DU was Founded after SELECTION OF 2000...Bush vs. Gore! 10 YEARS of ACTIVISM!

[KoKo]

Founder of DU was interviewed on "YOUNG TURKS" after this DECADE of DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND!

SEE HERE:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=229965&mesg_id=229965

BTW....IN THE "EARLY YEARS" we at DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND DID GOOD! WE WERE AHEAD OF THE PACK! We were BEFORE KOS and BEFORE THE BLOGS..!

WE and BUZZFLASH and MEDIA WHORES ...RULED THE INTERNET FOR LEFT SIGHTS! In case many of you guys don't remember how it was just 10 years ago...and maybe many of you were just Toddlers or babes in cradle who visit our sight. And others were in 60's, 70's and 80's and then all those inbetween.

Those days were GREAT... Generations Interacting with Each Other...Sharing Stories and Times.

[purrFect]

1. yes, they've been my favorite news aggregator - and more - since

:toast:

[KoKo]

2. Yep...I'd definitely "down a brew to DU"

:toast: and I'd throw in a :party: hat to go along with it all..... Been a long slog.

[purrFect]

6. =)

i 'hear' ya... learn waaaay too much here, about whats really goin on... need somtin to keep you sane after awhile here... but i sure couldn't live wit out it :party:

todays modern day grandpa story ( vs walking five miles in the snow to get to school, with hot backed potatoes in yer pockets to keep ya warm, and fer lunch) that i love teasing my kids about is... imagine, growing up with out the www (cringe) or computers (faint) :evilgrin:

:hi: koko, thanks for playing such a large role here over the years :toast:

[KoKo]

9. Thank YOU...and all the other DU'ers who keep after it through Tough Times..

and even through the few good times........and hopefully there will be "good times" coming in the future...even though many of us find it hard to believe.

The truth of people is that they will FIGHT to RESTORE...GOOD THINGS they BELIEVE IN... and..it might be a LONG TIME COMING...but it's worth some of our time. Not "ALL OF OUR TIME" but "SOME OF OUR TIME."

What we can do...given all our obligations to keeping our Families Whole and Surviving...Extended Famlies, too.

It's all of us...doing what we can...in increments. AND...not to GET SO DISCOURAGED...and it's hard not to. BUT WE HAVE TO KEEP AT IT...in what ways we can deal.

:grouphug: to all of DU'ers who have managed to stay here for so long and those who are new.

[WillyT]

3. K & R !!!

Somebody's been unreccing THIS ???

:wow:

:rofl:

:wtf:

:beer:

:smoke:

Hey Skinner... I tried to rec this!

Nuff said...

:shrug:

[aquart]

4. Sites? Or possibly "cites"?

[WillyT]

5. Don't Forget BartCop !!!

:D

:hi:

[KoKo]

10. Oh yeah... I think I got my link to DU from Bart Cop...so Long ago!

A :toast: to BartCop...and then there was Michael Ruppert (gasp...we are not allowed to post about HIM anymore)...shhhh .

:D

[WillyT]

14. When Did Crooks & Liars Come Onto The Scene ???

I remember them being there early on.

:shrug:

:hi:

[Rageneau]

15. BartCop celebrates 15 years on the Intertubes next month!

Bart was there before ANYBODY else.

Every liberal ought to send him birthday wishes.

[neverforget]

7. Here's to 10 years and 10 more!

:toast:

[Davis_X_Machina]

8. More like six years of keeping up our spirits in tough times...

...and four years of sniping, bitching and playing "Wait a second, I'm more progressive than you."

Still, on balance, probably a good idea. (UID #3928...been here since the beginning)

[KoKo]

12. You know...that's the truth..the Best and Saddest of these 10 Years...many of us have shared.

Some have changed Names...so I don't know who they are...but others have kept original names...and there are New Folks who have come in.

We all tried (in our own ways) to make the WORLD A BETTER PLACE! (I'm channeling the dead Michael Jackson ..which would cause controversy...BUT...the SONG IS TRULY VERY INSPIRING.

I'm going to dig up that Video and post......

MICHAEL JACKSON.....HEAL THE WORLD...MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE for YOU AND FOR ME AND THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J34U02n6sao

YEAH...I know...Jackson was scum in his later years....but it still shouldn't distract from his music....because who knows what drove him at the end.. many of us are feeling kind of weird these days with what we've seen going down. I'll give him a break for this song. It's ALTRUISM and worth POETRY...imho...anyway.

[KoKo]

13. FOR DU and DU'ers...What I thought this Site was About...Heal the World...Make it a Better Place..

HERE IT IS...A BEAUTIFUL VERSION OF WHAT I THINK WE ON DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND (Many of Us..Not TROLLS)...were Hoping to DO....

MICHAEL JACKSON.....HEAL THE WORLD...MAKE IT A BETTER PLACE for YOU AND FOR ME AND THE ENTIRE WORLD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J34U02n6sao

[Luminous Animal]

11. Michael Moore's discussion board predated DU by several years.

It was quite remarkable. The wittiest and the brightest group of people I have ever seen gathered on a community board.

[rbnyc]

16. Checking in.

In 2001, DU saved my life. In 2003, DU saved my life again. Each time for very different reasons, but the bottom line is that this is a true community.

Happy Anniversary DU.

[KoKo]

17. Kick for the "Good Old Days."