"> <h3 id="siteSub">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</h3> <div id="contentSub">&nbsp;</div> <div id="jump-to-nav">&nbsp;</div> <p><b>The Huffington Post</b> (often referred to on the <a title="Internet" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet">Internet</a> as HuffPo or HuffPost) is a<b> liberal </b>online news <a title="Website" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website">website</a> Because of the prominence and access of its contributors, the HuffPost regularly publishes <a title="Scoop" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoop">scoops</a> of current news stories, otherwise providing links to selected prominent news stories, providing a <b>left-of-center </b>counterpoint .</p> <p>Now, there is nothing wrong with being a left wing blog and comment page, just admit what it is,,,,,,</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <p>&nbsp;Starbucks...OH PLEASE, you are too funny.&nbsp; I have seen you argue and cuss with many people who don't believe exactly as you do.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You act like Huffington Bloggers are the only ones that cuss... have you seen some of your posts???&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm a liberal, it's doubtful that I agree with much of what you believe...so just deal with that.&nbsp; The arguing and ranting and raving is getting old.</p> <p>Truthfully if you would go about giving your opinions without bigotry and outrageous rants, and perhaps just voice your disapproval in a more intelligent manner, I would honestly give it another look.</p> <p>No one said that the Huffington Post isn't left-winged.&nbsp; I'm liberal, that's why I read it.&nbsp; Again, in my opinion, a very honest News site.&nbsp; I'm sorry you don't like the site, but you don't have to&nbsp;be belligerent to convey that message, it certainly didn't help to sway me at all.</p> <p>I suppose I should stop talking about the Huffington Post and stick with the topic... I don't care if people delete their comments, it's their right, although it is very likely that I will not comment on any of their blogs if they do indeed delete comments for no apparent reason other than they are negative ones.&nbsp;&nbsp;I didn't know Sam deleted a lot of comments, I thought he just deleted yours because of all the cuss words., and I had no problem with that.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Now, I'm not going to waste any of my precious time continuing to&nbsp;argue with you on this topic.&nbsp; I have seen how you can go on and on and on and on when it comes to arguing and bashing liberals...&nbsp;&nbsp; Just reply to this message and move on... because I am already done with this discussion.</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209938 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209938 <p>&nbsp;Starbucks...OH PLEASE, you are too funny.&nbsp; I have seen you argue and cuss with many people who don't believe exactly as you do.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You act like Huffington Bloggers are the only ones that cuss... have you seen some of your posts???&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm a liberal, it's doubtful that I agree with much of what you believe...so just deal with that.&nbsp; The arguing and ranting and raving is getting old.</p> <p>Truthfully if you would go about giving your opinions without bigotry and outrageous rants, and perhaps just voice your disapproval in a more intelligent manner, I would honestly give it another look.</p> <p>No one said that the Huffington Post isn't left-winged.&nbsp; I'm liberal, that's why I read it.&nbsp; Again, in my opinion, a very honest News site.&nbsp; I'm sorry you don't like the site, but you don't have to&nbsp;be belligerent to convey that message, it certainly didn't help to sway me at all.</p> <p>I suppose I should stop talking about the Huffington Post and stick with the topic... I don't care if people delete their comments, it's their right, although it is very likely that I will not comment on any of their blogs if they do indeed delete comments for no apparent reason other than they are negative ones.&nbsp;&nbsp;I didn't know Sam deleted a lot of comments, I thought he just deleted yours because of all the cuss words., and I had no problem with that.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Now, I'm not going to waste any of my precious time continuing to&nbsp;argue with you on this topic.&nbsp; I have seen how you can go on and on and on and on when it comes to arguing and bashing liberals...&nbsp;&nbsp; Just reply to this message and move on... because I am already done with this discussion.