What was the most important event that happened in your life in 2005?

[prolesunited]

First, personally and then politically.

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Getting my groove back - AGAIN! And the republican shitstorm

of indictments, resignations, and etc.

[aQuArius]

2. I fell in LOVE...

and moved in with the man I LOVE!

Politically? The Delay indictments were good.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

24. awwwww

[jus_the_facts]

3. My dad died....

....and politics is as it will always be...F.U.B.A.R.! :(

[TallahasseeGrannie]

25. I'm sorry about your dad. That's rough.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

26. delete

oops posted this in the wrong spot..sorry

[jus_the_facts]

29. Thank You....it is still rough eventhough he'd been sick for a long time..

....with Leukemia...it still didn't prepare me for losin' him...we disagreed on most everything except for the fact that we loved each other. :cry:

[MiniMandaRuth]

4. Personally,

I got to go to the first showing of Star Wars in my town, and I personally 'Out-Nerded' a dude that was ten years older than me (And quite hot) and then I was the first one to yell out when the whole thing was done!

Politically, I laid the Holy Schmackdown on someone at school, and they proceeded to scuttle into the miserable corners of their life, after I publicly humiliated them for being children of neo-nazi assholes. They were trying to force some propaganda on us all and I stood up and yelled them down.

[Ellen Forradalom]

5. Oh, I ain't airin' that dirty laundry in public

Politically, the Scooter Libby indictment and resignation.

[SeattleGirl]

6. The personal will stay.....personal

Politically, watching the beginning of the collapse of the Neocons!

[wildhorses]

7. me too,

what SG said

[uppityperson]

8. Figuring out that I am not as capable as I used to be or think I am

figuring out that I can still do good things.

[charlie and algernon]

9. graduating college

politically? the entire nation finally turning against dubya

[EstimatedProphet]

10. We got married!

And, we went to the march in September, and I went to the inauguration protest in January.

[prolesunited]

12. We did, too!

And we went to a couple of protests in Chicago.

[Jamastiene]

11. Personally, I almost made a B in math. It was scary.

Politically, I went to vote and all there was on the ballot was a school bond referendum, which I voted for. Also politically,

Bush finally stepped in it.

And by "it," I mean the bullshit he has been making for the last 5 years. Yup, he finally stepped in his own huge flaming pile o' shit.

[Burma Jones]

13. Personally - Wife Pregnant Again

Politically - Teaching my children that kindness is more powerful than hate......

[Tikki]

14. We potty trained the toddler....and watched...

Arnull Assenator lay a big goose egg. :D:

[Fox Mulder]

15. Hmmm...

Personally...I guess I'll have to keep that to myself. Politically? What everyone else put in this thread...Bush is starting to go down!

[xmas74]

16. The personal that I will admit on a board-

death of my grandfather.
Policital? Delay felt really good, as did the various polls showing * is at an alltime low. Bad? What they are doing in my state to Medicaid/Medicare recipients and mental health in general.

[Catshrink]

17. hysterectomy!

No more cramps, hormonal moodswings, and headaches from hell. I've never felt better.

Politically: Scooter and Delay's indictments.

[Beware the Beast Man]

18. Alright, we get it, you got married and you're all giddy...SHEESH!!!

Just kidding...I love you guys. :hug:

It was a rather uneventful year around these parts, but I'd say the mopst important personal event was visiting Chicago for the first time. Politically, it would be voting in my first non-presidential election.

[prolesunited]

20. No, it was actually a newspaper Q&A

and I just copied it because I don't have an original thought. :P

[graphixtech]

19. one of those transitional year things

Congratulations to you proles!

My son moved out, and daughter and baby moved
back home. Unfortunately, her husband is in Iraq.

Here is a photo from DU's Funkybutt included
in my Best 9/11 Media Truth 2005 List.
Sadly, Maggie lost her photos in Katrina
but I had saved four (from DU) in my own
"sign graphic artist archive".
The other three can be seen here:
http://digitalstyledesigns.com/pages/Signs.htm




Politically, here is a list I made a couple days ago.
I have recieved far more positive email feedback
about this 2005 list than any other project I have
created in this campaign! It is very surprising.

Best of 9/11 Truths Media, 2005
Categories include:
Best 9/11 Truth Reporting, Leading 9/11 Truth Women,
Best Truth Event, Best media efforts, Most Reliable
Researcher, Most Powerful Messenger of 2005,
Most Notable Scientist, and the Year's Biggest
Disappointment (cancellation of a KC event).

http://digitalstyledesigns.com/pages/Best2005.htm

[GOPisEvil]

21. Well, I left a long term job for a new start (hopefully).

Politically? Not much. Another loser legislative session here in Texas. :puke:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Well, let me see.......

There were several personal events, but the one that I feel like sharing:

Coming to DU, and then into the Lounge!

Politically: Watching the indictments come down and seeing * falter at last......

[La Lioness Priyanka]

23. finally breaking up with my ex-wife

long trip to india to recover sanity

ovarian cysts and then subsequent loss of ovary

[Seabiscuit]

27. My son's first birthday.

Politically, it was Katrina. It taught me we're all on our own in the USA when nature strikes.

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. I MET CINDY SHEEHAN!!

both a personal and political #1 event.

[StellaBlue]

30. hahahaha

Annus Horribilus.

So: there I was, living and working in the UK for four years despite massive resistance from my relatives, who are mostly freepers. Plus I hadn't watched any Longhorn football, eaten a real enchilada, spent Christmas with my family, or taken a swim in a turqoise pool in the heat of August - for four years.

I came home from work one day to have my partner (of four years) tell me that he needed some 'space' and that I needed to come back to the US for a 'trail separation'. He convinced me to get a leave of absence from my good job (training, good salary, company car, prospects) by telling them I had a family illness in the US to tend to, after three years of crap retail jobs I had to work (with a masters degree!) because the immigration authorities had my passport under consideration and I could neither leave the country (missed two close family funerals and two weddings) nor get a 'real' job.

Then as soon as I got here to the belly of the beast, less than 48 hours later, he tells me on the phone that I ought to start looking for a job over here. Then he sends me my stuff via international courier, in nine boxes. Then he buys a house in Switzerland and moves there to find himself. Meanwhile, I have to move in with my parents, work in customer service to save up enough money to get out of this shithole town, and start all over again after four years of sacrifice and working my ass off. All this a mere nine months before I was due to qualify for permanent residence status in my adopted country, meaning that I could enter or return there, with full work and residence rights, for the rest of my LIFE. But now I can't. I am trapped in the US, and can only go back as a tourist, after all that immigration hassle.

Politically - it's all been horrible, but I would have to say the continuing illegal occupation of Iraq, with the more-than-100,000 civilan deaths and more-than-2000 US military deaths, all for the sake of greed, has been the worst thing. Again. This and the fact that it is made possible by the wilfull ignorance of the American people.

/rant

[merh]

31. Katrina

both personally and politically.

[cmf]

32. Personally - my mom passed away

It was a sudden and unexpected death, and I'm just now emerging from the fog I have been walking around in for 3 weeks.

Politically, it was the hurricanes and lack of government response. My family lives in Louisiana and were very much affected by Katrina and Rita.