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	<title>Comments on: When I Finally Gave Up On Little Green Footballs</title>
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	<description>Unfair. Unbalanced. Unmedicated.</description>
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		<title>By: Nodrog</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2009/04/when-i-finally-gave-up-on-little-green-footballs/comment-page-2/#comment-50192</link>
		<dc:creator>Nodrog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rightjab - actually I swept the floor with the LGF wingnuts pretty thoroughly - it was just they were too stupid to understand that they had been bested.  And throwing back insults, which often happened, meant that I won the arguments.

Sorry to burst your fantasy balloon bubble.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rightjab &#8211; actually I swept the floor with the LGF wingnuts pretty thoroughly &#8211; it was just they were too stupid to understand that they had been bested.  And throwing back insults, which often happened, meant that I won the arguments.</p>
<p>Sorry to burst your fantasy balloon bubble.</p>
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		<title>By: Steynian 347 &#124; know thy congressman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steynian 347 &#124; know thy congressman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Some have tried to&amp;#32&amp;#102&amp;#105ght back, but I&#8217;ve got better things to do; IMAO: &#8220;When I Finally Gave Up On Little Gree&amp;#110&amp;#32&amp;#70ootballs&#8221; &#8230;. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Some have tried to&amp;#32&amp;#102&amp;#105ght back, but I&#8217;ve got better things to do; IMAO: &#8220;When I Finally Gave Up On Little Gree&amp;#110&amp;#32&amp;#70ootballs&#8221; &#8230;. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Badgerbyte</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2009/04/when-i-finally-gave-up-on-little-green-footballs/comment-page-2/#comment-28077</link>
		<dc:creator>Badgerbyte</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I knew I wasn&#039;t losing it. LGF was my co-homepage with Drudge. I&#039;m busy as you all are and I need fast facts (Drudge) and then fast fact coherent discussion (LGF). I don&#039;t have the time to post and skipped the creationist tirade but began to take notice of a left wing bent well before the DHS report. Something I know a little about and we&#039;ll leave it at that. I posted for I think the fourth time in five years last Saturday regarding this and CJ responded with a very flippant and antagonizing remark. When I took the time to post material that backed up a lot of folks assertions on the site, CJ told me to piss off, vaporized this very important information, pulled the pin and left the foxhole. I wouldn’t have been surprised if he lost 1000 folks that day.  
All I have to say at this point is CJ will no longer have to suffer through my site clicks. The last thing I&#039;ll say is that the way he is treating folks can only be performed and completed safely from behind a monitor. If his method of deferring folks were actually a physical act I can assure you that CJ would be pounding his keyboard with the tip of his nose and that of his computer as well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I knew I wasn&#8217;t losing it. LGF was my co-homepage with Drudge. I&#8217;m busy as you all are and I need fast facts (Drudge) and then fast fact coherent discussion (LGF). I don&#8217;t have the time to post and skipped the creationist tirade but began to take notice of a left wing bent well before the DHS report. Something I know a little about and we&#8217;ll leave it at that. I posted for I think the fourth time in five years last Saturday regarding this and CJ responded with a very flippant and antagonizing remark. When I took the time to post material that backed up a lot of folks assertions on the site, CJ told me to piss off, vaporized this very important information, pulled the pin and left the foxhole. I wouldn’t have been surprised if he lost 1000 folks that day.<br />
All I have to say at this point is CJ will no longer have to suffer through my site clicks. The last thing I&#8217;ll say is that the way he is treating folks can only be performed and completed safely from behind a monitor. If his method of deferring folks were actually a physical act I can assure you that CJ would be pounding his keyboard with the tip of his nose and that of his computer as well.</p>
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		<title>By: Ezra Marsh</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ezra Marsh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What a relief it was to visit this posting and to read the comments. I used to go to LGF every day, first thing.  I will admit that I&#039;m a creationist, but it&#039;s hardly an obsession of mine. I understand how, if you&#039;re not coming from a religious point of view as I am, it&#039;s the logical thing to believe in evolution. I am also NOT into abusing people on the web, and I pride myself that I keep it short and polite. I wrote a very restrained and polite comment questioning why Charles thought a creationist point of view disqualified a politician from being a serious presidential candidate, and HE DELETED IT! I&#039;d never experienced that before. 
Never went back, and will never go back.  There&#039;s way too many places to go on the web to be treated like that. In my opinion, if people are polite and use reasonable arguments, deleting their posts is unforgiveable, and really low-class</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a relief it was to visit this posting and to read the comments. I used to go to LGF every day, first thing.  I will admit that I&#8217;m a creationist, but it&#8217;s hardly an obsession of mine. I understand how, if you&#8217;re not coming from a religious point of view as I am, it&#8217;s the logical thing to believe in evolution. I am also NOT into abusing people on the web, and I pride myself that I keep it short and polite. I wrote a very restrained and polite comment questioning why Charles thought a creationist point of view disqualified a politician from being a serious presidential candidate, and HE DELETED IT! I&#8217;d never experienced that before.<br />
Never went back, and will never go back.  There&#8217;s way too many places to go on the web to be treated like that. In my opinion, if people are polite and use reasonable arguments, deleting their posts is unforgiveable, and really low-class</p>
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		<title>By: someguy</title>
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		<dc:creator>someguy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can’t remember when I left LGF but it started when CJ posted an article by Christopher Hitchens bashing Robert Spencer for writing a book saying that Christianity was a better religion than Islam and noting his approval of Hitchens view. That caused my ears to perk up so when he switched the focus from Islamism to ID that came to my mind immediately. The way I see it he’s nothing but another anti-religious bigot.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can’t remember when I left LGF but it started when CJ posted an article by Christopher Hitchens bashing Robert Spencer for writing a book saying that Christianity was a better religion than Islam and noting his approval of Hitchens view. That caused my ears to perk up so when he switched the focus from Islamism to ID that came to my mind immediately. The way I see it he’s nothing but another anti-religious bigot.</p>
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		<title>By: wuzzagrunt</title>
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		<dc:creator>wuzzagrunt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I drifted away from LGF when the comment section started to get stoopid.  I don&#039;t  really &quot;get&quot; the whole creationism/ID fight.  I don&#039;t agree with creationists either, but I can&#039;t see picking a fight with them.  I mean, I can&#039;t see how God gives a crap whether I have a BLT for lunch, but I don&#039;t feel the need to ridicule the not-insignificant number of people who think He does.