</p> <p>&nbsp;Sparks, are you off your medication or something?,&nbsp; first, name one blog where I was cussing at people, I cant think of one, second,&nbsp;again,&nbsp;you are grossly misrepresentating what&nbsp;I wrote on sams blog, is that the only way you can debate me?, to lie about what I said?, look at my previous post, &nbsp;&quot;<b>What I posted on Sam blog were comments FROM THE HUFFINTON POST, yea, there were alot of cuss words, THEIR WORDS, NOT MINE,&nbsp; </b>I don't need to cuss to make a point, and where is the bigotry and outrageous rants from me you talk about?, why are you making this up just to make me look bad?, I thought you were smarter than that,&nbsp; it seems I was wrong, I know many liberals, some in my family and they dont ever create hostility like you are doing here,&nbsp; what i was doing was just giving another view of the Huffington post, is it all bad?, no but do they only present the left view on topics?, yes, I think both sides to issues should be looked at, now, chill out and think about what you are saying here and stop putting words in my mouth, it is making you looked very childish.</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209985 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_209985 <p>&nbsp;Sparks, are you off your medication or something?,&nbsp; first, name one blog where I was cussing at people, I cant think of one, second,&nbsp;again,&nbsp;you are grossly misrepresentating what&nbsp;I wrote on sams blog, is that the only way you can debate me?, to lie about what I said?, look at my previous post, &nbsp;&quot;<b>What I posted on Sam blog were comments FROM THE HUFFINTON POST, yea, there were alot of cuss words, THEIR WORDS, NOT MINE,&nbsp; </b>I don't need to cuss to make a point, and where is the bigotry and outrageous rants from me you talk about?, why are you making this up just to make me look bad?, I thought you were smarter than that,&nbsp; it seems I was wrong, I know many liberals, some in my family and they dont ever create hostility like you are doing here,&nbsp; what i was doing was just giving another view of the Huffington post, is it all bad?, no but do they only present the left view on topics?, yes, I think both sides to issues should be looked at, now, chill out and think about what you are saying here and stop putting words in my mouth, it is making you looked very childish.</p> <p>&nbsp;Starbucks1, wanna see how angry &amp; disgusting some people on the right can be? I present you with this site:</p> <p><a href="http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/showthread.php?t=44052&amp;highlight=molly">http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/showthread.php?t=44052&amp;highlight=molly</a></p> <p>Regarding the death of Molly Ivins, a liberal icon, this is a sample of what these people had to say:</p> <div id="post_message_516275"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>&quot;I am aware that it is in bad taste to speak ill of the dead ----- Too BAD!<br /> <br /> This crazy Bitch spewed her poisen for years, telling lies and bashing every conservative from Texas. I will not miss her and I am not sorry that she died.&quot;</b></span></div> <div id="post_message_516275">&nbsp;</div> <div id="post_message_516275"> <p><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>&quot;Face it, some people deserve to be dead. Now, she is one of them. She was truly a vile individual with a heart and soul as rotten and as black as a demon. She will not be missed at all. If they decide to bury her diseased carcas, it wouldn't surprise me if someone was to shit on her grave. She really was a horrible human. It is good that she is no longer on earth. I'm glad she's dead.&quot;</b></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #339966">&quot;Poor taste or not, when Jimmah Cartah kicks, I'm going to dance in the streets and pass out candy. I'm also going to come here to FC and call that SOB everything but a white man.<br /> <br /> If I ever had any good manners, I'll lose them on the day that Peanut Farmer breathes his last.<br /> <br /> Fidel? Blah.<br /> <br /> We all know that SOB is evil. He's never made an secret of his evil.<br /> <br /> Cartah on the other hand professes [and is protrayed] as such kind soul, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, so well reasoned, so smart.<br /> <br /> We all know he's a bitter old America Bashing Anti-Semite who has been working for longer than any of us know for the downfall of Israel.<br /> <br /> Someday the old Closet Queen will have to meet his Maker. Whatever's between him and his God will be, but I intend to shout and dance and sing, and high five everyone I meet.&quot;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span>There's plenty of blame to go around, dear. Don't think you have the moral high ground just because a few bloggers on Arianna's website use language of which&nbsp;you disapprove. Conservatives &amp; Republicans use bad language too, or are you forgetting Dubya's &quot;Major league a$$hole&quot; comment or Cheney's &quot;go f*ck yourself&quot; suggestion (to a US Senator, no less)?