I found it interesting that when Ron posted his "Do we need an Paddock"-type thread, the only ones who even posted apologies for the rather dark nature of the political content in the Paddock were we "muck-sucking liberals", many of whom were y'all fine Brits!
I doubt we'll be seeing many of them in the Paddock. I did surf into LB's profile page and see that he and Al and Domtoni seem to have formed a mutual admiration society (not that there's anything wrong with that), so I would expect them to act as a "bloc" rather than independently.
Wish I had more to contribute to the topics posted by y'all Brits, but you know how it is....Jim and I are attempting to hold down the groundswell of radical conservatism here in the U.S. In fact, if you get world news, you'll see that we have incited political "sit-ins" on Wall Street here in the U.S. by the unwashed liberal masses, protests against the rampant greed displayed by the conservative movement and their banking fat-cat friends (there is even discussion to the effect that the members of that "movement" may form a fringe political party, to counteract the "TEA party").
Rest assured, though, that your contributions are read, at least by me. What I wonder is how long it will take new members to figure out that there even IS a Paddock section....we may see lower numbers due to this. I often speculate that LB joined only to incite mayhem on the Paddock (not that there is anything wrong with that, if you're reading this LB), but that is pure speculation on my part.
Onward through the fog, comrades!!
Cheers from Doug!!