Check In Alabama DUers

[BamaLefty]

We need an organized list of DU members in Alabama. Sure, I know that we are going through a hard time with all these Bush fans down here, but grassroots is the way to go and we have to start somewhere. So I would really appreciate it if we start here on Democratic Underground. Thanks, BamaLefty.

Name & Town please. :hi:

[Name removed]

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[SHAPHI]

82. I'm so glad I found this place

Hi! I live in Headland Al. Have felt scared and alone here in South East Alabama.

[BamaLefty]

100. Welcome SHAPHI!!!

Wow! Headland? That isn't far away from me. And located in heavily Repub Geneva County if I remember correctly.

At any rate, welcome to DU! Post away my friend. :hi:

[Syrinx]

2. Syrinx Smith, here

Seriously, I'd rather not put my real name down here. But I'm in Tuscaloosa.

BTW, I remember a tv show from my childhood called "Almost Anything Goes." And the Andalusia All-Stars rocked! :)

[BamaGirl]

3. Where is everyone? I know there are several us.

I'm guilty too though. I forget these state forums are here. :shrug: Anyway, I'm Lori in Dothan. Hey y'all. :hi:


"Sure, I know that we are going through a hard time with all these Bush fans down here"


You know, it's kinda funny. Everyone who knows me, from the most casual acquaintance, knows I'm a Dem. I haven't heard one word about the election. I mean, no one has even mentioned * in my presence. I really expected gloating. I'm go back and forth between pleasantly surprised and seriously annoyed at that lol. At least if someone said something I could vent some of my frustration at the locals lol.

[sweetcountrygirl]

4. Fairhope

Jessica (last name removed)

Just moved from Toronto to Fairhope. Hello to the few progressives left in Bama

:toast:

[artboy]

5. Hey folks...

(artboy) here.... or otherwise known as Lee.
Dothan, AL too.....hey bamagirl.....:bounce:

[BamaGirl]

7. Hey Lee!

:hi: How're you doing? Don't suppose you've heard anything about a meeting this month?

[artboy]

9. No

Sorry, Ive not heard anything?..let me know if you find out anything too.:toast:

[BamaGirl]

10. Hey Lee

I'll send you a pm.

If anyone else in the Houston Co area needs info about the Wiregrass Democratic Club pm me. :D

[BamaLefty]

6. Few And Far Between

(progressives)

[peacebaby3]

68. Proud Liberal in Fairhope

Just wanted to check in and say while I frequent the site, I never really post to the board, but I'm here now.

I would love to see some more grassroots operations going on here in Alabama. I know there are Progressives here. I was born in Alabama so we do exist even if we are the minority.

[newyawker99]

70. Hi peacebaby3!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[BamaBecky]

8. BamaBecky here With a big question?

Becky Garrick
Grove Hill, Alabama

:hi:

Are we getting ready to meet up? Just curious? Also can anybody tell me why Alabama was the first state to establish a cabinet level position for Homeland Security? I know we got a big grant and all. Question is why? Was it because the BIG OIL & GAS CORPORATIONS wanted to plant some LNG terminals in Mobile. Or was it because of all the chemical plants or both. Does anybody know the real story?

Thanks, Becky

PM me sometimes! There has got to be more than a half dozen of us?

[quaoar]

11. Well, if we ever have a meeting, we should invite

the good folks at Air America who are so disappointed in our lack of performance in making Alabama into a liberal oasis:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1419040&mesg_id=1419040

[BamaGirl]

12. Glad you posted quaoar, but I can't stomach the GD boards lately

My thoughts on the matter would have to be too heavily censored to print. x( I'm getting sick and damned tired of the commentary from the peanut gallery on what "we progressives aren't doing/are doing wrong" in the South/Bama. Jesus H Christ, if all these non-Southerners are such freaking experts why the hell am I still trying? Where the fuck are they? We had a long chat at a local meeting this week about the lack of interest in our politics on national level. They can start dictating/criticizing our politics when they actually campaign and contribute here.

[quaoar]

13. The South bashing has morphed into Alabama bashing

And it has taken on a very elitist tone.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

164. Or maybe

we should look at having our conversation on a Liberal Talk network that's already facing South.

I'm proud to say that the Head-On Radio Network (H.O.R.N.) originates in the South. We're growing day by day and are the only liberal network that has actual born and bred Southerners behind the microphone. Me, I'm a born Alabamian.

