My Sincere and Fondest Wishes to DU throughout 2008

[CorpGovActivist]

Thank you all for helping to pass many housebound hours in lively debate and discussion.

I will continue to read many of you with great joy, sometimes great irritation, but always with great affection.

- Dave

[MH1]

1. Where are you going?

I hope it's not too heated for you here these days.

In any case, fondest wishes right back at you!

[CorpGovActivist]

5. The Answer to That Still Holds from Here...

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CorpGovActivist/46

But I think it best if I just read here from now until the delegate count selects the nominee.

- Dave

[hisownpetard]

9. Why? I still don't get it.

[CorpGovActivist]

18. See...

#13 below.

:hug:

- Dave

[malaise]

29. Damn I'll miss your posts

:cry:

[CorpGovActivist]

32. Thanks!

I'll continue to enjoy yours.

- Dave

[malaise]

36. Please have a rethink

Seriously!!

[madokie]

71. I say screw that

get your ass out here and play with the rest of us damnit ;-)

[CorpGovActivist]

73. Sure Thing...

... after the point where it's clear that there's a nominee.

Until then, I'll be keeping my skates sharp and my muscles warm in the primary penalty box.

- Dave

[madokie]

75. Peace, you'll be missed

and that you can bank on ;-)

[CorpGovActivist]

76. I Thought the Poor Little Guy...

... was gonna cry when he ran out of balloons!

: )

I'll be around, and please PM me if you see threads that need a kick, or that you think would interest me.

- Dave

[madokie]

81. You got it,

and likewise ;-)

[CorpGovActivist]

82. I Think I Drop a Thousandth of a Percent...

... on the Kinsey Scale every time I see your avatar.

:loveya:

Will do!

- Dave

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

2. I Knew It Was The Damn Spam Filter!

:rofl:

[CorpGovActivist]

11. Deleted.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

12. If Only...

[bigtree]

3. ackk!

a ghost! :P

:thumbsup:

[CorpGovActivist]

16. .

:P

[mmonk]

4. Dave!

Thanks. Best wishes.

[CorpGovActivist]

56. You Too!

:hug:

[DemReadingDU]

6. Where are you going?

edit - I see, #5 above

[CorpGovActivist]

17. Right, #5 above n/t

[radfringe]

7. CHECK YOUR PM...

[Subdivisions]

8. Ok, Ides dropped out the other day and now you too? Just what

the hell is going on here? This isn't the first time the two of you have done this. So, Dave my friend, what gives?

[Name removed]

10. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[CorpGovActivist]

13. It's Not My Place to Say

[radfringe]

14. Check your PM and/or e-mail... I'm SERIES!!!11!!

http://img.webring.com/r/r/redsox/logo

[CorpGovActivist]

15. LOL

:rofl:

You wouldn't dare!

Go Yankees!

- Dave

[radfringe]

19. Yeah, I would... true story...

over 10 years ago a friend of mine plunked two plastic lawn rabbits on my porch as a joke....

this spawned the LAWN ORNAMENT WARS of 1994.. there was only one rule - if you removed any item, you lose...

I called her plastic rabbits and planted a Gnome pushing a wheelbarrow on her front lawn

she retailiated with a 1/2 dozen plastic whirly-gig sunflowers one evening while we were away

I followed up by attaching a large plastic Santa to her mailbox at the end of her driveway (didn't matter that it was only the 4th of July at the time)

Next she snuck over while I was working and hung easter eggs and bunnies from the trees

My response was a tasteful statue of the Madonna in a 1/2 bathtub grotto, surrounded by tires painted white

I came home from doing grocery shopping to find a big blow-up balloon type snowman at the end of my driveway...

I knew she expected a immediate retailiation, so I decided to lay low and take my time... I bought a spider and bat halloween decoration, which you would fill with newspaper or leaves and plunk it on the lawn. The spider had a 10 foot leg span, the bat was almost as large.

As it was as thanksgiving - it got darker sooner. Time for night operations. I waited down the road and watched the house, waiting for the lights to go off. Carried the pieces to the edge of the woods and put them together as much as I could from that spot.

