Hey guys,
I'm going to be moving over and letting Tyrion take the center seat. That means I'm leaving (can I say "retiring"?) as of this afternoon. There are about 4 weeks left and I seriously, unequivocally cannot go any more. Can't take it. There are two, maybe three reasons.
1) I'm generally losing interest right now in politics. Interests ebb and flow, and right now it's down for me. Lately I've been spending more idle Internet time on sports and movie forums, but I do expect to be on our forum here a bit. So lately the political process here has not been fun, and I've been grated by what to me is immaturity and gridlock, to put it simply. I have neither the time nor the patience to cut through it. I'm not interested, in other words.
2) This latest episode is the last straw in a series of events that have worn out my patience. I really can't put up with any more. You know, I hired a guy to look after the economy, and after a couple days he purposefully tanked it, blew up part of the White House, bragged about it, and then wrote me a message to say, "Ha ha ha!" So of course I canned him and would again, gladly. This episode, however, is perfect commentary on where the game is right now.
3) I guess I also see a lot of problems inherent in this game and virtually no cooperation or willingness to fix them (Nix mentioned a lot of them in his resignation). That kind of stuff makes me shut down. I mentioned before that it will be a busy holiday season for me personally, so I guess knowing that I will be done soon makes me think, "Meh" about a lot of this bickering and backstabbing.
Things will be in good hands with Tyrion!
Thanks for seeing my side of it, Adam!
Best,
DemPGH, Retired, All Done, etc. (phew!)