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How did you find your way to DU? I came from Huff Post. How about you? [View all]

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How did you find your way to DU? I came from Huff Post. How about you? [View all] debm55 Sunday OP

MSN Democrat group (chat room 2001) Emile Sunday #1

Thank you very much Emile. Glad you are here. debm55 Sunday #3

Same as you. drray23 Sunday #2

I remember that. I was always. debm55 on HuffPost and here. Glad you are here. debm55 Sunday #7

Somebody on National Zero made mention of a post on DU and I checked it out. Dorothy V Sunday #4

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Bartcop. As much as he hated the Bush Crime Family, rsdsharp Sunday #5

Bartcop, too Rastapopoulos Sunday #12

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BARTCOP - God Rest his soul BOSSHOG Sunday #6

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I crossed over from Firedog Lake on 2008. FalloutShelter Sunday #8

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Saw Skinner & EarlG's DU sign on CSPAN during the abysmal inauguration Jan 20, 2001 hlthe2b Sunday #9

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Thom Hartmann Sneederbunk Sunday #10

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It was so long ago I don't remember how I found it. pandr32 Sunday #11

Hey, that's exactly how i got here, too! Beartracks Sunday #14

HAHAHA Thank you Beartracks. and we are glad you are here. debm55 Yesterday #62

And so are we, pandr32. debm55 Sunday #21

My brother told me about it. murielm99 Sunday #15

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got a tip from a friend at the county central committee meeting rurallib Sunday #23

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I do not totally remember. MuseRider Sunday #25

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Thank you, they are. MuseRider Sunday #41

HuffPost or Buzzflash. Can't remember surfered Sunday #26

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BartCop...still miss him Hope22 Sunday #28

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Bartcop Americanme Sunday #31

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I came from Daily Kos OLDMDDEM Sunday #32

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Same Tetrachloride Sunday #35

Back In '01... ProfessorGAC Sunday #36

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I got two things from BartCop... LakeVermilion Sunday #37

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by accident . was afterr the gore v shrub debachle and here i am.:) AllaN01Bear Sunday #38

Thank you. Bear, And we are very glad you found DU. debm55 Yesterday #65

so am i. keeps me insane in a mostly red area. there are some who i can talk to safely here though. AllaN01Bear Yesterday #67

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From a link on Randi Rhodes message board Sedona Sunday #39

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I heard Thom Hartmann mention it on his show LogDog75 Sunday #40

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I have no clue! buzzycrumbhunger Sunday #42

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Mike Malloy - he had a show on Twin Cities progressive talk radio AM 950 at the time (2004?) progree Sunday #43

Thank you progree. That is the same year I began posting. 2004. We are very glad you found DU. debm55 Yesterday #95

bumper sticker peasant one Sunday #44

Thank you very much, peasant one. That is a unique way of finding us. Glad you are here at DU debm55 Yesterday #96

I saw "top 10 conservative idiots" posted in a music forum - TBF Sunday #45

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Luckily happened onto it from Common Dreams and Daily Kos. That was 20 some years ago KitFox Sunday #46

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had only been on line for a short period Kali Sunday #47

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Link from Americablog. PufPuf23 Sunday #48

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Many years ago, I was posting on the now defunct EXCITE politics bulletin board site. Tikki Sunday #49

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Found DU Twice. First was briefly.... electric_blue68 Sunday #50

Not sure. Might have been Bartcop. Norrrm Sunday #51

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Bartcop for me. He was pretty fucking awesome in the early internet. A daily read for me. OAITW r.2.0 Sunday #52

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Maybe, DU found me! OAITW r.2.0 Yesterday #104

Found DU Twice. First was briefly.... electric_blue68 Sunday #53

Great post on your journey to electic_blue68. So glad you found DU. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Yesterday #80

My brother. boonecreek Sunday #54

Better late then never. Thank you for sharing with us, boonecreek . Glad to have you on DU debm55 Yesterday #79

Smirking chimp diane in sf Sunday #55

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A link in 2004 on Smirking Chimp to an essay here by H2O Man. tblue37 Sunday #56

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Guess I'm an outlier TommyT139 Yesterday #57

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Was reading Smirking Chimp BunnyMcGee Yesterday #58

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The late Lynn Samuels website no_hypocrisy Yesterday #59

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Doing a search for more info about the Wisconsin Cloudhopper Yesterday #60

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It was either Bartcop or Smirking Chimp catbyte Yesterday #61

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Through RANDY RAINBOW some_of_us_are_sane Yesterday #69

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Probably bartcop... MiHale Yesterday #77

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Josh Marshall displacedvermoter Yesterday #83

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If I remember correctly, it was Bartcop for me as well. Borogove Yesterday #84

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Bartcop for me, too. Mad_Dem_X Yesterday #90

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Glad to be here! Mad_Dem_X 11 hrs ago #111

Top Ten conservative idiots WestMichRad Yesterday #99

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Bushwatch (thought it could not get any worse). waterwatcher123 Yesterday #101

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Buzzflash The Blue Flower Yesterday #102

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I got here via an internet search using DuckDuckGo. Talitha Yesterday #103

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Top 10 Conservative Idiots posted on the newsgroups (early 2000s - joined in 2004) Eugene 23 hrs ago #105

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I came over from a website known as "Smirking Chimp" where I was largely engaged... NNadir 13 hrs ago #110

Excellent post, NNadir. that you for sharing your journey to DU. We are very glad to have you here as part of the DU debm55 11 hrs ago #112

Bartcop MustLoveBeagles 3 hrs ago #113

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Bartcop. Such a long time ago. GP6971 42 min ago #115

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