SCORCHED EARTH.....

Well I know that many of you are telling me about a response to my post. I HAVE read it. And I do think that it deserves a response. Particularly to ONE commenter.
Although it will have to wait a few more days as I really want to get my tribute (thats been long over due by the way.) , finally finished!


And my response might surprise you all. Dont write me with any more comments about it though, because they are all pretty much saying the same thing.
Check in in about a week for that response and in a few days for my tribute.

“MAKING PROGRESS WITH THE 'PROGRESSIVES'”

Well ok! Now we’re making some progress! It looks as if Ole ‘countsy’ is finally coming around to some sort of concession. On his bloggy entry of July 26^th, he ‘countsy’, said:

“””Sorry gang, it's hard to roll over when someone straight up lies about you. And also just lies...... I NEVER delete comments.”

And then on his entry on his August 5^th ‘countsy’ says:::

“”””Yes, you were banned from storyboredom……show up on storyboredom, and you'll be deleted again.””””

So!! What we have here folks is an admission of being a liar OR an admission to being an idiot. But I like ‘countsy’…and since ‘Liar’ is a very strong word, I’ll just say it’s an admission to being an idiot. But the facts are the facts. He DID delete posts. (said he NEVER did, but did. AND then admitted to it).

Although, I didn’t have any idea that I was BANNED entirely from that blog. Ha-ha! So that was news.

'Countsy' is like many lefties…a little bit on the crazy side. His rant of:

“””Yes, you were banned from storyboredom. Why? Because your "critiques" became personal grudge rants where you imagined us talking like this:

'countsy and robo' say::::

'countsy'::""""How's it going, John?""

'robo"::::"""Pretty good. I'll call you, we gotta do lunch again!"""

IN LEFTY SPEAK THAT TRANSLATES TO:

'countsy': Hows it goin?

robo': “Pretty good, I'll call you and we can jump into our cars and go to “Spagos” for lunch, and bitch about how much this country sucks for not conserving by carpooling. OR about how commercial this country is. Consume, consume, consume.”

'countsy': “Sounds good. Meet you at “Spagos” then?”

robo': “Yes master.”

‘countsy’: “g’boy.”””””……

Don’t be fooled. Yes I said that.. Still makes me giggle. Only because it’s so true. But my posts BACK THEN on his ‘story’ blog, consisted of me making some very pointed crits. And then defending them against some very bruised, overly sheltered egos. That were too used to being ‘petted’. This little ditty I wrote of ‘countsy’ and ‘robo’ talking to each other was the FIRST time I ever did something like that. ‘Countsy’ makes it seem like its all I EVER did. But….he knows the truth. And so does ‘robo’. It’s just that they don’t LIKE the truth. So they try and bend and twist it.

‘Counsty’ says::::

“”You clearly have it in for me more than anyone, so welcome, you "holier-than-thou" frustrated, Bush loving weirdo. Yes, I called you a weirdo. you're weird. Who else sits around making up people having conversations like that one above except an attention craving weirdo like you”””.

Whoooooooooooooooo hoooo! Wow. Looky here ‘countsy’..I don’t ‘have it in for you’…don’t be overly paranoid. Let not your iddy biddy heart be twubled! You said it yourself. I am your ‘political bizarro’. (I like that).

The typical thing about you lefties is that you are so apt to ‘dish it out’. On YOUR blog, you felt as if it were your duty to trash Bush and conservatives to the very max. And now…you whine and blubber “YOU HAVE IT IN FOR ME, YOU SCARY MAN YOU”! Crumpling like a paper tiger the moment anyone challenges you. Typical lefty. No wonder people don’t trust you guys with national security. They know it’s like giving the car keys to a 6 year old.

As far as the “attention craving weirdo,” Comment. Um….for the record, WHO has three blogs? (Three that I know of anyway).

WHO needs to have nothing but nonstop praise and adoration from his workmates?

Your ‘comments’ section is nothing of the kind. It’s a ‘compliments’ section. Just admit it and let’s move on. I’ll respect you more for it.

“countsy” says::::

“”””Here I am wasting my blog space answering you, because you're too big of a pussy to have comments”””

I’m answering you toots. Right here! What difference does it make if I have the ‘comments’ section open? I’m answering you and ANYONE else that wants to debate right here in the open…right on the BLOG ITSELF. Not in a comments section that may or may not even be seen. And I am quoting YOU word for word. You’re a nutty chick ‘countsy’.

Hope you had a grand time visiting family. Now for ‘robo’.

You said a lot ‘robo’. And I hesitate to quote it all just because it will take up a lot of space. But I want people to see what you wrote, because I feel a lot of it is very thoughtful. So here it is.

