OK - Call me thin skinned but I am out of here until Wednesday. Blessings to you all!

[1776Forever]

People please try and stop being so abusive to each other - I beg you. Young against old, gay against straight, straight against gay, just stop it please!

Thank God for the future hope that we see in an Obama Administration AND for the freedom to say what we think will make a better future for us all! I really don't think PE Obama would want it any other way.

[monmouth]

1. Well said, many thanks...n/t

[SunsetDreams]

2. Blessings to you, and thank you!

[onehandle]

3. Them's fightin' words!

;-)

[leftstreet]

4. I missed the 'young against old' fights. Who won?

:shrug:

[1776Forever]

5. Here is my reply to one post on this.....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8105071&mesg_id=8106963

[tbyg52]

6. Old Age & Treachery Will Always Overcome Youth & Skill...! ;-> nt

[mkultra]

30. thats what old people say until i jam the knife in their belly

then they just say "why!"

[tbyg52]

33. Nah, I'd know why if I actually said that except in jest!

:hi:

[mkultra]

35. i wish i understood your post, are you missing a comma?

WHY?

[tbyg52]

36. Probably. I meant well, so put the comma wherever it comes out that way, please!

:hi:

[HamdenRice]

7. Sadly, I may leave too. Seems DU will be "all Obama trashing-all the time" during inauguration ...

and I'm in a mood to celebrate.

Go figure.

If you look at the threads in GD: P , looks like DU will be trashing Obama almost as much as Freeperland for the next 24 hours.

I guess there are some DUers who would have preferred McCain, or maybe to suspend presidential term limits so we could have 4 more years of Bush.

It would be nice if the mods would at least consolidate all the repetitive Obama trashing threads into one or two threads, rather than allowing them to proliferate endlessly.

[Vanje]

12. Thats not fair

You've utterly mischaracterized the arguments of those who disagree with you.

I have heard from NO DUers who would prefer McCain, and even less DUers who could take as little as 4 more WEEKS of Bush without suffering dangerous clinical depression.
Neither have you. If you had you quite rightly would've/should've reported them as trolls.

Now look what you've done.
You've gone and soiled a thread whose OP intended to unify.
Damn it! Wipe your feet outside!

[HamdenRice]

14. But you agree with the rest of my characterization

So let's stipulate that the outrage committee would not prefer McCain or Bush.

You seem therefore to agree with the rest of the characterization (Expressio unius est exclusio alterius) that it will be your intent to trash Obama constantly for the next 24 hours.

[Vanje]

17. no

I certainly do not

[Divine Discontent]

22. yes we will celebrate the MANY great things he will do but we will not be ANYTHING like the b*sh

backers who told us over and over, that b*sh was the greatest president who did no wrong. Now, just because questionable choices are made, doesn't mean we should ignore them, and if they hurt you to read them, don't enter a thread that you think will bother you, but by all means, if you want in on a topic, get in and discuss it's pros and cons.

DU is a very popular place to go, so there's not much you can do about the times when something 'big' happens and there's 20 threads about the same thing. Just gotta ignore the ones you don't wanna, or better yet, have no time to read.

GOBAMA!

[Lyric]

26. You have a very broad and loose personal definition of "trashing."

That's not our problem, honestly.

[mkultra]

31. no kidding.

[EraOfResponsibility]

8. After the 21st, I'm gone

I can't take all these overbearing whiners who turn around and dare to be mean to others. They don't give a damn about the issues they're whining about anyway, they're just looking for an excuse to act like bitches.

[Vanje]

13. That wasnt really a very nice post

Did someone dare you to be mean?

[ddeclue]

9. THANK YOU WELL SAID! n/t

[Vanje]

10. I'm not against straight

You may find this hard to believe, but my parents were straight. BOTH OF THEM!!!!
Siblings likewise straight.
Grandparents ; remarkable as it seems, all straight.

I come from a long uninterupted line of practising heterosexuals.

I got nothing against teh straights.

Its snide, smug, and dismissive people that vex me. Not straights.

Have a great inauguration day! This might be one your grandchildren ask about.

[Shiver]

16. Impossible!

Straight people have straight children! It's a pseudo-scientific fact! Someone back along the line in your family must have had teh gay.

[Vanje]

18. There was this uncle.........nt

[K Gardner]

11. Believe I'll follow.. signed in here this a.m. to find more whining, complaining

and b/s about NOTHING, and it is frankly, disgusting. If they whine this much IRL, no wonder they've nothing better to do than create flamebait and imaginary slights to moan about. Not worth coming here at all right now.

[Vanje]

15. This was a really nice thread!

Why did you have to put a stink on it by adding this post trivializing others views as "whining", "flamebait", and "imaginary slights"?

If you absolutely need conflict, there are plenty of threads that welcome it.

But this was a NICE thread! Why not just wish people well, and hope to see em soon, and happy inauguration?

[Lyric]

27. Gee, I wonder who "They" are.

Please, come right out and say it.

[WeDidIt]

19. This thread is POUTRAGEOUS!

HAve a good day watching the event tomorrow!

:D

[merh]

20. Just do what I've been trying to do.

Tune out the nastiness - don't step into the pissing contests, even if you have something relevant you want to say, you'll just get your shoes all wet and the stench will linger.

Post in threads that reflect your positive and hopeful energies, celebrate with those who are celebrating and don't try to change the minds of those who do not want to celebrate.

We are responsible for our own happiness, those who want to wallow should be allowed to wallow if that is what they want.

Take the time out to enjoy the beginning of this new chapter of our lives and take the time you need for you. Thank you for your contributions and for caring so much that all of the bickering bothers you.

Never Give Up - never give up hope and never give up trying to make a difference in this world.

:hug:

:patriot:

[elocs]

21. When it comes to attacking, Democrats tend to be opportunistic and ominvorous

with a streak of cannibalism. If there is not a Republican to bash, belittle, or caricature then another Democrat makes for a tasty h'orderve. It seems we live to find fault and we find it everywhere, except in ourselves.

[Bluenorthwest]

23. This place is by and large

becoming tiresome. There are other worlds than this....

[brianna69]

24. Good idea

DU is no place to be to celebrate the amazing inauguration to come tomorrow. I did a post asking people how they served today and it got like 5 replies. On the contrary this place is full of posts running many replies filled with whining, complaining and hate towards our soon to be president. Trust me tomorrow will be jammed packed with post upon post filled with hate about Rick Warren and people whining about being betrayed yet a post talking about serving others not as fortunate will go ignored. This place is now a freaking joke. The hate here is no different than if we had a republican as our president.
Contrast the amazing crowds shown on TV of so many full of glee and so many being elated to the hate and whining that is 24/7 here at DU. Negativity brings you down. Avoid this place tomorrow. The occasion tomorrow is too joyous to allow DU to get you down.

[stillcool]

25. I just logged on...

and now I'm going to log off.

[Cha]

28. I wouldn't miss being on DU during Obama's

Inauguration for nothing! We worked for a long time to make this happen and I want to share it cyberly with my buddies.

I'll miss you but have fun tomorrow~:grouphug:

[yodermon]

29. It'll be the same on Wednesday. Welcome to the new DU with a Democratic President. n/t

[snowbear]

32. Don't worry! ~~~ DU will be on its best behavior...

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[Fire1]

34. Here! Here!