Reality Check

I just wanna make something very clear here…. /rant ON

My opinions are mine. I’ll share them if you ask, and sometimes when you don’t ask. I make sure that when I form an opinion it is based on factual data, thoroughly examined and calculated, weighed and OBJECTIVELY read. I also base my opinions on life experiences as well. I know the difference in right and wrong, and I know when someone is trying to pull the wool over my eyes. So, if you want my opinion, and ask, I will give it and you can KNOW for a FACT it is well through out. If you don’t like my opinions, tough shit, I probably don’t like yours either.

If I appear to have slammed something someone has said on these forums, then know that it isn’t that I just "disagree" with you, or that I am "brainwashed" by some "Fanatic Right Wing government", nor that I’m a Nazi (I’m not for the record, I’m a dyed in the wool-Reagan-Republican who saw the light after working for Jimmy Carter, the very FIRST President I voted for. Reagan was the second.) — Nor am I a man of no or small principles. It’s because the person that made the crack that I responded to is full of shit, talking out his or her ass, or worse, is merely a misinformed person trying desperately to "fit in" with some group or organization (usually a left-leaning group, by the way).

As Elzie Segar’s, Popeye the Sailorman used to say, "I yam what I yam…"

Somewhere along the way, I’ve gained a kind of "following". I receive non-solicited "Fan Letters" on occasion. They range from awesomely written pieces to manaical personal attacks upon me. In the years since I started doing Anomalies I gained a vast array of–for lack of a better word–evildoers who were at the time hell bent on the destruction of the Anomalies Network. I’ve received, recently in fact, death threats. The shit never stops. The idiots continue to breed. Stupid people, by the way, ought not breed, nor should Liberals. (I suggest you continue aborting your children, and leave ours alone so that the Liberal will eventually go extinct.)

The kooks at Anomalies managed, for the most part to be written off as part of the history of the site. Somewhere along the way, I let my guard down and some of the got the "best of me" and managed to convince Olav that I was a tyrant and evil person, who was hell bent on preventing them, good innocent little people of the world, from "getting the word out". The truth is, I was protecting the site, and Olav with all my heart and soul. I poured more hours each day into that site than I did my family, my job, my hobbies. In short, I LIVED IN that site and was a PART of the site. I left a large mark on the site, and not a Black one as people like Kerry P, Jools, Porque, Tripp, Mr. P and many others are still SPOUTING even THIS day out on other sites out there. They know that they can’t bring a fight to me any more since I never respond to their nonsense on Anomalies these days, and if they come here, they will find themselves quickly in the toilet. And, they HATE it.

Olav, God Love him, was looking for a way to make Anomalies into his vision. I can not, nor would I blame him for that, and he managed to get his chance once day. But, regardless of the original intent of Anomalies, it grew out of love for the stories and information, and the people came. Both sides of the fence showed, and discussed and debated real data. Then it spiraled with the joining of a few trolls — some of whom I converted to be good Moderators. Andy G for one. Andy wasn’t really a troll, per se, but was definately misinformed. The day he took the helm of one of the forums, Andy did an about face, and took a "Right Turn" towards reality. He was one of our better moderators (and they were all damned fine people, don’t get me wrong, even a few I ended up firing eventually). But Andy was a person who, like many sat there and believed a lot of the stuff he read, as long as it fitted into some preconceived notion of his world view.

Then, shortly after taking over as a Moderator, Andy G did what few people do. He realized that belief in a subject is not the same as KNOWLEDGE in a subject and he studied a lot.

Andy was diagnosed with some sort of spinal cancer a year or so back. I was in contact with him for a time, and then that contact stopped. His Girl Friend was to let us know what was going on, but I’ve never heard from her since. I have not heard from Andy in months and I don’t think anyone else has either.

Andy G.– Where ever you are now, we all miss you.

Today, I see Anomalies suffering from piddling little posts and godawful conspiracy theories to no end. It’s sad, very sad. It’s like watching your mother with Alzheimer’s Disease, wasting away, babbling about things that aren’t true, or trapped in her mind that you can never know about.

Here on this site, several folks have taken to making cracks and remarks, which tend to "incite" me. Religion is one. Let me tell you my take on religion. First let me say this, carefully, I have no argument with religion per se. I appreciate it, and I understand the companionship people seek in knowing God. I also understand there are dozens of religions out there and billions belong to one or another. Finally, I understand that we all must take certain things on faith.

Now, stand back and minute and forget anything you knew about ANY religion, just for a moment, including your own. Place yourself as a complete and utter novice in the face of ANY religion, and know you know nothing about it.

Now, completely indoctrinate yourself into one (any) religion, follow it’s tenents, listen carefully to the Preachers (or whatever other teachers are involved) and then understand that you’ve been brainwashed. Now you know why Islamics are so hell bent on killing Americans, Jews and Western Civilization.

Now, knowing that this can happen to people, is it any WONDER that sometimes the Left Wing in America can be so evil when it comes to churches and religion? Is it any wonder that they bitch and scream and want to see something they call the "Separation of Church and State"? You see, where religion is involved, there is a degree of BELIEF and FAITH that must be taken into account. When that belief and faith are used as battering rams against people, say, like me who APPEAR to be "non-believers" then the application of that religious teaching becomes unwanted and unwarranted. I don’t need, nor want "conversion" and I do NOT believe that God is going to take care of me all the time. He might be there to nudge me a bit one way or the other, but what I do, and what happens around him has NOTHING to do with him normally. You believe what you will, and I will believe MY way. Don’t try to tell me that I’m doing something wrong because you disagree with it — but at the same time, don’t think that you’re doing something RIGHT because you simply BELIEVE it.

Things I can’t and won’t tolerate ever:

1) Someone trying to force me to "believe" in ANYTHING including religion, or conspiracy theory… which by the way, are BOTH RELIGIONS.

2) Lies. Damned lies and Statistics. I use statistics, but I show all of them, not part of them (like the crazy, whacko Global warming kooks do). One thing I don’t do on this or other web sites when I write though, is LIE about data. I tell it like it is, exactly. I show the facts. If I interject my OPINION on a subject, it’s not based on vague, feel-good rules. It’s based on facts and personal experience. I’m sure no one likes to think they are wrong, and neither do I. But I STRIVE to be not just right, but ACCURATE, even in opinions.

3) Personal attacks on anyone on this site. I won’t stand for it. And if you think I’ve made one, then look again at what you did to get the remarks I made. If you are going to sit there and tell me I did something I didn’t do, that’s akin to calling me a liar, and you’re going to get creamed. Don’t like that? TOUGH, don’t tell me I said something I didn’t say.

4) Rewording something I’ve said. Don’t do that. My writing is my writing, as is my writing style. I may not remember in two weeks precisely what I said, but it’s there for the world to see. If you wanna question something I’ve said, then you need to make sure you quote me ACCURATELY.

5) I won’t tolerate Communists, Socialists, Marxists, or whatever you wanna call yourselves, I don’t tolerate Enviromental LIBERAL idiots, people who damage others’ properties, murderers, terrorists, rapists and in general criminals. I WON"T tolerate people who threaten me, my family or my friends, and a lot of my friends are on this site.

There’s probably a lot more I WON’T Tolerate… just don’t be one of the "more".

Then, there’s the Right Wing, in particular the Religious right… who deem themselves sometimes completely free of committing crimes or wrong doing, and see that even recently the head of the New Life Church, Ted Haggard got himself in deep doo doo. Well, he and others got himself in to it — and no puns were intended here. People on both sides of the political aisle can be fools, do things they shouldn’t do. I’ve done a lot of things in my time I shouldn’t have and am not proud of them. But, it ain’t nobody’s business but mine. And unlike LIBERALS I don’t go around telling my kids and others what I’ve done "bad" — because it isn’t anyone’s business, and any mother or father that admits to their children they did drugs in the ’60s and ’70s are imbeciles. Your KIDS don’t need that kind of example. They need one that DOESN"T make mistakes. They need Parents who are BEYOND HUMAN. So, if you want to be a good parent, it’s easy. Be strong, and sometimes LIE to your kids when they ask you stupid questions.