Let people from around the nation and the world hear that Alabama's not a blood-red haven of hate and bigotry and intolerance and racism and Repiglican ignorance.

We produce over forty hours of Liberal, Progressive Conversation Radio per week. And by "conversation," we mean that callers get all the time they need to share their ideas and observations. None of that "Enough about you, let's talk about me" talk radio that the Repigs invented. This is the beginning of a conversation the South, and the nation, has needed for a long, long time.

Check it out: www.headonradionetwork.com We'll be glad to see you there!

Disclaimer: As the founder of the Head-On Radio Network, I have a burning desire to see it succeed. Part of that desire is showing the rest of the nation that the South is worth fighting for.

On Edit: I just read the link referenced in the OP. Don't you love it when we get "chided?"

[Frances]

14. Hi Becky,

What a small world. I grew up in Grove Hill. I still have tremendous respect for Powers McLeod, Brother Christenberry, and Ben Sawada, who were ministers in the Grove Hill Methodist Church when I was young.

I left Alabama in my 20s and moved to Massachusetts, then Maryland, and finally California. All three states are blue but with Republican governors. I worry what the Republican governors will do to these states, especially Arnold here in California.

[BamaLefty]

15. Did Ben Sawada Used To Preach in Andalusia

I think his daughter was the valedictorian or something like that.

My dad grew up with them. What a small world! (If its true) ???

[Frances]

16. I don't know what other towns Ben Sawada lived in.

Two years ago my college roommate told me that Ben Sawada is now retired and that he and his wife Lily attend the same church she attends in Montgomery. My roommate says she asked the Sawadas to talk to a church group about their experience in a Japanese internment camp during World War II.

Ben Sawada came to Grove Hill just as I was graduating from college and getting married. I wasn't in Grove Hill enough to get to know his family; I just knew he had two young daughters. When I talked to Ben Sawada two years ago, he told me that he had had a stroke. I think he said that one of his daughters is a concert pianist in San Jose, CA.

By the way, I was born in Andalusia, but I never lived there. There was no hospital in the town where my parents lived at that time, so my mother stayed with her sister in Andalusia when it was time for me to be born.

[BamaLefty]

19. If It Is the Same Sawada...

he has a son named Tino or Tito (?)

No A-Town hospital? What year was that? :shrug:

[Frances]

20. My parents were living in Linden Alabama when I was born

way back in July 1941.

I was 6 months old World War II began. About a year later we moved to Bay Minette, and I can remember my mother talking about how they had to cover the top of the car's headlights so that the enemy would not be able to see the car lights from the air. People were at least as shaken up by Pearl Harbor as they were by 9/11.

I think one reason I did not panic after 9/11 is that I remember how frightened everyone was when I was a child and yet we survived. I remember seeing Franklin Roosevelt say in a newsreel that we have nothing to fear but fear itself. I thought he said, "We have nothing to fear but beer itself." It took me a while to figure that one out.

My childhood was a lot like Scout's in To Kill A Mockingbird. It was bittersweet because I had so much freedom to roam the town and the surrounding areas. I could climb trees and walk through fields and wade in creeks (but remember to watch out for rattlers and moccasins and coral snakes), but with all that physical freedom, I was definitely living in a very repressive political system.

[BamaBecky]

26. Ben Sawada's brother has a plant nursery in Mobile, it's possible

that the brother had a son? The Ben Sawada that was the minister at the Grove Hill United Methodist Church had two daughters at that time.

[spreadingpeace]

17. spread these messages across Alabama!

Check out these stickers and buttons and get them out across the state!

www.peaceproject.com

[newyawker99]

56. Hi spreadingpeace!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[southlandshari]

18. Sorry I'm late!

Southlandshari, Lee County resident, raised here then struck off to see the world for nearly 20 years, and recently returned to roost with my own family (with mixed feelings about coming back!).

I personally know at least two other DUers who live in my area, but don't post frequently. Let's keep this thread kicked for them and others like them. There are a lot more of us out here than most might expect!

[HippyLongstocking]

21. Hiya!

I'm Gina from Huntsville.

How ya' doin'?

:hi:

[quaoar]

24. Welcome to DU, Gina

[MelissaB]

39. Hiya, Hippy!

We spend quite a bit of time in Huntsville. My son plays hockey in Hsv. and Decatur.

