Is DU a country?

[nolabear]

With a government and laws and patriots and ex-patriots and parties and exiles and so forth?

[Lucinda]

1. Yep.

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[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. and satellites and territories, too.

yep.

[Aristus]

3. Yes, and one of the more sane countries around.

For all of our in-fighting and squabbling, we're still one of the best places for liberals, progressives, and Dems to hang out.

I miss many of the exiles, though... :-(

[Lady Freedom Returns]

4. I think that the only thing missing is a Flag!

:dem: :patriot:

[Aristus]

5. You should design one for us.

B-)

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Totally!

[Aristus]

7. You can steal my idea if you like:

I had an idea for a flag if I ever decided to start my own country. A triumph of minimalism: a plain, unadorned rectangle of pure midnight blue, nothing else.

I figure it would go nice with blue DU. :-)

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. That would work. Could also go with a big DU on it, but it might

get mistaken for a university flag. LOL

[Aristus]

13. Dakota University? Denver University? Dallas University?

Yeah, maybe plain blue is better.

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. I was thinking of Duke. It's blue too. :^)

[nolabear]

8. What kind of country?

[Aristus]

10. Kind of like the U.S.

Staggering levels of diversity, activism, apathy, love, hate, distrust, open-mindedness, bullying, compassion.

Just a little further to the left, that's all...

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. It's a town.

I wrote this back in 2007;


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=683224

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. That was beautiful, HERETIC...

I loved reading your description...

I would love to live in such a town!

Thank you!

:hug:

[A HERETIC I AM]

18. Awww...thanks Peggy! n/t

[nolabear]

19. See below.

"You don't want to say the wrong thing and get the cops pissed at you. Trust me, I know. I was escorted almost to the edge of town at least once!"

[KamaAina]

23. An even earlier description of DUville

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=2138703&mesg_id=2138703

[madinmaryland]

11. IBTL. nt

[nolabear]

14. *snort!* There's one in every country.

[madinmaryland]

15. Heh! The country of Maryland!!

:rofl:

[Bake]

20. No. If it were, we'd have some rights.

More like, we're a dictatorship. Private message board and all.

And that's fine.

Bake

[meegbear]

22. You can always emigrate to FreeRepublic ...

they're the bastions of freedom.

[Bake]

24. Oh, right. Sure.

Thanks for the suggestion.

:hi:

Bake

[Supply Side Jesus]

25. ya, so shut your mouth Bake

sure they delete the shit of your threads, scrub boards of dissenting opinions and decisions, but DU is not as bad as Free Republic!


"Come to DU, we're not Freepervile!"

[madinmaryland]

26. "Freepervile" That's a classic!!

:rofl:

[nolabear]

21. I'll propose this as the National Anthem

Because we ALL need it said at one time or another:

http://youtu.be/FJBqRzjCBSE

[pokerfan]

27. or this

http://www.youtube.com/embed/Zcq_xLi2NGo

[nolabear]

28. Not unless we elect Benny Hill president!

Or at least Senator from the Lounge.

[pokerfan]

29. We get two senators, right? So...

[nolabear]

30. And the pledge of alegiance, of course,

"I, (state your name)."

[pokerfan]

31. I forgot about that scene

That's perfect!

:rofl:

[nolabear]

33. Allegiance. Allegiance. Allegiance.

[Ter]

32. What does the Constitution say?

n/t

[AsahinaKimi]

34. "Is DU a country?"

I heard it was a little bit Country and a little bit of Rock n Roll.

[nolabear]

35. *snort!* You get to be Official Speechwriter.

Or Court Jester; your choice.

[RedCloud]

36. Let's move it "offshore" so we can avoid paying Republican taxes!

[nolabear]

37. Secretary of the Treasury!

Excellent. Bimini here we come.