My humble introduction
I’m Gregory and I thought I would introduce myself. I live in the village of McFarland, WI., which is a suburb of Madison.
I am a liberal because I love all people as a baseline, until proven otherwise. I hate racism, homophobia, transphobia, ageism, misogyny, xenophobia, Christian nationalism, and Trumpism.
I am 67, retired, an atheist, and a former system programmer at an insurance company that processed Medicare, Tricare. VA health care, as well as general health insurance.
The only thing on my bucket list is to destroy fascism, Trumpism, and those destroying our clean air and water, and exacerbating climate change. I do this for our children and future generations. Being part of the generation that has done much of the damage, I feel obligated to speak out and do what little I can to change society for the better.
I thank you all for the nice words of welcome.
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Nice to virtually meet you! Sounds as if we'd be friends in real life. 
your bucket list is similar to mine... for mine, I will just add finish the AT
I am also an Atheist. Did you go to Catholic school like me? I always ask that of any Atheist I meet. The majority of them seem to say yes.
An Evangelical Christian I used to work with told me Catholic school is where they train Atheists. 
I used to process several thousands pharmaceutical claims every month.
I hope you enjoy DU as much as I have. As I say, DU - wise 
and otherwise 
Welcome to DU, glad to have ya!
Madison was a hotbed of anti-war activity in the Vietnam era, so you have to be a liberal!
From one secular-humanist to another (I dislike religious people defining who I am) welcome to Democratic Underground!
That's the event I was referring to. I have a DVD I helped fund on Gofundme called, "The War at Home" and a good deal of it was footage from the protests and the bombing in Madison.
I could never understand bombing anything in the name of Peace, although I was very active in the movement. That action was a complete, bloody blemish on the peace movement.
Oh well.....water under the bridge. Again, welcome. Happy to have you here. 
I'm sure you will find many like-minded & supportive folks here.
Enjoy, & I look forward to your posts & comments!
And that's a great bucket list!
Oh Deck!!
in fact, we all do.
And we WILL.
Meet you @ Monty's in Mad Town for some pozole.
You'll find that the people in this forum are well informed and have the best sense of humor you'll find on any forum.
We got through the 8 years of GWMcIdiot & 4 hellish years (felt like 100 years) of Pendejo45 term.
Enjoy your stay, and don't be afraid to contribute.
Again Welcome!
Welcome to DU!
In a sweet little city/town called Lafayette. I love it here, too.
CU is lovely but expensive. I didn't go to college there, nor did my sons, although it's possible my youngest will go to graduate school there.
We need every solid Democrat we can get! Almost 75 here, letting you know THIS site has been my go to every morning! Without the GREAT smart people here i would be lost as to how we can get out of this MESS. Hope you enjoy this site as much as i do!!
I lived in Madison when I was very young, my dad was stationed at Truax Field....Madison was my favorite pitstop as a GI brat, I loved it there
even though they say an ocelot can't change its spots, they can change their user names.
We also like dogs in the Lounge. If you have a dog and mention it in any way, you are obligated to post a photo of it. That's a rule. 
You also have to get Feingold back, or at least get rid of RonJon. God, he's dumb.
I don't post often, but I lurk much!
