How many here were banned from DU?

[Et in Arcadia ego]

Steady on, anotherdrew..<br><br>We all experience this from time to time..This is an anticipated response to unflinching scrutiny of the insalubrious..<br><br>I think to a large degree a good deal of outrageous 'leaks' are coordinated to inflame 'active' observers of the state of things. If you are bombared in a deluge of negative shit and fail to find a way to neatralize it, you quickly find yourself at a toxic level of apathy.<br><br>I feel that inducing this condition was perfected a very long time ago. Find a way to disengage and refresh your psyche without falling back into a state of numbness.<br><br>Chin up,<br>D <p></p><i></i>

[pugzleyca3]

Hi, I've never posted on DU and am going to look into the Progressive Independent.<br><br>Found something interesting just now, though, kind of a weird coincidence since I'd just read through this thread.<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/">www.waynemadsenreport.com/</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>If you scroll down the page at the above website, on the left, you'll see where he's crossed out a link to DU and put in Progressive Independent:<br><br>This space formerly linked to Democratic Underground is now linked to Progressive Independent is what it says. And there is a line marked through Democratic Underground. <br><br>Just thought this might be of interest to some of you.<br><br>Also, I don't really know much about Wayne Madsen, but have found many of his articles interesting. <p></p><i></i>

[anotherdrew]

thanks et in - I'll keep the fire alive somehow. I just keep looking for that "the eagles are comming" moment and it never has arived yet. Can't fight... can't flee... something will present itself eventually. <p></p><i></i>

[darkbeforedawn]

I tried to post there once last year. I was instantly banned for complaining about zionist owned media empire. I also said that the media routinely degrades people of color by making spectacles out of the likes of such people as Michael Jackson and O.j. Whereas white pedophiles such as a certain former president get away with it AND never even have to go to court and also get away with murdering anyone they want and calling it "suicide". Oh well. <p></p><i></i>

[Rigorous Intuition]

I haven't been there very much lately - no time and less patience for the games playing - though like starroute I find its LBN forum a pretty decent headline service. Occasionally lurk in its "skeptics" group for a laugh.<br><br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.bobsboots.com/CDs/m-30f.JPG" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=rigorousintuition>Rigorous Intuition</A> at: 1/11/06 10:57 pm<br></i>

[nashvillebrook]

i've been outraged for years. i'm ready for action -- positive action. problem solving. can't do that if only half the truth is allowed. <br><br>btw.. the magistrate could use some lessons in diplomacy, Sir. <p></p><i></i>

[seemslikeadream]

<br><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.haschrebellen.de/pics/usa/nweton.jpg" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--><br><!--EZCODE FONT START--><span style="color:teal;font-family:comic sans ms;font-size:x-small;"><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>You walk into the room<br>With your pencil in your hand<br>You see somebody naked<br>And you say, "Who is that man?"<br>You try so hard<br>But you don't understand<br>Just what you'll say<br>When you get home<br><br>Because something is happening here<br>But you don't know what it is<br>Do you, Mister Jones?<br><br>You raise up your head<br>And you ask, "Is this where it is?"<br>And somebody points to you and says<br>"It's his"<br>And you say, "What's mine?"<br>And somebody else says, "Where what is?"<br>And you say, "Oh my God<br>Am I here all alone?"<br><br>Because something is happening here<br>But you don't know what it is <br>Do you, Mister Jones?<br><br>You hand in your ticket<br>And you go watch the geek<br>Who immediately walks up to you<br>When he hears you speak<br>And says, "How does it feel<br>To be such a freak?"<br>And you say, "Impossible"<br>As he hands you a bone<br><br>Because something is happening here<br>But you don't know what it is<br>Do you, Mister Jones?<br><br>You have many contacts<br>Among the lumberjacks<br>To get you facts<br>When someone attacks your imagination<br>But nobody has any respect<br>Anyway they already expect you<br>To just give a check<br>To tax-deductible charity organizations<br><br>You've been with the professors<br>And they've all liked your looks<br>With great lawyers you have<br>Discussed lepers and crooks<br>You've been through all of<br>F. Scott Fitzgerald's books<br>You're very well read<br>It's well known<br><br>Because something is happening here<br>But you don't know what it is<br>Do you, Mister Jones?<br><br>Well, the sword swallower, he comes up to you<br>And then he kneels<br>He crosses himself<br>And then he clicks his high heels<br>And without further notice<br>He asks you how it feels<br>And he says, "Here is your throat back<br>Thanks for the loan"<br><br>Because something is happening here<br>But you don't know what it is<br>Do you, Mister Jones?<br><br>Now you see this one-eyed midget<br>Shouting the word "NOW"<br>And you say, "For what reason?"<br>And he says, "How?"<br>And you say, "What does this mean?"<br>And he screams back, "You're a cow<br>Give me some milk<br>Or else go home"<br><br>Because something is happening here<br>But you don't know what it is<br>Do you, Mister Jones?<br><br>Well, you walk into the room<br>Like a camel and then you frown<br>You put your eyes in your pocket<br>And your nose on the ground<br>There ought to be a law<br>Against you comin' around<br>You should be made<br>To wear earphones<br><br>Because something is happening here<br>But you don't know what it is<br>Do you, Mister Jones?</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></span><!--EZCODE FONT END--> <p></p><i></i>

