So... If I set up a Liberal Moonbats message board...

[benburch]

With membership being offered to liberal or progressive a Right Wingnut board consistently calls a Moonbat...

Would the rest of you Moonbats want to join?

Of course we will have HIDDEN MOONBATTERY sections so the Right Wingnuts can imagine we are plotting World Domination. And Moonbat T-shirts and buttons at cost to members. (Through my Cafe Press account.)

Let me know if there is interest!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. Wait! I thought this WAS a moonbat message board!

I'm in the wrong place?

I am a moonbat of the first order.

[benburch]

2. Some people here actually OBJECT to the honor of being made a Moonbat!

I was talking about a place where we first-order Moonbats can make vicious fun of the Right Wingnuts.

Sort of a "secret club".

We can even have a handshake.

[txindy]

14. As long as there's a special handshake, fine by me.

Maybe matching jackets, too. :evilgrin:

[radwriter0555]

30. I want a hat. A very SPECIAL hat.

I really do.

Then, YES, I'd join...

[EFerrari]

75. See #32. n/t

[Pool Hall Ace]

3. "Imagine* we're plotting world domination?

You mean we won't really be?

Oh well, I'd still be interested. :hi:

[benburch]

5. Well, yes...

But remember, World Domination can be achieved through finding the perfect BBQ sauce formula, too!

[achtung_circus]

4. When I first joined I was warned about even using the term "moonbat"

as it would be used as proof that I was a disruptor.

Now I'm ready for the 32nd Degree of moonbattery

and the perks thereof.

[brainshrub]

6. I thought DU was the offical moonbat forum.

If you need help designing the forum, drop me a note. I used all open-source code for the forum on my own site. It's clunky, but it works.

[benburch]

10. Will do!

And of course, you qualify for membership just for using OSS. ;)

[brainshrub]

13. Woo Hoo!

BTW: I just donated to your fund drive. ($10) www.whiterosesociety.org

I'm only mentioning it here as a shameless way to promote your site, and encourage others to do the same.

[benburch]

15. Why thanks so much!

I hope you get that show of yours going soon so I can archive it!

[rosesaylavee]

7. Can we wear special robes when we meet?

And special hats?

[political_invader]

9. Don't forget the MASKS. LOL nt

[benburch]

12. Masks are for parades only!

It's in the bylaws... ;)

[benburch]

11. Smoking jacket...

And a Yellow Fez. ;)

[political_invader]

8. where do I sign. nt

[LunaSea]

16. I spend a lot of time on the Moon....

Sorry...there are no bats up here.



But thats a seriously cool idea!

[benburch]

18. Oh, yes, there are bats!

They wear little pressure suits... Only, being no atmosphere, they don't fly. Most likely you mistook them for the pressure suit wearing mice!

http://www.dizneypins.com.nyud.net:8090/June04Images/spaceanniv.jpg

[LunaSea]

79. nope, you're thinking of

Manbats.

Been around up here since 1835.

http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1469226

GREAT ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERIES
LATELY MADE
BY SIR JOHN HERSCHEL, L.L.D. F.R.S. &c.
At the Cape of Good Hope


These articles proclaimed that, with the invention of a new telescope, astronomer Sir John Herschel had made discoveries unbelievable to science. Things like "a new theory of cometary phenomena" and multiple solar systems with subsidiary planets were all credited to the telescope.

However, the most important "discovery" that Sir John made came when he aimed his remarkable telescope towards the moon. On the moon's surface he saw the following things:

Forests, water masses, and pyramids.
Herds of bison, unicorns, and various amphibious creatures.
A primitive tribe of hut-dwelling, beaver-like creatures.
Civilized, winged-humans living in golden-roofed temples. Herschel would later call these winged-humans "Vespertilio-homo" or "man-bats".

[flaminbats]

17. neocons love barking at the moon..

But there is nothing amoral about supporting a Cokehead President who believes everyone who snorts a line, except for him, should be in prison. Nothing elitist about denying THE RIGHT TO VOTE to a lawful, hardworking, taxpaying citizen. Nothing un-American about turning 9/11 and the Iraqi War into another purposeless, endless spending spree while cutting Veterans' benefits. NO REALLY, the Department of Homeland Security was never the problem, but the solution!!!

Take from Sun Myung Moon, the moon is really a thoughtful, sinless place. :crazy:

[KitchenWitch]

19. Can I be a Moonbat Priestess?

[benburch]

21. Sure!

After the super-secret "initiation". :evilgrin:

[KitchenWitch]

26. Oh, cool - Oathbound!

:evilgrin:

[KittyWampus]

20. Don't need a hidden section. We can just use Old English

I mean since we're Moonbats.

Do you think Freepers even know what Moonbats comes from?

[benburch]

22. Is it from Old English?

I knew a little in college (1978 - Lost it all now.) from having taken a Beowulf class, but do not recall Moonbat from then.

