another Romney lie.

Whine more.

His voice is very stressed, he's very annoyed (he just talked about Obama's ability to speak). He's not adjusting his conversation but sticking to memorized talking points. What would he do if North Korea invaded South Korea and threatened to launch missiles? Or if China threatened to invade Taiwan?

This is not the temperament that I would want leading our country.

Bren: Obama would apologize to both Countries and offer both of them financial aid.

Bren, um, Obama has the temperament? (hand to forehead)

Wait, your savior was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize? Now he is a warhawk. Well, maybe you should help wash the blood of the American Ambassador off his hands.

Very thing you say is a lie but even if somewhat true have a look around at our global economy and ask yourself, what personal experience does Obama bring?

I don't think Obama's experience includes investing in Chinese companies located on subsidized government land, a situation that creates some of the very unfair trade practices that Romney claims to be against and will crack down upon. Is that after he harvests as much profit as possible? I find Romney's business behavior unpalatable.

Almost everyone with a diversified portfolio and or a 401(k) plan has money invested in Chinese manufactuing. This includes the looney left, our REAL weapons of mass destruction.

Bren: Still waiting to hear back about your investment allocation in your 401(k), or are you one who believes SS was intended to fully support you at retirement and therefore do not have any IRA?

The issue isn't, "what's in your portfolio," so much as, am I misrepresenting my position on Chinese business practices by profiting from them at the same time I am complaining about them on the national stage? The only issue I have with globalization is that it hasn't been done in a way that really lifts people up. It's being enacted by corporations that are by mission created to make profit. The end result is the exploitation (abuse) of Third World countries and populations, and now here in the U.S. as well.

And honestly, how many of us here on Patch have owned a company and/or subsidiary that bought U.S. factories, closed them, then handed the work over to China? (Asimco) I haven't and I find it distasteful on several levels, not the least of which is that the two U.S. factories in question regarding Asimco were in Michigan, a state supposedly close to Romney's heart and one that desperately needs jobs.

I try to keep my investments green/domestic since you ask. Again, would there be an issue if Chinese workers were making American wages? Of course, the jobs weren't shipped overseas to pay the same wages so it's not a productive question.

Bren: Thanks for the reply. Obviously it would be too personal to ask how you know that you manage to keep your investments green and domestic.
I can tell you this: Most 401(k) plans do not offer that option, very few mutual funds offer either option as well. I read a study some time ago where people were invested in big tobacco and had no knowledge of it.
I may have come off as a smart ass (which I don't deny), but seriously you can not know unless you read that little booklet cover to cover.

Funny:

Patton Oswalt ‏@pattonoswalt
The Crayola name for the color of Mitt's face is called "Panicky Pink." #debate

Seriously? What world world are you living in? Obama is behaving and complaining like a little boy. Keep hoping for that change...

Here's a "change:" From basically writing off 47% of Americans during a $50,000/plate fundraiser a few months back, now Romney claims to be for 100% of Americans.

Does the guy know that people record his words and can follow every silvery duck and weave?

The polls still agree with Romney's statement, what's your point.

Really Bren???? Obama lied bold-faced to the American people tonight when he claimed to call this a terrorist attack in Bengazi the next morning, when all the video eveidence shows that he waited 14 days. He even claimed the same lie speaking to the UN. Obama is a pure liar. Lied about Fast and Furious. Lied about China. Looked lke an idiot trying to explain his trickle down government theory... Say bye-bye Obama!!!

Wow Bren must have spiked that Kool Aid tonight. Obama is not acting like a President, more like a bullied boy striking out in anger. Romney would be afraid of the little boy lashing out, but Obama has a track record for losing everything. Romney's record for being Gov. of Mass. and Olympic leadership is exactly what people need to learn about!

That right-wing pundits have been trying to dodge Romney's gaffe with that line and you bought it, that's your business. The fact remains that both issues were intertwined in that press conference. After his gaffe in trying to capitalize on an ambassador's assassination, Romney should have left the issue alone. Now he has toilet paper dragging behind his shoe (sorry to be crass). The guy's worst enemy is his own mouth. #Romneyshambles

His spins have spun out for a long time now. Obama's childish interrupting is very annoying, too!

Has that happened during this debate? No.

Bren...what? Your 9:35 comment - please elaborate.

I saw it different. To me it looked like a guy on "Cops" saying who me? I didn't do that. You cops is all liars, just setting me up."
Presidential lies, seems to be more common amongst the left.

morninjiss, better check again, beause even Candy said this was incorrect. Sorry, better go get another bottle of BoonsFarm whine!!! Oh and heres some soothing music to make your day better. Your welcome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax-2i71bqGw

Candy has been keeping both professional talkers in line. She's doing a great job.

Back up your statement with facts, Bren.

Bren...seriously? Candy has always been on Obama's side. You know she dislikes Ryan, don't you? She is on record. How does she then play fair as a journalist, let alone a debate moderator? Thankfully, Romney is above her bias.

Bren is a moderate independent lost in the wasteland of liberalism

Okay.

Asimco: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/10/us/politics/as-romney-repeats-trade-message-bain-maintains-china-ties.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Another Romney/Bain investment, Global-Tech: http://www.globallabourrights.org/reports?id=0651

Brookside Capital Partners Fund, Global-Tech, Chinese investments: http://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickallen/2012/07/12/how-mitt-romney-invested-millions-in-outsourcing/

More on Global-Tech: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/11/mitt-romney-outsourcing_n_1666930.html

Romney was sole shareholder, director, President and CEO of Brookside: On April 17, 1998, Brookside Capital Partners Fund, a Bain Capital affiliate, filed a report with the Securities and Exchange Commission noting that it had acquired 6.13 percent of Hong Kong-based Global-Tech Appliances, which manufactured household appliances in a production facility in the industrial city of Dongguan, China. That August, according to another SEC filing, Brookside upped its interest in Global-Tech to 10.3 percent. Both SEC filings identified Romney as the person in control of this investment: "Mr. W. Mitt Romney is the sole shareholder, sole director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Brookside Inc. and thus is the controlling person of Brookside Inc." Each of these documents was signed by Domenic Ferrante, a managing director of Brookside and Bain." (Ibid).

Annie, let me know when you're finished with these, I have plenty more to share.

Bren: Do you know what a 401(k) plan is? Read your prospectus!

Are you referring to Romney's $101 million 401k?

John: Yea, that is why I was asking Bren.

Doh!

You sound like a disenfranchised 2008 Obama voter.

No I think you're wrong, Greg. I think Obama this time was more forceful than he was last time, so big victory for Obama 2.0 over Obama 1.0. Based on the post debate analysis I'm hearing, Romney apparently didn't even show up. Haven't heard a word on him yet.

Conclusion, so far. Obama proved that he really wants a 2nd term tonight. What a coup.

All the flash polls are showing romney winning 2 to 1. Although, Candy was a close third behind Obama...

Study Mitt Romney's life - he has been more charitable than most of us could ever hope to be. He has an excellent proven business record in the private sector. There is a HUGE difference.

And he is still left with a crap load of money, much of it gained by making a lot of people poorer.

Keif: Isn't that your MO?

lol...Steve

Lol at Sharpton complaining about only one black guy with a question

#bindersfullofwomen? What is Willard? Hugh Hefner?

No Steve, I wasn't on the interview list last night.

Do you make your employees work the day after Thanksgiving? Just curious...

No Bren I do not. Even though it is our busiest day of the year I encourage them to spend the salary I give them at our company store to buy basic supplies to live. We pay all employes a certain percentage of their sallary in Steve® bucks which are only good at our company.

I do work the day after Thanksgiving managing the sales.

@Steve ® -

"Steve ® Bucks"

Man, Hoffa wishes that he worked for Steve ® ;-)

As if.

When you get real dizzy like that Keith, is it from the spinning, the cheap rail scotch or a combination of the two?

Pay Hoffa the 50 bucks, Keith. Until you do, you're wasting your time typing out your brilliant rejoinders.

@low life POS scum bag Schmitzy -

And Hoffa is voting for his guys from Detroit to pay you a visit for reneging on your financial obligations!

Where's the fifty ($50) that you've rightfully owed Hoffa since June 5th?

I want the candy man

Never take candy from a stranger, especially in that form. Bad moderator. At least she had bigger balls than Lehrer. She is a man after all.

You claimed that the president won the first debate too. Your credibility is shot...

Keith, step away from the bottle. Pay your debt to Hoffa. And it is reassuring to hear you claim Obama the winner. Romney wins!!!

@low life POS scum bag Schmitzy -

How does it taste being a low life POS scum bag that reneges on their financial obligations?

Where's the fifty ($50) that you've rightfully owed Hoffa since June 5th?

All you can do is crudely attack and criticize? Just how did your guy win tonight?

It's not an outcome based evaluation. It's the liquor talking.

@low life POS scum bag Schmitzy -

Why don't you try surprising all of us by doing something different for a change - like actually paying your debts!

Where's the fifty ($50) that you've rightfully owed Hoffa since June 5th?

Mr. Hoffa, could you post an image of your signed contract with Mr. Schmitz for this alleged wager? Thanks,

Keif's signature is worthless, as is his name, just ask the good hard working tax payers of the Village of Shorewood. He shafted them for $35,000 large.

H.E., the recession caused many problems for many people, and continues to do so. Stop beating a dead horse.

@Bren -

Once again - don't need a signed writing! The statute of frauds does not apply to this agreement.

Stop trying to play armchair lawyer and defending Schmitzy - both are greatly embarrassing you!

But, seeing as how you're insistent:

James R Hoffa

1:55 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012

@Keith -

Who's the one that believes in the big bad evil Koch boogey-men? If all Walker needs is the Koch's and he's their puppet, as you and your side constantly claims, then why are you guys constantly complaining about him doing campaign fundraising all over the country? After all, he has the Koch's - he doesn't need to pander for a few thousand a plate or $30k-50k like Obama does, right?

Sounds like we're on then - I'm willing to do $100, but we'll call it $50 as this is a friendly wager after all, presented in persona to the winner not more than 3 weeks after the results from the recall election are verified at a location of your choosing. If a recall is not triggered for whatever reason, and the John Doe fails to indict Walker by Nov 1, 2012, then Hoffa will be declared the winner by default and the same satisfaction requirements will then apply. If Walker is indicted before Nov 1, then an eventual judgment by the trial court upholding a conviction of any kind against Walker, excluding any appellate proceedings, will secure a default in favor of Mr. Schmitz and again the same satisfaction requirements will then apply.

Sound good?

Keith Schmitz

9:23 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Sounds fair to me Sir. You're on.

Keith Schmitz

9:23 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012

You all are witnesses BTW.

James R Hoffa

10:22 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Alright Patchers -

You heard it here - Schmitz v Hoffa in a friendly wager on the Walker saga.

I wonder if we'll see any side action going on!

Thanks for being a good sport Keith!

http://caledonia.patch.com/articles/walker-not-challenging-recall-signatures

A recall did happen, and Walker was certified the winner. Little did Hoffa know at the time that Keith Schmitz was not going to be a "good sport" about this, but rather a low-life POS scum bag reneger!

Schmitzy's electronic assent to the terms of the written agreement is just as good as a signed writing, even though one is not required of this agreement.

So stop acting like a FOOL Bren!

After Misty getting 2" of Keith's wiskey willy, maybe she would be less liberal.

Thank you for this amusing post! ; )

@Bren -

Are you denying that 4 more years of Obama would be another 4-5T in additional federal debt? Not even Obama himself denied this FACT last night!

Hoffa has no wings, he is a man of character and intellect. He has facts that you can't dispute.
I think you have bats in your bellfry- all left winged bats that can only fly in circles. Thus, they are unable to support themselves and must rely on the Obama bucks to survive. Rather than turn one left wing into a right wing, you prefer to put all your chips on the black 13 in roulette. You got lucky once, Most working class Americans will see to it that we don't elect the useless POS again

@The Racine Truth -

Wow - what a thoughtful, logical, and wholly supported analysis, completely devoid of the usual unfounded name calling! You totally got Hoffa! Good job big guy, you can go to bed feeling good about yourself!

Romney's job in these debates is twice as hard as Obama's, as Romney is also debating against a BIASED MSM - and he still comes out ahead on both substance and style!

Romney is a real leader that believes in America!

Oh poor fake screen name. More and more as you whine about the peripherals, more and more it looks like Obama won.

Like I said last time. Romney tipped his has. Obama as you know is an expert poker player.

@low life POS scum bag Schmitzy -

If class warfare works for you, then yeah, Obama won all right!

Considering that you've proven yourself to be a man who refuses to take personal responsibility and pay his debts, Hoffa is guessing that such crap does in fact work on you!

Last chance to pay up the fifty ($50) before Hoffa calls his collection guys from Detroit!

BTW - Do you prefer a tire iron or a ball-peen hammer?

@Keith R. Deschler The Johnson campaign is suing the debate commision on the grounds that it is breaking its tax exempt charter with the IRS which prohibits that organization from thwarting any political party from participating in the debates. We'll see how that turns out.

Keith, Good morning to you. Enjoy your blow up doll, while trolling through your binder of women. (J.C. Penny Catalog)

Did you bring your checkbook today? Fifty Dollars and xx/100 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ $50.00

WEACHATER, why do you have blow up dolls on your mind this fine day?

Steve, was there a signature on that bet? Do you ever buy your staff lunch, such as for holidays or other commemorative events? Just curious... ; )

Keif's check would certainly bounce.

What does a signature have to do with anything?

I pay for their lunch every day even on the weekends with their salary.

Steve, if there's no binding agreement, there's no debt. Keith S., don't make bets with people on Patch who don't post under their own names and that includes me.
; )

Steve, thank you for answering my question about how you recognize/appreciate your staff. Let's just "say" your response was not entirely unexpected. I can't help but mention how the energy level improves when the occasional small gesture is made. It also helps with team and respect building, which is ultimately cost effective.

Bren: It is called a verbal contract, does not have to be in writing nor signed by both parties. I thought they covered this in 9th grade, or was it K4...
Regardless, Shmitsy doesn't pay up on any debts.

You're really going to try and defend Keith and "help" him weasel out of a bet? Hoffa has posted the details and I doubt he would pick you as a moderator.

I prefer to motivate them by showing pictures of my private jet and telling them if they get X amount of widgets completed in this time frame they have a chance to take a ride to. The also get free diet Mountain Dew and a bathroom with heat, lighting, running water and toilet paper. And not that 1 ply crap that sands your butt hairs off. This is quilted 2 ply.

@low life POS scum bag Schmitzy & @Bren -

Once again - don't need a signed writing! The statute of frauds does not apply.

Stop trying to play armchair lawyer and defending Schmitzy - both are greatly embarrassing you!

But, seeing as how you're insistent:

James R Hoffa

1:55 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012

@Keith -

Who's the one that believes in the big bad evil Koch boogey-men? If all Walker needs is the Koch's and he's their puppet, as you and your side constantly claims, then why are you guys constantly complaining about him doing campaign fundraising all over the country? After all, he has the Koch's - he doesn't need to pander for a few thousand a plate or $30k-50k like Obama does, right?

Sounds like we're on then - I'm willing to do $100, but we'll call it $50 as this is a friendly wager after all, presented in persona to the winner not more than 3 weeks after the results from the recall election are verified at a location of your choosing. If a recall is not triggered for whatever reason, and the John Doe fails to indict Walker by Nov 1, 2012, then Hoffa will be declared the winner by default and the same satisfaction requirements will then apply. If Walker is indicted before Nov 1, then an eventual judgment by the trial court upholding a conviction of any kind against Walker, excluding any appellate proceedings, will secure a default in favor of Mr. Schmitz and again the same satisfaction requirements will then apply.

Sound good?

Keith Schmitz

9:23 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Sounds fair to me Sir. You're on.

Keith Schmitz

9:23 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012

You all are witnesses BTW.

James R Hoffa

10:22 pm on Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Alright Patchers -

You heard it here - Schmitz v Hoffa in a friendly wager on the Walker saga.

I wonder if we'll see any side action going on!

Thanks for being a good sport Keith!

http://caledonia.patch.com/articles/walker-not-challenging-recall-signatures

A recall did happen, and Walker was certified the winner. Little did Hoffa know at the time that Keith Schmitz was not going to be a "good sport" about this, but rather a low-life POS scum bag reneger!

Schmitzy's electronic assent to the terms of the written agreement is just as good as a signed writing, even though one is not required of this agreement.

So stop acting like a FOOL Bren!

And Schmitzy, either pay up or pick your fate - tire iron or ball-peen hammer?

Hoffa, If you ever want to collect that fifty come on up and I will treat you to lunch. Keith can come too, if he would like.

@Greg -

We'll get together at some point, but you won't have to buy Hoffa lunch.

Crowley admitted (after the debate) she was incorrect to defend Obama, and Romney was right afterall.
http://newsbusters.org/people/candy-crowley

"Newsbusters" is well named. It is a busted attempt to present p.r. b.s. as news.

yes Bren sweetheart, much better than your 'blogs' you use as evidence.....

Barack Hussein Obama's rose garden press conference clearly shows he did NOT call the Libya attack a terrorist attack- he was talking about the anniversary of 9/11.
Read it for yourself, this is what was on his teleprompter:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/12/remarks-president-deaths-us-embassy-staff-libya

H.E., "sweetheart!" Anyone else hear Humphrey Bogart on this one? ; )

If I post a blog link, it generally contains links to the documentation.

@Watts -

Your link shows that Obama lied just as much as Romney! And the 'apology tour' comment is a matter of subjective interpretation, and not objective fact, as Politifact admits to.

Personally, Hoffa doesn't care about others' subjective opinions, as Hoffa is fully capable of thinking for himself. Are you?

Bren - you like your leader to have blood on his hands?

This is good news.

@morninmist & @Bren -

1) What would you guys have said if Walker was touting the Gallup numbers instead of the official BLS numbers during the recall election?

2) Only those on the left would celebrate even more people dropping out of the work force after having given up looking for suitable employment.

Try again!

@ Hoffa
people dropping out of the work place may have been a factor in the decline of the unemployment rate earlier this year but not so with this most recent drop. The revised job numbers were increased by 86,000 for July and August in addition to the 114,000 jobs added in Sep. This is the reason for the drop.

Only those on the right root for bad economic conditions because it helps with their agenda of replacing our President even if it is at the expense of the American people.

@John Feia Everyone knows that the unemployment numbers have been incorrect for some time. No one knows the real number of unemployed. The Labor Department is simply invalid in the first place.

The BLS is invalid? I love it! I suppose you believe that our President was bon in Kenya as well.

@John Feia What do you suppose the so-called unemployment rate would be if it also counted the people who suddenly disappeared from their reckoning? I rest my case.

It would be wise to rest your case because it is tired and old. According to your logic, there is no such thing as a standardized measurement for unemployment. I would guess that you believed in the accuracy of the posted rate when it was plus 10% 3 years ago. Like it or not the rate is a comparative measure month to month. Whether or not the 7.8% figure is accurate according to your standards, you can't deny that it has trended downward.

@John Feia The Economist, a left-leaning British publication, reported that 87% of the new American jobs in the past 6 months were in fact part time. Numbers are numbers, but what is behind those numbers tells us that the economy is actually slowing down. This is due to the private sector and the consumer, not the government.

The Economist left leaning? It is neither:

" Tom Standage, Digital Editor at The Economist
1292 votes by Abhinav Budhiraja, Ryan Carlyle, Karsten Deppert, (more)
The Economist is not inherently left-wing or right-wing; its political philosophy is rooted in 19th-century Classical Liberalism of the John Stuart Mill variety. Essentially we are fans of Free Markets (The Economist was founded to oppose the Corn Laws) and individual choice. So we favour, for example, a small state and the abolition of agricultural subsidies (right-wing fiscally liberal positions); but we also support gay marriage and the legalisation of drugs (left-wing socially liberal positions)."
http://www.quora.com/The-Economist/Is-The-Economist-left-or-right

I thought you were resting...

@John Feia You just can't admit that the economy is on life support, can you? Why did the Fed introduce QE3 if everything was so wonderful? Why has legal immigration been greater each month than the new jobs being produced? Why has our trade deficits been continually terrible each month? We have been just limping along.
The only conceivable way we can get out of this morass is if the private sector gave decent enough raises to their employees to increase demand. This is unlikely to happen as long as unemployment remains high. That is the true dilemna that we are facing.

@ MM
I don't see where I said that the economy is where it should be but do claim that it is headed in the right direction. There are both negative and positive indicators at play here. You cite some negatives but there are positives. The stock market has basically doubled under the President, the housing market is a its highest since '08, jobs are being created and yes the unemployment rate is trending downward. these are just a few of the positives. it seems like you are the one who refuses to want to recognize any positive indicators for whatever reason. i am a little curious about where you get your legal immigration figures though since the cap on annual legal immigration is 675,000 which is less the the amount of jobs created last year.
http://immigrationroad.com/visa-bulletin/immigrant-visa-annual-limit-and-cap.php

@John Feia The legal immigration numbers I picked up from CNBC. As for the rest that you said: two major reasons why the stock market went through the roof were 1) the Fed has repeatedly inflated our currency in order to increase the value of the stocks. Note: our commodity prices rose, too. 2) The private sector put the screws to their employees once unemployment went up. This was reported extensively by the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. This resulted in the medium household income to drop over 4000$ in the last three years. This helped to cripple demand in our country, which is 70% of our economy.
Economists say that low-paying jobs have minimal positive affect on the economy. There is no spending power. The only way we can sustain growth is if the private sector starts caring about their employees and communities again. Washington is certainly not the center of economic activity in this country. The ball is in the private sector's court, not the politicians.

