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freshwest

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5. It's in the SSA archive. The argument for the social safety net and justice.

Reply to Gman (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 12:30 AM

Jul 2012

Those men didn't look at the slogans or just the symptoms. They looked to the cause of why the world is like it is or was. And what it would take to make it better.

I remember the saying, "Look not for what your fathers passed on to you, look for what they were searching for."

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Some weekend thoughts from Thomas Paine [View all] Ken Burch Jul 2012 OP

For all their rhetoric, the teabaggers wouldn't like these words. turtlerescue1 Jul 2012 #1

I just read through Agrarian Justice Gman Jul 2012 #2

It's in the SSA archive. The argument for the social safety net and justice. freshwest Jul 2012 #5

Wiser words have never been spoken. smirkymonkey Jul 2012 #3

Paine and Thoreau. my heroes. freshwest Jul 2012 #4

Thomas Paine and revolution in religion Deist1737 Jul 2012 #6