There has been ass licking for years. (bolie, ganja and many more)
You know, that's really getting on my nerves. I don't see Ganja or Bollie getting special treatment. In all honesty, I don't consider them friends, in fact, Bollie usually irritates me more than not. Ganja, he's an alright dude just doing what he's doing. I don't see any favoring or behind the scenes help going on. Ganja is in the RM group because 98% of the time he's not a hothead, has valuable opinions and has been around AA long enough and just wants to help because he loves this game. Maybe there's something I'm not seeing but to me, it doesn't exist.
If anything, I think you're just mad for not being taken seriously due to your flaming behavior. You want more respect but aren't willing to give it. Everywhere you go, you stir up shit. You had your chance and for whatever reason, it's gone now.