@John Feia -

Workforce participation is still at record lows. Not to mention that Obama changed the way that the BLS computes the numbers back in 2010 right before we were supposed to have the 'summer of recovery,' remember? If not, look it up!

Not to mention that the numbers that you're debating here aren't even the BLS numbers - they're Gallup's numbers that morninmist linked to!

EPIC FAIL!!!

Do you get equal pay?

Wow, you can actually read the minds of people. Hey what are the winning lottery numbers for tomorrow night?

wow--- blinders much?

@Beth Norquist -

You're joking, right? Romney wasn't any ruder than Obama. And he didn't break any debate rules, unlike Michelle Obama and moderator Crowley! And no, he did not lie a lot - Obama actually lied a lot more!

Maybe because there's already a law on the books called the Equal Pay Act of 1963. Why do we need redundant legislation?

Who can take the Rainbow Coalition ? Drive it in the ground, cover up the lies and make a person frown, the Candy man. The candy man can.

oh, you mean "Mr. Obamalama"?
the lefties called Bush a monkey amongst other things...how do you suppose that would go the other way around? Dont be hypocritical...

@John Feia -

When exactly and how did former Governor Mitt Romney disrespect Obama last night?

@Hoffa
If you didn't see it while watching it, I seriously doubt that I would be able to explain to you how he did. What is and is not respectful or disrespectful is largely an individual interpretation based on past experiences. Obviously my interpretation differs from yours.

I agree he and all Presidents should be treated with respect. Even though I disagree with many of Governor Walker's policies and actions, I still refer to him as Governor Walker.

Is not being elected President by the countryan example of earning respect in your eyes?

I don't believe that I was saying that. If that is what you got out of my post, I guess it explains a lot...

Your interpretation of exactness is curious:
"yomammy
5:35 pm on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
I get it...Mitt should bow before oblama during a debate because he is prez".

Presidents have limited if any influence in controlling gas prices. Don't believe me? Ask FOX news:

http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/fox-news-explains-why-presidents-cant-control-gas-prices-2008-video.html

@John Feia -

How come Obama didn't state this fact last night when asked about gas prices?

@Hoffa
How is that relevant?

@John Feia -

Isn't that obvious?

That's too bad... i do however respect your right to show a lack of respect for the Office of the President.

Every time you post something, the value of my diploma from UWM takes a hit. Please stop. Thanks.

whatever you said above makes be want to club a seal....
bla bla bla bla blame bush, bla bla bla rommney hates women, bla bla bla bla,

seems you jsut about got ALL the lefty demo-bable into one post. good job...

@Bob -

If you voluntarily surrendered your diploma, could you get your money back?

JRH, given the relatively low cost of attendance back when I was there and the hits it's taken in today's dollars (thanks to guys like Nick), I'd probably have to stuff a couple Benjamins inside the cover to get them to take it back.

Not to worry Nick. All you have to do is compare the intelligence of your post to the intelligence of the responses.

@Bob -

You're right - you'd probably be asked to contribute to Poulos' health care and pension as well.

Nick, seriously, are you typing your stuff on an ipod touch or something? Use some paragraphs. It's just a blob of text. Break it up. Make it more reader friendly.

I shouldn't have to explain this to you Nick. You're supposed to know your literature. Part of what makes it work is formatting. Good lord...

Nick - you like blood on your hands?

John, it might have been intelligent the first time he posted it. This is the umpteenth time he's posted essentially the same thing. This guy does something at UWM and unless it's sitting behind the info booth at the Student Union handing out directions, he should be able to do better than that - and we're probably paying him too much.

Bob,
You may be tired of his posts but I see nothing in it that warrants a personal attack.

John, I've been following this guy since he first decided to expose the Comparative Literature Department at UWM as a student/taxpayer funded soft landing for the otherwise unemployable many, many months back. He's no stranger to personal attacks or blanket negative categorization of swaths of people for faults he himself possesses in spades.

He's a goofball. As a UWM graduate I'm simultaneously embarrassed and annoyed (and, I admit, amused at times) by the way he presents himself here. It is my right. I paid several thousand dollars for my 2nd rate university education and, at the very least, I don't need it further devalued to the point of being no better than a Kaplan sheepskin.

Bob,
You are correct, you have every right to express your opinions here. I was just stating my observations from the outside looking in. i apologize if it seemed judgmental...