What the Astronaut saw.

[Octafish]

45. Thank you, MerryBlooms! Back at ya!

It's been 13 years that I've posted on DU. I've tried to use the forum as a record of my perspectives on Democracy, Justice, Politics, Civilization, Progress, History, and all matters of Truth. About the worst things that I've been called are "Conspiracy Theorist," which is a laugh, considering that all manner of criminal conspiracies are what have gotten the United States and the planet into the state they are in.

It doesn't really matter what anyone calls me. I don't really know all that much and what I do know is open to question, which is how it should be and is fine with me. That's also why I try to use links and name sources when I post -- that way, others can see where I'm coming from. I don't mind people disagreeing with me, it's one way I learn. And when I'm no longer around, perhaps someone else will learn something important that the nation's press corpse, lackademics, and gistorians ignore.

The only time I really get angry about things here is when someone tries to silence me or smear me. That I take personally, as a DUer and as a Democrat.

What I get out of DU is the thought that there are so many good people who care about Democracy, Justice, Truth and all the rest of what matters. Thank you so much for being one, MerryBlooms.