Dear DU Thanks for the MEMORIES!!! (corrected post #30,000)

[Omaha Steve]

Post # 30,000. :party:

Not bad for a guy that almost quit once over something very stupid a few months ago.

It seems like only a few weeks ago I found the DU. I was having a flame war about politics with a conservative and was winning about "W". He accused me of getting my far out ideas from something called the Democratic Underground. That got me to look for this place.

My fortress of solitude. This has been my hobby home ever since.

Photos of me with Cindy Sheehan:


Asking for advice on how to handle meeting my oldest daughter for the first time: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2471976&mesg_id=2471976

The first time I suggested a union group for the DU. It wasn't long before we got upgraded to a Labor Forum. Buy American and rights for animals. My good friend the seal lady (Marie) took her own life a few years ago. Me walking a picket line in Bellevue to ensure the right to an abortion would continue after the shooting of Dr. George Tiller: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31029377/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/suspect-held-slaying-kan-abortion-doctor/ My support for gays (GLBT) through Pride at Work etc.

Making the DU the first stop for labor supporters when the Wisconsin protests started.

Talking about recent low points in American History like Katrina. The high points like electing President Obama.

To this and many more posts, I raise a glass to toast in cheer to the good times and bad.

I love you ALL.

Warmest regards,

Omaha Steve & Marta (she lets me have all this time here)