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datasuspect

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6. all the while we get the mockery of a political system,

Reply to bvar22 (Original post)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 01:36 PM

Nov 2012

a true reality tv product.

they get us to fight against each other while the suited ghouls of both parties eat free lunches and dinners and carve up the decaying corpse of a failed state.

this country has been in fire sale mode since reagan for fuck's sake.

we get what we deserve.

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WalMart is doing exactly what OUR politicians have given them permission to do. [View all] bvar22 Nov 2012 OP

DURec leftstreet Nov 2012 #1

Thanks, bvar22. Rec'd. nt Zorra Nov 2012 #2

And all we get out of it are stink bugs. nt valerief Nov 2012 #3

The crooks express surprise at how cheap they can buy a politician. Octafish Nov 2012 #4

LOL I forgot about that leftstreet Nov 2012 #5

all the while we get the mockery of a political system, datasuspect Nov 2012 #6

Yes, "this country has been in fire sale mode since reagan" but we DO NOT DESERVE what we get. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #10

we get what we deserve for not fighting back datasuspect Nov 2012 #12

Nope. We do what we can. Only Rocky Marciano won all fights. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #13

I don't care where anyone shops...but, parents PLEASE somewhere along.. Tikki Nov 2012 #7

Du rec. Nt xchrom Nov 2012 #8

I agree completely. randome Nov 2012 #9

Thankfully, Obama will not sign more let's-send-jobs-to-foreign-countries "free-trade" agreements. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2012 #11

Obama is in Cambodia today talking about the Trans Pacific Partnership Teamster Jeff Nov 2012 #15

K&R. nt OnyxCollie Nov 2012 #14

Walmart and others have been undermining the economy for some time. Ford_Prefect Nov 2012 #16

Corporations have no soul, and that is not a bad thing. bvar22 Nov 2012 #18

so true... They_Live Nov 2012 #17