Congratulation Democratic Underground!

[ClintonTyree]

We just hit 61,000 members. 61,000 pissed off, Bush hating members. Keep on rolling baby. :toast: :yourock: :toast:

[wicket]

1. WOO HOO!!!!!

:kick:

[Placebo]

2. About 1,000 of them have probably been freepers over the years...

and banned.

So, really it's more like a solid 60,000.

Sorry. :P

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

6. Try more like...

5000. I have been here since 2002 and have watched them dropping like mayflies, some nights.

[HeilChimp]

25. I'm one of the newbies here...

...though I've been lurking at DU for almost a year. I was going to join around the November election but there were too many disruptors and traffic so I signed up after I went through a month of anger over Chimp's Ohio theft and decided it was time to go public with the truth. It's alot better than sulking in silence.

The positive thing about the Democrat party is we embrace tolerance and come in all shapes and sizes, unlike the narrow-minded homophobic bigoted right-wing. Too many good people are assumed to be "right-wing disturbors" because they may not agree with you or I on every issue. I cast a write-in vote for Nader, but I did so because I was in a SAFE Kerry state (Illinois) where he would have won no matter what. Obviously Kerry would be better than Chimp, and if I was in a "swing-state" I would have voted for the guy -- but that doesnt' change the fact I was upset with the Dems for nominating a guy who rolled over so easily.

As for the FreakRepublic disturtors, they are easy to spot. Any time you see a "Democrat" arguing we have to "embrace" anti-choice, xenophobic, "Christian" values to "win", I'd bet my left hand that person is NO Democrat. If you monitor the Zell Miller luvin' crowd at FreakRepublic, you can spot their agenda a mile away.

Here's to many years to come on DU! :pals:

[Swamp Rat]

26. Welcome to DU!

eh? :D

[stepnw1f]

3. Beware... You'll be Hooked

The only addiction I am willing to thank.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. Jeez--I think there were 10 or 12,000

when I started posting here. Time sure flies in a dictatorship.

[ClintonTyree]

10. Samr here.................

although my Bio says I joined in April of this year? :shrug: Ther were just over ten thou when I first found the place. It's been my only link to sanity many, many times.

[Eloriel]

12. Me too, J.R.

I remember excitedly watching the numbers climb through 13,000 then 14,000. Etc.

[BUSHOUT]

5. Let's be honest....

about 5000 of those were (are) rightwing fucktards here to live out their fantasies.

I'd be interested to know how many tombstones there are!

[Maestro]

7. Congratulations

And I might add that this place looks so much better than that bad HTML high school project known as Freak Republic!

[Lenape85]

8. Yeah, in fact...

I was actually planning on going undercover there and I was turned off by the bad formatting

[IHeart1993]

9. Celebrate!!

:party: :party: :bounce: :toast: :beer:

[lonestarnot]

11. Yeah! This fun! Bushitler Hating fun!

:bounce:

[indigobusiness]

13. I don't hate Bush.

I just feel for those he leaves in his wake.

[Dez]

14. I've learned a lot in DU

so much that I'm more depressed about the present situation here in Amerika, but then ignorance is bliss.

[indigobusiness]

20. If ignorance is bliss...

it's not bliss in its best form.

[LosinIt]

15. Is your username the Governor in the Hiaasen novels?

I love his books and the gov is the best character.

[Cursive_Knives512]

16. Yay!!!!!

I'm so thankful for DU... it's great to have a place where I can really speak my mind without having to defend my patriotism or anything else like that. =)

[n2mark]

17. Ok

how many of the 61,000 pissed off are paying members?

[Gothmog]

18. Yeah

[SKKY]

19. How long has it taken to get to 1000+ posts...

...I've been a member for almost a year and a half (although for 8 months I couldn't post due to my deployment) and it seems like I'll never reach the "milestone". I wish I had more time.

[Todd B]

21. Yippiee!

And still going strong - it's great to have a place like DU, especially given the state of Amerikka today, where there is a tiny glimpse of hope that maybe, just maybe, not everyone is a hate-filled, intolerant, bigoted, warmongering fascist. :)

It's nice to be among the 49% of people that actually have a clue!

[Carl Brennan]

22. Are you related to Mary Tyree?

Or have you ever heard of her?

[porkrind]

23. I wonder how many have posted in the last year?

[Rapcw]

24. Yay

:toast: