I'm just going to say goodbye now

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

I couldn't sleep. I clicked on GD and can already see a certain moron that has no clue as to what she is talking about spouting her stupid ass mouth off again. If I don't leave this site, I will probably end up being tombstoned anyway because I can hardly hold my anger.

I told the PAC committee that I work with that this would be my last election. There is NO sense in rolling this rock uphill. I'm not interested in anyone saying what a poor campaign Gray Davis ran. What just happened was the politics of division. Cruz Bustamante saw a chance to grab power and was running around behind the Democratic party's back inspiring his people to vote for the recall and to vote for him. IF you look at the California figures, and you know this state, you can spot it.

At any rate, I am thankful for the friends I met here but I need a strong dose of apathy for a while.

I'll check my inbox for the next couple of days for those who wish to keep in touch.

(oh and Midori..I haven't forgotten you and won't)

[Elidor]

1. Nooooo

You're one of my favorites. You just need some rest. Don't go.

[trof]

2. wuss

kidding
:loveya:
Know just how you feel.
Go kick back for a while. I may do the same.
Maybe we just need a recharge.

[GOPisEvil]

3. I do hope you'll return.

You're a very inspirational person - I draw quite a bit from you. I know you will need some decompression time, but I also know you'll be fighting for SOMETHING or SOMEONE in the near future.

Remember: appletinis on me anytime you want one. :hug:

[underpants]

8. I second that

:hi:

[newyawker99]

4. I am sorry that you see the need to leave but I do hope

you will come back sometime in the future. The site will not be the same without you!

:loveya:

[charlie]

5. Oh man, oh man, oh shit, oh dear...

Stay around. Please!! :-(

[elcondor]

6. I wish you wouldn't but

I completely understand. At least you know to leave before you lose your temper. (That way you always have the opinion to come back. :-) ) My sincere sympathies to you and all those who worked so hard in California--I'm sorry that your state is similar to mine. (The majority of the voters are morans.)

So, please, take a break--but check back in every so often and let us know how you're doing! You'll be missed around here! :-)

[Name removed]

7. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[underpants]

10. and I second that too

Far too much gloom and doom in every sense and on every issue.

[JanMichael]

9. But what would Camus say?!

Sisyphus has to keep pushing that absurd rock or, well, what else is there?

Come back soon!

[rasputin1952]

11. Get some sleep...

rest your head, and get your mind back in order.

The thought of not seeing you here is :scary: to say the least!

In case you haven't noticed, WE are the opposition. What happened in CA might just make us stronger! Schwarzenegger can't possibly be a good governor; he won't be able to get anything done and will fall flat on his face.

Now is not the time to lose one of our finest voices and minds in this fight! Do not let this setback keep you from the ranks, we must continue this fight, and you are a powerful voice for justice and truth.

I look forward to seeing you here often, defending our positions from a position of strength an unity. Just as you always have.

:loveya: :hug: :kick:

[matcom]

12. NO BABY!!

PLEASE say it ain't so!

PLEASE??????????

PLEASE??????????

[Maddy McCall]

13. THAT IS SIMPLY NOT AN OPTION!

You are NOT leaving DU. I was shocked too at the posts on DU last night--but of all the people who are the backbone of DU, I would have never thought you would leave because of it.

YOU ARE NOT LEAVING DU. Your intelligence and valuable insights, as well as your FORTITIDE in responding to and challenging offensive posters, are true assets to this site, and if you go, I will probably eventually follow you out the door.

Thank you for challenging stupidity, racism, regional snobbery, and SEXISM on this forum like no one else does.

The first day you are not here will be a tragic day for DU. DON'T LEAVE!!!

[ProfessorGAC]

14. Don't Make It Permanent

We don't agree on everything, and that's why i hope you'll return. (Of course, there's lots upon which we do agree.) Spirited and reasoned discussion is the reason why i come here. Don't be a stranger for long or i'll have to come looking for you! (Kidding of course.)
The Professor

[DemExpat]

22. I'll definitely second the Prof.'s sentiments, dear......

I learn so much from you, and admire your spirit and style more than just about anybody's here at DU!

Take a well-deserved break and come on back!

:hi: :hi: :hi:

:hug: :hug: :hug:

DemEx

[mac56]

15. I wish you wouldn't go.

Please think about coming back, soon.

[WillParkinson]

16. Please don't leave us...

We have grown accustomed to your 'face' and this place just won't be home without you here.

Liberal use of the ignore button is suggested! But don't ignore us because we care about you.

[Rowdyboy]

17. There's only one thing that could have made this day worse

and this thread is it. This makes me sicker now than when I first awakened and I didn't think that was possible...

[AWD]

18. It worked for me...

....pull back for a few days. Get some rest, get away from it all. Do some zen exercises. Breathe deep.

Then come back in a few days. I did it recently, and I feel SO much better about everything.

Plus, the ignore button has become a friend of mine. It's amazing how much better things can go when the hate-filled members can't be seen anymore.

Hope to see you again soon.

[KeepHopeAlive]

19. This is a quick thanks

Thanks for all your hard work and inspiration.

I agree that this was much caused by an ineffectual grab for power which left many confused and split. The message kept changing.

It hurts to work so hard and then experience loss.

I just wanted to say that I've always admired you as a person--your hard work and dedication, your honesty and also your sense of humor.

Edited because I meant to send this as a personal message.

[ewagner]

20. Please make this temporary

I enjoy your insightful work.

Rest well. Regroup.

Hope to see you again soon.

[booksenkatz]

21. *gulp*

[realFedUp]

23. I hope we'll see you again

Like the other injustices we've seen in the last years,
this too will pass with some time...
I don't want to see you lose your voice, insight and passion
NSMA on this board.

I understand how you are feeling.

Take a break. The door's always open here which is a good thing.

[catpower2000]

24. I will miss you, Teena...

Please come back when you've recharged your batteries. We'll be here waiting. :hug:

Cat

[Bossy Monkey]

25. There isn't anything constructive to say right now. That doesn't mean

there won't be a week from now or a month. But even from 3,000 miles away I feel the same and was toying with asking Skinner to tombstone me temporarily so I wouldn't go around blasting people indiscriminately.

Get some rest, catch your breath, return to the fight. Just think: if there's some BBV angle to Arnold's election (which is more believable than that half of California voters are really this foolish) it might turn out that this was the first step in taking our country back. A faint silver lining perhaps, but worth a thought.

[bloom]

26. I will miss you.

But I can understand. This place can be addictive and not always in a good way.

DU will not be the same without you.

:yourock:

[cally]

27. I will miss you greatly

and I hope after the needed rest that you will be back. I too believe that certain posters were allowed way too much leeway for too long to undermine progressives work against the recall. One btight spot is that it sure looks like Bustamantes career as a state politician is finished after this term. I can't stand the guy.

[ACK]

28. CYA

I understand the frustration.

[pmbryant]

29. Say it ain't so

I don't think I can take any more bad news.

:-(

Please come back soon.

--Peter

[supernova]

30. Oh, NSMA do get some rest

Please don't think you have to take on all of the world by yourself. You don't you know. Some people will never change their minds no matter how many well thought-out arguments, references and facts you give them. So please don't take it as some sort of lacking on your part.

Having said that, you're one of the few reasons I venture into GD at all. I wish I had a small part of your brilliant mind. Watching you in action is as much pleasure as learning experience.

We'll be here whenever you're ready to come back. :hug: And I agree with GOP; you will be back, NSMA. You're just not the sidelines type. And God, who would want you to be! :*

[Cosmic_Latte]

31. Ponder on it

Things could go nuts for a while here in DU.. I mean, we live in a crazy world, aren't we? Chill out, then maybe everything will be a whole lot clearer.

But if you should decide to leave, we'll miss your presence and your very insightful posts. To me, you're like one of the brightest beacons in this forum.

Take care. :-)

[never cry wolf]

32. I realize this election was important to you.

But you also have to realize that as far as elections go, it was the preseason. The big one comes up in 2004 and we will need your wonderful input and insight.

