DUmmie FUnnies 07-11-08 (DUAC is back! The Return of the DUmmie Activist Corps)

DUmmie FUnnies ^ | July 11, 2008 | EarlG, DUmmies, and Charles Henrickson

[Charles Henrickson]

"DUAC! DUAC!" DUAC is back! Way back in July of '05, the brain trust (?) at DUmmieland created the DU Activist Corps. Of course, it went NOWHERE and did NOTHING! But now, after three years, the DUmmie Slacktivist Corpse has risen from the dead! Read about it here in this THREAD, "The Return of the DU Activist Corps," and this THREAD, "Attention activists: we need your help to restart the DU Activist Corps." DUAC is BACK!! The response must be OVERWHELMING, right? Hee! Hee! Guess again! And so now, like DUmmies in action (inaction?), let us also sit back and relax, amused by the DUACos quacking away in Bolshevik Red, while the commentary of your humble guest correspondent, Charles Henrickson, expecting a snowfall in St. Louis this month before the DUmmies actually DO anything, is in the [brackets]:

The Return of the DU Activist Corps

[So announced DUmmieland Admin EarlG, who really could use some EnerG.]

Three years ago we launched the DU Activist Corps . . .

[Filed under "Failure to Launch."]

a way to join forces and go beyond the message board to take part in "real world" activism.

[But that would require getting out of one's "real basement."]

The Activist Corps project was active through 2005 and 2006 . . .

[Letters To The Editor generated must have numbered in the tens!]

but fell by the wayside. . . .

[Translation: DIED! Accomplished NOTHING! Fell as flat as an inflatable cushion when Michael Moore sits on it!]

We already have just over 1,300 members signed up. . . .

[Over 1,200 of whom will sit and watch, while the remaining 100 will talk about all the stuff they will end up NOT DOING.]

How It's Going To Work

[Poorly.]

From now until the election we hope to run a scheduled Activist Corps action once a week.

[They will do it weakly.]

Once you have completed an action you should return to the Activist HQ to report. We'll have a "Check-In" thread where you'll simply have to click a link to report that you've taken part in the action. . . .

[Sorry, that's too much work.]

this will work on the honor system. . . .

[Boy, you picked the wrong group for that!]

Activist Corps actions will NOT require you to gather in groups or travel . . .

[No, of course not. That would require, well . . . activism.]

well, maybe to the nearest mailbox. . . .

[Yes! LTTEs! The extent of DUmmie slacktivism--at least for those willing to leave Mom's basement.]

We intend to get the ball rolling this week. . . .

[WE intend to be rolling on the floor, laughing!]

However, we have not used the Activist Corps system for two years, so please bear in mind that next week's action will probably be something of a test run.

[The first test: Get up out of your chair and walk outside. That big bright thing in the sky is called "the Sun."]

It's possible that the system will need some minor bug fixes, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

[EarlG gets the Mixed Metaphor Sentence of the Day prize. Now for the phenomenal response from the eager DUmmies. . . .]

K&R -- nt

[That's about the extent of the excitement.]

Can you site examples of how it was actually used in '05 & '06?

[Don't press EarlG with the tough questions. OK, so let's look at that other thread. Take it away, Earl . . .]

So what now?

[So what? is more like it.]

Actions need to be something that members can do individually, without having to travel. . . . Actions don't need to be big things.

[In fact, actions don't need to take any commitment or sacrifice at all! Now let's see what the response is on THIS thread . . .]

Karl Rove is coming to my town. . . . We are holding mock trial, I'm dressing up as Valerie Plame. . . .

[Is that you, benburch?]

The Fifty State Solution

[Or, if you're Barack Opossum, the Fifty-Seven State Solution.]

Ooo Oooo Oooo. . . .

[Zzz Zzzz Zzzz. . . .]

[Charles Henrickson]

DUAC! DUAC!

[kingu]

INCOMING! DUAC!

[Charles Henrickson]

PING!

[Phantom Lord]

IB4P

[Billthedrill]

Actions don't need to be big things.

Not at all. Keying a Republican's car is quick, easy, and satisfying...

[stylin19a]

just ten more dollars....

[FredZarguna]

Isn’t DUAC the bunch that suffered from PNAC envy?

[Paul Heinzman]

Top ten.

[FredZarguna]

Actions need to be something that members can do individually, without having to travel. . . . Actions don't need to be big things.

Send this thought. This thought out. Send this thought...

... Thought. Send. This thought out. DUAC. Beeber. Send this thought...

[Paul Heinzman]

Way back in July of '05, the brain trust (?) at DUmmieland

Cut them some slack, Charles. Between Skinner, EarlG and Elad, I'd say they have a whole brain.

[Charles Henrickson]

Cut them some slack, Charles. Between Skinner, EarlG and Elad, I'd say they have a whole brain.

What sayest thou, franksolich? And what can you tell us about EarlG?

[rdl6989]

But the drugs have reduced the collective brains horsepower to about 1/10 of normal.

[Paul Heinzman]

Three years ago we launched the DU Activist Corps . . .

Let's just say it was not a launch that would have impressed Werner Von Braun.

[Paul Heinzman]

a way to join forces and go beyond the message board to take part in "real world" activism.

But as it turned out...well, the "real world" is a little scary for some of you.

[Charles Henrickson]

I'm using your graphic, darkwing104. But is there any way you can re-do it so there isn't so much white space around the image?

[Mr. Silverback]

Top 20! Bow lesser posters!

[Paul Heinzman]

We already have just over 1,300 members signed up. . . .

OK, you lurking FReepers, it is an OUTRAGE that DUAC has more members than the DUmmie FUnnie pinglist, so get signed up TODAY.

Or if today's no good for you then tomorrow or anytime next week would be fine.

[Paul Heinzman]

How It's Going To Work

It's quite simple, really. You click the link that EarlG provided in the OP, and that signs you up. Then--and this is the really cool part--it appears as part of your DU profile that you are a DUAC member, a tool, if you will. From that moment on, whenever any DU member clicks on the profile icon for you, he/she/it will see that you are part of DUAC.

Oh...it is a powerful statement.

[hsalaw]

Why would the DUmmies feel any so-called action is necessary, when all they have to do is sit on their a**es and wait for the Hopebama to rescue them from the eeeeevil clutches of a Republican administration. The Hopebama will feed and clothe them, and bring them pizza. No wonder it’s called the “mommy party.”

[mikrofon]

We already have just over 1,300 members signed up. . . .

Probably only about a dozen members with an average of 100 aliases apiece...

(DUFU Pingees are unique & authentic individuals ;)

[HoosierHawk]

Karl Rove is coming to my town. . . . We are holding mock trial, I'm dressing up as Valerie Plame...

...and my wife will dress up as Karl Rove and my girlfriend will dress up as Joe Wilson. It'll be blast!

[Charles Henrickson]

Karl Rove is coming to my town. . . .

You better watch out, you better not cry. . . .

[Paul Heinzman]

well, maybe to the nearest mailbox. . . .

DUde, where's my mailbox?

[Charles Henrickson]

These two threads, by DUmmieland Admin EarlG, were posted about 30 hours ago. In that time, the first thread has garnered a whopping 24 replies, and the second one, 15. A grand total of 39 replies in 30 hours in this clarion call to action!

[Focault's Pendulum]

I'm just getting over a diverticulitus attack.(No, it's not a pretty thing.)

I am laughing so hard I think I re infected my intestinal trac.

If I have to go back to the ER....I'm sending you the bill

[Paul Heinzman]

However, we have not used the Activist Corps system for two years, so please bear in mind that next week's action will probably be something of a test run.

"Well, yes, but I’m afraid I prematurely shot my wad on what was supposed to be a dry run, if you will, so now I’m afraid I have something of a mess on my hands."

[mikrofon]

They keep omitting the ‘In’ prefix on the second term and the -e at the very end....

[Paul Heinzman]

EarlG, to show you my commitment to the cause, I have four letters and two punctuation marks (three if you count the em dash as two en dashes) for you:

K&R -- nt

[Paul Heinzman]

Actions need to be something that members can do individually, without having to travel. . . . Actions don't need to be big things.

[In fact, actions don't need to take any commitment or sacrifice at all! . . .]

Actions don't even require real...action. Actions...are just like words. They just speak louder.

[Paul Heinzman]

Karl Rove is coming to my town. . . . We are holding mock trial. . . .

Well it's about damn time! He was mock indicted over two years ago. What ever happened to the right to a speedy mock trial?

Karl should take this all the way to the mock Supreme Court.

[Paul Heinzman]

We are holding mock trial, I'm dressing up as Valerie Plame. . . .

That'll show 'em, boy.

[Paul Heinzman]

Keep in mind, Frank, I crediting Elad with 60-75% of that brain.

[HoosierHawk]

You better watch out, you better not cry...

I'd be honored. He didn't show up in DC for the Dems kangaroo trial.

: )

[Charles Henrickson]

Karl Rove is coming to my town. . . . We are holding mock trial. . . .

SEND HIM TO THE MOCK HAGUE!

[Charles Henrickson]

Karl Rove is coming to my town. . . . We are holding mock trial. . . .

What if he's found not guilty? Will you have a mock riot?

[Paul Heinzman]

We intend to get the ball rolling this week. . . .

but it's a really heavy ball that hasn't moved in about a year and a half and before that it moved pretty slow and aimlessly. We never could get it to knock down any pins, even after we put the bumpers in the gutters--it just never quite made it to the pins.

[Charles Henrickson]

I'm dressing up as Valerie Plame. . . .

Better do it when she's not home, Joe.

[Charles Henrickson]

K&R -- nt

Karl&Rove -- nutso trial

[Paul Heinzman]

(DUFU Pingees are unique & authentic individuals ;)

Boy, I'll say we are. We are...one thousand and fourteen...WILD AND CRAZY GUYS AND GALS!

[Old Sarge]

So, what would the acronym be if we formed a Free Repiublic Activist Corps?

[Charles Henrickson]

Ooo Oooo Oooo. . . .

Is that you, Joe E. Ross?

[Paul Heinzman]

Ooo Oooo Oooo. . . .

...Mr. EarlG, Mr. EarlG, I have a question...

[Charles Henrickson]

You're about a decade after me in your "Ooo Oooo Oooo" sitcom reference.

[Stegall Tx]

If I have to go back to the ER....I'm sending you the bill

Hey, I'll host a fund raiser for ya. Everybody, just make your checks out to “cash” and mail them to General Delivery, Stegall, Tx. I'll forward the proceeds to Johns Hopkins (or Pizza Hut or somewhere appropriate).

[Paul Heinzman]

What if he's found not guilty? Will you have a mock riot?

We shouldn't mock DUmmy patriotism.

They love mock hotdogs:



Mock apple pie:



And mock Chevrolets:

[decal]

"Karl Rove is coming to my town. . . .I'm dressing up as Valerie Plame. . . ."

And here he is:

No wonder Joe was happy to go to Niger...

[Charles Henrickson]

"What's all this I hear about Richard Gere wanting to be free to bet?
If he wants to bet, he can just go to Atlantic City, can't he?"

[Paul Heinzman]

I'm about a decade after you by any reference.

Oh, SNAP. ;-P

[Charles Henrickson]

Focault's Pendulum is just $10 away from paying for an ER visit.

We'll get Pitt to write an essay. We'll call it, "The Pitt and the Pendulum."

[Paul Heinzman]

Focault's Pendulum is just $10 away from paying for an ER visit.

We'll get Pitt to write an essay. We'll call it, "The Pitt and the Pendulum."

Way to push him over the edge with the element of surprise. He didn't expect a Spanish Inquisition reference.

Nobody did.