:hi:

[newyawker99]

57. Hi HippyLongstocking!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[bamacrat]

22. Ian Oliver orig. from Lacey's Spring but now in T-Town

[Gayla]

23. I'm in Guntersville..

And my name is really Gayla

[Retired AF Dem]

49. Hi Gayla

If you have ever seen the armored van driving though Guntersville that is me driving.

[southpaw]

61. Hey, Gayla

It's Jeff from Guntersville. (We worked the MOVA store together...)

Hope to see you at a Dem meeting in the near future

[AlabamaYankee]

25. Better Late Than Never

I've been too busy to post much, but I'm here in Auburn. Actually I'm involved with the Lee County Democratic Club, and looking to link up with activists in other county clubs to build the grass roots of the party. If you're a member of a county Democratic club let me know so we can begin to set up a network.

If you're not motivated enough, think "Governor Moore".

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

27. Robert in Huntsville, here.

[MelissaB]

40. Hi, Robert!

I'm so excited to see several people close to me in Florence. This is wonderful!

:hi:

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

42. There's more of us here than one would suspect.

:hi:

[MelissaB]

43. I don't feel so lonley

anymore! :hi:

[liberaltrucker]

28. New to forum

Hi fellow Bama libs. I thought I was the only one. I'm ready to kick some neocon butt. When do we start?

[newyawker99]

58. Hi liberaltrucker!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Polethebear]

150. Hi

Boaz:D :hi:

[liberaltrucker]

29. Oops

Ron from Carbon Hill here. email [e-mail]

[BamaLefty]

30. Welcome to DU

LiberalTrucker, welcome to the site!
=====================================================

No, we won't be having a meet-up anytime soon. But I thought that we could maybe plan for future events/rallies if we compile a list.

[Done]

31. Stan from Florence

In my neighborhood Kerry signs outnumbered Bush signs by three to one, but many people didn’t vote. We were told that Bush was going to win anyway. I voted regardless. We were told at the local democratic headquarters that our contributions would go to the battleground states. I understood and respected that decision. In effect, democrats told us not to vote, they told us it was a waste of time, they told us this by not make any effort to win Alabama. Now, many on this board are upset with Alabama??? WTF???

[BamaGirl]

32. Donations to your local committee

went out of state!? What county are you in? You didn't have any local elections to support? I'd be pretty pissed if the money I gave here left here. I give money to the state and national party too, but if I give it locally, it better stay local lol!

[Done]

33. I was thinking I had run everybody off.

It was contributions to the Kerry campaign that went out of state. If you gave to a local candidate it would be spent locally.

[MelissaB]

38. Hi, Stan!

Nice to meet somebody from Florence!

It sounds like you are lucky enough to live in a great neighborhood. I live in the county now, but previously lived on Walnut Street. It made me physically sick to see all the Bush signs in my old neighborhood.

[Done]

45. Hi Melissa

:hi:

[GrpCaptMandrake]

151. As a Native (albeit expat) Florentine

I was appalled when I saw that Kerry was conceding the South. When you give up half the country, you can stick a fork in it, because you're done.

Good to see a Florentine on DU!

[GrpCaptMandrake]

165. Alabama Progressives

deserve a party that will fight for them and concede not.one.single.vote to the Repiglicans. That's what makes Governor Dean's "Fifty State Strategy" so very important. But if it's going to work, Alabama Liberals have to work in concert and in unity and force.

That's two Florentines on this thread! Great to see you, Stan.

I'm a 1981 graduate of Bradshaw.

:hi:

[GreyPilgrim]

34. Deatsville, AL

Well, technically Millbrook. :-)

[bamademo]

35. Sorry this is late--Happy New Year

Carol from Huntsville.

[BamaLefty]

36. Great!

If you know an Alabama Democrat on DU that hasn't posted, please get 'em on it. :)

[MelissaB]

41. Hi, bamademo!

All you Huntsville people should plan a meet up. I'm 1 1/2 hours away, but I'd love to come if you'd have somebody from Florence.

:hi:

[MelissaB]

37. Melissa in Florence

:hi: to all! I didn't know there were this many of us! I rarely get out of the 2004 Elections forum.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

163. Florentine by birth and raising

West Virginian now. But I try to keep a close eye on Alabama politics. And I've got a few liberal friends still in the Shoals. I'll mention that they ought to be on DU.

