Why does he bother you so much?

You should do some serious self examination. Tech-1 can be sarcastic and perhaps snide but there is humor in all of his posts and I never doubt that on this board he does not take himself or anyone else serious. Maybe that's what bothers you. IMO he is never insulting, sniveling or a twerp. One should be careful throwing those adjectives around.

Mary Anne is right that much of the fun is gone since 911 but the people that have been here from the start have a bond that keeps us coming back I suppose.

I for one am sick and tired of Don's blogs. He had a site of his own that he closed at the beginning of the war because he was distraught and didn't want his board to become what he is trying to do to this one. If he wanted a forum for his views, why didn't he just stop the discussion and posts his opinion ad nauseum on his own site? Odd that he thought that the very "discussion" that he plasters on this board would have ruined his own. His methods have prompted others to respond in a similar way that is destructive to this group.

:^)