Annoying?
My main objective is not to "annoy", just to participate. Are you telling me that you or Tom or Ed are not out to "annoy" others with your viewpoints?
I guess it's all a matter of perspective.
And you good ole boys here annoy the heck out of some of us "liberals", and we all up and leave.
Some stay to participate and end up often annoying you, simply because we have a different POV than you.
Maybe you should rename the board
The Intolerant Zone, because you all have such knee-jerk re-actions you don't live up to the Habitable Zone.