We need 117 ways to honor Andy today. DU Activist Corps Sign Up

[EFerrari]

We need 117 warm ones so we can get start kicking @ss and taking names in the DU Activist Corp.

Who'll step up today? No salesman will visit your home. :bounce:

DU activists lead clean life styles:



They are stay in the finest accomations:



And they clean up real good:




Takers, we need some takers. :hi:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3995904&mesg_id=3995904

[merh]

1. Can I sign up twice?

:bounce: I'm on the list already. :freak:

[EFerrari]

4. Since we are the same person, I think that would make it

another 1/2 sign up?

Or is that a quarter of an activist twice?

:shrug:

[merh]

10. Oh, I have an idea - now you come back and post as if you

were replying to your message, but you be me and they will think we screwed up and forgot to change our sign on! :crazy:

That's the ticket! :freak:

Or maybe I will just reply to this post as merh, but writing like sfexpat!! :bounce:

[EFerrari]

19. or BoredToDeath

Those freeps must think there's only one woman at DU!

:rofl:

[merh]

22. You mean there is not?

:wow:


:rofl:

[EFerrari]

23. Wait -- am I talking to

MYSELF???????????????????????????????


lol

:rofl:

[merh]

41. Are you talking to yourself again?

:silly:

[EFerrari]

45. Let them figure it out.

LOL!

[merh]

51. You are right.

Kind of like that old game show, where the person showed up and the celebrities had to figure out who the person was.

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

54. "What's my line?"

LOL!

Let'em try to penetrate the gumbo. That alone will tie all their assets up for months.

:evilgrin:

[merh]

55. "who's on first"

:blush: wrong comic duo - thank god I didn't put dean martin & jerry lewis up there :rofl:

[EFerrari]

56. That's what I'm asking you!

:)

[merh]

57. I say

Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know's on third.


:silly:

[EFerrari]

66. Niagra Falls.

Slowly I turn, step by step, inch by inch . .

:spank:

[merh]

68. ..

[EFerrari]

72. what happened to, just throw money?

[merh]

81. What - I thought this was an encourage the activists thread

Not another fund raiser! :crazy:

[EFerrari]

86. Oops!

http://scd.mm-a1.yimg.com/image/3632647

[merh]

100. Wish you were here!

[EFerrari]

101. Is that Costa Rica? Cancun?

Sorry, have me paged here.

http://scd.mm-b1.yimg.com/image/853801911

[merh]

103. This is Cancun

[EFerrari]

105. Well then, hell, I wish I was there, too!

http://scd.mm-a1.yimg.com/image/83547672

[merh]

107. Now this is where I don't want to be

In this thing's path



It ate Cuba! :scared:

[EFerrari]

109. uhm, merh, there this huge white PARROT heading your way!

and it looks hungry. :scared:

[merh]

110. I know - see why I am boarding up the house!

:scared: That is a big mutha! :scared:

[EFerrari]

111. Maybe you need one of these?

I'd give it some serious thought!:freak:

[merh]

112. I have one of these

http://www.photosofcapecod.com/Pleasant%20Bay,%20skiff.jpg

In about this shape too! :freak:

[EFerrari]

115. Yikes!

What about these guys? They're cute and stuff.

[merh]

116. They do look cute and cuddly

But I think that is the wrong ocean! :freak:

I ain't worried, I told ya, I'm very buoyant! merhs bob in the water!

[EFerrari]

117. You know, that may be too much personal information

:eyes:

[merh]

118. Do you think the evil ones will challenge me on that?

We have 3 questions for merh and we want them answered NOW!
1) How long have you been buoyant and how long can you remain buoyant?
2) Will you provide a dated, certified and notarized statement from your local coast guard or life guard attesting to your buoyancy?
3) When you are buoyant, do you float or drift?

:shrug:

[EFerrari]

119. Oh, no. OuCh!

:rofl:

[merh]

120. Well, I don't want to "publicize my buoyancy"

Just imagine the sites sinkorswim.com or the theweightoftheworld, it would be frightening :scared:

I could be perpetrating a fraud and people might think they can float like I can and never wear their life vests or have hurricane parties or just go swimming too far. They have an obligation to protect the victims from my alleged false claims. :freak:

[EFerrari]

121. If you want I'll go buy those AND anchorsaweigh.com

We have to put a stop to this insanity!

I wouldn't want to lead anyone into the deep end on PURPOSE. :shrug:

http://scd.mm-c1.yimg.com/image/1140375429

[merh]

122. I usually wear these when things get deep!

Like when I go over to those evil sites



:yoiks: <<<<<< I love the new DU smilie

[EFerrari]

123. Don't go there, merh.

Then you don't hafta put on full HAZMAT gear. Food is lousy, too.

Who is your little blue friend? Keeps running off?

[merh]

125. That's a new smilie at DU - ain't he great.

If I didn't have 3 dogs, I'd keep him as a pet in the house!

:yoiks: :yoiks: :yoiks: :yoiks:


Just do the colon thing and type yoiks

[Horse with no Name]

132. Hugsss Merh!

:hi:
I can't wait to start--can ya sign up thrice?:silly:

[merh]

135. Is that you Horse?

Or is this sfexpat posting as Horse? :shrug:

If this Horse, hi ya! :hi:

If this is sfexpat, hi too! :hi:

[Horse with no Name]

136. Tis me

Horse...:hi:
Can sfexpat post as me too?:shrug:

[merh]

137. Don't you know, we are just one person, using different names.

This could be merh posting, or it could be sfexpat posting as merh. It gets really complicated if you try to figure it all out. You are me and I am you and I am sfexpat and sfexpat is you.

Glad to know that that is you and not me!!! :crazy:

:hi:

[Horse with no Name]

138. You found out?

I'm Will Pitt.:shrug:
I only post under HWNN when I have something stupid to say.:silly:

[merh]

139. I'd have never guessed.

Dang! That's what I love about the internet, you learn new thins all the darned tim. :hi:

[jojo54]

2. I didn't want to reply so as not to take up time and space.

Sorry, sfexpat2000, but I just can't commit. I would love to do this but I watch my grandkids everyday and never know how much spare time I will have.

Good luck in finding your 117. Once again, sorry.

[EFerrari]

3. That's okay. We all do what we can as we can.

Btw, how old are your grandkids?

Do they know how to type?

:)

[jojo54]

5. Not yet.

They're 4 and 18 months. The 4 yr old is pretty smart tho. I'm going to make sure he's a Democrat.

[Catshrink]

6. Nice captioning..

I'm already signed up but wanted to compliment you on the photos/captions. It will be a great thing to do in Andy's name.

[EFerrari]

8. I thought he might enjoy it.

Well, there must be someone who has yet to click into the Corps.

:)

[WillyT]

7. Great Idea SF !!! - I'm Already Signed Up, But This Should Push Us...

over 1,000!!!

Wonderful idea!

:hi::yourock::hi:

[EFerrari]

9. Help me crosspost, WillyT. I hear you frequent that

Lounge Place. :hi:

[WillyT]

14. ME... In The Lounge ??? - They Always Card Me, And I Never Have ID !!!

:shrug::scared::shrug:

But I'll Do It Anyway!!! Just for you.

:hi:

[EFerrari]

27. I didn't see you go there.

:hi:

[WillyT]

36. Oh It's There... Fell Off The Page With No Replies In Minutes !!!

Finally got a reply, but it's sinking rapidly again.

Do those Lounge guys even post about politics, or are they just using our sofas???

:evilgrin:

[EFerrari]

38. LOL!

They could always sign up using an alias -- you know, so their mates wouldn't bust them. :)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. You go me, sister!

OK, I would have joined anyway as soon as I got back, but I can think of no better motivator than to do it for Andy.

Nice post! :hug:

[EFerrari]

12. Yeah!

:loveya:

[satya]

13. Who could say no to that? Just signed up. nt

[EFerrari]

15. Baby!

:loveya:

[satya]

18. Thanks for making me smile today.

:hug:

[mzmolly]

16. Signed up already, but what a wonderful tribute.

:)

First time I've smiled today.

[EFerrari]

17. Peace, mzmolly.

:hug:

[mzmolly]

20. Peace to you as well.

And thank you for all you did for Andy and us.

:hug:

[UrbScotty]

21. Signed up just moments after it started last week

;-)

[EFerrari]

24. timing, darn, it's all in the timing

So, what's the bounty on a warm DUer this week?

:)

[emcguffie]

25. What do we need to do? NT

[EFerrari]

26. What we do every day -- write an email, hit a poll

make a call.

Skinner says the time committment will be light.

And, you've seen what happens when we work together. :)

[auburngrad82]

29. follow the link and sign up

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3557464&mesg_id=3557464

It's painless!

[im10ashus]

28. Just signed up and ready for some @ss kicking. n/t

[EFerrari]

30. See, now you're gonna make me cry all OVER again.

:loveya:

[im10ashus]

32. Awww.

Don't cry for me, sfexpat2000. The truth is I never left you.

I know Andy would love the Evita nod.

:hug:

[EFerrari]

34. I bet he knew every word.

:)

[im10ashus]

37. You'd win that bet! :-)

[EFerrari]

31. Magic Number now only 110!

GO DU!

Let's show these guys how we do it downtown.

(I don't even know what that means. :rofl: )

[benburch]

33. Kick for Andy!

You KNOW he would have signed up.

[EFerrari]

35. LOL! He would have signed up everyone on his block, too.

:hi:

[benburch]

89. And the two hookers who work the 7-11 at the end of the street...

:D

[grace0418]

39. Signed up today.

What can I do? *rolls up sleeves*

[EFerrari]

40. Be thanked!

Thank you, grace!

:loveya:

[grace0418]

42. You're most welcome

I'll help however I can.

[PittLib]

43. You got me ...

I'm in. How could I possibly say no?

[EFerrari]

46. How great is that?

:loveya:

[EFerrari]

44. kicking for the carrot top

:kick:

[JRob]

47. ...already a member of the corp. Honor ultimately by sending Bush & Co to

PRISON.

GET INVOLVED, DO AT LEAST ONE THING EVERY DAY!

[EFerrari]

50. Bush to the Hague. n/t

[sojourner]

53. From your lips to God's ears.... eom

[GardeningGal]

48. Okay, you got me. In honor of Andy - just had to do it.

Hope I haven't bit off more than I can chew!

[EFerrari]

49. Thank you! I'm sure it will be okay.

It's more of a way to organize our efforts than to increase time spent.

:hug:

[sojourner]

52. Great tribute to a great person!

One of the original 500...and for anyone lurking, it truly is painless! If you already write ltte or hit polls or sign petitions or write your congress persons then DO THIS for ANDY, for DU, and for the US!

[alittlelark]

58. I just did it....

I was a bit afraid of the time commitment over the summer. but I'll MAKE the time!

[EFerrari]

62. I know it will be okay. We do these things every day

anyway!

Thank you. :loveya:

[mogster]

59. OK, OK, I'll join the corps then. Must we eat military food?

And NO excersise, especially not early in the mornings!

;-)

[EFerrari]

63. I know what you're doing. You're looking to post

pictures of tortured FISH!

:rofl:

[SouthPasadenaDem]

60. Done and kicked.

For Andy

:kick:

[EFerrari]

64. Deal, then, SouthPasadenaDem.

and I'll kick it with ya.
:kick:

:kick:

:kick:

[SouthPasadenaDem]

67. I'll see that kick

and raise you.
:kick:
:kick:
:kick:
:kick:

[stevedeshazer]

61. I was in early on,

But I promise to work even harder because of Andy. I can't honor his memory any other way. He set the gold standard for activism.

Hell, the activism forum should be named after him, for crying out loud.

[EFerrari]

65. I can't wait to get started.

Good for you, Steve and thank you. :)

[EFerrari]

69. New Magic Number: 111.

I need to go earn a living for a while.

Please let's keep this kicked.

((((((DU))))))

[tavalon]

70. Aw, that is so sweet

If I hadn't signed up the first day, I would sign up now! I almost want to sign up twice because of this. I would put a smiley after this but I just don't have it in me today.

Rest in peace Andy.

[EFerrari]

71. tavalon

It's a hard day but also the day Andy isn't hurting. Thom Hartmann emailed me, "So sad for us, joyful for Andy."

:grouphug:

[tavalon]

85. I know

I had a near death experience. I have touched the bliss where Andy is now. I am happy for him but it sure hurts out here. And having lost many of my family early, I am all too familiar that that bliss is not shared by the survivors. This is a very painful time for those left behind.

Some people touch a few in this lifetime, some touch many. Andy was the latter.

[EFerrari]

73. Get back up there, you slouch.

:kick:

[livvy]

74. I signed up the first day.

Good idea to get more to sign up. So sad about Andy. My condolences to his friends and family who knew and loved him. He will be missed. This is a nice way to honor his memory.
Come on, folks...it's just an organized way of doing the things you do anyway!
kickety-kick...:kick:

Almost there: 902 right now!
edit for number

[EFerrari]

78. New Magic Number: 98!

Go, DUers!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[manic expression]

75. I was planning to do this....but can there be a better time than now?

Just signed up!

[EFerrari]

77. "Now" is always a good time to take action.

Thank you, manic expression. :loveya:

[Nothing Without Hope]

76. As a side thought - how about an Andy Stephenson avatar?

I posted a request for this, provided no one objects, here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4052049
but no one has responded yet.

I would love to have Andy's spectacular smile in my sig line - we all share in his legacy and will be fighting for it moving forward. The Stephenson mantra: "Voter-verified paper ballots!"

[bigwillq]

79. I signed up today!

RIP ANDY.

[EFerrari]

83. Thank you, bigwillq!

Today is a good day to take action. :loveya:

[EFerrari]

80. One more time, with feeling.

:loveya: ANDY :loveya:

[xmas74]

82. One of the original 500

(yes, we Lounge folk do leave sometimes for a good reason). I just wanted to give this a kick and maybe encourage a few newbies to join.

It really is painless.

[EFerrari]

84. 'tanks, xmas74

Please resume your normal semirecumbent position. :)

[im10ashus]

88. You crack me up, sfexpat2000!

Thanks for getting us motivated today. It's definitely what we need. I signed up today, as I previously stated, because after reading how hard Andy worked for VVPB, I know it's the best way to honor his work and his life. Continued thanks and praise to you too for being inspiring in words. Much love.

im10ashus
(I am tenacious)

:grouphug:

P.S. My partner and I are coming to SF in Sept./Oct. to visit some friends. I would LOVE to have a cocktail or something with you. Peace be with you!

[EFerrari]

90. Let's do it!

:)

[im10ashus]

92. Deal!

When does our first DU activist mission begin? I am donning my Progressively Gay Superhero costume as we speak. And damn these tights suck!

[EFerrari]

95. LOL!

:rofl:

[xmas74]

108. Thank you!

Now I must go fill my drink order and post pics of my cat.

[elcondor]

87. For Andy!

I was already active in political causes before today, but Andy's work and fight has inspired me to do even more ... signed up!

[EFerrari]

91. elcondor, tan muchas gracias

:loveya:

[Mnemosyne]

93. A

:kick: :kick: :kick: for Andy!

Thanks sfpat! :grouphug: All together now!

[Nothing Without Hope]

94. A fine memorial article on Andy has been published in the Seattle Times:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4052955
Thread title: Seattle Weekly memorial article on Andy Stephenson: "A Fight To the End"

[DancingBear]

96. Already done

But I LOVE the thinking behind the post.

Hell, even at 52 I'm a sucker for that "activist" line... :)

[EFerrari]

97. Busted.

:)

[BamaBecky]

98. I just signed up! Did it for Andy! I hope I can keep up!....n/t

[roguevalley]

99. already did before but I'm dedicating it to Andy. Lovely pictures.

Such a damned, damned shame.

[EFerrari]

102. ((BAMA))

We'll do it, you watch.

:loveya:

[annabanana]

104. (just got back from AZ)

So I just signed up & then saw "Andy tribute sign-up" thread...
So you can count me as an Andy sign-up too.

on edit.. How can I tell how many are already signed?

[EFerrari]

106. Hey!

If you check out Skinner's post, about 3/4 of the way down has our numbers.

:hi:

[EFerrari]

113. one more time for the Friday night readers

:kick:

:grouphug:

:kick:

[In_The_Wind]

114. ~ for Andy

:kick:

[Moosepoop]

124. All signed up and ready to go!!! n/t

[EFerrari]

126. Thank you, Moosepoop! We will make a difference, together.

:hug:

[benburch]

127. Kick!

:kick:

[New Earth]

128. i'm joining

:blush:

[EFerrari]

129. 'Morning, Faye and thank you! Our new magic number: 83

:kick:

[EFerrari]

130. New Magic Number: 80. 'Way to go, DUers.

:kick:

[merh]

131. 80?

Do I hear 79, come one, let me hear 79! :yoiks:

[EFerrari]

133. That little guy sure has stage fright.

We could now start having DUramas, like tiny Noh plays.

:rant: :yoiks:

[merh]

134. This is my smilie depicition of the DU activists to date - 920

[EFerrari]

140. Saturday 7:30 pm PDT: New Magic Number: 74

:kicking: for the Corps

[EFerrari]

141. Sunday 3:25 PDT New Magic Number:40! Go, DUers!

:kick: