Verbose and Aggressive
My name's Matthias, Matt for short. My father was Irish, my mom Greek, so my siblings and I were given Grecofied versions of Anglo-Celtic names: Matthias instead of Matthew, Michalis instead of Michael, Angelica instead of Angela.
I've always tended to be exuberant and enthusiastic. When I find something that I like (such as DU), I dive in! I only signed up yesterday, yet this is my 8th thread and 20th post overall. I don't mean to monopolize anything, but I've never been one to hold my tongue when I really want to say something. The fact that I'm retired gives me even more time to put in my 2000 cents whenever I feel like it.
Bottom line, I hope you don't object to my decidedly-opinionated personality, even when we're disagreeing!
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Looking forward to more of your posts!
This site is a lot of fun, as long as you agree with the politics (mostly!)
Verbose is fine, not sure what you mean by aggressive. Maybe gregarious?
Aggressive doesn't really work here.
Have fun!
FakeNoose --> Fake News
Clever. We'll be sure not to give you enough fake rope...
Welcome to you as well!
I'm glad you're here.
As long as you state your opinions without attacking anyone, you'll be fine!
We Democrats do tend to be a contentious bunch, don't we?
"I don't belong to any organized political party; I'm a Democrat."
Or was that Mark Twain? I keep getting those two mixed up, dammit! 
Just don't slip into loquacious!
WeLcOmE!
Thanks for your intro
