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pipi_k

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91. Sorry, but...

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 10:12 AM

Mar 2014

that excuse doesn't wash.

I'm sure we've all seen graphically horrible images of people whose lives have been changed, even ruined, in some gawdawful ways.

Soldiers whose faces were burnt off. Children who have lost limbs.

Little Yousef, who, at the age of four years old, was playing in Iraq when some men came by, doused him with gasoline, and set him on fire.

Events every bit as deserving of someone being miserable and nasty to other people if that's the excuse one wants to use.

But these people somehow rise above their own misery.

People who can live through real tragedy like what I just mentioned above without being nasty to their fellow humans put the rest of us to shame.

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What ever happened to the poster "Bobolink" ? [View all] NM_Birder Mar 2014 OP

Not sure. But she got a very threatening email from a DUer Whisp Mar 2014 #1

How did I miss this? redwitch Mar 2014 #2

I can't really say. Last time I posted about it I was juried. Whisp Mar 2014 #3

plucked and eaten obliviously Mar 2014 #4

...sometimes "rivers" can be trecherous without a life jacket. NM_Birder Mar 2014 #6

Man, that's the pits. pintobean Mar 2014 #9

yes obliviously Mar 2014 #12

I ignore everything he posts. closeupready Mar 2014 #13

I can totally tell when you're talking about me. Orrex Mar 2014 #14

You know, it's funny, but I'm kinda skipping over those posts these days- I used to read 'em all NBachers Mar 2014 #83

Post removed Post removed Mar 2014 #84

a special lad, that one. Whisp Mar 2014 #15

I will pit bobolink over any drunk in any dark alley any day. ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2014 #50

The grand jury returned no true Bill. Travelman Mar 2014 #41

Hopefully still fighting her crusade against poverty. Scuba Mar 2014 #5

was just curious, NM_Birder Mar 2014 #7

Welcome Back. She left and hasn't been seen. Autumn Mar 2014 #32

Oops, I was mistaken JVS Mar 2014 #8

LOL Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #10

ROFLMAO! Sometime you crack me the hell up! Did you ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2014 #47

yep. for those paying attention it is very clear what happened. Pretzel_Warrior Mar 2014 #48

I am the sunrise, ......... the sunset NM_Birder Mar 2014 #58

I know she was homeless during the last couple years she posted here - closeupready Mar 2014 #11

I hope she's okay ProudToBeBlueInRhody Mar 2014 #16

I remember her from lurking this site 1000words Mar 2014 #24

Why don't you try being homeless, hopeless and desperate liberalhistorian Mar 2014 #29

I work with the homeless 1000words Mar 2014 #31

Very, very true. n/t AngryOldDem Mar 2014 #71

Several DUers genuinely did all they could think of to help her. scarletwoman Mar 2014 #40

Scarletwoman is right. DUers really tried to help her out in material ways... Hekate Mar 2014 #57

I agree. She communicated with me privately for a while, like others have said, she refused all sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #79

You are correct. Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #67

OK, I do apologize now, liberalhistorian Mar 2014 #72

Sorry, but... pipi_k Mar 2014 #91

She attacked me one time -- and I was agreeing with her. Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #64

I had been told she was in Fort Collins, CO and since I was up there quite a bit hlthe2b Mar 2014 #17

Very sad. jsr Mar 2014 #19

I thought I remember her being in Colorado, NM_Birder Mar 2014 #20

She was in Colorado. Crunchy Frog Mar 2014 #76

I know she'd gotten more erratic as time went on Warpy Mar 2014 #30

Indeed... I learned pretty early on not to engage too much if she questioned a post... hlthe2b Mar 2014 #34

One winter a bunch of us here donated money to help out DUers who were tblue37 Mar 2014 #53

I offered her a place to stay if she could get to where I am RainDog Mar 2014 #18

I put her in contact with a minister friend of mine, Don Marxhausen who counseled the Klebold family riderinthestorm Mar 2014 #27

Welcome to DU! madinmaryland Mar 2014 #21

seemed like it had been a few years NM_Birder Mar 2014 #22

I was a mod then. Puglover Mar 2014 #23

I agree with you. No one came out of this looking well. nt madinmaryland Mar 2014 #25

what about Swamprat ? Another one I haven't seen in years ? NM_Birder Mar 2014 #59

It's always a good day when you're around, posting common sense. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #60

Aw thanks mucho dear. Puglover Mar 2014 #63

I remember that REP Mar 2014 #69

that was the way I remembered it hfojvt Mar 2014 #74

She wasn't locked out by a locked OP REP Mar 2014 #82

Oh I remember her she didn't think anyone should get a pension other than doc03 Mar 2014 #26

She gave some pretty strange replies to some of my posts. NaturalHigh Mar 2014 #28

Does anyone know if she actually lived in a car or is that just something she doc03 Mar 2014 #33

I don't know. NaturalHigh Mar 2014 #35

I could claim I sleep under a bridge and post at a library, who would know doc03 Mar 2014 #38

Very true. NaturalHigh Mar 2014 #42

Upthread I explain about DUers who went to CO to try to help her. tblue37 Mar 2014 #55

She really was homeless. That was definitely confirmed. nt tblue37 Mar 2014 #54

I remember that she hated Habitat for Humanity. n/t tammywammy Mar 2014 #36

Any idea why? NaturalHigh Mar 2014 #44

They didn't do enough to help single homeless people. tammywammy Mar 2014 #49

wow, that one had a "blast from the past" NM_Birder Mar 2014 #61

I'm surprised it was from 2006. tammywammy Mar 2014 #62

I offered a place for her to live Texasgal Mar 2014 #37

Wifi? NaturalHigh Mar 2014 #43

Come again??? Number23 Mar 2014 #46

I dont know about you quakerboy Mar 2014 #51

Many people tried to help her. nt tblue37 Mar 2014 #56

"Have a heart" Her plea for compassion for homeless still resonates with me aikoaiko Mar 2014 #39

We e-mailed for a while after she quit DU Tsiyu Mar 2014 #68

Tsiyu Skittles Mar 2014 #75

Woman! Tsiyu Mar 2014 #78

you deserve it, Tsiyu! Skittles Mar 2014 #81

Thank you, Skittles! Tsiyu Mar 2014 #89

I remember her lashing out at people who agreed with her 99% on an issue. Throd Mar 2014 #45

That happened to me. Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #65

That was the thing about Bobolink. AngryOldDem Mar 2014 #70

I have also asked that question in an OP in the past, but no one had any tblue37 Mar 2014 #52

I pm'd her a few times when she was here, polly7 Mar 2014 #66

Would this be bobolink of DU fame? madokie Mar 2014 #73

her screen name was bobbolink Tsiyu Mar 2014 #77

No. n/t Crunchy Frog Mar 2014 #80

Post removed Post removed Mar 2014 #85

Were you a member then? uppityperson Mar 2014 #86

Nope, but I read DU. I was a Marine with a TS rudolph the red Mar 2014 #87

Well, you remember wrong, it was not that. Good hide, jurors. uppityperson Mar 2014 #88

Very sad situation there where I feel bad for both Bobbolink and William Pitt. stevenleser Mar 2014 #90

possibly the only answer on this thread worth reading La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2014 #92

Thank you LLP. stevenleser Mar 2014 #93

Did you see the message he sent her? progressiveinaction Mar 2014 #94

Did you see what prompted it? stevenleser Mar 2014 #95