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70. Reposting the same BS from elsewhere in the thread doesn't diminish its BS-ness.

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Chris Hedges: Rise Up or Die [View all] marmar May 2013 OP

du rec. nt xchrom May 2013 #1

People shooting or blowing us up takes away our basic right to life and pursuit of happiness graham4anything May 2013 #2

Rinse. Repeat. marmar May 2013 #3

If my sink leaks while brushing/flossing, I make sure to immediately stop the leak. graham4anything May 2013 #4

So you make no distinction between leaks exposing malfeasance and leaks djean111 May 2013 #10

I have made my view well known about breadcrumbs thrown by deep throat graham4anything May 2013 #16

Also note . . . TomClash May 2013 #149

Please don't feed the loony birds. Fuddnik May 2013 #6

lol deutsey May 2013 #9

Well said. AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #55

Sadly some welcome the security of fascism. nm rhett o rick May 2013 #105

That poster doesn't welcome fascism because it's "secure" Doctor_J May 2013 #108

There is a common misconception that Hitler forced fascism on the German people. rhett o rick May 2013 #110

Actually, no German majority ever voted for the Nazis. The German Reichstag ended split between struggle4progress May 2013 #140

And the majority of German citizens were happy to go along with the new Germany. nm rhett o rick May 2013 #151

Because... jtuck004 May 2013 #132

Hilarious TomClash May 2013 #148

Not that I agree with Chris Hedges most of the time or even here completely cali May 2013 #5

He's also probably the best journalist in America today. Fuddnik May 2013 #8

Yeah, I know him. He supported Jill Stein in 2012.& was tossed from the NY Times graham4anything May 2013 #11

And How Is Any Of That Relavent cantbeserious May 2013 #14

If you're looking for relevance, you're definitely looking in the wrong place. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #113

Yes - The Mere Mention Of Ralph Sets Some Into A Tizzy cantbeserious May 2013 #126

"I will rise up to the media and altmedia 20%." marmar May 2013 #15

Too much radon buildup in the basement. Fuddnik May 2013 #19

DUzy! CrispyQ May 2013 #56

I'll try. graham seems to believe that he's part of some mythical cali May 2013 #23

I've been wondering what that meant. Solly Mack May 2013 #121

You've got to have you're coffee, marmar. LuvNewcastle May 2013 #26

Coffee isn't going to help either. Starry Messenger May 2013 #27

He lost me on sink & toilet leaks. CrispyQ May 2013 #54

I think he was saying that he is willing to break the toilet to find the leak. nm rhett o rick May 2013 #106

LOL marmar May 2013 #122

OMG....he identifies himself as a SOCIALIST....He can not be trusted, that commie pinko. fasttense May 2013 #44

I think, in this case, "alt-media" is anything or anybody who does not praise Obama, or points out djean111 May 2013 #13

altmedia is the minor league bench of the mainstream media. All are paid to do what they do graham4anything May 2013 #17

Are you saying mainstream media is not bought and paid for? Bwah!!!!!!!! djean111 May 2013 #21

didn't you just read what I wrote? The alt media is the media. graham4anything May 2013 #22

yes, I read what you just wrote. djean111 May 2013 #29

So will the altmedia. That is the point. Fox, NY Post, NY Times, Chris Hedges,Jill Stein=100equal graham4anything May 2013 #33

So, if EVERYONE is a paid hack - who do you believe? Jay Carney? (he is paid too, btw) djean111 May 2013 #36

President Obama. and his FORWARD agenda. graham4anything May 2013 #47

BINGO. ucrdem May 2013 #48

LOL pmorlan1 May 2013 #96

Limbaugh's persona doesn't sell to liberals Fumesucker May 2013 #53

more bloviating bullcrap inanity cali May 2013 #25

Everyone is in it for the 15 minutes as the legendary super duper Andy Warhol used to opine. graham4anything May 2013 #50

no you don't. you support a corporate fascist agenda and EVERYONE is on to that cali May 2013 #58

Please don't do this. ucrdem May 2013 #59

You're not very familiar with Hedges, are you? sabrina 1 May 2013 #65

Here you go. ucrdem May 2013 #66

Reposting the same BS from elsewhere in the thread doesn't diminish its BS-ness. marmar May 2013 #70

I posted a link. n/t ucrdem May 2013 #73

A link to BS elsewhere in the thread. marmar May 2013 #74

It's a factual error and hasn't been refuted. ucrdem May 2013 #75

+1 graham4anything May 2013 #85

disliking Bush does not mean anything but disliking Bush. Cheney disliked W too. graham4anything May 2013 #84

Cheney disliked W? Have some inside information on that? HangOnKids May 2013 #87

Why the discrediting then, grahampuba May 2013 #133

Please dont do what? Speak out? Shame on you. rhett o rick May 2013 #107

"I distrust his intentions" TomClash May 2013 #150

What is extremist about Stein's agenda? How is yours not by definition since it will be TheKentuckian May 2013 #80

lol @ Jill Stein as extremist - TBF May 2013 #94

Do the employees of the DOJ get paid? How about press secretaries? Tierra_y_Libertad May 2013 #90

Would you say the same if it was Bush doing the illegal searches? nm rhett o rick May 2013 #103

Chris Speaks A Truth Americans Should Understand - Will America Listen? cantbeserious May 2013 #7

Should understand...but not willing N_E_1 for Tennis May 2013 #34

Hedges speaks truth. ananda May 2013 #12

Yes, Amanda, that is correct drynberg May 2013 #18

What is he doing to curtail anything? He's selling a book. randome May 2013 #31

I think "sacrifice zones" is not an inaccurate representation. annabanana May 2013 #40

Detroit lost manufacturing jobs, plain and simple. People deserted it in droves. randome May 2013 #42

We don't have as much need for manufacturing HERE.. Since there annabanana May 2013 #45

Right on cue with the character attack. OnyxCollie May 2013 #120

My point is that he's simply saying things are bad without offering anything constructive. randome May 2013 #123

I am quite calm, I assure you. OnyxCollie May 2013 #152

It is the truth, that's why it pisses some people off mightily. LuvNewcastle May 2013 #30

The Moby Dick references really hits home. Junkdrawer May 2013 #52

Hedges is warning that the US will go the way of the USSR. Joe Bacon May 2013 #20

And then we'll have a dictator. LuvNewcastle May 2013 #28

the OPPOSITE-Hedges saying the USSR broke up-it became a DEMOCRACY and NOT a dictatorship graham4anything May 2013 #86

Right you are about the USSR! I hadn't noticed that disconnect! randome May 2013 #92

Little has changed since Obama's been in office. LuvNewcastle May 2013 #144

yawn.Tell that to 10s millions and millions of men and women that now can become President graham4anything May 2013 #145

LOL! LuvNewcastle May 2013 #146

Joe, you are exactly correct dotymed May 2013 #46

Thank you marmar. dotymed May 2013 #24

Just another tale told by an. . . ucrdem May 2013 #32

'There are no US "governmental agencies" arrayed against Julian Assange' marmar May 2013 #41

Yes I'm sure Julian will tell us all about them ucrdem May 2013 #43

He doesn't have to, we saw the memos. Perhaps you did not. Btw, thanks to Anonymous sabrina 1 May 2013 #68

You have evidence of charges brought against Assange by the US? ucrdem May 2013 #69

His American attorney saw the memos planning to try to get a GJ to indict him. sabrina 1 May 2013 #76

May I see these memos, tia. n/t ucrdem May 2013 #77

Check this out dreamnightwind May 2013 #102

Thanks, I was about to post a few links in response to the outrageous denials we are seeing here. sabrina 1 May 2013 #134

Quite welcome dreamnightwind May 2013 #143

For all one knows, the man behind that V for vengence mask is Karl Rove. graham4anything May 2013 #91

LOL pmorlan1 May 2013 #99

I have to say your posts are some of the funniest I have ever seen on DU. I no longer bother sabrina 1 May 2013 #135

I am impressed with your dedication to Ralph Nader. I guess it's hero worship. But I must disagree rhett o rick May 2013 #138

Thanks for posting right-wing sophistry. Marr May 2013 #111

I just exposed it, but you're trying to defend it. ucrdem May 2013 #114

Can I get some of whatever your drinking? nm rhett o rick May 2013 #139

You can deplore the leak AND condemn the egregious violation of rights. snot May 2013 #35

writing for the choir..... madrchsod May 2013 #37

They did in 2008. The revolution was won in 2008. Yet the Bush's want back in 2016 graham4anything May 2013 #147

I think of something Charles Bowles said in 1946 that I read recently . . . HughBeaumont May 2013 #38

This American obsession with the constant "growth" of jobs and consumption as the xtraxritical May 2013 #60

In the late 60's.... ewagner May 2013 #64

Aaaaaand, it's pretty much why I won't go back to school for finance. HughBeaumont May 2013 #67

Friedman.... ewagner May 2013 #71

I have a degree in economics from the Catholic University of America in Washington D,C. xtraxritical May 2013 #78

Thank you ewagner May 2013 #63

Prescient. ...... I've got to get that book. marmar May 2013 #79

Here is the section that most spoke to me.. Like Carlin, but without the nervous giggles: annabanana May 2013 #39

annabanana, you would think that the dotymed May 2013 #51

sometimes truth is painful dembotoz May 2013 #49

"These sacrifice zones succumbed first. You and I are next. " dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #57

AutoChrisHedgesDURec KG May 2013 #61

In a strange way, I understand Hedges' desperation... ewagner May 2013 #62

Good post. Imo, only by having a free and open press can we change the course this country sabrina 1 May 2013 #72

This just says it all: Brigid May 2013 #81

no, no, no! YOU ARE WRONG!!!!!!!!!!1111111 datasuspect May 2013 #82

K&R For Truth, Justice, and the American way. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #83

Kinda like that State Farm Commercial, huh? Junkdrawer May 2013 #88

Sounds right. Unfortunately, I see very few commercials since the only TV I watch is Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #89

Classic. It was meant as a diss of the Internet.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #93

Occupy is waiting for y'all. Every day we have to wait for y'all, we Zorra May 2013 #95

+1 Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #98

Truth. n/t Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #97

Americans are to lazy to rise up. n/t Hotler May 2013 #100

Sad but true. Nt abelenkpe May 2013 #130

For the Working Class, NeoLiberalism = Conservatism. bvar22 May 2013 #101

And the graven image is a bull, too. Brigid May 2013 #115

The difference is... bvar22 May 2013 #116

You are quite right -- this was no accident. Brigid May 2013 #118

The Scandal DuJour, or Debunking the Scandal DuJour is much more fun and distracting. bvar22 May 2013 #119

People are rising up, but not in a revolutionary way Corruption Inc May 2013 #104

The USSR fell apart by becoming more like the U.S. randome May 2013 #112

+1000 DeSwiss May 2013 #125

Excellent points. marmar May 2013 #127

The only reason the revolt hasn't started is that many are afraid Doctor_J May 2013 #109

History teaches that the fear you speak of is well founded. Brigid May 2013 #117

K&R DeSwiss May 2013 #124

"Don't Starve -- Fight!" Brigid May 2013 #128

Way past time to stand up to these sociopathic greed machines. JEB May 2013 #129

"Refuse to cooperate." marmar May 2013 #131

No-growth economics, or steady - state economics. It's where we're going, it's what we're toby jo May 2013 #136

Anger is only the first stage.... RagAss May 2013 #137

"They have turned the judiciary into one of their wholly owned subsidiaries" DallasNE May 2013 #141

K&R Makes me feel like broken record but like I always say. raouldukelives May 2013 #142