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That's excellent news. 84,287 now. I'll email some friends.
Since we saw some of the power of blogs on the floor of the Senate today, it gives hope that enough people are coming around to change things.
Thanks for the diary, Stand Strong.
Recommended!
"This chamber reeks of blood." -- Sen George McGovern, 1970
by cotterperson on Mon Dec 17, 2007 at 05:32:05 PM PDT
at the rate that if you wait a minute and refresh, you'll find the numbers have moved.
My signature beat up your signature.
by Stand Strong on Mon Dec 17, 2007 at 05:35:05 PM PDT
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minute by my count at this point.
John McCain: Beacuse lobbyists should have more power
by Populista on Mon Dec 17, 2007 at 05:40:17 PM PDT
since the weekend. Hope folks are reccing this up there!
by oxon on Mon Dec 17, 2007 at 05:41:47 PM PDT
but it doesn't mean we can't gear back up in the AM and get this going again. If not tonight, then tomorrow I'll be adding a banner of some sort front and center to promote the petition on my blog.
by Stand Strong on Mon Dec 17, 2007 at 05:48:18 PM PDT
Somebody found a way to jam the site, and it wasn't just us checking the totals.
I'm pretty sure it was Rovian style hacking.
Otherwise - there would have been 2-3 times as many sigs today.
It was a frustratingly slow site today.
by nycvisionary on Mon Dec 17, 2007 at 05:49:38 PM PDT
But everything seems to be back to normal now.
by Stand Strong on Mon Dec 17, 2007 at 05:50:31 PM PDT
earlier, it was running much slower then it had been since Friday. Aw Dick are you getting a little worried?
*a hundred years from now, the future may be different because I was important in the life of a child*
by bonesy on Mon Dec 17, 2007 at 05:53:54 PM PDT
and 90,000 by midnight Pacific Time,
if site hacking/jamming/etc. doesn't slow the site down again.
by nycvisionary on Mon Dec 17, 2007 at 05:59:21 PM PDT
and on its way to 90,000 by midnight on the Pacific coast.
by nycvisionary on Mon Dec 17, 2007 at 06:45:55 PM PDT
wide narrow
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