Kick back, let the poisons drain out of your system and please, please come back strong fighting to take our federal government back. We need you.

[SiouxJ]

33. I sincerely hope it's just temporary

we need you here. There are always gonna be morons that don't have a clue and that's why we need the informed people like you to try to help enlighten them. Otherwise the morons take over and we end up looking like FR.

[Crewleader]

34. Teena check your inbox

my message is there for you...and for the rest of you friends I think the California Recall passing and having Arnold for Governor is all about the majority of the people who are very fustrated, hurting and angry.

The need of jobs in Ca and across America with the awful fustration trying to find one.
I think this vote for Arnold was not choice over the party, it's the need for desperate change.

I feel this change will still carry out in 2004 and Bush will not benefit having Arnold as Governor, there maybe influence from his Democratic wife Maria and hopefully those values are governed.

I'm still holding out alot of hope that we will have a Democratic President because the situation in California is like with every state of the union needing funds badly and it's a reflection of the Bush's adminstration with our tax dollars going everywhere but to the people who need it most.

Keep hope alive friends that this will only energize the Democratic Party to be more determined then ever to get the message out about truth and facts about Bush and his regime.

It's DUers like you in the Democratic Party that will do that and I thank you very much for all your great efforts in succeeding for the goal that people come first in this country, Americans will be heard when they put their vote to 2004.

Thank you again Teena for all your great efforts here,for making this a better place and your absence will be greatly missed. But know this, time away is a good thing, energize yourself to who you are, a fighter that I can admire and a good friend to all who loves you.

[nini]

35. I will await your return..

you're one of my favorites... get some rest and recharge.

take care Teena.. there is always hope - you just need a break.

:loveya:

[Hubert Flottz]

36. You can't have a real circus without an ape dear!

Don't go anywhere without us and be all lonely! We still love ya! You have got to stay here with us and watch R-Null self destruct like Bush is doing! Stealing things like America and Collie-4-knee-ya leads to bad things for the thieves! I expected the Repubs to steal California's election! It went down like a third world election always does! Maybe now people will see the crooked election in California and know we need to change things before 2004!

The time we need every DUer most is NOW!

[havocmom]

37. Please don't be gone long

We need your insights and cut to the bone posts!

Take a break. But keep in mind: A lot of us don't even bother to read a lot of the pap posts in GD. There are some decerning memebers and there is a light in the window.

Hope to see you again "screaming all alone in a 20 mile zone"... you aren't really alone, you know.

[Uzybone]

38. Dont leave

there are many of us from the outside looking in who saw Bustamantes obvious power grab for what it was. I cant blame him and his supporters alone for this but it played a big part. Hopefully you will be back. Im pretty disgusted right now as well.

[Bruce McAuley]

39. Winners never quit. Qutters never win.

I always really appreciate your responses, Teena, and hope you don't join the ranks of DUers who have wandered into the darkness, never to reappear.
Courage, it's always darkest before the dawn...
:hi:

Bruce, the eternal optimist

[KCDem]

40. "There is NO sense in rolling this rock uphill."

Teena, you don't believe that for a second. There's LOTS of sense in it--and necessity. Not all of us here on DU are lucky enough to live in a state that votes Democratic, and we don't stop pushing. You won't, either.

Take a few days off... some rest, meditation, (sex, wine, whatever) can be good for the soul. Then come back to us. We all would like you to stay.

Take care of yourself, k?

[DS1]

44. perhaps "the rock" is the support group environment this place has

taken on.

This isn't a policital message-acitivism board anymore, it's group therapy.

Your candidate sucks, give me attention.

My emu died, give me sympathy.

I didn't win the race to post LBN in LBN, but here it is for the 14th time anyway, validiate my existence.

There's no way Ahnold will win, join me in my delusion.

I hate myself and want to die, misery loves company.

[BurtWorm]

41. Love you, NSMA

Will miss you terribly.

[Lars39]

42. You inform and inspire many of us. Please come back when rested.

We need your voice and experience. :hug:

[Skip Intro]

43. "If you leave, they win" - Remember posting that just a few days ago?

