Lifeliver: I agree with you on a rather inconsequential point: The votes for this author are rigged, as you claimed in a comment on Aug. 17 and verified by my inspection of the voting pattern over the past couple of weeks.

If he does not receive any 1's, there is an extremely high probability that he will be awarded five sets of 5's. If he gets one or more sets of 1's, enough 5's are dumped on his scorecard to boost his average over 4. (This parody received 2 sets of 1's and 13 sets of 5's.) I can recall seeing more than 20 compensating 5-bombings on one of his earlier submissions.

As you wrote, he has averred to dominate the site. But if this is the form his domination is taking, then it's petty cheating. This, and the fact that there is no significant niche for my Golden Oldies, has deterred me from contributing any more parodies. But I comment as a gadfly -- a status which I think I've earned. And I, too, have the courage of my convictions to always write under one name: Al Silver.

Not to be rude or anything, but what has all this banter have to do with Mr. Arndt's actual parody of Mayor Filner's sexual harassment?
I can't find anything wrong with it other than the fact that I am too young to have heard Wild Honey Pie.
Is that some sort of Beatles sex reference?
I also do not see a Lifeliver or Al Silver parody here today. How do I get to them?
I am a lurker that wants to write a parody of Nicki Minaj's Starships as Hardships, but can't seem to find the right words.
I have read many peoples parodies on this site and Mr. Arndt just writes a lot IMO. I find his parodies mostly disturbing and negative, occasionally informative and sometimes even funny if you like parodies about war and mayhem!
But bombing the dude only seems to cause trouble for everyone.
I came upon the comments section and am worried about my first parody.
I don't do politics at all, but Mayor Filner is a pig, so I gave Mr. Arndt three 5 points.
Please do not bomb me when I post my 1st for sharing my thoughts. I'm old school and believe in just rating the parodies, not the people
Peace and love :)

Chatty Kathy: I mistakenly attached my previous comment on vote-rigging to this parody, when it should have been associated with the author's "Birthrate Down Again." No matter. The comment is generally applicable and is part of an ongoing discussion regarding the rules which give the voter the cover of anonymity.

Neither Lifeliver nor I contributed a parody today.

To find our parodies, click on Authors on the right side of the page. On the new page, you can find Lifeliver listed as having 82 parodies (number expressed as Malcolms). I have 38 parodies. Then click on one of our names to access the page with the list of parodies. You will find each and every one absolutely brilliant!

Until the voting rules change, 1-bombing, 5-bombing, and other forms of abuse will continue. You have to learn not to take it personally. In fact, since I wrote my comment a couple of hours ago, somebody 1-bombed this parody at around the same time you gave it all 5's!

I, and I'm sure all the AIRheads, are looking forward to reading your parodies.

@ Al - thanks for pointing 'Kathy' in the right direction. LOL'd at your 'brilliant' line. I hope she takes that in the spirit it was meant.

Re. voting system abuse, the simple way around it is to value the comments, with or without votes. Any vote without comment is meaningless. I try to 'accentuate the positive', but I think it's important to bring voting abuses to the AIR community's attention.Who was it coined the phrase 'There are lies, damned lies ... and statistics!'??