Seven Days Underground 2001 - Ah, memories

[whyzayker]

Sometime between noon and 1:00, EarlG's cell phone rang. His wife yelled into his ear: "Stop shaking the banner!" She, and about a million other people, were watching us on MSNBC. A preliminary count turned up exactly four messages on our discussion board. The first one: "Nice f------ discussion board. There's nobody here." By the end of the day, there would be nearly a thousand posts.

Eventually Dubya's limo drove by our part of the parade route. It was going so fast that the secret service guys were in a full sprint. We decided to pack it up and go back to the office. The intern stayed behind to get some more of "that quality doobidge from the polar bears."

Back in the office around 5:00, we discovered our message boards had become a virtual food fight, and our inbox was bursting with messages like: Your the people who are whats wrong with this country. Why dont you go back to Rusia? Plus, we'd sent over 2,000 angry emails to conservatives using our innovative "Nuclear Button" one-click activism system.

Spent the evening patting ourselves on the back. That is, all of us except the intern, who spent the evening eating 3 loaves of Wonder bread.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/01/01/010127_7days.html

[salin]

1. Any Duer who hasn't read the linked article... it is a great (and funny) read!

K&R,

[Hekate]

2. Many thanks for this. I can never seem to access the Archives on my own...

... and believe me, I'm always curious about what went on here while I was trying to get on with my life in appalled isolation. I didn't arrive at DU until Fall of 2002, so I missed a lot.

Hekate

:toast:

[SoCalDem]

3. Hey you!.. how ya been?

:hi:

[tkmorris]

4. Great stuff

DU was so... something, back then. I can't seem to come up with an adjective to describe it. There were trolls by the BUCKETFULL, but there were also so very many posts and subsequent threads by people who seemed to have a ton to say but nowhere to do it until that very moment. Imagine a thousand people hanging out of a thousand windows and shouting "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take it anymore!" and you may get some idea. Except we weren't just mad, people had so much to SAY. Discussions on Bush of course, and philosophy, and economic systems, and tyranny, and the corruption inherent in our system of government, and..... you name it. It seems strange to say it, but those really were halcyon days, at least in terms of the discussion here.

[whyzayker]

7. It was trench warfare 'round these parts

Who da thunk it woulda lasted?:applause:

[liberal N proud]

5. Great insight into the birth of the DU

I didn't find this place until 2004. It was pretty cool place by then. For the most part everyone had a focus on 2004 elections.

Thanks for sharing.

[Loki]

6. It's been a long time coming

Thank you Skinner, EarlG and Elad........I could not have made it without DU and this community. I'm breaking out my bottle of champagne that I bought back in 2000 and I'm going to fly my flag on the 20th for the first time since 9/11. It's for my country and for this community.

[salin]

8. an evening kick - so those that have never read the story have a chance to...

[malaise]

9. Lovely history

DU is my favorite website. :yourock:

[Chulanowa]

10. Mmmm. Wonder Bread

...What? Just sayin!