Let's look back on DU as election day approaches, and remember

[The Straight Story]

We have lost friends here, please point them out as if I tried to make the list alone I would forget someone and feel crappy I did.

These brave souls fought the battles and cheered us on, and next week we should make sure their voices are heard.

We have had weekly feeding frenzies about everything from Steve Irwin's demise to Plame.

We have pissed each other off with our comments, but still we are here together in this hour that our country needs us.

We have stood by our fellow DU'ers in their hour of need (as many of you have done for my wife and I). We have comforted each other through troubled times and depressing moments.

We have, and continue to, debate and argue over everything in the universe.

But still here we are together with one common goal. Still we sit ready to hit refresh and see what each other has to say. And still we stand together in our opposition of this evil regime and their cohorts.

So toss out some memories as the hours tick closer to the day of judgment, as we get closer to freedom.

It might be a post you made, it might be a debate that raged, what has stuck out in your mind?

[babylonsister]

1. What a great post.Very poignant considering I saw more of

Andy Stephenson on HBO tonight then I ever did while he was fighting for us and while we were fighting for him.
I almost put a sad smiley face, but Andy deserves more than that. Andy, thank you for fighting for us! I sincerely hope in the afterlife, someway, he made a difference.

[SeattleGirl]

2. A post I did regarding the "good news" from Iraq:

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/SeattleGirl/26

[The Straight Story]

6. Just finished reading your link

VERY well done, and thanks for sharing it! Summing it all up and adding your 'Please Note' put the whole thing into a big perspective I think many would do well to see.

[SeattleGirl]

7. Thank you!

I appreciate your response.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. I wrote this after being here for about a year...

The murky twilight-zone creepy fog of the 2004 election fraud, the Bush lies, the MSM blackout, lies leading to war, the stench of greed. Sounds are muffled, for months I can’t even see my own hands before my face! The fog is thick, viscous... whispering “sore losers”... “conspiracy theories”...

Wait! A spark of light, did you see it? Conyers, investigating! Another! Arenbeck calling for recounts... they faded so quickly, I wonder, did I really see that? Perhaps it was just an illusion…

Oh! I can see shapes in the fog! Others, wandering in this soup, confused as I, now reaching out to each other, clasping hands, no longer alone. Slowly, as more of us gather to each other, our voices combine, stronger, louder!

A brief ray of light illuminates Boxer and 32 members of the House of Representatives standing up, bursting though the evil fog surrounding us...and then the light is gone. Still we cling to each other, struggling through the fog. It’s a bit easier now, together, helping each other avoid the pitfalls of lies and propaganda, war crimes and atrocities.

I can just make out the faces of those closest to me now! Faces of every shade, every nation, all united by our desire for peace, for truth, equality and freedom.

Together, we are the Sun that burns the fog away.

[The Straight Story]

4. That last line sums it up damned well

Beautifully written!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. Thanks!

I only get poetic once every decade or so, but finding DU was such an affirming experience... it just came out.


We rock. :hug: