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Are_grits_groceries

(17,139 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2013, 08:47 AM Oct 2013

Making monsters

People never learn that when you make a monster, there is no guarantee that you can always control it.

Nobody learned from reading Frankenstein or making nuclear bombs. I know there are many more examples starting from the beginning of time.

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Making monsters (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Oct 2013 OP
Agreed. k&r n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #1
So true, grits. brer cat Oct 2013 #2
It also doesn't matter how long it takes to create that monster. kentauros Oct 2013 #3

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
3. It also doesn't matter how long it takes to create that monster.
Wed Oct 16, 2013, 09:33 AM
Oct 2013

Reagan and company decided that to swing the country to their side permanently that they had to dumb the electorate down. What they seemed to forget was that, given enough time, the electorate can become the elected.

And so, the Tea Party was given birth.

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