"I have noticed that many times when you (like Poohbah) do not agree with someone's information (basis) or opinion you ignore it, pretend it does not exist and claim no basis was provided."
It seems to me that katze's reply to Uncle Bill (Uncle Bill reply #113) in reply #115 is another proof that what I wrote about katze in reply #109 is correct. He and Poohbah are in self deluded denial (opinion!):
To: Uncle Bill
Hey, UB. More canned, repetitive posts? You can have this fake, he's all yours, OPINION and all. If you're gonna rag on anyone, it should be Clinton--this is Bush territory.
115 posted on 12/26/01 6:28 PM Pacific by katze
It also seems that katze and Poohbah just can't stand it when someone writes that their boy, former President Bush is a traitor, even when Uncle Bill and I also have pointed out numerous times that CLinton was a traitor too. Katze and Poohbah just blindly want to limit the discussion to CLinton and not Clinton and Bush and they pretend we are being unfair because we will not play their deluded game of only talking about Clinton.
The fact is Uncle Bill and I are both Americans first and we do not have blind, mind numbed loyalties to either parties. We look at issues and facts and form our opinions independent of party spin doctors trying to tell us how to think.
I also wrote in reply #107:
"I am not running for office, I am not writing a book and I am not in a court of law. I did not write an article for publication or even an official editorial. I freely give out my opinion at coffee shops and barber shops and even on the FreeRepublic-imagine that! And I hear others giving out opinions similar to mine at all the same places."
Yet in reply #109 Poobah still is whining since he just doen't want to understand that a reply on FR is reserved for opinions (unless an article written by the replier is a reposted as the reply)and that articles and editorials are posted for presenting verifiable information as such on the FR:
"First you said in Post #19 that Bush DID commit treason. You didn't use the weasel-words "in my opinion," like you did here--you just stated it as bald fact. Fast forward to Post #107, and now you're waffling and saying that it's just your opinion. You obviously decided to go with the lesser of two weasels on this issue."
I guess we are going to have to hold Poobah's poor little hand to gently guide him into understanding things obvious to other people, namely that replies are opinions. Maybe Poohbah is confused when he reads someone write about firmly held opinions since he seems so accustomed in dealing with Clinton who never had a firmly held belief or opinon (except not to have a belief or opinion-everything was relative to his expediency for the moment).
Poobah's and katze's hero and sterling example, Bush Sr, waffled and weaseled on "no new taxes" and abortion , so maybe they need to go back to the drawing board since they are so confused about the difference between opinions and lying by Bush Sr. on taxes and abortion.
Here is another jewel of behavior (rules on FR cover this but are only selectively enforced) from irish_lad in relply #119 :
To: OKCSubmariner
You are a dumb ass.
119 posted on 12/26/01 6:43 PM Pacific by irish_lad
Why is it that I get the feeling Poohbah is praising irish_lad for his bad behavior in this reply by Poohbah?:
To: irish_lad
Don't hold back...let us know what you REALLY think :o)
121 posted on 12/26/01 6:44 PM Pacific by Poohbah
Seems to me that irish_lad deserves to be on your team, Poobah and katze. Irish_lad seems to be on your quality level and in your league. But you may no longer want irish_lad on your team since in your estimation (praise for him by Poohbah in reply #121?) the quality of his replies may actually exceed the quality of your replies.
BTW, you seem to be the only one around here with a "team", those you call for just about every time you post, in hopes they will defend you, or some other inane reason (like your post #133), then call their attention to your posts, i.e, See post(s) #, as tho' you're so proud of yourself. Ya' got it wrong, most of us are independent thinkers; you don't see us flagging for help.
If anyone is to worry about the "quality of replies", it really should be *you*, since you've already divulged they are your OPINIONS. So, don't worry about irish_lad, sounds like a man with common sense, and you have no credibility left with which to attack him. You're not the bully you've been wanting people to believe--you're a coward, who looks to 10 (or so) people for help.
Poobah's and katze's hero and sterling example, Bush Sr, waffled and weaseled on "no new taxes" and abortion , so maybe they need to go back to the drawing board since they are so confused about the difference between opinions and lying by Bush Sr. on taxes and abortion." from OKCSubmariner (the OPINION guy)
LOL. Now you're mad at the elder Bush because of taxes and abortion. Nothing confused about me, I got your number. My hero? No, elder Bush isn't my hero, but I'll be damned if I let you accuse him of treason without just cause, and hear this--your OPINION is hardly a cause. Our current Pres Bush is a hero to me--is that ok with you?
I'll let Poohbah comment about the hand-holding. If he needs it, I'm sure you'll be the first one he asks. ROTFL
Mister, I think you should quit, since you're going down, down and down. Next, you'll be saying, "I will not tolerate a Govt that lies". Oh, is it necessary to re-post min and irish_lad's posts, afraid your "team" will miss? ;-)
Ah, Paddie, because I am feeling generous this morning, I will patiently explain something to you: if you say "Bush committed treason by giving the neutron bomb to the Chinese," that is NOT an opinion--that is a claim of fact. If you make a claim of fact here on FR, be prepared to back it up.
Maybe Poohbah is confused when he reads someone write about firmly held opinions since he seems so accustomed in dealing with Clinton who never had a firmly held belief or opinon (except not to have a belief or opinion-everything was relative to his expediency for the moment).
Au contraire, Paddie me lad, I have many a firmly held opinion. My firmly-held opinion of YOU is that you are a BS artist. You claim to be a nuclear engineer, having worked on Trident subs and having been approached to work on SDI (before being blacklisted for being a true patriot), but you can't even bring yourself to acknowledge the large inconsistencies between known laws of physics and the legend of "red mercury." You merely hide behind Sam Cohen, as if he has some variation of papal infallibility on the issue. You expect me to believe that you somehow made it through a high-speed, low-drag education in physics without ever encountering the words "enthalpy," "work," or "entropy."
In short, my personal OPINION of you, Paddie boy, is supported by the evidence at hand.