Posted on 09/14/2005 10:39:29 PM PDT by publana
"Goodbye, farewell and amen"
Life's changes are always such that you never expect them, and they take a minute or three to get used to when they occur.
My life is taking a turn now that is forcing me to give up writing Ramblings' Journal.
I've accepted a new position that will preclude me from continuing my writings here. So I'm pulling the plug on R/J in order to focus on the new opportunity that has been placed before me.
Contrary to the opinions of others, I'm not running for office (I don't have the patience), nor am I joining a monastary. But I am turning the page on this chapter of my life, and moving forward. I'm very thankful for the friendships I've developed as a result of the blog, and I'm still going to be around -- you never know when an e-mail from me or a note in your comments section will show up to jab you or give you a thumbs up.
I want to say a special thank you to my Conservative Brotherhood bretheren, and encourage you to take a look at their blogs -- they are each fantastic writers in their own right. Their views are varied and they are each outspoken in their own ways. Their work is beginning to show up elsewhere, which makes me both happy and proud to know them.
The other blogs I've participated in -- Blogcritics and The Dead Pool -- are both worth your time and your thoughts. (Laurence, I'm still in the pool, even though I don't have a bunch of points. And Eric, I'm sorry that I hadn't had the opportunity to do more critiques in the past.)
A huge thank you to the Mu.nu community -- they've been incredibly supportive and fantastic. Pixy, you're the best.
I know I'm forgetting folks, and I apologize to you in advance.
I've asked Pixy to pull the plug next weekend.
Life's changes happen all the time, and for reasons known and unknown. All I can do is to step out on the path that God has lain for me, and know that He is at my side during my journey. I'm also happy to have my wife and my kids with me - they help keep me grounded. After twenty years (it'll be twenty years in a week and a half) of wedded bliss, I'm certainly happy.
Thanks again to everyone. God bless you all, and I'm sure we'll see each other 'round the 'net.
'Bye.
The Irish threads as you know are nasty at times when the IRA trolls show up!
I am as politically incorrect as any; and everyone here is well aware of that. But I am not going to sit back and let myself and those around me get painted with said broad brush just to assuage the ego and mindsets of those who want to pigeon-hole all black people into some narrow, media-defined intellectual morass that is further from reality than anything coming from the pen of Stephen King or Mickey Spillane.
No, Kent, I'm not picking on you, but I am calling out those who would head down that slippery slope without a care in the world.
LOL!
You do deserve the accolades.
You were saying? [g]
Welcome back to the fold!
Which I never did.
and those here cheering that because the blacks fleeing somehow "deserve it"; the problem is using racist language, veiled or not, and then getting upset with those who point that out
Which I never did.
those who want to pigeon-hole all black people into some narrow, media-defined intellectual morass that is further from reality than anything coming from the pen of Stephen King or Mickey Spillane.
Which I never did.
My question remains, sadly, unanswered... so, I ask once again: "WHY it is now considered an act of unconscionable racism -- on a conservative message board, no less! -- to wish ill upon one of this country's most notorious anti-Semites and all-around racial jihadists, as a direct response to his attempting to sow racial discord in a naked attempt at securing more power within the Democratic Party."
If such is (quite rightly) NOT considered racism, on this site... then: I'm curious as to how and when, precisely, I managed to become a "Stormfronter," all unawares.
That's riiiiight.
If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.
They're going fast!
You misunderstand me - I wasn't referring to you as such; I'm pointing out some of the types of things that have been posted, and what drove me up the wall to begin with.
EXCELLENT........
Oh this is a shame!
And why did he leave FR?
Sounds like he has some type of contract that he will be exclusive to.
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back!
I really doubt he would leave over that thread.
He knows as well as we all do that the message boards and comments areas are stacked with trolls.
Same (unanswered) question applies:
"WHY it is now considered an act of unconscionable racism -- on a conservative message board, no less! -- to wish ill upon one of this country's most notorious anti-Semites and all-around racial jihadists, as a direct response to his attempting to sow racial discord in a naked attempt at securing more power within the Democratic Party.
"If such is (quite rightly) NOT considered racism, on this site... then: I'm curious as to how and when, precisely, I managed to become a 'Stormfronter,' all unawares."
Welcome back! How are you holding up after your accident?
"Aren't you dead?"
LOL! Glad to see you're not leaving.
Read a little more of the thread Cal!
I guess I should follow by example. ;-)
Wow. That doesn't sound like him. I'm very surprised. He let himself get baited.
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