Open thread

Say it.

So how do you feel about the election outcomes?

Lets talk about the election results. Anyone happy? Pissed?

Personally I was a little surprised by the Democratic sweep, but it made me happy that people are obviously uncomfortable with the direction we're heading in. I saw more than a few posts on my net surfs from Republicans that voted Democrat for the first time in their lives. Maybe some changes will begin.

Who knows though? It could just be same shit different day.

The two measures that I was most interested in were Measure 42, which would have prevented insurance companies from using credit ratings as an excuse for higher premiums, and the Springfield school district levy. Measure 42 was slammed down, which kind of surprised me. It makes me believe that the lower income population are less likely to vote. That was one of the measures that ensured I would be at the polls come hell or high water. I had dicey credit at one time, but I have never been in an accident, and I've had maybe two speeding tickets in my life, in my teens. I believe it's just another way for insurance companies to bend people over, and I'm disappointed that the population that would have benefited from Measure 42 obviously didn't turn out to vote. Maybe they couldn't drive to the polls 'cause they can't afford the insurance on their cars??

I was very happy that the Springfield school levy passed. Having a child that just began Kindergarten, I am really starting to understand that the kids are the future. I know that's a line from a crappy 80's song but it's true. If our kids are stupid and fat, what the hell good is that going to do us in the future? All a country that wants to take us down 20 years from now has to do is look at our kids, and dump big money into their kids. I look at the great job my childs school is doing, with insufficient materials, and I think, imagine what these schools can do with some real money.

And that, dear readers, is my excessively simple understanding of the recent elections. I know that I'm not prepared to go to battle with People That Really Know Their Stuff, but fortunately everyone gets to vote, even people that aren't hugely political, like myself.

New subject from a commenter

Here's the new thread, courtesy of "anonymous" on the last thread.

Anonymous said...
>>"Yeah. Most of the people in Eugene have lost touch with reality. It makes sense, the only nearby beacon-of-sanity is Portland. What does Eugene need? That's hard to say. It wants to grow yet remain small. The real estate is going up to a point where the median income can no longer afford to buy housing yet large corporations with higher paying jobs are rejected when interested in moving here.

Eugene is a huge contradiction, a cliche'. The place where you'll find "Expose Exxon" bumper stickers on a car driving down the street fueled by Exxon oil. A town that claims extreme diversity although it's 98.9% white. A town that purposely denies the existance of West Eugene which is 100 times worse than it's neighbor Springfield although Springfield gets shit-talked down on by Eugenians all the time.

Eugene is retarded and is dying".<<

I totally agree with the diversity bullshit. This town is NOT diverse. Most people here have no idea what it truly means to live in a diverse community.

What a bunch of assholes (most of you) are

Except for the people from tehsqueakywheel, and Eugene Hamas, most of you guys that have commented are assholes. That's okay, I asked for people to come be assholes, so mostly I just wanted you to know, you're doing a fantastic job.
Fuck (most of) you very much.

Dear anyone who came here via links on Craigslist

I just found out that a very dear comrade has been posting links to my blog on all the boards in Oregon. Maybe other states? Who knows.
Anyway, welcome.
Please take a minute to say hi. Tell me where you are. And if you'd like, tell me what makes you happy or mad. Tell me whats on your mind.
This is flag free eugene, where anything goes.

Confessions of a flagger posted on flagfreeeugene

So the flagger had made a post on one of my threads a few days ago. I decided to give it it's own thread.


Posted by anonymous on "I hate flaggers" at 8:33 p.m.:

>>>"Hi! I'm the flagger of Eugene's board. It all started awhile ago when I was merely posting my personal opinion on Safeway grocery stores and my post got flagged for no reason. So I made it a personal point to log in to several networks around my neighborhood that are unsecured (because despite popular dumbass opinions, CL doesn't distinguish between USER ACCOUNTS but IP addresses instead) and I will continue to flag everything out of pure assholeness. I did nothing to deserve my flag and if you liberal Kerry/Edward cocksucking free-speech censoring shit stains want to flag my safeway post, then I will flag everything.

Fuck you, fuck all you liberals, fuck you conservatives, fuck all of you who flagged my Safeway post, I'm ruining CL's R&R because of it."<<<

I'd really like to hear more from the flagger. What's going on in your life, flagger? How much time do you actually have to spend flagging all the posts? Do you have it, like, hooked up to a cell phone or something? The sheer numbers of post that you flag are astounding.
Let's talk.

Trying something new.

I was thinking last night, maybe an interesting thing to do, would be to invite people to send me their rant or rave that they would like discussed. They could send it to my email and I could publish them each individually as their own thread, and attribute them to whoever wrote it, whatever name you want me to use. Would this work? Would anyone be interested in contributing?

I don't care if the rants or raves are politically incorrect or offensive. I'm not interested in choosing ideas based on my own beliefs. I will join in on the discussions (or arguments) of course, but I won't not post something just because I don't agree with it.

Obviously anyone who wants to do this should use an anonymous hotmail or yahoo account. If you don't already have one they are very easy to set up.

Anyway, if anyone wants in on this, send me a rant or rave, and I'll try out a new format. I think it could be fun.
My email is flagfreeeugene@yahoo.com

P.S. If you do send one let me know in the comments section so I know to check my email. I look here a few times a day.