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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Revolution on March 28, 2011, 12:47:00 PM
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Sun Mar-27-11 02:54 PM
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HELP a DUer NOW: Hope + Action = Wishadoo!
Required disclaimer: The administrators of Democratic Underground have given permission for regular -- though limited -- discussion threads generated on the topic of Wishadoo!. The administrators of Democratic Underground make no claims regarding the legitimacy or illegitimacy of Wishadoo! or any fundraising efforts shared at Democratic Underground via Wishadoo!
I anticipate posting once or twice a week to bring attention to any DUers in need, and to keep you updated about the evolution of things at Wishadoo! (For those who don't know, I am the founder of Wishadoo!)
I know things are dismal throughout the world right now, and even the word "hope" can cause some to have a knee-jerk negative reaction, as hopes have been diminished or destroyed altogether. The following Howard Zinn quote is one of my favorites and speaks to this issue so well:
“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness.
What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places—and there are so many—where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction.
And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand Utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.†- Howard Zinn
I'm asking you to please try to have hope; if you can't, please allow those of us who are hopeful to hold that space for you, and support one another.
This is what Wishadoo! is all about. I invite you to learn more by visiting Wishadoo!, read about The Wishadoo! Vision, and learn what you can currently do at Wishadoo!
COOL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DUERS: Not only is there a private group created at Wishadoo! for DUers where you can gather to discuss Wishadoo! specific things such as wishes, needs, and offerings, but we also have our own private Wishlist now as well! When DUers are in need, sometimes they want to keep it "in the family," so to speak, so the private Wishlist enables this to happen. When you register at Wishadoo! and want to join the private DU Group, please message me there (I'll be your first friend, "Wishadoo")or here, provide your DU name, and I'll send an invite.
Now, on to the DUer in need….. phrigndumass (don'tcha just love that name? )
He shared some of his story in this DU thread last week.
Here is a summary:
Recently on disability due to a debilitating illness, can no longer afford mortgage due to med bills, must sell house, upside-down on value vs mortgage, can't close without additional funds ... Please Help!"
Please visit his WISHLIST POST to read more; at the bottom you'll see a DONATION button where you can offer whatever assistance you're able.
Money won't always be what is required to help one another, but sometimes that is indeed what it takes.
phrigndumass is one of many brilliant DUers; he has investigated his options thoroughly and is reaching out for help now. If by some miracle you have suggestions to help his situation, please contact him here at DU or at Wishadoo!
THANK YOU FOR READING!!!
http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x753154
Does DUmass actually need any kind of help? Judging by my DUmmie studies, my money would be on "No." Just $10 more dollars, DUpes. Fork it over...
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BoBo needs tires and curtains for the BUICK.
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I thought it might be a fundraiser for the installation of the Panther Primitive's weiner... :thatsright:
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It won't work. Liberals cannot support liberals. They require conservatives for that.
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I know that FlippyDoo is a fictional spirit guide. I also know that ScoobyDoo is a fictional dog. I don't have any knowledge about WISHADOO.
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Bonobo Mon Mar-28-11 02:50 AM
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24. 42 recs and only $85.00 bucks?
Edited on Mon Mar-28-11 02:50 AM by Bonobo
If everyone that thought to rec gave just $5, the cost of a sandwich, he would already have over $200.
So what the ****?
Liberal generosity. :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
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More liberal "generosity".
phrigndumass Mon Mar-28-11 07:12 AM
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27. In the spirit of the Daily Widget ... here are the graph results so far :)
Goal: $8,000
Raised Yesterday: $95
Raised So Far: $455
This is 5.7% of Goal
Needed to Reach Goal: $7,545
Thank you to everyone who gave yesterday! I am very grateful!
The giving graphs are at the links below (I don't have a webspace to store them):
http://www.box.net/shared/keuc1mj2cn
http://www.box.net/shared/7hp7nqohje
:rotf: :rotf: :lol: :rotf: :rotf:
SMMMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKIN!
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I know that FlippyDoo is a fictional spirit guide. I also know that ScoobyDoo is a fictional dog. I don't have any knowledge about WISHADOO.
