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TBF

(31,922 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 08:32 AM Jun 2015

The unconscionable greed of the billionaire class ~

He's not a revolutionary by any stretch, but at least this guy is speaking our language -

"The unconscionable greed of the billionaire class is destroying this nation and it has got to end."
-Bernie Sanders, 6/20/15 Denver, Colorado

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The unconscionable greed of the billionaire class ~ (Original Post) TBF Jun 2015 OP
One of the few sound bites that speaks volumes. marble falls Jun 2015 #1
Bernie is succinct beyond anyone else in politics AikidoSoul Jun 2015 #16
Warren might be number one, but we need her in Congress, we need Bernie in.... marble falls Jun 2015 #45
Despite what anyone thinks about the bible it got one thing right. zeemike Jun 2015 #2
Amen. K&R nt TBF Jun 2015 #3
K&R..... daleanime Jun 2015 #4
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #5
Then pleas do kick this again! This thread has disappeared even though the AikidoSoul Jun 2015 #25
Will do! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #28
I Will No Longer Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious Jun 2015 #6
We have a long term U.S. Senator who is saying our Congress is bought off! Dustlawyer Jun 2015 #7
^^^ THIS ^^^ cantbeserious Jun 2015 #9
Why is this thread lost? I can't find it anywhere, not even in the DISCUSSION forum AikidoSoul Jun 2015 #15
Bernie is going to win by exposing them all. azmom Jun 2015 #19
Thank you, keep preachin' it dreamnightwind Jun 2015 #43
I think it could work, assuming the legality of it. Who knows, the only campaign finance Dustlawyer Jun 2015 #44
I Will No Longer Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious Jun 2015 #8
The Pugs called Reagan the "Great Communicator"? Bernie is better by far. AikidoSoul Jun 2015 #10
I feel very protective of Bernie. azmom Jun 2015 #20
No, it's not weird. It's natural for good people to want to protect other good people. AikidoSoul Jun 2015 #33
Thanks azmom Jun 2015 #34
we can stop evil from being the root of all money olddots Jun 2015 #11
Love the truth when it is told. jwirr Jun 2015 #12
Kick this!!! This should be at the top of the list! AikidoSoul Jun 2015 #13
Do you want to kick this again? AikidoSoul Jun 2015 #14
Bernie deserves the kicks - TBF Jun 2015 #17
DESPITE ALL THE KICKS THIS THREAD HAS DISAPPEARED AikidoSoul Jun 2015 #22
Then kick it again TBF!!! And see if you can find out where it has disappeared to! AikidoSoul Jun 2015 #26
I posted it here in the Bernie Sanders group TBF Jun 2015 #30
I can't find the "Bernie Sanders (Group). I searched but could not find it. AikidoSoul Jun 2015 #36
Shit is getting real. Bernie goes there. azmom Jun 2015 #18
k&R azmom Jun 2015 #21
Glad you kicked this asmom.... I can't believe that this thread has disappeared completely AikidoSoul Jun 2015 #23
Well them, I'll kick it again . azmom Jun 2015 #24
k&R azmom Jun 2015 #27
Kick, Enthusiast Jun 2015 #29
If anyone wants to repost this graphic in GD TBF Jun 2015 #31
Your thread was posted today, Fri Jun 26, 2015, 12:32 PM. It had plenty of AikidoSoul Jun 2015 #32
Threads that are started in groups TBF Jun 2015 #35
Think of DU as if it is a newspaper. Your thread was on the back page AikidoSoul Jun 2015 #38
No problem - TBF Jun 2015 #41
After the last human has died and the book of human life has ended, ladjf Jun 2015 #37
ladjf -- please make a thread out of your statement. AikidoSoul Jun 2015 #39
Wall St. Regulates the Congress Cheese Sandwich Jun 2015 #40
K&R The one good thing about Citizens United. raouldukelives Jun 2015 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author ladjf Jun 2015 #46
Aw man, I hate when people delete replies before I read em. raouldukelives Jun 2015 #47

marble falls

(56,358 posts)
45. Warren might be number one, but we need her in Congress, we need Bernie in....
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 08:40 AM
Jun 2015

Congress, too - but we need either of them as President. In eight year Elizabeth gets to be President.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
2. Despite what anyone thinks about the bible it got one thing right.
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 09:30 AM
Jun 2015

The love of money is the root of all evil.

AikidoSoul

(2,150 posts)
25. Then pleas do kick this again! This thread has disappeared even though the
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 03:25 PM
Jun 2015

thread came out today and I've kicked and kicked and kicked.

Does anybody know where it went? I'm afraid I'll lose it so I just keep it open.

Come on guys! Kick this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a wonderful quote and pic.

