On Sat, 2 Jan 2010 05:00:03 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"jps" wrote in message
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On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:25:27 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Gene" wrote in message
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On Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:31:36 -0500, Jonn wrote:

That is the reason this has never been a boating group.

It hasn't always been that way....





Rec.boats took a decided downturn during the campaign and elections of
2000.
It has never recovered.

So you see, it's all Bush's fault.

Eisboch

P.S. Happy New Year

Even Peggy Hall was a partisan in 2000. Some of the best sources of
information took sides.

Is was certainly a more interesting group back then. You could fight
about politics and still exchange information.

We were all a decade younger.


Well, it appears that 10 years of maturing hasn't helped a lot of people.

Eisboch

The last 10 years has certainly hardened the divisions and brought out
opinions that weren't shared previously. The end of Clinton's era was
a more gentle period. Having the country plunged into military and
economic hell hasn't enticed the best from the population, of which
rec.boats is a reflection.

There used to be a lot of stinkpotters around, now it's more trailer
trash and the boatless. The sour grapers from Nov 09 are certainly
having their affect as well.