This will be my last post for a while

Don't worry Soph, there's a bunch of us out here that appreciate you and will be waiting for your return.

Take some time to smell the flowers and enjoy life. Put some miles on the RW and find some great getaways.

CYA when Ya get back..!

Hugs Soph....

I know exactly how you feel.

I once asked my longtime politically active, informed and involved Uncle who works for a politician... how he's done it all these years without becoming tired and cynical. He sagely told me that he has to take time occasionally...he calls it a "black-out" where he doesn't do ANYTHING political...he doesn't even watch the news. He'll do that a week or more at a time until he feels rested and recharged.

Then he gets back to it ready to fight.

I've taken his advice and there are now several days at a time where I won't even get into my Newsvine account. I get back in touch with my family, work on that KING SIZED quilt I had been putting off until a month or so ago, take walks with my hubby...even BRUSH the CAT!!! No that's not a euphemism for anything...grin.

You Soph...are a "mouthy chick"...and being one myself...I can say it's one of the things I like about you. It's why you get so many attacks. People either love a good "mouthy chick" or they hate us.

It's ok...go recharge your batteries. I look forward to your return!

Soph, I'm really sorry to hear this! You have had some real OOMPH on nv, always interesting and usually fun. The folks who don't appreciate you, don't deserve your time anyway. I'll look forward to your return, whenever it is! :-)

♥ ♥ ♥(((((Soph)))))♥ ♥ ♥

Take care Soph. You deserve a vacation. I've taken a few and it helps. Pesky flies are part of every picnic. Too bad there won't be any insecticide handy for another 13 months, we'll just have to keep swatting at them until then. Just try to remember what they were before they were flies.

Soph!!!
I'm gonna miss ya, mate.
*hugs*

Soph,

Enjoy a short break love!

Even many on the middle right appreciate you and your opinions/seeds. I see everything that is getting posted from either side of the fence is brutally attacked or just brutal in nature to begin with.

It truly seems that civility is word best left as a memory to many anymore. Add a extra olive tonight to the spirit of choice knowing their will be a time to return and contribute!

See ya when I see ya...cheers!

I heart Soph. You're always the best!

Go recharge that spirit and we'll see you hanging new seeds and articles up here on the vine soon.

Something I look very much forward to seeing.

Always,

Don.

Soph-

Take all the time you need to enjoy the improvements in your life.

As for the cretins' snarky personal attacks on you here, remember the famous pseudo-Latin phrase, Illegitimi non carborundum.

SOPH

We have clashed on occasion and agreed on occasion but your articles and seeds were always of interest to me and though I didn't participate in all the debates, I read virtually all of your articles since I joined the newsvine.

I notice the abse that is given out (more of late) and can see why you might want to take a break, but know that you will be missed and the quality of the newsvine will be lessened until you return

Take good care

Soph,

I'm sorry to see that you won't be posting for a while, but will be keeping an eye open for your return. I agree that some people on here are just very immature and are unable to have a debate and stay on topic and not make it personal.

again sorry that these morons drove you away (hopefully for a short time). I enjoyed reading your postings and comments.

Im sorry the negativity got to you. It's all over the place these days, not just here. Have a good rest, hope I see your posts again.

Best of luck to you, refresh yourself and we look forward to your return so you can kick more ass here!

Soph0571, comment # 1:

“Can I ask members of the groups to keep an eye out for me?”

Don’t worry about a thing, luv... We’ll help ‘mind the store’ while you re-charge... Don’t know where you plan to go but when I was stationed at RAF Alconbury, Cambridge and the surrounding area worked wonders to help me unwind. There’s a pub close by to the base called ‘The Bull and Mouth’ that I used to hang out in when I got the chance.

Great atmosphere, cozy not rowdy and a good selection of beers and lagers, although Guiness Stout was my personal choice. And, best of all, outside of town. May be if you’re in the area you can stop in.

We’ll see you when you get back.

I understand and a break is exactly what a lot of us need.

Am I wrong, or have we all been getting beat up quite a bit lately? It's like the right have decided that we have this super special playhouse; so they are crashing it. URGH.

Be well, Soph. You have been an inspiration to me many times.

RaisedByWolves, comment # 1.14:

“...have we all been getting beat up quite a bit lately?”

We have, but I see it as a sign that the Fascists that have taken over the GOP and they’re ‘groupies’ on the Internet are worried; worried because the ‘house of cards’ they have been creating since the Reagan presidency is teetering. And every time somebody points out that they are attempting to shore it up with one more lie, that’s when the ‘Liberal’ accusations begin to fly.

NEVER GIVE UP; NEVER SURRENDER!!!

Soph, sorry that you have to take that break, but understand. You do get quite a few attacks. But with all the new stuff in your life, it's more important to enjoy those. There's been a few times lately when I've thought of doing the same, but I have such a morbid curiosity...

I hope you have spectacular fun on your break.

Joe: Galaxy Quest! I love it. Thanks for the pep talk. I'll try to keep a low profile and make it through until our Sophia Athena, as I call her, our lady of wisdom, can get back on.

I also think the right are running scared right now. They ran on the jobs platform, but they can't deliver because jobs is the last thing they want to have happen. Now, with OWS, they see that they are wrong and are about to lose the whole apple cart. So, we got that going for us!

Joe: Galaxy Quest! I love it.