I remember, because I replied to that post with "Yeah, what NSMA said." It was in an AWD thread where he was pondering leaving DU, and you were letting him know that that was no solution. (glad to see he's back, too)

It was true for him then, and its true for you now.

I'm not part of any cliques here, don't chat with or pm other duers regularly - I'm, just an average citizen who came here because I could not stand what has been being done to my country since theft2000. I read way more than I post here, and am awed by many duers, one of them being you.

take a break if you need, but please come back

[Richardo]

45. Don't blame you for the decompression...

...Hope to see you back soon...

[blueseas]

46. Take a break

God knows you need it, and please know you always have a home here on DU.

[_NorCal_D_]

47. I'm sorry to hear that.

Please, don't give up hope. This is not the end of the world.

Ah-nuld has a hostile legislature, Lt. Governor, Circuit Court, Attorney General, etc. to keep him in line.

All we can do now is move forward. :)

[foxy]

48. You can't leave now

We need someone tom keep us smilin' in the lounge. Come on just forget about those cretins in the GD room for awhile and play in here with us. We will miss you to much if you go away--wouldn't you miss us too? Please find a way that we can still get to read your thoughtful statements--daily!

I've got a really sad face on right now. :(

[Oilwellian]

49. From one lover of sarcastic humor....

to another, you'll be missed and thought of fondly. Regroup and come back with that spitfire energy of yours that we all know and love.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

50. I MET NSMA LAST NIGHT!

Believe me, this absence will be temporary, she'll be in
the fight to the last tooth and claw.

I also met manco, La_Serpiente, and PurityOfEssence at
a little LA get together. Meeting good real live DU folks in
person took some of the gloom off this disaster, which is
itself only temporary. Camus also said, "Never give up the
ship, Matey!"

[BurtWorm]

51. You didn't grope her on the hood of her car, did you, you bastard!

:hi:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

53. I didn't get the chance.

She was a lady and and a scholar and I thought
her and PurityOfEssence was going to start the
revolution right there in the midst of that Santa
Monica yuppie den of thieves. Like I say, she
ain't goin nowhere, not for long.

[BurtWorm]

54. She definitely needs a break

A well-deserved one. We will be waiting patiently for her return, provided her break isn't too freakin' long.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

55. Ya gotta siddown for a minute in between rounds.

[blm]

115. wow...if nsma and PurityOfEssence got together, then...

this country has a chance.

Two of the smartest, sassiest beings on the planet.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

116. They did, it does, they are.

And it was good to connect real DU people to the
screen DU people. I recommend it and look forward
to more such.

[DoveTurnedHawk]

57. I Just Missed You Guys

I got there around 9:30, my business dinner went late. :-( Although I did manage to lure NSMA back for a quick drink. We commiserated over the travesty that was the recall election. I'm sad, but not surprised, to see her take a leave.

You're the best, T, and I'll talk to you soon.

:loveya:

DTH

[A-Schwarzenegger]

61. We'll do it again on a happier occasion...

[Terwilliger]

52. YOU don't leave...I'LL go

I defer to people who have done the hard work, HAVE built the coalitions...HAVE fought the good fight...

I certainly hope you do well.

[Booberdawg]

56. Take a break

You put all the blood, sweat and tears into this that you could possibly give, only to see it result in a crushing defeat due to the interference of those who pretend to be on the same side. Take the time to heal, then come back. We need you.


Linda

[rbnyc]

58. Just take a break and cool off.

I will be in touch with you in any case.

:loveya:

[Susang]

59. Please don't leave!

Just take a break for awhile, that's what I do when things get too stupid here. Your posts are one of the reasons I'm still here at DU. It would be really shitty if a few assholes made you leave permanently.

[Mandate My Ass]

60. Sorry you're up against it.

Be well and please come back when you feel up to it. :pals:

[Bake]

62. Et tu, NMSA???

I felt exactly the same way last night and this morning. Like just saying "fuck it" to everything political, because it was pushing the damn rock uphill for nothing. (In fact, you helped me deal with my own frustration just last night when some of the exit poll data started coming out from MSGOP.) But I just can't do it, I got that ol' monkey on my back! I may take a break for a while; I haven't decided. You don't need to decide anything permanent anyway.