Finally, the lights were off, and I knew she was in the den on the computer or had gone to bed. Time to move out.
In about 15 minutes I had assembled the spider across her porch, so you would have to climb over and through it to get out that door. Across the back door, I hung the bat - making it difficult to exit from that one too.

she surrendered the next morning

[CorpGovActivist]

20. Priceless!

I guess I'd better stick to networked Civ4 with you, eh?

- Dave

[radfringe]

21. you'll probably wiped the floor with me...

and you will have to tell me how to do the network thingy with the game... have only played against computer

[CorpGovActivist]

25. Sounds Like a Plan!

:toast:

- Dave

[RB TexLa]

22. Google will miss you.

[CorpGovActivist]

23. Nah!

:toast:

- Dave

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

24. ...

:spray:

[EFerrari]

26. What do you want, Dave?

lol

:hi:

[CorpGovActivist]

27. Whirled Peas.

:hi:

- Dave

[radfringe]

28. Stop the Violins...?

[CorpGovActivist]

30. Something Like That...

[radfringe]

31. oooooohhhh...pretty.... now I'm all distracted by the swirly tinkling...

back to work for me... :p

[JuniperLea]

47. My boyfriend plays a mean air triangle!

Seriously! He RAWKS!


Hahaha!



I agree with you, Dave... I prefer to live and learn from fools and from sages... that's why I have no one on ignore:) Well, not technical ignore anyway. I do from time to time refuse to respond to idiocy pointed in my direction:)

[CorpGovActivist]

57. Air Triangle?!?

:rofl:

But does he truly make Kumbaya his own? Or does he stumble on the notes?

; )

- Dave

[JuniperLea]

83. Mostly he just plays...

The triangle part of the King of the Hill theme song;)

Funny to watch! He jumps in at precisely the right moment!

:rofl:

[CorpGovActivist]

87. That's Classic!

Isn't it great to have a partner who cracks you up like that?

:grouphug:

- Dave

[EFerrari]

33. I've recently started to sign off with "Stay together. Take care of each other".

And, I've no idea why. As an intuitive type, I usually speak or write first and then go back to see what it meant.

Some people say intuition is like thinking without the thinking. I believe it's like the thinking without the burden of taking the most circuitous way to a conclusion.

I'm not interested in much lately but how we do this round is very interesting. The two so called "front runners" are obviously bought and paid for by those whose interests are not ours, if I can use the plural. Either of them can win, no doubt, but both of them will owe their office long before they are sworn in.

John Edwards is the least compromised in our reflexively compromising "pay to play" system. (Yes, I know, faint praise but I've listened to many politicians.) He is also the candidate that has directly engaged the vampirism of the Beltway class in an effective way. (Peace, Dennis, my heart is always with you.)

I've spent most of the last decade fighting poverty and disenfranchisement in my community. Clinton and Obama may have seen poverty on their way home through a car window but they don't know it. They don't know the wages of poverty or its huge cost in every possible register.

They never will and have no need to know it. And, unless you really know the daily numbing fear of poverty, you cannot appreciate the middle class. Because what is the middle class except the huge relief from that daily, grinding fear.

And without that most basic understanding of the great cost of poverty or the most basic appreciation of the middle class, they cannot be good leaders. They can be good American Idol candidates but they cannot be real leaders in our ever more strapped and strip mined country.

Go, John and Elizabeth.

Let's stay together. Let's take care of each other.

Beth

[CorpGovActivist]

34. Beautiful, Beth!

Thought-enticing words indeed.

- Dave

[DemReadingDU]

37. Very thoughtful words

Thank you for sharing

[truedelphi]

40. Having just taught myself the smilie system may I -

:hug:



T.D. - the slow learner

[Oilwellian]

44. Beautifully said and I wholeheartedly agree

And Dave, many of us will miss your lively posts. Take care. :hug:

[CorpGovActivist]

58. Oilwellian

:hug:

Always have loved that screenname! Please PM me anytime you see a thread you think I might enjoy reading, or that needs a K&R.

: )

- Dave

[JuniperLea]

48. Did you see MLK III's letter to Edwards?

January 20, 2008

The Honorable John R. Edwards
410 Market Street
Suite 400
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Dear Senator Edwards:

It was good meeting with you yesterday and discussing my father's legacy. On the day when the nation will honor my father, I wanted to follow up with a personal note.

There has been, and will continue to be, a lot of back and forth in the political arena over my father's legacy. It is a commentary on the breadth and depth of his impact that so many people want to claim his legacy. I am concerned that we do not blur the lines and obscure the truth about what he stood for: speaking up for justice for those who have no voice.

I appreciate that on the major issues of health care, the environment, and the economy, you have framed the issues for what they are - a struggle for justice. And, you have almost single-handedly made poverty an issue in this election.

You know as well as anyone that the 37 million people living in poverty have no voice in our system. They don't have lobbyists in Washington and they don't get to go to lunch with members of Congress. Speaking up for them is not politically convenient. But, it is the right thing to do.

I am disturbed by how little attention the topic of economic justice has received during this campaign. I want to challenge all candidates to follow your lead, and speak up loudly and forcefully on the issue of economic justice in America.

From our conversation yesterday, I know this is personal for you. I know you know what it means to come from nothing. I know you know what it means to get the opportunities you need to build a better life. And, I know you know that injustice is alive and well in America, because millions of people will never get the same opportunities you had.

I believe that now, more than ever, we need a leader who wakes up every morning with the knowledge of that injustice in the forefront of their minds, and who knows that when we commit ourselves to a cause as a nation, we can make major strides in our own lifetimes. My father was not driven by an illusory vision of a perfect society. He was driven by the certain knowledge that when people of good faith and strong principles commit to making things better, we can change hearts, we can change minds, and we can change lives.

So, I urge you: keep going. Ignore the pundits, who think this is a horserace, not a fight for justice. My dad was a fighter. As a friend and a believer in my father's words that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, I say to you: keep going. Keep fighting. My father would be proud.

Sincerely,

Martin L. King, III

[EFerrari]

50. It is a great letter. A keeper for discouraging times.

:hi:

[JuniperLea]

52. I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more play on DU today...

Been away for nearly five days... breathing better now:)

:hi:

[radfringe]

38. :)

[CorpGovActivist]

39. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Cute!

- Dave

[radfringe]

41. dunt fergit cheezburger.. wunt werk witowwwt it

[flashl]

35. I will miss your posts. n/t

[CorpGovActivist]

64. Thanks!

:hug:

- Dave

[Hekate]

42. I'm confused -- but fondest wishes back atcha.

Somehow I imagine our paths will cross again soon. :hug:

Hekate

[CorpGovActivist]

43. HekateHug

:hug:

[kath]

45. I'm all confuzled.

are you being muzzled by the mods or something? Were you a bad boy?

All I know is, you're an awesome DUer...

[CorpGovActivist]

59. Thanks!

:hug:

- Dave

[JerseygirlCT]

46. Same to you - but

don't go away!

[CorpGovActivist]

60. Please PM Me...

... anytime you see a thread that needs a K&R, or if you see a thread you think might interest me.

: )

- Dave

[JerseygirlCT]

111. Will do nt

[scarletwoman]

49. Dave: "Open the pod bay doors, HAL."

HAL: "I'm afraid I can't do that, Dave."

I'll be listening for the strains of "Daisy, Daisy" -- don't go far, okay?

:hug:
sw

[CorpGovActivist]

61. ROFLMAO!

:rofl:

:hug:

Please shoot me a PM anytime you see a juicy or humorous thread that needs a K&R.

They really did do that to me, you know. Freaked me the crap out. I'd always had a PC before then (my first Mac; no idea it could "talk"), and I nearly grabbed the King James and started casting out demons.

- Dave

P.S. They made sure we saw 2001 about three nights before, too, so it was fresh.

[tyedyeto]

51. I had seen that you were tombstoned earlier today

Glad to see you weren't, as you have many points that should be heard.

I don't think I've ever responded to one of your threads, but I read them and become informed by the links you provide.

(Voracious reader, but not a thread responder)

Keep up the good work!!!

[CorpGovActivist]

62. Thanks!

"I don't think I've ever responded to one of your threads, but I read them and become informed by the links you provide."

That means a great deal. Thank you.

"Keep up the good work!!!"

Scenery, venue, new front. But undiminished love for the DU community as a whole.

- Dave

[unapatriciated]

53. damn damn damn

I just got here and now both you and Ides are going into hiding. Who will protect me? :cry: keep in touch. Gotta go catch Edwards on Letterman. :hug:

[CorpGovActivist]

55. Looking forward to Edwards on Letterman, Too...

... and drop me a PM anytime a thread needs a K&R.

: )

- Dave

[unapatriciated]

65. another commercial!!!

still no Edwards....hope Letterman gives him as much time as he gave Clinton last week. I will drop you a pm just to know you are still out there. I will also be checking in on Ides blog.

[CorpGovActivist]

66. I'm Watching the Thread in GDP, You?

:popcorn:

He's on!!!

- Dave

[unapatriciated]

67. I watched but was disappointed that Letterman didn't bite...

on the chance to endorse him. guess he dosn't want to mess up a chance of getting Obama on the show.

[CorpGovActivist]

68. Let's Take This over to GDP *hug*

[HCE SuiGeneris]

54. On the flipside dude.

Carry on. :toast: :patriot:

[CorpGovActivist]

63. Bet on It!

:toast:

- Dave

[MonkeyFunk]

69. good luck in your endeavors

to destroy Democrats.

You'll ultimately lose, though.

[CorpGovActivist]

70. You Misunderstand Motives...

... but good luck to you as you support Hillary with unbridled rein.

- Dave

[MonkeyFunk]

72. I thought you were leaving

:shrug:

[CorpGovActivist]

74. Hey, Re-Read...

... and c'mere you.

:hug:

I just gave you some love on that deeply personal post of yours.

- Dave

[radfringe]

77. Hey! good Morning Sleepyhead!

have a :donut:

[CorpGovActivist]

78. On My Second Cup...

... watching the markets, doing some oppo research.

: )

Life is good.

- Dave

[radfringe]

79. only 2 cups?

i need that much just to get one eyeball open in the morning. know anyone that can rig up an IV line directly from the Auto-Brew into my arm and set it on a timer?

:rofl:

caffine and nicotine - drugs of my choice

p.s. today's toon: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4166714

[CorpGovActivist]

80. Never Drank the Stuff before College...

... and had never had a bagel (or a "cream cheese delivery system," as I like to call it) either.

That's the best part about growing, stretching, and meeting new people with belief systems other than our own: I even like many smokers, and will stand outside with them while they get their fix, as long as they don't complain when I slurp my java, protecting the coffee with wary eye to any would-be cupsnatchers.

- Dave

[Le Taz Hot]

84. Where the FUCK do you think you're going???

Oh no you don't! You can't escape from me THAT easily! I'll hunt you down, damnit! :evilgrin: Seriously, you're one of my MOST favorite posters -- I really hope you continue to hang out here and POST.

[CorpGovActivist]

85. That's Me in the Corner...

... that's me with the dunce-hat, keeping my big yap shut.

:dunce:

- Dave

[Le Taz Hot]

86. Oh, screw that!

I'm a short, opinionated, big-mouthed broad who's been told to shut up my entire life. Fuck that! You have too much knowledge and wit to keep silent. Who's telling you that, anyway? I'll go beat 'em up for you! :evilgrin:

[CorpGovActivist]

88. To "short, opinionated, big-mouthed broad(s)" Everywhere!

:toast:

:patriot:

- Dave

[Laurab]

89. How did I miss this thread? David my friend -

I don't blame you a bit - maybe I'll see you on your pals blog? Otherwise I WILL PM you. :hug:

[CorpGovActivist]

90. Lori, My Puppy Pal...

... please do PM me, and as for his blog: I might comment there, but he also talked me into creating my own, though I haven't posted anything yet.

- Dave

[Laurab]

91. Great idea!

I really think you should. You're a gifted writer, and then I could always find you!

