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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: thundley4 on December 20, 2010, 11:54:10 AM
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Mon Dec-20-10 12:30 PM
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Can Democratic Underground raise $10,000 in 10 days to help feed the hungry?
Edited on Mon Dec-20-10 12:40 PM by Skinner
It's that time of year again -- time for the passionate partisans of Democratic Underground to set aside our differences and join together to do something good. I know we've been doing a fair amount of fighting amongst ourselves this year, so here's a great opportunity to bring this community together and remember our shared progressive values WHILE helping people in need.
Please take a moment to donate to Feeding America (Formerly America's Second Harvest) -- the Nation's Food Bank Network.
This year, Feeding America has created a great new tool so we can keep track of how much our members have donated, and Democratic Underground is one of the first organizations to try it. We have set a goal of raising $10,000 to help feed the hungry, and we can follow our progress in real time on our page. Just check the thermometer!
To help feed the hungry (and to help us reach our goal), just click this link to visit our page, and then click "Give Now!" to donate.
http://help.feedingamerica.org/goto/du
And, of course, remember to kick and recommend this thread so more people can see it!
Thank you and happy holidays!
David Allen
DU Administrator
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x44747
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x44747
And if they can, then good on them for once.
('Course, Bobbo the Hobo will demand filet mignons and argula.)
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http://101tees.com/blog/index.php/the-human-fund-t-shirt-from-80s-tees
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I'm confused. I thought that after January 2009 all things would be rainbows and unicorns.
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One thin dime from each of the 100,000 DUmp members should do it......Hey, if the dead can vote, the tombstoned can cough up a dime.
ETA: Call J. G. Wentworth, tell 'em "It's my money and I need it now!"....they'll understand.
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Does $kimmer report the actual amount donated? Or does he make it up like he does for the quarterly fund drives?
It's a always such an odd coincidence that they reach the goal of 1,000 donations right before the deadline. Every quarter too.
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Not a chance! These asshats only donate if it's somethin' that harms America!
tell 'em "It's my money and I need it now!" This is the DemonRat theme song! DUmmies want money given to them, not the other way around!
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Does $kimmer report the actual amount donated? Or does he make it up like he does for the quarterly fund drives?
It's a always such an odd coincidence that they reach the goal of 1,000 donations right before the deadline. Every quarter too.
I think I directed a question along your lines to Frank in the shout box during the last fund drive. IIRC, he said it has always been a goal of donations, not ever a dollar goal.
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Not a chance! These asshats only donate if it's somethin' that harms America!
tell 'em "It's my money and I need it now!" This is the DemonRat theme song! DUmmies want money given to them, not the other way around!
I thought the DUmmie creed was It's YOUR money and I want it NOW! O-)
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I think I directed a question along your lines to Frank in the shout box during the last fund drive. IIRC, he said it has always been a goal of donations, not ever a dollar goal.
It's also "staged."
It goes something like this:
To start off, there's a block of donors at the beginning, say, 250 out of the 1,000 wanted.
The next few days, 250 donors crawl in, but my fellow alum acknowledges only, say, 150, of them.
And then, another block, say 250 again, come in, but my fellow alum acknowledges, say, only half of them.
By the time he shows 700 (or somesuch number), he's actually reached the goal of 1,000, and possibly even passed it.
As the donors pile in, the posted rate slows down near the end of the week, the point being ONLY ONE MORE DAY TO GO, AND WE'RE SHORT 100 (or 80 0r 75 or 90) DONORS. SO HURRY UP AND DONATE, AS THERE'S ONLY ONE MORE DAY, AND WE'RE SHORT OF THE GOAL!
And then exactly at the last hour of the last night, 1,000 is magically reached.....although Skins probably has gotten 1,281 or 1,134 or 1,089 in the bag.
Notice, please, no fund drive has ever ended excepting at the scheduled time, and it always ends on target.
Never an exception I've ever seen, the past 9.92 years.
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Isn't this the organization that the "rich" DU member decided against matching donations because of the recent behavior of other DUmmies?
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Isn't this the organization that the "rich" DU member decided against matching donations because of the recent behavior of other DUmmies?
More than just one.
And it's hurting.
The establishment Democrats, the regular Democrats, are always going to cover the actual operating expenses of Skins's island no matter what; the fund-raisers are simply only so much more gravy.
They have a vested interest in doing this; it keeps the odd relatives up in the attic, out of sight, sparing them embarrassment.
The fund-drives for Skins's island (of which this one is not; this is for something else) are for replacing my fellow alum's 8x8 oak-and-mahogany desk with a 10x10 antique oak desk, for replenishing Lord Marblehead EarlG's potato-chips-Doritos-and-Cheetos stash, and for some new computer toys for the elusive enigmatic Elad.
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Sending money to Skimmer is important for DUmmies. Aside from destroying DUmp cred, there's the implication that absence of a donation star puts tombstoning on a hair trigger. I'm sure Skimmer and his flunkies have a list of gold-plated DUmmies who chip in the most, allowing them to get away with posts that would instantly sentence a run-of-the-mill DUmbass to the boneyard.
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Skinner needs to pay off his car I see. ::)
What happened skinner? Didn't get your pot of gold over the rainbow that the lord zero brought us all??
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Skinner needs to pay off his car I see. ::)
What happened skinner? Didn't get your pot of gold over the rainbow that the lord zero brought us all??
Uh........this is not a fundraiser for the DUmp. It's for an outside charity, though I wouldn't doubt Skimmer tries to "skim' a few bucks.
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Uh........this is not a fundraiser for the DUmp. It's for an outside charity, though I wouldn't doubt Skimmer tries to "skim' a few bucks.
If there is a way to make a profit, Skinner will. That being said, the group may be a worthwhile charity, but one that is supported by DUmmies is one that I find suspicious.
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Umm, I guess you guys didn't go to the comments section on the OP's link? :lmao:
GP
Tue, Dec 21, 2010
What a horrible website and such a mean bunch of people...
cd
Tue, Dec 21, 2010
Please a bunch of libs making themselves feel good cause they fed a hungry person one day of the year...
Robinson James
Tue, Dec 21, 2010
Like a few others mentioned, I'll be donating elsewhere but not via DU. DU has turned into a totalitarian censored website and they don't deserve my credit.
Willy Pitts
Mon, Dec 20, 2010
I'll give to help the hungry but not in the name of the oppressive and gestapo like Democrat Underground.
moonbat2
Mon, Dec 20, 2010
best of luck
Ben
Mon, Dec 20, 2010
I would give but you banned my account for arguing with an untouchable DU member.
Your little circle of jerks can cover my donations.
SG
Mon, Dec 20, 2010
I will be donating, but not through the DU drive page because the DU admins allow/encourage blanket attacks on liberals and the left.
I will not be donating to the DU this year for the same reasons.
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Uh........this is not a fundraiser for the DUmp. It's for an outside charity, though I wouldn't doubt Skimmer tries to "skim' a few bucks.
Sorry. That's what I meant.
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SG
Mon, Dec 20, 2010
I will be donating, but not through the DU drive page because the DU admins allow/encourage blanket attacks on liberals and the left.
I will not be donating to the DU this year for the same reasons.
Holy smokes!!!
Is this one for real????????
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Holy smokes!!!
Is this one for real????????
It's from the Feeding America Donation Link, scroll to the bottom:
http://help.feedingamerica.org/site/TR?pg=fund&fr_id=1140&pxfid=2510
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It's from the Feeding America Donation Link, scroll to the bottom:
http://help.feedingamerica.org/site/TR?pg=fund&fr_id=1140&pxfid=2510
I should have been more clear! Does this DUmbass truly believe this crap?
DU encourages attacks on left wing progressive liberals??????
Puhleeeeeeeeeeeze! Kinda bassackwards, doncha think?
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Uh........this is not a fundraiser for the DUmp. It's for an outside charity
That's why I wished them well.