Is being critical of politicians tradition, or bad manners?

Seriously, PP “broad” is the only language you found offensive?

Not “girl,” “flake,” “in love with her looks,” “froo froo,” or “high maintenance?”

Interesting.

And you think that’s “telling it like it is?”

Good gosh! I didn’t think I would set off a firestorm with the liberal PC nanny-gaters. I apologize using the word “broad” but my point stands. Is that okay?

Art should get to move up because it is his turn and he has put a lot more time and effort into it than she has. There is no arguement about that.

Tell us how Art has disappointed real Republican conservatives. She might be rich and cute and votes right in the House. And she can buy her election in a primary but what happened to rewarding loyalty, hard work and years of service to the party??? Our party’s symbol is the elephant which is not known for its good looks but for its endurance and loyalty.

Art is the trustworthy and proven elephant in this one. Nobody should forget that.

I think you nailed it PP that the anonymousness of posting versus a letter to the editor unleashes personal attacks that go far from the realm of good taste.
I am all for criticizing public officials and the job that they do but this is a blatant personal attack that has absolutely no justification. It might be one thing if it were true but Old Coot only knows Kristi by some of the comments made on this and other blogs.
Kristi runs a large farm (and actually does a lot of the physical work), serves roles on various farm organizations, runs a hunting lodge, is very involved with volunteer activities and her church, plays a very active role in the legislature, and raises a family to name a few.
The sexist comments by Old Coot seeks to stereotype a young lady as a flake and froo froo broad simply because she is a woman, she cares about her appearance and she is inherently attractive.

This isn’t the first time and it won’t be the last but this is what anyone who reads blogs will tell you is wrong with them.

For some reason, we feel that we’re a lot harder on politicians nowadays, with the blogosphere and the anonymity of the Internet. Take a good look at some of the political cartoons in the 19th century. Some of them were downright cruel! I think we’ve just gotten to the point where everyone can be the “cartoonist” with their opinions. And now with the internet, you don’t even have to know how to draw!

Coot,
Have you ever heard of the saying, “If you are in a hole, stop digging?”

3rd502-

At least you knew who drew the cartoon!

Coot: use you real name for awhile, let alone run for office, and see if that changes your mind.

BF – If I pick it apart bit by bit, it kind of defeats the focus of the post.

And 3rd502nd – I agree with you 100% In “olden days” they made us look like pikers.

8. Right. It’s called “evolution.” We’re trying not to be such troglodites these days, aren’t we? Or do you really want to go back to those times?

( I probably shouldn’t say this, but I’m going to anyway…)

“Ah yes, the Halcyon days of the Old Coot. When men were men, and sheep were nervous.”

Believe me, I’m NOT a Euro-phile, having worked there for a while and experienced how much their socialist goverenments control their lives. But they do have an interesting way of running their newspapers. They are TOTALLY political. You have a left-wing and a right-wing rag, and they make NO bones about where they stand. Even in Canada, you have the Globe & Mail (Liberal, their equivalent to the NY Times) and the National Post (Conservative). If our newspapers would just admit their standing and stop pretending to be neutral, I think they’d be better venues for healthy debate. I think Hugh Hewitt has said some interesting stuff on this.

Fleming — real men don’t chase sheep. We raise cattle.

mhs — I’m too old to run for office and I’m not phony enough to pretend I would like serving in Pierre and listening to all the belly aching. You appear to have the right stuff so get out there and run yourself.

3rd502nd — Go to the Red Owl and pick out a coloring book today. Go wild and color outside the lines like a wild acre liberal or MODERATE EXTREMIST and then send another check to Hillary.

Anon at 12:00 — If I feel like digging today I’d use a pick axe or is warm enough to use a shovel where you live in San Francisco?

And to Little Coot who wrote the glowing comments on Kristi and her farm just save it for the campaign propoganda in the primary. You worship her and you’re probably related to her (or maybe you’re the candidate herself) … and that is your right. You are right that Kristi is cute and good looking to 99% of all the straight males out there. I’m still sticking up for the guy who has paid his dues and should not be replaced by a newcomer who wants to use her big checkbook to buy a Senate seat.

This is South Dakota not Bloomburg’s New York City.

Old_Coot, why don’t you pull your head out of your backside, or wherever you may be hiding from the rest of the world. This is 2007, not whatever century you’re still living in.

The sad fact of the matter is that it’s attitudes like yours that would doom this state to the economic and social backwater. I grew up here, and have voted Republican since Bush 41 in 1992, the 1st presidential election I could vote in. Don’t ever assume what one’s political leanings are. I thought I could come back and experience the best of this state, common sense values. You are obviously proving me wrong.

“I’m too old to run for office”. Sounds like a cop-out to me. Are you older than Reagan when he took office as president (almost 70)? You may be older than most of us here, but you’re sounding like a big cry-baby. “I don’t WANT my state to change!!!” (waa waa waa). Tough luck, old timer.

BTW, it’s “Bloomberg”. Learn how to spell.

12. What a perfect answer!

“We don’t screw sheep, we screw cows!”

OMG, I’m peeing in my pants over here.

My size 13 Olathes are almost full to the brim!

13. Ummm… 2008, bro… I’m just sayin’.

Obviously, Coot makes it up as he goes…. Art was a nice guy, but that’s about it. Kristi has done more good for her district in 1 year, than he did in 8. Plus, Coot, better take a look at Art’s voting record. He was with the Dems just as much as he was the Repubs.

I’m wondering if maybe Holy Cow and The Old Coot might be the same guy? God, wouldn’t that just be the shits?

At least I’m not trying to shop at the Red Owl. At least in Pierre, that name went away about 20 years ago. Are there even any of these left anymore?

According to wikipedia, there’s only one left in Green Bay.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamble-Skogmo

I AM a Packers fan. The next time I’m there, I’ll pick up up some 78 RPM albums and some Dapper Dan for the Old Coot.

18. I know, it’s just over the top, huh?!

That’s why I think he might be “the Cow.”

Hey Coot, how about some hot Dr. Pepper with a slice of lemon? (…and a secret splash of Everclear). Remember that action?

You guys are pretty funny.

3rd502nd — I didn’t get the penmanship or spelling badges when I was in grade school, but maybe you want an award for voting since 1992. Big deal. Let me know when you start shaving. As for the Pack I rooted for them when they won the first two Super Bowls and you can keep your Dapper Dan as a substitute for the KY you obviously need. As for running for office, I’m putting you in the same class as that other coyote MHS — you appear to have the right stuff as well. Git ‘er done boy.

Fleming — It’s Friday and you must be shutting down early to sip on the Everclear yourself. Get a man’s drink you sissy mary and pour yourself a Wild Turkey with or without ice. Then after you’ve had a few, head downtown Rapid and pick up a pair of Olathes at the Western wear store. You can get a hat even though you got no cattle and wouldn’t be able to tell an Angus from a Hereford. I’m jus’ sayin’.

16. — I don’t believe you but I’ll tell you that loyalty means something in politics, more than the sheep do-do you spout. I got nothing against women running but I know a real veteran soldier for the Republican Party from a newbee. Fryslie deserves the respect and the support because it is his turn and because of what he has done over many years for us.

not to interfere with a good old blood letting, but just popped in and so the interesting comment about the annonymity allowed in the blogosphere. I think the Feeralist papers would be the first example of annonymous posting, about 230 years ago. Also, if you get a chance to read the John Adams book, by David McCullough, you’ll see that he believed he was the victim – in our country’s 4th presidential election – of an orchestrated annonymous attack in the papers of the day, by none other than Thomas Jefferson. Imagine where we could be today if they had had keyboards, a few gigs, and some wireless action

I can see the headlines now!

Fryslie supporter calls Noem a “flake” and a “froo froo broad”.

Way to help your good buddy Art there Old Coot.
I am sure Art is thrilled with your endorsement.

Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it is the answer to those who think this behavior is justified from past examples.

20. U da Man, Coot.

I used up all my Wild Turkey tickets about 10 years back, but even then I was more into single malts, and Beefeaters — Scotchman that I am.

Even so, have a splendid weekend, you old turkey.

I’m just (by gawd) sayin’.

Best,

BF

p.s. Coot, which ones are the reddish brown and black ones with the big humps on their backs?

I think they call them Tatankas or something.

Now there’s a real man’s livestock.

(ker, ker, ker…).

21. So Lee, are you thinking of going undercover? I used to do that. It was liberating in a way, but after a while I started to lose my sense of self-respect (if you can imagine…).

Plus, it’s a lonely game, man.

