DU- July 20, 2001...What we were talking about before "everything-changed-on-9-11"

[SoCalDem]

http://web.archive.org/web/20010720080028/http://democraticunderground.com/

Interesting tidbit.. gas was over $3 a gallon in some places.. (Georgie didn't waste any time did he?.. I had forgotten about that..)

Most of the links on the front page still work..enjoy :)

[NMDemDist2]

1. K&N and what a great job the admins have done with the front page eh?

thanks for the link!

[SoCalDem]

2. Here's a link to other "saved" entries.. This was the last one until 9-24-01

http://www.archive.org/index.php

just type in www.democraticunderground.com

[madokie]

3. too cool

I hadn't heard of DU at that point in time. I bookmarked this post because I definitely want to come back and read about what was important on that day

[Marnieworld]

4. wow what a change!

I think that I didn't visit DU until after 9/11. I was more into the smirking chimp then. How much progress?! It really displays how much work the admins have done. Way to go. :applause:

[SoCalDem]

10. I actually liked the minimalist look of the old front page n/t

[deadmessengers]

5. I love the "McGreevey for Governor" ad at the top

That's pretty darn interesting in retrospect.

[L. Coyote]

6. About Bush's approval ratings going into the toilet, and stealing Florida 2000,

Post 9/11, Bush's approval rating skyrocketed, the stolen election was seemingly forgotten, and the spying on US citizens began in earnest.

[Ezlivin]

7. We got a 911 "dungeon" after 9/11

I suppose that if DU was up and running since 1960, we'd have a "JFK", "RFK", "MLK", "Gulf of Tonkin", "USS Liberty", "Oklahoma City Bombing", "WTC Bombing" dungeons as well.

Not that anyone of any substance ever seriously questioned the official accounts of those events, mind you.

[dkofos]

8. I barley remember what I was talking about on June 20, 2007

[Javaman]

9. How we were all screwed when moron* stole the election. nt

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

11. I'm Absolutely Fasincated. I'm Browsing Through Sept 01 Or So. Here's Some Notables:

About bush on vacation. Sept 1st. Last line about how the biggest thing he'd be remembered for that month, is chilling in its own way.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=3862&forum=DCForumID35&archive=yes

Has the earliest calls for a Kerry/Edwards ticket I've seen, including a post from someone saying dream on LOL
http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=3901&forum=DCForumID35&archive=yes#20

Small thread, but God rest Paul Wellstone's soul
http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=3964&forum=DCForumID35&archive=yes

This thread made my jaw absolutely drop at how civil it was. What I wouldn't give for DU to be like this today:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=3961&forum=DCForumID35&archive=yes

Whoa! Thread on the death of Joe Scarborough's aide! Wild!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=3986&forum=DCForumID35&archive=yes

Short thread, but I'm posting due to the irony of it having been posted 36 hours prior to 9/11 occurring.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=4203&forum=DCForumID35&archive=yes

Pardon my ignorance, but anyone know what ever came of this? (also a bit creepy in how much we know now of his quest for power that he had not yet attained then)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=4218&forum=DCForumID35&archive=yes

That's it for now. Just hit some 9-11 threads and tears rushed to my eyes. Gonna take a cig break now.

Fascinating stuff in those archives. There's so much more to go through.

[treestar]

13. Wow, the one about an Enemy needed to justify the Pentagon's budget

on Sept. 9 is eerie.

[SoCalDem]

14. re: civility on DU.. notice how many of those oldies are no longer here

:cry:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

21. I Did Notice That. In Fact, There Were Quite A Few That Seemed Really Impressive, That I Couldn't

help but wonder why they no longer post here.

And I can see why Khephra was so loved as well.

[smiley_glad_hands]

12. Its only 4 years, it wont be that bad. eom

[bigwillq]

15. I hadn't yet discovered DU.

I didn't join until 2004.

[Sequoia]

16. I had no idea DU had been around this long!

I've been missing out and you have been around like forever. I can't remember when I first posted or what I posted.

[AlienGirl]

17. Keph and G_B_n_C have a lot of threads in GD in that archive...

:cry:

[AlienGirl]

18. Also "four-nipples" 180...

:cry:

[rosesaylavee]

19. Wow. That's right. We were going to IMPEACH

the SCOTUS dogs who voted these bastards into office...

Read this vintage Will Pitt thread:

BuzzFlash:
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE OREGON DEMOCRAT WHO STARTED THE SUPREME COURT IMPEACHMENT DRIVE

FORMER OREGON CONGRESSMAN STARTS THE BALL ROLLING ON IMPEACHING THE SUPREME COURT FIVE WHO ANNOINTED BUSH

http://web.archive.org/web/20050730220700/http://www.buzzflash.com/BuzzScripts/Buzz.dll/Content

This coming Sunday, July 22, the Oregon Democratic Party is likely to become the first state organization to call for the impeachment of the five Supreme Court justices who put Bush in the White House. The drive was started by former Congressman Charles Porter, of Eugene Oregon, who served in the House of Representatives in the second term of the Eisenhower administration.

http://web.archive.org/web/20050730220700/www.democraticunderground.com/cgi-bin/duforum/duboard.cgi?az=list_threads&om=2116&forum=DCForumID35

[Robbien]

20. Ha, some of the same arguments going on today

Why prochoice is not the opposite of prolife


The discussion never seems to get old.

[tbyg52]

22. Wow. This one was spot on.

Dear Auntie Pinko,

Why do you think we Americans so meekly accepted the coup that installed Bush into office?

Sincerely,

Karen,
Oakland, CA

http://web.archive.org/web/20010619064521/democraticunderground.com/auntie/2001_auntie_08.html

[SoCalDem]

23. Yes it was.. I had forgotten about the "Supremos' too

Did you read the Hate Mailbag?? What a hoot..

[tbyg52]

24. Yup, that *was* the other thing I read--what a hoot! nt