A desire with a fictional outcome? :???: :whistling: :fuelfire:
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A desire with a fictional outcome? :???: :whistling: :fuelfire:
So far, it's working. :rotf:
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I looked through the listings on Wishadoo. So far, it looks like the majority are asking for money for various reasons (Loss of job, food, rent, mortgage, etc) . One or two are requesting prayers, and one of requesting baby items for a crisis pregnancy center.
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WTF? For some reason the name "Wishadoo" sounds like a con.
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Ya think? :rofl:
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If the guy was really that bad off, he oughta be looking at hospice care instead of sweating the mortgage and being upside down in the house. Unless he's just lying, of course...
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If they've only raised $85 so far, maybe the DUmors are wising up after what is this, the 10th con? There's still $85 bucks worth of complete imbecile there, so...
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I know that FlippyDoo is a fictional spirit guide. I also know that ScoobyDoo is a fictional dog. I don't have any knowledge about WISHADOO.
WISH in one hand DOO in the other.
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I thought it might be a fundraiser for the installation of the Panther Primitive's weiner... :thatsright:
That operation is called an Addadicktome. :rotf: :rotf: :lmao:
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I'm waiting for this one to sign up :
The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Sat Mar-26-11 06:57 PM
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When the dreams are gone, then what? Have to make some choices this week.
My x has been really sick of late - she has Parkinson's, two brain cysts, and asthma already but it has gotten a lot worse. She has rheumatoid arthritis as well and her lung capacity is 50% at best. Several doctors have told her she has obvious genetic related issues, but being she is adopted she has no medical history.
She just turned 40. She is now on Methotrexate, a very powerful cancer drug that may well help her in 6-8 weeks - but the side effects are terrible (being out of commission for 3-4 days, losing your hair, etc). This is in addition to all the other meds she is on, not to mention the problems those drugs cause (although they keep her able to move, not throw up, etc).
Right now, our daughter (who turns 10 tomorrow) is home schooled. She does not really get how sick mommy is (and has no idea of recent events). Later this year she will be in a regular school, her mom cannot do it anymore (she has been in public school before). There will be days at a time her mom cannot take care of her.
I have a decent job, my company loves me. Won employee of the month when I was a temp. I am now the lead programmer in our dept (they could not afford a full time coder and one of the reasons they hired me in was my coding experience - I do phone support mainly). I have missed several days this year, and most of all last week - because I had to be here to take care of my daughter. They have, and continue to do so, worked with me.
She is not going to get better. I know it. She does too. It seems so easy to type out - but the reality is things for my x are not going to be pretty.
Once baby girl is in a school it might get easier to manage, that is just not the case today. I can, most likely, take off up to 6 months at half pay for family emergencies.
Just last week I was thinking about all the things we would do this year. Going to the creek, feeding the geese and fishing. Wading out to 'zombie island' as Hannah and I call it. Maybe, if all went well, her mom would come with us too. I thought about buying baby girl a new computer or an x-box, so that she could just relax and play her games. Daddy was going to make it all ok- work hard, provide as best I could, mommy was just going to be sick the 'usual' way (with her parkinson's).
Now - well I don't what the hell to do. If I just go back to work and something comes up and I have to miss work I could lose my job and all of my income. If I take off now I will have barely enough to survive on, and a big part of that pay will go to help her mom pay her bills just to keep the lights on.
Like it or not I have to make a decision. I know there is a whole world out there besides me and my problems, folks in Japan are going through a hell I don't even like to think about. We have wars going (and my son is in Iraq right now, so it is on my mind - but not always because of political reasons, to be honest right now is mainly for personal ones). Hell, there are people here way worse off than me - and I say that because I want others out there to know that even though I am going through a lot, you are not forgotten and you have friends out here who do understand - even if we cannot fully understand or feel what you are going through.
I am rambling at this point, probably because I don't know what to say anymore or do. I try - I have my daily routines, including posting here, things that just help me make sense of each day. Take a shower, put on your socks, check email, post some stuff on du, answer calls, make dinner, etc - things were finally getting to be 'routine' for me. And then, it all just got ****ed up - and I am not even talking about feeling sorry for me. I know her, my X.
She wanted to raise her little girl, have b-days, make cookies, do normal things. All pretty much gone. Hannah was supposed to go home tonight, be all ready for her b-day tomorrow. Her mom got worn out making cup cakes. So baby girl is with me (not that she minds that, we made some chicken, had some fun, etc).
I have to call work tonight/tomorrow and let my boss know what is going on (I have his home #). If I don't return to work Monday I will have to take a long term leave. If I do go back Monday and then need to leave later in the week because the X cannot care for my daughter it could work against me (just being practical from an HR view) as I have used up all other time off options.
I am sorry friends. I just needed to rant about it. I am watching a woman I loved going down hill, a woman who still loves me really as well. I don't know what to do but know I have to do something. I can't be everywhere and everything all at once. I can't be mr. good employee and the dad that is there as a little girl's mom suffers.
Guess I answered my own question. Just needed to talk it out with my friends.
Lastly, here is something for Chris in her time of need. She loves this poem and often feels like 'The Lady of Shalott' locked in a tower (her body) while watching the world go by. And then, when she leaves the tower...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw_cZGrVFqw&feature=rela...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x747923
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His wife has cancer and is taking an expensive drug?
Well his wish came true, she's getting the care she needs NOW. Cause under Obama care, cancer patients don't get squat. Cheaper to let them die. Oh, Obama won't use the words, "Death Panel." She'll be put on a waiting list, and there she will die.
If not for the fact that innocent people will die, I would have liked to let the DUmmies get a taste of their own medicine. The burned hand learns best. As it is, we'll have to wait until 2012.
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I know that FlippyDoo is a fictional spirit guide. I also know that ScoobyDoo is a fictional dog. I don't have any knowledge about WISHADOO.
I thought it was a parody of Xanadu.
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BoBo needs tires and curtains for the BUICK.
Just had to H5 ya for that one.
Very nice.
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Well, that's a relief! I thought were going to be tortured by one CalPiggy's poems.
Cindie
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I know that FlippyDoo is a fictional spirit guide. I also know that ScoobyDoo is a fictional dog. I don't have any knowledge about WISHADOO.
"I WISH-AH-DOO have some free weed!"
/DUmmy
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Maybe Straight Story will get that skydiving trip after all.
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Maybe Straight Story will get that skydiving trip after all.
He leaves tomorrow and we're only $10 away from him jumping with a parachute....
O-)
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x753154
UPDATE :
I'll try to write another OP tomorrow, including how a conservative website dissed Wishadoo! and this recent thread, and reminding people of how Glenn Beck dissed Wishadoo! on his TV show last fall.
If they don't like us, and don't like Wishadoo!, we're doing something right.
Thanks again!
That dissing better stop right now !
:-)
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Well, that's a relief! I thought were going to be tortured by one CalPiggy's poems.
Cindie
I'd donate to that, if she promised never, ever to write another poem.
Her poetry is up there with Prosthetnic Vogon Jeltz's.
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phrigndumass (1000+ posts) Wed Mar-30-11 08:39 AM
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64. GRAPH updates as of today, March 30
Hi Gang,
Here's today's update:
Goal: $8,000
Raised Yesterday: $0
Raised So Far: $465
This is 5.8% of Goal
Needed to Reach Goal: $7,535
The challenge for 20 DUers to donate five bucks each by noon today is still on! There haven't been any takers yet.
The scam is not going well at all. He claimed around $400 in seed money to get it off the ground before posting, so the DUmp has hardly stepped up at all. He really needs to bring in some Andyscam folks. Poor, stupid Beth is still around, but DUmmy flyarm has been banned. DUmmy greatauntoftriplets is a DUmp mod. They could give some pointers on how to run a profitable scam.
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All those rich DUmmies that throw money away on flowers to Helen Thomas and nutty politicians, not to mention all that food bank money and homeless money they brag about donating yet they let a DU brother struggle.
It's shameful.
Let a $5 Valentine drive happen though and the bucks come rolling in.
I'm deeply saddened by their skin flint greediness.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x753154
UPDATE :
That dissing better stop right now !
:-)
:lmao: You know you're becoming a "big fish" around here when you're being targeted by the DUmors. I love it.
No wait...I'm supposed to be scared.... *trembles*
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:lmao: You know you're becoming a "big fish" around here when you're being targeted by the DUmors. I love it.
No wait...I'm supposed to be scared.... *trembles*
PFFFFFF...it's a DUmmie. The only trembling you should be doing is in laughter. :lmao: