OK, I read this., Here is my response...

I made the post to Tim because it was my last post. I will no longer engage in political threads with him or really anyone else. I am through with it because it goes nowhere and I have concluded that I am 150% right so there is no use in going any further. Those that disagree will have to fend for themselves and learn it the hard way.

Bluto

> First, I read your letter and loved it... but it can't stay here. If you
> want to say it to The Tim, his email is in every one of his messages, and
> I saved your letter in case you didn't; I will be happy to send it to you
> so you can pass it on (you can email me here:  lesleyf3k at cox dot
> net).
> This is not a political forum.  How I feel about liberalism doesn't
> matter.  True, I freak out occasionally and we have our little
> political battles, but I keep a tight lid on them and nuke them pretty
> quickly.  There are, I assume, plenty of liberal FIBers who don't get
> in my face, and I don't get in theirs.  One notable example is Mel,
> who is "so liberal it would curl your hair."  Since the
> very day I opened for business, she has been one of the most respected
> members of our little FIB Family, and every anti-liberal rant is a direct
> slap to her.  (I'm painfully aware of that every time I go off the
> deep end.)
> You're bugging the hell out of a lot of people (if my emails are any
> indication), but I disagree.  I really enjoy your posts (even the
> non-political ones, haha), and I want you to stay, but you've gotta get a
> grip on the way things work around here, which brings me to my next
> point...
> As much as I hate PETA and almost all things liberal (one of the main
> reasons I homeschool is to protect my 10 y/o daughter and grandson from
> public-school liberalism), the billboard has to go.  It's too
> inflammatory.  It invites political debate, even though that isn't
> your intent (at least I assume it isn't, since this is a biz &
> marketing board).  A text line is no problem, but please, lose the
> billboards. Yes, sometimes we post non-business topics, but that's because
> we're Board Buddies.  People sometimes post personal questions. 
> Although I am not a church-going person, we used to post the occasional
> request for "Fridge Prayers" (that started when somebody said he
> put a note on the fridge to remember to keep a person in his prayers);
> there was no harm in that, and (who knows?) maybe it actually did some
> good.  Sometimes personal rants are allowed to stay. 

> There are two reasons for this -- one personal and one practical:
> Personal:  I have no desire to offend the FIBerals who don't get in
> my face.  They don't get in mine, so why should I get in
> theirs?  There are plenty of places to do that.
> Practical:  If I let the political battles stay, this board will go
> down the tubes very quickly, as evidenced by a serious crash when I was
> trying to help save Terri Schiavo (I'd do it again in a flash, but it did
> some serious damage to my wallet). I'm not trying to chase you away --
> quite the opposite! -- but you need to conform just a tad.

> Luv,