Need to convince some righties...

[hey hey]

I am fairly new here to DU, posting that is but I have visted and read here for years now...and frequent access this sitre for "breaking news" which often can be found here before a lot of MSM...

For years now I have also been posting quite regularly at a much smaller political discussion site that when I first posted there had mostly libetarian subscribers... I'm a liberal and we have a few other liberals there but we always ahd some healthy discussion... it;s nice sometimes listening to your oponents viewpoints and trying to convince then of your own..

but of late our nice litte political board has been infiltrated by some more hard nose righties, some even bigots and I'm hoping to make it a more balanced group again...

anyway I plan on starting to post here regularly...you guys are more on my frequency.. but also invite anyone here to our tiny political discussion board to add some flavor from the left..

anyway if you care to join here's the address.

I'm heyhey there too.

http://www.forumclick.com

[Swede]

1. Your name seems vaguely familiar.

It'll come to me.

[Maddy McCall]

4. There's a HeyHey that posts mostly in the lounge.

The Canadian guy.

[hey hey]

5. I'm not a man from Canada

I'm a Florida girl. I couldnt get the name Heyhey here so had to settle for hey hey (with the space)

[hey hey]

6. I'm not a man from Canada

I'm a Florida girl. I couldnt get the name Heyhey here so had to settle for hey hey (with the space)

[Swede]

9. I was being facetious.

HEyHey is a cool dude.

[Maddy McCall]

12. The lounge and GD seem so compartmentalized...

I didn't know if you knew or not.

Sorry. :blush:

[Swede]

14. Well Maddy,there are a lot of DUers.

I don't see you as much in the lounge as I used to.

[Maddy McCall]

15. I take it in phases.

Sometimes I stick to GD...then I'll go spend several evenings in the lounge. I posted a couple of times in the lounge tonight, though.

[aquart]

2. A newbie drumming up business for another site.

How nice.

[hey hey]

7. I like it here

And have been reading here for years honestly.. I just got comfortable at forumclick... me posting this is twofold.. one to make friends here to post here with the other to see if any of you will help me overthere...

I like apples and pears dont you?
believe me its a tiny site absolutely no competition whatsoever for DU...

[Maddy McCall]

3. Done my time at a "neutral" board.

What I found with one or two exceptions was arrogant, hard-headed righties who monopolized all discussions and got away with calling lefties the most disgusting names.

The admins there read members' PMs (and denied it), and gave the right much more room to be abusive toward lefties. The lefty admin was never a true lefty, and, while promising to represent the lefty members, kowtowed to the righty admins and undermined lefty mods.

It was a disturbing, disgusting experience. I think I'll stay put at DU, thankyewverymuch.

[silverweb]

8. Welcome to DU, hey hey.

:hi:

I don't have time to read/post here as much as I'd like, so taking on another site isn't in the cards.

I hope you find your time here enjoyable and informative. I'd have long since gone bonkers without DU! :D

[hey hey]

10. thanks

it is very cool here... and comfortable for a progessive..

[hey hey]

11. thanks

it is very cool here... and comfortable for a progessive..

[hey hey]

13. thanks again... this time different..

for the record.. just so you know me a bit..

I'm Latino, a Democrat, voted and campaigned for Kerry in '08. Gore in 2000 and Clinton twice.
I was born bred and lived most of my like in NYC.. and am proud of being a damn NYC liberal and now reside in the sunshine state that Ralph Nader, Jeb Bush, Kathleen Harris and Sandra Day O'Connor screwed in 2000.

I think our main goals in this country should be the following in this order or better yet,... simutaneously

1. Education, Education, Education.
2. Fighting Poverty
3. Universal Healthcare
4. The Environment, fighting global warming and becomeing energy independent
5. Diplomacy and becoming a credible nation to the planet again.

I promise to try not to quick twice again so I dont double post.. I realize I have done that a couple of times alreay in my short life here and pray you don't question my ettiquite.. It trult was an abarrasing accident...

I will be happy to post somehwere that if I post the words PNAC or infer any wrong doings what-so -ever... I'm not accused of wearing a tin-foil hat...!!!!



anyway... thanks for the welcome0

its also nice here your replies are immediate on smaller discussion baords it can take hours before someone replies to you.. here it's like real-time...