Just quickly looked at the Terms of Use, and it does seem that the Patch was meant to be a service for those with a sincere interest in their communities, and not as a platform for "outsiders".
For example,
"after all, these are your neighbors"
"Patch provides a platform for wide-ranging commentary – both positive and negative – by members of local communities"
"offering what we think is a valuable community service: providing a platform for community discussion, debate and expression of opinions on the topics at hand."

FYI - Those 3 quotes I listed came directly from the Patch's Terms of Use.
Not just my problem.

As I remember that episode ended with Pam and Karen feeling bad for being mean to Angela and reached out to her. So, m.z.1 and Watts are the mean girls we laughed with, but I can't see either of you having the human side they portrayed in the end.

I wasn't sure if m.z.1 was your Dwight or not, possibly keeping you company over here. But either way, you have to admit that the first world problem line was pretty funny.

And you are correct about the actions of of Pam and Karen feeling sorry for Angela, but let's not forget that the show ends (and the series continues) with the character of Angela never reconciling within herself, the unprovoked nastiness that she feels compelled to cast at people.

Do you really want to be the Angela of the Ohio Patch sites? Do you think that this isolationist crusade might be a little much?

And don't forget that apology ;-)

I had temporarily lifted the shun.

Shunning resumed.

Biden only interrupted because he couldn't get a word in edgewise. And how can you say that "...Ryan was respectful and thoughtful..." when he didn't answer the questions and what he offered instead was a distortion or a bald-faced lie? Take, for example, his newsflash that he now favors exceptions in the case of rape, incest, or the health of a woman to his anti-abortion stance. Before Thursday night he was opposed to any exceptions.

Google Ryan's lies. I'm certain you'll find "About 6,040,000 results" or more, including one item from CBS News that says, "Romney running mate doesn't speak hard truths but tells Republicans stories they like to hear, even if they're not true." In plain English, or Irish, if you will, it's MALARKY.

At Beth...."Romney and Ryan are determined to take us BACKWARDS to the 1960s! Yippee!"
Your statement makes me laugh. AND Where has Omoron just taken us?...double digit employment, 6 trillion in debt, gas prices at close to $4 dollars....you are like the frat kid in the movie Animal House getting spanked repeatedly, but saying..."thank you sir may I have another"

At Robert...Joe Biden is one heartbeat away from the Presidency. He is Obama's insurance policy.... Like it or not that is not sitting well with many independents and undecided voters. His whiny arrogance,his lack of respect for the office of Vice President by the way he acted, and ignorance of foreign policy and ignorance in general was on full display. He acted like a curmudgeon. VERY distasteful.

And tell me, Joe. Did Lyin' Ryan not leave a bad taste in your mouth? Nobody in either debate was more ignorant on foreign policy than Ryan. All he had to offer were talking points. And didn't anyone ever teach him not to talk when his elders (and betters) were speaking? Joe could hardly get a word in edgewise. And I ask again, how can you think someone is respectful when he's lying to you? What he says depends on the crowd he's talking to...guess he learned that from Mitt...and it changes every day.

And the reason gas prices are up is that the economy is improving...slower than we'd like but still improving. If you could get a look at Mitt's balance statement, you'd see that he's doing just fine, because the stock market is back to its pre-crash levels. It would be even better if your guys hadn't been trying to run the government into the ground the past 4 years, and more than the top 10% would also be doing better. You ought to know that, but you'll never admit it until you take off your ideological blinders.

One final question...do you really want to live in the United States of Exxon, Chase & Haliburton? That's what Rmoney/Ryan will bring.

This is hardly a scientific poll. And so what? Your side stuffed the ballot box.

Corporations provide many people jobs, but that's not what they exist for. A corporation exists in order to protect the assets of the owners and officers. When it all comes apart is when some idiot tries to proclaim that they're PEOPLE and tries to give them the same but unequal rights that REAL people have. They end up being able to unduly influence our economy and our government, which is exactly what they're doing now, thanks to the idiotic Citizens United Supreme Court decision.

Obama didn't put those people on food assistance. But those people needed something after the banks screwed up the economy. The Great Recession wasn't Obama's handiwork. It was the work of Bush, deregulation, and crooked dealing by big financial organizations. We'd be in a 2nd Great Depression now had Obama not pushed through some unpopular measures to stimulate the economy, such as rescuing those same banks and the auto industry. You can say they should have failed...I suspect you will, but what would be the sense of letting that happen? An ideological response like that would have GUARANTEED a depression. Choosing that result over a bailout is the financial and social equivalent to smacking yourself in the forehead with a 2X4. Maybe you've tried it?

To finish my thoughts, because this absurd format cut me short:

Did Biden make an erroneous claim about his votes on the wars? I accept you may be right there, but that would have put him in the company of most of the Senate after the Bush administration hyped up the argument for Iraq and took his eye off the ball in Afghanistan. The former never should have happened, and the latter should have been over years ago, but for Bush's fixation on Iraq. The IAEC says Iran does not have the highly enriched uranium required to make a bomb. What...are you itching for another war? If so, and you get your way, I hope you're prepared to go.

It's all Bush's fault. Male pattern baldness, Bush's fault. Restless leg syndrome, Bush's fault. Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Bush's fault. Biden laughing and smirking throughout his debate, Bush's fault. Libya attacks, Bush's fault. Irritable bowl syndrome, Bush's fault. He is the most advanced super villain the world has ever seen!