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OneGrassRoot

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22. lol...

Reply to trumad (Reply #19)

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 06:36 AM

Sep 2012

I didn't even pay attention to the Obama part; I thought the reference to taxation/no representation and Citizens United was really interesting.

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Brilliant insight buried deep within the comments on the Sydney Morning Herald [View all] XemaSab Sep 2012 OP

Sadly accurate about Obama and Wall St., as well... villager Sep 2012 #1

I totally agree. Douglas Carpenter Sep 2012 #2

Dead on. aquart Sep 2012 #3

Disagree. YES vote AGAINST Romney, but still FOR Obama. Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #4

Thank you, TigressDem! Cha Sep 2012 #6

Exactly. speedoo Sep 2012 #8

No it doesn't...... daleanime Sep 2012 #9

The PEOPLE can replace Wall Street. We can run the country and the economy ourselves. Ken Burch Sep 2012 #36

Wall Street is a place of exchange. Lots of little folk are in the game now too. Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #40

I don't think it's brilliant at all. Cha Sep 2012 #5

I suppose that you'd rather people who would vote _against_ Romney just abstain then? Fumesucker Sep 2012 #11

Not at all. I just prefer people vote with the truth in mind. Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #25

Pom Poms HangOnKids Sep 2012 #29

The candidates both need to take on the bankers, instead of siding with them 7wo7rees Sep 2012 #7

Like Obama did in 2010? Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #24

On-line "activism" JNelson6563 Sep 2012 #10

You can tell people that live in blue areas.. Fumesucker Sep 2012 #12

The person who wrote the OP lives in Australia XemaSab Sep 2012 #13

I gathered that given the comment was in the Sidney paper. Fumesucker Sep 2012 #15

What? JNelson6563 Sep 2012 #39

That is true. ananda Sep 2012 #14

Well, Romney is making that quite easy. Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #26

"Because he is running capitalism" is not a criticism, it is a bit of information quaker bill Sep 2012 #16

As long as it is US Policy to represent Capitalism to the world we will have this. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #17

You would think so, wouldn't you? But the fact that we/they haven't yet makes me wonder. Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #20

They're getting a glimpse of it already,... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #21

Actually what we represent to the world is less important politically quaker bill Sep 2012 #23

That's the thing I mentioned before. During the Cold War America,... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #30

Damn XemaSab Sep 2012 #31

If the work ethic has gone down it's because the reward is lacking,... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #37

Precisely quaker bill Sep 2012 #45

Interesting point quaker bill Sep 2012 #41

It was also the hypocracy and the laughability of the language. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #42

There was corruption and hubris, no doubt quaker bill Sep 2012 #43

One thing you have to admit,.. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #44

post 23 and 30 PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #38

This really is brilliant. Maybe send to Rachel, David Corn, etc.? OneGrassRoot Sep 2012 #18

Pretty stupid shit I just read there,,,, trumad Sep 2012 #19

lol... OneGrassRoot Sep 2012 #22

You miss the first three paragraphs? XemaSab Sep 2012 #28

Nope---I just hate false equivalency. trumad Sep 2012 #32

Interesting assessment. n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #27

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2012 #33

Even were Rmoney to win, he doesn't get to change the voting system to be like that of corporations treestar Sep 2012 #34

Mitt clearly believes that "the people who OWN the country ought to govern it". Ken Burch Sep 2012 #35