</span></p> <!-- / message --></div> <!-- / message --><!-- sig --> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210003 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210003 <p>&nbsp;Starbucks1, wanna see how angry &amp; disgusting some people on the right can be? I present you with this site:</p> <p><a href="http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/showthread.php?t=44052&amp;highlight=molly">http://www.freeconservatives.com/vb/showthread.php?t=44052&amp;highlight=molly</a></p> <p>Regarding the death of Molly Ivins, a liberal icon, this is a sample of what these people had to say:</p> <div id="post_message_516275"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>&quot;I am aware that it is in bad taste to speak ill of the dead ----- Too BAD!<br /> <br /> This crazy Bitch spewed her poisen for years, telling lies and bashing every conservative from Texas. I will not miss her and I am not sorry that she died.&quot;</b></span></div> <div id="post_message_516275">&nbsp;</div> <div id="post_message_516275"> <p><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>&quot;Face it, some people deserve to be dead. Now, she is one of them. She was truly a vile individual with a heart and soul as rotten and as black as a demon. She will not be missed at all. If they decide to bury her diseased carcas, it wouldn't surprise me if someone was to shit on her grave. She really was a horrible human. It is good that she is no longer on earth. I'm glad she's dead.&quot;</b></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="color: #339966">&quot;Poor taste or not, when Jimmah Cartah kicks, I'm going to dance in the streets and pass out candy. I'm also going to come here to FC and call that SOB everything but a white man.<br /> <br /> If I ever had any good manners, I'll lose them on the day that Peanut Farmer breathes his last.<br /> <br /> Fidel? Blah.<br /> <br /> We all know that SOB is evil. He's never made an secret of his evil.<br /> <br /> Cartah on the other hand professes [and is protrayed] as such kind soul, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, so well reasoned, so smart.<br /> <br /> We all know he's a bitter old America Bashing Anti-Semite who has been working for longer than any of us know for the downfall of Israel.<br /> <br /> Someday the old Closet Queen will have to meet his Maker. Whatever's between him and his God will be, but I intend to shout and dance and sing, and high five everyone I meet.&quot;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span>There's plenty of blame to go around, dear. Don't think you have the moral high ground just because a few bloggers on Arianna's website use language of which&nbsp;you disapprove. Conservatives &amp; Republicans use bad language too, or are you forgetting Dubya's &quot;Major league a$$hole&quot; comment or Cheney's &quot;go f*ck yourself&quot; suggestion (to a US Senator, no less)?</span></p> <!-- / message --></div> <!-- / message --><!-- sig --> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;oohchild, I agree with you, like you previously wrote, both sides can be ugly, and I think you lose alot of credibilty when you get that ugly, but what I dont like here is Sparks accusing me of saying things I did not say, in an effort to make me look bad, very weak and I think the worst thing you could do to a fellow blogger here, misrepresent what they say, and outright lie about them. I am surprised she took this route,</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210016 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210016 <p>&nbsp;oohchild, I agree with you, like you previously wrote, both sides can be ugly, and I think you lose alot of credibilty when you get that ugly, but what I dont like here is Sparks accusing me of saying things I did not say, in an effort to make me look bad, very weak and I think the worst thing you could do to a fellow blogger here, misrepresent what they say, and outright lie about them. I am surprised she took this route,</p> <p>While I don't want to get sucked into this "political" debate I felt the urge to comment that I have never seen a post where Starbucks had cussed at anyone and I found it very strange that Sparks said that his comment had all kinds of cussing in it. My first thought was...."they must have been quotes because that sounds very out character for Starbucks."  I'm glad to know that that was exactly right, even though it's no longer there for anyone to see for themselves.</p> <p> </p> <p>I must say that I hate that the TN blog site has been turned into yet another political blog spot. I hate politics! There's a reason it's one of those "tabu" subjects.</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210080 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210080 <p>While I don't want to get sucked into this "political" debate I felt the urge to comment that I have never seen a post where Starbucks had cussed at anyone and I found it very strange that Sparks said that his comment had all kinds of cussing in it. My first thought was...."they must have been quotes because that sounds very out character for Starbucks."  I'm glad to know that that was exactly right, even though it's no longer there for anyone to see for themselves.</p> <p> </p> <p>I must say that I hate that the TN blog site has been turned into yet another political blog spot. I hate politics! There's a reason it's one of those "tabu" subjects.</p> <p>&nbsp;countygirl, Thanks for the support, everyone here knows that I have never cussed at another blogger here,&nbsp;or attacked anyone personally, &nbsp;Sparks was wrong in her comment about me on many different levels, this whole issue could have been averted if samheath had just said, &quot;yes, Starbucks, Huff post can get ugly with hateful comments, , but I still like the topics on the blog&quot; , then nothing would have happened, but he deleted my comment and sparks choose to lie about what I did post and then attack me. very strange indeed. and thanks to oohchild too, for agreeing with the rest of us that deleting post's is weak and &nbsp;&quot; it's as rude &amp; disrespectful as a personal attack&quot;.</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210106 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210106 <p>&nbsp;countygirl, Thanks for the support, everyone here knows that I have never cussed at another blogger here,&nbsp;or attacked anyone personally, &nbsp;Sparks was wrong in her comment about me on many different levels, this whole issue could have been averted if samheath had just said, &quot;yes, Starbucks, Huff post can get ugly with hateful comments, , but I still like the topics on the blog&quot; , then nothing would have happened, but he deleted my comment and sparks choose to lie about what I did post and then attack me. very strange indeed. and thanks to oohchild too, for agreeing with the rest of us that deleting post's is weak and &nbsp;&quot; it's as rude &amp; disrespectful as a personal attack&quot;.</p> <p>Countygirl, yep... the post is no longer there for everyone to see and I have no idea where Starbucks got his source from.&nbsp;&nbsp; I believe&nbsp;as you do Countygirl, even though the comment he posted was full of cuss words, I now believe they weren't his words but that from other&nbsp;bloggers.&nbsp; However when he copies and pastes&nbsp;nasty pictures or copies and pastes comments with cuss words in it, <b>he still has to take responsibility for it</b>.&nbsp; He is not the only one that posts content with cuss words in it.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is not about whether Starbucks is an angel or not.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I didn't know he copied the last paragraph on his post full or ranting and cuss words from someone else.. how am I supposed to know who wrote it.???&nbsp; He didn't say&nbsp;it came from another&nbsp;source.&nbsp; From a few of his posts I truly thought he had a cussing problem. lol</p> <p>I actually like some of starbuck's copy and pasted posts and pictures, especially the picture of the sexy&nbsp;lesbians, I thought it was appropriate for the subject (Broke Back Mountain),&nbsp;sadly others didn't approve, and it was removed as his last comment that I am speaking of was removed.&nbsp; You see I am not against cussing and sexy pictures at all.&nbsp; Wooohooo&nbsp; lol</p> <p>However,&nbsp;I still think&nbsp; Starbuck's post on Sam's&nbsp;blog was extremely tacky and I don't believe Huffington post bloggers were bashing their own blog site so that part had to be Starbucks.&nbsp; I told Starbucks what I thought of his post, and as you can see he isn't taking it very well.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I'm sure he will get over it.</p> <p>It's really a shame Sam deleted Starbucks post. because now no one really knows what we are talking about..see this is why you should never delete other peoples posts (smile)</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210240 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210240 <p>Countygirl, yep... the post is no longer there for everyone to see and I have no idea where Starbucks got his source from.&nbsp;&nbsp; I believe&nbsp;as you do Countygirl, even though the comment he posted was full of cuss words, I now believe they weren't his words but that from other&nbsp;bloggers.