On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 16:28:12 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 11/2/15 1:33 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/2/2015 12:36 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 11/2/15 12:09 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 11:21:14 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 11/2/15 11:18 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 09:33:26 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 11/2/2015 9:15 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:

Reality Sucks
Leading GOP candidates aren’t at war with the press. They just
have a
problem with the truth.
By William Saletan

Have you noticed that nobody else in this newsgroup routinely posts
long, cut and paste commentaries on politics like you do? Some
express
personal opinions and preferences from time to time but that's
about it.

What are you trying to prove?

Lack of imagination?



Lack of interest in golf, RV'ing, other peoples' grandkids, spicy
recipes, rec.boats posts from 1998 about defunct boat companies, et
cetera.

Non responsive brain fart.

Can't that over hyped education of yours support actually writing any
original opinion pieces? Richard was pointing out that you just quote
articles, you never have an original thought.
You dodged that question.

It does make me wonder if you would have graduated if your professors
had the ability to google your papers to see how much was simply cut
and pasted.



Hehehe.

I've stated many times that the poisonous right-wing atmosphere in
rec.boats makes writing and posting "original" opinion pieces here a
waste of my time and effort. When the righties here start behaving
decently towards everyone, I'll consider it.

I did quite well in my English Lit and Sociology majors, based upon my
ability to write, my ability to research (before Google) and my
understanding of the mechanics of producing college level papers.
Certainly I "quoted" sources, because you were supposed to integrate the
works of others into your papers, and give those others credit for their
"contributions." You were supposed to add your points or knowledge or
findings to all that had gone before. I knew this because in the 10
grade at my high school, I was lucky enough to be in the AP English
class of one Emma Ruff, unquestionably the best teacher I've ever
encountered, and she taught us how to do well in college liberal arts
courses, which involve a lot of writing.

I lucked out my first semester with placement in "Advanced English
Composition." The associate professor wanted us to demonstrate we
understood the "how" of writing, so he went to the blackboard and asked
each of us to dictate the "completion" of a sentence fragment he
scrawled there...a different sentence fragment for each of the 12 class
members. Everyone else came up with sentences that ran maybe 100 words.
Mine, properly punctuated from beginning to end, ran 997 words and
covered three blackboards.

Nowadays, most of my "for fun" writing appears on Facebook.



I've read some of it. Pretty much the same stuff you post here Harry.



Hmmm. I didn't notice your "handle" or username in any of the several
groups in which I post.

He said 'read some of it'. He said nothing about posting in them. Perhaps he has more
sense, eh Krause?
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 16:28:12 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:


Nowadays, most of my "for fun" writing appears on Facebook.



I've read some of it. Pretty much the same stuff you post here Harry.



Hmmm. I didn't notice your "handle" or username in any of the several
groups in which I post.

I thought Face Book was just for 15 year old girls to post pictures of
their cat.

On 11/2/2015 4:28 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 11/2/15 1:33 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/2/2015 12:36 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 11/2/15 12:09 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 11:21:14 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 11/2/15 11:18 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 09:33:26 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 11/2/2015 9:15 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:

Reality Sucks
Leading GOP candidates aren’t at war with the press. They just
have a
problem with the truth.
By William Saletan

Have you noticed that nobody else in this newsgroup routinely posts
long, cut and paste commentaries on politics like you do? Some
express
personal opinions and preferences from time to time but that's
about it.

What are you trying to prove?

Lack of imagination?



Lack of interest in golf, RV'ing, other peoples' grandkids, spicy
recipes, rec.boats posts from 1998 about defunct boat companies, et
cetera.

Non responsive brain fart.

Can't that over hyped education of yours support actually writing any
original opinion pieces? Richard was pointing out that you just quote
articles, you never have an original thought.
You dodged that question.

It does make me wonder if you would have graduated if your professors
had the ability to google your papers to see how much was simply cut
and pasted.



Hehehe.

I've stated many times that the poisonous right-wing atmosphere in
rec.boats makes writing and posting "original" opinion pieces here a
waste of my time and effort. When the righties here start behaving
decently towards everyone, I'll consider it.

I did quite well in my English Lit and Sociology majors, based upon my
ability to write, my ability to research (before Google) and my
understanding of the mechanics of producing college level papers.
Certainly I "quoted" sources, because you were supposed to integrate the
works of others into your papers, and give those others credit for their
"contributions." You were supposed to add your points or knowledge or
findings to all that had gone before. I knew this because in the 10
grade at my high school, I was lucky enough to be in the AP English
class of one Emma Ruff, unquestionably the best teacher I've ever
encountered, and she taught us how to do well in college liberal arts
courses, which involve a lot of writing.

I lucked out my first semester with placement in "Advanced English
Composition." The associate professor wanted us to demonstrate we
understood the "how" of writing, so he went to the blackboard and asked
each of us to dictate the "completion" of a sentence fragment he
scrawled there...a different sentence fragment for each of the 12 class
members. Everyone else came up with sentences that ran maybe 100 words.
Mine, properly punctuated from beginning to end, ran 997 words and
covered three blackboards.

Nowadays, most of my "for fun" writing appears on Facebook.



I've read some of it. Pretty much the same stuff you post here Harry.



Hmmm. I didn't notice your "handle" or username in any of the several
groups in which I post.


If it's an "open" group, you don't have to join in order to read the
posts. I read a lot of stuff. Helps promote an open mind to things
hopefully.

wrote:
On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 16:28:12 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:


Nowadays, most of my "for fun" writing appears on Facebook.



I've read some of it. Pretty much the same stuff you post here Harry.



Hmmm. I didn't notice your "handle" or username in any of the several
groups in which I post.

I thought Face Book was just for 15 year old girls to post pictures of
their cat.


As usual, you are wrong.

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Sent from my iPhone 6+

wrote:
On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 16:26:20 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 11/2/15 1:04 PM, wrote:

You are starting to sound like the right wingers who say they don't
need gays and people of color.

You're working very hard to overinterpret or misinterpret what I post.

You are the one who said the democrats were willing to write off
anyone who might watch a debate on Fox.

Bear in mind Fox has far better ratings than MSNBC among people who
actually watch news on TV.
I will admit most Democrats get their news from Larry Wilmore and
Jimmy Fallon, Then they call everyone else a "low information voter"




No. I said there was nothing to be gained. Oh, and McDonald's sells the
most burgers (higher ratings) but they are ****ty burgers.

So you watch fox...figures.

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Sent from my iPhone 6+

On 11/2/2015 4:56 PM, John H. wrote:
On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 14:54:38 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 13:15:23 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Lack of interest in golf, RV'ing, other peoples' grandkids, spicy
recipes, rec.boats posts from 1998 about defunct boat companies, et cetera.

But posts about your generator, your deck, your guns, your cats, your critters, your
owls, your cameras, etc. are OK, eh?

===

As long as it's all about him, the topic is very much OK.

Amen.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

Ah-so

On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 17:06:40 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

wrote:
On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 16:26:20 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 11/2/15 1:04 PM, wrote:

You are starting to sound like the right wingers who say they don't
need gays and people of color.

You're working very hard to overinterpret or misinterpret what I post.

You are the one who said the democrats were willing to write off
anyone who might watch a debate on Fox.

Bear in mind Fox has far better ratings than MSNBC among people who
actually watch news on TV.
I will admit most Democrats get their news from Larry Wilmore and
Jimmy Fallon, Then they call everyone else a "low information voter"




No. I said there was nothing to be gained. Oh, and McDonald's sells the
most burgers (higher ratings) but they are ****ty burgers.

So you watch fox...figures.

and again you are wrong

On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 12:36:38 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

Everyone else came up with sentences that ran maybe 100 words.
Mine, properly punctuated from beginning to end, ran 997 words and
covered three blackboards.

===

Too bad there's no real market for writers of long run-on sentences
and turgid prose. You might have become wealthy instead of a deadbeat
bankrupt.

On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 20:20:13 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 12:36:38 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

Everyone else came up with sentences that ran maybe 100 words.
Mine, properly punctuated from beginning to end, ran 997 words and
covered three blackboards.

===

Too bad there's no real market for writers of long run-on sentences
and turgid prose. You might have become wealthy instead of a deadbeat
bankrupt.

And he's a war hero no less.
--

Ban idiots, not guns!

On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 20:39:51 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 20:20:13 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 12:36:38 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

Everyone else came up with sentences that ran maybe 100 words.
Mine, properly punctuated from beginning to end, ran 997 words and
covered three blackboards.

===

Too bad there's no real market for writers of long run-on sentences
and turgid prose. You might have become wealthy instead of a deadbeat
bankrupt.

And he's a war hero no less.

===

I've never before met someone who was so accomplished in his own mind
and so failed in the minds of others. Such grand delusiions should
surely not go unrewarded.