I'm NOT leaving DU. No feckin' way.

[riqster]

Just too much of a contumacious sonofabitch to abandon this activism channel. I will take a weekend off here and there, but there are lots of Repubs to UN-elect.

DU CAN HELP US DEJOB TEAPUBBIES.

That is reason enough for me to keep reading, sharing, and posting.

Thanks to Skinner et. al. for giving us the site.

[FSogol]

1. Um, don't let the door hit you on the way in.

[riqster]

2. Too late. Got a helluva bruise on my kazoo, too.

[FSogol]

4. We need a separate forum for "Hello Cruel World Posts." n/t

[riqster]

10. "Hello Cruel World" is bloody brilliant.

I say something to that effect that at least once each day.

[FSogol]

13. For me, it is implied when I open my beer fridge or whiskey cabinet.

[riqster]

19. Makes sense. Mine usually comes during the morning commute.

[BlueJazz]

3. I left for 6-7 months but was forced to come back when I finally realized some of my..

..posts were inappropriate....and I cussed too much.

[riqster]

11. Well, shit. Fucking glad you're damned well here!

[BlueJazz]

17. LOL!!!

[BlueCaliDem]

27. ...

[babylonsister]

5. New word for me!

contumacious=stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.

The things you learn here.

[riqster]

8. One of my faves. Glad you like it.

First encountered it in a novel by S. M. Stirling. Realized how well it fit my cranky, blunt, stubborn self.

[navarth]

33. never had to recite Hamlet's soliloquy?

"....the proud man's contumely...."

Me like words too much.

[riqster]

34. Dodged that one.

We did Macbeth (yay) and Coriolanus (boo).

[navarth]

35. Mmmmm

Many good words. Me like whole bunch.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. What Riqster Said

I've gotten mad before. I've gone a way for a bit but never for too long. I'm staying put.

[riqster]

20. Good on you!

[MADem]

7. I'll hold the door open for you, in case you're carrying treats for the rest of us!

Baked goods are always appreciated--I know there's a contingent in the lounge that likes a good craft beer, too!

[riqster]

9. I'm on a diet, courtesy of the cardiological quack.

Veggie trays OK?

[MADem]

12. Superb! I'll bring the hummus -- Market Basket is back open, I'll

be able to get some there!!

[FSogol]

14. Woot! Party! Who said DU isn't a community?

[secondwind]

15. hear, hear.... I've always said I get my news from DU.

[riqster]

21. Me too. It's a good starting place for information.

[DesertFaux]

16. Good for you that's the right attitude

I have concluded Repubs and their wannabees are just using our democracy for themselves. They have turned elections into a jobs program for the unaccountable, remorseless manipulators who want the constituents to serve them. Keep on truckin dude!

[riqster]

22. Agreed. Inequality was part of their plan, the bastards.

[Cha]

18. Yeah, the ol Midterms of 2014 coming right up, riqster.. wild horses

couldn't drag me away!

Yes, and many thanks to Skinner, EarlG, and Elad~

[riqster]

24. Good on you, Cha!

You have some pretty crucial races out your way.

[BlueCaliDem]

28. I leave from time to time, to even years (hence my low-post count despite

being a contributing member of DU since December 2004) and focus on my fiction writing, but around election time, I always come around again and read up on some pertinent news.

[riqster]

31. It's a tool. We all use it in our own way.

[cwydro]

23. Woot!

[riqster]

25. Back atcha. Stubborn R Us.

[cwydro]

29. Hell to the yeah!

We'll quit DU when they pry the keyboard from our cold, dead hands.😊

[L0oniX]

26. Shit ...just as my ignore quit working.

[riqster]

30. Technology, whaddaya gonna do?

[Rex]

32. The day I stop bashing the GOP, is the day I leave this place

and the day I die.

[riqster]

36. From your lips to the Great Circuit's ear.

[stonecutter357]

37. K&R

[riqster]

38. Back atcha.