I may have a stalker

It looks like the most despicable troll to ever post on the VA blog is back, his real name as Roy Mark but he has used about 10 aliases in the years I’ve been posting. I have noticed a poster that is using the screen name of "topsarge" is bringing up my past remarks in a continuing loop manner; much like the old Roy Mark used to do. It would be very appropriate for him to do that, if I was arguing with him, but I have ignored him since day one. If I’m wrong and this poster is not Roy Mark, I won’t be violating the forum rules by revealing my suspicion. It’s another good reason to have a personal blog.

Roy Mark has been banned from the Victoria Advocate on line forum multiple times for his abusive tactics toward posters that disagree with him. It's not that he had disagreements with the Advocate. It's his methods of discouraging others to post because of his dribble. Older posters should remember the time the Advocate exposed him for having seven different identities at the same time. Oftentimes, he would use those identities to agree with a remark he had just posted. I don't know why they keep giving this particular poster more chances; because it doesn't take him long to violate that trust. Another six months of being banned won't teach him a lesson but in the meantime, he might get another poster banned, which might be his plan all along. His goal is to create mischief and discredit anyone who agrees with democrats or liberals.

He always used the same MO, of being obnoxious and posting unrelated cut and paste articles in a series of loops. He will make continuous posts in a row to discourage others from posting. He wants to control the subject matter. I have a way of bringing him out in the open... When he makes a post to my next blog, I will instantly delete his remark. This will cause him to say that I have a “read only blog."...How do I know this? He did this for about a year until he was banned again.

Another sign of a getting old is when making childless remarks starts to get to you. I felt bad after singling out waywardwind, when I was doing the same thing. I feel a lot better now that I have apologized, but I realize that will make me look weak to some. That's the punishment for making remarks that I shouldn't have.

Let’s turn the page

After 911, I remembered this country being united and President Bush having a 95% approval rating. Those were my pre-VA blog days, so I can't really say what the action would've been back then on the left and the right... It did seem as though we were united.

Time has changed those on right blame President Clinton for not taking out Osama Bin Laden in 1995, and in those on the left blame President George W. Bush for not taking al Qaeda seriously in the first eight months of his presidency. There is enough blame to go around for both administrations, the Federal Aviation Administration, the FBI and the CIA. It doesn't stay at the government level because it trickles down to political parties, constituents and ideologies.

I wrote a blog this morning about the assassination of Osama Bin Laden, and I was very careful not to lay blame on anyone or go overboard with presidential praise. I thought it was important for some to know that although our Navy Seals were the ultimate heroes; they had a great supporting cast. It wasn't hard to see how some posters were trying to diminish the role of present Obama in the important mission. A blog was immediately posted to wrongly praise General Petraeus for the killing of Osama Bin Laden and endorse him for president. Along the way, Sandwichh, quoted the Moveon.org sign that called General Petraeus... General betray us.... It was very obvious that the first thing that crossed Sandwichh mind was “Obama doesn't deserve any credit, at all." No one responded to his blog but the local newspaper had several related stories that posters could make comments on. And comments they made; their hate has turned to Muslims now.

It didn't take long for redwhiteandblue to weigh in with his nonsense by saying"Let us hope he has truly met his demise, and this is not a fraud on a massive scale, perpetrated upon the American people by someone who is desperate to get re-elected. I'm sure they'll now put a whole new spin on why Obama kept Guantanamo open. Let us focus on this administration's pathetic performance, and not be blinded at the voting booth by this one real or perhaps contrived event. God bless and protect America and our military." He has opened the floodgates for more the same from our local right wing posters..... I'm as partisan as they come, but I would have never said anything close to this, if President George W. Bush would have given the order to kill Bin Laden. I would have to believe that the CIA, Navy Seals and others would take part in a conspiracy just so president Obama would get another term. The same people are cheering for a bad economy just so Barack Obama will be a one term president. That's pathetic because the republicans will get the opportunity to make their case to the American people. Why can't they remain quiet instead of letting everyone know how stupid they are?

I know those stupid people are not representative of Victoria, but I still think we have more than our fair share, commenting on our local blog.