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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: thundley4 on November 01, 2010, 11:53:09 AM
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Mon Nov-01-10 12:30 PM
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We've got an election on Tuesday, and it might not go so well. Here's what to expect on DU.
As you all know, we've got an election on Tuesday and there's a good chance that the results are not going to be good for Democrats. If somehow we hold on to both houses of Congress, then I think we'll have a good night here on DU and the aftermath will be (for the most part) fine. We've been very lucky in that we haven't had to deal with a bad election since 2004.
But if we lose one (or God forbid both) houses of Congress, things are likely to get pretty ugly here on DU for a few days. I wish that weren't the case, but I think it's probably inevitable. Especially considering how friendly DU has been this past year. (That's sarcasm.)
So, depending on what happens, here's what I think you can can expect...
1. Everyone needs to GET OUT AND VOTE.
I know that I have no power to make anyone actually get to the polls. But if you don't, imagine me sending very rude thoughts over the intertubes at you. We've talked and talked and talked about this election, and I know some DUers are disappointed with President Obama and the Democrats in Congress. BUT STILL, now is the time when your actions actually matter. You can come to DU and complain about Democrats all you like and post the most absurd baseless hyperbole. That's fine -- you got caught up in the moment and you said some stuff you really didn't believe. But everyone here is smart enough to know that ELECTIONS MATTER, and WHO CONTROLS CONGRESS matters, and WHO CONTROLS ELECTIVE OFFICES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY matters. I am confident that you will all do the right thing, as long as you GET OUT AND VOTE.
2. After you're done voting, come here and hang out with your DU friends (and DU frenemies).
We're all in this together. We win together, or we lose together. We all know that More Democrats = More Progress, and More Republicans = More Garbage. On Tuesday, we are all rooting for the same team.
I hope everyone will check in and let us know when you have voted. You can even dress up with one of these cool "I voted" avatars, like the one I'm wearing right now. (I haven't voted yet this year. I just never took it off after voting for President Obama in 2008. Man, that was the best.)
3. We'll probably get a lot of traffic to our site on Tuesday and Wednesday, which may affect your ability to get to the site.
If necessary, we may have to turn off certain site functions so we don't bog down our servers. This will help speed up load times, if they are lagging. If we do turn off certain functions, there will be an announcement posted on the top right corner of the Latest Page explaining what we have done. Don't be alarmed.
4. If people start posting a lot of divisive garbage, we may dump all of it into one GD forum.
On Tuesday evening, if things start getting ugly, we are going to enforce a hard split between the two General Discussion forums. We have done this in the past, including during the aftermath of the disappointing 2004 election, and it works pretty well. The General Discussion forum would be designated as the support forum, and the General Discussion: Presidency forum would be designated as the infighting forum. Their names would be changed to reflect their purpose. (At this point we haven't figured out what we're going to call them or exactly how we are going to define the split, but we'll figure it out before Tuesday night.) Whenever someone clicks "post" in either GD forum, they will be presented with an interrupt page directing them to post their topic in whichever forum is more appropriate.
You will be able to hide threads from the GD: Infighting forum from their "Options" page. This way, you can make the infighting disappear! Just go to Options > Edit your preferences > Set "Hide General Discussion: Presidential from the Latest page?" to Yes > Click "Update."
If anyone posts a divisive infighting topic in the GD: Support forum, the moderators will move the thread into the GD: Infighting forum. The moderators have the sole authority to decide which threads are divisive.
5. If you want the Democrats to lose, GO AWAY.
I fully expect that there may be lots of finger-pointing and "I told you so" posts, and as much as I don't like it I understand it is going to happen. That's fine. But if anyone seems a little too gleeful that the Democrats lost and the Republicans won, we're not going to cut you a great deal of slack. If you want to celebrate a Republican victory, take it to Free Republic.
I think that's everything. Fingers crossed, hoping for the best.
GO DEMS!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9433599
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Will selected gems be posted over here, so as to let us who don't have moles in on the fun?
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Will selected gems be posted over here, so as to let us who don't have moles in on the fun?
I will try but if history repeats it will be so toxic with hate and evil that they can`t scrub it fast enough so will just pull the plug and claim later it was an overload.
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It will be complete and udder (HA! BBBBBBboobiez!) chaos!
BURN BABY BURN!!!
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It will be complete and udder (HA! BBBBBBboobiez!) chaos!
BURN BABY BURN!!!
Bitchslapped for evoking the memories of "Disco Inferno" by the Trammps! :hammer:
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I will try but if history repeats it will be so toxic with hate and evil that they can`t scrub it fast enough so will just pull the plug and claim later it was an overload.
exactly correct. The 'overload' will occur to allow protected scrubbing.
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Someone on FR asked about a forum over there discussing DU in the DUFU from today, I posted a link to this site so they can see what's going on.
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Skinner says, "GO DEMS!"
Me too, "GO DEMS GO...............the hell away".
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Skinner says, "GO DEMS!"
Me too, "GO DEMS GO...............the hell away".
Haha- H5 for stating exactly what I'm thinking. Can't wait to watch the meltdown in all its glory!
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It will be complete and udder (HA! BBBBBBboobiez!) chaos! BURN BABY BURN!!!
:evillaugh: :evillaugh:
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It will be complete and udder (HA! BBBBBBboobiez!) chaos!
BURN BABY BURN!!!
Remember if you are going to burn one ( a mole ) in a suicide run it is best to do it with a neighbor's WIFI IP. If your neighbor's IP gets banned, no problem; you will scored a two-fer if you neighbor is also dummy. :uhsure: Ditto if you use the public library or Starbucks.
Think of it as a redistribution of wrath. :rotf:
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ALL YOUR CONGRESS BELONG TO US
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Remember if you are going to burn one ( a mole ) in a suicide run it is best to do it with a neighbor's WIFI IP. If your neighbor's IP gets banned, no problem; you will scored a two-fer if you neighbor is also dummy. :uhsure: Ditto if you use the public library or Starbucks.
Think of it as a redistribution of wrath. :rotf:
H5 for the "redistribution!" :hi5:
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Someone on FR asked about a forum over there discussing DU in the DUFU from today, I posted a link to this site so they can see what's going on.
That's how I found the other site (CU) after the 04 elections. In a DUFU, no less!
:-)
Good on ya, Ballygrl!
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I wish I were around watching the DUmmies after the 04 re-election of "Bushitler". I'm sure it was absolutely epic.
Anyone got a link or screen caps?
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G'nite all.
Polls open in less than 9 hours in Virginia, and I'm not missing this for the world!
GO, Griffith! Take back the 9th from Boucher!
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Good luck... I hope it's painless.
Do they not have early voting in your area? I voted over a week ago.
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Skinner has long, drawn out posts of nothing but gobbly gook.
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ALL YOUR CONGRESS BELONG TO US
Damn... you beat me to it! :tongue:
Actually... if I remember correctly... it should be:
ALL YOUR SENATE ARE BELONG TO US.
I could be mistaken though. :fuelfire: I was cleaning the beer off my monitor at the time.
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That's how I found the other site (CU) after the 04 elections. In a DUFU, no less!
:-)
Good on ya, Ballygrl!
I found you guys through a DUFU, the 1 when Pitts was banned for threatening to beat up Bobo.
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I found you guys through a DUFU, the 1 when Pitts was banned for threatening to beat up Bobo.
:hyper:
:II:
(glad you're here :))
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:hyper:
:II:
(glad you're here :))
And it's awesome to be here with you guys. :cheersmate:
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Skinner forgot to add the suicide hotline at the end. :loser:
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ALL YOUR CONGRESS BELONG TO US
OMG! someone at FR posted this in 1 of the DUFU threads today :lmao:
(http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj140/RepublicanandProud/DU.jpg)
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OMG! someone at FR posted this in 1 of the DUFU threads today :lmao:
(http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj140/RepublicanandProud/DU.jpg)
Thanks Ballygrl! I thought it was that but couldn't quite remember. All I really remember was I had to go get some paper towels to clean my monitor off.
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OMG! someone at FR posted this in 1 of the DUFU threads today :lmao:
(http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj140/RepublicanandProud/DU.jpg)
Ahh - good times, good times :lmao:
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OMG! someone at FR posted this in 1 of the DUFU threads today :lmao:
:lmao: :lmao:
I hope someone does that for the House this year.
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OMG! someone at FR posted this in 1 of the DUFU threads today :lmao:
(http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj140/RepublicanandProud/DU.jpg)
Ah, yes! That one was classic!
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:rotf: :rotf: :rotf: That's brilliant. I want more of that when all the results come in tonight.
I will try but if history repeats it will be so toxic with hate and evil that they can`t scrub it fast enough so will just pull the plug and claim later it was an overload.
Never been through a big election like this at The Cave, so I had no idea they did this. The actually just SHUT DOWN their infested forum?
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Remember if you are going to burn one ( a mole ) in a suicide run it is best to do it with a neighbor's WIFI IP. If your neighbor's IP gets banned, no problem; you will scored a two-fer if you neighbor is also dummy. :uhsure: Ditto if you use the public library or Starbucks.
Think of it as a redistribution of wrath. :rotf:
Or the local college....Just think of all the young minds you'll be saving...:-))