good press for DU

[fryguy]

This might not do much, immediately, to counter the "reports" from Fox and the NY Times, but thought I would pass along the good press DU just got in the Valley Advocate.....keep it up DUers!!
:bounce:

(note: this comes from the paper's year end wrap-up of the good, the bad, and the idiocy...."halos" are, obviously, a good thing.....)

http://valleyadvocate.com/gbase/Cover/index.html

HALO In the realm Our Great Leader has called "the Internets," the members of a site called Democratic Underground have been busy. Hardly a bunch of grousing liberals, the many DUers get down and dirty with matters democratic, plunging into the frustrating details of things like how a presidential election might be tampered with, or the specific ramifications of tortured legislative language. It's hands-on democracy at its finest, and a central meeting place for those who do more than talk the talk of opposing an undemocratic presidential administration.

[steve2470]

1. yay for you nt

[Skinner]

2. Kick ass!

That's great!

[fryguy]

8. i got a tear in my eye skinner.....

first time making it to the home page - a date to remeber....

:bounce:

[Pithy Cherub]

3. Hey, we resemble that remark!

A full appreciation of the democracy and knowledge of DU! :bounce:

[annabanana]

4. Yay for us!

(although I reserve the right to grouse, liberally)

[fryguy]

6. you're rights are saved

grouse, grumble, gripe, mutter and complain away!

[cruadin]

5. Thanks for posting----it's good to see some positive....

and accurate mention of DU.

"...hands-on democracy at its finest..."

[txaslftist]

7. Hey, you know why FAUX is bashing us don't you?

Cause we're too big to ignore!

GET EXCITED!

[Politicub]

11. I think its great

All Faux has is democracy bashing anchors and fascist pom poms. If they portrayed DU in a positive light, you know something must be wrong.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

9. Woo HOO! Springfield/Northampton/Greenfield alternative weekly

always a good paper!

[DinahMoeHum]

51. I get the Fairfield County, CT edition of the paper in my area.

n/t

[blm]

10. That's right. I hope it brings more CONSTRUCTIVE players to our grounds.

Although, no doubt, it will also bring more GOP operatives and trolls working to divide the left and demonize Dem lawmakers.

[fryguy]

14. GOP operatives and trolls....

.....aren't really the reader base of the Advocate

[blm]

17. heheh.....true....

but, there are hired hands who keep an eye on any media that supports the left. It's their job to worm their way in.

[blondeatlast]

12. Ooooooooh, yeah!

Keep this :kick:ed!

That ole burros is feeling her oats!

[Nothing Without Hope]

13. We deserve it! More importantly, they know it

Every new link in the community makes the chain stronger.

Or something.

I'm metaphor-challenged at the moment, but you understand.

Congrats, Skinner & admins!
:hi:

[Squeech]

15. Once upon a time

my best friend was the editor of the Advocate.

He's long since moved on to bigger and (possibly) better things, but it seems he's left a decent legacy.

(Actually I hadn't heard from him in 20 years, and managed to track him down last summer. It was good.)

[proud patriot]

16. Awesome

:D

[Bouncy Ball]

18. Fantastic.

[Stand and Fight]

19. Great news!!!

I knew that introducing people to this site was a good thing to do. I'm very proud to be a member of the DU family. Everyone, go ahead and give yourselves a pat on the back!

:hi:

[Scooter24]

20. Great job!

It was an interesting, and funny, article to read.

My favorite:

HALO - Fundamentalist Jerry Falwell cemented his reputation as one of the finest comedians of the modern era. Though it proved hard for him to top his 1997 proclamation that "grown men should not be having sex with prostitutes unless they are married to them," Falwell delivered. On CNN in November, he said, "You've got to kill the terrorists before the killing stops. ... If it takes 10 years, blow them all away in the name of the Lord." The same month on Meet the Press, he said of Marc Cherry, a gay Republican, "Well, the fact that he's a gay Republican means he should join the Democratic party."

[Vadem]

30. Scooter24, that one was my favorite, too! What an a**h***! n/t

[HootieMcBoob]

21. Nice

The good folks here at DU deserve it :toast:

[mousie]

23. Congrats DUers!!! :) n/t

[ashmanonar]

22. kickerooo!

[Solly Mack]

24. awesome!

It's nice to read that someone somewhere sees this site for what it really is (other than it's members, that is)

[JohnOneillsMemory]

25. Right on, fellow conspiracy theorists! That's my hometown area.

The Connecticut River Valley in Western Massachusettes is home to five colleges withing 10 minutes of each other and is very progressive in a Victorian rural New England kind of way.
There is
1)Smith College
2)Amherst College
3)Hampshire College
4)Holyoke College
5)Univ. of Mass.

I believe Amherst, Mass was one of the first towns to renounce the Un-Patriot Act.

[ET Awful]

26. Honesty in reporting isn't dead! Who'd of thunk it :)

Nicely put.

[newyawker99]

27. This deserves another...

:kick:

[Vadem]

28. Woohoo! Obviously, a DUer, writing this column......n/t

[Taxloss]

29. Well done DU!

[lady lib]

31. Nice find fryguy

Very welcome news today.:grouphug:

[fryguy]

39. thank you

was just sitting at the northampton brewery :beer: flipping through the new issue last night and, bang, there is was....had to wait until today for the edition to go online.....

[goforit]

32. Hats off to all the DUrs.

[earthtime]

33. Awsome Tagline

"Hands on Democracy at it's finest."
A forever tagline for the Homepage?

[chomskysright]

34. absolutely: democracy at its finest: DU!!!!!!!!!

[Maestro]

35. But it didn't mention me specifically...just kidding

Hey Fox viewers...

[fryguy]

36. t-shirts?

i'm thinking smal DU logo on the front/center and then the banner tagline on the back....can someone make that happen?

[earthtime]

41. Tagline t-shirts? i'll take ten!!!

Possible fundraiser for DU?!

[proud2BlibKansan]

37. AWESOME!!

[Jackie97]

38. Kool.

[Just Me]

40. All GREAT things start from small, passionate, courageous steps.

Those "small, passionate, courageous" STEPS towards change and progression ALWAYS cause discomfort, adversity and pain.

GROWING isn't easy,...it's a challenge and demands energy,...every single step of the way.

Whether couch-potatoes or spoiled, rich brats like it or not,...this is life.

[Catherine Vincent]

42. Good deal!

And thanks to fryguy for posting it.:-)

[recovering democrat]

43. HOORAH!!!

Thanks to you, fryguy, for helping to cheer us all up this evening. You found it, you posted it and we all feel just even more wonderful about democracy in action!!!!!!!!!

And this article is just simply awesome.

[bearfan454]

44. Go DU !

Let's go get those repukes.

[Kurovski]

45. Oh, that's just the damn liberal media!

What do THEY know? :-) :-) :-) :-)

[sonias]

46. thanks for that link fryguy

(snip)
It's hands-on democracy at its finest, and a central meeting place for those who do more than talk the talk of opposing an undemocratic presidential administration.
(/snip)

Emphasis is mine but that is the spirit here. We do more than talk and that's why Faux News hates us. They hate us for our actions.

Sonia

[mogster]

47. This is so great it deserves a kick! n/t

[NewYorkerfromMass]

48. and another!

[janx]

49. kickeroo

[One Eye on Canada]

50. And one more from me, too!

Haven't read the latest Advocate, but now I will (figures that the one I don't read has something good for the DU set). We have a lot to be thankful for here in the Happy Valley, and the Advocate is high on the list. (The weather, however, you can have.)

[intheflow]

52. Yea, Valley Advocate!

You make me miss my western Mass home, fryguy. Thanks for reminding me of the root community that started me on the path to work for social justice. The VA was a big part of my formative years, and my journey. Glad to see they're still rabble-rousing!

[njdemocrat106]

53. Kickin' it!

DU rocks!

:kick: