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hughee99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:49 PM
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When did the DU turn into the SU? (Schiavo Underground)
I've been looking over the message boards for the last few days for topics that interested me, and it seems like more than half of them are about the same friggin' story. Could we create a Schiavo message board and stick all these threads in there? I don't care if anyone wants to discuss this stuff, but I've been going into thread after thread only to find out that although the title didn't contain the "magic word", that's what the discussion is about. Does anyone else feel this way, or is just me?

BTW: I do see the irony is starting ANOTHER Schiavo thread to complain about the number of Schiavo threads.
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tubbacheez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:50 PM
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1. It happened when the nation did the same. n/t
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TwilightZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:57 PM
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12. We have a winner!
Considering that it's the "talk of the town", it's not surprising that it's the talk of DU.
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tubbacheez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 08:01 PM
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14. That's right! We talk the talk of the town. Cuz in cyberspace...
... you're ALWAYS in town!


:D
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TwilightZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 08:08 PM
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16. Yep. Howdy neighbor!
I can't believe that I just used the word "howdy".

Geez....
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tubbacheez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 08:10 PM
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17. Howdy. Here, have a cyber-apple pie me and the missus made for you. n/t
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TwilightZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 08:12 PM
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19. Hehe....
:toast:
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:51 PM
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2. TERRI SCHIAVO, CHA CHA CHA!!
Come on and dance to the beat baby.
:silly:
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:51 PM
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3. It appears Late Breaking News is the only forum which has retained
its sanity.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:52 PM
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4. Ooh Goodie, another Terri thread!
:shrug:
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:53 PM
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5. People who feel that way hide the Schiavo threads.
Then they start threads on the topics that interest them. It's not rocket science.
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gollygee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:54 PM
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6. I see it as an example of what's happening to this country
we're being taken over by the religious right. The republican party has the administrative and legislative branches and now wants to take over the judicial branch by whatever means they can.

I think there are too many threads, but I think the issue is interesting. I wish the discussion could be kept to a few active threads at any given time instead of basically taking over GD.
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BuyingThyme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:55 PM
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7. Earlier I saw somebody mark a thread "dupe."
Funny.

If all but one of the threads were locked, which one would survive?
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:56 PM
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8. It used to be the "Gannon Underground", remember?
:)
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Psephos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 09:03 PM
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20. I was just thinking the same thing
It's like an O/C disorder.

There are soooooooooo many more interesting and useful topics...
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:56 PM
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9. For the 87th time, that's what the "x" is for.
"Hide Threads" is a gift to us from the esteemed Administrators, and the handiest tool on DU.
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hughee99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 08:11 PM
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18. It is a great tool...
But they're starting faster than I can hide them. It's not a big deal when the title says it all, it's all of those threads where you can't tell what it's about until you open it up. I've been in a bunch of threads over the last few days where you didn't know what it was until you got halfway through the OP to find that it's another TS thread. It's just getting annoying.
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rzemanfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:57 PM
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10. Really should have two. One about all the religious- medical-
spiritual stuff and the other about the blatant attempt to violate the separation of powers and intimidate the judiciary. How many people are on their deathbeds tonight? Why do we only hear about one of them?
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miss_kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:57 PM
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11. well quit bringing her up then!
:P
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illflem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 07:57 PM
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13. I felt much the same about the foil hat election fraud threads
as I do about Schiavo threads. No one here forces you to read what you don't want to read.
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Baclava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 08:01 PM
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15. It's a fucking soap opera for the masses...
I think I have this figured out...the country is lacking a good earthquake, flood, wildfire, hurrican, tornado...so 'the news' finds death where it can.
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