It is a shame to see all these people that are so fond and proud of their Baja's have to express it on another web site. I too visited the Team Baja web site and always heard the bashing and name calling and elected not to join.

Many many people have "made their decision" and have left that web site usually because of the pompous attitude displayed it that post.
Jay

Blake,

I elected to leave your site and was NOT banned like you ban so many that don't agree with you.

I did make a mistake over a year ago and posted some pictures of Lucky 7's early. I misunderstood what I was told and quickly took care of the problem the best I could. I admitted the mistake and I also received a lot of cooperation from many that were able to copy the pictures before they were deleted.

Now a year later for no reason at all other then to act like a "Big Man" and belittle me you elected to start a thread by bashing me for something that happened a year ago and did not stop there until you called me a "MeatBall" online on a public forum. Everyone knew what you did and why you did it but we cannot understand why a person that owns a website that relies on paying members continues to put himself in this position to offend membership and look unprofessional.

Because I cannot post on your site at my request I posted my reply on PBP and was happy to see many people contact me that I had not spoken to in some time to thanks me for taking the high road in this matter.

But you could still not leave well enough alone and had to send me an email that really slammed me and was very insultive. I wrote an email reply and should not be suprised that it was returned to me as undeliverable. Yes you have my email address because it is posted everywhere and people know me in person because I do not hide behind a computer screen. But you email is sacred and you can dish it out but you want it to be one sided and you are not going to allow a reply.

The is exactly what you have done with your website as well by not allowing people to express their views or opinions. It is a one way street with you Blake and you wonder why people don't like you and whay they do not support your site. Go Figure?

It was you that said in your email to me for me to leave you alone. If you had not made the post in the first place I would have left you alone just as I have been doing. You stared all of this Blake and you are the one that is on the loosing end of this issue because too many people know now how you operate.

I offered to sit down with you and discuss this but you are not interested in handling this like an adult. I know you got my email because a good friend forwarded it to you and you wrote him back a nasty relpy to inform him that his email address is now blocked also.

I'm going to continue to enjoy boating, enjoy my Baja and support the brand and I do not need you or your site or your opinion to do that.

Funny how you bash Darrells effort to produce a magazine and bash my effort to write an article for it but in seven years now you have done nothing out of the box to promote the sport and bring people together.

I'm not sure what you have against people that are older then you because in your email and this post you keep making as issue out of my age. Do you not want us older guys around? I guess you have found that you cannot bully us.

Blake it is very simple, if you want to screw with me like you did with that post on your site you will have to deal with me on all the sites. You leave me alone and I will leave you alone.

I give you credit for starting TBM, it was a great idea. I am not jealous because I could have started a site at any time and have been asked by many to do so. But I do not have the time or the desire.

You need to step back and take a good look in the mirror and ask yourself why TBM is not the premier site it should be with all the original members supporting it like I have been supporting OSO now since 1999.

Best of luck to you

P.S. I still like that thread about spectulation! Spectulation is a good thing right? Sorry I am more interested in the facts.

I would like to tell mikebris who started this thread and others that have responded and enjoy it that I am sorry that it has come to this.

When Blake blasted me online a year after the issue happened that did not have anything to do with him, and then blasted me on an email and would not allow me to respond back I did get pissed and they say you are supposed to let it out.

Blake,

You cannot defend your actions. I have all the thread posts, the email from you to me and to my friend and emails from many others that condemn your actions. There is no way you can defend a personal attach on someone for no reason.

If people really want to see you for what you are they will enjoy knowing that you own a website just for all the people that you have banned from TBM. You get a lot of pleasure by not getting along with people and running off the paying members that tried to support your site.

www.bannedfromtbm.com

and it redirects you automatically to www.powerboatparty.com which is a site that come into existence only because you ran so many members off.

What kind of businessman and website owner wants to run paying members off?

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It is interesting to see you over on OSO again. Why don't you tell the members about how you were banned from this site and share all the negative comments you had for OSO and it's members.

You cannot defend you actions my friend. I am not asking for an appology which I think I deserve. If you want me to leave you alone you must first stop making posts on your site about me that are unwarranted.

Like some have already said you are not winning any friends here. You really should go back to your site and take care of business before others leave.

no problem mon
this is entertaining

Yeah Blake I'm pretty easy. Remember that YOU ARE THE ONE THAT STARTED THIS.

I did read your post and really cannot understand it. It is typical liberal spin to avoid the actual facts and point the blame elsewhere.

I was NOT on your site for over a year. Look in the mirror buddy you have some serious issues.

You state that you do not like me, that is fine. I think what upsets you is that so many at Baja and on the forums do like me.

You keep avoiding the fact that as a website owner you offend a LOT of people and you blasted me for no reason. That is the issue and you are the one that is keeping this going.

I assume that you are an American but you do not believe in free speech because you shut others down before they can respond.

I am not jealous of you or your site. I just wish you operated it better and that it was a site that many of us here would like to support. It is really too bad that you simply to not get it.

Again you do not make an effort to defend yourself because you can't.

Thanks Mike I'm enjoying it also!

Here is another PM that I just received:

Dock,

I see the pompous a-hole can't come up with a decent comeback on OSO. Has stated the same thing 3x. I am starting to get pretty sick of TBM and what he has done with it. I just stay there because of a few people and my love of all things Baja. Other than that I would have told him what I thought a long time ago. I have your back brother.

and informative

Here let me help you TeamBajaMarine! We are here on OSO because we do not care about your site. So if we did care we would be posting there and I am for one not. You can say all you want but you are the one looking bad......
No problem Dock!!!