Checking in from Clearwater, FLA

:hi:

spent the day at "Fred Howard" park/beach in Tarpon Springs. Snorkeling was amazing. What a GREAT beach! So much beauty (and the park was pretty too) :P

ah, pretty, taught, slim, shimmering.....



















GULF WATERS! (get your heads out of the gutter!) :D

anyhoo, gonna go over to the Clearwater Causeway (?) tomorrow and rent some Ski-Doos. Hope all is well (especially you hit by Katrina) :hi:

you all better NOT behave while i'm away! :grr:

Kiss Mrs.Matcom for me. :D

Seriously, *smooches* to both of you.














You are with Mrs.Matcom aren't you? *stamps foot, waits for answer* You're allowed to fling with me but NO ONE else! (OK, GOPisEvil too.)

yes, she was at the beach today with me *pout* and caught me oogling a Florida blonde bombshell.

i told her i would be TWICE as happy if SHE were oogling as well :D

she didn't buy it. :shrug:

:loveya:

and then go for more than a minute *wink, wink, nudge, nudge* (don't even get me started on your theory)


or you could....

















let her get a greyhound!

no way I'm not gonna behave! No Sir ... not Me.

.....it's literal HELL ON EARTH OVER HERE IN LOUISIANA...we're havin' a fuckin' BLAST I can tell ya! :eyes:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3956844

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3954289

i know, i should have cancelled our trip altogether so i could sit in front of CNN and weep all weekend instead of making my donation to the Red Cross.

or

i could have held a 147 hour prayer circle in my front yard for all those who wanted to weep with me.

or

i could have given myself cigarette burns every half hour, sitting in front of FOX news to make sure i too, endured the pain that those down south were feeling just to feel important.

but i didn't. i went to visit my family.

i feel so ashamed :eyes: :eyes:

Only... I'm afraid such a rational response will not be understood when it's in response to an IRRATIONAL post.

-- Allen

...maybe the reality might sink in somewhere?

:eyes:

I,m sure it wasn't really your fault.
But I like the prayer circle thing.
Maybe on the beach?
;-)

...indeed we should all be goddamn fucking ashamed..EVERY LAST FUCKING ONE OF US...WHERE EVER THE FUCK YOU ARE....do you get my fuckin' drift..or are jokes and shit so much more FUN?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3957671

:eyes:

...that everything that we've spewed on this goddamn website for years has been realized..THAT MARTIAL LAW has actually been declared..and will most definitely spread as the millions of homeless people herded into makeshift shelters die in their own shit? Oh excuse me for paying attention to reality instead of the folly of matcom and his cohorts. :crazy:

included that poor girl killed by the zealous cop in Boston that gunned her down needlessly during the Red Sox celebration. you remember, the one you told me "deserved it" and "Boston was outta control" and "she got what was coming"?

remember that?

sorry if i didn't fucking dig a hole after Katrina and bury myself just to make you feel better. my heart bleeds for all of you affected.

now that that is over, you can kiss my ass.

....and fuck you and your attempt at putting words in my mouth...that's is not anything that resembles that exchange...come on over to hell when your vacation is over....see ya soon asshole.

i have it via PM. saved it for posterity.

sorry the whole world CAN'T put its life on hold. really.

why aren't you attacking a "post your picture thread" or something? fucking heartless DUers shouldn't be posting in the lounge at all! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU DUers!

YOU HEARTLESS FUCKING BASTARDS!! :eyes:

...oh what a wonderful world it would be.

Matcom's life is not yours to live. It's not yours to direct.

....i couldn't care less...there's bigger fish to fry around here buddy.

your doing your immediate community a TON of good sitting at your computer posting on DU

:eyes:

...I have actually gone to the shelter and donated personal items...can't write a check and feel all warm and fuzzy...got to see first hand how thousands of people are using 3 shower stalls...all up close and personal...for what it's worth...which is shit and I realize it...this is causing me great emotional turmoil...sorry to have put a crimp in your vacation....peace and love...whatever that's supposed to mean.

not so when you live in MA.

buh bye now. enjoy your hate

:hi:

I'm looking for it, but I still don't see it.

....i DO NOT EXCUSE MYSELF IN ANY WAY SHAPE FORM OR FASHION FROM WHAT'S HAPPENING...IS THAT COMPLETELY CLEAR? LIFE ITSELF IS TO BLAME FOR THIS....WE ANIMALS WHO LIKE TO POSE AS HUMAN BEINGS..COMPARING OURSELVES TO PERFECTION.....WE ARE THE MONSTERS WHO LET THIS HAPPEN...OR IS IT all just GOD'S FAULT...OR THE GOV'TS...we all are guilty...fuck this world and the purity and self righteous indignation it spews from it's worthless mouths...MINE INCLUDED.

....WE have accomplished absolutely nothing...over and out.

I don't have a clue what this is supposed to mean. I can tell by all the capital letters that you're upset, but I think a taking nap might make you feel better than the current course of action.

<< i DO NOT EXCUSE MYSELF IN ANY WAY SHAPE FORM OR FASHION FROM WHAT'S HAPPENING...IS THAT COMPLETELY CLEAR? LIFE ITSELF IS TO BLAME FOR THIS....WE ANIMALS WHO LIKE TO POSE AS HUMAN BEINGS..COMPARING OURSELVES TO PERFECTION.....WE ARE THE MONSTERS WHO LET THIS HAPPEN...OR IS IT all just GOD'S FAULT...OR THE GOV'TS...we all are guilty...fuck this world and the purity and self righteous indignation it spews from it's worthless mouths...MINE INCLUDED. >>

...for those of us fortunate enough to have beds and homes and computers to spew forth condemnation on one another...i guess this symbol should have been applied :sarcasm: to my original post in this thread...then maybe you'd be able to realize it wasn't meant as a personal attack against the icon of matcom...instead of the reality it implied...goddamn us all in our petty practices of putting ourselves in our proper places when disaster strikes our backyards and the gov't takes control...does that make any sense or should I remove myself from humanity at this point as there doesn't seem to be enough of it going around these parts...or on the internets either. :sarcasm: :eyes: :cry: :evilfrown: :rant: :party:

This is the home of frivolous posts. It isn't fair to go off on one person for saying he's having fun on a mini-vacation.

