What about a thank you website for Conyers, Boxer et al?

[frictionlessO]

sort of like the were sorry sites??

I already have a pic ready



any site builder types out there?

[frictionlessO]

1. does anyone think this is a good idea?!

or did I jut make an ass outa myself?

[BlueTarheel]

2. I think it's a great idea

no, you didn't make an ass outa yourself :silly:

I think they'd really appreciate it.

[rodeodance]

51. great idea

[genius]

72. One website got up a "thank you" right away.

It's located at patrickhenrythinktank.org

[SueZhope]

3. its a great idea!!

its just a busy day at DU:)
lots of posts flying around hard to keep up.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. I'm IN!!

We're gonna hear a lot of bitch-slapping today... FROM OUR SIDE!!! FINALLY!!!

[mordarlar]

5. Fabulous idea. We have to let them know how much we appreciate them

[Coexist]

6. Great Idea! I will even send a photo of my cute kids with a

sign!! Post the link!

[frictionlessO]

16. Great!!!

cant wait to see your kids!!

[helderheid]

7. GREAT idea!

I'll get a pic ready too!

[shiina]

8. great idea...

[frictionlessO]

9. Wow! response!! So we need someone to build the site!

Because I have no clue as to how to do it... any suggestions?

In the meantime lets post the pics here!

[merh]

10. Wonderful Idea!

I love it! Count me in!

[frictionlessO]

12. Oh right on Merh!! post pic please!! know any site builders?

thank you for your support!

[merh]

15. Got to get to my camera first -

at work now and boss just gave me something to do - keep this thread alive, I will be back!

[frictionlessO]

17. will do and thanks! nt

[HEAVYHEART]

11. It is an excellent idea!

Let me know when the site is ready so I can contribute a picture! :bounce:

[frictionlessO]

19. oh you can bet yer bottom dollar I will!

thanks for your support!!

[Alizaryn]

13. Its a GREAT idea!

[greenmutha]

14. YES! Abso-frickin-lutely!

Needs to be done!
:bounce: :toast: :kick:

[loritooker]

18. Please--absolutely lets do it.

[frictionlessO]

20. Ill contribute for bandwidth if someone has a site they would do

this with or can start one!

[frictionlessO]

21. just trying to keep this kicked a bit...

[frictionlessO]

22. anymore support for this?

[kk897]

23. it's a dandy idea. could someone with a photoblog do it? n/t

[frictionlessO]

explain how a photoblog would work?

???

[kk897]

45. sorry, I don't really know, since I don't have a PC

My blog is on Blogger, which says you can post photos if you have a PC, but with a Mac, like I have, you have to go through some other piece of software or something...I haven't looked at it too closely.

[frictionlessO]

46. damn... I have an old iMac myself.

I feel like Im being thwarted at every turn here...

[jaime_176]

24. I don't have a camera...

Thank you Barbara Boxer!! She must be getting lots of calls, cause the line is always busy. Good idea!!

[katinmn]

25. Nice idea! Then they will have faces to go with the emails

faxes and phone calls.

[Alizaryn]

26. KICK

[jaime_176]

27. OOPS!!

Special thanks to Rep Conyers who was the first to respond!!

[mordarlar]

28. Kick

[FreepFryer]

29. Brilliant idea

If it can also accept text support messages (and be moderated).

[Amaya]

30. Sounds good

keep us updated on when the site is up.

:)

[Amigust]

31. Also include a petition of thanks, and distribute it everywhere. n/t

[msongs]

32. I can add some pages to my site...what exactly do you want to

have on it? pics? time consuming to do. a list of names of people who want to be on it (updated from time to time)? or what?

Msongs
www.msongs.com/political-shirts.htm

edit: but cannot do it til tomorrow afternoon at the earliest.

[frictionlessO]

35. Id have to say I really am for the pic thing as well as sigs

and short messages.

It might be time consuming but Im hoping some people who can do it will.
If someone walked me through how to do it real quickly but simply than Id do it.

[sunnystarr]

33. How about adding a forum to it so that visitor can leave their

own thank you's?

[frictionlessO]

34. that sounds like a great idea!

Im merely making a suggestion though and have zilch technical know how... but yeah I think that would be cool!

[mordarlar]

36. Ok, now who is going to make it? lol

[frictionlessO]

38. that seems to be the problem... maybe I should just email

the sorryeverybody.com guy?

[frictionlessO]

44. I just tried emailing him and wouldnt go through!

Drats!

[EFerrari]

41. Wait -- why do we need a site? can't we just do a special thread and

challenge ourselves to keep it going?

We can then mail it to people AND we'd be promoting DU at the same time.

whaddya think?

[frictionlessO]

43. Im thinking it might be a bandwidth hog or something...??

hmm I think I just came up with an idea, thank you!

on edit: I was just going to post this in ATA and ask them if they had any ideas and would your suggestion be okay but there is a huge list there of follow ups waiting and I fear they may be way to busy to deal with something like this...

[EFerrari]

48. Good idea, check with Admin. From bandwidth I'm not knowing.

[dalloway]

37. I'm in! Get a site up and I'm on it! n/t

[Califooyah Operative]

39. yaaaayuuuuuh! nt

[EFerrari]

40. Great pix & Great idea!

I could do a really simple one. But I think you could do better than me, frontpage weenie.

[november3rd]

42. Yeah, set it up.

We should also have a page 2 for mocking Tom DeLay. Did you see him on CSPAN? The consummate Republi-Clown!

I'm teaching my pet miniature Dachsund, Lizzie, to imitate DeLay when he closes the House debates. She's funny, but Tom still makes me laugh the hardest.

[Chili]

47. I'm a web designer, and I'd love to do it...

...but I'm up to my neck in work, and it wouldn't be fair for me to promise a lot of time to it. I'm already struggling to keep one site up, and this deserves someone's undivided attention, at leat for a short time.

[frictionlessO]

49. Oh man that was a total tease!

but I understand... I keep hoping someone chimes in with some experience
to steer this in the right direction!

[EFerrari]

52. It needs to be simple as possible to maintain. What about we

form a working group tonight? I'm in. It's a really good idea.

What about a name?

[frictionlessO]

55. right! first order of business think of a name for a working group!

lol...

I have no idea, but Im thrilled to see people wanna pick up and run with this.
do you have an idea for a name?

We'll obviously get enough stars for support! if you think it would work float it!:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[EFerrari]

56. No, lol, I meant a name for the site so I could go fish! n/t

[frictionlessO]

59. hhmmm let me post it in the main line of this thread and see if

people respond.

[Chili]

60. How about "thankyoupatriot.com"... so that we can thank anyone

...who comes through for us, and we wouldn't have to have a new site every time? Archive the thank yous, have a Thank You! Hall of Fame!

(if I don't answer right away, I have to go to the store, LOL)

[frictionlessO]

63. Perfect! I think that's a freakin' winner!

I keep getting all welled up thinking on those two brave women, and the fight that the CBC has been waging...and you know ...everything:cry: :)

ya know what I mean?

[Chili]

65. the domain is available...

If everyone agrees, I'll just buy it (it's only $35, no biggie)

Gotta go to the store...

[EFerrari]

67. I do. They're great. But that whole "patriot" thing is just so polluted

by the Repugs.

Whatever you guys decide.

[garybeck]

74. It is GOOD to take back the word "patriot" from them

We can not continue to let them own the flag, and words like patriot.

This is a PERFECT opportunity to start taking back what is ours.

Their misuse and false "ownership" of these words and items is nothing but Orwellian. We must not allow them to own them. We must take back these words, they belong to the american people, not a party.

[frictionlessO]

76. I am so down with that feeling!!

Thats part of what has been perpetrated on every lefty and most moderates. We couldnt field a candidate that they wouldnt have labeled with the evil librul moniker.! Most of America now believes that all democrats are liberals!

two words: (you know what Im gonna say dont you?) Zel Miller!
(not that every non liberal dem is a Zel, but I do reserve the right to use a bit of hyperbole to make the point)

Bastards!

[EFerrari]

77. You may be right. n/t

[EFerrari]

62. what about a working group to generate a name for the working group?

lmao. Sure, I'll still be around.

[EFerrari]

64. JustOurVote is my suggestion. n/t

[Chili]

66. that's good too...

.org and .net are available.

[frictionlessO]

68. Im liking the idea of thankyoupatriot because I like the idea of

changing the meaning of the word liberal to patriot...However I like justourvote as well it has a very good ring to it very chantable at protests!!

You see I suck at this!! we need more commentators!

but thats probably a good thing!

[EFerrari]

69. I like "just our vote" because it's ironic but also says, our vote is

valuable, just.

On the other hand, I also like, Ihaveyourrecounthanging, lol. Or,
paulreverewasaneastcoastliberal

Countthis isn't bad.

BunchofCounters

WeROhio

Delayisfunnyfelon

you get the idea

[frictionlessO]

70. well to me it sounds we can should try and be expansive

thankyoupatriot allows for all kinds of pictorial support pages as it moves on through time... I could be wrong though.

it also allows for bipartisanship if chaffee and others warrant it.

what do ya think?

[EFerrari]

71. you're right. it's more flexible. and most people find the whole

vote problem boring because they get it in statistics or in some other indigestible way.

Before I fall over, can we do a roll call for the, ah,working group? So I'll know who to bug in the morning?

"Bug me in the morning

[frictionlessO]

73. Go to sleep, Im gonna PM chili when we get the site name

Ill start floating threads about it here and then we'll see if its cool to floatin other areas if we cant find a builder.

Ill PM you in the morn'

g'night!

[EFerrari]

75. Deal. Thanks. Let's make it happen. btw, this is our site

and I put it up with all ten thumbs.

Check out the blog entry "Door to door in falluja" on the blog page. I'm not selling anything. Couldn't, on my best day.

www.dougzilla.com

[frictionlessO]

78. Oh Wow! I actually read your door to door piece a couple of days

ago your funny as hell!

I did a stint being homeless for about 2 and 1/2 months when I was 22...
worst days of my life... I got lucky others I knew didnt, so thanks for what you do !

[EFerrari]

80. Hail fellow well met. Now, let's get that site up :)

[garybeck]

79. Please hear me out about the name PATRIOT

I attended a Democracy for America meeting last night.

We watched a video about how the republican party has taken control over this country and how we can take it back. A major portion of the video had to do with language. They have taken "ownership" of certain words like PATRIOT.

If we are ever going to break the stronghold they have on the country we must NOT LET THEM MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP OF THESE WORDS. We must take them back.

We can start right now by calling Boxer and Conyers what they are - PATRIOTS. This is a perfect opportunity and we must not pass it up. It would be very powerful to include the word patriot in the URL and it would be an important step in taking back our country.

We should NOT shy away from using words like Patriot because it will only allow them to continue to own them.

Please hear me out. Please keep the word PATRIOT in the URL.

[EFerrari]

81. Gary, I'm a language type and totally agree with you. And every

time I hear one of their buzz words, I want to p@ke.

But, innate reactions aside, I know you're right.

[garybeck]

84. WE are the patriots, NOT them n/t

[EFerrari]

85. That's right. They're the kleptos n/t

[Chili]

54. sorry about that!

Didn't mean to tease you. I'm also worried about viruses via attachments. I work from home, and my pc is my source of income, LOL. So I have to be careful. If I could work with a developer who could write a script and have the photos self-uploaded, like sorry.com did (eventually, or did they switch FROM that - not sure), I'd do it anyway. Somebody mentioned a photo blog, that's probably a good idea.

[senegal1]

50. I think its a great motivator for the senators -- I suggest a

superheros theme -- something bordering what happened with the firefighters on the 9/11 site. The selflessness of what Boxer and Conyers and the other did was great. We can use it to say thanks AND move public opinion a bit. Also they really deserve it! I think a forum is a bad idea since it will attract freepers -- better let DU threads and the website designer control the content.

[rdmccur]

53. I'm in

I called her office in Sacramento today to offer any support I could, I can't vote for her though cause I'm a resident of NM

[frictionlessO]

58. When my wife saw the tivo of it after she got home today

she was like... "that made it so worth it" and I said "You want them to be the pres and vp dont ya!" she replied with a "hell yeah where do I donate".!!

my wife was very very very moved! Ive never seen her inspired like she was!! Bill didnt even shake her up like that! My wife may leave me for one of them if they'd have her!

Dammit!! We need a web site builder/domain dude/ette!

[Vektor]

57. It's a great idea!

I don't know much about site building, but I'll submit a picture!

[frictionlessO]

61. Dear Readers: What do you think the website should be called?

suggestions before we pick one? Nows probably the time.

[Terre]

82. How about

StandingForDemocracy (with lots of dot variations)

And at GoDaddy.com registration of domains is pretty cheap $. Web hosting costs I didn't check out.

[frictionlessO]

83. dang that was a good one Terre but we already went with

thankyoupatriot I think, I dont know if chili bought it yet or not.

[imenja]

86. Contribute to the Boxer, Tubbs-Jones roses fund

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x251579#259522

We need donations. Everyone gives five or ten bucks and we're set. Give more if you can afford it.

[Chili]

87. you guys still up?

hailpatriot.com is also available. But if everyone likes thankyoupatriot.com, I can do that too... just say the word.

Hope you all are still around...

[Terre]

88. Just about anything would work for me

How about a poll, or are you going to start working on the site tonight?

[Chili]

89. good idea...!

I'll do that...!

[Terre]

90. I wouldn't be surprised

if many of us are just plain tuckered out. This has been a LONG 2+ months, not to mention months before that, and the thought of the NEXT fight - that maybe some DU'ers are trying to catch a breath.

[frictionlessO]

91. still here , but going to bed now...

emailed ya Chili!

if ya ran a poll I guess whatever it says...

[Mojorabbit]

92. I'm in! n/t