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Solly Mack

(90,740 posts)
13. I'm getting to the point that if my government wants endless war then I want
Wed Feb 6, 2013, 03:55 PM
Feb 2013

Universal health care, outstanding roads and infrastructure, mass transit, real/actual educational opportunities for any and all, a living wage, better and affordable housing, labor laws & unions that protect the worker and that can't be dismantled by states with deranged governors...and so many other things.


Alas...

Call me a pessimist in this regard... think Feb 2013 #1
Never. We've got us a blank check for the Forever War. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #2
This libtodeath Feb 2013 #3
I wanted to include "Forever War" in my reply. You beat me to it. Congrats! Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #5
+1 leftstreet Feb 2013 #10
and some people have become inured... Solly Mack Feb 2013 #16
I don't know. Maybe we'll go on Egypt style. The only thing that is sure... Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #4
I agree with Frederick Douglass on the issue power. Solly Mack Feb 2013 #8
Very apt quote. Thank you. Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #9
1984 comes to mind. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #6
It does. In more ways than one. Solly Mack Feb 2013 #17
Look on the bright side, soon the war with Eurasia will be over nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #20
Yeah, except that doesn't work on me. Solly Mack Feb 2013 #21
Me neither nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #22
Not to mention a two-minute hate. sakabatou Feb 2013 #23
It's amazing how many temporary solutions become permanent problems kudzu22 Feb 2013 #7
Like the Patriot Act. Solly Mack Feb 2013 #14
Never, as long as there are quarterly profits to be made Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #11
Until the Money Runs Out. Octafish Feb 2013 #12
I'm getting to the point that if my government wants endless war then I want Solly Mack Feb 2013 #13
As long as there's money to be made off fighting an invisible enemy - never! Initech Feb 2013 #15
when OBL has the last laugh datasuspect Feb 2013 #18
Maybe when we're too broke to fund it. Or when the politicans can't drain it for votes. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #19
I selected neither. tledford Feb 2013 #24
Thank you for telling me why! Solly Mack Feb 2013 #25
Best I can tell, when TeaPubliKlans want it over or when the nation collapses. TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #26
When there's nothing left to steal here? n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #27
I need more votes. Solly Mack Feb 2013 #28
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