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38. Bartcop RIP March 5 2014 Missed by Many

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How did you find your way to DU? I was on Huffington Post and someone brought it up. So I came here and never went back [View all] debm55 Mar 14 OP

GWB inauguration maynard Mar 14 #1

Ty, maynard. That's funny, debm55 Mar 15 #43

I remember seeing it in the early 2000's but the format was more difficult for me to like kimbutgar Mar 14 #2

Agree. TY kimbutgar. debm55 Mar 15 #44

for me finding du was by " accident" and that is how i do my best internet finds . AllaN01Bear Mar 14 #3

Thank you AllaNO1Bear. debm55 Mar 15 #45

I think it was BartCop ! stonecutter357 Mar 14 #4

That's how I discovered DU, too. Pendrench Mar 14 #9

Bartcop for me, as well. Midnight Writer Mar 15 #28

Bartcop IA8IT Mar 15 #37

Bartcop RIP March 5 2014 Missed by Many IA8IT Mar 15 #38

Definitely Bartcop for me. He linked a lot of DU posts when they came online. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 15 #40

Thank you stonecutter357, debm55 Mar 15 #46

I used to frequent a particular car forum. Mr.Bill Mar 14 #5

Thank you, Mr.Bill. debm55 Mar 15 #47

I heard about DU when I was listening to Thom Hartmann years ago. mommymarine2003 Mar 14 #6

My neighbor. SarahD Mar 14 #7

Close friend told me about it during a county party meeting. rurallib Mar 14 #8

Top 10 Conservative Idiots louis-t Mar 14 #10

March, 2001. Deeply depressed, and pessimistic about our future. Aristus Mar 14 #11

My story is the same as yours. SamKnause Mar 14 #12

I discovered DU while on Facebook Niagara Mar 14 #13

Link from Democracy Now. n/t malthaussen Mar 14 #14

BartCop Mad_Dem_X Mar 14 #15

i was making political buttons, and google turned down my ad. mopinko Mar 14 #16

Thom Hartmann led me here. Prairie_Seagull Mar 14 #17

Same, and he still does mention it quite often. Xavier Breath Mar 14 #19

Another one who found DU through Bartcop. GP6971 Mar 14 #18

2001 DU started & I was a member of MSN Democrats Emile Mar 14 #20

BARTCOP. NUFF SAID BOSSHOG Mar 14 #21

He was a gem! Hope22 Mar 15 #30

You got that right My Friend BOSSHOG Mar 15 #36

I stumbled upon it on line several months or a year after it started up when I was at a Net Cafe. But... electric_blue68 Mar 14 #22

I don't like people. Rizen Mar 15 #23

Ann Coulter got me here. Kali Mar 15 #24

I can't remember. Elessar Zappa Mar 15 #25

I was reading Firedog Lake and FalloutShelter Mar 15 #26

I heard about DU on the Mendocino County public radio station, calikid Mar 15 #27

Bartcop. LoisB Mar 15 #29

I learned of DU from Bartcop too. Archae Mar 15 #48

He sure would. i think he steered a lot of us to DU. LoisB Mar 15 #49

From a sailing buddy. Hope22 Mar 15 #31

Bartcop. It's hard to believe he's been gone ten years, rsdsharp Mar 15 #32

I was reading the comment section of a news article on Ted Haggard 10 Turtle Day Mar 15 #33

I left huffington post the day after they required drray23 Mar 15 #34

I can understand that very well, minus the high profile job. I pick & choose where my name goes. Hekate Mar 16 #52

Suggested website on Lynn Samuels' homepage. no_hypocrisy Mar 15 #35

I was arguing with some dolt in our local paper's comment section Diamond_Dog Mar 15 #39

CSPAN Washington Journal... ProfessorGAC Mar 15 #41

A friend sent me a link sorcrow Mar 15 #42

I remember it well -- our town was having anti-war marches in 2002 & I kept bumping into my friend L... Hekate Mar 16 #50

Media Whores Online AverageJoe Mar 16 #51

Was on a liberal site that had a long list of MOMFUDSKI Mar 16 #53

TY MOMFUDSKI. Glad you stayed. debm55 Mar 16 #58

Was searching on something about Bush's war and found someone's (might have been Will Pitt's) sinkingfeeling Mar 16 #54

TY sinkingfeeling. I lurked for a while too debm55 Mar 16 #59

I was here back when Dubya was president and forgot about it. Hikerchick57 Mar 16 #55

Thank you, Hickerchick57 debm55 Mar 16 #60

Truthfully - I don't know. Conjuay Mar 16 #56

TY Conjuay. That's funny. I have brain farts too. debm55 Mar 16 #61

A poster named Britt on Websleuths frogmarch Mar 16 #57

frogmarch, that's when I signed up in 2004, debm55 Mar 16 #62

Saw an sign on an overpass... MiHale Mar 16 #63

TY MiHale. I did the same. That was 20 years ago when i joined. debm55 Mar 16 #64

I was watching Thom Hartmann and heard the website mentioned. GoodRaisin Mar 17 #65