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democrank

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82. Matt Taibbi simply can`t grasp the notion that

Tue Jan 8, 2013, 06:04 AM

Jan 2013

corporations are people too.

We have advanced. Gone are the days when we show up in a neighbor`s field for a barn raising. Now all we have to do is take the $1.6 million and 40 acres our fathers/grandfathers left us and buy our own damn barn.

Folks on the lower end could do the same, but no..................they just want to live in their cars and whine about being out of work or not being able to get disability from the Veteran`s Administration.

We had better start being grateful to the rulers. Without them there would be no theme parks.

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Allow me to join Manny in my condemnation of Matt Taibbi. [View all] trumad Jan 2013 OP

The sarchasm challenged will have a cow. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #1

Never mind the spelling Nazis! alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #2

Sarchasm--Brilliant. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #37

LOL! n/t markpkessinger Jan 2013 #63

no, not really. "3rd way" was about cutting medicaid and SS pasto76 Jan 2013 #72

This post is more like a sargasm. silvershadow Jan 2013 #74

I was about to blow a gasket Blue Palasky Jan 2013 #87

ahh....you and Manny.... KoKo Jan 2013 #3

... xchrom Jan 2013 #4

Are you Will Marshall? I lurves you and agree!!! Dragonfli Jan 2013 #5

Face it, outside the tiny little enclave of bank griefers banned from Kos Jan 2013 #6

Like the time when HSBC made $22 billion and got fined $2 for drug money laundering? Octafish Jan 2013 #10

Rather a bank griefer than a bank licker. trumad Jan 2013 #12

Someone stole 3.6 billion and NO ONE went to jail. Think, man! grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #76

Now do we really jehop61 Jan 2013 #7

Are you referring to your own post? Or do you just not get sarcasm? Scuba Jan 2013 #8

Oh I do jehop61 Jan 2013 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author Scuba Jan 2013 #48

Will one of you guys expose how these right wing think tanks for blog posts work? grahamhgreen Jan 2013 #77

You're late to the party, Trumad. Octafish Jan 2013 #9

Dude, that thread is about Naomi Wolf, not Naomi Klein... SidDithers Jan 2013 #11

No, you demonstrated the point, siddithers. Octafish Jan 2013 #13

Are we supposed to take any of your research seriously... SidDithers Jan 2013 #14

Right you are, siddithers. Octafish Jan 2013 #18

The point that you think a post about Naomi Wolf is actually about Naomi Klein?... SidDithers Jan 2013 #19

Hilarious. How do you know that's not what I wanted to do? Octafish Jan 2013 #23

The banks are so much better regulated in the Great White North? Fuddnik Jan 2013 #24

Since you're setting the record straight whatchamacallit Jan 2013 #44

didn't you mean naomi wolf? shanti Jan 2013 #50

Yes and No. Octafish Jan 2013 #51

Nice recovery dude! zappaman Jan 2013 #64

I also get them confused with Nomi Prins. All 3 loathe corruption, warmongers and banksters. Octafish Jan 2013 #66

Hmmmm zappaman Jan 2013 #68

Third Way trolls are not ashamed to plainly lie and spin even when the truth Zorra Jan 2013 #84

I actually do like derivatives Shivering Jemmy Jan 2013 #15

As in loosening the regulations? trumad Jan 2013 #16

Casino mindset. GeorgeGist Jan 2013 #54

Yep Shivering Jemmy Jan 2013 #55

LOL!! Digging this and Third- Way Manny Ishoutandscream2 Jan 2013 #17

Here, Here - All Hail To Manny cantbeserious Jan 2013 #20

Your argument seems to be One of the 99 Jan 2013 #21

Funny how you take a dumbass like Tim Fernholz,,,,, trumad Jan 2013 #34

Never called Taibbi a hack. One of the 99 Jan 2013 #41

Never said you did.... trumad Jan 2013 #46

Like it or not One of the 99 Jan 2013 #52

then it should be easy to come up with a second and/or third example.. frylock Jan 2013 #59

You're missing the point. One of the 99 Jan 2013 #78

Asking you to back up your facts with facts is mising the point? UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #80

The goal should be One of the 99 Jan 2013 #86

i'm asking YOU to adhere to a higher standard in regard to the truth.. frylock Jan 2013 #89

You have the examples One of the 99 Jan 2013 #90

you provided ONE example. one. frylock Jan 2013 #92

Guess you missed this One of the 99 Jan 2013 #93

a blog post? frylock Jan 2013 #94

you had a point? frylock Jan 2013 #88

Yes One of the 99 Jan 2013 #91

Dude...everybody gets called into question on the left. trumad Jan 2013 #70

True One of the 99 Jan 2013 #79

repeatedly trumad Jan 2013 #83

My agenda is One of the 99 Jan 2013 #85

Oooh, nice piece. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #42

It's wonderful to see long time liberal DUers finally growing up, Zorra Jan 2013 #22

Old liberals are pass�. All hail the new kind--the Neoliberal! Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #40

THIS Octafish Jan 2013 #49

Zut alors! Now we have Third-Way trumad? hay rick Jan 2013 #25

He has his own identity, I think of him as "Triangulation Trumad" Dragonfli Jan 2013 #30

Taibbi is a big meany abelenkpe Jan 2013 #26

Who do YOU trust with your money? Demo_Chris Jan 2013 #27

Oh, very good Fumesucker Jan 2013 #31

What? Arkana Jan 2013 #38

You are politically Illiterate karen3 Jan 2013 #28

Poe's law Fumesucker Jan 2013 #29

"Illiterate" trumad Jan 2013 #33

you forgot the sarcasm tag LiberalAndProud Jan 2013 #53

yep trumad Jan 2013 #56

Funny how you never see Manny and Trumad at the same party............. Champion Jack Jan 2013 #32

Heh! cer7711 Jan 2013 #35

Thank you Trumad and Manny for standing up to thugs like Taibbi!!! idwiyo Jan 2013 #36

I like vanity threads! MANNY! TRUMAD! nt Romulox Jan 2013 #39

The original critique of Taibbi was for 3rd-Wayish praise to Republicans patrice Jan 2013 #43

The Third Way is the Way to Go! warrprayer Jan 2013 #47

Me Too riverbendviewgal Jan 2013 #57

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Jan 2013 #58

The Giant Invisible Hand thanks you! bvar22 Jan 2013 #60

oooh sarcasmo!! SaveAmerica Jan 2013 #61

Sarcasm and satire deserve to be banned forever and ever. tclambert Jan 2013 #62

Then Let Us All Join Together In Defeating Our Most Deadly Foe MannyGoldstein Jan 2013 #65

Give her a few days on the job... trumad Jan 2013 #69

LOL! Cleita Jan 2013 #67

Brilliant!! OccupyManny Jan 2013 #71

I like Rick Santelli. He's dreamy. And SO smart. Squinch Jan 2013 #73

VAMPIRE squids are better than regular squids! MotherPetrie Jan 2013 #75

K&R! Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #81

Matt Taibbi simply can`t grasp the notion that democrank Jan 2013 #82

I condemn him so much, I'll recommend his book "Griftopia" which I received from my son as a gift mmonk Jan 2013 #95

Kick woo me with science Jan 2013 #96