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BeyondGeography

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6. "The thing is.............I don't know when the heyday of America was."
Sun May 26, 2013, 02:01 PM
May 2013

It's a great line. We've never clicked on all socio-economic cylinders.

The potential for something better is still there.

And birth is painful. randome May 2013 #1
We still are a VERY young nation. Agschmid May 2013 #3
Good point. Thousands of years of history in Europe but a little more than 2 centuries here. randome May 2013 #9
Like the sig line! Agschmid May 2013 #14
The question is, how can we take on corporations that have us by the neck and are squeezing tightly? Arugula Latte May 2013 #2
It's not so much that they own the government, is it? randome May 2013 #5
Our government has made it difficult to live without being employed by a corporation. dkf May 2013 #11
Don't you mean can't survive without one? siligut May 2013 #15
Yes, that is what I meant. My ipad typing is horrendous. dkf May 2013 #22
And, BTW, I completely agree siligut May 2013 #16
Tell that to the millions who don't earn a living wage and at the rate things are going, never will MotherPetrie May 2013 #4
"The thing is.............I don't know when the heyday of America was." BeyondGeography May 2013 #6
The complete basket-case that is the UK ought not be held as an exemplar. E.g.: WinkyDink May 2013 #7
as a low-wage oligarchy. HiPointDem May 2013 #8
Wishful thinking. moondust May 2013 #10
dailykos = pfui byeya May 2013 #12
Oh we're a long way from that. JNelson6563 May 2013 #13
From the article: We're not going to be the most powerful nation on earth forever siligut May 2013 #17
^^^ This ^^^ Junkdrawer May 2013 #21
We could look at England.. or we could look at some *other* major oligarchy who was.. 'reborn' RedCappedBandit May 2013 #18
Rebirth... truebluegreen May 2013 #19
I don't like the direction mick063 May 2013 #20
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