[anotherdrew]

he used sir just like a cop with an attitude problem uses sir. I think he's changed his name somewhat and has normalised his writting style to some extent. Still moderating tho I think. <p></p><i></i>

[slomo]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>I'm back in depair mode again already after only a few weeks of optimism this time... coming close to the point of just disengaing from politics completely, nothing we do makes any difference. We're less than gnat piss on their boots. A few thousands of 'worker-drones' can't match rePig money. rePigs get paid good money to be politicly active, on our side it costs big time. Hell the oposition to the republican machine doesn't even have a name anymore, the democratic party is in shambles, we have no pieces left on the board. Little ability to even develop candidates that will be taken seriously. as if the elections we even fair or honest...<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>Well, I know how that feels. But I am almost certain there is a wildcard that nobody is expecting, something that will level the playing field and return symmetry to the game. I have no idea when it will happen, except that it will be relatively soon (within the next 5 or 10 years). <p></p><i></i>

[elsiecow]

<br>I've been on DU. For what it's worth, certain reactionary groups plotted to integrate themselves into the board...well, they infiltrated it, even donating money to get stars if need be.<br><br>There is a lot of mindless hate and bitching on there - that's how you can spot the infiltrators. I know because I get harassed by the far right and people were on DU using the same arguments and harassing me. <p></p><i></i>

[illuminaughty]

I used to have to get my fix at DU for about two years. Loved the wit of the regular posters. Over the last year, it reads more like a highschool cat fight and with a username like mine, it is amazing I was never banned. <br><br>I really enjoy PI and couple of months ago ended up here by accident. What are the odds you can google "sitting at table twin peaks" and find this site? I was actually looking for an image for a painting I was doing. When I intoduce friends to RI, it's like "where has this been all my life?" <br><br>I'm embarrassed to say that it took me coming here before I had so much as a thread locked. And that was in the firepit! So sorry, Jeff. That's not usually my style. I got overly sensitive when a poster was ridiculing others about their syntax and grammar. And as someone with MS, I am sometimes hesitant to post, because half the time my brain is a dried up version of its former self and I'd be doing good to sound intelligent on a Britney Spears fan club forum.<br><br>Still enjoy checking LBN on DU, but it has never been the same either with the passing of Kephra. <br><br>My last attempt at "go team" ideology for this democracy died on election day last year. I am back in my comfort zone of UFO's, Paedophile politicians and the like. There's no place like home. <p></p><i></i>

[Ferry Fey]

Being chucked out of DU isn't some automatic validation about how anyone is really right, touching a nerve, or being the forum equivalent of the tough guy in the black leather biker jacket. It just means that you were chucked out. Sometimes the mods have good reasons to ban people. Other times they are jerks with at best a flagrantly superficial understanding of the issues they are trying to moderate.<br><br>I haven't had any problems posting on DU. I mostly post in the September 11 forum, and was active in the Gannon Wrinkles. I'm firmly in the MIHOP camp.<br><br>I try to stick to information, questions, and analysis of specific points backed up with documention. We're in the midst of a war (and I don't mean just the Middle East), and I want us to win -- for the sake of democracy, and for the sake of the planet.<br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[emad]

St Hilary's Day tomorrow, Friday 13 Jan, according to calendar of christian saints days.<br><br>Hope all her dreams come true in 2006 because she has a couple of interesting questions to answer regarding just how long and how well she has known Karl Rove. And Judith Miller too, the one who 'couldn't recall' who else mentioned anything interesting to her apart from Scooter Libby....<br><br>Hilly = a class act. But propelled by a tide of hubris and humbug of biblical proportions. <br><br> <p></p><i></i>

[dbeach]

<br><br>Hi FF<br>Hi Emad<br><br>Somehow my cable provider cannot allow me to post at RI anymore???<br><br>So I post from pals computer<br><br>Hilly and bushie are all part of the same nazi elites..hell bent on bringing hell to people who don't deserve hell but are still getting it<br><br>Oh Hell!! <p></p><i></i>

[DBtv]

I was banned for frankly discussing zionism and its relation to 9/11, repeatedly. <br><br>They also protect the obvious disinfo trolls. <p></p><i></i>