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In reply to the discussion: There Are Days... When You Wonder Why We Even Bother... [View all]patrice
(47,992 posts)32. NOT an excuse. An explanation: When so many people from across the full political spectrum are soooo
busy, cutting the ground out from under their own and, hence, your issues, you/the-doer have to prioritize your efforts.
That's. the. way. it. works. . . . whether I or anyone else likes it or not.
And that's the way it is going to continue to work, until all of us become exactly alike and cease, therefore, working against one another.
We are a balkanized country and we will always be fucked by our inabilities to collaborate and co - operate with one another and some of what is doing this shit to us, e.g. Rupert Murdoch, knows all of that full well.
Just like Jay Gould said, TTE, you can always hire half of the working class to do in the other half.
And THAT's how we find ourselves in this position today.
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That's what's so sad, Jackpine -- they occupy the role that liberal-leaning Repubs did in the 70's
villager
Dec 2012
#4
WTF does that have to do with the fact that Thom Hartmann has gone all CTish?
RomneyLies
Dec 2012
#81
Well... When You Have An Un-abiding Respect For A Politician... This Is A Possible Outcome...
WillyT
Dec 2012
#83
I have no idea what you're talking about, so here's a picture of a bunny with a pancake on its head
RomneyLies
Dec 2012
#84
Funny how suddenly Matt Stoller, who used to be such a blind partisan, is now
sabrina 1
Dec 2012
#88
I wish more people understood the immense harm that was caused by media consolidation!
bluethruandthru
Dec 2012
#11
Please tell me that there are still true liberals out there in politicsland somewhere.
jillan
Dec 2012
#16
Yep, exactly, and they already have. The internet will succumb to this too, it's just a matter
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#42
Sometimes it seems that the only difference between Democrats and Republicans
AZ Progressive
Dec 2012
#26
Yes. The two-party system is a scam now, a "good cop"/"bad cop" game,
woo me with science
Dec 2012
#30
Change? Yep, change is happening all of the time, but not the change many of us envisioned. n/t
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#45
I heard today that increasing taxes on incomes over $250K will be enough for one week.
merrily
Dec 2012
#51
Sadly, the SCOTUS took away the one leverage that the feds had to persuade states
merrily
Dec 2012
#54
Absolutely. That poster will defend anything this administration does,
woo me with science
Dec 2012
#41
Shhhhh! Don't tell people about the ACA deductable ...that they can't afford to pay.
L0oniX
Dec 2012
#50
This report is a month old. In fairness, you could have had included the FCC response.
pnwmom
Dec 2012
#24
Including that wouldn't allow for the appropriate amount of anti-Obama outrage to be generated...nt
SidDithers
Dec 2012
#62
well that ought to make the media completely obsolete, i mean who really listens to them now?
No Compromise
Dec 2012
#25
President Obama was never in a postition to reject DOMA. Only Clinton was, and he signed it. DOMA
merrily
Dec 2012
#56
NOT an excuse. An explanation: When so many people from across the full political spectrum are soooo
patrice
Dec 2012
#32
updare this old IWW poster with some media/FCC icons @ the We Fool You level hmmm?
lunasun
Dec 2012
#58