The door is always open, my friend.

Bake

[proud patriot]

63. Take it easy NSMA

I look forward to your return

[youngred]

64. Everyone needs a rest from time to time

take your time, catch a break and come back refreshed. There will always be a place for you here and in our hearts Teena.

:hi: :loveya:

Take Care,
Zack

[eileen_d]

65. Take care of yourself

And thanks for your hard work. And your wit and intelligence.

:yourock:

[PopSixSquish]

66. Please Come Back When You are Rested

Everyone needs some down time and you definately deserve it. But don't go away forever. We need you.

As a former California resident, I thank-you from the bottom of my heart for your stand against this. You are in my thoughts and prayers. :loveya:

And I happen to agree with your assesment.

[Cheswick2.0]

67. we will miss you

As my siblings say whenever we are planning a family get together, "be there or be the topic of conversation".

Just kidding, we will only speak of you in the fondest of terms and anyone who differs might have to deal with SKITTLES.

[opihimoimoi]

68. Come Hawaii, we go fishing, eat lobsters, drink wine, sing, laugh.

Bring spouse, stay a week my place. relax. Cool off,

Opi.

[KamaAina]

70. And don't forget to come "townside"

fifteen different kinds of ethnic food, some friendly women's establishments, the Duke Kahanamoku surfer statue (placed with his back to the sea for some reason)...

and the hoods of LOTS of different kinds of classic cars!!

Seriously, in the words of the immortal Big Dog, "I feel your pain". But pleeeeease don't leave us "up the creek without a paddle"!

[Ramsey]

69. Use the Ignore!

And hang out in the Lounge for a while.

I know how you feel. It seems like it just never ends, this Repuke assault on our country. The energy it takes to stay informed and to fight the bastards is daunting at times. You do need to relax, after your recent battle. You were right to fight it. But maybe the state party or even the national party is not the best venue.

I've been working for specific candidates the last two election cycles. Luckily so far for candidates who have won! On the night of Debacle 2002, I was at the Rendell Victory Party! I am also working with groups that work to get out the vote.

I can't sit still and do nothing, but the party apparatus seems hopelessly immired in losing tactics. Leave them behind and find a group that is making a difference.

And please don't leave DU! Take a break for a few days and come join us when you are refreshed.

[patdem]

71. nsma..you are an icon here. You are so outrageous we need you

If you need a hiatus fine...but you must be back my next Monday!! or you will be missed! Very missed by everyone who cares about DU. And that is a fact! :(

[noiretextatique]

72. take some time off, you deserve it

:loveya: sweetheart...and i mean that from the TOP of my heart. i know you worked you ass off on this effort, and i understand how disappointed you feel right now...about california and DU. i APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS, and i know they were not in vain. i hope you stick around...your voice is needed, but i understand how your feel. (((((nsma)))))) a bitter fucking "loss," indeed. :toast: to you, nsma, and your hard work. i am crying as i write this...knowing fully well why you make this decision. peace...and check your inbox.

[Vitruvius]

73. Everybody feels the way you do after working their guts out & losing to

an idiot Rethugnican with no decency or morals but lots of campaign money that can buy wall-to-wall ads aimed at the gullible. In a month or two or three, you'll be up-and-at-'em again. This won't be your last campaign.

And PLEASE do come back to DU -- we will all MISS you!!!

Vitruvius

[Piperay]

74. Take care NSMA...

I will miss you my fellow Califorian and hope that you will come back sometime soon. :hug:

[ForrestGump]

75. NSMA's gone to a better place...got this photo from her today...

I'll pine for you, NSMA...I miss you already. :-(

[HEyHEY]

76. Shit..she didn't even answer the posts

good bye...sniff

[Fight_n_back]

77. Hey nothing

I understand where you are coming from. As you probably remember, I have left DU on two different occasions. Sometimes one just isn't in the space to deal with the middle of the bell curve.