[KittyWampus]

78. Not Really, I Just Think It Sounds Like A Word From Shakespeare

:)

[benburch]

81. It does, doesn't it?

I could really piss them off by writing scathing lampoons of them in Latin, but then I think I would really piss off most of the other Moonbats too!

[Castilleja]

23. That sounds cool to me.

:thumbsup:

[benburch]

24. So, how does MoonbatConspiracy.org strike you as a name?

Lots of other similar names are possible as well.

[KitchenWitch]

28. It has a nice ring to it!

:hi:

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. hmm short for MC.ORG, catchy

;-)

Hey we will need a special song

We are the world
we are moonbats,
we will take over
we will make fun

Yes we wil make fun
fun of freepers
fun of presnits
fun of pretzels

there you get the idea.

[Pobeka]

25. We'll need a moonbat pledge. And a secret initiation rite.

The rite should involve some sort of logical reasoning test.

This would be way fun.

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. I'm in, after all been called a moon bat plenty of tiimes

hence I think I qualify

[The_Casual_Observer]

31. Do moonbats live in spider holes?

I have never seen or heard of either until the bush monster rally started.

I guarantee that one of the nitwits has lifted this thread for discussion on moranunderground.

[benburch]

33. You think?

I'll have to check there some time.

At one time they were covering every one of my articles, and seemed to hate me about on par with Will Pitt. (I just wish that I could write as well as Will does!!! My years of writing technical papers have given me clarity of expression but zero style.)

[EFerrari]

32. I'll design the beanies for free.

Parti-colored, rotor and all.

:hug:

[tanyev]

54. Ooooh, beanies with rotors.

I'm in.

[benburch]

34. moonbatconspiracy.org registered!

I'll give it 24 hours to get into the DNS system, and then I'll figure out how to multi-home an apache server and get the stub of a site up.

Brainshrub, what forum software do you suggest. I have PHP intalled on all the servers already, so we could use phpbbs.

[nadinbrzezinski]

47. I use PHP on mine

it is easy and convenient, just watch for teh security hole, been removing a bunch of phantom users over the last two weeks... you know the free comercial for viagra

[benburch]

49. Good enough!

I'll do a bit of reading before I put it up.

[Gold Metal Flake]

35. So, where are we?

Lessee...

I'm OK with milkshakes, but not handshakes cuz I don't know where my hands have been.

Everyone must wear robes AT A MINIMUM.

No dues but that Voo-dues that you-dues.

A mask can be worn on any part of the body, but remember the robes.

Free barking.

Bring your own holes.

Oaths required. Could we sthubstitute wheat? Oaths give me gasth.

OMG THIS IS HUGH !!!!!111 LOL WTF!1

[Richard Steele]

39. Secret milkshakes? Sounds like a plan!

I'm still shilling for my "matching tattoos" idea....

[lynettebro440]

36. Well, since I have been referred to

as BenBurch's girl and a true, official moonbat, by all means, sign me up. I'll give you my name, rank and social if that will help. Thanks for offering Ben, we need to stick together.

[benburch]

38. You're my girl???

You and Katy will have to fight a steel cage deathmatch over that one if she finds out!!!

[lynettebro440]

41. Ah honey

She can be your girl, I just like the fact that the freepers think that you teach me how to be such a "liberal" as well as I do. They said that I must have been trained by you. Since I didn't know who you were until I posted myself, I guess I don't take offense to be told "You're one of Benburches girls." Tell Katy not to worry, just learning from one of the best.

[benburch]

42. She really wouldn't worry, actually.

And if you need any more "training", well... :evilgrin:

[lynettebro440]

43. Sign me up for you next class

I look up to you Ben and would love any suggestion I can take on how to get under the skins of freepers, it is one of my all time favorite past times. Cheap and easy entertainment, can't be all bad:)

[benburch]

44. Cheap and easy!

That fits me to a "t".

[lynettebro440]

45. Nomination and Kick

just cause it's quick and easy. Thanks Ben.

:kick:

[sui generis]

37. cool. I work with a bunch of secret investors

right now we're looking at thought control technology - we're getting ready to invest about 500 million through various LP and fund of fund partnerships. Nobody will know about it when we're done, and if they do we'll just erase their memories.

:tinfoilhat:

:evilgrin:

[benburch]

40. Don't push that button!

Thats the HISTORY ERASER BUTTON!

http://fatoprofugus.net.nyud.net:8090/blog2/button.gif

[MamaBear]

46. This sounds like fun.

Fun sounds like a good idea.

Can I play in the Moonbats band? I'm good on the bass. :D

[benburch]

48. As long as you clean them!

[MamaBear]

50. Wow. Hard bargain. LOL.

[Richard Steele]

51. You need to get a main page up, pronto! Even just a "coming soon" sign!

Cuz all the links on the current page http://moonbatconspiracy.org
are for bat exterminators!

NOT an auspicious beginning!

[benburch]

52. LOLOLOL!

I'll have something today!

[benburch]

53. OK, I pushed the dns records over to my server.

That takes a few hours to happen though.

[joanski0]

56. I wanna join, too. And I want

a MoonBat T-Shirt and a sweatshirt. But not black, because I have 7 cats and black shirts turn white in nothing flat.

[benburch]

57. We'll have all that stuff from cafepress...

Just as soon as members create some graphics!

(That was a bigass hint guys and gals!)

[Richard Steele]

59. DistressedAmerican already did...it's the logo I shopped onto this guy:

[benburch]

60. Cool!!!

Where is the original? And would he be cool with us using it?

[Richard Steele]

62. He had a thread for the original last week; HUGE 8x11....

Can't find it without the search function right now.

But he had the original "Who's proud to be a moonbat"thread;
You should PM him about it!

Edit: Had it on my HD! God bless PhotoBucket!
DistressedAmerican might already have some CafePress items ready to roll.

[benburch]

66. OK, I PMed him and asked him to join this thread. Thanks! nt

[benburch]

55. FIXED!

Now goes to an "Under Construction" page!

[Richard Steele]

58. Yup! Fast work, Ben!

Btw, I call dibs on the secret code name "dicksteele"...
the freepers will never figure it out!

[benburch]

68. I figure if our secret names are exactly the same as our DU names...

They will NEVER figure it out!

[troubleinwinter]

77. I think maybe they would be confused if I used

troubleinautumn

[troubleinwinter]

61. Oooooo.... count me as a Moonbat!

[benburch]

69. You got it!

A Moonbat with a "Lifestyle"!

[troubleinwinter]

76. if there's anything that freaks out a RightWingnut more than a Moonbat...

it's a Moonbat with a 'lifestyle'!!!! Woohoo!!!!

[annabanana]

63. Oh can I join..?

I lo-o-o-ove secret societies, hats, handshakes, passwords, robes, skullduggery and shenanigans (there WILL be skullduggery and shenanigans, won't there?)

[benburch]

67. Skullduggery in BUCKETS. nt

[EFerrari]

70. You HAVE TO, we need an official Moonbat poet.

Ana ana bo banna. :hi:

It takes my breath away, how the evil stinky ones just dis everything that is wholesome and thoughtful and beautiful. What an ugly life they must lead. Shades of Doris Lessing's "Shikasta".

I will be the fan bearer and wave away the ill winds and the overheated rhetoric.

[Horse with no Name]

64. Can we call it "MU"

Moonbats Underground??

[Richard Steele]

65. No, you are thinking of "MoonMoles"....different!

How can we swoop-n-poop on freepers if we are underground?

I am hoping to head up our Elite Stealth Dive-Bomber Squadron,
if I can get enough interest.

"Minor Inconvenience From Above!"; that's my motto!

[EFerrari]

71. The times they are a'changin. Go, Ben!

:kick:

[Zero Division]

72. "Moonbats, we see in the dark places that Wingnuts fear to tread."

"Moonbat" sounds so cool, I could never take it seriously as an insulting term.

[5thGenDemocrat]

73. Well, I'M not a liberal moonbat, but YOU guys all are, so...

I guess I'll see y'all over there.
John
And of course I'll want a tee shirt.

[EFerrari]

74. Hey, we're not above courting the t-shirt contingent.

I'm married to one and I'd go on TV for him. :)

[ninkasi]

80. Well...I don't want to brag...

but I am Ninkasi, the ancient Sumerian goddess of beer brewing. I will be a Moonbat, and furnish my intoxicating beverage, as long as you honor me. I will not quote the entire hymn...

The Hymn to Ninkasi - Making Beer

The Hymn to Ninkasi, inscribed on a nineteenth-century B.C. tablet, contains a recipe for Sumerian beer.)

Translation by Miguel Civil

Borne of the flowing water (...)
Tenderly cared for by the Ninhursag,
Borne of the flowing water (...)
Tenderly cared for by the Ninhursag,

Having founded your town by the sacred lake,
She finished its great walls for you,
Ninkasi, having founded your town by the sacred lake,
She finished its great walls for you

Your father is Enki, Lord Nidimmud,
Your mother is Ninti, the queen of the sacred lake,
Ninkasi, Your father is Enki, Lord Nidimmud,
Your mother is Ninti, the queen of the sacred lake.

[merh]

82. Count me in ben!

:hi: As always, by your side. :hug:

Just let us know when we can sign in! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Josephine]

83. What's a moonbat?

?

[peekaloo]

84. I'd spring for a T-Shirt with a cool Moonbat design.

:bounce:

[Individualist]

85. Can I join?

Can I, can I, pleeeeease? :woohoo: