Who's here on DU/GD and why? No Nader fans? (keeping it honest!)

[babylonsister]

[lonestarnot]

1. Why would someone answer that they're not here?

:rofl:

[babylonsister]

2. Humph! We do have Ghosts! Check out my flame! Humph! nt

[lonestarnot]

3. Post Ghosties'

:toast:

[babylonsister]

6. ROFL! No, Ghost in the Machine made those .gifs, and I 'edited' my

subject line - so there! :evilgrin:

[lonestarnot]

8. I know! That's where I got mine, pun was intended. LOL

[The Straight Story]

4. I am not here, but the human who types for me is...

bwahahahaha ;)

[lonestarnot]

5. Heydie Straight Story.

:toast:

[The Straight Story]

13. Hey there!

I will have a few of those with ya :)

[lonestarnot]

15. mmmmm mmmm mmm.

:toast::7

[The Straight Story]

19. Here is my drink of choice tonight:

A search on that drink though brought up some interesting pics :)

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=margarita&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

[lonestarnot]

24. Looks good to me.

:9

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Beats working for a living. I've voted Green but not for Nader.

I also voted Peace & Freedom in '68 after the travesty in Chicago.

[babylonsister]

10. You I know and love, a person after my own heart!

:hug:

[EFerrari]

9. I'm looking for my towel.

[lonestarnot]

11. Towelie?

You may not find it. :rofl:

[EFerrari]

18. Oh, it's here somewhere.

:evilgrin:

[Kurovski]

21. I LIKE Ralph Nader

but then, I've always been partial to jerks.

sfexy, you better get into the book thread, or Ms. Vivala is gonna put you in detention.

[EFerrari]

22. Oh oh!

:scared:

[Greyhound]

25. At this point the Vogon constructor fleet would be welcome.

I always have my towel (now if I can only find my thumb...)
:rofl:

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. Personally, it's because I've become addicted to popcorn

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:
(More, more, I'm still not satisfied...!)

[frogcycle]

14. I'd answer if I had a clue what the question was

[Stop Cornyn]

16. I'm a Nader fan. I wouldn't vote for him and I'm not a fan of his past campaigns but he's done great

things on behalf of consumer safety worthy of admiration.

[frogcycle]

20. like invent ludicrous supernatural behaviors

to drive a promising high-mileage compact car off the market

he made a reputation as a hotshot giant killer based on crap, and has ridden that horse for 40-something years.

he's a self-indulgent sleaze

[GreenPartyVoter]

32. Same here. He still has great things to offer the country, but not from the Oval

office. However if another prez wanted to make him Sec of Commerce I would be fine with that.

[LSK]

17. not a Nader fan in particular

Does he actually do anything to form a party of his own?

[babylonsister]

23. OK, dumb question, or not? Not, thanks for answering; I thought a

Friday night deserved a thread like this, but it's bedtime for Bonzo here. Thanks, and bon soir!

[orleans]

27. well, if you're going to bed i'm not even going to respond to this thread! n/t

[babylonsister]

29. A person of their convictions-yes, pls. don't.

:P

[orleans]

38. fine! THEN I WON'T!

:P :P :P :evilgrin:

[Greyhound]

26. I voted for him in 2K and came to DU

in the (apparently vain) hope that years of Republik rule would shock the Dems into standing up for The People again.

Now that they've demonstrated that they have no intention of ever leading again, I'm losing interest. I've moved to a sane place where the majority have a clue and it is wonderful. I will stay here and watch the disintegration of the empire until either I die or am able to get out of the country.

I will vote for the Democratic candidate for President in 2008 for only one reason, the two to four SCOTUS nominations that the next Prez will make, and by extension, out of sympathy for the kids that will suffer through what their parents have done to them.

[Ghost in the Machine]

28. I just got dropped off on this strange planet one day....

[bigtree]

30. advocating against the Iraq occupation, against republican bullshit

and defending my party

[mmonk]

31. I'm just a democrat that unfailing supports the constitution

and the progression of its legal structure until the bush coup. I'm a Kucinich fan (who also likes Richardson). I'm here to try and argue sanity and a return to a representative democratic republic. I'm failing. But DU is the only online venue I feel comfortable in just being myself.

[KG]

33. because some days DU is pure comedy gold.

:hi:

[datasuspect]

34. at this point i am beginning to have serious doubts

and wonder why i continue to frequent this place.

the sheer hideousness and rudeness of many posters is appalling.

the transparency of the right wingers who post here makes my jaw drop sometimes.

i don't seem to identify with the majority white/suburban constituency overrepresented here.

i stay for the reasonable voices, the ones who aren't consistently lashing out at others and who otherwise have something worthwhile to say.

but online activities are starting to become a time sink for me anyway, i need to seriously assess what this activity is accomplishing for me in my personal life.

[mmonk]

35. I know what you're saying.

But there's a sort of psychotherapy in frequenting here. A place to talk about matters and to organize is good for the soul.

[datasuspect]

36. too many like minded souls i know

are too busy working to keep from going under or so severely marginalized from the economic system, they no longer have a stake.

i suppose it would be easier if i was in college to jump on an organizing bandwagon, but the police state learned their lessons from the protests of the 60s. they simply do not allow it to be an effective form of redress anymore.

i am becoming more and more radicalized.

i enjoy no comforts, have no job, have no possessions, and the scales fall from eyes more and more each day. it is liberation in its truest sense. more and more i understand the stoic principles of the body being merely a vessel and the accoutrement of life being mere appearances. the only thing i have left is my ability to say no. at this point, i have control over my movements and physical body, but if they took that too, i'd still say no.

but talking about effective action is a no no in many places, so i don't even go there.

still, there can be change, but the corporations (the government is a wholly owned subsidiary of the corporations) need to made fearful of the mass of people. people in power have to be put in situations where their credit cards cannot save them. and this goes for most of the political system, including both parties. a political solution is hopeless, because the system is compromised. a popular movement, a movement of the people, is required.

at this point, i have nothing to lose except my freedom, and whether i am actually free is questionable.

[mmonk]

37. At some point, a critical mass is reached

before change occurs. After the gilded age, that critical mass was a depression. Change will manifest itself at some point. Too bad damage occurs at such transitions before the reversal.