....fuck the world and the lounge too....sorry i didn't use this :sarcasm: to imply the world has come to a fuckin' end down in these parts...and offense was taken out of context as a personal attack when it wasn't..hmmmm...ever have that happen at any juncture of an apocolypse close to home or in the fuckin' lounge? I didn't intend on pickin' any fights but in any case it turned into a BAR ROOM BLITZ against me for stating the fact that times sure are bad elsewhere in the universe outside DU....how humane and compassionate to take reality and twist it into a campaign against matcom's vacation...dear fuckin' jesus christ on a surf board.

you picked the fight. its over

...*i* never meant to imply that your vacation was ruining the depression that's been declared down here...please understand and forgive this most asinine exchange as it was extremely misconstrued as a personal attack on YOU...thank you and happy labor day...give the family my regards will you?

I hardly consider any of my comments worthy of a bar room blitz. Several people read your comment as an attack. You may not have meant them that way - but that's the way they came across. You also didn't really take our initial posts of concern as an opportunity to modify your tone. You didn't even reply to post 30.

Your world has been turned upside down, so I'm going to chalk this all up to stress - instead of continuing this argument, go throw rocks at trees, slam a door...something.

I hope things improve for you soon. I really do.

Matcom is a decent guy. I feel confident in saying that he is as upset about Katrina as any of us (excluding victims of course.) He said he donated money. It's not like cancelling a planned trip to visit his family is going to help anyone.

...HOW HARSH IT *SOUNDS*...reality for millions of people will start to become real important to everyone in short order...just statin' facts instead of folly...INCREDIBLE how I insisted he shouldn't be having a good time somewhere isn't it..by all means shoot the messenger of DEATH and DESTRUCTION in light of someones vacation planning...oh the goddamn humanity. :evilfrown:

what would you have me do? lay my body down to plug the fucking levee?

piss off. i have done my part (as much as possible anyway) and will do more when/if i can.

don't fucking answer me. i don't deserve it. :eyes:

.....no need for your money at this point either...don't bother with your charity...it's obviously misplaced and easily ignored...the SNAFU is FUBAR and nothing you could or would do will change it...happy fuckin' trails to you babe.

Damn dude! You need to relax!

Did you cancel Christmas and other family events because of all the death and destruction in Asia? Did you not have Thanksgiving because of the starving people in Iraq?

You seem displeased with Matcom, but I'm not sure exactly what you'd have Matcom do.

What would he have to do that would meet with your approval?

How would you direct his life so that you're personally satisfied?

How much personal happiness would he have to give up, how much misery would he have to personally endure to make you happy?

..surely that made you feel much better didn't it my friend?

... and Matcom doesn't deserve the scorn and shit and guilt you're trying to heap on him. You're being unfair and you know it.

he made it into a pissin' contest with the posts above where he assumed it was directed at just him personally...with a few other of these thrown in by others :eyes:

than handing out water and supplies i suppose :eyes:

...would you like to try it sometime? I've seen you post on DU for years too...and not a goddamn thing has been accomplished by it either...these posts have proved just that...thank you so much for the compassion and understanding...is the surf up there yet?

I don't know the particulars of your situation, I can only assume that the things I'm seeing on TV you're seeing in person. I'm sorry for that. I'm sorry for any losses you've suffered. Thank God you're alive, and I wish you all the best as you rebuild your life.

I can understand your anger. No one could prevent a hurricane, but the area sure as hell could have been more prepared for it. Help should have come faster. There are many to blame for what is unfolding in your area, but Matcom is not the enemy. It's not his fault. You need to direct your anger at the people who caused this situation.

how fucking DARE you drink beer at a time like this! :grr:

....i DO NOT EXCUSE MYSELF IN ANY WAY SHAPE FORM OR FASHION FROM WHAT'S HAPPENING...IS THAT COMPLETELY CLEAR? LIFE ITSELF IS TO BLAME FOR THIS....WE ANIMALS WHO LIKE TO POSE AS HUMAN BEINGS..COMPARING OURSELVES TO PERFECTION.....WE ARE THE MONSTERS WHO LET THIS HAPPEN...OR IS IT all just GOD'S FAULT...OR THE GOV'TS...we all are guilty...fuck this world and the purity and self righteous indignation it spews from it's worthless mouths...MINE INCLUDED.

Bear on around Apalachicola and go past Panama City and Ft. Walton, on by Pensacola.
Take a right at Alabama Point and come in through Perdido Pass. Bear to the right around Bear Point, and then take a left into the Intracoastal Waterway.

At Marker 83, take a right up into Wolf Bay.
Straight ahead for about 8 miles and look for my dock on the left.
There a big sign on it that says "LAGNIAPPE".

We'll put the shrimp on the grill as soon as you get here.
:hi:

I'm sorry that people want you to be more miserable. If you could please pluck some hairs from uncomfortable places, I'm sure that would prove your compassion. :)

I'm glad that you're happy. It's really easy to project feelings of anger towards Pretzeldent AWOL's vacations onto DUers who are cherishing the life that they are lucky to have right now.

I'm very emotional right now, but I hope that people transform their anger into demanding that Congress follows President Broussard's advice. Instead of attacking one another here.

:hug:

Everyone had a chance to speak their piece here. This has run its course.