Name at least 2 things that you did not know before you became a DUer:

[dryan]

[wakeme2008]

1. How to spell DU

:)

[Roland99]

2. Hmm....off the top of my head

1) Chomsky was right

2) DUers aren't ALL left-wing conspiracy theorists....just 99% of them. :D



Just kiddding!

[DelawareValleyDem]

3. What a freeper was

and that there are really people in this world that spell moron with an 'a'

[Caution]

4. 1.) How many conspiracy nuts there are. 2.) Just how fractious the

Democratic Party actually is.

[ovidsen]

5. I can name one...

How devious some right wingnuts can be. And I'm not just talking about GOP politicians. Their rank (and I do mean rank) and file are such adroit liars. The intrusion of trolls here is a fine example.

Their duplicity amazes me. ;(

And it's not that I'm young and naive. I guess I'm old and naive.

[stubtoe]

6. lots of things!

Didn't know about:

the Downing Street Memo
That Jeff Gannon was in the White House oh, 193 or so times
That anyone was still looking into vote fraud in 2004 election
....

I've been a loyal lurker at DU for a year or so and finally got up the courage to post. I use DU for my daily news fix, since PBS has become a sadly neutered and increasingly irrelevant new source.

I'm impressed with the DU community! Thanks all for doing such a good job keeping real news stories available.

[crispini]

8. Welcome to DU, stubtoe!

:hi:

[medeak]

9. WELCOME TO DU!!!

Stubtoe! :-) :-)

[bigwillq]

12. Welcome to DU!

Hope to see more of your posts soon!:hi:

[DrDebug]

13. Welcome to the DU :)

:toast:

TIA will continue until the Truth is Out
The odds are now at 1 in 79,010,724,999,066,700,000,000

[Bossy Monkey]

17. Another welcome to DU!

Glad to have you here

[SpiralHawk]

26. Heyyyyyyy Stubbyyyyyy !

Don't be shy. Wade right in and add your 2 cents worth, makes for a richer stew and a mixier metaphor.

[El Supremo]

7. The large number here who are atheists. n/t

[Cleita]

10. That freepers were so blind to the truth and that

there is a grassy knoll society. Of course if there had been Randi Rhodes available to listen to then, I would have known.

[medeak]

11. PNAC

was the kicker for me when learning of it years ago on DU.

Lots of new words.. freeper, tinfoil hat, @#sh, Pickles,

[Hello_Kitty]

30. Same here

I knew who most of the players were and what they were up to but I didn't know they had an actual organization with a name, website, and everything.

[salin]

31. PNAC... and watching (at DU) the events leading up to the fake

Venezuelan Coup... and the coverage and analysis of the news HERE at DU finding what the public learned much later (and still many don't know) that there was direct US covert involvement.

[salin]

32. and... how many Iran Contra figures are now in the Bush admin

[xxqqqzme]

14. freeper

and BFEE (what it stands for) - unca dick was prez ford's sec of defense.(I ignored ford's presidency cuz I considered it a coup.)

[JitterbugPerfume]

15. Lots of cool books to read

and a constant update on just about any subject you care to brng up

I did not know there were so many Democrats in Indiana

I thought I was the only one hee hee

[Bossy Monkey]

20. Chief of Staff. He was Secretary of Defense under Bush 41

Straight from the root of all, well much, evil: http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/vpbio.html

[ktowntennesseedem]

16. Didn't know how to spell "moran"

and didn't realize how many kindred souls I would find here. We're so incredibly diverse, but still share much in common, most importantly the capacity for respect and tolerance and the willingness to discuss and share and learn and grow.

[Shoeempress]

18. That so many people were as angry and frustrated as I am.

Still angry and frustrated but at least I am not alone.

[stubtoe]

28. you've definitely got company, Shoeempress!

Right with ya.

[paula777]

19. What imo, and n/t meant. Someday I will learn what eom means

[Bossy Monkey]

21. End of message (eom)

[paula777]

22. Aha - now I've learned 3 things (kidding - I've learned A LOT more)

[sweetheart]

23. That the best way to empower feminism in a society...

is to empower the poor.

and,

That a postmodern society has no common social fabric because
everyone is watching their own television channel.

[orpupilofnature57]

24. That George H Bush, uses his C.I.A. privilege to meddle and orchestrate

Cronies to cover Shrub,And how similar Hamilton and Jefferson were.

[countryjake]

25. Thousands of things that occur in the World...

that our country never honestly hear, thru Latest Breaking News & all the excellent researchers at DU!

Also, the meaning of MSM (Manacled Suck-ass Media)!

[Swamp Rat]

27. "Freeper" and Internet language protocol ... like "n/t"

Why are you looking at this message? I said "n/t" in the subject line! Now you have to look at my pic. :D

[Jane Austin]

29. I didn't realize Brian Lamb of CSPAN was such a right-winger.

I didn't know all the players and took him at his word that he was fair and objective.

I also learned what an avatar is. :)

[omega minimo]

33. Ketchup is NOT a vegetable-- neither is salsa

:nuke: Some like to talk about a bleak, black future as if it is inevitable

:evilfrown: Progressive/democratic values and blatant sexism are not mutually exclusive


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