But for sure, if TJ were posting today, we’d all be getting our butts righteously kicked, I fear.

Even the Coot-a-tolah.

The silliest thing about anonymous and pseudonymous blog comments is that many of writers think the first amendment right extends to hiding their identity. The right to speak out does not include the right not to be held responsible for what is said. And the First Amendment does not make it a right to gratuitously malign other people.

Not until someone with a lot of money decides to make a Constitutional and moral point by suing blog and discussion board sponsors right down to their skivvies will the distinction become clear. South Dakota is a libel per se state, and the only thing giving anonymous bloggers such loud voices is that the damages awarded would be less than the cost of going after them–and the fact that not many lawyers licensed to practice in South Dakota want to create ill will among potential clients by aggressive pursuit of civil suits.

What does the N stand for?

27. I always thought David N. was the venerable David Newquist.

No?

Coot, you just gotta keep up man.

(…kicks CootrahamLincoln in the keester with his size 14 Doc Martin lace-up steel toes.)

p.s. David, if I’m wrong, please, just shoot me now.

14. Call me next time you need your Olathes filled. I’ll be glad to help you out.

Coot, part of the problem is our definition of electability or why we even base our vote on that word. In the 2004 US House race Republicans crossed over and gave their vote to “cute and perky”, twice. Not my words but theirs.

Larry D. was selected because the Convention thought he was electable. The main criteria that I heard over and over for Larry’s selection was he lived east of the river. Larry D. has a very nice resume and compared to his opponent for that reason alone he should have won.

SDGOP activists are not united and registered Republicans give their votes to Democrats. While we criticize politicians we should look in the mirror at ourselves and ask what is the driving standard? I don’t know why we have a party platform because apparently it is not the standard. I don’t know why we have party leadership because it doesn’t get the job done of keeping votes from straying.

If I gave my vote to Obama, Clinton, Herseth or Johnson no Republican from South Dakota can complain because it is a tradition to cross over vote.

I vote for Republicans and criticize those that don’t perform like one.

Loyalty matters Bruce or else there is no party worth its salt.

.28 Yep. You’re right.

I did not think any one did not know that the N stands for Newquist. It is the school paper signature and it is is an identifier. I started using it when commenters used it rather than spell out my whole name. I think it has something to do which the fact that the Scandinavian contingent is dominated by Norwegians–you know, ten tousand svedes run trou d’ weeds, chased by one Norwegian.

I don’t know Art and wouldn’t recognize Kristi if I saw her, and I agree that this isn’t Bloomberg, it’s South Dakota, where we still observe good manners, and Old Coot doesn’t have them.

His comments were tasteless and lack a common sense of decency.

31. (folds hands. brings both to forhhead, bows.)

Ah, so, Sensei.

forehead

So Coot, do you know who David Newquist is?

29. Only if you are willing to help laugh them full, Tatanka.

31. Like Ole and Sven?

David, have you ever heard the one about when they played 20 questions because the dang fish weren’t bitin’?

Ole says “Okeh, den, let’s play dat 20 qvestions game.”

Sven says “Okay, you got one?”

Ole says, “Ja, I got one?”

(…ok, now I have to edit a leedle bit…)

So, Sven says, “Does it taste like s***?”

And Ole says, “Ja, it tastes like s***t!”

So den Sven says, “Is it moose c*ck?

An’ Ole says, “Ja, it’s moose c*ck.”

Any vay, that’s the dang joke, dere, David.

Fleming, looks like you are about 16 questions short of a full load on that post.

I think anonymity in blogs and forums is rarely required and very often abused. Not sure if the balance justifies the anonymity even if names like “old coot” and “holy cow!” are amusing in themselves.

37. This is ridiculous. Flemming with nearly half the posts, and most of them talking to himself. And I don’t get #37. And I forget what the topic as.

20
If Bill went to the western wear store to buy a hat, he would have a problem because they don’t make hats big enough for heads that swell as big as his. I’m just sayin…..

Good one 40. I’m just sayin’ GRIN WINK SMILE ker ker ker
BARF

#21 Lee S.

You are right to point out the long history of anonymous writers in American history. I would add writers assuming false identities. Ben Franklin, in the 1720’s as a teenage apprentice writing under the name “Mrs. Silence Dogood”, penned a series of letters to the editor offering a pessimistic view of society and a woman’s place in it.

I know who you, BF, and Tony Dean are. But like Silence Dogood I’m not sure “The Old Coot” is who he claims to be

Look, here’s the final summary, and Powers can shut down this disaster of a thread.

85% of the people here have agree:

- The chick legislator is pretty good looking regardless of how smart she is or is not

- Coot is a moron and his size 8.5 tap-toe boots have pretty much run as far as they can with this crowd

39, 40 and 41, What a bunch of whiners!
Wah, wah, wah. Like the lunkheads in the hallway by the lockers who used to stand around and bitch.

Losers.

If you have something to say, say it!

And if you don’t, say something anyway.

Otherwise, what are you doing here?

37. Cheech and Chong had a similar routine. Only it was funny.

Just for full disclosure, I use the nombre de plume just because I like having it. I also contribute occasionally on another blog that sounds a lot like a rock sculpture here in SD. Anybody who actually cared–and I suspect there are few who would–could make the connection of the posts by Doug Barnes and DuggerSD to see they were the same person. I do not try to hide my identity, just like this name. I do know of one person who apparently did care and when he found out he was mistaken when he thought I was another person who is much more intelligent than I am, I think he felt pretty foolish. My posts went from genius to childish in his impression (I would not want to say opinion because that would indicate he said something he did not and wants a little wriggle-room).
44
“if you have something to say, say it!” It seems to me you are the one that likes to write all kinds of stuff with little plausible deniability clauses to say you did not say something. Talk about a whiner!
BTW, I showed some of our exchanges to an amature psychologist friend of mine. Being 15 and having a little more than 1 semester of high school psychology, I figure she is more than enough qualifed to diagnose you. She was rather concerned. She noted by your reaction to pointing out your use of an archaic term you seemed to have age issues and were trying to link yourself back to a younger age. She also thought you sounded like an old guy trying to talk like a kid, but thinks your attempts are groovy. Then she noticed your going from praising a certain singer to that singer being so terrible. She thought this might indicate some sort of Jekyll/Hyde syndrome and should have it looked at. Then she noticed you making a claim of said singer stuffing a tp roll in his pants and claiming I saw it too. This indicated a latent homosexuality desire and it was code to see if I might be interested (not). Later you make a reference to said singer an accusation of being a pedophile even though the girls he was looking at were 18+. She thought the indication here is that the said singer either might have rejected you or that you had struck out so many times on campus that you were just jealous. Then the irrational attacks were noted. My friend said it is not unusual for people with a low self-esteem to attack in such a way as a means to make themselves feel better. I think you are in need of some serious couch time. But, I’m just sayin’…

46. Great! You just saved me a bunch of dough on therapy duggerSD. Thanks man.

Bruce had the best line. ‘I vote for republicans and criticize those who don’t act line one.’

This is kind of an idealistic view of the party-system. Love your party no matter what, never -ever leave the party, and don’t ever think about voting for somebody outside the party.

Sounds like the Gotti family.

The reality is that Rounds got way more democrats in the last election than Billion got republicans. Stephanie will get more republicans than (fill in the blank) gets democrats. We’re not party line voters in SD. That’s just how it goes. The only time the Gotti-mentality comes into play is in primary elections.

As far as unfair criticisms…..that’s what we do best! And, if you choose to be in public service – get used to it.

Gotti family? Jeckyl/Hyde syndrome? Silence Dogood? Moose c*ck? And Bloombrain?

And doesn’t Tony Dean have something brain numbing to do like stare at the inside of a clam tent and fish through the ice?

Just got back from chores and stopped paying attention to this conversation until now. Damn near 50 posts???? You people need lives. Seriously!

I apologized yesterday and when the kidding kept coming I tried to play along but all these silly deep philosophic statements are just nuts. I’m going to turn off the computer and finish up in the yard and then I’m taking Mrs. G into town for lunch. I would advise y’all to do something constructive with your time today and get your keesters out of your office chairs and get something done.

I heard of couch potatos but you guys are in need of some winter time activities or you’re going to bloat out like a sow and die of heart attacks.

Now here’s what you do. Write down 3 things you want to get done by 5 o’clock today. Sip the last of your coffee. Turn off the damn computer and get it done. See y’all later!

While I understand the reason that some might feel they need to be anonymous (fear of professional retribution either from someone who might lead a boycott against their business or place of employment etc. or performing a whistleblower role ala making a crime stoppers call), I do not have the same respect for people who make anonymous personal attacks like done by Old Coot. A real man never would do such a thing. He would say it where he could get slapped in the face by the woman or beaten to a pulp by her boyfriend, husband, brother or father.

Old Coot claims to be such a traditional man but he is a coward. He talks tough behind a screen but I’ll guarantee he’d never talk like that at a Hayes dance, a Highmore Street Dance, etc. I grew up in Pierre and traveled to all of these things in my youth. On the trip there, we guys decided collectively what “acts” would warrant coming to defense of another and what we’d allow them to get their butts kicked. If someone said what Old Coot said about Representative Noem, I can absolutely assure you he would be on his own. Our only commitment would be to make sure he didn’t get killed and to bring his bloody face back to Pierre.

While I hated fighting, I also hated people exacting verbal abuse on another w/o retribution. Sometimes, a good only punch in the face taught the lesson. In some ways, even with a fight, we were more civil back then.

Let me refer you to two articles from this month’s Esquire (a pretty liberal magazine which I enjoy). I’d have provided the links but they don’t provide the most recent magazine on-line until the next one comes out.

Signed Letter to Editor: “I completely agree we should bring back the idea of immediate physical vengeance. . . . Prosecution for being a jerk…. takes too long and is ineffective.

Article by Chuck Klosterman (my favorite Esquire columnist): “It is impossible to deny that the culture is coarsening. Everyone concedes this- even the people who are happy about it. It is no acceptable to say almost anything, about almost everyone, in a public space, and for no reason whatsoever. There is no line to step over because no lines exist. And I think these boundaries disappeared the moment people really, truly lost the fear of getting punched in the face. . . .Adults are now so insulated by technology that the possibility of physical consequence for any action is a psychological nonfactor.”

I’m laughing at all the silly selective righteous indignation on this, especially from His Righteous Judge of All Things Good and Not Good Troy Jones who sounds jumpy about smacking the Coot around. It must be because the Cooteroid is old and this might be someone The Judginator can pound. Y’know, you gotta pick your fights, Troy Boy.

As to the anonymous insults on this and other blogs, YOU PEOPLE LOST YOUR VIRGINITY A LONG, LONG TIME AGO. The entire discussion, outside the brave souls who use their real names, is a pack of malarcky and hypocrisy.

Yes the Coot’s crude. He’s rude. He’s opinionated. I think he apologized. Maybe he needs to bring Mrs. G into the kitchen to edit his garbage before engaging the manure spreader. Maybe he needs to throw his computer in the trash. But he’s not unlike a lot of writers who pipe in their 2 cents worth here and elsewhere and fade back out into obscurity. Or do you really want examples?

Amen Troy!

Old Coot is a Chickens**t who has nothing better to do than sit behind his computer and launch personal attacks. Only after a cyber-whoopin’ did he sort of apologize but only because he got caught. Then he tries to laugh it off but we aren’t laughing Old Coot!
You stopped reading the comments because most of them were condemning your statements.
By the amount of time you spend on this blog, your cows must be starving. I suggest that you take your own advice and get some work done and quit personally attacking people so the rest of us don’t have to waste time responding to your tasteless comments.

#51: The question that Pat asked was:

“Has the quality of the discussion and honest criticism that people might have once expressed in say – a letter to the editor – degraded with the “anonymity” provided by the Internet? Or, does that shield of not being afraid of retaliation or consequence for your comments liberate people concerned about government – enabling them to just lay their unvarnished opinions out there so they can tell it like it is?”

I tried to answer that question. I still don’t know if you agree w/ my premise or not or your views on the question. But I do know you don’t like me, you choose to express yourself behind a sheet to denigrate me personally w/o any direct reference to what I said, and you make a broad-based accusation of most of the posters on this blog.

Your post proves the point I was trying to make: The anonymonity of the internet has allowed us to become more coarse and demeaning. We don’t treat the views of others with respect because we don’t see them as another person with thoughts, feelings and perspectives from which we might learn.

I put my name on my posts because I’m prepared to take a punch in the face (even a cyber-punch) for what I say. I refuse to resort to KKK tactics of hiding behind a sheet. And frankly, #51, even if you had posted your name, your punch missed.

#51 here.

You’re cyber-right and I’m cyber-wrong as always Troy. I cyber-sorry. Being the shameful cyber-coward that I must be I will hang my virtual head in cyber-shame and dream that maybe, someday, golly gee wow, I will be as virtually perfect as cyber-Troy.

And one more note from #51 chickensh*t here to the Omnipotent Troy Boy. I would like you to stop the cyber-stoning in the cyber-square of Stan Adelstein if you are indeed the big man you claim here. Haven’t jumped on that yet, huh?

I think my point is proven. I’m just sayin.’

What kind of nut case is Bill Felmming? He responds to his own commens without anyone else posting in between.

Give it a rest. However to his credit he does put hi name on his posts which i better than me in that respect.

56. What kind of nutcase? I don’t know, Irish, left-handed, old? Not sure how to answer.

#46 took a crack at it, but I’m thinking he was mostly just in a bad mood when he wrote it.

Probably from listening to “Solitary Man” too many times or something…

Sorry, was not in a bad mood. Actually, it was rather fun. What I find scary is my 15 year-old amature psychologist really seemed to nail it. I believe the reason he answers himself is because of his split-personality problem. So is your favorite book “I’m ok & So am I”?

58. Good, it should be fun.

Ol’ coot sure does have skin a bit on the thin side, doesn’t he?

And, because he notices I’m in a Clam and stare at an ice hole (A Vexilar, actually), I know he’s watchin’ me more than I listen to him.

But, maybe I’m just fishin’

48. You must be a lobbiest.

Troy,

You make some good points about civility and anonymous commentators. I have always posted using my real name because it makes me think twice before hitting the submit button. There has been a coarsening of the discourse in American society and by taking responsibility for my words I might smooth some of the rough edges.

By the way, Highmore street dances can be lots of fun especially if some young hot bloods from out of town don’t get insulted and start throwing drunken haymakers. But then I’ve never been much of a brawler.

Don’t worry about the Coot’s cybercows starving. It’s winter and it doesn’t take that long to feed a herd. Come summer he’ll have to make cyberhay and his days will be considerably busier. Someday he’ll trip over his size 27 Olathes and we’ll find out he’s a skinny, nerdy, 14 year old, size 7, band geek.

Tony, if you’re sitting in the clam this a.m. at minus a hundred-something, you’re a better man than all of us. I bet even the Coot traded the Olathe’s for Sorrel’s this week.

P.S. nice job on the subtle Vexilar promo, Tony. I’ll bet that one goes right over Coot’s head. PP: take notes, should you ever land that site sponsor, learn from the master.

54. It went over my head too. In fact, I don’t get half of the comments on this thread. Could somebody explain?

#64 mhs

Good point on the promo. I’ll bet “The Old Coot” has a promotional contract with Olathe Boot Company. The old sly dog is getting paid big bucks for planting that make of boot into our subconscious minds.

I wonder if BF is getting paid for plugging Birkenstocks?

66. And Doc Martins? No… but I’m thinking of calling them both, now that you mention it, Nick.

Coot and BF, mercenary foot soldiers. I like it.

Hey, they’ve got a pretty cool website actually. Way better than Olathe’s.

http://www.drmartens.com/

Sounds like BF and NN really bonded during the hunting trip. Now they need to get a room. Far, far, away

68. Actually, we became cyber-friends long ago, poking cyber-sticks through a cyber-fence at mean old cyber-sows in cyber-hog pens just to watch them get extra cyber-crabby. Kind of like what seems to be going on with you, come to think of it.

did you guys have a few cyber-beers too, and can you get a cyber-red beer?

70. Of course. Clamato, V8 Spicy or Plain, or just plain old Dermader with a shot of tabasco. What’s yer pleasure and choice of suds?

(I’d go with the Pacifico and a hit of mango/habañero salsa, compadre.)

70. Lee, we’ll even give you some cyper-peanuts to eat with that cyber-red beer. Just throw the shells on the cyber-floor here in the internet and then kick back to enjoy watching Green Bay send NY packing.

Oh, and nothing but the best, most expensive cyber-beer for our cyber-buddies. No 10 cent tax required.

WHO CARES?? GET ON THE PHONE AND MASSAGE YOUR EGOS THAT WAY INSTEAD OF WASTING SPACE HERE YOU JERKS!

they are just frustrated because their favorite lefty sites like Blogmore don’t post stuff as quickly…..

