Happy birthday DU :)

[EarlG]

16 years young, this very hour.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Wow, that old, I did not know that. Congrats!

[stonecutter357]

2. Happy birthday DU

[kentuck]

3. It feels like I haven't aged a bit.

Just like 2001.

Only worse.

[CherokeeDem]

4. Congrats!

Been with you from the beginning (didn't register for a while). This site has been a lifeblood for us these years.

Thank you, Admins!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. What? You kids get off my lawn.

Oh, it's a good thing. Never mind.

[whyzayker]

6. I remember that day....

....and following the link somebody with a sign held up in front of the TV cameras.

[Ernesto]

42. Me to!

[yankeepants]

7. Now she can drive!!!!

[mopinko]

13. thread win.

and she can drive hard, too. cuz she is totally badass.

[joshcryer]

8. We are the Underground again.

Hopefully the Democrat bashing can cese from this day forward.

[angrychair]

9. Congrats

Here 11 years and counting and proud of it

[hrmjustin]

10. I remember you walking with a huge sign in the protest.

That is how I found DU.

[HipChick]

11. Thank You Skinner!..

You got me through the Bush years..

[jumptheshadow]

12. Congratulations

And thanks for being here for us.

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. Happy birthday to the refuge I found in February of 2001.

Didn't register until the fall because I had never been on a discussion board before and it scared me.

[haele]

15. 16 years. how time flies.

I'm getting too old for this shit.

Haele

[progressoid]

16. ...

[yagotme]

86. HAH! Funny gif for post #16.

Did you do that on purpose???

[progressoid]

88. It's my happy birthday dance!

[Stellar]

17. Happy B-day...

[Skittles]

18. THANK YOU EARLG

back in 2001, I desperately searched for people who felt the way I did about that nitwit "president" and the stolen election

so glad you are still here for ROUND TWO

[mcar]

19. Mazel tov!

[JTFrog]

20. Underground once more. k&r nt

[hunter]

21. Thank you, and happy Birthday DU!

Underground again... let's all give the wretched Republicans hell.

[2naSalit]

22. Wow.

Thanks to all those who make this place function! Thank you for fulfilling my need for information on the topics that matter most in my world.

[ornotna]

23. Thanks for DU

Hard to muster up a happy today.

[herding cats]

24. Happy Birthday! 🎂 🎉

Thank you for the site. It's the best of its kind on the internet!

[annabanana]

25. oh my oh my.. It's just like starting over...n/t

[bettyellen]

26. Congrats Admins!

[underpants]

27. Yes indeed. Happy Birthday!

[retrowire]

28. Yay I made it! Nt

[TygrBright]

29. You guys were so young and cute and earnest, holding that banner.

I just HAD to enter the URL.

And I'm glad I did.

appreciatively,
Bright

[blueseas]

30. Woo hoo

Happy Birthday!!

The Facts matter website!!!

[hibbing]

31. Time marches on

I wasn't hear from the start, I had to look at my profile, 2003, damn, I was young(er) and spry back then!


Peace

[Hannahcares]

32. Thank you DU for being here for us

Still remember the shocks of 2000 and 2004 elections.. Why weren't the networks covering these travesties? Then I found DU, and have been here ever since. Thank you for keeping us sane and providing a welcome gathering place! Peace, Hannah

[etherealtruth]

33. Wow .... it is hard to imagine that DU is that old

Yet hard to imagine life without (before) DU

[rurallib]

34. 16 year olds get into a lot of fights and cause mischief

Keep it up!

[PatSeg]

35. Wow, 16 years!

Hard to believe it has been that long.

Happy Birthday!

[niyad]

36. happy birthday to this wonderful site, that has kept what little remains of my sanity--goddess knows

we need du more than ever.

[BlueMTexpat]

37. And desperately needed now

more than ever!!

Thank you!

[ismnotwasm]

38. Wow--

Happy Birthday!

[justhanginon]

39. Congrats and please, many, many more.

[BobTheSubgenius]

40. Happy Birthday DU!

And congratulations to everyone who made it possible, and thank you to everyone that makes it great.

[blogslut]

41. Oh wow!

Right back atcha! I love you guys!

[Phentex]

43. An oasis for sure...

[Solly Mack]

44. Yeah. I was in my late 30's.

Still here.

Haps!

[Political_Junkie]

45. Happy Birthday

and here we go again...

[AuntPatsy]

46. 🎉

[meow2u3]

47. Happy Birthday DU

Returning to its roots of resisting a tyrant.

[ailsagirl]

48. LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!

So glad you're here

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

49. Best wishes fir many more.

[denbot]

50. A Sweet 16 Birthday Vid for all us 2001 DU'ers!

I guess the past really is prologue..

[Fast Walker 52]

81. kind of creepy, no?

[Sissyk]

51. Happy Birthday, DU!

Skinner, EarlG, and Elad; y'all gave us a great place! Thank You!

[True Dough]

52. Yes, congrats on the milestone

Just unfortunate that it had to coincide with the swearing-in of an imbecile.

[wildeyed]

53. And underground again.

More than the last time, even

[The_Casual_Observer]

54. Happy Birthday!!

DU is as important as ever. Thank You for being here.

[teamster633]

55. Happy Birthday and thank you, DU.

[mahina]

56. I remember the banner at *'s innaugural parade.

I was watching on CSPAN.

Mahalo nui loa!

[Tinksrival]

57. Here we are again.

Thanks for still being here. Happy Birthday!

[kskiska]

58. I was there!

I saw someone with a banner with the DU link and got on. Been here since then.

[Coventina]

59. Wow....and here we are again, under a fraudulent regime....

I hate to say it, but I'd trade Trump for W again, if forced at gunpoint.....

Although, I argue that it's because of the successful theft of the 2000 election that allowed this one to take place.

The SCOTUS made stealing elections lawful.

We have never recovered from that.....

[oasis]

60. There's no place like home.

[lamp_shade]

61. Wow.

[Cadfael]

62. Happy Birthday DU!

And many more!

[SaveOurDemocracy]

63. Happy BD DU.

[Blue_Tires]

64. Been here for almost 14 of them!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

65. Happy birthday

I didn't join till two years later when G DUHbya was gearing up for the invasion of Iraq.

[MoonRiver]

66. I came a couple of years later. Thanks for being here DU!

[sakabatou]

67. Woah... and now we live through another shit-storm

[IronLionZion]

68. Happy Sweet Sixteen DU!

This group is great when we are resisting against a Bush or a Trump

[Aristus]

69. Happy Birthday, Democratic Underground!

And thank you to the boys. Skinner, EarlG, and elad. I owe you more than I can ever repay. (But the check for my star membership is in the mail... ) This place is my second home...

[FailureToCommunicate]

70. Sweet Sixteen! Congrats! Time for people to send in another donation.

[secondwind]

71. LOVE ME SOME DU!!! proud member for 9 years now..

[Hekate]

72. Holy crap. Here's a birthday candle...

[DinahMoeHum]

73. Still needed now, as with then.

Thanks, Guys.

[yuiyoshida]

74. DU!! Otanjoubi Omedetou Gozaimasu!

おたんじょうび おめでとう ごじあます!!



(pssst, my birthday is tomorrow!)

[get the red out]

75. Thank you DU

I have benefited very much from this place.

[treestar]

76. DU a teenager!

[chillfactor]

77. Happy Birthday DU!

Keep up the good job!

[thecrow]

78. Hooray for DU !

I cannot believe sixteen years have passed...The Obama years went way too fast!
Please help each other to cope during this darkness.

[ClimateHawk]

79. Very happy that DU continues after 16 years

I discovered DU during the 2012 presidential election and stayed with it. I love this site and the variety of perspectives it provides.

[Phoenix61]

80. Happy Birthday DU

I found you this November when the really bad, truly awful horrible thing happened. Thank you so much for being here.

[Fast Walker 52]

82. Sweet sixteen! Wish it weren't Trump on the watch though

[orleans]

83. wow. sixteen years. imagine that.

i didn't find you for a few years but i've always been so glad i finally did find you.

you've helped me through my darkest hours/days/years (both politically and personally)

thank you with all my heart.

[Rhiannon12866]

84. Happy Birthday, DU!!!

And wishing you many, many, many, many more!!!

[AllaN01Bear]

85. happy bday

[jaysunb]

87. It's been one helluva ride !!

[AwakeAtLast]

89. Been here for 13 of 'em

Good grief, my daughter's almost driving!

Thank you, Admins, for doing what you do. Who knew we would have to go back underground?

[Judi Lynn]

90. DU made living through GW Bush survivable. DU became a daily lifeline.

You know you're hooked on DU when you hear a snippet of a news event, and run to find the story already posted at D.U.!

Wonderful people have brought so much information here, they've made this site invaluable.

Thank you.

[Warren DeMontague]

91. Does this mean grovelbot has his driver's license?

[littlemissmartypants]

92. Thanks for everything.

I am here for hours a day reading. I have learned so much and after living in a politically apathetic family have become boots on the ground active in both the NAACP and the Democratic Party in my great state. I attribute my transformation in a large part to the remarkable voices I find here.
Thank you and Happy Birthday to the Democratic Underground!

[Sunlei]

93. Happy Birthday DU

[myrna minx]

94. 16 years! Congratulations!

[jpak]

95. Hip HIP

Hooray!!!!

[rocktivity]

96. I joined about three weeks after 9/11

and I guess I should thank Prince Georgie for making DU possible. Seems like we've come full circle though, with the Rethugs in control of everything. Back to square one, but all journeys begin with the first step, or something like that...


rocktivity

[Ellen Forradalom]

97. Been here since the beginning

January 2001.

And haven't been banned yet!