Sorry folks, life got in the way and I was delayed in posting this. But never fear, Ralphie is here!
These are not linear, and some of the links are dead (all to CU), but believe the DUmp links still work.
So, here are the originally written year-end DU threads that I used to compose before Frank thankfully took over the role:The time is finally upon us to reveal the Top 10 Dummies of 2006. Unlike Time Magazine, we’re going to be specific and not just name all of DUmmyland. Sincere thanks to all who voted. And as always, the votes have been certified by
First, let’s take a look at our honorable mention. These are the Dummies who just couldn’t quite crack the Top 10, but noteworthy nonetheless.
BEN BURCHPoor “Illinois Fats†couldn’t bite his tongue this year, and got the granite slab from der $kimmer. His Bush Derangement Syndrome is still on display at
this site.
DISTRESSED AMERICANWhile last year’s #1 got also banned at the DUmp, Bradley a/k/a DA the TA is still “fondly†remembered. Mostly for his bad photoshop work, but also his ridiculous rants that make Supercrash look almost sane.
HORSE WITH NO NAME One word can sum up Horse With No Brain’s year:
CABBAGE.
Cabbage is taunting Horse With No Brain Terrible day at work--freepers made my head explode HUSB2SPARKLY Here’s another notable brain-dead loudmouth who is fond of “bouncy†stories.
**** the Troops ..... just **** 'em ..... My conversation with a neighbor who is a Medal of Honor recipient You know ..... if you just tell the truth, you sound like a crazy person! INDIANA GREENRaving moonbat nutjob anti-semite and racist. Check the Israel/Palestine forum for multiple examples.
Losing its Morals and Marbles: Israel’s Fight for Lebanon I have fantasies of using Condi’s head as a bowling ball SPOOKED911Spooked911 is perhaps our most entertaining newcomer this year. The “science†rookie of the year, if you will.
The Rabbit Hutch Experiment CU thread Spooked911 (1000+ posts)
Wed Oct-05-05 05:31 PM
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Can a jet fuel/hydrocarbon fire collapse a steel structure? An experiment.
I set up the following experiment using steel rabbit fencing as the steel structure supporting a heavy cement block.
Note, this fencing is easily bendable, has no significant rigidity, and was not reinforced in any way. The fencing was bent into an outer square and an inner rectangle (the core):
Then I damaged the "columns" by cutting them with wire cutters:
Just inside where the gash was made in the outer wall, I placed a cup of kerosene (jet fuel), and there was newspaper around the bottom on the structure.
Then I put a heavy cement block on top, weighing about 15 pounds. I don't think the wire structure would hold more than three of these blocks, so the "safety factor" was not particularly high.
Then I tipped over the cup and lit the kerosene:
Then fire burned for about twenty minutes, and toward the end, I put my foot on the structure to see if it would extra weight. It still did:
The structure held up fine after the fire died:
After the fire was hot, the "columns" were not hot at all:
In a second experiment, I used the same wire fence and block set up, but increased the amount of "airplane damage", added in newspaper all around the inside of the structure, and soaked everything thoroughly with kerosene. In this expt, the fire was more intense and lasted significantly longer, but... the structure held up just fine. (Sorry no pictures of this one).
What I conclude is that a fairly flimsy steel structure does not distort and bend and collapse very easily from a simple hydrocarbon fire. And thus, it is not clear why the much stronger steel columns in the WTC towers weakened so much from fires that the towers underwent global collapse.
If kerosene/jet fuel/hydrocarbon fires can indeed cause steel structures to collapse, it should be quite simple to show this in an experiment-- right?
Why didn’t the plane exit the tower intact? Now onto the Top 10:
10. HYPNOTOAD Let’s check out his/her/its qualifications for inclusion this year. The dateless wonder, he/she/it often posts in the “Loners Groupâ€. With over 50,000 posts since August of 2003, no wonder. Just in 2006, he has started over 2400 threads in the lounge. Not even RNG could come close to matching that here.
Here are a few:
Since i'm nearly 35 and still single, should I even bother dating? Why do people like to say "I'm leaving DU" 10/26/06 HypnoToad-I’m leaving DU 11/13/06 The lonely Toad did return to the Dump mere days after pulling his/her/its drama queen act.
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9. ATMAN a/k/a TEXAS TOASTWhile many DUmmies come to CU, most fail instantly. Atman made it for several months before revealing his true inner moonbat self. I never realized what a whining baby Atman is. In searching his Dump posts, he’s almost as bad as mopaul/philosoraptor. Constantly pisses & moans about the “Cabal News Networkâ€, claims that “Chimpy is drunkâ€, delusional in general, etc. Had I known his the entire history of his rampant assholery, I would have personally voted him much higher.
