John,
Actually, that was Roger Smith! I know, I work in Flint and watched as that **** cost the city 40,000 jobs!
I think the reason we see more of the jerks today is that the internet allows people with no lives to reach out and touch the rest of us! I remember being at railfan slide shows and one particular person would shout out "dupe" everytime he saw a slide he thought he wanted. Fortunately, we only had to deal with him three or four days out of the year. With the internet, people like him can bug us every day.
Just like we did back then, ignore them and drive on, as they say!