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Robb

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68. Can you cite a single instance in history to support this idea?

Fri Dec 16, 2011, 02:37 PM

Dec 2011

Is there a single time when attempts to accelerate decline did anything other than accelerate decline?

Yes, after rock bottom everything else looks like a big improvement. Is that the idea? Slam your hand in the car door a few times so the pain in your back is less noticeable?

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Perhaps it is time to let it all go to hell and back. [View all] MadHound Dec 2011 OP

i thought we did that with bushco. obviously, seabeyond Dec 2011 #1

The Naderites did just that alcibiades_mystery Dec 2011 #9

I thought the Socialist Revolution was coming after Reagan was elected, LOL emulatorloo Dec 2011 #12

no kidding, well said arely staircase Dec 2011 #41

I was wondering if that was what is needed earlier today, but fear that our corporate masters peacebird Dec 2011 #2

Oh, given the examples of the French and Nazi Germany, MadHound Dec 2011 #3

Actually I think you'd have no government. No social security, no social programs, rule by might. dkf Dec 2011 #4

You may be right, but contrary to what they say, Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #13

Funny, but that is not the eventuality that happened with the French or Germans, MadHound Dec 2011 #23

Who's going to rebuild us? a simple pattern Dec 2011 #35

I imagine we could have the life of a French peasant. dkf Dec 2011 #52

The French and Germans are probably closer than we are btw. dkf Dec 2011 #54

We're well on our way to that anyway. JoeyT Dec 2011 #46

Yeesh alcibiades_mystery Dec 2011 #5

Did you know that insurance companies now have to pay 80 to 85 percent of premiums on patient care emulatorloo Dec 2011 #6

What do they care? MRL is set at where the industry is and if it isn't then some CFO's and CEO's TheKentuckian Dec 2011 #48

I have entertained the notion that Obama's job is to prolong the agony. immoderate Dec 2011 #7

Good thing you didn't have a Mensa meeting tonight Dewey Finn Dec 2011 #8

From your comfortable chair, apples and oranges Dec 2011 #10

Obama isn't evil. tridim Dec 2011 #11

I voted for the government that supports medical marijuana Angry Dragon Dec 2011 #14

Actually, ProSense Dec 2011 #15

How long does it take you to come up with this shit? RiffRandell Dec 2011 #16

Simplistic rubbish.nt sufrommich Dec 2011 #17

Knowing America, this sort of thing will only make totalitarianism emerge. HughBeaumont Dec 2011 #18

I appreciate that this is your opinion ... Summer Hathaway Dec 2011 #19

Yes, there are those satisfied with the Administration's efforts, however they are in the minority MadHound Dec 2011 #31

You assume I have a secure job and a 'comfy' life Summer Hathaway Dec 2011 #33

I had this very argument - Hell Hath No Fury Dec 2011 #20

No. Dewey Finn Dec 2011 #21

Sorry, but 8 years pf Bush and -- Hell Hath No Fury Dec 2011 #27

I get where you're coming from. Dewey Finn Dec 2011 #32

let it go to hell is never an option for me arely staircase Dec 2011 #42

Does anybody think greedy politicians flobee1 Dec 2011 #22

K&R (nt) T S Justly Dec 2011 #24

I think we should concentrate on Congress Yo_Mama Dec 2011 #25

That's a rather cavalier attitude you have there toward the sufferings and deaths of others... patrice Dec 2011 #26

Even if you don't care about your own suffering & death, YOU don't get to decide for others... patrice Dec 2011 #29

Meh. I gave up on the "lesser of two evils" threat in '68. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2011 #28

"The Nader Fallacy" ellisonz Dec 2011 #30

Nader's been working on it for years! Quantess Dec 2011 #43

So others say to you. TheKentuckian Dec 2011 #57

No. So say I... ellisonz Dec 2011 #58

throw the entire govt to the GOP? i'm all set. hopefully you won't get the disaster you wish for. dionysus Dec 2011 #34

Shit sandwich. LoZoccolo Dec 2011 #36

A two-word review? Bonobo Dec 2011 #51

So go campaign for the GOP then. Have fun. Nt DevonRex Dec 2011 #37

Definition of "quick" please? . . . in time and in lives. patrice Dec 2011 #38

P.S. Does anybody really think it's a coincidence that a few days LoZoccolo Dec 2011 #39

Best thing about this. joshcryer Dec 2011 #40

Come on. Those threads on DU2 were fuckin' hilarious! msanthrope Dec 2011 #47

seems like "we're not happy until you're all unhappy as we are" dionysus Dec 2011 #55

I see people whose personal circumstances are less than ideal wanting all of society to fail. Ikonoklast Dec 2011 #50

Anyone who believes the suffering of others is an ideal outcome... joshcryer Dec 2011 #53

yeah. oasis still sucks, but yeah. dionysus Dec 2011 #59

I sympathize with your frustration and disappointment. L0oniX Dec 2011 #44

I voted for Obama because I was FOR OBAMA Tx4obama Dec 2011 #45

I could have heard this rant nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #49

Way past time...... DeSwiss Dec 2011 #56

"So perhaps it is best that we let it all go to hell and back." MilesColtrane Dec 2011 #60

I commend you for your optimism G_j Dec 2011 #61

OWS illustrates that many believe we've already reached that point. They're not protesting one party DirkGently Dec 2011 #62

It only took Somalia a couple years to get back to normal right? boppers Dec 2011 #63

And when we have reached DocMac Dec 2011 #67

Perhaps its time to read the bill, rather than the baloney that has been written about it bhikkhu Dec 2011 #64

A lot of people die that way n/t n2doc Dec 2011 #65

I wonder if the lemmings in the middle of the pack ever have doubts. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 #66

Can you cite a single instance in history to support this idea? Robb Dec 2011 #68

Do you believe that you are skilled and tough enough to go Mad Maxx road warrior? Zorra Dec 2011 #69

The oppression and hell that governs our lives won't even let us... LanternWaste Dec 2011 #70

The "Magical Reversal" theory. bigmonkey Dec 2011 #71

Yeah... It is so much easier to give up Ohio Joe Dec 2011 #72

Ah, Nader's philosophy. redqueen Dec 2011 #73

I gave you a K&R. bvar22 Dec 2011 #74