&nbsp; However when he copies and pastes&nbsp;nasty pictures or copies and pastes comments with cuss words in it, <b>he still has to take responsibility for it</b>.&nbsp; He is not the only one that posts content with cuss words in it.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is not about whether Starbucks is an angel or not.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>I didn't know he copied the last paragraph on his post full or ranting and cuss words from someone else.. how am I supposed to know who wrote it.???&nbsp; He didn't say&nbsp;it came from another&nbsp;source.&nbsp; From a few of his posts I truly thought he had a cussing problem. lol</p> <p>I actually like some of starbuck's copy and pasted posts and pictures, especially the picture of the sexy&nbsp;lesbians, I thought it was appropriate for the subject (Broke Back Mountain),&nbsp;sadly others didn't approve, and it was removed as his last comment that I am speaking of was removed.&nbsp; You see I am not against cussing and sexy pictures at all.&nbsp; Wooohooo&nbsp; lol</p> <p>However,&nbsp;I still think&nbsp; Starbuck's post on Sam's&nbsp;blog was extremely tacky and I don't believe Huffington post bloggers were bashing their own blog site so that part had to be Starbucks.&nbsp; I told Starbucks what I thought of his post, and as you can see he isn't taking it very well.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I'm sure he will get over it.</p> <p>It's really a shame Sam deleted Starbucks post. because now no one really knows what we are talking about..see this is why you should never delete other peoples posts (smile)</p> <p>&nbsp;I just deleted several comments on one of post. Two people created profiles today and started to post comments on my post. One of them repeatedly telling me to prove what I post.&nbsp;People that sole purpose is to play games.&nbsp;I didn't feel like dealing with them so I deleted them.<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p>what do you guys think ...was I wrong for deleting them?</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210250 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210250 <p>&nbsp;I just deleted several comments on one of post. Two people created profiles today and started to post comments on my post. One of them repeatedly telling me to prove what I post.&nbsp;People that sole purpose is to play games.&nbsp;I didn't feel like dealing with them so I deleted them.<br /> &nbsp;</p> <p>what do you guys think ...was I wrong for deleting them?</p> <p>&nbsp;Gube yep, the ONLY time I delete comments is when they are ads or if the commentors are hacking my blog. ( a good sign of that is that their profiles will be bran spanking new)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This is why I am very against TN taking away my comment deleting privileges, luckily they see it as I do.&nbsp;&nbsp; We own our blogs as long as we abide by the rules.&nbsp;</p> <p>You aren't wrong Gube... go kick butt and take names later... lol</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210254 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210254 <p>&nbsp;Gube yep, the ONLY time I delete comments is when they are ads or if the commentors are hacking my blog. ( a good sign of that is that their profiles will be bran spanking new)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This is why I am very against TN taking away my comment deleting privileges, luckily they see it as I do.&nbsp;&nbsp; We own our blogs as long as we abide by the rules.&nbsp;</p> <p>You aren't wrong Gube... go kick butt and take names later... lol</p> <p>&nbsp;What did you say gube?&nbsp; Did I hear you right? I am a little hard of hearing. People make up names? Just to post on here?&nbsp; I do declare.&nbsp; I'llhave to ask my sister jen about this.&nbsp; I am mad.</p> <br /> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210402 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210402 <p>&nbsp;What did you say gube?&nbsp; Did I hear you right? I am a little hard of hearing. People make up names? Just to post on here?&nbsp; I do declare.&nbsp; I'llhave to ask my sister jen about this.&nbsp; I am mad.</p> <br /> <p>&nbsp;Mildred did you call and wake me up just to tell me people make up names? Did gube tell you this? Don't you belive everything he says.&nbsp; Im going to call our other sister.&nbsp; No one would make up names. Hope she isnt alseep yet.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210407 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210407 <p>&nbsp;Mildred did you call and wake me up just to tell me people make up names? Did gube tell you this? Don't you belive everything he says.&nbsp; Im going to call our other sister.&nbsp; No one would make up names. Hope she isnt alseep yet.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p> What? Don't wake Mildred up.  She has a bad temper when she is woken up.  Let jen know in the morning that gube said names are made up. He probably siad he was going to call you names.  I am sure that is what that  young whippersnapper meant.</p> <br /> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210409 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210409 <p> What? Don't wake Mildred up.  She has a bad temper when she is woken up.  Let jen know in the morning that gube said names are made up. He probably siad he was going to call you names.  I am sure that is what that  young whippersnapper meant.</p> <br /> <p> Now Mildred  I know you are my sister.  But that doesn;t mean you know everything.  gube is a young man but he he did say people make up names.  What is this world coming to?  In my days we all told the truth.  Nothing but the truth.  He is bad if he thinks he is going to call us names.  I'g going to bed. I need to turn off the elcrtcity.  I'm on a fixed income and it costs to much to run the computer and lightbulb at the same time.  Good nite sis.</p> <br /> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210410 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210410 <p> Now Mildred  I know you are my sister.  But that doesn;t mean you know everything.  gube is a young man but he he did say people make up names.  What is this world coming to?  In my days we all told the truth.  Nothing but the truth.  He is bad if he thinks he is going to call us names.  I'g going to bed. I need to turn off the elcrtcity.  I'm on a fixed income and it costs to much to run the computer and lightbulb at the same time.  Good nite sis.</p> <br /> <p>&nbsp;Sparks, again you misrepresent what I said on sams blog, whew, talk about backpeddling and damage control, you sure are trying to clean things up when you see a few people come over to my defense, huh?,&nbsp; first, you say, &quot;<b>I didn't know he copied the last paragraph on his post full or ranting and cuss words from someone else.. how am I supposed to know who wrote it.???&nbsp; He didn't say&nbsp;it came from another&nbsp;source.&nbsp; From a few of his posts I truly thought he had a cussing problem, </b></p> <p>The truth?, at the beginning of sams blog, i said, <b>Here are some examples of comments from Huffington post bloggers, </b>so, if you read it, you would have seen I wrote that, but, instead you started in on your attack on me, and where are all these others posts of mine that only you seem to know about where I have a cussing problem? c'mon sparks, tell us!&nbsp;</p> <p>Second you say,&quot;<b>I don't believe Huffington post bloggers were bashing their own blog site so that part had to be Starbucks.&nbsp;</b>The truth?,<b>&nbsp;</b>I never presented the comments as huffington post bloggers bashing their own site, it was Comments from Huffpo bloggers saying hateful and anti-Semitic comments, and how huffpo had to turn off the comments on a blog because they were so hateful,&nbsp; Then you say, &quot;<strong>I don't care if people delete their comments, it's their right,,&nbsp; </strong>and follow that with<strong>, </strong><b>see this is why you should never delete other peoples posts,&nbsp; </b>Jesus Sparks, pick a side!,</p> <p>So, why don't you really explain to me and everyone here why you continue to twist and lie about what I really posted on sams blog, or, just apologize to me and we can let it all go and make nice,,,,,,,:)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210426 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210426 <p>&nbsp;Sparks, again you misrepresent what I said on sams blog, whew, talk about backpeddling and damage control, you sure are trying to clean things up when you see a few people come over to my defense, huh?,&nbsp; first, you say, &quot;<b>I didn't know he copied the last paragraph on his post full or ranting and cuss words from someone else.. how am I supposed to know who wrote it.???&nbsp; He didn't say&nbsp;it came from another&nbsp;source.&nbsp; From a few of his posts I truly thought he had a cussing problem, </b></p> <p>The truth?, at the beginning of sams blog, i said, <b>Here are some examples of comments from Huffington post bloggers, </b>so, if you read it, you would have seen I wrote that, but, instead you started in on your attack on me, and where are all these others posts of mine that only you seem to know about where I have a cussing problem? c'mon sparks, tell us!&nbsp;</p> <p>Second you say,&quot;<b>I don't believe Huffington post bloggers were bashing their own blog site so that part had to be Starbucks.&nbsp;</b>The truth?,<b>&nbsp;</b>I never presented the comments as huffington post bloggers bashing their own site, it was Comments from Huffpo bloggers saying hateful and anti-Semitic comments, and how huffpo had to turn off the comments on a blog because they were so hateful,&nbsp; Then you say, &quot;<strong>I don't care if people delete their comments, it's their right,,&nbsp; </strong>and follow that with<strong>, </strong><b>see this is why you should never delete other peoples posts,&nbsp; </b>Jesus Sparks, pick a side!,</p> <p>So, why don't you really explain to me and everyone here why you continue to twist and lie about what I really posted on sams blog, or, just apologize to me and we can let it all go and make nice,,,,,,,:)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I won't apologize for thinking your post was tacky. You certainly were not clear on which statements were yours and which ones were the bloggers.&nbsp;&nbsp;Why don't you put your post here so everyone can see it Starbucks, you certainly don't mind posting content full of cuss words, do you?&nbsp;&nbsp; So do it again.</p> <p>And..Starbucks, don't bully me or try to manipulate me, control freaks irritate me to no end. That is not the way to make nice with me. You can call me all the names you want and go on and on and on...but my opinion of your post stands.&nbsp; I can be honest and say that I now believe you didn't cuss because I trust Countygirl's judgment of you.&nbsp; I don't know you as well&nbsp;as she does. &nbsp; But you still posted that crap and you are responsible for what you copy and paste here on this site.&nbsp; It was a bad move on your part in MY OPINION.&nbsp; There are more intelligent ways of getting your point across, and that's my opinion too.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>You really need to get over the fact that I didn't like your post. People have opinions and they won't always be the same as yours...getting upset every time someone disagrees with you can't be healthy.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether they were your curse words or not... you POSTED it, and you were OK with the content you posted.&nbsp;&nbsp;I think it's tacky to cuss excessively in a public forum or to POST other people cussing excessively.&nbsp;&nbsp; There is no difference in who did the cussing...so either way my opinion of your post stands.&nbsp; That would be like me posting a picture of porn on this site and saying &quot;but it wasn't me fornicating!&quot;&nbsp; lol</p> <p>Now that I do know you better.. please have the last say. Let it rip Starbucks.&nbsp;&nbsp; That will be me being nice to you. (smile)</p> <p>goodbye.......................</p> http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210454 http://www.tehachapinews.com/home/Blog/jewels/11369/#c_210454 <p>I won't apologize for thinking your post was tacky. You certainly were not clear on which statements were yours and which ones were the bloggers.&nbsp;&nbsp;Why don't you put your post here so everyone can see it Starbucks, you certainly don't mind posting content full of cuss words, do you?&nbsp;&nbsp; So do it again.</p> <p>And..Starbucks, don't bully me or try to manipulate me, control freaks irritate me to no end. That is not the way to make nice with me. You can call me all the names you want and go on and on and on...but my opinion of your post stands.&nbsp; I can be honest and say that I now believe you didn't cuss because I trust Countygirl's judgment of you.&nbsp; I don't know you as well&nbsp;as she does. &nbsp; But you still posted that crap and you are responsible for what you copy and paste here on this site.&nbsp; It was a bad move on your part in MY OPINION.&nbsp; There are more intelligent ways of getting your point across, and that's my opinion too.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>You really need to get over the fact that I didn't like your post. People have opinions and they won't always be the same as yours...getting upset every time someone disagrees with you can't be healthy.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether they were your curse words or not... you POSTED it, and you were OK with the content you posted.&nbsp;&nbsp;I think it's tacky to cuss excessively in a public forum or to POST other people cussing excessively.&nbsp;&nbsp; There is no difference in who did the cussing...so either way my opinion of your post stands.&nbsp; That would be like me posting a picture of porn on this site and saying &quot;but it wasn't me fornicating!&quot;&nbsp; lol</p> <p>Now that I do know you better.. please have the last say. Let it rip Starbucks.&nbsp;&nbsp; That will be me being nice to you. (smile)</p> <p>goodbye.......................</p> <p>&nbsp;Sparks, you will not address the main point here, WHY YOU LIED ABOUT WHAT I POSTED, who cares what your opinon was of my post, thats not the point here so, you can dance around it all day if you like, but I clearly have not bullied you on anything, all I ever asked was why you keep lying&nbsp; an