I think we can all agree that Vegans are the real enemy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I drifted away from LGF when the comment section started to get stoopid.  I don&#8217;t  really &#8220;get&#8221; the whole creationism/ID fight.  I don&#8217;t agree with creationists either, but I can&#8217;t see picking a fight with them.  I mean, I can&#8217;t see how God gives a crap whether I have a BLT for lunch, but I don&#8217;t feel the need to ridicule the not-insignificant number of people who think He does.</p>
<p>I think we can all agree that Vegans are the real enemy.</p>
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		<title>By: cincinnati_bob</title>
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		<dc:creator>cincinnati_bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@68 Mazeman.

Can&#039;t add much to that.  It&#039;s easy to see that when someone puts an opposing viewpoint in the comments, the &#039;Herd&#039; come forth like a bunch of Pod Born Squealing Body Snatchers.  I&#039;d be embarrassed to be riding herd over that thing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@68 Mazeman.</p>
<p>Can&#8217;t add much to that.  It&#8217;s easy to see that when someone puts an opposing viewpoint in the comments, the &#8216;Herd&#8217; come forth like a bunch of Pod Born Squealing Body Snatchers.  I&#8217;d be embarrassed to be riding herd over that thing.</p>
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		<title>By: Mazeman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mazeman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Charles has gone off the deep end with his pettiness and paranoia. The internet is littered with former lizards who were banned for simply challenging Charles&#039; opinion on something. I mean isn&#039;t that what political discourse is all about? And what blogs are for?

He&#039;s a little tyrant, holding court with his adoring sycophants, who can&#039;t even see the reality that he now censors opposing viewpoints more than KOS.

