New Political Forum Coming Soon: The ATS Bully Pulpit

reply to post by schrodingers dog:

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No thank you, Schroedinger. The rebellion starts right here. I Hate Elitism in any form, and you may consider me Opposed to the direction this forum is taking.

[edit on 24-8-2008 by Chakotay]

reply to post by Chakotay

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As you wish.
I for one will not be hiding in there.
You'll have chances aplenty to have a go at me.

ooopsss..

Forgot to publicly post mine..

"I, Semperfortis, an ATS member concerned about real and important political issues in this 2008 election season promise to do my best to elevate the tone of political debate through my participation in the ATS Bully Pulpit Forum. I will not post insults. I will not engage in divisive political rhetoric. I will focus on the issues important to the American public and the world at large. I will support my statements with confirmed facts. I will conduct myself in the best example of superior participation and fully embrace the spirit of 'deny ignorance."

Semper

I would LOVE to participate in your Political Forum. Please consider me. Thanks

reply to post by PammyK

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You have to copy the pledge above you, fill in your username, and post it here. Then you can post.

I, DevolutionEvolvd, an ATS member concerned about real and important political issues in this 2008 election season promise to do my best to elevate the tone of political debate through my participation in the ATS Bully Pulpit Forum. I will not post insults. I will not engage in divisive political rhetoric. I will focus on the issues important to the American public and the world at large. I will support my statements with confirmed facts. I will conduct myself in the best example of superior participation and fully embrace the spirit of 'deny ignornace.

"I, ___jam321__________, an ATS member concerned about real and important political issues in this 2008 election season promise to do my best to elevate the tone of political debate through my participation in the ATS Bully Pulpit Forum. I will not post insults. I will not engage in divisive political rhetoric. I will focus on the issues important to the American public and the world at large. I will support my statements with confirmed facts. I will conduct myself in the best example of superior participation and fully embrace the spirit of 'deny ignornace.'"

Hi All,

I have a question regarding the rules of this forum and ATS in general. I was around here for the last election and posted in the political forums then. Being a political forum I expect others to disagree, however, some of my post resulted in hate U2Us. Since then I really do not post too much to ATS but would like to.

My question is I know you can ignore a user's post but is there anything that can be done about abusive U2Us? I really like debating issues but do not want to experience that again.

If there is a thread about this I apologize for not catching it. I did look for information on this but did not find anything.

I, chissler, an ATS member concerned about real and important political issues in this 2008 election season promise to do my best to elevate the tone of political debate through my participation in the ATS Bully Pulpit Forum. I will not post insults. I will not engage in divisive political rhetoric. I will focus on the issues important to the American public and the world at large. I will support my statements with confirmed facts. I will conduct myself in the best example of superior participation and fully embrace the spirit of 'deny ignorance.

reply to post by aTwistofReality

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There is no way to block u2u's from specific people. If you receive hateful or abusive u2u's please forward them to the moderators and the situation will be dealt with.

Hate u2u's are not an acceptable use of the messaging system.

I, Sub1ime620, an ATS member concerned about real and important political issues in this 2008 election season promise to do my best to elevate the tone of political debate through my participation in the ATS Bully Pulpit Forum. I will not post insults. I will not engage in divisive political rhetoric. I will focus on the issues important to the American public and the world at large. I will support my statements with confirmed facts. I will conduct myself in the best example of superior participation and fully embrace the spirit of 'deny ignornace.'

That sounds great! You can sign me up as well. Look foward to the discussion, it educates! Pammyk

Those who wish to participate in the forum will post a public acceptance of this pledge: "I, Shauny, an ATS member concerned about real and important political issues in this 2008 election season promise to do my best to elevate the tone of political debate through my participation in the ATS Bully Pulpit Forum. I will not post insults. I will not engage in divisive political rhetoric. I will focus on the issues important to the American public and the world at large. I will support my statements with confirmed facts. I will conduct myself in the best example of superior participation and fully embrace the spirit of 'deny ignornace.'"



Thank You, Cant Wait.



[edit on 29/8/2008 by shauny]

Hello kids.
I don't mean to confuse anybody but I think the BP pledges are being tracked here now: www.abovetopsecret.com...

I'm not sure if both threads are tracked. You might want to post your pledge on both. Just looking to help out.

[edit on 8/29/2008 by schrodingers dog]

reply to post by schrodingers dog

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Thanks for the tip. Can't post on the other thread, but it did say to U2U SO or the other Mod listed.

I feel an amazing political thread waiting to come out of me but I just don't want to waste it until I've got access to this non-partisan forum.

I've started 2 threads in the past 2 days and so far I've only gotten, "Obama is a radical Muslim" and "Obama doesn't love animals - he has no pets" responses.

I just can't deal with that. Oh, and if I hear "Obama doesn't wear a lapel" again, I might just have to turn the tables and start calling lapels unpatriotic.

[edit on 29-8-2008 by Sublime620]

Does this mean McCain's temper won't be a deciding factor for losing a debate? Sweet.

So discussing Obama's increased taxation policies with regard to Capital Gains, the Annual Minimum Tax (AMT) and other tax venues will be of more focus is good to know.

reply to post by jetxnet

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...Now you want to discuss policy and look down upon mudslinging and childish gossip?







Comparing Kim Jong to Obama...

Do I need to go on?

reply to post by Sublime620

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I wouldn't.
Little J won't ever sign up for the BP.
Needs his membership to defend the Inuit vote. (he thinks they're white)

[edit on 8/29/2008 by schrodingers dog]

Sounds like a really good idea SO.


I, Jenna, an ATS member concerned about real and important political issues in this 2008 election season promise to do my best to elevate the tone of political debate through my participation in the ATS Bully Pulpit Forum. I will not post insults. I will not engage in divisive political rhetoric. I will focus on the issues important to the American public and the world at large. I will support my statements with confirmed facts. I will conduct myself in the best example of superior participation and fully embrace the spirit of 'deny ignornace.'


Edit: Helps if I read more! Sending a U2U, just in case.

[edit on 29-8-2008 by Jenna]

"I, SPECTRE0O0, an ATS member concerned about real and important political issues in this 2008 election season promise to do my best to elevate the tone of political debate through my participation in the ATS Bully Pulpit Forum. I will not post insults. I will not engage in divisive political rhetoric. I will focus on the issues important to the American public and the world at large. I will support my statements with confirmed facts. I will conduct myself in the best example of superior participation and fully embrace the spirit of 'deny ignornace.'" Acceptance of this pledge affords a member with the ability to post in the Bully Pulpit Forum... where only few can post, but all can read.