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MannyGoldstein

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7. Perhaps you can share a few issues where Americans don't hold Liberal beliefs?

Sat Apr 13, 2013, 09:28 AM

Apr 2013

Two-thirds of Americans are for:

- Raising taxes on the wealthy
- Medicare for all
- Raising the minimum wage
- Protecting unions
- Holding bankers accountable

And so forth.

The "middle" sought by Third Way types isn't the moderate middle - it's far to the right of America's values, jus a little to the left of the farther-right Republicans.

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Considering the Base of the Pyramid [View all] MineralMan Apr 2013 OP

This is not a good analogy RainDog Apr 2013 #1

Thanks for posting your opinion. MineralMan Apr 2013 #2

Exactly. n/t RainDog Apr 2013 #3

Perhaps, but if you cut off the tip, it is unrecognizable. Bonobo Apr 2013 #4

the pyramids at giza had their tips removed.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #9

Compared to the Egyptian pyramids? Bonobo Apr 2013 #12

i completely disagree. 180 degrees opposite. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #14

I suppose you didn't know... Bonobo Apr 2013 #15

oh 6 sides makes it more interesting? Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #16

Got any support for your assertions or any definitions from English that claim Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #5

It's an analogy. And the political distribution of the MineralMan Apr 2013 #11

Why not just type 'no, I have no support for any of my assertions'? Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #17

The base decides the election but.. jerseyjack Apr 2013 #6

That's a good point. But that can be MineralMan Apr 2013 #22

Perhaps you can share a few issues where Americans don't hold Liberal beliefs? MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #7

The country is almost evenly divided politically. MineralMan Apr 2013 #10

Ok, but on which Liberal issues do less than a rousing majority of Americans agree? MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #13

Specifics? Why that's some foul lingo you spew there Goldstein! Next it will be 'facts' and Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #18

On the pyramid, it's those on the top, isn't it. MineralMan Apr 2013 #23

Manny, the Sheep are only in favor of those things when ... dawg Apr 2013 #26

Manny, you don't understand Orwellian mathematics jsr Apr 2013 #27

This is how I feel about capitalism. The majority of the wealth should be concentrated in a pyramid JaneyVee Apr 2013 #8

Big talk for a man who was making cat food jokes a few days ago. Marr Apr 2013 #19

Cat food jokes? Nope. MineralMan Apr 2013 #21

Yup, they have other options now and won't be able to afford it in the future TheKentuckian Apr 2013 #28

Pyramid as analogy for systems as opposed to buildings: Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #20

"Moderate" is a meaningless term Armstead Apr 2013 #24

"Narrow, limited opinions?" YoungDemCA Apr 2013 #25

the comparison between moderate opinions and narrow, limited opinions doesn't fishwax Apr 2013 #29

In English, the words 'moderate' and 'limited' are synonyms. Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #35

Bob has a red ball and Sue a blue one Rex Apr 2013 #30

Have you noticed ... JoePhilly Apr 2013 #31

Thanks for pointing that out... MineralMan Apr 2013 #33

Can you point out which poster is telling you to sit down and shut up? Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #34

I didn't. Can you point that post out? Marr Apr 2013 #37

A pyramid is just as stable if the tip is offset in any direction. immoderate Apr 2013 #32

a 4-sided pyramid upside down is at a locally unstable node, it has 5 other nodes of stability HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #36

"In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place" -Gandhi Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2013 #38