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Skidmore

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29. You need to realize that some things posted on this board, and this has always been true except for

Tue May 7, 2013, 11:14 AM

May 2013

perhaps the earliest days, are posted demoralize and to divide us. Second, there are always many sides to stories and stories are written from perspectives. Third, if you choose to discard hope and to discount people as incapable of taking different paths in the future, then you become overwhelmed and depressed. I feel that way sometimes, but I also realize that we can solve all problems for everyone. This is true in our daily lives too. We cannot be all things to all people. You do what you can. You impact what you are able to and if it gets to the point where you feel like you are drowning, take a break and a deep breath and come back to the task. Just don't wallow. I've been on DU now from beginning and have seen a lot of the ebb and flow of stories and waves of dissemblers too. Stay informed but being informed doesn't been allowing yourself be buried alive.

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Obama Did It For the Money by Robert Scheer [View all] xchrom May 2013 OP

Nothing dishonorable about recognizing years of support. TheLion May 2013 #1

Filthy lucre is right. She is a bankster bailed out by taxpayers to the tune of half a billion. Octafish May 2013 #58

And heres the problem.. busterbrown May 2013 #67

It's worse than that - Obama saved the RepubliCON party. fasttense May 2013 #74

We are neck deep in a class war. She is a general on the wrong side. I had HOPE that BO rhett o rick May 2013 #61

Where are the sarcasm symbols? salib May 2013 #64

Sold out for money and is brazen about it. How sad, pitiful even. byeya May 2013 #2

Read what Greg Palast has to say about her antigop May 2013 #3

Thanks for letting people know abt Greg Palast's site. truedelphi May 2013 #63

yeah, Palast has made a nice $$$living for himself with his whine vineyards. graham4anything May 2013 #77

Pritzkin made some nice profits from corruption in the sub prime morgage scandal. As if she sabrina 1 May 2013 #86

Palast is soooo rich!! roody May 2013 #89

yeah he's so rich he could afford a rental truedelphi May 2013 #90

Is the sarcasm over my head? roody May 2013 #91

My point is that he certainly isn't one of the One Percent. truedelphi May 2013 #92

I have no hope. I see no future. n/t Hotler May 2013 #4

I feel the same way. Nt newfie11 May 2013 #6

Ah, the onslaught continues. Skidmore May 2013 #7

How can you read the things posted on here newfie11 May 2013 #13

It seems to work for them. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #21

You need to realize that some things posted on this board, and this has always been true except for Skidmore May 2013 #29

And some things posted here are facts. Such as this OP which many of us were aware of sabrina 1 May 2013 #52

Thank you, Sabrina . . . markpkessinger May 2013 #53

Well said Sabrina...Kudos!! n/t haikugal May 2013 #54

The only way to stop the madness is to public fund elections... WCGreen May 2013 #57

Well stated! Generic Other May 2013 #66

well stated... GetTheRightVote May 2013 #94

There we go! Like your attitude. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #69

what's demoralizing and divisive is not postings on a chatboard, it's the 1% running the country HiPointDem May 2013 #70

Same here rickyhall May 2013 #24

here's a hopeful thought Enrique May 2013 #39

sorry, not interested in your hopium magical thyme May 2013 #73

"The Republicans don’t dare push back too hard on shady business practices..." KoKo May 2013 #5

So ProSense May 2013 #11

Dodd-Frank is weak and ineffective to stop another 2008 ...by design. L0oniX May 2013 #16

Maybe, but ProSense May 2013 #35

If you made a point, it isnt obvious to me dreamnightwind May 2013 #59

Well, ProSense May 2013 #62

I think there are very few politicians nowadays... kentuck May 2013 #8

Poor people don't contribute to campaigns. L0oniX May 2013 #17

They only need us on election day newmember May 2013 #22

Public funding of elections. Public funding of elections. Public funding of elections. reformist2 May 2013 #9

Which would have to be done Le Taz Hot May 2013 #26

One way or another dreamnightwind May 2013 #60

It's right out there in the open. They just don't give a shit. Safetykitten May 2013 #10

At least someone still loves Obama Fumesucker May 2013 #12

Wow... fredamae May 2013 #14

Also has supported Hillary Clinton. Watch out. JDPriestly May 2013 #18

This is one of those times fredamae May 2013 #19

True. Same was true with Clinton. JDPriestly May 2013 #38

+ + byeya May 2013 #40

Stunning, when the "Dots are Connected"? fredamae May 2013 #46

Bravo, well put. n/t haikugal May 2013 #56

I guess he's never heard of the saying, Arctic Dave May 2013 #15

Why not just hold an auction for cabinet posts? Or a yard sale? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #20

Chicago chessmaster. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #23

The best at what? Beacool May 2013 #32

That's the same post and pic you put in your other thread today Kolesar May 2013 #34

Elsewhere, you admitted being a conservative. Are you here to disrupt liberal/progressive comments? AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #37

You keep posting it for a reason Kolesar May 2013 #41

To the extent that I post it, it hightlights that he (like you) is what is called a "conservative". AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #43

You are not making good use of your day Kolesar May 2013 #44

Is that what you do with your time? AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #45

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Name-calling, conservative pretending to be a liberal/progressive Kolesar. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author Bobbie Jo May 2013 #49

They walk among us kenny blankenship May 2013 #87

There Can Be No More Doubt - Obama Has Sold Us Out cantbeserious May 2013 #25

Seriously? loyalsister May 2013 #27

The truism Newest Reality May 2013 #28

well she does appear to be "good" with money. DCBob May 2013 #30

it is deeply revealing... Enrique May 2013 #31

From the OP commentary: ProSense May 2013 #51

Aside from that, does she pay the same taxes as everyone else and if not why not? And was she sabrina 1 May 2013 #88

Politicians and wealthy donors go together like PB & jam. Beacool May 2013 #33

Corrupt from Stem To Stern. HughBeaumont May 2013 #36

Some people believe it is easier to buy elections and positions... kentuck May 2013 #42

Well, I guess it could have been worse . . . hatrack May 2013 #50

Don Siegelman is in prison for this sort of thing. subterranean May 2013 #55

$$$ blkmusclmachine May 2013 #65

"money doesn't talk, it swears" nt bbgrunt May 2013 #68

And if we got the friggin' Dalai Lama elected president it would mean nothing if we didn't get okaawhatever May 2013 #71

She has also supported GW Bush, Rudy Giuliani, John McCain and Joe Lieberman Fumesucker May 2013 #72

Obama is just a man RunInCircles May 2013 #75

If it's Wednesday, must be a daily fix of anti-Obama threads. graham4anything May 2013 #76

From Scheer no less Recursion May 2013 #81

Yup, he is a Rand Paul/Ron Paul supporter. But then, they always are. graham4anything May 2013 #82

Two words, broken gov't, and we should have known when BushCo got a pass. nt mother earth May 2013 #78

ROBERT SHEER SUPPORTED RAND PAUL FOR SENATE IN KY. He is a 20% extremist. graham4anything May 2013 #79

Scheer also stood up to Bush in the run-up to the Iraq invasion and lost his job for it. Octafish May 2013 #85

Robert Scheer now? Recursion May 2013 #80

oh my the outrage !!!! madrchsod May 2013 #83

She's certainly one to attract attention. LWolf May 2013 #84

It is called corruption, it is ubiquitous, and it is a problem Agony May 2013 #93