new here thought I would say hi.

[DougRees]

12. Thanks for the Welcome

I was in a bad mood, and having a bad day. So I'll just say "welcome" to everyone here. But you really should consider letting people know about the rules when they sign up.

Actually, I quit being a Democrat about a year ago. When the Democratic leadership in Congress and the White House signed off on the indefinite detention provisions of the "Defense Authorization Act", I switched my party registration to "Green", and voted for Jill Stein in the last election. I voted for Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who voted against the act, but I didn't vote in the Senate race.

I have quite a few regrets about leaving the Democratic Party, which was my political home for 40 years, but I think the party has to have something more to recommend it than being better than the Republicans. Attilla the Hun would be better than the Republicans. (Actually some of the Republicans, like Ron Paul, aren't too bad on some of the issues I care about--although they're scary as Hell on a lot of other things.)