This site does post quickly. Way to go PP.

BF, looks like we got some mad sows here.

75. That’s what it’s all about. Hand me your cyber-buck knife, Nick. My cyber-stick’s gittin’ a little cyber-dull.

Oh, and hey, Lee, I just made some cyber-walleye nuggets dipped in beer and pretzel batter, then deep fried.. Over the top good, I tell ya.

75. Do you contribute to this site like you do that lefty SDWATCH? Epp publicly thanked you for it. You ought to pay just for the space you take up here.

75. OOOHHHH! Sows! What makes you think that the complainers are female? A little sexist don’t you think?

78. Nope. You can just be a boar if you prefer.
Your call.

The brave anonymous poster stood up on back legs and screamed, “Not until you pry the mouse out of my cold dead fingers.”

Pretty good, Wiken. However I’m thinking “cloved hooves” instead of ‘fingers.” Because, afterall, hogs is hogs, you know, bro?

#77 Why, now that you ask, yes I have. PP can confirm. Although I will admit I owe Pat some more to pay for all the fun I’ve had here.

#79 I think that one is a barrow. Getting close to slaughter weight too. Where are those cyber-pokin’ sticks? We need to load him on the cyber-truck.

#80 They’re mad because we’re using up all the electrons.

61) Me and the rest of the thousands that voted for Stephanie. Yeah, we’re all lobbyists.

This may be
the most fun thread.
Yet. To see
it come and grow
on SDWC.

The Glee!

Thanks for it,
PP!

85 What was this thread about anyway?

85.

It was about whether or not people like the Old Coot should be able to give anybody any crap without getting some back.

And further, whether PP should allow such noesense on his website. (…he said he thought it was ok… that we were just “telling it like it is,” even if we didn’t use our own names.)

And finally, it was about if people who don’t use their own names are somehow nastier than those of us who do.

I guess we have our answer, huh Nick?

So Nick. Is a “barrow” like a “steer”
only a pig instead of a cow?

(Man, am I stupid, or wha…?)

#88 BF, you got it.

88 Bill, I couldn’t agree with you more.

9. Right.
I got yer RockyMountain Oysters right here, pal.

Nick — the game is over and the politically incorrect person (the fat lady) has sung on your Packers – you can now join us Vikings fans on one of the bandwagons in 2 weeks (we spend every super bowl there – in fact, the whole playoffs)

Lee, the Pack was dragging from the very start of the game. Now I have to jump off the Packer’s bandwagon I’ve only been on for a few weeks, and try to find a seat on the Patriot’s bandwagon. Kind of like picking who will win the GOP nomination for president.

My Pats will make quick work of those upstart Giants.

Hopefully the commercials will be good enough to keep me from falling asleep and rolling off the back of the bandwagon.

My word! You boys need a relationship other than your internet. The Mrs. and I had a great time this weekend. Went to town for lunch at the bowling alley and drove around the countryside to see how folks were getting by. Pheasants still running around so it doesn’t look like they took a hit from the temperature drop. After church on Sunday we went to the cafe for the buffet and was surprised to see torsk.

Sunday’s loss to New York ended my interest in the Super Bowl. I get enough of New York and Boston teams in baseball that I don’t need to watch the same sorry fans in my football season.

Stayed off the internet til this morning. Looking forward to the Twins opener in spring.

With 95 replies to this blog I feel a bit humbled. Thanks guys for putting in your 2 cents worth again and again and again and again. Even that Tony Dean and his product advertisement. Nick I like it that you are teaching Flemming what you know about agriculture. I’m sure this means Flemming’s moving to Highmore to start farming. Personally, I wouldn’t keep him on as a hired hand but it’s hard to find good help anymore.

The Mrs. told me to watch my language in the future and to take it easy on women even if they are interlopers on perfectly great guys like Art Fryslie. Speaking of someone who paid his dues, I am even more upset to see that tax-lover extreme moderate Gordon Howie tell Gordon Peterson to take a back seat to his personal agenda to become the Senator.

Peterson is the epitome of loyalty in our party. He has stayed in the House while one person after the other served as Senator. Howie needs to be a team player and exhibit some polite behavior to Peterson. A primary is not needed. Peterson will whip Howie’s butt. Howie needs to stay home and sort out whether he’s a Demcrat or Republican before spending any more time in Pierre raising taxes on farmers and ranchers.