Gee.... I hope there are no shenannigans going on to make him disappear into never-never land.

Dustlawyer

(10,493 posts)
7. We have a long term U.S. Senator who is saying our Congress is bought off!
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 10:07 AM
Jun 2015

He has seen it, fought it, and knows what he is talking about!
For us Bernie supporters who understand that our country cannot continue to be controlled by Special Interests any longer, we need to help get his message out, volunteer, and fight for our Democracy! We cannot get hung up wasting time with those that are willing to live under corporate rule. I know SCOTUS appointments are extremely important, but Bernie can win this thing and many Nay Sayers will come over to our side once they see that he can.
Un-bought Senators of Bernie's caliber and views don't happen very often. At some point we will have to choose to fight off the corruption of our election system. There will never be the well funded candidate to do this unless a Warren Buffet decides to run and pay for it himself (not likely to ever happen).
This is the time! Our country is in serious jeopardy, and I for one am not willing to live in a country where 99% of us have to settle for whatever the corporations and the extremely wealthy LET US HAVE! They are not known for their generousity. The founding fathers were willing to risk it all for this country, we should do no less.

Feel the Bern!!!!!

AikidoSoul

(2,150 posts)
15. Why is this thread lost? I can't find it anywhere, not even in the DISCUSSION forum
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 03:00 PM
Jun 2015

and I clicked back several pages.

I like your posts by-the-way. Very thoughtful and articulate.

dreamnightwind

(4,775 posts)
43. Thank you, keep preachin' it
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 06:53 AM
Jun 2015

I've been kicking around an idea for crowd-sourced funding of politicians that swear off corporate money, in theory there would be enforcement mechanisms (such as no more crowd-sourced money if they took corporate money) to keep them working for us. My theory is that some or even many of them would do the right thing if the system let them. It wouldn't need to wait for a constitutional amendment, either (I am ALL for that, just feel we can't wait for it). See any promise in that approach? Or how do you see us getting the change you so doggedly advocate?

Dustlawyer

(10,493 posts)
44. I think it could work, assuming the legality of it. Who knows, the only campaign finance
Sat Jun 27, 2015, 08:07 AM
Jun 2015

laws they would ever pass would be to stop the people from rounding up money for candidates. I had to register with my County Clerk and take a stupid class just to register voters, but boy are the local Teapublicans going to be pissed at me! My community is 49-51% black to white ratio, but city government is mostly white. I am setting up black churches to take the people to the DMV to get state issued ID's, fundraise to pay for them, and drive them to the polls.
I am explaining to the black people in my area about how they are not wanted to vote, to not believe what they hear on TV!

We need to be the ones to start recruiting candidates who will not be bought off, that understand what Public Service really means, and to educate others on what is really going on. Most people haven't really put it all together, though they already understand that most politicians are corrupt.

We are too used to just voting as our public service, if we even do that. The biggest challenge is finding people willing to devote a little time to work for their Democracy, to fight! That is how we lost our Representative Democracy in the first place. There is a lot to be done, things like organizing a fight to get rid of electronic voting and tabulation systems, educating people as to what has happened and why...

Good luck, let me know how it works for you as it is something I need to learn about as well!

AikidoSoul

(2,150 posts)
10. The Pugs called Reagan the "Great Communicator"? Bernie is better by far.
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 10:43 AM
Jun 2015

I love the guy with all my heart.

Kick and recommend.

Will post to my FACEBOOK page.

Yep. Just plain love the guy. A rare jewel mixed in with a load of turds. Who woulda thunk we would have ever found such a jewel in the COTUS?

Well there are a tiny handful of jewels. There's Sherrod Brown, Elizabeth Warren, and Al Franken.... maybe a few others?

That other senator from Ohio maybe?

 

olddots

(10,237 posts)
11. we can stop evil from being the root of all money
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 11:21 AM
Jun 2015

Berny knows it doesn't have to be that way .

AikidoSoul

(2,150 posts)
13. Kick this!!! This should be at the top of the list!
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 02:52 PM
Jun 2015

He is so amazing and I get so happy whenever I see him and one of his brilliant statements.

So succinct!!!!!


TBF

(31,922 posts)
17. Bernie deserves the kicks -
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 03:05 PM
Jun 2015

and he is putting into words what we all know to be true but aren't always brave enough to say. I think that is going to resonate with Americans if we can get him through the first few tightly-controlled primaries.

AikidoSoul

(2,150 posts)
22. DESPITE ALL THE KICKS THIS THREAD HAS DISAPPEARED
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 03:15 PM
Jun 2015

I went back ten pages on the GENERAL DISCUSSION forum and can't find it. It should be one of the top threads.

It could be that I don't know how the DU monitor people sift through these threads. Maybe it's posted in some obscure forum.

But shouldn't it also be in the GENERAL DISCUSSION pages?

AikidoSoul

(2,150 posts)
26. Then kick it again TBF!!! And see if you can find out where it has disappeared to!
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 03:28 PM
Jun 2015

This is very distressing.

Should I be worried about behind-the-scenes gaming this thread out of sight? Or am I crazy for thinking such a thing?

TBF

(31,922 posts)
30. I posted it here in the Bernie Sanders group
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 03:36 PM
Jun 2015

so it will not show up in General Discussion. I'm not spending too much time in GD these days. It is on the greatest page, though, so people will see it there.

AikidoSoul

(2,150 posts)
36. I can't find the "Bernie Sanders (Group). I searched but could not find it.
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 04:04 PM
Jun 2015

Will you please tell me where the heck it is?

And.... I did find it in another discussion group but it said it had only 22 replies. That is inaccurate.

AikidoSoul

(2,150 posts)
23. Glad you kicked this asmom.... I can't believe that this thread has disappeared completely
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 03:18 PM
Jun 2015

The picture and quote Sanders gave are priceless. It is the underlying issue that this country is facing that absolutely must change.

Can somebody please tell me where this thread has disappeared to?????


TBF

(31,922 posts)
31. If anyone wants to repost this graphic in GD
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 03:40 PM
Jun 2015

please feel free. I tend to post in smaller groups - and I'm kind of confused about exactly what is GD vs. GD: Primaries.

There are a ton of these kinds of memes out there. They are on Facebook and Google - you just put in Bernie's name with a few key words and search images. I found this one using a google search.

AikidoSoul

(2,150 posts)
32. Your thread was posted today, Fri Jun 26, 2015, 12:32 PM. It had plenty of
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 03:53 PM
Jun 2015

kicks and comments, and yet it's NOWHERE to be found.

I can get to it 'cause I don't close it.

I went back as far as the May posts on GD Primaries and it's not there.

And I went back at least 15 pages on General Discussion and it's not there either.

This is very disturbing to me and makes me worry about the integrity of the DU jury system. I keep getting invited to join, and now I think I will.

Dammit... I'm really pissed about this disappearance.

I will post it to my FACEBOOK page however, but that it won't get as much exposure as here on DU.

Yeah --- I might repost this, but your thread was just fine thank you and should have made it to the GREATEST list.

TBF

(31,922 posts)
35. Threads that are started in groups
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 04:01 PM
Jun 2015

will never show in GD or GD primaries - they stay in their groups. You might see them trending on the front page or hit the greatest page. It hasn't disappeared!

AikidoSoul

(2,150 posts)
38. Think of DU as if it is a newspaper. Your thread was on the back page
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 04:12 PM
Jun 2015

because you didn't post it under General Discussion.

The front page of DU is what most of the thousands of people who come here see.

It's where the biggest stories are, and where the GREATEST THREAD pages are most prominent.

If somebody thinks that is wrong, please educate me.

TBF... I only wanted your thread to be seen by as many as possible and it was driving me nuts.

Am going to give up now and go on to something more productive.

Thanks for posting it... and I'm glad I was able to catch it before it disappeared!

TBF

(31,922 posts)
41. No problem -
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 07:46 PM
Jun 2015

thanks for the K&R ... I don't post very often in GD but maybe I should with some of these memes. Thanks again!

ladjf

(17,320 posts)
37. After the last human has died and the book of human life has ended,
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 04:11 PM
Jun 2015

the Billionaires of the 21st Century may well be listed as the most selfish and destructive creatures ever to walk the Earth. That is a list that no person of good will would ever want to be included on. Current Billionaires would be wise to give that concept a thought.

AikidoSoul

(2,150 posts)
39. ladjf -- please make a thread out of your statement.
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 04:17 PM
Jun 2015

It is very powerful.

It is very true.

It is amazing.

It makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck.

I am going to steal it for my FACEBOOK page, but will give thanks to you there.

raouldukelives

(5,178 posts)
42. K&R The one good thing about Citizens United.
Fri Jun 26, 2015, 07:51 PM
Jun 2015

Is that now at least we know for sure corporations are people.

The most backstabbing, polluting, misogynist, racist, homophobic, science denying, democracy hating, dictator coddling, child enslaving and murderous people you could ever know.

I've always felt you could judge people by the company they keep. Thanks to CU, that is more true than ever.

Response to raouldukelives (Reply #42)

raouldukelives

(5,178 posts)
47. Aw man, I hate when people delete replies before I read em.
Tue Jun 30, 2015, 10:46 AM
Jun 2015


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