I’m sitting here with Scarborough on in the background. They’re laughing their asses off over Tom Cruise’s appearance on Oprah. Anyone see Tom’s travesty? It sounds like it was pretty painful to watch.
I’d like to welcome the influx of new members to the Frog Pond. I guess I should explain some differences between dKos and BooTrib.
The most obvious is the ‘World’ recommended diary feature. Only 10% of our users are living outside the United States. Since Americans tend to be biased in favor of American issues, we give our ‘World’ diarists a voice by making sure that at least six world diaries are always displayed.
We also have regional threads up top. You can use them as a bulletin board. We are going to be upgrading the regional thread feature soon.
My idea was to try to be both more global and more local, but to create a site that would be familiar to all Kossacks. I also wanted to have this site reflect the importance of women and minorities in the Democratic Party. I am pleased to see that the poll shows 59% of tonight’s Tribbers are women. Most political blogs are 65% male or higher.
So, welcome, and enjoy the site.
Thank you so much, Booman. There’s so much that’s cool about your site. I love the Recent Comments feature, for instance. I could play there all night and practically have. I feel as if I have been lucky enough to move out of one home today and right into another one that is not only fully furnished but happens to be decorated in my exact taste. Pretty lucky I am.
I was thinking the exact same things!
Thank you BooMan for not only hosting a site, but hosting a COMMUNITY, this is exactly what I’ve been looking for!
And someday I’ll remember that spellcheck is there! 😉
Looking forward to the new stuff being unvieled int he near future!
Thank you BooMan. Discovering this site has made me as Manic as Tom Cruise.
Me, too! I’ll never get to sleep. We newbies must seem to the oldbies like a bunch of eager puppies jumping up and down around their ankles. We’ll calm down eventually, honest we will. We’re just so happy to have a warm home again so soon after having been tossed out into the cold cruel world.
Yes…It is an awesome site..you guys are gonna have a blast and meet the most awesome people..I am happy to see the new member names popping up daily. I look forward to all of your diaries, comments and political input. Over 1000 folks now and I believe only 2 have been banished or have chosen to leave. Those are great numbers…I check to see if there are any new hidden comments but we still have the same two sitting there in hidden comment hell. Enjoy the Booman Tribune..I assume you have been welcomed by our gracious welcome committe leader Diane101. She keep the newbies up to date. Booman runs a great blog and Susanhu is one of a kind and the hardest working front pager bar none. Keep an eye open for World diaries by Soj….he/she rocks my world. The world is ours here at the Trib….Enjoy.
I did see the Tom Cruise episode on Oprah. Yes Tom was really quite boisterous and animated on the subject of Katie, jumping on the chair and taking Riversance poses on the floor. but heck it’s Tom and he can do whatever he wants. He’s just an actor. LOL a little..
Tom can do whatever he wants but he looked like a bit of a jerk. I can understand his desire to promote his pet issues (scientology) but when he becomes the story he has probably gone too far.
As usual, I’m late to the party, and behind by several Open Threads and attempting to keep up with new blogsites and. . .and. . .
So I decided I just better settle in here to extend a heartfelt WELCOME to all new folks!
Since I have little hope of catching up with conversations elsewhere, I’m just going to say this – I highly respect loyalty, and in that vein I respect what you did over at DKos, Mr. Longman. Unless, of course, you’re one heck of a mastermind opportunist ;^) – (only in jest, of course)
Most importantly – I’m damn sad I missed Scarborough this particular evening, and it sounds as though I’ll need to watch a rerun later tonight. My husband caught the “Tom Cruise Show” on Oprah the other day, and as he was telling me about it he seemed genuinely embarrassed to have Cruise out there representing his gender.
But again – a warm welcome to all, wherever your blog of origin. Booman Tribune has promoted diversity from day one – attracting individuals from all over the globe, and attracting a high caliber community in general. (And I don’t use the word “community” loosely) We take our conversations seriously, and ourselves not so much so. This site offers a gentle approach to reasoned, mature discourse from well-traveled, knowledgable individuals.
Yes, agreed, BooMan, a very admirable thing you did today. Thanks for saying this Anomalous.
I’m vastly more upset by his remarks to Brooke Shields. My daughter got ahold of a copy of People magazine that described, in detail, Shields’ terrible difficulties with post-partum depression, and how hard it was for her to find proper help. She went through hell. And, even with all the money and fame she has, she had a very hard time getting proper diagnosis and treatment. And her family — mother and husband — weren’t much help.
Here’s a fast synopsis via IMDb:
Actress Brooke Shields and Tom Cruise’s ongoing feud has intensified – after the Suddenly Susan star mocked the16 year age-gap between the actor and his new girlfriend Katie Holmes. Cruise – who has helped people fight drug addictions through his controversial Scientology religion – recently attacked Shields for becoming dependant on anti-depressant Paxil, following the birth of her daughter Rowan. And Shields has continued her war of words against Cruise following his “dangerous” comments, by offering him a child ticket so he can take Holmes to see her in hit London musical Chicago. She says, “If he wants to see Chicago, I’ve left him two tickets – one adult, one child.” The actress recently took a swipe at Cruise’s religious beliefs, by saying she wouldn’t take advice from someone who devotes his life to aliens.
I gather from all this that Cruise has made (more) of a fool of himself in some intensely public venue. Personally, I’ve never understood the fixation on him. He’s a wimpy-looking little guy, and he can’t act his way out of a paper bag.
He criticized Shields for taking anti-depressants. First, it’s none of his business, and he doesn’t have a clue — beyond her public statements — how serious her depression was. Second, given his fame, his criticism of taking any anti-depressant and instead taking vitamins could be very dangerous to people who might be susceptible to his suggestions.
susan, glad you brought this up(as usual I was thinking about this also)and saw Cruise interviewed when he was talking about his disdain for any kind of counselors, psychiatrist etc. He simply believes that it’s all a scam(yeah he should talk with his Scientology crap). He also believes marriage counselors are rip off artists and he can help people better if they will just ask him…he also mentioned that counselors condone promiscuity …
I have to say I have never liked Cruise and don’t think he can act and don’t think he’s cute and now I think he’s nuts to boot.
He has so little to give as an actor. That’s why he prefers action films where he can move around a lot. In “Jerry Magquire” – he reached his summit. In “Collateral” the supporting actors outshine him by a country mile. The enormously talented Jamie Fox and Jada Pinkett Smith saved the movie.
He was okay in Stanley Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut” because he played a shallow doctor. But he is a star!
I’ve got to run in a second, but I wanted to say thank you to you BooMan for hosting this place, and also to everyone who has made such an effort today to make the DK refugees feel welcome. Y’all rock!
Out here in the hills of eastern CT, all it takes is a rock and a little paint
http://www.zippythepinhead.com/media/CT.Frog.Road.jpg
Don’t want to try and reply to all you newbies so I figure 4’s all around is good way to welcome everyone.
And please be a giddy and talkative as you want to, that’s what makes the site go round.
on the Downing Street Memo is a great read, make sure you all check it out and don’t forget to spread the word to sign Rep. Conyer’s letter via Oui’s diary
Thank you Booman for the excellent community that you have brought forward. Welcome to all the newcomers and enjoy your time here, know that respect, dignity and honor are commodities that flow freely within this community. If you have a problem with someone, approach them and talk about it. From where I am sitting I have yet to see anyone not willing to listen if there is a problem.