Why don't they just oil up and **** each other? DU needs a new forum just for lurking legislators! Kate O'Byrne calling Carter "classless" Atman (1000+ posts)
Tue Feb-07-06 04:53 PM
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Kate O'Byrne calling Carter "classless"
on Tweety's show. Totally trashing him. Says there should be special class of politicians, the southerner with no class. "Jimmy Carter is the most classless person..."
It was amazing. Carter...CLASSLESS? The most intelligent, well spoken president that side of Big Dawg? I can almost understand her attempting to nail that on Bill because of his sexual picadillos, but CARTER? The man has more class in his pinky than she has in her whole big fat head. Jesus, these people are as clueless as they claim Jimmy is classless.
You mean the anti-Semite Jimmy Carter?
The whole world is watching...DU Atman (1000+ posts)
Sat Apr-01-06 11:20 PM
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The whole world is watching...DU
Hey guys, can I point something out that maybe we've lost sight of? The Helen Thomas thing has given DU a LOT of publicity lately. Lot's of new eyeballs checking in to see whether or not this really is a cesspool of the lunatic fringe.
Maybe now is not the time for us to be showing our darker side through posts telling Jill Carroll to stfu, or screaming nasty epithets at fellow DUers merely because they don't agree with your position on the immigration debate.
Not trying to be Board Nanny or anything...but sheesh, we're aren't exactly going to draw a lot of converts if we scare 'em off before they've had a chance to get comfy and find out what we're all about.
Or is this what we're all about?
Anyone recall our “favorite†pot smoker poster at CU?
I am NOT "Mark Bryan" Atman (1000+ posts)
Thu Apr-06-06 05:44 PM
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I am NOT "Mark Bryan"
Can't comment beyond that. If you don't understand, no problem. "They" will understand. And Mark, whomever you are, if you're reading, very nice work!
(Google is your friend).
Are you honest with your family about all the badness that is coming down? Bird Flu will hit San Francisco along with an earthquake and $4 gasoline I'm already sick of all the glowing reviews of UNITED93 BWHAHAHA! The freeps think Merkel loved her massage from Bush! Atman (1000+ posts)
Mon Jul-17-06 10:26 PM
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BWHAHAHA! The freeps think Merkel loved her massage from Bush!
Dear lord, if anything illustrates just how plain bat-shit crazy and dumb-as-a-box-of-rocks the conservetards are, this post is it...and it is just one of many over at ****ing Lunatic Underground. The rest of them insist the video was Photoshopped or manipulated. These people really are one taco short of a combo plate.
(A name which doesn't deserve bandwidth on DU)
Senior Member
Posts: 15,481 (get a life, dude! 15k posts in one year???)
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Bullshirt, TX
07-17-2006 , 10:23PM
She appears to be quite happy and relaxed! Who wouldn't be? The most powerful man in the world offers kindness to some second-rate peon from some place like Germany...anyone would be thrilled. She will finally have something great to tell her grandkids.
God Bless the wonderful man, President George W. Bush.
Texas Toast puts foot in mouth (guarantees Lamont win in CT) Atman finally “confesses†that he was indeed Texas Toast 8. LYNN THE DEM2005’s “Rookie of the Year†claimed she was moving to Canada to escape ChimpyMcBushHitler. She/it loves to use large sizes and fonts for dramatic effect. She also claims to be married to someone in the military. Why any human would marry this despicable piece of vulgar trash, I have no idea.
TOO STUPID even for a rightwingnut. How do they survive birth?! If ya'll would just plug your ears for a minute... WIRE COAT HANGERS needed in SOUTH DAKOTA. "I didn't want war" ... You are a MFing LIAR, bush. No, stupidest MFers, ya CAN'T get me "into trouble" w the US military and
Related CU thread Rice proves she is a "grotesque" & deeply stupid idiot 17 days & it's BUH BYE TEXAS and HELLO CANADA! For good. 7. AVAThe cherubic teen from Alabama produced a series of anti-war and anti-troop “videos†for the web. This earned her ridiculous and unwarranted amounts of praise from the Dummy faithful. She and her mom also claimed that Ava received death threats from CU, which were quickly proven false. She even caught a mention in Rolling Stone’s year end issue:
No longer posts much at the Dump, except to pimp her latest “videoâ€. Mostly hangs out with Fat Che at the Democratic Warrior site, which should scare her mother.
Funniest! Crap! Ever!(Ava thread) 6. UNDERGROUND PANTHERHow any human or cat like UP remembers to breathe, not to mention post at the Dump is absolutely amazing. I probably shouldn’t make fun of the mentally ill, but if you expose yourself like this in public, I say you deserve it.