[CorpGovActivist]

92. But Who Will Award Me My Dunce Hat?

:dunce:

:rofl:

Maybe I should make you the keeper?

- Dave

[Laurab]

93. Oh, I wouldn't mind

depending upon which corner I had to sit in!

[CorpGovActivist]

94. ROFLMAO

You should totally be in my corner between rounds.

We had - and broke - several of these in college.

- Dave

[Laurab]

95. Ok, it's decided - the hat is mine

and I'm PROUD of it! :dunce:

[CorpGovActivist]

96. But How Are Your Rubdowns...

... between rounds? Those Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robot fights of ours can get pretty - er, athletic.

- Dave

[Laurab]

97. I'm afraid we'll have to hire someone

I need them just as much as they do! Besides, that wasn't in my contract.

[CorpGovActivist]

98. We Could Do a Conga Line...

... then switch!

:rofl:

- Dave

[Laurab]

100. Oh, I think not

the doc told me not to do stuff like that, although she didn't specifically mention "conga lines", my interpretation includes them. I can't wait for someone to post "I thought you left"! :rofl:

[CorpGovActivist]

105. We Need to Get You...

... a bionic back.

; )

- Dave

[Laurab]

106. YES - then I can get in bar fights again!

with obnoxious repukes....where can i get one??????????????????????????

[CorpGovActivist]

107. Huh?

You're a hugger, not a slugger.

:hug:

- Dave

[Laurab]

108. Damn you see right through me.

I admit, I got the idea from a friend of yours.....but I DID sort of like the idea! Not only am I not a slugger, I'm a weakling - I sometimes need help doing things like opening garage doors, even - the worst part - help from my SISTER! :hug:

[Laurab]

102. Wait I don't want you to stop!

that's why I keep posting to you - and I see some kind person already posted that upthread!

[radfringe]

99. i want for my yard....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7383124

so the dogs can use it instead of my garden fence

[CorpGovActivist]

101. *snicker*

Outstanding!

- Dave

[leftchick]

103. you will be missed Dave

:hug:

pm me anytime with any new dirt you have googled.

:)

[CorpGovActivist]

104. Oh, I'll Be around...

... and I'll be happy to provide you with my alternate contact info, too.

: )

- Dave

[Laurab]

109. I'd be happy to be provided with that, too.

If you'd be so kind, which I know you will????

[CorpGovActivist]

110. But of Course! n/t

[radfringe]

112. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[CorpGovActivist]

113. W's Nighttime Footies?

:shrug:

I mean, they're the right color and everything.

- Dave

[radfringe]

114. check yer pm

[CorpGovActivist]

115. I Did, Saw the Title This Morning, and Figured It Was Boobytrapped...

... you gotta be quicker than that!

; )

- Dave

[radfringe]

116. well, I think someone boobytrapped

my database project at work... it was probably me, I screwed it up or not understanding... grrrrrrrr

queries run, but when I try to get two queries to co-operate and pull out a report -- nada

think it's in the relationships somewhere, but damn if I can figure it out

isn't that the way though? relationships go bad but no one knows why? :rofl:

now the thing is - I had it working a couple of days ago when I ran a quick test.... :shrug: might have to delete all relationships and start anew... :eyes:

[CorpGovActivist]

117. Maybe Your Database Fields Went All ...

... "ex-gay" on you? That'll do it.

:rofl:

- Dave

[radfringe]

118. well, I just

un-ex-gay'd them... does that make them ex-ex-gay?

don't know what the problem was - basically trashed most of the ex-gays, and reports - started from scratch at that point..

[CorpGovActivist]

119. Too ... Many ... Jokes!

:rofl:

Must resist.

- Dave

[radfringe]

120. please don't resist

need the laughs...


here's a good one - I have a colonoscopy appointment next month - on a tuesday... SUPER TUESDAY to be exact...

I may not get to vote on that day (Pa primary in april) - but I'll still feel the pain

[CorpGovActivist]

121. Make 'Em Give You PLENTY of Happy Juice!

Make it worth the prep.

; )

- Dave