When it comes to gathering information, I don’t just sit back, read and listen to one point of view. Neither should you. I listen to them all, so if anyone wants to tell me "You’re brainwashed" — go ahead, but know you’re lying, and I’ll call you out… and in the same vein as my ancestors, I’ll be happy to meet you on the street and kick your ass for saying such a thing about me. I tend to look up things, a lot of things every day. EVERYTHING that catches my attention becomes either a bookmark on a computer, or a piece of information I put in my brain. I’d expect every one of you to do the same, instead of setting your parameters and bias ahead of time, why DON’T you spend time digging into that conspiracy piece that looks so inviting and find the actual, first person source of the data.

You will be SURPRISED, trust me, if you go and read up on, say… "Concentration camps in America". Oh, my God, you will find so LITTLE truth, and a whole lot of run around, it’s truly mind boggling that people can believe this CRAP. (and a little hint, ALL the information you will find will eventually lead back to ONE PERSON, imagine that!)

I don’t mince words. I tell it EXACTLY like I see it. I AM somewhat wordy at times in articles (like this one). This is because I try very hard NOT to leave some of the imbeciles out there that like nothing better than to argue for no reason, and with no argument, no way out.

If you want to complain about my articles. Do it to yourselves. I’m sick of people telling me I write too much, or not enough. I am what I am. I do what I do because I know it is the right thing to do.

So.. for that group of you finally coming back out of the woodwork, who used to hang at Anomalies, and are looking to pick fresh fights with me… I’ll tell you this. I have more backup here than you can imagine. We might argue amongst ourselves at times on the meaning of this or that, but the folks that formed the core of this site have a goal, and we will stick to it. we don’t have any backdoors you’re going to get into and stab one of us in the back. TAA is here, for the duration. Trolls won’t shut us down and they won’t shut me up.

There’s no going behind one of our backs. You stand up, you face us like men, and we’ll face you back. You wanna bring weapons to the fight, feel free, but understand this core group not only outguns you in intellect, it outguns you in real life.

For the forces of evil out there bent on doing harm to the United States of America…

Do your best, but know that there are Americans.. JUST LIKE Me, who will not take your shit, we will point it out every step of the way. We will follow you around and scream at you if necessary, shoot you if we have too. America will not fall to the likes of Leftists, Socialists and Communists. The Democrats in this country need to understand this and get behind the rest of us Americans in fending off the Islamofascists and the rest of the WRONG-THINKING on this planet. Socialism is going to die in the next generation. I will help see to that.

President Bush said, after 9-11, "You’re either with us, or you’re with the terrorists".

Chose sides. Most already have, those that are on my side will win. Those on the side of the terrorists will lose.

So, when you post on this site, get your FACTS STRAIGHT, don’t lie, and DO by all means DOUBLE CHECK YOUR DATA. Because if I start seeing conspiracy crap on this site, I’m going to go through it with a fine toothed comb and I’ll call you out when I find your sources don’t match or all are circular to the same source.

Get your shit together on this site and expect, EXPECT that you’ll be questioned when you post crap. If you don’t like it, tough, go somewhere simple-minded and sloppy to post your garbage. But if you want to discuss something with an intelligent group, this is the place to do it. Just don’t expect me or anyone else to back down when it comes to hard questions.

If you don’t like my opinion, don’t ask for it. Don’t post things that are going to bring me out to work on what you’ve said. Because, folks, I’m probably the meanest son of a bitch in the valley and you don’t want to screw with me.

Oh… and last thing. The next THREAT I receive, I won’t send to the FBI or the local cops. I’ll take it seriously and I’ll hunt your ass down and make God Damned sure you don’t do that to me or anyone in my family again.

That’s not a threat, that’s a PROMISE. If the cops won’t do anything, *I* will.

have a nice day.
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Rick Donaldson

It’s better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for who you’re not.

If your opponent is quick to anger, seek to irritate him. — Sun Tzu

Illegitimus non carborundum.
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