<p>I get too wound up in the political and religious debates here, so i am not going to get into anymore for one week. I need to set short goals, and after a week, I will go another week. Its the best I can do, because I am a DEBATE-A-HOLIC</p>
<p>I am going to spend that energy doing real political work. Okay, so I can’t COMPLETEY go cold turkey</p>
<p>So- I, Citygirlsmom, will do my best not to get caught up in debate- religious or political- I get too frustrated. I will try to not even read the threads that have to do with politics and religion. If I am tempted to look or post, I will stop, do 25 jumping jacks and ten pushups. If I post on a political or religious thread, I will run around the block. And for each day I don’t read or post on a poltical or religious thread, I get a cookie.</p>
<p>Don’t you just love that the sinners alley happy hour is 24-7. Just pull up a seat to the bar, order a double and take a load of your feet and mind. Now in a week you may need 12 step program to detox from there but imagine the fun you’ll have.</p>
<p>CGmom,
Be sure to come over for the endless Happy Hour. You’ll have to keep your pledge, and I’m trying to revive the “collective nouns” started by Taramom and continued by you.</p>
<p>I sincerely apologize if it was I who set you off on the Dartmouth Review thread. I was not trying to be sarcastic, offensive, belittling, or any other critical adjective. I guess I’m naive, but I honestly did not understand your reaction to the other poster. None of his words, including “liberal,” carry a negative connotation for me. None of my friends who call themselves liberal would have considered his post to be “name calling.”</p>
<p>I understand if you want to take a break, but I like debate-a-holics, of almost every stripe. Opinionated people are much more interesting, don’t you think? Please don’t get lost in IKEA…;)</p>
<p>wyogal, citygirlsmom was not responding to your post, she was responding to another person’s post. If I were you, I wouldn’t lose any sleep over it.</p>
<p>I bet citygirlsmom can’t hold out anyway! All citygirlsmom has to do is read the thread on The Truth About Hilliary Clinton and smoke will start coming out of her ears.</p>
Sure. The worst reality show was HBO’s K-Street. This program portrayed a bunch of liberal extremists out to destroy Washington D.C. with their filty liberal propoganda. James Carville made several appearances. </p>
<p>The best reality TV show is The Apprentice. This is a show about young ambitious capitalists out to improve the world by getting a job with the King of all Business, Donald Trump.</p>
<p>I will not lower myself to respond to your flagrant attempt to make me do 2000 jumping jacks and to not let me eat my cookie…chocolate always wins…</p>
<p>And I think KEPT with Jerry Hall rocks…guys getting their eyebrows plucked and wincing in pain…big babies</p>
<p>I made it through one day…And I had the best chocolate chip cookie
and this despite that fact the some people ^^^^ tried to sabotage me…It was tempting after seeing some of the titles on threads, and the last poster, but I held firm…</p>
<p>Ah, good, someone to join me! I’ve gone cold-turkey, though: no reading AT ALL of any thread likely to touch on political or religious topics. I get fooled occasionally, as in the “lackluster grades” thread, but for the most part I can either tell by the title which threads to avoid or, sometimes, I can tell by the OP or most recent poster. </p>
<p>You may find you feel refreshed after a week, cgm, and decide to join me in the permanent abstinence lifestyle. (For certain topics only, you understand!)</p>
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