‘robo’ says::::

“””Every now and then I think "Handel ain't so bad. He's even had a good suggestion or 5 concerning my strip" and so I not only tolerated his comments on his blog, I welcomed them because they made life interesting. This is something I learned from a buddy of mine named Dean DeBlois. Dean hangs out with some of the most fucked up people you will ever meet. Why? Because they are interesting and thus they make his life interesting. And Look at my hero Howard Stern. He has crazies on his show all the time, even people that berate him like Elliot Often or Eric the Midget or even Daniel Carver. He does this because he finds them interesting and funny, and thus they help make his show funny. This is the reason why I let Handel have free reign on my blog, because after they read the little cartoon, they can pop in and check out whatever hi-jinx Handel is up to in the comments section.”””

First off, I thank you for the kind words. I do. But understand….I am not a random ‘throw away’ character on the howard stern show. Solely for ‘entertainment’ value. Artistically I have been in a lot of different things and have things to say. I have done so and have been met with both anger (‘countsy’), and with thoughtful debate and consideration (people on your blog). You don’t always agree with me, and that’s fine.

There are POLITICS in the arts as well as government. And I fight in both those fields. As ‘countsy’ does. The difference is, YOU are politically on ‘countsy’s’ side. So his ‘screeds’ are more…..palatable, to you.

‘robo’ says:::

“”””However, that little imagined conversation where we plan a lunch at Spago's revealed something else, a side of Handel I don't think about very often. This is a frustrated, bitter, lonely man. He attacks us because we are obviously friends and obviously having a great time. This seems to really burn his ass.””””

‘robo’….please. I don’t care if you and ‘countsy’ are friends. Not in the least! In fact I’ve said it many times before, that I am sure that he (and you) are probably very sweet people.(especially if one believes in the same things as you both do). You KNOW that I’ve said that. In fact I could probably hang out and have a beer with you two (who knows…maybe I have.> :)

And why not. I have many lefty friends. How could I not in this field?

That’s not the issue, never has been. The issue is the hypocrisy of your thought process, the groupthink of you and your mates. I’ve watched a few times someone give a good crit, and then swerve to accommodate your egos, because he didn’t wanna be the ‘odd man out’. And you just accept it. Ick.

I’ve found it fascinating to watch YOU be loud on some issues and yet oddly silent on other issues. “Why?” I wondered….I pressed you on it and came to the conclusion that you just might have differing opinions than the rest of your crew….yet chose to be silent. Because you maybe what?....felt uncomfortable being…the ‘odd man out’ as well?

THAT is what ‘burns my ass’. NOT that your friends with stalin jr, but at the lack of conviction. It makes me wonder what it IS that you DO believe in. And how much would it take to make you ‘change’ to accommodate others? You asked me once, in a serious way, “ dude, do you really like everyone hating you? Is that really what you want?”

Well my answer is this: It is not my goal to have people hate me, but dude…sometimes that’s just the way it is….IF you have values and you hold to your beliefs. And if that means you don’t go out for beers with the director, or a story pal. So be it. People are just going to not like you sometimes because of what you believe in. Dont overcompensate to 'fit in'.

‘robo’ says:::

“””This is a frustrated, bitter, lonely man….He's like the guy who goes to the senior prm by himself and grinds his teeth and mutters obscenities under his breath as he watches all the happy couples dancing together. That's no way to live. “”

Haha…well I’ll have to tell that to my love for the past 22 years. She may get a giggle out of that.

Truthfully…I did NOT go to the senior prom though. Just didn’t seem to have the want to.:(

Did YOU go to the snr prom? If so,,,what did I miss?? Did you get your girl/date a big ole pink flower to tack on her dress and was it awkward like in the movie ‘valley girl’? Do tell!

‘robo’ says:::

“”””So Handel! Come on man! Life isn't that bad! Don't be bitter!.... . It ain't worth it, man.”””

Ha-ha!! Well thanks ‘robo’. I appreciate the concern. I do. I think that you might actually mean that. Ha-ha! But believe me; I’m not bitter, really. I have had a truly incredible, blessed and happy life thus far. But it has been a life of not ‘going with the flow’. Whatever the cost. And sticking to my beliefs and values even if that means clashing heads with a lot of the people around me. And I’m glad to say that it’s made me a stronger and happier person for it! I might suggest you try it…who knows…..YOU too might be a stronger, happier person for it.

"IN THE LAND OF THE ORWELLIAN"

Ok...thought I’d take a sec and answer a few more things from our old friend 'count flatulence' and some of his comrades, before going on to some other things.

‘countsy’says:: in his July 26th post,::::

"""""Sorry gang, it's hard to roll over when someone straight up lies about you. And also just lies. Handel , when he started his blog, said he was going to open up his blog to comments and that has never happened."""

Yes, if you look at my very FIRST post. My introductory post, you will see that I did indeed say that I would open my bloggy for comments at SOME time. But I later said that I might have to rethink that. Why? Well because I tend to want to answer (and argue) with each comment/commenter. I feel like I would be obligated to do so, as I do when I argue on other people’s blogs. I tend to (for better or worse) garner LOTS of response. One only has to look at any of the other blogs that I attend and offer comment on. For instance, take poor 'robo'....for a while he was garnering 6 comments, maybe 7comments per post. Till I left a comment, which THEN garnered something like 60 comments, (And up to 87 on countsy’s blog : kagematch march 16th),consisting of allot of back and fourth argument and debate. Fun...but also time consuming. VERY time consuming.

SO! I had to rethink the open comments for my bloggy. If I did have it open. I would spend MORE time answering comments than writing on my own bloggy.

Which is one of the reasons that I have momentarily stopped commenting on other blogs such as ‘countsys’, and ‘robos’? Also not coincidentally, the reason you've seen more posted on MY bloggy.

It’s either: find the time (somewhere!) to write on this thing or cancel it out totally. So I've found the time from NOT commenting as much on other blogs, OR my own.

But that’s not to say that I won’t be commenting on the other bloggys again soon though....stay tuned.

The kind of nice thing is that THIS sort of becomes my "comments" section. THE ENTIRE BLOG. I can answer comments and attacks leveled at me from others in other blogs AND post on MY OWN blog while doing so. Viola!

""""Countsy""" says::::::

""""""Coupled with the fact that he calls me a hypocrite about free speech. AS always always always, I am here with the comments section wide open and I NEVER delete comments, even those that disagree with my politics""""

Wooohoooooooo!! There be some serious B.S. stank in here now, and it aint my bottom lip (not tonight anyway)! Well lessee here. Firstly, 'countsy'..you are a hypocrite. No doubt about it sweet cheeks. You IS! You IS! And you are, sadly but not surprisingly, also a liar. (You big fat fibber McGee you!)

You say that you "NEVER delete comments".....And yet....for some reason, I couldn’t find any of the comments that I left on 'storybordom'. HMMMMMMM! curious id'nt it? Where did they go? ALL gone! POOF! Well, except for one. It's quite telling that out of ALL the comments that you deleted of mine, the one that you left up happens to be.................a compliment.

Quite telling indeed.

But you said that you never delete any comments though, right? Sorry to break it to ya sugar. But I'm afraid that’s EXACTLY what that is: "DELETING comments". Is it not? Not to mention the "lest we offend" thread that no longer exists due to you DELETING it.

What’s more of an amazing thing to me than you saying these stupid things ( ''I NEVER delete comments!!"), is that everyone there such as 'scrbles' and ESPECIALLY 'robo', KNOW that you have ‘deleted comments’ and WHOLE threads. And yet......silence about the lie. Hmmmmmm.

My theory on this is: That while all you lefties are 'emote’rs' rather than thinkers....the 'power' belongs to the one that can whine the loudest. The others just kind of roll up on their backsides and well.....follow. Soooooo, your kinda the "LEADER"!! You’re kind of like "KING OF THE BOOBS"! "LORD OF THE WHINERS"!! So good for you 'countsy'. Who says you don’t have aspirations and lofty goals.

Although I feel sad for the others though. Not solely for the fact that their standard for leadership is so low. But also because I wish I could give them more credit for at least standing on their own beliefs, instead of being cowed to believing what others do, solely to fit in with the crowd. It’s disappointing.

"robo" says:::::

""Ignore him. If he wants to argue, he'll post a comment. Currently he's not posting on any of our blogs anymore. Perhaps we hurt his feelings. Ahh, well, I've moved on.""

Naw, you didn’t hurt my feelings robo..not at all. I think I've stated quite clearly what I’m doing though. But I’ll be back around. Don’t fret. (And for the record, I like the Photoshop colors.) And if you want to ignore me...well you go right on ahead and do so. Its a free country (unless hillary gets in***shudder***).

'robo' says::::

""It's like Pat Benatar says: "Love is a Battlefield",
Right Handel? Wink,wink, nudge nudge!"""

WOW! What are you, like 45 years old or something????

'countsy and robo' say::::

'countsy'::""""How's it going, John?""

'robo"::::"""Pretty good. I'll call you, we gotta do lunch again!"""

IN LEFTY SPEAK THAT TRANSLATES TO:

'countsy': Hows it goin?

'robo': “Pretty good, I'll call you and we can jump into our cars and go to “Spagos” for lunch, and bitch about how much this country sucks for not conserving by carpooling. OR about how commercial this country is. Consume, consume, consume.”

'countsy': “Sounds good. Meet you at “Spagos” then?”

'robo': “Yes master.”

‘countsy’: “g’boy.”

That’s it for now! Next up,,,A tribute of sorts, And a wrap on comic con. Have a good one all and be good people.