My frustration is not with government. It's with the human race. We're becoming a petty, egocentric, ignorant lot, at least, those of us who bother to make themselves heard. The media makes it worse. Look at Fox - they're about as objective as a teenage boy in a ****house - and that's nothing unique. It's not that any of them really are intentionally biased. They're just doing what any good capitalistic business does - maxing their profit. Objectivity sells with the enthusiasm of hemmaroid cream. Talk radio, call in shows, comment sections at the end of stories on news websites - they're all meant to stroke our egos and get us hooked on our overblown sense of self-importance. (Guess that includes forums too ) If you're right about the polarization, it won't be 1776, it'll be 1861 - provided we don't go broke first. You know, you see/hear/read about all these surveys they do to get our opinions but guess what! I've never been part of one of those. Okay, so they supposedly call some randomly selected person. What's really going to happen if they get one of us? If we're in a good mood, we hear "we'd like to ask you a few questions" and say "No thanks" and hang up. If our mood is not so good, they're lucky if we just hang up on them. So who do they end up getting any response from? Take a guess! It's time us ordinary, regular, sensible Jane's and Joe's make ourselves heard. We need to let Washington and Wall Street and Parliment and so on know we believe in a government that is about "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" and things like the "common defense" and not about acting like Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble running out of the house with cards in hand yelling "CHARGE IT!!!"

Dang - get a load of me - and I took my meds today too!

*edited to appropriate forum language - ErikaT

Good Morning MOT

Have a great day!

MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 06/16 - Active Members

Active team members report
==========================

                                                     Current          Points
Active member name            Rank      Change       Points        This Period
=========================     =====     ======     ===========     ===========
RT                                1          0     192,817,642         150,277
GeraldRube                        2          0     115,815,482         112,072
judson Somerville MD              3          0     110,073,577          90,315
Coingames                         4          0      78,437,527          67,885
parmesian                         5          0      39,978,219          27,686
xroule                            6          0      36,887,702          36,895
NiceMedTexMD                      7          0      35,420,880               0
David Autumns                     8          0      28,697,574          34,792
brown chris                       9          0      27,786,086          24,351
keithhenry                       10          0      22,449,299          21,868
finman                           11          0      20,258,165          29,786
Vuj                              12          0      18,482,339          17,694
dkt                              13          0      16,792,030          28,803
nl59056                          14          0      16,705,337           5,931
Blueprint                        15          0      15,204,115          11,480
Esteban69                        16          0      14,279,841           2,580
Daeloan                          17          0      13,020,082               0
darth_vader                      18          0      12,982,676           8,394
Fanie                            19          0      12,760,664           7,172
PohSoon                          20          0       9,650,423           1,556
lawrencehardin                   21          0       8,959,959          14,577
frans6nl                         22          0       7,604,001             249
smcclarigan                      23          0       5,498,629           2,749
pramodp                          24          0       5,324,110           2,197
Tomwp                            25          0       4,531,059           2,883
Jonathon Wright                  26          0       4,409,007          13,637
johng                            27          0       3,367,876           3,044
Bon Kuhlman                      28          0       3,290,293               0
dubhain                          29          0       2,681,637             987
YellowAV                         30          0       2,604,788               0
Mechanical                       31          0       2,292,249           5,016
elpe                             32          0       1,648,235           1,042
Lanscader                        33          0       1,448,198               0
newtod                           34          0       1,111,883               0
hne12359                         35          0         951,456             943
CCH                              36          0         903,470           1,907
Natalino                         37          0         580,756             155
Jean-Guy Germain                 38          0         278,618             815
imdioxin                         39          0         275,012           1,111
sz2000                           40          0         207,102             937
justinbagwell                    41          0          53,902               0
stonechild                       42          0          48,537           1,833
sm217144                         43          0          42,034               0

Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days.

Top Twenty active members returning points today:
01: RT - 150,277 points
02: GeraldRube - 112,072 points
03: judson Somerville MD - 90,315 points
04: Coingames - 67,885 points
05: xroule - 36,895 points
06: David Autumns - 34,792 points
07: finman - 29,786 points
08: dkt - 28,803 points
09: parmesian - 27,686 points
10: brown chris - 24,351 points
11: keithhenry - 21,868 points
12: Vuj - 17,694 points
13: lawrencehardin - 14,577 points
14: Jonathon Wright - 13,637 points
15: Blueprint - 11,480 points
16: darth_vader - 8,394 points
17: Fanie - 7,172 points
18: nl59056 - 5,931 points
19: Mechanical - 5,016 points
20: johng - 3,044 points

Total points returned today: 733,619
Active members returning points today: 35
Average points per member active today: 20,960.5429

WCG has been having quite a bit of trouble lately that has kept WUs from getting validated on a timely basis. You can see its impact on our totals for today. We'll see better numbers tomorrow if these problems stay resolved. I'm sure they're just as tired of fixing them as we are of having them.

How are you doing captain???

Rej