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82. Honest question: What have you done to raise the level of the discourse here?
Do you believe that your own actions have made things better or worse here? How can you model for the rest of us the kind of behavior you wish to see?
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  -Seriously. DU used to be a place for informed discussion. berni_mccoy  Mar-09-10 11:07 AM   #0 
  - maybe it would help if you concentrated more on health care reform  bigtree   Mar-09-10 11:09 AM   #1 
  - Oh, I see, calling out Kucinich's actions and the consequences = Bashing  berni_mccoy   Mar-09-10 11:30 AM   #22 
  - blah blah blah  bigtree   Mar-09-10 11:34 AM   #25 
  - as I suspected. You've got nothing of merit to add.  berni_mccoy   Mar-09-10 11:34 AM   #26 
  - Kucinich & pot = golden calves that are off limits  Juche   Mar-09-10 07:12 PM   #117 
  - Touché bigtree  Dinger   Mar-09-10 11:37 AM   #29 
  - You don't have to be a Democrat to be a member of this board, DA.  arcadian   Mar-09-10 11:46 AM   #35 
  - I Know That DA (nt)  Dinger   Mar-09-10 01:54 PM   #69 
  - So to be a Democrat you have to support Kucinich?  Richardo   Mar-09-10 11:54 AM   #45 
  - "Seriously, DU used to be a place where people agreed with me"  Political Heretic   Mar-09-10 12:18 PM   #59 
     - ROFL! Nailed that one! nt  laughingliberal   Mar-09-10 04:19 PM   #92 
     - That was awesome  AllentownJake   Mar-09-10 04:34 PM   #96 
     - PH, your brevity is sublime and your prose  waiting for hope   Mar-09-10 09:17 PM   #139 
  - unrec'd....  mike_c   Mar-09-10 11:09 AM   #2 
  - +1 Unrec'ed for the whining OP  spiritual_gunfighter   Mar-09-10 11:22 AM   #14 
     - +2  proud2BlibKansan   Mar-09-10 11:27 AM   #18 
     - +3  arcadian   Mar-09-10 11:46 AM   #37 
        - +4  Donnachaidh   Mar-09-10 11:59 AM   #51 
           - +5  QC   Mar-09-10 12:05 PM   #53 
              - +6  Raineyb   Mar-09-10 12:14 PM   #56 
                 - +7  closeupready   Mar-09-10 09:20 PM   #140 
                    - +8  lonestarnot   Mar-10-10 01:34 AM   #147 
     - That's odd. A similar OP received a gazillion recs a few days ago  Cetacea   Mar-09-10 12:16 PM   #58 
     - +7  Starry Messenger   Mar-09-10 12:26 PM   #65 
     - +8  OmmmSweetOmmm   Mar-09-10 12:47 PM   #66 
     - +9  AllentownJake   Mar-09-10 04:10 PM   #88 
        - +10  leftstreet   Mar-09-10 04:20 PM   #93 
     - Not that I've seen yet. nt  laughingliberal   Mar-09-10 07:16 PM   #118 
     - +11  laughingliberal   Mar-09-10 06:25 PM   #108 
  - It would probably also help if one could get actual facts rather than talking points.  Raineyb   Mar-09-10 11:12 AM   #3 
  - So, if you support Kucinich (not that I do), you are not participating in an informed discussion?  GodlessBiker   Mar-09-10 11:13 AM   #4 
  - +1  951-Riverside   Mar-09-10 11:51 AM   #42 
  - That seems to be the (ridiculous) argument.  freddie mertz   Mar-10-10 09:44 AM   #161 
  - Fuck that. Woman, get me a beer.  HopeHoops   Mar-09-10 11:13 AM   #5 
  - I remember when I first found DU it looked like this:  Botany   Mar-09-10 11:13 AM   #6 
  - LOL!  berni_mccoy   Mar-09-10 11:14 AM   #7 
  - Ok, that was REALLY funny. n/t  renie408   Mar-09-10 11:38 AM   #30 
  - That's when "Impeach Bush" was the unifing message. Now there are too many voices.  Xenotime   Mar-09-10 04:35 PM   #97 
  - many of the voices are unifying around a new theme  hfojvt   Mar-10-10 01:48 AM   #150 
     - NY football fans kick ass. We can all agree on that.  NM_hemilover   Mar-10-10 10:25 AM   #165 
  - Where's your pink little pony? Couldn't find it...  freddie mertz   Mar-10-10 09:45 AM   #162 
  - unrec  G_j   Mar-09-10 11:14 AM   #8 
  - then you started posting more  mikelgb   Mar-09-10 11:16 AM   #9 
  - It's a bad bill, thanks to conservatives in both parties  Warpy   Mar-09-10 11:17 AM   #10 
  - Unrec  Individualist   Mar-09-10 11:17 AM   #11 
  - Lets go back to the good old days of sex threads!  Dr.Phool   Mar-09-10 11:20 AM   #12 
  - That and chicken recipes.  Texasgal   Mar-09-10 11:28 AM   #20 
     - I miss the chicken recipes  laughingliberal   Mar-09-10 06:27 PM   #109 
  - yeah?  branders seine   Mar-09-10 11:20 AM   #13 
  - I totally agree with you. K/R  ChicagoSuz219   Mar-09-10 11:24 AM   #15 
  - "Does Kucinich really want to be known as the guy who tanked HCR?"  Sebastian Doyle   Mar-09-10 02:21 PM   #71 
  - That doesn't take the heat off Dennis...  ChicagoSuz219   Mar-10-10 01:30 AM   #146 
  - I think Kucinich would prefer to be a guy that helped pass a good health care reform bill  laughingliberal   Mar-09-10 04:21 PM   #94 
     - That's a bunch of B.S.  ChicagoSuz219   Mar-10-10 01:28 AM   #145 
        - Yeah. Good luck selling that one!  laughingliberal   Mar-10-10 01:44 AM   #149 
           - Pul-eeze...  ChicagoSuz219   Mar-10-10 01:48 AM   #151 
              - Oh, stop! You're killing me!  laughingliberal   Mar-10-10 02:23 AM   #152 
                 - Yeah... too bad his dream is to be Prez. n/t  ChicagoSuz219   Mar-10-10 02:46 AM   #154 
                    - Lol!!!  laughingliberal   Mar-10-10 02:48 AM   #155 
  - I just had a winger use DK's letter as a rightwing weapon.  jaxx   Mar-09-10 11:25 AM   #16 
  - You obviously have not joined any circumcision threads, banning the burqa threads..  Fumesucker   Mar-09-10 11:26 AM   #17 
  - This is true. But I did read the breast milk turned cheese served in a restaurant thread  berni_mccoy   Mar-09-10 11:35 AM   #27 
     - LOL. I wouldn't click on that thread with *your* mouse.. n/t  Fumesucker   Mar-09-10 11:54 AM   #44 
        - LOL!! n/t  Fire1   Mar-09-10 06:24 PM   #107 
  - I've been here since 2001, and in those days,  Lydia Leftcoast   Mar-09-10 11:28 AM   #19 
  - Now THAT was a flashback! :D  Hell Hath No Fury   Mar-09-10 11:43 AM   #34 
     - It is the broken-record talking points that disrupt  tekisui   Mar-09-10 11:50 AM   #40 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Mar-09-10 11:29 AM   #21 
  - I swear some folks must get paid to bitch about Kucinich. n/t  flvegan   Mar-09-10 11:30 AM   #23 
  - Who knows...? Truth is always stranger than fiction  Echo In Light   Mar-09-10 11:31 AM   #24 
  - Yeah, informed discussion  Cal Carpenter   Mar-09-10 11:36 AM   #28 
  - I think you are wrong. Right now the Dems are trying to get votes for President Obama's 11page  xultar   Mar-09-10 11:38 AM   #31 
  - There was a Congressman on Stephanie Miller's show this morning who  Cleita   Mar-09-10 11:39 AM   #32 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Mar-09-10 11:40 AM   #33 
  - Your problem is that the great majority DU'ers are not impressed with your pro-insurance arguments.  David Zephyr   Mar-09-10 11:46 AM   #36 
  - That's laughable. I have a vested interest in seeing that no one with pre-existing conditions  berni_mccoy   Mar-09-10 11:48 AM   #39 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-09-10 11:51 AM   #41 
  - At least you now admit it: "Reform the insurance industry."  David Zephyr   Mar-09-10 11:56 AM   #48 
  - You say it like it's a bad thing to reform an industry that has abused it's power?  berni_mccoy   Mar-09-10 11:59 AM   #52 
     - No, actually I agree with you whole heartedly that the insurance racket needs to be reformed.  David Zephyr   Mar-09-10 12:08 PM   #54 
        - The House is working on putting the PO back in via reconciliation  berni_mccoy   Mar-09-10 12:14 PM   #57 
           - Dennis supports the best public option: Medicare.  David Zephyr   Mar-09-10 12:21 PM   #61 
              - So did Ted Kennedy. But why do you suppose Kennedy didn't try to push it through?  berni_mccoy   Mar-09-10 12:23 PM   #62 
                 - Teddy was a little pre occupied  Sebastian Doyle   Mar-09-10 02:23 PM   #73 
                 - You dishonor him by saying such a thing. Teddy spent his life  berni_mccoy   Mar-09-10 02:37 PM   #75 
                    - Teddy wrote a REAL health care bill in 2007  Sebastian Doyle   Mar-09-10 02:46 PM   #76 
                       - "Well, there you go again"  Greyhound   Mar-09-10 02:54 PM   #77 
                 - He had recurring brain cancer ....  gleaner   Mar-09-10 04:32 PM   #95 
                    - I'm not "kicking a dead man"  Sebastian Doyle   Mar-09-10 04:59 PM   #101 
                       - I'm glad to hear it ....  gleaner   Mar-09-10 08:51 PM   #136 
  - bwahahahahahahaha!!  Donnachaidh   Mar-09-10 11:58 AM   #50 
  - I'm not single payer only. That's not the only people opposing that Senate bill  laughingliberal   Mar-09-10 07:02 PM   #113 
  - I've asked you to show me the ..  sendero   Mar-09-10 07:37 PM   #128 
     - :crickets: nt  laughingliberal   Mar-10-10 10:55 AM   #166 
  - Thanks David Zephyr! "Informed discussion" in this case means "Agreeing with me."  freddie mertz   Mar-10-10 09:46 AM   #164 
  - You make good sense. Don't bother with those who only come here to fight.  county worker   Mar-09-10 11:46 AM   #38 
  - You've been here for a little over a year.  EFerrari   Mar-09-10 03:59 PM   #80 
     - +1 nt  laughingliberal   Mar-09-10 06:32 PM   #110 
  - I hear ya Bernie. It is a challenge to accept a vision other than your own...  galileoreloaded   Mar-09-10 11:52 AM   #43 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-09-10 11:55 AM   #46 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-09-10 11:55 AM   #47 
  - mr pot, mr. kettle is on line two - he wants to discuss cognitive dissonance.  Donnachaidh   Mar-09-10 11:56 AM   #49 
  - Thank you for informing DU of how sold-out Congress won't do the people's will  omega minimo   Mar-09-10 12:13 PM   #55 
  - Deleted sub-thread  Name removed   Mar-09-10 12:20 PM   #60 
  - BIG REC!!!  uponit7771   Mar-09-10 12:24 PM   #63 
  - It has?  PVnRT   Mar-09-10 12:25 PM   #64 
  - Pretty much! n/t  Fire1   Mar-09-10 06:21 PM   #106 
  - Whether Dennis is an ineffectual buffoon or the man who will, singlehandedly destroy civilization  laughingliberal   Mar-09-10 07:20 PM   #119 
  - K&U  asdjrocky   Mar-09-10 12:48 PM   #67 
  - This golden age must have been before 2003  NoPasaran   Mar-09-10 01:08 PM   #68 
  - DU used to be a place for informed discussion......  Sebastian Doyle   Mar-09-10 02:17 PM   #70 
  - +1  QC   Mar-09-10 03:54 PM   #79 
  - The true answer!  JVS   Mar-09-10 06:15 PM   #103 
  - Yep.  tekisui   Mar-09-10 07:01 PM   #112 
  - +1000 nt  laughingliberal   Mar-09-10 07:22 PM   #121 
  - +1000000000000000000000  TheWatcher   Mar-10-10 02:28 AM   #153 
     - Wow, that's a lot of zeroes n/t  dajoki   Mar-10-10 08:51 AM   #159 
  - Well said  HughMoran   Mar-09-10 02:22 PM   #72 
  - Hmmmm, it seems a bit of translation is needed.  TheWatcher   Mar-10-10 02:14 PM   #169 
  - link???  zbdent   Mar-09-10 02:33 PM   #74 
  - Hahahaha Hahahahahaha hehehehehe ......  Stinky The Clown   Mar-09-10 03:34 PM   #78 
  - If we pass anything- and I hope we do- and it includes a public option  Warren DeMontague   Mar-09-10 04:00 PM   #81 
  - Honest question: What have you done to raise the level of the discourse here?  QC   Mar-09-10 04:03 PM   #82 
  - +01  Greyhound   Mar-09-10 04:07 PM   #84 
  - +2  AllentownJake   Mar-09-10 04:09 PM   #86 
  - Excellent question.  Starry Messenger   Mar-09-10 04:12 PM   #89 
  - No answer yet. n/t  QC   Mar-09-10 04:46 PM   #99 
     - He must be "conferring" in the sekrit treehous n/t  Starry Messenger   Mar-09-10 04:59 PM   #100 
     - He's too busy spamming more Kucinich threads from hell to breakfast  QC   Mar-09-10 07:52 PM   #132 
        - Another hour and a half has gone by without an answer  Starry Messenger   Mar-09-10 09:39 PM   #143 
     - Yes I expected the answer to that to be :crickets: nt  laughingliberal   Mar-09-10 07:28 PM   #123 
        - The :crickets: legs are tiring, but still they play on  Starry Messenger   Mar-10-10 09:46 AM   #163 
  - I notice there's been no response of any kind.  Political Heretic   Mar-10-10 01:37 AM   #148 
  - A kick for a response you'll never get  PVnRT   Mar-10-10 06:50 AM   #156 
  - ....  Forkboy   Mar-10-10 02:14 PM   #170 
  - lol @ Kucinich destroying progressive legislation  upi402   Mar-09-10 04:07 PM   #83 
  - I'm Starting to Think That's the Purpose  fascisthunter   Mar-09-10 06:16 PM   #104 
  - LOL the bill supporters behave like irrational children.  AllentownJake   Mar-09-10 04:08 PM   #85 
  - ha ha  bigwillq   Mar-09-10 04:10 PM   #87 
  - +1.  OnyxCollie   Mar-09-10 04:16 PM   #91 
  - YOU HAVE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS!!!11  Starry Messenger   Mar-09-10 04:38 PM   #98 
  - It's hopeless.  Political Heretic   Mar-09-10 07:07 PM   #115 
  - LOl! Damn it! I didn't see this before I posted mine downthread. nt  laughingliberal   Mar-09-10 07:30 PM   #124 
  - Yes, that is how I see *some* of the HCIR supporters here  varelse   Mar-09-10 09:07 PM   #138 
  - +100! LOL  inna   Mar-09-10 09:35 PM   #142 
  - Why do you hate Amerika?  waiting for hope   Mar-09-10 09:45 PM   #144 
  - +1  PVnRT   Mar-10-10 06:51 AM   #157 
  - Things aren't like they used to be - and they never were.  TexasObserver   Mar-09-10 04:12 PM   #90 
  - Are You For Real?  fascisthunter   Mar-09-10 06:10 PM   #102 
  - Now, there's the $64,000 question! nt  laughingliberal   Mar-09-10 07:31 PM   #126 
  - Thank you for your sanity. Kick and Rec.  Mike 03   Mar-09-10 06:19 PM   #105 
  - My reenactment of an informed discussion on HCR on DU  laughingliberal   Mar-09-10 06:51 PM   #111 
  - You are only spreading bullshit  AllentownJake   Mar-09-10 07:30 PM   #125 
     - Lol! That and I don't care if those people die  laughingliberal   Mar-09-10 07:36 PM   #127 
        - What can I say I'm Ferris Bueller and their the Principal  AllentownJake   Mar-09-10 07:44 PM   #131 
  - "Seriously, DU used to be a place where people agreed with me"  Political Heretic   Mar-09-10 07:05 PM   #114 
  - It's clear from your post you haven't been following what's going on in Congress  Better Believe It   Mar-09-10 07:09 PM   #116 
  - Now you've done it, threw a rock into the pack.  jody   Mar-09-10 07:21 PM   #120 
  - "How comes, after I fling poop, this place is so poopy?!"  Prism   Mar-09-10 07:22 PM   #122 
  - Oh stop! I'm choking on my coffee!  laughingliberal   Mar-09-10 07:38 PM   #129 
  - Without a REAL public option..  sendero   Mar-09-10 07:41 PM   #130 
  - You lost me at the 3rd sentence..  Imajika   Mar-09-10 07:56 PM   #133 
  - If I gotta choose you or Dennis, it's not you I'm going to choose, buddy.  bemildred   Mar-09-10 08:20 PM   #134 
  - lol, what a ridiculous pile of bs. big, huge unrec.  inna   Mar-09-10 08:43 PM   #135 
  - Cute, bash the members of this board when they don't agree with your opinions  MadHound   Mar-09-10 08:52 PM   #137 
  - Even though I think the bill blows I hope it passes  whatchamacallit   Mar-09-10 09:33 PM   #141 
  - Pure Evil = DK.  pecwae   Mar-10-10 07:03 AM   #158 
  - Unrec. So people who don't agree with you are, by definition, uninformed?  freddie mertz   Mar-10-10 09:42 AM   #160 
  - I think they think that this big change will help facilitate all the other little ones.  Therellas   Mar-10-10 11:04 AM   #167 
  - The instantaneous rockstaristic cliqueification of cyber entities rallying round on top of...  bridgit   Mar-10-10 11:52 AM   #168 
 

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