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In reply to the discussion: My wife and I moved into a new place last week [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)70. Gilpo, I share your frustration
And the numbers relating to the Obama victory tell us that others are frustrated as well. Some twelve million people who voted in 2008 just didn't make it to the polls this time.
With our "media" in a lock, telling us only little bits and pieces of the puzzle, with a dearth of really inspirational political leaders, with economic policies being decided by the Geithners and Bernankes (Who let's face it - work for Goldman Sachs and AiG, and the other big Firms of the Monied Elite,) it is hard to see our way out of the predicament.
Life in an oligarchy is just not too peachy for 99% of us.
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NIcely put, although this has been obvious for quite some time. The question is...
gilpo
Nov 2012
#3
I think a first step is that most of us have had to step back from the frenzied consumerism
Squinch
Nov 2012
#13
K&R! Right on brother, I couldn't agree more! The fall of the Roman Empire did not happen
Dustlawyer
Nov 2012
#17
Thom Hartmann - Unequal Protection - A Great Read On Corporate Personhood
cantbeserious
Nov 2012
#29
I have purchased from the Made in USA Forever site. The site's owner was a former Tech
bluestate10
Nov 2012
#73
well yes that is exactly what happened and pretty much everyone knows it
Douglas Carpenter
Nov 2012
#69
Another bell run was on PBS...The Dust Bowl, and it paints the same story...
MrMickeysMom
Nov 2012
#71