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aandegoons

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12. The gilded age version 2.0

Reply to Ian62 (Original post)

Thu Dec 27, 2012, 10:59 AM

Dec 2012

Every 100 years or so we repeat the cycle of including more and more people in the "outside the law" group. When we get to the point where politics, religion, and corporations are well outside the law together than we hit the magical oh crap level.

This is where we are. And this is where we were a little over 100 years ago.

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The Rule of Law no longer applies in America [View all] Ian62 Dec 2012 OP

That's it in a rather large nutshell. Print this out and carry it around and read it to stupid peopl socialindependocrat Dec 2012 #1

"The law, in all its majesty, forbids the rich as well as the poor from sleeping under bridges" hobbit709 Dec 2012 #2

Laws--much like taxes--are for the little people. n/t MindPilot Dec 2012 #3

N.B. My comments about social security Ian62 Dec 2012 #4

Cut defense spending and use that money as needed The Straight Story Dec 2012 #5

Yes - drastically cutting military spending and using that money to protect Ian62 Dec 2012 #7

Not true! Here's a clip from Sept 2012, NY Times byeya Dec 2012 #6

That doesn't mean the premise is wrong mythology Dec 2012 #8

Current life expectancy Ian62 Dec 2012 #9

A big boost in life expentacy came with the conquering(so far anyway) of childnood diseases. byeya Dec 2012 #10

It does conveniently apply to minorities, the poor, Occupy, and the Dems. ananda Dec 2012 #11

Yes it surely does byeya Dec 2012 #16

The gilded age version 2.0 aandegoons Dec 2012 #12

K&R Whovian Dec 2012 #13

K & R n/t glinda Dec 2012 #14

The only cure for all of this corruption is Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #15

Absolutely. smccarter Dec 2012 #21

Join with me to demand for Complete Campaign Finance Reform whenever you see a post Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #37

that's a great start NoMoreWarNow Dec 2012 #23

I have asked the others who commented on my call for Complete Campaign Finance Reform Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #38

Yep. The money needs to be taken out of politics Ian62 Dec 2012 #31

Join with me then! Every time you see an issue where you believe Complete Campaign Finance Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #36

Big K&R. Thanks for an excellent OP. nt riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #17

"since 1996, the United States has suffered a decline in the quality of its governance" formercia Dec 2012 #18

Excellent OP - Poster did a lot of hard work - Many Thanks byeya Dec 2012 #19

Yip, it's the wild, wild west all over again... ReRe Dec 2012 #20

+1 lunasun Dec 2012 #30

great post-- let's do something about it NoMoreWarNow Dec 2012 #22

The best part is when you say Hong Kong has less corruption and then excoriate HSBC. mathematic Dec 2012 #24

Yep. HSBC stands for Hong kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Ian62 Dec 2012 #27

The rule of law will never be re-instituted with indepat Dec 2012 #25

Republicans, Inc. Lying About This 3x Faster than Bullshit Berlum Dec 2012 #26

Yet Democrats control the White House and the Senate. Go figger. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #28

Some of us thought that the rule of law would be reinstated with the 2008 elections. AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #29

I am angry. I was naive i guess. I thought a Democratic president would make things right. nm rhett o rick Dec 2012 #33

k&r n/t RainDog Dec 2012 #32

It'll keep getting worse too until a few war criminals are tried for treason just1voice Dec 2012 #34

Great post. nt Mojorabbit Dec 2012 #35