New member-only political subforum - FHOPolitics- read here to join

I hear and obey, oh great Moderators [rushes to opt in, as the political skirmishes are just too entertaining!]

 

oh good, a walled ghetto.
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I'll join. Why not? It will be fun.

 

I'm totally confused. What's politics, anyway? The price of hamburger at the local grocery store...?

Meat production is subsidized, the prices for the fuel used to transport it are manipulated by government and business forces, shelf space is a commodity, itself, based upon...what...?

How about the article in the local paper, about environmentalism...?

Who owns the paper? What are their [gasp] political leanings and financial concerns, and how do they stand to benefit from the stories which they print? Who are their advertisers? And how do *they* benefit?

I may be paranoid, but I'm a bit confused, too.

Is there a definition of what "Politics" are, for the concerns of this thread?

Maybe FHOP should stay the same, and you should create another "social networking" forum instead...clearly FHOP as it was was of a lot of interest to at least a few regular posters.

Just my $0.02...adjusted for inflation...
...oooooh, ooooh...THAT statement just reeks of politics!!

 

Pinto Girl you're a trouble-maker, and semantics aside, I think you know what they're talking about Also, at least one of your examples already has a sub-forum; Environmental discussion.

Still, this seems a little like a "because we can" kind of change... but I understand the reasoning since so much of FHOP has been politics, of late. I'll be seeing y'all in FHOPol!

 

Why create a new forum? Why not just shunt them over to Fred's Pancakes?

 

Would someone please ban her?

 

So far this experiment is failing miserably. There are numerous threads in many of the forums, especially in Environmental Discussion and Fred's House of Pancakes, which have morphed into political discussions but were left in the supposedly non-political topics area. The moderators have not been consistent in their enforcement of the new rule.

Secondly, the serious political discussion has been seriously stifled and the sub forum has been taken over by a name calling troll.

It is not longer fun to read and participate in the off topic discussions. This is not the PriusChat I have known and loved.

 

any forum, even well moderated forums can only be successful if some self policing is done. instead of pointing out the flaws and hiccups in the new process, inform instead. someone will take care of it. just click the icon in the lower left of the post...

 

The only way to really do something about it is for members to fully respect the rules. Even here that's a little bit of a stretch I do agree that it's especially hard to avoid letting an "Environmental Discussion" turn into a "Political Discussion" in the current "climate" (both political and environmetnal ).

 

Wouldn't be the first time.

Tom

 

Is this a subforum or only a thread?

I don't see how new threads can be started.

 

Since I can't open a new thread, I'll just start with a request.

Our primary is 2 weeks from Christmas day. I haven't made up my mind yet even which party's primary I'll vote in. (NH allows independent voters to select either party's ballot when signing in to the polling station).

I don't like Romney - not a really effective governor while in MA. The overwhelming Democrat majority in MA legislature prevented most of his more interesting ideas. Too many position changes as well.

Rudy doesn't impress me. Other than 9/11 handling, he's really got nothing else.

McCain's stance on amnesty for illegal immigrants turns me off.

Huckabee - sorry no fundamentalists of any religion for me.

Clinton - she scares me almost as much as Bill did the first time I heard him in a debate. She is always telling each audience what it wants to hear, and it changes constantly.

Obama - not enough experience; his Illinois experience was as a follower, not a leader. Maybe next time.

Edwards - No thanks. His plan to ruin business to finance big government is illogical.

Richardson - Again, his immigration plan provides amnesty.

The rest of the gang isn't going anywhere.

So, ok guys. Without going negative why should I:

First pick a ballot from your party;
Second, vote for any of these candidates.

 

How do I join?