[Shawnee123]

Well, noodle, you have successfully turned me into a bad guy in the eyes of cellarites, after you began attacking me when I pointed out that the tax breaks never affected me, therefore I would not be affected if some taxes were to increase (which, as I pointed out, is just another yawn in the "taxing dems" rhetoric that seems to be all you can point to.)

You accused me of being a welfare queen. Now you accuse me of wanting a cut. I have never asked anyone for anything. I have never taken a dime from a government program (for a short period of time some years ago I collected a couple months unemployment, but we taxpayers pay for that ahead of time.)

Everyone in my family has money. I have never been the ladder climbing type, choosing instead to work to help people get an education. It doesn't pay well. I live simply. I don't want to make a big profit on my taxes every year. I fill out my simple 1040A (yes, I fill it out, I don't go to HR Block for a rapid refund; I pay every year.) This is the life I have chosen. However, I am more than allowed to question you when you start with the "poor rich" routine, and use that as your only argument as to how bad the democrats are going to fuck things up.

I overreacted, yes. You hit a hot button. I am in a situation where I am counting every one of MY pennies to get my life in good order. But now you insinuate that I am one of the hate mongers around here. That hurts me almost as much as the fact that the cellarites who know my kind heart didn't say "whoa dude, you got that wrong." Though I will argue a point or two, and will come out of the corner angrily when accused of not being a viable part of society, I have more than once given support and caring to these dwellars who I only know through these messages, because I see the good in people. I had grown to really like you. Then you essentially called me trash. Why would I not react?

I give of myself every day. People I know think I'm wonderful because I always find the time to compliment, to listen, to smile. Your judgment of me, while perhaps casting shadows on the viewpoints of others in these threads, does not in any way change the person that I am.

You say you have me on ignore. That's just as well. You won't hear this any more than you hear anything else you choose not to hear. It seems that you have had disagreements, albeit often friendly ones, with other members, and this was your way of pointing a finger at how mean people are to you.

Thanks for all your support, my friends.