You betcha! ;0)

By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!

pretty appropriate quote considering some of the less than nice comments being posted on this article by others :)

RaisedByWolves, comment # 1.17, VerbalBarb, comment # 1.18, belle42, comment # 1.19;

Amazing, isn’t it, at the places you can find the words to sum up the feelings and circumstances of the moment?

I thought it was a great movie with it’s subthemes of reflection, redemption and reunification among friends even when they disagree; that the differences among them are not a source of weakness but the mortar, if you will, of they’re overall strength as a team.

We need to bring that back to this country and the world as recent news events have shown (New York, London, Athens, etc). There is too much hate going around for the sake of hate that, global warming issues aside, I feel are the real threat to national and global peace and our survival as a species.

I’ve seen this more and more on the ‘Vine’ and in my own column but I’ll be damned if these ‘rabble-rousers’ think that’s what it’ll take for me to be ‘converted’ to the ‘one true way’. I may take a break for awhile like Soph is doing but it would be a BIG mistake on they’re part to think that means I’m going away, let alone that they’ve ‘won’.

The military couldn’t ‘tame’ me; they don’t stand a chance in hell.

NEVER GIVE UP; NEVER SURRENDER!!!

E Pluribus Unum!!!

ok -- side tangent time:

is it just me or does Paul Ryan remind anyone else of the alien guy that died in Alan Rickman's arms (causing him to recite the line, with feeling, for him)?

second from left in this photo: http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1091208960/tt0177789

and Paul Ryan's site: http://paulryan.house.gov/

is it just me...

Yes, I believe it is....

Belle, I've always considered him Eddie Munster and his plan the Path to Poverty.

belle42, comment # 1.21:

“...does Paul Ryan remind anyone else of the alien guy...”

Not so much, but maybe the ‘brother’ of ‘Jane Doe’ (Missi Pyle), second from right.

Galaxy Quest-Photos

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm771921920/tt0177789

Enjoy your time off my friend...Enjoy your life and, in your absence, I'll just halto double my boot stompin' on the Newsvine @!$%#S! They know who they are....Hope to see you back when you're ready....WITH BOTH GUNS "BLAZIN'!!!!!

I feel peeved at myself for missing this article. I am here though now as I have been noticing Soph's absence. Take time for yourself, Soph. Recharge and let your mind and soul just rest. The negativity is high against you because you have a great gift. That gift is feared by those who hide the truth. They attack then to discredit, anything to stop the truth. Just as the truth can never be destroyed, I know you will be back, Soph.

I know exactly how you feel Soph. Enjoy your time off...I'm taking some myself. Newsvine has become toxic for me of late. I realize it's what we make of it...but I have seen you attacked pervasively and I am not sure how you went so long without a break.

Maggie, I understand, too - and it's not what we make of it when the attacks happen no matter what. We are not anything but targets.

And they think this is a liberal site. Horse hockey!

If this is liberal, what is it like over and Fux?

I've been spending more time over at Current. Follow Keith! (And soon, Cenk and Jennifer Granholm.)

I watch Keith, too, RBW. I didn't know Cenk and Jennifer Granholm will be on Current. Good to know!

Soph, do take some time off. I can't stand this site sometimes, too. I think of leaving and then I decide that I really can't. It is important to get the information flowing but it can be extremely negative at times. There are some really childish, petty people on here but there are some really nice ones, too. I hope you recharge and come back.

Cenk starts sometime in Nov., Jennifer in January.

I'm about to be banned, BTW, because I posted the Occupy Wall Street site!

RBW... you aren't getting banned... who would ban such a pretty puppy??

Hey Brite -- Bad Fish says now we have to talk about Marshmallow Coconut Gin, plain Coconut Gin just doesn't cut it anymore :)

Rum?¿? Coconut Rum?¿?... :)

TR - Not rum... gin <shudder>

Belle - you know that Bad Fish is a bad person... right?? LOL

Belle - you know that Bad Fish is a bad person... right?? LOL

Oh yeah, but in a totally good way.

BF is no worse than I am... :P

It's still up in the air, but the logic of the NV team is that the Occupy Wall Street has that UPS addy that I and others have posted here and that is advertising. I wonder what they think of links to youtube, etc. Isn't that advertising?

I like Mai Tai's and Cuba Libres, but coconut rum sounds weird to me. Also, if you have a cold and put rum and honey and lemon in tea, well, you may not get better, but you won't care.

RaisedByWolves

... Isn't that advertising?

Couldn't the same be said for any seed?

Well, that's what I've been asking, and, so far, no answer.

Well, that's what I've been asking, and, so far, no answer.

No answer to my e-mail either :(. We've both been linking the Occupy Together website, which is the OWS weekly publication site. That is totally acceptable! And it's not like we're the founders of OWS. We aren't on their board of decision makers either. To me, it's no different than linking Redstate.org, which I've seen about 1,000 times!

Right. Any link has advertising. I think they need to rethink this. Wow, I'm up late. I better give in and take my pain meds or I'll be in trouble tomorrow! LOL.

Sleep well, all. Hmmm, Good Morning, Soph!

No, but I'm sure not posting any links. The admonition was so broad that I can see them trying to make it stick for all those cookies that come up on links.

Good to see you back!

No, but I'm sure not posting any links.

We were discussing old radio shows at McSpocky's halloween party article, and I mentioned a program that airs the old shows (called When Radio Was). They have a website, but because of RBW getting handslapped, I decided not to put up the link - so I just told people to Google it to find affiliate stations/program times.

Maybe we need some clarification from the mods re what institutes "advertising".

i asked - so far (and it's a week this Monday) crickets.