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Mass_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 04:35 PM
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How long has DU existed for?
I bet 5 years. Maybe.
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neuvocat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 04:36 PM
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1. Inauguration Day of '01.
Seems like its been longer tho.
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Mass_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 04:37 PM
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3. eh oh
i was off by a fair bit.
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 04:51 PM
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5. Aha!
Just like the French Underground started up when the Nazis took over.
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Ediacara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 04:36 PM
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2. Since 20 January 2001
Almost 3 years.
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 04:44 PM
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4. Archive.org has something as far back as Feb 2001
Memories...

http://web.archive.org/web/20010219033913/http://www.democraticunderground.com/
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 04:53 PM
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6. This is how it all started - 7 Days Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/01/01/010127_7days.html
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 05:07 PM
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8. Thanks for the link CW.
I had never read that before. :toast: That was amazing and hilarious.
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 05:21 PM
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10. anytime, Myrna
:hi:
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 04:56 PM
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7. Thanks for the link, Robert
I just read the hate mail from back then and it was hilarious then as it is now.
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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 05:11 PM
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9. I want to know why they call it "Democratic Underground."
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THUNDER HANDS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-03 05:23 PM
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11. Over 3,000 years
DU predates Christianity.

Actually, when DU started it literally WAS underground. Skinner's family traces its lineage back to the Morlocks who used to live in the Earth's core.

:D

ah.....sometimes I got nuthin'
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