Reply #159: I think I came over here from Crooks and Liars or Media Whores or someplace like...

[Poll_Blind]

...that. I was all like "I am about ready to shoot myself with all these fucking polls that are coming out showing how much America loves Bush."

And so, in a fit of pique to respond to something I'd read (probably some news story Keph posted) I came up with the only handle my addled mind would quickly dispense: Poll-Blind. Because fuck all those polls, Bush is a dimwit asshole!.

It was back in 2001, before September 11th, but honestly I can't recall exactly when I made my login because up to that point I had wisely only lurked in any sort of political discussion forums, falsely thinking I would pour unusual quantities of time into them if I did!

:rofl:

Man, getting a little maudlin about Keph. I learned that September 11th was going on from Keph. Not from CNN or NBC or any of those places. The cable channel I was watching had just cut from an episode of Little House on the Prarie to a big puff of billowing smoke and I had no idea what was going on. I actually thought it was some mistake, that it was from a movie they'd switched to inadvertently. No voiceover or anything. I dropped into DU and saw Keph's thread. This has gotta be a joke I thought as I went to CNN...but CNN wouldn't load up. In fact, none of the big places I checked for news would load up. And then I realized why I couldn't get to any of those web pages: Because Keph wasn't bullshitting. I remember going as white as a sheet when the realization hit me.

And even though he's sadly gone, that is still one of the biggest draws about DU for me: Before breaking news hits the air, people have already started fighting about what it means on DU. Since I've been barred by the UN from running my own intelligence service, DU is about the closest anyone can get to having their own.

:thumbsup:

PB