Hello as well
I am going to take my cue from themis.
I too, am a refugee from the Great Orange Sellout.
I have read quite a few comments and essays here and have found them to be respectful, thoughtful and there's a sense of humor I appreciate.
I live in the Virgin Islands and while we can't vote for President, we do have delegates to the convention.
So do the Repug's, but the GOP came down and wrestled all the delegates away. A bunch flew down for the caucus and voted themselves to be delegates and flew back to the Continent.
I have donated significantly to Bernie and hope our country survives this election. Congress is using the Constitution as toilet paper, the person in the lead as candidate for the GOP, Tiny Fingers Trump, is showing a part of the country I wouldn't have believed existed a few months ago.
Anyway, I am in good standing at DK and have a 'lifetime' membership. I will not make use of for quite some time, if ever.
I have to admit to a certain fascination with the Help Desk Discussions. They are entertaining.
Enough about that site.
I am looking forward to enjoying some intelligent to and fro. My name Crucian is one way to spell you are from St. Croix; as is Cruzan.
Cruzan is also probably the best brand of rum in the world.
So, Hello.
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Welcome....and we now know
Welcome....and we now know who will be bringing the rum to all future parties
Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice. -H. L. Mencken
A country without a memory is a country of madmen.-George Santayana
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailments of all republics. --Plutarch
Happy to have you, and don't worry...
There's no loyalty oaths binding us to this site. Some of us have made the decision to NEVER go to TOP again, others among us check in fairly regularly.
Whatever your opinion we're glad to have you.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Welcome
Your rum is appreciated as well as your input.
There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties.. This...is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.--John Adams
Welcome! +4 for Great Orange Sellout!
Hillary Clinton 2016: I'm a proud progmoderate!
Be careful...
last time anyone took a cue from me, there were injuries:)
But at least we'll have rum... Welcome!
The only thing harder than speaking truth to power is speaking truth to stupid.
Thanks to all of you
I can bring 6 bottles of rum tax free when I travel and I hope to share some with you.
If there are injuries, it's a pretty good painkiller.
A true drink called Painkiller is Cruzan Dark and Light Rum with pineapple juice, OJ and a sprinkling of cinnamon and nutmeg.
If you ever visit the islands, never ask for a double, the mixer costs more than the alcohol.
Howdy!
Question:
Do island nations ever sink?
Who switches off the stars after a sunrise?
Margarine or butter?
How many protestors does it take to shout out Trump?
Politics are such a dirty business.
If they didn't impact everything I do, I would never pay any attention to them.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Welcome, crucian
This is the very best group of refugees and reprobates you're likely to find anywhere on the internet, so pull up a (virtual chair) and kick back
I never figured out how to find help
desk discussions. I think I will go look. Welcome here.
I figured out how to read them.
Amazing. Lots of folks with long threads.
In 2007, as a representative of many Edwars supporters, I personally contacted some front pagers about hide rating abuse and disruption in Edwards Evening News Roundup, what today would be a community diary. One of the people I contacted was allied with Elise and supported attacks on us.
I realized then that the game is rigged at Daily Kos. MB and a couple others try, but the Blogowner and others will always oppose class-based movements.
It is what it is. There is some room there if one watches what one says.
It's just a blog. I have had fun there, and it times it fed my ego with posts on the rec list, but my real life is where I live.
We helped Markos get a gig writing for the Hil as the proprietor of Daily Kos.
Maybe some days he'll be a respected pundit and minor power in the Democratic Party. Fine with me. I wish him no ill. He is just a small part of a big system.
Just some ramblings.
Don't gbcw at DK tom
Orwell was an optimist
Don't plan to.
Unlikely I will be banned, but if Bernie does well, they may do mass bannings. Time will tell. I've only done one post since the oppression, and that criticized Hillary as being to the right of Trump on Israel. I quoted a Washington Post, Greg Sargent headline.
I am not very motivated to write posts right now.
Glad this place exists. I expect informers to try to get me banned for statements I make here. We'll see.
Thanks. Take care.
Don't gbcw at DK tom
Orwell was an optimist
Welcome!
FEEL THE BERN: "But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing." - Thomas Paine
"Here I Stand, I can do no other." - Attributed to Martin Luther, 1521