Take some time off and come back better and more distant for it.

As for Midori...she would have to go pretty far to piss me off.

[Solly Mack]

78. :( I'll miss you greatly

don't want you to go....please keep in touch. Oh shit, I really hate this.

(((((((((((((((())))))))))))))))))))

[VOX]

79. Take care, NSMA. I will miss your thoughtful posts...

I don't blame you for dropping out for awhile -- you sound pretty bruised right now. Please take good care of yourself, and do what you must do to renew and regenerate your spirit.

If you should ever decide to return to DU, I look forward to that day.

Wishing you all the best -- :toast:

[ornotna]

80. Alas poor NSMA, I knew her not

Maybe I'll get to know you later........ on the hood of your car.
See you in the funny papers. Take care.

[Rhiannon12866]

81. Please don't leave us, nothingshocksmeanymore!

DU would not be the same without you! I really mean it!:cry:

[Maddy McCall]

82. Ok, NSMA, it's time to return...

We surely miss you.


Above: Your friends at DU since you left.

[Khephra]

83. Don't go!

Just stay away from GD! That place is a fucking madhouse!

:loveya:

[rppper]

84. i felt the same sense of defeat after the 02' elections......

...i did a lot of work for McBrides failed(?)campaign here in florida. while the circumstances surrounding the loss were different, the same level of frustration and hopelessness were still there. i can comisserate with you nsma...and as an "old timer" to this board, i am saddened to see another one of us go. i left...or tried to anyhow...after the 02 elections...what came out of that? i was back within the week, but i did stop watching ALL cable news. i said the following words in a post tuesday...it is going to take a shock of incredible magnitude to wake people in this apathetic country up, nothing more or nothing less....the only ones who will not be shocked are the informed...aka=us...i soooooo look forward to the day i can wag my finger and say i told you so......

rest up and recharge nsma...come back swinging.....

[ForrestGump]

85. I'll look after your car 'til you come back

But it's no fun on this hood without you...

[latebloomer]

86. Aww, that is sweet!

Miss you too, NSMA!

[Booberdawg]

87. *sniff*

[Systematic Chaos]

88. Just caught this post many hours after the fact

I figure that at this point almost nobody will even know I responded, but you have been one of my favorite posters on these boards from the very beginning! I, along with everyone else it seems, hope that you won't stay gone for long. A nitwit here and there and a bad ending to the Cali recall are tough to deal with, yes, but they don't mean that all is lost.

I hope you'll be back soon. :)

[Rhiannon12866]

89. KICK!

:kick: for NSMA!!!:cry:

[skip fox]

90. you'll be missed

Why not just check the headlines/Iraq news/ do some captions &c. ??

[Lydia Leftcoast]

93. Thanks for all your hard work

Go spend some time on the beach watching the waves, read a good escapist novel, throw furniture, gorge on ice cream--whatever you need to do.

Then come back ready to fight for truth, justice, and the American way!

[cosmicdot]

108. come take me to lunch

no car in south orange
:eyes:

[Forkboy]

91. Hope you change your mind

:-(

[xxqqqzme]

92. I felt like this yesterday.

I decided if I didn't hear that Terry McAuliffe had resigned then I'm outta here. What the hell were they thinking? R the dems gonna let him ruin a 3rd campaign? Let him raise money but get him the hell out of the leadership role.

But then I changed my mind 'n went to our 67th AD committee meeting last night. It was good 2 B around other dems feeling bad. It was healing. Our candidate 4 the assembly was there w/ his position paper and we helped him polish some points, clarify others. I feel better 2day.

[linazelle]

94. Why not just take a vacation from DU? There is a full moon you know...

You might just be a little over emotional at this time...seriously. Give yourself a few days or a week or two...however long you need...to simmer down.

Then come on back. You've been around and contributed too much to leave it all behind. Go easy on yourself, because only you are hurting right now.

[Old and In the Way]

95. Well, this isn't good news, is it?

Geesh..this could drive me to drinking again. Then I'd start listening to all that old music on Friday nights, then I'd start posting inane comments....but you wouldn't be there to answer them. Bummer.

