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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:10 PM Original message |
Don't Let Anyone Tell You that DU has "always been like this." |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. I agree with you. That's one reason why I rarely post anymore. |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I agree. The quality has gone |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Hi, Maddy! Haven't seen you around in quite a while. |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Hi, Skidmore. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Busy, too, and not interacting on the boards as much |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Same here. |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. Remember when EE would drop in and chat? they would eat her alive now. nt |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. "eating alive" seems to the modus operandi anymore |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #47 |
168. You know what, though? |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. I do remember that... she was so sweet here! n/t |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
91. Oh yeah. |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #41 |
144. Sad but true. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
60. Hi Maddy! |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
92. Oh, that cat is soooo mine. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
93. I agree, Maddy, there are more trolls and more people whose only purpose |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:30 AM Response to Reply #93 |
102. Hi, Lydia. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 05:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
110. Same here. I get an itch from time to time. To maybe interject some sanity, but generally, eh. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
154. BRAVO Maddy. I agree 100% |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thank you--but as long as those who've replied to this post |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. *smooch* |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Backatcha. nt |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. It is a great site... |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Many of the ol' DU greats are gone. |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 02:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
104. An overriding desire to learn... |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. Yes, this is a great site, and the admins and mods are tremendous |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Someone called me a LIAR in all caps |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
86. TATTLE TALE |
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lutefisk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 06:23 PM Response to Reply #86 |
161. lol...but, is one still a TATTLE TALE if the perp isn't named?...n/t |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. And just for the record, X posted |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Well be more selective in reading threads. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. I agree wholeheartedly. |
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Sam Ervin jret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
62. the one or two exceptions, I quess, is the reason to keep coming back. AND |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
98. I believe you hit on it. |
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5thGenDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. What once was discourse is now just sturm und drang |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. You are wrong. |
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5thGenDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. See? That's exactly what I'm talking about |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. This thread is turning crazy in numerous ways. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I still love that frog! |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Thanks. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. "this place won't so much have splintered as been ground into dust" |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
135. lol.... |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
85. I'm hoping you are proven wrong, and that most of what we're seeing |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. I think that the 7 years of bushitler has had an affect on posters. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. That's some Psych 101.. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Lonestar is good..really, really good! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I'm bad! |
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5thGenDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Oh I see -- she's just joshing me, eh? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Watch out for the fucking door. |
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5thGenDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #53 |
64. I will |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Fuckahuck supporter or who's that other looser? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Gheesh! ~ Lighten up! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. I have no idea |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
56. Unquestionably. For all of us. n/t |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
78. You hit on something |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 03:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
107. What's going on? I''ve been noticing a lot of good posting. lately. |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. Nothing is ever like it was. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. Just "lower your expectations".... |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. 7 years of abuse is taking it's toll. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. To you Breeze54! |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. To you too!! ~ I posted this and then saw you said |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. Hot peppermint tea tonight. Am freezing in AZ. LOL |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. I'm freezing in MASS!! LMAO! and the heat isn't working on the 1st floor. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. Makes me ache for you just hearing about it. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. Makes me ache for you just hearing about it. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. oh yeah |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. And it's pretty easy to test that hypothesis. Looks like you're right. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. You are wrong... wrong, wrong, wrong... |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. I've been reading here for a long time and |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
140. you know what that is right? |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 02:04 PM Response to Reply #140 |
147. I was in a pissy mood when I said that. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. The Pope war, those were epic! When Reagan died it almost as epic but not quite. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'd say it's gotten worse since November, definitely. |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
32. and i got hammered for my DU in the DUmper post a month or two ago! |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
35. A TELLING sign is the lack of use of the SPELLCHECK. |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #35 |
101. Yeah, most of the time I do not even bother to get on my motorcycle, |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
39. The enemy used to be the Republicans. Now its every democrat and every DU member. |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. No doubt.... |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
87. You found the answer, Husb. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #39 |
121. Here is my thought on that |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
40. Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man. |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
170. LMAO |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
48. Why don't you ask Skinner and the mods what it was like last primary season |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. The last primary season was not this brutal... it was not pretty but not like this. |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #48 |
61. Chrissakes, I was here for that |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #48 |
81. It wasn't like this at all... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #48 |
99. Yep, some people can't see themselves |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:25 AM Response to Reply #48 |
120. Yes, the primes were brutal--but this has become savage. |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
50. Who is saying that DU "has always been like this"? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:26 AM Response to Reply #50 |
122. I don't think it's cool for others to speak for the admins. nt |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
52. Been here since early 2001, and you're RIGHT. it has NOT been this way. |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #52 |
80. Ya, the anti-Dem threads are overwhelming anymore |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
57. Agreed |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
65. The feedback is much appreciated. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Things here will be rocking as soon as we take back the WH and the Senate!! |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Thank you, You are probably right. |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
68. OP I really agree with you. many du'ers who actually new what they were talking |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
72. Same thing happened when the WWW replaced the old internet... |
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Blashyrkh (816 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
73. I agree. Having lurked in one form or another since 2000... |
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Stand and Fight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 02:29 AM Response to Reply #73 |
105. You mean 2001, right? |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
74. Check out the achives sometime |
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kohodog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:50 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Yep, I've become a lurker. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
75. Couldnt agree more, been here since 03, DU has become a circular firing swamp of bilge & bile. |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
77. K&R |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
79. There is little rational discussion, as a liberal-moderate guy, the site has regressed |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. I agree |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
83. Weren't you here for the 2004 Primaries? |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
84. Doesn't seem to be as much "learning" or "exploring" here anymore. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
88. You are very right, and it's the main reason I'm not around that much anymore. |
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sjdnb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
89. Nor has the internet has always been like this ... or TV, radio, etc. |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
90. New members like new students with the "usual minds of MUSH." |
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proudmoddemo (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
94. I disagree |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #94 |
134. You'd better be careful when you talk about taking guns out of people's hands! |
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proudmoddemo (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #134 |
148. Let me clarify: |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #148 |
151. Well, I don't think Senator Webb thinks they have an "absolute" right to guns. |
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proudmoddemo (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #151 |
153. Senator Webb? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #153 |
156. Yep, I've heard that one too. |
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proudmoddemo (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #156 |
157. Because there are issues that don't involve guns: |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:15 PM Response to Reply #157 |
164. So you agree the government should have some control over guns? |
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proudmoddemo (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 11:45 PM Response to Reply #164 |
166. ID and Background Checks |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #166 |
167. I agree with you as far as you go. |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
95. Well, now I have an inferiorit complex... |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
96. I have only been here about two and a half years... |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:14 AM Response to Reply #96 |
133. I got lashed out... |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #133 |
150. Yeah, I was told I was "smearing" DUers. |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
97. Seems there |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
100. The good policy posts are missing - the vitriol is the same |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
103. Deleted message |
OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
106. the best posts are those pointing me to articles elsewhere . . . |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
108. I agree. I lurked for years before posting. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
109. Wrong... the primaries have ALWAYS been like this on DU |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
111. I remember back in '76 on the DU the weed was good but too expensive |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 07:30 AM Response to Reply #111 |
112. LOL! |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 07:48 AM Response to Reply #112 |
113. Now THAT is |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:05 AM Response to Reply #113 |
116. Ya |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
114. We must not let the anger set the agenda |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
115. Might it not have something to do with the performance |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
117. I use the ignore feature alot. It changes the whole dynamic. |
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deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
118. I see it as Rovian Spillover. Overall, we have good candidates and we shouldn't be lashing out at |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
119. There are many dedicated trolls |
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SIMPLYB1980 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:40 AM Response to Reply #119 |
125. Damn you made me spit my coffiee! |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:29 PM Response to Reply #119 |
162. I'm actually comforted by your assessment |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
123. Oddly, the worst bashers (the Hillary and Congress bashers) are totally ignorant of their targets. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #123 |
127. how true |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #123 |
132. i could not disagree more..the totally ignorant are those who have turned me off are those |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #123 |
146. Oh Man, FUCK the Democrats! |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
124. I have only been around for 2 years or so. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
126. it hasn't changed much |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
128. Been around since the inaugural year (November) |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
129. Said it before, I'll say it again. |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
130. I hear this so much about DU and I think it's funny. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
131. I could not agree more..and i hardly come here and post anymore.. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
136. I've been here since 2002 - it's always been like this for me |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
137. I agree that the level of discussion has too often become juvenile. |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
138. I have noticed that a number of posts keep mentioning... |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
139. What is the OP talking about? |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
141. I've been on DU for nearly seven years now |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. Funny how folks complain... |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #141 |
152. I think it's pretty much the same too. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #152 |
155. *takes a knee* |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #155 |
158. Ah...such fond memories. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
142. primary season always cranks up the animosity, but this is the worst... |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
145. Regardless of what a few knuckleheads post |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
149. I agree, it is getting harder and harder not to call them as you see them.. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
159. Critical thought and sourcing have gone right out the window |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
160. Too many now come looking for a fight, hoping desperately to be offended |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
163. oh come on. this is the group that argues about olive garden. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-12-07 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
165. DU used to be worse than this |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-13-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
169. several posts slamming Oprah |
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