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99th_Monkey

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6. We all are persuadable, but at a certain point

Reply to cali (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 2, 2013, 05:17 AM

Jul 2013

once sufficient pressure has built up, just like earthquakes, there's no stopping
it really, it simply takes over with a "life of it's own" until the dust settles again..

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NSA/Greenwald/Snowden: Everybody Knows the Deal is Rotten [View all] 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 OP

I believe in the people of this country. I believe we can build a better world. n/t Fire Walk With Me Jul 2013 #1

Me too. 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #3

I don't. I believe the vast majority of people are persuadable cali Jul 2013 #4

We all are persuadable, but at a certain point 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #6

So do we all. randome Jul 2013 #18

just curious- a question about Leonard Cohen graham4anything Jul 2013 #2

That's the dangerous thing about ART 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #5

'That's the dangerous thing about ART' railsback Jul 2013 #7

It wasn't me who said 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #8

When I hear Lana Del Rey sing "Americans" I think of the great Barack Obama. graham4anything Jul 2013 #12

I think Dylan said it best 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #14

The lyrics are pertinent to the subject of the OP. dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #9

Yes. It is the song, not the singer. djean111 Jul 2013 #10

Exactly. dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #11

Did you ever read Fleming? graham4anything Jul 2013 #15

Which one ? dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #20

Cohen wrote the song railsback Jul 2013 #13

At the end of that clip, Leonard says he wrote the song in collaboration with "Sharon Robinson" 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #16

Well, Concrete Blonde did an abbreviated version of it. randome Jul 2013 #17

ROFL snooper2 Jul 2013 #19