Hi, Folks -

Our own Jasmine recently wrote:

I AM ONE OF MANY OF RAYE'S FRIENDS!!!!!
Jasmine -- Saturday, 31-Jan-2015 09:40:00

...quote: "She really does think that she can take RMN away from Raye and run it herself wellllll I for one would strongly object to that and would not be apart of anything associated with that "person"!!!!!!!! I can't see that anyone here would feel different, so maybe we all need to speak out here and let Raye and the rest of whoever know that without Raye there is no RMN and that none of us would agree to be here without her."

Anyone who imagines otherwise simply doesn't get it. :)

I'm here specifically because one day in cyberspace I "saw a glow", and, seeking out the source of that glow, what I found was an article written by Rayelan and published by Brian Redman in his "Conspiracy Nation" e-mail newsletter.

The "glow" that I saw was a ray of hope, present within what otherwise would have been "typical conspiracy theory rantings" of doom-and-gloom.

I followed the links and soon came upon Rumor Mill News in very early days. I'm not sure which RMN Agents might already have been here ahead of me - probably Patriotlad, and perhaps oliverhaddo and Freedom4ever, and probably quite a few more, some of whom have moved on or passed on by now. I began occasionally e-mailing via the 'Send E-mail' link in some of the posts. Sometimes what I had written then showed up in a post. And so on. :)

Eventually Rayelan invited me to become an RMN Agent. I accepted, and, as they say, the rest is history. :)

It's very much as Jasmine said. I'm here for, and because of, Rayelan. Not because this is fun. (?) Not "for the glory". (?) But for Raye, and her particular vision, and her mission that led to the creation of Rumor Mill News in the first place.

If it should happen that RMN were to "come under new ownership" one day, there'd be no point in my remaining here. Whether I might like, or not like, the new "owner" is completely secondary. I'm here for Raye.

"Rumor Mill News does not fit into a box!" oliverhaddo wrote. "This place is as vast and lawless and deep... and unpredictable... As the urge to freedom. Nobody on the other side will ever understand what makes it tick."

Blessings.

--hobie