tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873726084874579843.post5379962010294158293..comments2015-12-08T12:06:30.431-08:00Comments on The Howard County Rudkus Report: Apologize and correct your errors, have some fun with people who challenge you and your opinions . . .HoCo Rudkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04328003024887670627noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873726084874579843.post-17796180144366319862015-08-25T07:17:06.394-07:002015-08-25T07:17:06.394-07:00Thanks Ox, I appreciate your coming here and engag...Thanks Ox, I appreciate your coming here and engaging in the discussion. I mean this statement in all honesty: I just don't understand why you think I'm angry. I'm not and don't really think my writing comes off as such. Serious most of the time (with a delightfully dry wit) but hardly angry. HoCo Rudkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04328003024887670627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873726084874579843.post-18080681237821604682015-08-25T06:13:40.176-07:002015-08-25T06:13:40.176-07:00I just don't understand why you are so angry. ...I just don't understand why you are so angry. I think you should just relax a little. You have the potential for a great blog forum here. A place where the issues can be debated, but you gotta lose that chip on your shoulder. I come in peace and am just excited that a blog has stepped up that has the potential for debate like the days of my good friends Wordbones or what Hocorising used to be.Oxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873726084874579843.post-45600931316782340982015-08-20T20:08:52.916-07:002015-08-20T20:08:52.916-07:00I don’t believe that’s “the relevant question” but...I don’t believe that’s “the relevant question” but I will answer it nevertheless. Yes it would make a difference. I think lower middle class or even poor individuals need more representation on our Boards and Commissions. However, class is not the most relevant demographic I am concerned with here; race is. HoCo Rudkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04328003024887670627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873726084874579843.post-62955495838859135742015-08-20T18:01:35.364-07:002015-08-20T18:01:35.364-07:00You didn't address the relevant question - if ...You didn't address the relevant question - if Ox were a "lower-middle class white man" and a Republican nominee, would it make a difference to you? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873726084874579843.post-64103006594117147562015-08-20T17:28:09.486-07:002015-08-20T17:28:09.486-07:00Well if it wasn’t obvious before let me be clear, ...Well if it wasn’t obvious before let me be clear, I am a pretentious progressive and as such wouldn’t be caught dead at Chick-Fil-A. Now, if the prize was a quinoa salad from Whole Foods, I might just be inclined to give you my identity AND my home address.HoCo Rudkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04328003024887670627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873726084874579843.post-19440898767947823732015-08-20T17:27:31.116-07:002015-08-20T17:27:31.116-07:00Well here we go down the rabbit hole. Only I thou...Well here we go down the rabbit hole. Only I thought there were supposed to be a rabbit and a mad hatter down here, apparently just trolls. Let me say this to you and your slightly trollier friend below. I’m just going to repost specifically what I said above. “ “Rich” is both subjective and relative, and it is a term that makes many of us of higher economic status rather uncomfortable for some reason. I seem to have struck a nerve here – that was not my intent, but I’m not apologizing either. For a long time, I have believed it doesn’t serve anyone for us liberal do-gooders to ignore how the system works to our personal benefit. I think the same applies to conservative do-gooders too.”<br /><br />To call that a slap I threw at a Republican nominee is ridiculous. In fact I will draw your attention to something very specific “a term that makes many of US of higher economic status”. I put myself in the category of rich. My words and the facts do not reveal what you want it to reveal so feel free to try and gallop down some other red herring. Or stick to looking silly with this one. Totally your call.<br /><br />On the Howard County Times article where the blog is mentioned, I am happy that there is finally some coverage on the abhorrent nature of Crisis Pregnancy Centers and how offensive and out of HoCo political mainstream it is for Kittleman to nominate the Executive Director of the Columbia Pregnancy Center to the Local Children’s Board. <br />HoCo Rudkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04328003024887670627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873726084874579843.post-47972308685854129872015-08-20T17:26:33.163-07:002015-08-20T17:26:33.163-07:00I am fairly curious about the “theories” you think...I am fairly curious about the “theories” you think I have. In the post above I put forth but one and it’s mostly tongue and cheek anyway. In the post before that I already highlighted my theories and I suppose you could add that you were guilty of hubris as a theory. Very little of what I have done since I started was accusations or theories and if it was I identified it as such. Feel free to call me out if you see otherwise but please try and be a little more specific.<br /><br /> I’m not rehashing the anonymous thing. I talk about it in my very first post and again a week later at great length. I am sorry you feel it somehow “defeats my credibility” but I will continue to let me words stand (or fall) on their own.<br />HoCo Rudkushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04328003024887670627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873726084874579843.post-64775428320560653782015-08-20T09:32:27.973-07:002015-08-20T09:32:27.973-07:00And the trophy for Howard County's Most Pompou...And the trophy for Howard County's Most Pompous, Arrogant, and Stubborn Blogger goes to... HoCo Rudkus! Congratulations. We want to know where to send the trophy. Any chance you'll post your home address? Also, we need to know how much you paid for your house, because if you are rich you are automatically disqualified for the grand prize of a coupon for a free Chick-Fil-A sandwich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873726084874579843.post-60143946694607182552015-08-20T05:57:38.627-07:002015-08-20T05:57:38.627-07:00Okay, so you acknowledge that you referred to Ox a...Okay, so you acknowledge that you referred to Ox as "rich" because of the value of his house. Hmm, interesting. So, in writing that blog post you first researched the value of his house before deciding you could call him "rich?" Or you just called him "rich" because you think so and then that was the only way you could figure out to justify your characterization? My theory is that the latter is much more plausible - you were caught with your figurative pants down and did the best you could to pull 'em up. Any comments on my theory?<br /><br />Here's the only relevant part - would it REALLY make a difference to you if Ox were a "lower-middle class white man?" The kind of guy that Jim Webb and Joe Manchin want to support (I'll wait while you google 'em). <br /><br />"Rich" in context was and remains irrelevant. It was simply a slap you could throw at a Republican nominee.<br /><br />PS - saw that Amanda Yeager even referenced your blog in her story of nominations being held up. Gosh, bet you're proud of your influence on Howard County. But, that's just a theory of mine, so, whatever. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873726084874579843.post-27280338490771886602015-08-19T19:39:24.215-07:002015-08-19T19:39:24.215-07:00You have a lot of "theories" this is whe...You have a lot of "theories" this is where you continue to go wrong. I could sit here and go point by point of why you could have easily gathered the facts, but instead will point out that you continue to blog anonymously. You are leveling a lot of theories and accusations without identifying yourself. That defeats all credibility for you. Look I love debate it's fun, this is fun going back and forth. Most of us politico's love debate. You are welcome to opinions and I will gladly enjoy debating with you as back in the day hocorising was an awesome debate forum. Maybe this could be the new one. But you have to identify yourself to be taken seriously. I do think I know who you are and knowing myself, Brad, and Dave none of us would hold anything you say about us personally. Just identify yourself so readers inside the bubble can know who both sides are. I would gladly have a beer with you and laugh about this. Howard County is a great community and at the end of the day like it or not we are all kind of in it together.Oxnoreply@blogger.com