I do need to get that CD to you though.....

Have a nice rest and hope to see you back here after a well deserved hiatus.

[Booberdawg]

96. kick

[Booberdawg]

97. kick

[Boudicea]

98. What's the point of keeping this front and center?

I love NMSA, but geez. She needs a break, give her a break.

[Iris]

103. well, maybe so more people can see it.

In my mind, NMSA is a bit of a staple on DU. If she all of a sudden disappeared, I would wonder where she went.

[Boudicea]

104. Yeah well, the cult of personality thing is getting old around here

And I like her too.

[Booberdawg]

105. Begging your pardon

You don't have any say in the matter.

And if you don't mind my saying so, you've been here since Jul 24th - less than 90 days. Some of these people have been around here since the beginning of DU. NSMA clocked over 24,000 posts and established a rapport with a LOT of people who wish to express themselves right now. I think it rather rude and presumptuous of you to discourage it and otherwise complain about it.

Many of us consider DU a community. You make a reference to a cult of personality that I find offensive. You don't have to participate. I would thank you to kindly drop the matter and simply defer to those who disagree with your assessment.

Thank you.

[Iris]

106. thanks, booberdawg

I didn't quite know how to respond.

[ForrestGump]

107. Seconded, that is

Well put...any 'cult of personality' around nothingshocksmeanymore is a direct result not only of her worth as a person - considerable, to say the least - but of her contributions here, that are extraordinary, as well as recognition of her going above and beyond in the real world of California politics (and beyond).

Of course we want her back; of course we want to her to stay away from here for as long as she needs. She was and remains a prominent and valuable feature of DU's landscape and her leaving, for however long that is, creates ripples - this thread is one of those ripples. If someone doesn't appreciate those ripples, then they can please just stay the hell out of the water and let the rest of us splash around for as long as we want to.

[Clete]

114. I haven't seen any post of yours that

displays the knowledge that NSMA has or her intelligence. This is not about personality, although NSMA has plenty of that. I think you ought to apologize for this remark.

[salin]

99. We do what we must for our own sanity

but my sanity will take a small hit without your insight. But I will survive. As will our friendship. This place will be a bit less insightful and informed without you. May you at somepoint be grounded and distant enough to be able rejoin us. You are already missed.

[bobthedrummer]

100. I feel your pain NSMA

if you split you will be missed, please reconsider.
:hi:

[Clete]

101. You can't go.

If you really can't stand someone put them on ignore. I know that you feel as I do that if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen, but maybe in this case you need to make an exception. We all need you here.

You will make a difference in the end, I know, but you can't if you abandon the battlefield. Get some R & R and hurry back. :loveya:

[Iris]

102. "stick around and defend yourself"!

Remember that one!

But I know what you mean. I find I'm happier in general when I engage in apathy.

[Cha]

109. Thanks to Wonk! I found this thread!

Have a Nice Break, NSMA!

Be looking forward to your biting wit when you return! :-)

[joeybee12]

110. Since everyone is responding to this, so will I!

You're right--Cruz is a pig. I hope he loses whatever office he runs for in 2006. As soon as he announced he was the "option" to the recall, you knew it was all over.

Scum.

[KamaAina]

111. Help! Obi-wan NSMA, we need your help!

Your PBS station is about to be auctioned off to fundies!!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=109&topic_id=1880#2099

You must come back, just long enough to read this, then figure out who among your high-powered associates has enough juice to make them stop!

[woofless]

112. We need you

I need you. I don't say much but I read a lot and value your thoughtfulness , insight and passion. Take a rest and please come back.

Woof

[Lindsey]

113. I totally relate

with NSMA. I too am a Californian who has been devastated by what happened to Davis. I am going to pretty much take myself out of the arena as well except to vote in the elections. It's just too much. I was physically ill this week due to what happened. I'll still come and visit every so often but mainly on the "fun" threads (favorite song, favorite movie, etc.) This has got to be one of the saddest times in my beloved California's history. I am simply at a loss....