UP off his/her/its meds, contemplates suicide UP goes batty over organic groceries 40 lessons Bush- co has "taught "America about itself.. Undergroundpanther - Ten burning churches Remote viewing led US to Saddam? undergroundpanther (1000+ posts)
Tue Nov-07-06 12:34 AM
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Remote viewing led US to Saddam?
Clairvoyant led Americans to Saddam, says Geller
Mon Nov 6, 2006 11:16 AM GMT25
HERZLIYA, Israel (Reuters) - Did a clairvoyant help U.S. commandos ferret Saddam Hussein out of his hiding place in Iraq three years ago?
Israeli-born celebrity psychic Uri Geller, best known for his spoon-bending antics, says the power of the paranormal led U.S. troops to the fugitive Iraqi ex-dictator.
"You remember when they found Saddam Hussein in Iraq? A soldier walked over to a rock, lifted it and then found a trap-door and found him in there," Geller told Reuters.
"Well, I know that that soldier walked over to that rock because he got information from a 'remote viewer' from the United States."
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=o...
The price emotionally as a kid to be made to remote view by the military is horrible, trust me on that one..Pineapple juice ugh, I still am sick of it. But Eating organic pineapple can help you remote view just in case you are curious,anyone can do it .
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5. IANDB1Poor little Ian is most famous for this lovely graphic:
However, his spewing of bouncy stories and moonbat rhetoric also garnered him attention in 2006:
I should not be the only one to boo Bush in Disney's Hall of Presidents I had a run-in today with a Backwash Republican today Balloon Blogging Experiment #2... Oh, the humanity! Recent Freeper Encounters-- they're getting ugly 4. MIKE_CThe bug professor strikes in a big way in 2006:
my sincere condolences to lurking conservatives... I've been denounced as "anti-American" to my employer... While this post has been deleted, it is a stark reminder of the deranged moonbat that mike_c is:
mike_c (1000+ posts)
Fri Mar-18-05 12:33 AM
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5. let me make it clear to any freepers trolling for juicy quotes....
Edited on Fri Mar-18-05 12:33 AM by mike_c
My name is Michael Camann-- I have no need to hide behind a DU moniker-- and I consider all U.S. troops in Iraq to be war criminals simply by virtue of their being in Iraq, since their presence there is an international crime against peace. The Iraqis have every right to resist the occupation, and kill their occupiers, and in that respect I consider the Iraqi insurgents freedom fighters struggling against an illegal foreign occupation. The best way to protect American troops is to get them out of Iraq, immediately-- and prosecute them for war crimes if appropriate, along with their leaders.
You can quote me on that if you like.
We have quoted you on that. Traitor.
3. STELLA BLUEAs the Stella turns….the saga of a womyns studies major who won’t(not can’t, won’t) hold a job in the real world. She’d prefer to return to England where life would be easy for a change. And of course, she wouldn’t be living in the evil red-state of Texas.
I guess StellaBlue got canned from her bank job Stella accepted into the Master of Library Science distance program Stella - first day of new job and I HATE it Stella - It's Official: I'm Dropping Out. But every once in a great while, StellaBlue gets political:
I'm surprised there hasn't been an assassination attempt. But back to the drama of her “real lifeâ€:
I'm depressed. In a rut. What should I do? How much could I make an hour as a pizza delivery driver? I want to move back to England: any Britons here want to marry me? I want to be free. What should I do? A friend in the UK has offered to try to get me a work visa at his school. I got a job!!! 2. PHILOSORAPTOR a/k/a MOPAULMoPaul reincarnated. You’re not fooling anyone, mopaul. The vulgar internet tough-guy first appeared in May. Coincidentally, Philosoraptor’s graceful entrance coincided with the disappearance of mopaul. The poor guy has started over 1600 rants in General Discussion alone since May. I can’t post them all, but here’s a sampling. The thread titles alone are priceless:
When will someone challenge Mr. Bush to his face? Will these jerks ever do time for their crimes? I wonder what it's like to be the most hated man in the world If Jenna Bush were killed in Iraq, would W finally understand? God -Bush is so Disgusting and Repulsive as a human being. Philosoraptor(1000+ posts)
Sun May-28-06 07:53 AM
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God -Bush is so Disgusting and Repulsive as a human being.
I've just never met anyone in my life who is so repugnant and icky, he just makes my flesh crawl with his loathsomeness. His body language, his lack of interest, his arrogant manor, his utter absence of concern, his stunted intelligence, his totally monarchical personality, he just makes me sick.
My God, it's just unbelievable that THIS PIECE OF FILTH ever got this far, and that he now threatens the whole damned world.
I Like DU BECAUSE of it's Diversity of Opinion, & no Lockstep Mentality Damnit I wish somebody would do SOMETHING about the Neocon Crazies Amendment to Replace an Insane & Unqualified President What makes boys grow up to be assholes like Rummy & Cheney? Why are we letting a handful of Snotty Little Boys Ruin the World? I DEMAND that the president sit & talk with a roomful of average Americans "Rice sees progress among the bombs"...is this Govt. Ho on Crack? Has there ever been a more disgusting scum bag than dick cheney? The Answer is Blowin' in the Wind you Son of a Bitch Hey bush, what's the ****ing answer? Can you even hear the ****ing question dickhead? How many ****ing soldiers have to die before you can say you're a ****ing man you pathetic ape ****? How many crippled, blinded, burned and ruined young Americans can you be photographed with before you forget about them utterly you cocksucker?
How many innocent mothers and children and old men and old ladies do you have to explode before you can get it up you sick mother****er? How many goddammit?
How many Casey Sheehans will it take to break through, that frat boy coke fried brain?
How many nations do you wish to piss off, before we declare world war three?
How many dollars is enough for your ass, and how many deaths will it take?
How many tears must we shed for your greed, before you can be satisfied?
How many trillions of dollars can you steal from our treasury before you retire you ****ing pig? How many lives can you destroy with your apathy and indifference you ****ing pitiful excuse for a man?
How many times can you spit in our face when we tell you we don't want your war, you miserable piece of shit?
How many more people have to be tortured? How many more Americans have to die for lack of health care you disgusting prince of shit?
How many more years do we have to put up with your revolting vampire family you ass wipe?
How many more times will you giggle and mug and laugh it up while discussing world war?
How many more days can we stand you look at your ugly, twisted face and listen to your depraved, confused ramblings, I wish to god I knew.
the 9/11 Hoax has exposed us as a nation of Chumps Petition to tell bush to go **** Himself Why don't monsters like kissinger EVER DIE? And finally, #1 is continued on the next post:
WILLIAM RIVERS “Wee Willie†PITTThe laughingstock of the internet in 2006:
It would be a hell of a long list to show all the failed predictions that Wee Willie crafted in 2006. You’ll have to wade through the “Rove indictment†threads to find a lot of them.
Get out the Lysol, Will Pitt is lurking here Crazy idea: Democratic walkout during the State of the Union Democrats: Stand Up and Walk Out (rough) Thursday will see the death of Ariel Sharon, January 5, 2006 May I call your attention to this fact about Billy Pitt's book again? Wee Willie Calls it Quits (Alito Filibuster) Wee Willie Apologizes for Calling it Quits on Alito Filibuster Wee Willie’s Field Trip Wee Willie explains the crucifixion Will is batting zero today Where’s the target letter? (Wee Willie gets called out) Wee Willie Leaving the Hive? ROVE INFORMS WHITE HOUSE HE WILL BE INDICTED Rove informs White House he will be indicted Symbolman calls out Wee Willie Karl Rove Has Been Indicted DU'ers are not being logical about this supposed Rove indictment The site admins ought to pay me cold hard cash for outing trolls and other ****shits of low mental weight. (Drunken Wee Willie) $kimmer deletes Pitt post Daily Kos, Leopold & Wee Willie Skinner doesn't believe the Truthout story If Truthout And Will Pitt Fall I Fall With Them. (Best flame war ever) 24 BUSINESS HOURS truthout was right on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, yesterday and today 
WilliamPitt(1000+ posts)
Wed May-17-06 05:01 PM
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On a personal note...
It would probably be a good thing for the health and welfare of this community for everyone to stop beating the shit out of each other over this Rove story. This goes for me, too. I just got into a snipe-fest in another thread, and immediately felt stupid about it.
Those who have stood with truthout are owed a massive river of thanks. Your faith will be rewarded.
Those who have expressed doubts, and await further confirmation, are totally above reproach. If I didn't know what I know, if I was a DUer out of the fact loop truthout has been in, I'd be doing and saying exactly the same things.
Those who have made this personal - with me, with each other - should stop.
truthout was right on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, yesterday and today. We will still be right tomorrow and Friday, no matter what the goddam unbelievable lapdog mainstream media has to say (or more to the point, doesn't have to say) about it.
I understand your frustrations at the way this has played out; in fact, I call your frustration and raise it a billionfold. There are good reasons for this, and those reasons will be made clear when everything comes out. Those good reasons haven't made the process easier.
That's it for now. If I sound like a hypocrite for saying this, so be it. I'll take that beating standing up.
Skinner attempts to take control Truthout gets too far out in front of the news cycle – Official Apology Do YOU owe Pitt an apology? You have taken a beating, Wee Willie. Congratulations on truly earning the #1 spot. You deserved it.