But it&#039;s his site to run into the ground as he sees fit. Good riddance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Charles has gone off the deep end with his pettiness and paranoia. The internet is littered with former lizards who were banned for simply challenging Charles&#8217; opinion on something. I mean isn&#8217;t that what political discourse is all about? And what blogs are for?</p>
<p>He&#8217;s a little tyrant, holding court with his adoring sycophants, who can&#8217;t even see the reality that he now censors opposing viewpoints more than KOS.</p>
<p>But it&#8217;s his site to run into the ground as he sees fit. Good riddance.</p>
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		<title>By: Tennwriter</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tennwriter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Blatantly scorning Creationism is a giant clue for someone who is at risk of Going Liberal.  Hard-headed stubbornness and a devotion to facts are helpful to be a YEC in this day, just like being a Conservative.  But take the path of least resistance on one, and you might well find yourself pulling the Moderate Mobile along with Brooks and Parker a few years down the line. (You have to pull it because the MM has no engine.)  And after that, you might soon be on welfare.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Blatantly scorning Creationism is a giant clue for someone who is at risk of Going Liberal.  Hard-headed stubbornness and a devotion to facts are helpful to be a YEC in this day, just like being a Conservative.  But take the path of least resistance on one, and you might well find yourself pulling the Moderate Mobile along with Brooks and Parker a few years down the line. (You have to pull it because the MM has no engine.)  And after that, you might soon be on welfare.</p>
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		<title>By: MissouriGirl</title>
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		<dc:creator>MissouriGirl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I still go to LGF, mainly for the linkviewer, but I agree with everyone here who thinks his focus has become to critical of the right, and as for creationism, just off the rails. As someone who believes in evolution who lives and sleeps with a creationist, I have learned one very valuable lesson: Don&#039;t talk about it. Charles would do well to do the same. I occasionally read his posts, but the criticism of the right, the banning of Mama Winger last year (I don&#039;t know why), and the high focus on creationism make it hard to go much past the linkviewer most days.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I still go to LGF, mainly for the linkviewer, but I agree with everyone here who thinks his focus has become to critical of the right, and as for creationism, just off the rails. As someone who believes in evolution who lives and sleeps with a creationist, I have learned one very valuable lesson: Don&#8217;t talk about it. Charles would do well to do the same. I occasionally read his posts, but the criticism of the right, the banning of Mama Winger last year (I don&#8217;t know why), and the high focus on creationism make it hard to go much past the linkviewer most days.</p>
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		<title>By: Stevend</title>
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		<dc:creator>Stevend</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ll add my echo to those who have become disenchanted with LGF.  It&#039;s all about &quot;Charles in Charge&quot; now, which is a pity.  I still visit it daily for the Linkviewer and occasionally post, but it&#039;s lost it&#039;s lustre.  BTW, this is a pretty funny video on the topic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDFJ1Y_FMAI&amp;feature=related</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ll add my echo to those who have become disenchanted with LGF.  It&#8217;s all about &#8220;Charles in Charge&#8221; now, which is a pity.  I still visit it daily for the Linkviewer and occasionally post, but it&#8217;s lost it&#8217;s lustre.  BTW, this is a pretty funny video on the topic.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDFJ1Y_FMAI&#038;feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDFJ1Y_FMAI&#038;feature=related</a></p>
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		<title>By: j.lewis</title>
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		<dc:creator>j.lewis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;There are already plenty of blogs focused on constantly exposing bad things about the right-wing&quot;

So you admit there are some bad elements in the right wing, yet you prefer those elements be coddled?  Come on, you can do better than that.

&lt;i&gt;[You&#039;re retarded and unable to follow a simple point.

If you&#039;re conservative, then I just did my part not coddling you. -Ed.]&lt;/i&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;There are already plenty of blogs focused on constantly exposing bad things about the right-wing&#8221;</p>
<p>So you admit there are some bad elements in the right wing, yet you prefer those elements be coddled?  Come on, you can do better than that.</p>
<p><i>[You're retarded and unable to follow a simple point.</p>
<p>If you're conservative, then I just did my part not coddling you. -Ed.]</i></p>
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		<title>By: deedee</title>
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		<dc:creator>deedee</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been wondering what has been going on with LGF.   I respect Mr. Johnson because of the incredible work that he has done, but I haven&#039;t been reading his posts in quite a long time.    I will stop by once in awhile.   I hope he is just going through a phase or something.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been wondering what has been going on with LGF.   I respect Mr. Johnson because of the incredible work that he has done, but I haven&#8217;t been reading his posts in quite a long time.    I will stop by once in awhile.   I hope he is just going through a phase or something.</p>
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		<title>By: VeritasVincetBaby</title>
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		<dc:creator>VeritasVincetBaby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 03:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>MAN, it&#039;s such a relief to hear someone else say what I&#039;ve been thinking for months and months now.  I just deleted my LGF bookmark a few weeks ago, but hadn&#039;t really been reading it for months anyway.  I asked DH if he minded the deletion, and he replied, &quot;Sure, go ahead, he&#039;s just annoying now--I can get annoyed almost anywhere, I don&#039;t need a bookmark for it.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MAN, it&#8217;s such a relief to hear someone else say what I&#8217;ve been thinking for months and months now.  I just deleted my LGF bookmark a few weeks ago, but hadn&#8217;t really been reading it for months anyway.  I asked DH if he minded the deletion, and he replied, &#8220;Sure, go ahead, he&#8217;s just annoying now&#8211;I can get annoyed almost anywhere, I don&#8217;t need a bookmark for it.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Heartland Patriot</title>
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		<dc:creator>Heartland Patriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I gave up on LGF when Charles shut down the Lizard Lounge. Charles is unwilling to allow opinions with which he disagrees no matter how lucidly or politely they are profered. He  simply banishes those that he disagrees with. His perpensity to do this has spawned a cadre of loyal sycophants that engage in endless provocative baiting of anyone that might hold a position other than that of the Great and Powerful Charles. Should any honest debate occur, these same miscreants run to Charles and have the people they&#039;ve been bullying banished. It&#039;s turning into an echo chamber with the sole function of stroking Charles&#039; ego. Not worth engaging there anymore.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I gave up on LGF when Charles shut down the Lizard Lounge. Charles is unwilling to allow opinions with which he disagrees no matter how lucidly or politely they are profered. He  simply banishes those that he disagrees with. His perpensity to do this has spawned a cadre of loyal sycophants that engage in endless provocative baiting of anyone that might hold a position other than that of the Great and Powerful Charles. Should any honest debate occur, these same miscreants run to Charles and have the people they&#8217;ve been bullying banished. It&#8217;s turning into an echo chamber with the sole function of stroking Charles&#8217; ego. Not worth engaging there anymore.</p>
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		<title>By: Steynian 347 &#171; Free Canuckistan!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steynian 347 &#171; Free Canuckistan!</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] much trouble. Some have tried to fight back, but I&#8217;ve got better things to do; IMAO: &#8220;When I Finally Gave Up On Little Green Footballs&#8221; &#8230;. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] much trouble. Some have tried to fight back, but I&#8217;ve got better things to do; IMAO: &#8220;When I Finally Gave Up On Little Green Footballs&#8221; &#8230;. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: TerribleTroy</title>
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		<dc:creator>TerribleTroy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LG Who? Football What? Nevah heard of em! I pity the fool who succumbs to the kool aid.. they will enlighten themselves out of existence........</description>
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		<title>By: Corona</title>
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		<dc:creator>Corona</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Soon after the time Ahneedadinnerjacket was planning to come to Columbia U and wanted to see Ground Zero is about the time I noticed CJ losing it. So I left. Zoas are people too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Soon after the time Ahneedadinnerjacket was planning to come to Columbia U and wanted to see Ground Zero is about the time I noticed CJ losing it. So I left. Zoas are people too.</p>
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		<title>By: Rightjabs</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2009/04/when-i-finally-gave-up-on-little-green-footballs/comment-page-2/#comment-27587</link>
		<dc:creator>Rightjabs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;b&gt;&quot;LGF&quot; has become code for &quot;don&#039;t bother wasting your time.&quot;  If it folded tomorrow, it wouldn&#039;t matter a whit to the conservative blogosphere, and even less to the world at large.&lt;/b&gt;

Years ago, before registration was even required, people had like-minded conversations with intelligence and civility.  Disagreements were respectful and the discourse was generally courteous thanks to posters like: &quot;realwest&quot;, &quot;Spiny Norman&quot;, &quot;Ward Cleaver&quot; and &quot;Kragar&quot;.

Trolls weren&#039;t welcome, but a lot of people got a kick out of Gordon&#039;s (a.k.a. nodrog) naive, left wing ranting.  Most trolls though dared not enter the comments section because their intellectual dishonesty, and canned talking points, would be quickly exposed.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://nekamas-troll-hammer.urbanup.com/2934819&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;Nekama&#039;s Troll Hammer&quot;&lt;/a&gt; was often brought to bear on many a moonbat&#039;s head.

:)

Probably because of Charles&#039; success in documenting the absolute folly of militant Islam, radical Islam, and plain old misogynistic Islam; more trolls began posting and registration became required.  Things stayed on a pretty even keel until too many newbie&#039;s were allowed in (at the rate of about 130 at a time).  They brought in a distinct lack of maturity, a distinct lack of courtesy, and a lack of respect for what LGF once was: orderly.

Flame wars became more common.

Big design changes to the site also began to take place.  Charles broadened his topic selection (to appeal to a wider audience?), created spin off links, a chat room and voting on articles/comments.  IMAO, it became an information overload.

Charles had created a monster that morphed into something the old timers didn&#039;t recognize.  His decision to not focus on jihad related topics was a bad call.  Stick with what works I say.

Charles obviously wanted to grow the site by opening registration at least once a week, but he couldn&#039;t screen the new &quot;hatchlings&quot; ahead of time.  The answer seemed to be to overtly filter out the people with whom he disagreed by banning them for almost anything.  Whereas before he generally stayed above the fray, but would occasionally referee disputes, now he was neck deep in it and causing a lot of strife himself.

To his credit, Charles did help nail Dan Rather.  And, any conservative blogger that has a libtard &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lgfwatch.blogspot.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;watch&quot;&lt;/a&gt; site created in response to what they are doing can&#039;t be all bad.

When Charles felt the need to distance himself from &quot;Gates of Vienna&quot; because of their perceived anti-Semitism, it seemed like a wise move.  When he began harping on creationism/I.D. versus evolution, not so much.

Later LGF, I have to go rearrange my sock drawer.

Paul said:
&quot;Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap.&quot;

Modern vernacular:
&quot;What goes around, comes around.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>&#8220;LGF&#8221; has become code for &#8220;don&#8217;t bother wasting your time.&#8221;  If it folded tomorrow, it wouldn&#8217;t matter a whit to the conservative blogosphere, and even less to the world at large.</b></p>
<p>Years ago, before registration was even required, people had like-minded conversations with intelligence and civility.  Disagreements were respectful and the discourse was generally courteous thanks to posters like: &#8220;realwest&#8221;, &#8220;Spiny Norman&#8221;, &#8220;Ward Cleaver&#8221; and &#8220;Kragar&#8221;.</p>
<p>Trolls weren&#8217;t welcome, but a lot of people got a kick out of Gordon&#8217;s (a.k.a. nodrog) naive, left wing ranting.  Most trolls though dared not enter the comments section because their intellectual dishonesty, and canned talking points, would be quickly exposed.  <a href="http://nekamas-troll-hammer.urbanup.com/2934819" rel="nofollow">&#8220;Nekama&#8217;s Troll Hammer&#8221;</a> was often brought to bear on many a moonbat&#8217;s head.</p>
<p> <img src='http://www.imao.us/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Probably because of Charles&#8217; success in documenting the absolute folly of militant Islam, radical Islam, and plain old misogynistic Islam; more trolls began posting and registration became required.  Things stayed on a pretty even keel until too many newbie&#8217;s were allowed in (at the rate of about 130 at a time).  They brought in a distinct lack of maturity, a distinct lack of courtesy, and a lack of respect for what LGF once was: orderly.</p>
<p>Flame wars became more common.</p>
<p>Big design changes to the site also began to take place.  Charles broadened his topic selection (to appeal to a wider audience?), created spin off links, a chat room and voting on articles/comments.  IMAO, it became an information overload.</p>
<p>Charles had created a monster that morphed into something the old timers didn&#8217;t recognize.  His decision to not focus on jihad related topics was a bad call.  Stick with what works I say.</p>
<p>Charles obviously wanted to grow the site by opening registration at least once a week, but he couldn&#8217;t screen the new &#8220;hatchlings&#8221; ahead of time.  The answer seemed to be to overtly filter out the people with whom he disagreed by banning them for almost anything.  Whereas before he generally stayed above the fray, but would occasionally referee disputes, now he was neck deep in it and causing a lot of strife himself.</p>
<p>To his credit, Charles did help nail Dan Rather.  And, any conservative blogger that has a libtard <a href="http://www.lgfwatch.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">&#8220;watch&#8221;</a> site created in response to what they are doing can&#8217;t be all bad.</p>
<p>When Charles felt the need to distance himself from &#8220;Gates of Vienna&#8221; because of their perceived anti-Semitism, it seemed like a wise move.  When he began harping on creationism/I.D. versus evolution, not so much.</p>
<p>Later LGF, I have to go rearrange my sock drawer.</p>
<p>Paul said:<br />
&#8220;Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap.&#8221;</p>
<p>Modern vernacular:<br />
&#8220;What goes around, comes around.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Paul Gross</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2009/04/when-i-finally-gave-up-on-little-green-footballs/comment-page-2/#comment-27586</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul Gross</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Meghan McCain syndrome.  The media pays attention to &quot;maverick&quot; conservatives and it can be intoxicating.  BUT, you are not allowed to revert.  Ask John.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Meghan McCain syndrome.  The media pays attention to &#8220;maverick&#8221; conservatives and it can be intoxicating.  BUT, you are not allowed to revert.  Ask John.</p>
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		<title>By: Rick</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2009/04/when-i-finally-gave-up-on-little-green-footballs/comment-page-2/#comment-27585</link>
		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>doesn&#039;t like creationism eh?   hmmm  - maybe thats cause he&#039;s a SECRET UNDERCOVER AGENT OF SATAN!!!! .... I mean it all fits if you think about it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>doesn&#8217;t like creationism eh?   hmmm  &#8211; maybe thats cause he&#8217;s a SECRET UNDERCOVER AGENT OF SATAN!!!! &#8230;. I mean it all fits if you think about it.</p>
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		<title>By: Rocket Man</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2009/04/when-i-finally-gave-up-on-little-green-footballs/comment-page-2/#comment-27584</link>
		<dc:creator>Rocket Man</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While I completely agree with Charles Johnson&#039;s stance on creationism, Ron Paul, White Supremacists and a lot of the other issues he blogs about, I have to say that I too have been visiting his site less and less these days. Hard to say why that is, but part of the reason is that lately he comes across as a single issue blogger on the issue of right wing extremism. It&#039;s not like there is a lack of material on left wing extremism for him to write about as well, he has just not chosen to focus on it lately.

It&#039;s his blog, so he can of course write about whatever he wants, but I also choose what I want to read. And his blog has not been one of those things I have chosen to read much lately.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While I completely agree with Charles Johnson&#8217;s stance on creationism, Ron Paul, White Supremacists and a lot of the other issues he blogs about, I have to say that I too have been visiting his site less and less these days. Hard to say why that is, but part of the reason is that lately he comes across as a single issue blogger on the issue of right wing extremism. It&#8217;s not like there is a lack of material on left wing extremism for him to write about as well, he has just not chosen to focus on it lately.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s his blog, so he can of course write about whatever he wants, but I also choose what I want to read. And his blog has not been one of those things I have chosen to read much lately.</p>
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		<title>By: Atomic Lib Smasher</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2009/04/when-i-finally-gave-up-on-little-green-footballs/comment-page-2/#comment-27552</link>
		<dc:creator>Atomic Lib Smasher</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LGF has been gone from my bookmarks for a while now too. It just seems since Obama took over, he&#039;s been vehemently going after conservatives. Hmmm... maybe someone took a taste of the Kool-Aid? LGF used to be a good blog, but I can&#039;t figure out for the life of me why they went in the direction that they did.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LGF has been gone from my bookmarks for a while now too. It just seems since Obama took over, he&#8217;s been vehemently going after conservatives. Hmmm&#8230; maybe someone took a taste of the Kool-Aid? LGF used to be a good blog, but I can&#8217;t figure out for the life of me why they went in the direction that they did.</p>
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		<title>By: Da Coyote</title>
		<link>http://www.imao.us/index.php/2009/04/when-i-finally-gave-up-on-little-green-footballs/comment-page-2/#comment-27539</link>
		<dc:creator>Da Coyote</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:08:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Funny, just before stumbling on to this blog, I had just deleted LGF from my bookmarks because of his incessant rants on creationists.  Nope, I&#039;m not one, but anyone believing this stuff will never produce any useful science...so I really don&#039;t care.

I&#039;ll always think the site for their bringing down Rather and gang.  But, LFG is evidently a one note wonder.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Funny, just before stumbling on to this blog, I had just deleted LGF from my bookmarks because of his incessant rants on creationists.  Nope, I&#8217;m not one, but anyone believing this stuff will never produce any useful science&#8230;so I really don&#8217;t care.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll always think the site for their bringing down Rather and gang.  But, LFG is evidently a one note wonder.</p>
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		<title>By: blair</title>
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		<dc:creator>blair</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He lost me when he started dumping on &quot;Gates of Vienna&quot;. 

He&#039;s too angry.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He lost me when he started dumping on &#8220;Gates of Vienna&#8221;. </p>
<p>He&#8217;s too angry.</p>
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