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MHD
Citizen
Username: Mayhewdrive
Post Number: 1852
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 7:04 pm: | 
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http://www.sorryeverybody.com/ |
singlemalt
Citizen
Username: Singlemalt
Post Number: 795
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 10:27 pm: |
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Actually less than half, 48% to be exact. 
Took the entire family out for a nice meal tonight. Not too often we do that on a Thursday. The restaurant was packed! Lots of nice people celebrating the good fortune of having Bush for another four years.
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Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 622
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 11:20 pm: |
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As much as I hate Bush, this is one sorry excuse for a web site/project. This is what democracy is about. We shouldn't apologize for who is elected. Now, to say "Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy," that's ok. But to apologize for democracy? Insane.
And Singlemalt, I doubt very much that many people were out celebrating the inauguration. Thursday is a big night for dining out. |
singlemalt
Citizen
Username: Singlemalt
Post Number: 796
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 7:39 am: |
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In light of the called protests to stay home yesterday, the restaurants seemed to be filled more than usual. |
jerkyboy
Citizen
Username: Jerkyboy
Post Number: 44
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 7:50 am: |
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The "Proests" went almost totally UN-noticed.
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Phenixrising
Citizen
Username: Phenixrising
Post Number: 324
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 8:22 am: |
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The "Proests" went almost totally UN-noticed.
ahem…I doubt that!
Thousands Protest Bush's Inauguration
White House - AP
Thousands of people in dozens of cities across the nation walked out of work and school, held mock coronations, intoned the names of the Iraq war dead and held candlelight vigils to show their disapproval of President Bush as he was sworn in for his second term.
Crowds were larger than organizers expected in some communities — more than 1,500 people took to the streets of New Orleans in a "jazz funeral of democracy," an event that took on the appearance of a lugubrious Mardi Gras ball, a raucous street protest, Halloween freak show and traditional New Orleans jazz funeral rolled into one.
And in Denver, several hundred demonstrators were joined at the state Capitol by a group of women wearing witches' hats who chanted "We've been under a spell." The crowd cheered when they added "But we are waking up."
But hundreds clashed with police in the nation's capital at the inaugural parade. Gary Gillespie, an activist in Baltimore, said he had planned to travel the 35 miles for the larger demonstrations, but decided "local action" was important.
Many demonstrators said they deliberately avoided watching or listening to the inauguration.
I pretty much did the later and I'm sure plenty of others did too! AVOID & IGNORED |
overtaxdalready
Citizen
Username: Overtaxdalready
Post Number: 333
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 9:07 am: |
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Phenix..smile and be happy.
You can look forward to wasting the next 4 years of your life surfing the web looking for anti-Bush stuff.
Have fun! |
Robert Livingston
Citizen
Username: Rob_livingston
Post Number: 729
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 9:13 am: |
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overtaxalready: Iiiiiinnnnnnn case you haven't noticed, you can't be on the web for more than 0.18 seconds before you stumble on anti-Bush stuff. Why? Because he is the dumbest, most incompetent, morally reprehensible president this country has ever seen. And most people smart enough to use a computer know that. |
jerkyboy
Citizen
Username: Jerkyboy
Post Number: 47
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 9:27 am: |
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Bobby you sound angry.
What is wrong?
Was yersterday's events too much to handle?
Just wondering. |
newone
Citizen
Username: Newone
Post Number: 193
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 9:53 am: |
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Boy, there's going to be a lot of heart disease and ulcers in Maplewood....breath deep everyone. |
Strings
Supporter
Username: Blue_eyes
Post Number: 329
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 10:15 am: |
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MHD - I for one think the site is very creative, thank you for sharing!
Rastro - I don't think that these people are apologizing for democracy at all. Most of them are just expressing their frustration with the results, not the process. I spent a good 15 minutes or so on that site and just didn't get that impression, but maybe I'm missing something. |
Phenixrising
Citizen
Username: Phenixrising
Post Number: 327
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 10:18 am: |
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overtaxalready,
Didn't have to surf the web for this. It was part of the headlines in Yahoo!
Do you Yahoo? |
notehead
Supporter
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 1904
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 11:05 am: |
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I completely agree with Strings. (And this was my impression when I first posted about this site a few months ago.) I was particularly touched by the posts from people in so many other countries -- including some in the Middle East -- saying things like, "we know you tried, and if you want to, you can crash at our place for a while." Their display of understanding is very friendly and reassuring.
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singlemalt
Citizen
Username: Singlemalt
Post Number: 797
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 12:38 pm: |
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The MAJORITY voted to re-elect. That's how elections work in this country.
Love it or leave but please quit all the crying! |
Robert Livingston
Citizen
Username: Rob_livingston
Post Number: 737
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 12:40 pm: |
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singlemalt: actually, that's not how elections work in this country. The MAJORITY voted for Al Gore, but look at us now...mired in the worst presidency the world has known. |
notehead
Supporter
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 1918
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 2:59 pm: |
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kmk
Supporter
Username: Kmk
Post Number: 398
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 3:56 pm: |
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I think it's so "cute" that the guys holding up their fingers in a "v" are NOT putting them like little horns coming out of the heads of the people in front of them.....
I've been around my kids too much I guess. |
singlemalt
Citizen
Username: Singlemalt
Post Number: 798
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 7:50 pm: |
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Hey Robert,
I love you man! You are what makes this board so great! If I'm having a bad day, I just come read another one of your idiodic posts and all of a sudden I feel better.
Thanks bud! |
Ukealalio
Citizen
Username: Ukealalio
Post Number: 1755
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 8:22 pm: |
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single, I can tell ya, u spread a lot more cheer then Robert. |
jerkyboy
Citizen
Username: Jerkyboy
Post Number: 53
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 7:06 am: |
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singlemalt,
I think bobby is suffering from P.E.S.T.
Forgive him and his uncheerful posts.
I think it is part of his therapy. |
Dave
Moderator
Username: Dave
Post Number: 5051
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 11:13 am: |
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1 wk for that personal attack. Plus I'm weary of the spam posts, frankly.
I'm no fan of the login name either. I must have been asleep at the wheel when I approved it. |
notehead
Supporter
Username: Notehead
Post Number: 1921
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 12:06 pm: |
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I knew I should have bet someone that a suspension was forthcoming for that particular poster. That and the Google IPO -- missed opportunities. <sigh>
There are, by the way, two books coming out that are based on the sorryeverybody.com website. One features submissions from Americans, and the other features responses from around the world. Not sure when they are expected to be available. |
singlemalt
Citizen
Username: Singlemalt
Post Number: 799
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 1:41 pm: |
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I aim to please. |
ML
Supporter
Username: Ml1
Post Number: 2213
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2005 - 1:45 pm: |
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Dave,
I think a login is OK if it's truth in advertising, isn't it? |
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