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tama

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55. OK

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 07:24 AM

Sep 2012

I'm not feeling now like I want to be a punching bag for your anger, so I'll continue this discussion with you some other time if you wish and when your tone is less aggressive. And reminds me of an addict using all his strength to convince himself that healing from addiction is impossible - which rationally thinking it is not.

For what's it worth, I'll just add that IMHO politics is all about emotions, much less about intellectual theories.

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Dear Chris Hedges [View all] Zalatix Sep 2012 OP

+1!!!!!!!! gateley Sep 2012 #1

Thank you, Zalatix! Cha Sep 2012 #2

Nonsense. appal_jack Sep 2012 #3

You are finacially illiterate. banned from Kos Sep 2012 #4

"finacially" marmar Sep 2012 #8

I know - the banksters are out to "get ya"! banned from Kos Sep 2012 #11

Daily Kos is more visionary than I give them credit for. marmar Sep 2012 #12

... CrispyQ Sep 2012 #14

I would alert on your post as an ad-hominem attack appal_jack Sep 2012 #9

Obama cracked down on the banks, you lackey. banned from Kos Sep 2012 #13

"Dodd-Frank is the strongest regulation --- ever." ROTFLMAO! Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #15

"I am in finance and know this shit." girl gone mad Sep 2012 #23

... tama Sep 2012 #63

Giant Banks Now 30% Bigger than When Dodd-Frank Financial �Reform� Law Was Passed HiPointDem Sep 2012 #39

you people stop it - this stuff is hard - YOU try it! piratefish08 Sep 2012 #43

Money is a hell of a drug. nt raouldukelives Sep 2012 #69

WHY are our standards so much lower than Kos???? Romulox Sep 2012 #72

Two ROTFLMAO's in one sub-thread! Thanks1 Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #76

I make in my pants sometimes. WilliamPitt Sep 2012 #74

Actually, ProSense Sep 2012 #10

ProSense, that list is pitiful compared to the fraud, the lying, the cheating that was committed. JDPriestly Sep 2012 #19

Well, ProSense Sep 2012 #20

None of the guys in your list were top-level. girl gone mad Sep 2012 #24

+1 Excellent list! KoKo Sep 2012 #67

BS! ProSense Sep 2012 #82

No one on your list is a top-level executive. girl gone mad Sep 2012 #113

Not nearly enough. Not nearly enough. JDPriestly Sep 2012 #90

First, admit you were factually wrong. Zalatix Sep 2012 #42

Admitted tama Sep 2012 #64

Three times as many people live in Cuyahoga County, Ohio than all of Iceland. Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #92

Okey then, you're doomed... tama Sep 2012 #95

It is disgusting that people who ran big firms that sold investements to their clients that they JDPriestly Sep 2012 #85

He wasn't factually wrong. girl gone mad Sep 2012 #114

At 1/1000the size of The Great Robbery, looting the S&L's generated over 30,000 investigations, Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #77

First of all, ProSense Sep 2012 #79

I stand corrected, I guess you can pretend. n/t Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #81

LOL! Pwn'd! n/t ProSense Sep 2012 #83

+100 99th_Monkey Sep 2012 #105

Always push the Wellstone ruled Sep 2012 #5

Always push the Wellstone ruled Sep 2012 #6

Great point! ~nt 99th_Monkey Sep 2012 #107

But Chris Hedges fights for the true left all the time, not just during a primary or an election.... marmar Sep 2012 #7

If it weren't for women's issues, I'd probably be voting with Chris. CrispyQ Sep 2012 #16

unfortunately, the "true left" isn't running, we have a choice between center left and far right. dionysus Sep 2012 #17

(Unfortunately) you are absolutely correct about this, dionysus. n/t appal_jack Sep 2012 #21

What he said. /\ renie408 Sep 2012 #27

LOL tell us how you REALLY feel. Zalatix Sep 2012 #31

Nailed it... SidDithers Sep 2012 #68

Actually, he doesn't. He publishes the same polemic over and over cali Sep 2012 #47

i found this joelz Sep 2012 #18

Are you suggesting that I should vote third party? Zalatix Sep 2012 #32

Oh go peddle that no difference crap elsewhere. aquart Sep 2012 #35

Time to fight tama Sep 2012 #22

What did Chris Hedges say? redgreenandblue Sep 2012 #25

Among many things, this: tama Sep 2012 #29

Zal, the thing is. Chris Hedges cali Sep 2012 #26

Everything? tama Sep 2012 #28

by everything I mean our current system cali Sep 2012 #30

Sincerely tama Sep 2012 #34

Voting third party or staying home is tantamount to suicide in that situation. Zalatix Sep 2012 #40

What you see as implied tama Sep 2012 #49

Really? Then what's your solution? What should we do this election season? Zalatix Sep 2012 #51

I'm not American tama Sep 2012 #53

We should vote for Democrats, but we should let them know NOW when they are the most sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #89

+1000 limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #93

Chris Hedges is suggesting we should stay home or vote third party. Zalatix Sep 2012 #94

How else to scare them? tama Sep 2012 #99

So you want to bring us 8 years of MITT ROMNEY in order to scare the Democratic politicians? Zalatix Sep 2012 #101

Scary... tama Sep 2012 #103

Please. I am poor. cali Sep 2012 #44

What I want? tama Sep 2012 #48

Who are YOU speaking for, when you use "We"? Do tell. cali Sep 2012 #52

OK tama Sep 2012 #55

you start off with the "denial' insult cali Sep 2012 #59

You are very passionate about identifying problems... renie408 Sep 2012 #65

Maybe so tama Sep 2012 #70

I'm sorry, but "self-sufficient communal way of life"? Zalatix Sep 2012 #73

"self" tama Sep 2012 #75

Cali can testify to my fanatical devotion to extreme, radical change. Zalatix Sep 2012 #33

That has nothing to do tama Sep 2012 #36

So WTF do you suppose we do about it? Zalatix Sep 2012 #38

Vote as you please tama Sep 2012 #45

gad. talk about over simplifcation. cali Sep 2012 #46

How is that? tama Sep 2012 #50

you seem to believe that we can completely dismantle the current system cali Sep 2012 #54

I don't have all the answers tama Sep 2012 #56

You don't start off a friendly exchange by telling someone they're in denial. duh. cali Sep 2012 #60

Is it unfriendly? tama Sep 2012 #62

Gonna be a lotta people trying to get us to give up and stay home. aquart Sep 2012 #37

"Dear Martin Luther King: Be nice to LBJ! Do you want Nixon in power?" DerekG Sep 2012 #41

+1 xchrom Sep 2012 #57

Nice quote there. Can you answer me a straight up question? Zalatix Sep 2012 #61

Answer: Romney would win. DerekG Sep 2012 #87

Inevitable chair throwing thread. longship Sep 2012 #58

Chris Hedges sticks up for the Palestinians - Obama sure the hell doesn't. But then again Douglas Carpenter Sep 2012 #66

Dissent is counter-revolutionary! nt Romulox Sep 2012 #71

How did you enjoy 8 years of Bush? Zalatix Sep 2012 #80

How did we get eight years of Bush? Why was the election allowed to be stolen? We were sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #96

8 years of Bush wouldn't have been better if Chris Hedges was muzzled, so I fail to see the point. Romulox Sep 2012 #97

8 years of Bush absolutely, positively would NOT have happened Zalatix Sep 2012 #102

No, I don't buy it. America's problem is categorically NOT that our media is too aggressive. nt Romulox Sep 2012 #110

You don't have to buy it. It just is what it is. No Nader = Gore win in 2000. The math dictates that Zalatix Sep 2012 #111

I am refraining from any criticism I have until after the election. It's the grownup thing to do. nt Comrade_McKenzie Sep 2012 #78

Apparently, Chris Hedges hasnt signed the Loyalty Oath. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2012 #84

Apparently the Purity Oath is still in effect. Bobbie Jo Sep 2012 #86

He has signed the "I want Romney to win" oath instead. Zalatix Sep 2012 #91

Where, in the article, did he express that wish? Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2012 #98

I will say it again in case you missed it in the OP Zalatix Sep 2012 #100

Nonsense. Again. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2012 #104

NOT nonsense. Nader cost Gore the election. That is a fact far beyond dispute. Zalatix Sep 2012 #106

Gore cost Gore the election. He didn't get enough people to vote for him. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2012 #108

Nope, you're wrong again. Nader cost Gore the election. Zalatix Sep 2012 #109

it is vexing--but folks like Hedges will never think an election is time to stop librechik Sep 2012 #88

Then don't push it in swing states. Sirveri Sep 2012 #112

We need a different system cpwm17 Sep 2012 #115