Where's Niki and Anthony?

6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, March 7, 2013 4:36 PM

Everyone hates posting here Riona....

Maybe they'll be back in less than 3 years like I did......

I hope they're alright too.

I'm sure they are though. The actual RWED probably took front seat to our faux RWED.....

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NIKI2

Thursday, March 7, 2013 5:06 PM

I left when Frem attacked me around the gun issue, Riona, and haven't posted since. I realized I'd broken my own rule, I'd left myself open to someone actually hurting my feelings on the internet. That hasn't happened in over a decade, and it won't happen again. My "enemies" can't touch me (this should all be good news for you, Rap: I won't be around to counter your deliberate ignorance anymore), but I let a few people here get close enough to me that one of them finally did.

So I'm pretty much "gone", now. I pop in every couple of days but don't see much to post about and usually get turned off by the sheer volume of PN gross-out posts and there being little, if anything, else. Not willing to put in the time and energy to offer information for those who might be interested, mostly because it wouldn't make any difference anyway, never has, and there are plenty to express their opinions without needing me around.

My life has changed dramatically, too. Getting off all the meds had me lose some 20+ pounds without even trying, I'm not falling asleep in the middle of the day anymore, have begun cooking so I can eat my one "meal" mid-day (to avoid reflux, since I'm not on the meds anymore) and somehow without being here, ended up with more projects than I can handle. Driving a bit North weekend mornings early to run the dogs with some mushers up Sonoma way, and with Jim retired, we get the dogs out every day almost without fail at dawn, so I do that rather than come straight in to sit down here and lose half a day to a whole day here. Was a great way to break the habit.

The only reason I still come is because the only option when we get back and I have my V8 and banana is to watch TV, and I've avoided the news and politics, which has been great. What little "good" news there ever is doesn't do much for me; this country has been headed in such an awful direction for so long, I no longer want to hear about it. Everyone who's even bothering to pay attention is so distracted by the faux drama created by the right that few, if any, are noticing that while the DOW is record high and corporations and the rich are getting frighteningly richer daily, everyone else's standard of living and wages are going steadily downhill. That's not going to change, and it makes me sick to my stomach.

Scalia's remarks about voting being a "racial perogative" and the fact that the FUCKING supremes will probably do away with the Voting Rights Act was pretty much the final straw for me. I couldn't believe it and was devastated to learn about it, and what it says about my country and my government disgusts and sickens me to the point where I don't even want to know what's going on anymore. Just that and the DOW hitting record territory, while the right is working so hard and so effectively (with the help of the left in power) to make things even WORSE for those who actually keep this country going--you know, the workers?--pretty much sums it all up for me.

I'm ashamed and deeply saddened for my country. I'm still semi-active politically, but I'd rather focus on just about anything else at this point, and being here is just a waste of time. There are those I'll miss; that's the only negative I can think of about it. But most of them aren't here anymore anyway, some no doubt for similar reasons to mine; I don't think Frem has returned either and Anthony was gone for a long time before anyone but me seemed to notice. The same with others. I'm sure I won't be missed any more than any of them.

Good wishes to all those sane, lovely people who remain, I really do miss you: Rap and Six and the rest of you assholes who ruin this place for whatever your asinine reasons are: go to hell.

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BYTEMITE

Thursday, March 7, 2013 6:01 PM

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Just that and the DOW hitting record territory, while the right is working so hard and so effectively (with the help of the left in power) to make things even WORSE for those who actually keep this country going--you know, the workers?--pretty much sums it all up for me.

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Good wishes to all those sane, lovely people who remain, I really do miss you: Rap and Six and the rest of you assholes who ruin this place for whatever your asinine reasons are: go to hell.

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AURAPTOR

Thursday, March 7, 2013 6:11 PM

Ri - just as it's bad karma to comment that a pitcher is throwing a no hitter in baseball, some things are just best left unspoken. As now you see why.

And Niki... Touching you is no where on my " to do " list. Eww.

*Follow up - After reading your little screed... wow. I was going to joke that you clearly were off your meds, only to see that indeed, you ARE ! Not that it alters your warped view on politics any, but it sure does seem to make you more ornery. And while I fully agree w/ Scalia and his comments on the VRA, as it absolutely needs to go, MY guess is that it won't. See, I live in this fantasy world, were folks are treated EQUALLY, and no special privileges are given to one group over another. Some other fine American once made a speech about it... Martin Luther something. Oh well.

I could say more, but what's the point ? If you're truly leaving, then I wish you happy mushing w/ your huskies, and give them a big hug for me.


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