Hey, Melissa! Ready for the Handy Fest? :hi:

[Done]

44. Totals

Andalusia 1
Auburn 1
Carbon Hill 1
Dothan 2
Fairhope 1
Florence 2
Grove Hill 1
Guntersville 1
Huntsville 3
Lee County 1
Millbrook 1
Tuscaloosa 2

As best I can count, Huntsville has the lead. What happened to Birmingham?

[southlandshari]

46. Auburn here

I said Lee County, which is true, but what the heck, let's get specific. Can you change your totals to delete "Lee County" and add another one to "Auburn"?

Thanks!

[angelnise]

47. du

Denise here.

From Athens,
and my Mom, Dad, and Brother who all voted with me this year...
they're in Madison.

[newyawker99]

59. Hi angelnise!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[bamademo]

50. There are a lot of Democrats in Huntsville.

Not all are members of DU. Kaffeeklatch Bar is where to meet us all.

[phatkatt]

71. Add another to Huntsville ...

... and, yes, I do hang out at Kaffeeklatch!

[bamademo]

161. Well Give Me A Code Word

Like James Bond so I know you when I see you. Like "My name is Pussy Galore". :-)

[angelnise]

48. re: Presidential Graph Comparison for AL

Historically, Alabama has been mostly Democratic. The "leap" to being a red state occurred in 2000 (the election prior, we were red by 8% margin...much more recoverable). Now, during these past 8 years, a number of things have changed...including population growth, and as all of us "home grown southerners" know, there are a hell of a lot of yankees (no offense DU yankees), and foreigners that have moved in to our precious state. There have been new businesses like Target, the Toyota plant, and a big lump of people that came from St. Louis "Misery" to the Redstone Arenal...imported Republicans. I think that people from mostly democratic states should start moving around to all of the marginal states....we need to get some equilibrium here before I personally have to suffer another four years of Dem. bashing!

[BamaLefty]

51. I Agree

Alabama is a very deep shade of red. But Clinton did very well both times. In 1996, he won nearly as many counties as Dole did. And many of those counties that he won (Barber, Butler, Choctaw, Sumter) all went to Bush by a strong margin.

The base is there for us to make not only Alabama a blue state, but the rest of the southern states. Heres to it!

[BamaGirl]

52. Where's this map?

Because not only my county (Houston), but my district(2), has been red since Carter. The last few years have only made it worse. I do have to say almost all of the yankees I know are Republican. It's like they know it's safe haven for them here. Fortunately, most don't survive the first summer lol.

[BamaLefty]

62. 1996-- Clinton Won...(ATTN: BamaGirl)

Barbour-

Clinton 53.5% 4,787
Dole 40.5% 3,627

Bullock-

Clinton 70.2% 3,078
Dole 26.3% 1,154

Butler-

Clinton 49.3% 3,828
Dole 43.1% 3,352


Chambers-

Clinton 49.7% 5,515
Dole 42.4% 4,707

Cherokee-

Clinton 52.2% 4,399
Dole 36.2% 3,048

Choctaw-

Clinton 57.1% 4,074
Dole 36.8% 2,623

Clarke-

Clinton 47.7% 4,831
Dole 47.3% 4,785

Colbert-

Clinton 50.3% 10,226
Dole 40.9% 8,305

Conecuh -

Clinton 53.2% 2,903
Dole 38.3% 2,093

Coosa -

Clinton 51.3% 2,121
Dole 41.7% 1,721

Crenshaw-

Clinton 48.8% 2,172
Dole 43.6% 1,939

Dallas -

Clinton 59.5% 10,507
Dole 37.5% 6,612

Etowah -

Clinton 47.9% 17,976
Dole 44.8% 16,835

Fayette -

Clinton 46.9% 3,381
Dole 44.3% 3,191

Franklin-

Clinton 48.0% 5,028
Dole 42.4% 4,449


Greene-

Clinton 79.7% 3,526
Dole 18.0% 796

Hale-

Clinton 61.6% 3,372
Dole 34.6% 1,893

Jefferson -

Clinton 46.1% 120,208
Dole 50.2% 130,980

Lamar-

Clinton 44.4% 2,843
Dole 46.1% 2,955


Lawrence -

Clinton 51.8% 5,254
Dole 38.4% 3,893


Lowndes -

Clinton 73.0% 3,970
Dole 25.2% 1,369

Macon-

Clinton 85.6% 7,018
Dole 12.0% 987

Marengo -

Clinton 52.7% 4,899
Dole 43.2% 4,013

Marion-

Clinton 46.6% 5,049
Dole 43.8% 4,742


Montgomery-

Clinton 48.7% 38,382
Dole 48.0% 37,784

Perry-

Clinton 68.7% 4,053
Dole 28.8% 1,703

Pickens-

Clinton 51.7% 4,018
Dole 42.7% 3,322

Russell -

Clinton 57.2% 7,834
Dole 36.7% 5,025

Sumter-

Clinton 72.9% 4,706
Dole 24.2% 1,561


Walker -

Clinton 51.8% 12,929
Dole 39.4% 9,837

Washington -

Clinton 51.1% 3,935
Dole 37.7% 2,900


Wilcox-

Clinton 68.1% 3,303
Dole 30.0% 1,454


http://uselectionatlas.org/USPRESIDENT/index.html

[BamaGirl]

63. Not counties in my district. I should move lol

Houston, Dale, Coffee, Geneva, Pike, Henry. That is a depressing site. No Dem has won Bama since 1960! And, of course, JFK didn't win my county. Also, none of my counties have gone to a dem since Carter, as I said above. Why am I not surprised? Ever feel like you're surrounded by idiots lol!?

[BamaLefty]

65. Response To BamaGirl

Well, Carter won Alabama by 13% in 1976... but don't worry good 'ol Houston County was strong for Ford. :eyes:

Yes, we are surrounded by idiots. They fail to see so much, because they strive to see so little.

Hopefully we can turn this thing around though. :)

[BamaGirl]

66. My husband came home from work today telling me

that he read an artical in our paper that said only 57% of the people in the county are functionally literate! I think that's the problem right there lol!

[bamacrat]

53. BAMA student

Ian Oliver
Originally from Huntsville, but i now reside in T-town.

[LizW]

54. Liz in Hoover

Hi! :hi:

[jody]

55. Jody in Central Alabama

:hi:

[southpaw]

60. Jeff in Guntersville

[pixelthief]

64. Hey hey

Scott in Homewood

[Stuckinthebush]

67. Homewood???

John from Homewood, here.

There are only 8 square miles in the city...we might be neighbors.

[trof]

85. Used to live in Hollywood on Malaga Ave.

Late 50s, early 60s.
Are The Pig Trail Inn and Dale's Hideaway still in Homewood? Those were our cruisin' spots.

[KnightoftheRepublic]

119. Whoa,

I'm a John from Homewood too! :hi:

[southlandshari]

120. Welcome to DU, John!

And welcome to our little Alabama corner of the community. Some really, really excellent folks are among the Alabama DU contingent. We're always glad to see our number grow with the addition of fellow progressives from our state!

:hi:

[peacebaby3]

69. Checking in!

Hi fellow Liberals and Progressives.

I'm Heather in Fairhope, AL and I'm thrilled to find you guys. I was born and raised in Montgomery, AL and moved to Fairhope a little over a year ago.

I have been visiting DU for some time now but never dug deep enough into the forum to find some fellow Alabamians.

I think we have definitely got to get an organized grassroots campaign down here so count me in.

Peace!

[Woodman]

72. Woodman from Montgomery

Glad to meet you all!:hi: :hi:

[BamaLefty]

73. New Alabama DUers

Welcome! I see several of you with single digit post counts... I ask you to continue to visit DU and to stay up to date in the Alabama forum when and if we can organize some campaign event for candidates.

Grassroots is the way to go. Thanks a million.

[southlandshari]

74. Hi Woodman!

I'd say welcome to DU given your number of posts, but I looked at your profile, and if you joined in 2002, you've been around here much longer than me!

[jody]

81. Hi Woodman, glad to meet you on DU!

:hi:

[Firenze777]

75. Shelby County Here

Joan in Oak Mtn. area

[solinvictus]

76. Brian in Birmingham...

I just moved back here from Chattanooga in August and damn, I am so sick of all the "W: The President" stickers on SUV's.

[BamaLefty]

77. Amen

If we had won, my Kerry sticker would have come off quickly. We lost, and it still came off within a week.

Why keep political stickers on your car when there is no election? Seriously...

[solinvictus]

78. Why? Personality cult in the vein of Stalin..

I'm serious. Freeper types idolize the Shrub.

[BamaLefty]

80. Your Right

Sadly... you are.

[oneighty]

79. Gypsy lady are you still there?

We were only six years old at the time. You and the other members of your clan lived off there on the other side of the dead cotton fields down toward Stenson's Hollow.

I hope you remember me. I was a skinny little kid bashful and speaking Yankee. I wore corduroy knickers with black and white checkered socks. My shoes were ragged too like yours were. I guess we were poor then.

We rode the bus together to first grade in Sheffield Alabama. You were so pretty and smelled deliciously of concord grape candy. One Morning you gave me your candy fresh from your sweet mouth; a lovers first kiss.You may not remember me but I will never forget you.

That was a year or so before WW2. Our family moved back North. Dad had been working construction on the coal fired steam generating plant at Wilson Dam. He married a girl from Sheffield-my step mother.

In later years I spent a summer there playing River-Rat on the Tennessee. My Uncle Con lived on Second Ave in Sheffield a block behind the shell station. I went to eleventh grade in Sheffield.

Then the Korea war rolled along. Last time I went to Sheffield was about 1963.

I have many happy memories of Alabama.

Especially the Gypsy Girl. If you ever run into her ask her to come steal me? Please.

180

[unsavedtrash]

83. New to DU

Kim in Tuscaloosa

[southlandshari]

87. Welcome, Kim!

We are glad to have you at DU and especially in the Alabama DUers forum!

Even if you are from TUSCALOOSA!

;)

[trof]

84. I'm in Foley. We need a meet up.

Anybody want to come to the beach?

[southlandshari]

88. Yesyesyesyesyes!

There is a thread in this forum about a possible Alabama DU meetup, and some were suggesting Lake Guntersville (which I'm sure is lovely, friends), and I suggested that a southern location would also be nice (for example.....Foley!!!).

Looks like Alabama DUers are from all over the state. But if you've got a location (and cheap accomodations!) to propose, I'll back you all the way!

Good to see you, Trof! Let us know how it goes in Boston!

Shari

[BamaGirl]

91. I can live with Foley lol

I'm in Dothan. Anything farther north than Montgomery is a bit much for me right now. :P

[trof]

86. I count 36 of us. Wow!

[spacelady]

89. transplant from Nebraska

We have lived in AL for 8 years. Am I still a Yankee? I love it here & don't miss NE AT ALL.
Lori in Satsuma

[southlandshari]

90. Welcome to DU!

We are happy to have you, Lori, on DU and especially here in the Alabama forum. Make yourself at home!

[spacelady]

92. Thank you kindly! n/t

[newyawker99]

93. Hi spacelady!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Cell Whitman]

94. HI all....on a clear day I can see Vulcan

from my front porch.





http://cellwhitman.blogspot.com/

[peacebaby3]

95. OT: My Blog

Hi ya'll.

I haven't made enough posts to start a thread (although I have been a member of DU for a long time)so thought I would post this in here.

It's off topic but I thought there were a lot of cool people here that might enjoy reading my blog about my international adoption experience.

Hope you guys don't mind me posting about it here.

Peace!
Heather

My Blog:

<http://journeyofatticus.blogspot.com/>

[southlandshari]

96. Very interesting!

I just scanned it, but will go back and read more later. I hope you'll post this in another forum (or a DU Group, if you choose to become a donor - there is a good parenting discussion group).

Thanks for sharing. And welcome to DU (if I haven't already said that!)

:D

[southlandshari]

97. Heather - check out this thread

asking if DUers are interested in starting a discussion group for those interested in adoption issues:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3444018

You have to be a donor to access DU Groups, but it is SOOOOO worth it. DU has come to be a really valuable - if frustrating, at times - community for me, so I felt compelled to give something back. My first donation was very, very modest - we are one of those families that are eating whatever canned food is in the pantry by the end of most months - and what I got in return was fantastic. There are lots of features you can only use (like the "search" feature) if you are a donor, but the best donor usage privilege is access to the discussion groups.

Just thought the adoption group might be of interest to you!

Shari

[peacebaby3]

98. Thanks.

Thanks for letting me know about this, Shari.

I may try to become a donor. Needless to say, like you, we are living basically paycheck to paycheck as well and adoption is certainly not cheap, but I hope to find a little extra to make a donation.

Thanks again!
Heather

[wildmanj]

99. name & town

AMERICAN BY BIRTH----LIBERAL BY THE GRACE OF GOD
Tuscaloosa here :toast:

[9thkvius]

101. Just checking in - another Huntsville (well, Madison) Dem

I've been reading stuff here at DU for a long time but haven't started posting until recently.

[southlandshari]

102. Welcome to DU and to our little corner of it!

Always happy to welcome another Alabama Democrat to the DU family!

:hi:

[BamaLefty]

105. Welcome To DU!

Glad to have another Alabamian aboard!

[trof]

103. Foley

Member of South Baldwin Democrats.
See my post about our J-JDay Dinner.

[trof]

104. well duh

thought it was new thread

[jody]

106. Better late than never!

:hi: Trof

:rofl:

[peacebaby3]

107. Hey Foley - Fairhope here!

We are just a few minutes from one another.

I am a member of the Eastern Shore Dems.

Glad to see you here!

[trof]

109. We had a few from E.S. Dems at our J-J Day Dinner.

Hi
:hi:

[Dhalgren]

108. Again - "better late than never".

Native Alabamian here. Born in Cullman County, live in Lacey's Spring (Huntsville). My son is also a DUer (runs in the family, hehe), but I won't tell you who he is. I am a life-long leftist, commie - Alabama breeds more of them than you'd think. :hi:

[taleast]

110. Now I'm Late, but I just joined

Tal East
Daviston, AL

P.S. Living in Tryo while I go to school.

[BADEM]

111. for the headcount

Jo B. from Birmingham

[AUYellowDog]

112. Brandon in Auburn

War Damn Eagle

[mr jones]

113. hi there

Checking in from Huntsville. ;)

[BamaLefty]

114. Welcome Mr. Jones!

Always good to have another Jones in the house!

Welcome to DU. Man, we've got a lot of DUers in Huntsville. That's great!

[newyawker99]

115. Hi mr jones!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[southlandshari]

117. Are you at Alabama A&M?

I've got many friends who are Alabama A&M alumns. Welcome to DU, mr jones - hope you'll find a home here!

[EMAN51]

118. Ex-Huntsville from Jones Valley area

In the mid-70's I used to drive along Garth Rd. passed the Jones farmhouse and open land. As you neared Four Mile Post, there were homes on the other side of the road and one of the mail boxes had the name "Another Jones". Mr. Jones owned a lot of property in southeast Huntsville. Hope Gibson's is still around. :-) :-)

[taleast]

116. Hey It's Me

Hello, better late (again) than never, it's Tal.




\----------------------------------------------------
Alabama-Democrat

[Pystoff]

121. Huntsville here

Lived here all my life...when did the yankees send us all these republican exiles? And can we send them somewhere else...like Tex-ass then throw em out of the union? LOL

[southlandshari]

122. Welcome! And a little food for thought...

Welcome to DU and to the Alabama state forum, Pystoff. As you try DU on for size and see if it is a fit for you, please feel free to join your fellow Alabama members in our little corner of the community. There is a great and diverse mix of people among our ranks!

One point worth mentioning - as the moderator of this forum, and one of a handful of DU moderators from the South, I keep a careful eye out for South bashing on the boards. "Tex-ass" is probably a term kept out of posts here. Hope this helps!

:hi:

[stuckinlucky]

123. An Auburn Native and Graduate Checking In.

However, I now live in Chicago, IL.

My family still lives down there, though, and I visit frequently.

I remember what it was like to be a liberal among the rednecks.

The only subject on which I've been able to put aside political bickering among my relatives is FOOTBALL.

WAR DAMN EAGLE.

[BamaLefty]

124. Welcome To DU, Pystoff & Stuckinlucky

We Alabama DUers are pretty good about putting our football divisions behind us to unite behind our Democratic candidates. It's great that we have so many DUers with Alabama ties. The activity just on this forum gives me hope for our state.

Pull up a chair and post a while! :toast:

[Name removed]

125. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[charlyvi]

126. Central Alabama DUer here!

Howdy everyone! West Blocton, AL; just about midway between Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. Work in Birmingham.







:toast:

[BamaLefty]

127. West Blocton?

Awesome! Glad to have you here on DemocraticUnderground!

[BigB]

128. Hiya

I'm Brandon from Pinson, Alabama and I am originally from Mobile, Alabama.:headbang:

[BamaLefty]

129. Glad To Have You Brandon

Welcome to DemocraticUnderground.

[southlandshari]

130. Brandon, check your PM (private message) box

And if you don't know how, post here and someone will help direct you on how to do it. Send me a reply via PM when you are able!

Shari

southlandshari
DU Moderator

[BamaBecky]

131. Looks like we have a good list of activists listed here!

:grouphug:

[KBlagburn]

132. Checking in a little late

Ken, Cullman

[AverageJoe]

133. Tuscaloosa!

Another Tuscaloosa DUer checking in.

Roll Tide!

[BamaLefty]

134. Awesome

Roll Tide. Great to have another 'Bama DUer!

[shayes51]

143. Me, too! Actually it's Northport.

[lazarus]

135. former 'Bama resident

Moved out here to sunny San Diego about 3 years ago. Grew up in Andalusia, lived in Birmingham, Montgomery, and Dothan briefly over the years, and spent a couple of years in Enterprise.

[BamaLefty]

136. P Home

;)

[lazarus]

137. Go Eagles!

:D

[BamaLefty]

139. Ha, don't bring that PHS bunk in here.

:evilgrin:

[southlandshari]

138. Hey Lazarus!

I didn't know you were from Alabama. That's awesome. We are still fighting the good fight down here, believe me! The next up and coming young progressive Dem from Andalusia is right here among us on DU as well!

:hi:

[lazarus]

140. I wonder

if he's the one who has the car I saw in my Grandma's neighbourhood, covered with liberal bumperstickers. :D

[BamaLefty]

141. Probably not

I don't know where your grandmother lives, but I don't have any bumper stickers on my car right now. I had a Kerry/Edwards sticker back during election season, but took it off a week or so after the big dissapointment.

But you have peaked my curiousity. Liberal bumperstickers, HERE? What did they say? What kind of car?

[lazarus]

144. I can only remember

an anti-Wal*Mart sticker and a K/E sticker. Older car, IIRC. It was over in the area behind Food World and LBW.

[BamaGirl]

142. Hey Lazarus

:hi: I live in Dothan. Think I'm to only Dothan resident on DU actually lol!

[lazarus]

145. Howdy

Next time I come to 'Bama, I'll be trying to set up a Wiregrass gathering, how's that sound?

[BamaGirl]

147. Lol, works for me nt

[Alamom]

146. Hello from Vinemont

It's about 50 miles north of Birmingham and 50 miles south of Huntsville.

I've enjoyed reading all of the introductions.
I've been around for about a year, but tend to stay quite for the most part and just read.

I think there are many of us from Alabama who are "quitely" supporting the cause.

[BamaGirl]

148. Welcome alamom!

:hi:

[southpaw]

149. Just moved from Guntersville to Weaver...

A small community near Anniston.

Still in Alabama!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

152. Patrick Lancaster

Hello from Tuscaloosa. Roll Tide!

[nealmhughes]

153. Purta nearta Tennessee

Neal M. Hughes
Lexington, AL
(north and east of Florence, just south of the land of lotto tickets, bourbon whiskey, and keg beer)

[BlueAlert]

154. Forum newbie in Montgomery

nt

[jody]

155. Welcome to DU.

:hi:

[LorettaNall]

156. Loretta Nall's VFW Candidate Forum Speech

Video and text are here
http://nallforgovernor.blogspot.com/2006/01/video-of-loretta-nalls-speech-vfw.html

[SouthALdem]

157. Amy from Mobile

Hello!! :hi:

[jody]

158. Hi Amy, welcome to DU.

:hi:

[SouthALdem]

159. Hello!

I've been a member for awhile, but haven't had a chance to enjoy posting as much as I would like. I plan on changing that!!

:hi:

[jody]

160. Good for you. Have a wonderful time at Mardi Gra. I plan to take my

granddaughter and her friends to see the festivities. :party:

[Eekamouse]

162. Check in...

I'm new here, but I'm trying!

:)

[MagicRat]

166. Jack from Huntsville here

[AUYellowDog]

167. Welcome!

[OwnedByFerrets]

168. I just saw this....

I'm Denny, I'm from Mobile and I'm a dyed in the wool progressive!!! I love my wife, my ferrets, my bichon and my theater room. :)