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33. Wow, Ryan, what a great essay! Thank you! I think we all found our way here in much the same way,

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 02:22 AM

Oct 2012

and just sopped up the camaraderie and eloquence and passion here - AND compassion. I got here not long after the dubya days started, by way of a website called "Resident bush" - because the site owner considered georgie poo a mere squatter or resident in what was rightfully Al Gore's White House. I still remember being amazed that I'd finally found somebody who felt the same way I did! Then "Resident bush" led me to places like Buzzflash.com and then here. It's been my oasis in a vast desert ever since! And it's an absolute THINK TANK that's all ours - and pretty doggone impressive!

I love this place. It's buoyed me up during glum times - like the entirety of the bush/cheney nightmare, for example. And it's made me a smarter citizen and voter, and a better Democrat!

Great piece, Ryan! Thank you for posting it - I know YOU have buoyed up everyone who reads it!

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And for my 1000th Post... (hope this isn't against the rules) [View all] Grown2Hate Oct 2012 OP

Thank you so much, Ryan, for your great optimistic post! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2012 #1

Thank YOU very much... and I will continue to do my best. :) Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #3

DU has helped keep many of us sane this last decade or so, that is for sure. thank you for niyad Oct 2012 #2

It's literally the first place I turn whenever anything exceptionally HORRIBLE or something Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #5

Nice intro! Xipe Totec Oct 2012 #4

Thank you! I abstained for almost a week so I could finish my 1000th post (for some Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #7

You sent me down memory lane... Xipe Totec Oct 2012 #23

INCREDIBLE entry. Touching and just... very sad. That was sort of what woke me up Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #28

DU is a lifeline for many of us. luv_mykatz Oct 2012 #6

Yes, lurking has been my friend. You can learn a LOT if you shut up and listen, Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #8

To your bleeding heart gateley Oct 2012 #9

Thank you, ma'am. Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #11

You've been here about as long as I have! Hissyspit Oct 2012 #10

And I've always FREAKING loved your posts, but especially your avatar! :) NT Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #12

Nice post, Grown.. Permanut Oct 2012 #13

Not really... just give a heartfelt post and leave it all out there. Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #15

Having just recently passed #1000 myself garthranzz Oct 2012 #14

It does! And thank you too. Here's to 1,000 more posts in the next 8 years. Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #16

Why should we wait so long? garthranzz Oct 2012 #43

Want the REAL reason why? Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #47

That happens to me, too garthranzz Oct 2012 #53

Aw man, That was just plain nice. nolabear Oct 2012 #17

Nice to meet you too! :) And I felt I owed it to DU in some way to make something Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #19

epizootic? Voice for Peace Oct 2012 #20

very nice post, thanks -- you expressed the way a lot of us feel about DU Voice for Peace Oct 2012 #18

Thank you! :) Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #21

From a fellow thread killer a huge belated WELCOME! EmeraldCityGrl Oct 2012 #22

hahaha Thank you! And I won't let you kill this one. ;) Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #24

Good Job Lilma Oct 2012 #25

With your help we will keep these selfish dismantle-rs out of power. Happy 10000! The Wielding Truth Oct 2012 #26

Congrats on your 1000th, G2H! Left Brain Oct 2012 #27

Thank you! And here I thought I was weird with so few posts over so long a time! Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #30

Congrats on 1000! bigwillq Oct 2012 #29

Congrats on your 1000th post! I am only arthritisR_US Oct 2012 #31

Two DU thread killers in the same red state! Sedona Oct 2012 #32

Wow, Ryan, what a great essay! Thank you! I think we all found our way here in much the same way, calimary Oct 2012 #33

Thank you again, very much. Couldn't agree more about the "think-tank" aspect. And I LOVE Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #48

I just noticed your sig line! ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! calimary Oct 2012 #57

IMHO, personal stories are never against rules of GD. longship Oct 2012 #34

The thousandth post is a big deal, isn't it? byronius Oct 2012 #35

Wow...thank you, Ryan! Drunken Irishman Oct 2012 #36

Rock on Ryan! JNelson6563 Oct 2012 #37

Awesome post! SnohoDem Oct 2012 #38

Great post! B Calm Oct 2012 #39

Hey Ryan, good to hear from ya. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #40

Congrats and 1000 more. eom mfcorey1 Oct 2012 #41

I too have learned a lot just reading. unapatriciated Oct 2012 #42

Thank you. :) I remember I started posting a LOT more during the primary, and it wasn't actually Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #50

Shamless kick for the morning crew. ;) And thank you all again so much for your kind words. Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #44

and another shameless kick, you deserve it niyad Oct 2012 #45

Hi from another member of the Collective!!! n/t greytdemocrat Oct 2012 #46

Kick for Ryan. Great OP! Cleita Oct 2012 #49

What a wonderful post, so refreshing to read. DU has helped me a lot too, keeps me RKP5637 Oct 2012 #51

Hey there Ryan redwitch Oct 2012 #52

What a nice post, Ryan! I'm also awed at all the bright people on DU who share solid, useful info. valerief Oct 2012 #54

Nicely done. Bobbie Jo Oct 2012 #55

This will be the last time I respond (because I SWEAR I'm not just kicking it, LOL) but Grown2Hate Oct 2012 #56