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NNguyenMD

(1,259 posts) Wed Nov 4, 2020, 03:06 AM Nov 2020

20 years ago I found DU the morning after Bush v Gore, today I am proud to still be apart of this...

community, thank you all for keeping me sane and for your support.

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20 years ago I found DU the morning after Bush v Gore, today I am proud to still be apart of this... (Original Post) NNguyenMD Nov 2020 OP

Me too. Exactly the same day. Saboburns Nov 2020 #1

Same mdelaguna Nov 2020 #12

Apparently many wanderers found home safe haven from that tempest here. jaxexpat Nov 2020 #14

Hard to believe all we've been through! Blue Owl Nov 2020 #2

I joined in my first ... uh ... incarnation very close to that time as well ... mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #3

I first came here when GDuhbya was trying to promote the invasion of Iraq Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2020 #4

Same here. A friend who was a member at the time told me I really should look up DU.... Hekate Nov 2020 #7

Me too! Saw the sign and got online. kskiska Nov 2020 #5

BartCop sent us here, several incarnations ago. 7wo7rees Nov 2020 #6

I saw an ad for DU on some punk site. joshcryer Nov 2020 #8

I was sorry to see mediawhores.com Cha Nov 2020 #11

same . with the stupid fake hanging chad thing. AllaN01Bear Nov 2020 #9

found DU after seeing the sign at the inaugural proud patriot Nov 2020 #10

Agree with you! KT2000 Nov 2020 #13

Saboburns

(2,807 posts)

1. Me too. Exactly the same day.

Reply to NNguyenMD (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 03:09 AM

Nov 2020

I saw the hand held sign on CNN all those years ago.

Learned so much here. It changed my life.

mdelaguna

(471 posts)

12. Same

Reply to Saboburns (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:20 AM

Nov 2020

jaxexpat

(6,822 posts)

14. Apparently many wanderers found home safe haven from that tempest here.

Reply to Saboburns (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:27 AM

Nov 2020

Couldn't have foreseen today's season back then though it did open eyes to possibilities barely within the realms of imagination.

Blue Owl

(50,360 posts)

2. Hard to believe all we've been through!

Reply to NNguyenMD (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 03:13 AM

Nov 2020

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

3. I joined in my first ... uh ... incarnation very close to that time as well ...

Reply to NNguyenMD (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 03:20 AM

Nov 2020

What a long, strange trip it's been ...

Love you guys and gals!!!

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,966 posts)

4. I first came here when GDuhbya was trying to promote the invasion of Iraq

Reply to NNguyenMD (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 03:20 AM

Nov 2020

Been a refuge for me ever since.

Hekate

(90,677 posts)

7. Same here. A friend who was a member at the time told me I really should look up DU....

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:50 AM

Nov 2020

I’m glad I did.

kskiska

(27,045 posts)

5. Me too! Saw the sign and got online.

Reply to NNguyenMD (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 03:34 AM

Nov 2020

Getting old, but still here.

7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)

6. BartCop sent us here, several incarnations ago.

Reply to NNguyenMD (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 04:20 AM

Nov 2020

Most thankful for the community. And yes, what a long, wild ride it has been. Probably going to get much wilder. Hang on everyone.

joshcryer

(62,270 posts)

8. I saw an ad for DU on some punk site.

Reply to NNguyenMD (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:00 AM

Nov 2020

I think it was part of the Media Whores Online group back then.

I love you all.

Cha

(297,196 posts)

11. I was sorry to see mediawhores.com

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:09 AM

Nov 2020

retire. We needed them then & Now!

I didn't even have a computer.. I saw DU talked about in a Nation mag article on alternative news sources, I bought in NYC, when we went to celebrate New Years Eve in 2001.

I got a Desk Top for DU and joined in late Sept 2002.

Aloha, Josh!

AllaN01Bear

(18,200 posts)

9. same . with the stupid fake hanging chad thing.

Reply to NNguyenMD (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:02 AM

Nov 2020

proud patriot

(100,705 posts)

10. found DU after seeing the sign at the inaugural

Reply to NNguyenMD (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:09 AM

Nov 2020

it was a month later that I sat down to a computer for the first time in my life in search of
people who felt like I did ..

Changed my life forever ..

I'm still here .

KT2000

(20,577 posts)

13. Agree with you!

Reply to NNguyenMD (Original post)

Wed Nov 4, 2020, 05:21 AM

Nov 2020

This is a wonderful community where we keep each other sane!

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