to have open diaries each day. What I’ve been doing if there is some big breaking news, or to comment on something that would not appropriately fit on any diary, without thread jacking, is to post the comment on the Morning Briefing post. I don’t know if that is appropriate or not, but, I’ve seen others do the same.

and I agree about the newbie diaries not getting the credit some of them should get. There are some very talented and articulate new people entering diaries, and yes, they are gone before anyone has had a chance to see them. We have gotten some wonderful new front pagers, that all have brought different subjects, and different perspectives to RS.

I laughed when I read- “We are in danger of developing more clans than the morons in Twighlight.” What a great non-offensive way of saying something that is so true. Thank you also for including language about those that tend to pile on.

it has been established, in the commentary at least, that spelling, grammar etc. doesn’t apply to the comments, just the diaries. Myself personally, as long as I get the gist of what someone is saying, it’s a good and valid comment. There are many that comment that use bad grammar or spelling, or who have typos, but, I still like reading what they have to contribute. I appreciate Codevilla’s description of the Country Class, who may not be a Harvard grad, but, in many cases they have more common sense than some of the so-called intellectuals.

some make comments based solely on their own personal impressions or opinions, and, they shouldn’t be held to account for those that believe that only the most intellectual should be allowed to comment. Sometimes the street people have good things to say, and, they don’t always rise to the level of a Harvard education. If they are conservatives, they deserve a seat at the table, because they are on our side. There are some terrific thinkers that don’t always express themselves all that well.

My original post asking , who determines who the nOObs are, was in reference to the definition that I supplied, from the Urban dictionary above. What I originally said was that there are people who comment here, that would surely not qualify for the Harvard debating club, but, who have good things to say that are pertinent to our parties positions, or that just add street sense, or country class type comments, not fancy, not profound, not written with world class knowledge. I didn’t say that in any argumentative manner, I was not sarcastic, and I was certainly not speaking down to you. I made an observation, period. Your reply above, as to the definition of Noob, was a newbie, period.

I posted the definition I was going by, with a direct quote from where I read it. Again, not argumentative, not condescending, not looking to pick any arguments.

I get back from you two arrogant, condescending, haughty replies. As you pointed out yourself, after being here for 2 years and 3 months, I am very well aware of how to find out how long someone has been here. I’m actually capable of turning my computer on also. Believe it or not, I also know how to turn the water on in my shower.

I’m quite sorry I actually even replied to any of your comments. I just thought I could exchange some comments with you, as long as Palin, or Social Issues were not involved. I’ll refrain in the future. I don’t do well with arrogant and condescending, especially when they have retorted “because I’m right” to an opinion exchange in the past.

This is an example of what I was trying to say, as to not having Harvard debaters as the best and brightest postsers, but so on target-

“Are we suppose to stop exhaling, every time you exhale you put out CO2, we need CO2 for trees to grow and to balance out the atmosphere. Co2 rises through the clouds and is returned as O2, we breath in O2 and exhale CO2, it?s other elements that need to0 be curtailed.We also need to stop this ethenal bunk, it cost too much to produce and it also cuts into our corn for food and stock feedings. Drill off shore and into our reserves and refurbish OUR refineries. Gore is a hypocrite anyway, her flys a big jet all over and has a big house which burns a lot of electricity.”

That was a comment made at The Heritage Foundations “The Foundary” site. I will not link the article, or to the commenter, it doesn’t matter. The comment is filled with typos, common folk sentiment, no links to prove their point, but, absolutely someone on our side, and, someone who “gets it.”

Why have you made it your goal to “watch and correct” what everyone has to say. I was correct in my earlier post. You are an arrogant elitist, who believes that you have the last word, on everything. Clue- Not everyone agrees with you. You require everyone to prove everything they say or post, never backing up anything you say, with any proof of anything, even though you have yet to post much of anything other than your haughty opinions. You have yet to post the first diary. You have yet to give many here credit simply for their opinions, yet, you have many many of your own. You have no ability to offend me, you have no credible positions for me to be offended by. I recognized your superior opinions of yourself early on. You just confirm it every time you post, especially to my comments. You’ve hitched your wagon onto a few, and, you feed off one another in order to make yourselves feel superior. You are not worth even these typed words. Have at it. There are so many things going on in this country, so many Congresspeople to keep an eye on, so many current events to pay attention to, that to continue a round and round conversation with you about nothing important takes my attention away from keeping up with the important things. I have much more desire to stay in the good fight than to pay any more attention to your games of sucker. It might just be me, but, I haven’t personally ever run into a guy that closes all his posts with MEW.