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4. Now THAT'S activism! Hoping for the worst in a storm!

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Wed Sep 25, 2013, 05:22 PM

Sep 2013

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Things WILL NOT get better until the system implodes [View all] Taverner Sep 2013 OP

How old are you, man? A HERETIC I AM Sep 2013 #1

I am 43. Parents are in their 70s. Taverner Sep 2013 #3

Expecting, not advocating Alamuti Lotus Sep 2013 #22

Fair enough, but he did say "Hope for" A HERETIC I AM Sep 2013 #26

"Hope for" kinda sounds like advocating to me ..... oldhippie Sep 2013 #33

Please consider that things only have gotten better in this country Warpy Sep 2013 #45

I disagree. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2013 #59

Additionally, the "country" won't get better until the Empire breaks up into 5 or 6 separate ones... villager Sep 2013 #2

Republic of Texas and the Confederate States of America Taverner Sep 2013 #6

Well, we'll at least have to have political asylum offers at the ready, for Austinites... villager Sep 2013 #28

yup gopiscrap Sep 2013 #38

If Texas will take Orange County too, it's a deal /eom pffshht Sep 2013 #55

Now now the "OC" is a blue county now Taverner Sep 2013 #56

"California should trade Bakersfield, Fresno and Modesto for Austin"----I like that! nikto Sep 2013 #69

Now THAT'S activism! Hoping for the worst in a storm! randome Sep 2013 #4

Sometimes you gotta start from scratch Taverner Sep 2013 #8

Hoping for poor people to have their life expectancies shortened by 20 years is real progressive! nt geek tragedy Sep 2013 #13

No, I don't hope for it. But I don't think we can do a thing to stop it. Taverner Sep 2013 #19

No? oldhippie Sep 2013 #35

Well exactly, this is the BEST case scenario Taverner Sep 2013 #39

The difference between a fast implosion/fast recovery, or a long slow agonizing spiral. eom Mika Sep 2013 #47

1920's Germany shows what a long slow spiral is like Taverner Sep 2013 #48

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Welcome to DU gopiscrap Sep 2013 #61

You Drew One, Sir, And An Epic Jury Fail The Magistrate Sep 2013 #68

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Good Luck With That, Sir The Magistrate Sep 2013 #73

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TOS? Maybe not. Cerridwen Sep 2013 #75

One Of Them, Ma'am, Has Serious Reading Comprehension Issues The Magistrate Sep 2013 #78

It doesn't take that much nuance to get the Cerridwen Sep 2013 #81

It May Just Be My Age, Ma'am The Magistrate Sep 2013 #83

"to identify yourself as a radical was to make a claim to being knowledgeable" Cerridwen Sep 2013 #84

wowsy wowsy woo woo pintobean Sep 2013 #5

Pretty much, yeah. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #7

I actually don't think there is any cabal Taverner Sep 2013 #11

In this regard, you're probably right. A HERETIC I AM Sep 2013 #23

I think that's it. And until something changes it's going to stay that way. Autumn Sep 2013 #25

Neither do I Taverner Sep 2013 #41

OR...we can live in the real world... brooklynite Sep 2013 #9

There isn't even incremental change Taverner Sep 2013 #14

Yeah, remember how gays still can't marry anywhere? jeff47 Sep 2013 #80

the real world. Phlem Sep 2013 #58

Your suggestion has been considered and rejected as utterly insane and depraved. geek tragedy Sep 2013 #10

I don't want it. BELIEVE me I don't want it. Taverner Sep 2013 #12

We're not headed there. This is not Greece. The US government is not broke, it is not close to geek tragedy Sep 2013 #15

It's not broke NOW Taverner Sep 2013 #16

Here's a brilliant idea: geek tragedy Sep 2013 #17

It takes millions of stupid to hold us all back Taverner Sep 2013 #18

the country is getting more liberal. geek tragedy Sep 2013 #20

So true. And the continued dominance of the Teabaggers & their ilk isn't helping them..... AverageJoe90 Sep 2013 #46

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+1 JoePhilly Sep 2013 #88

I regularly feel the same way as you... tk2kewl Sep 2013 #21

Same here. The "incremental change" thing is not working out that well for millions of Americans. Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2013 #32

If Obama gives us good health insurance, cuts the deficit, and grows the economy... NightWatcher Sep 2013 #24

The ONLY part of the economy Obama grows is the investment side, Big Banker's side. truedelphi Sep 2013 #30

I basically agree, BUT MannyGoldstein Sep 2013 #27

how many times are you going to post this OP? Just curious cali Sep 2013 #29

LOL Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #34

Can you get any more moribund? babylonsister Sep 2013 #31

Sorry - Happy Taverner is dead. Call me "Moribuddy" Taverner Sep 2013 #57

I don't think that's true. Starry Messenger Sep 2013 #36

Things will not get better until the only option is cooperation HereSince1628 Sep 2013 #37

Exactly. So mote it be. Taverner Sep 2013 #51

It will require Government being afraid of the people which will require... Bonhomme Richard Sep 2013 #40

Perhaps a long series of Wildcat Stikes might do it... Taverner Sep 2013 #42

Thom Hartmann agrees with you. Cleita Sep 2013 #43

Small crash, followed by a Government band-aid, followed by an even bigger crash Taverner Sep 2013 #44

Sadly, I think you are correct. 99Forever Sep 2013 #49

Yep. So far the empire makes up the lionshare of our budget Taverner Sep 2013 #50

The mayhem and misery would drag a lot of good people down with it seveneyes Sep 2013 #52

Good people will be hurt no matter what happens Taverner Sep 2013 #53

True that. ozone_man Sep 2013 #54

In 2008 when the bankers cried we are just hours from a curency colapse. BillyRibs Sep 2013 #62

What we needed was not a collapse almost as bad as the Great Depression, we needed ProSense Sep 2013 #64

I've been politically aware since "I Like Ike" raised us from the dregs of national and financial libdem4life Sep 2013 #65

Implode isn't the only option. There's also EXplode. Both could work. JEFF9K Sep 2013 #66

Nihilistic fatalism is a lousy philosophy. MineralMan Sep 2013 #70

It's all big picture Taverner Sep 2013 #85

K&R DeSwiss Sep 2013 #71

This may be of interest to you. Laelth Sep 2013 #76

A government that can print money can't go bankrupt. truebluegreen Sep 2013 #77

I believe you are correct. Omnith Sep 2013 #79

The only solution is world revolution. nt Zorra Sep 2013 #82

Keep waiting MFrohike Sep 2013 #86

The tea party hopes for the same collapse ... except ... JoePhilly Sep 2013 #87