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RainDog

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16. I've already come down against the TPP

Reply to WhaTHellsgoingonhere (Original post)

Sun Dec 1, 2013, 08:05 PM

Dec 2013

and against the total lack of transparency regarding the contents of the same.

This is just an example of the bread and circuses of empire... people can fight all day about porn, but the real, substantive issues that actually improve the lives of Americans are outside of their ability to influence, for the most part.

...as we also saw in regard to the banker bailout/homeowner bankruptcy moment.

After a while, people get cynical about politics when they're only supposed to show up to vote, then their views on issues are ignored because a very few actually influence policy on trade issues, environmental issues, tax issues, etc. etc. etc.

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DU: porn vs TPP [View all] WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2013 OP

Best part is that in the porn threads, no ones mind is changed and the legal situation cant change stevenleser Dec 2013 #1

Porngeon! Smut Hut! Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #6

LOL, that wasn't exactly what I meant... stevenleser Dec 2013 #13

Lets do a poll. BootinUp Dec 2013 #2

I think people will need to Google TPP before they vote... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2013 #4

What is TTP? (I kid, I kid) nadinbrzezinski Dec 2013 #7

I did a google for DU Porn dot com, and it took me to JC Penny's Voice for Peace Dec 2013 #65

because anyone with an internet connection can easily find out what porn is Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #3

Not so... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2013 #8

DU google 8040 postings re TPP westerebus Dec 2013 #22

westerebus getting off to porn WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2013 #28

Well that's weird. westerebus Dec 2013 #70

I'm not talking about "what the TPP is", I'm talking about what the actual agreement SAYS. Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #42

full transparency/prevent it from being fast tracked...agreed WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2013 #44

pretty sure tpp stands for some sexual act. loli phabay Dec 2013 #11

*** Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #43

lol, submission is the best option. loli phabay Dec 2013 #46

holy shit I just made a B&BH reference below without seeing this arely staircase Dec 2013 #47

i know who they are, but never seen it before. loli phabay Dec 2013 #50

Have Clinton or Obama weighed in on the DU Porn Wars? arely staircase Dec 2013 #5

Hey, Bill doesn't STAND for it! jazzimov Dec 2013 #41

I know its hard (beavis and butthead snicker here) arely staircase Dec 2013 #44

I thought he was standing for it RainDog Dec 2013 #49

isn't Linda Tripp really John Goodman? mdbl Dec 2013 #66

more like John Mitchell RainDog Dec 2013 #72

the John Goodman/Linda Tripp SNL skits were some of their best ever nt arely staircase Dec 2013 #81

WHOOoooosh RainDog Dec 2013 #86

Yep libodem Dec 2013 #80

what's a little wiretapping between friends, right? RainDog Dec 2013 #87

I agree the libodem Dec 2013 #88

No, Joshie wrote RainDog Dec 2013 #89

Exactly libodem Dec 2013 #90

Popular discussion topics at discussion sites tend to be those that reflect disagreement/controversy lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #9

correct arely staircase Dec 2013 #48

We are cumming together against it davidpdx Dec 2013 #59

yeah I really didn't mean it that way arely staircase Dec 2013 #60

It's easy to have an opinion on Porn el_bryanto Dec 2013 #10

porn is the new pornography of DU WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2013 #12

Wow. Gotta K&R this. nt riderinthestorm Dec 2013 #14

We know how to prioritize LittleBlue Dec 2013 #15

I've already come down against the TPP RainDog Dec 2013 #16

But did you come up for porn? Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #69

lol. Some might perceive my position that way... n/t RainDog Dec 2013 #71

Let me guess: all MALES on this thread (so far)? CTyankee Dec 2013 #17

Your point being ? nt el_bryanto Dec 2013 #19

what do you think? I'm listening... CTyankee Dec 2013 #20

It could mean any number of things - so want to make sure I know what you mean el_bryanto Dec 2013 #23

I wonder, which is why I ask. CTyankee Dec 2013 #24

Probably would have been the same - but what would be the significance el_bryanto Dec 2013 #25

My point indeed... CTyankee Dec 2013 #27

I see what you are saying. Males like myself are insensitive to the vast cruelties of TPP el_bryanto Dec 2013 #30

Goodness! Don't put too fine a point on this, Bryant! Really! CTyankee Dec 2013 #32

wrong. I count three females I know of before you posted RainDog Dec 2013 #38

Oh, uhmmm, ehhh, well... ThoughtCriminal Dec 2013 #58

Who started all those porn threads? pintobean Dec 2013 #64

I suspect this is, in part, because there are many conflicting opinions on porn arcane1 Dec 2013 #18

That seems to be the default reply, but it's also accompanied by a forfeit WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2013 #33

Perhaps the TPP is less controversial MannyGoldstein Dec 2013 #21

To be fair... FreeJoe Dec 2013 #26

I agree with you...things somehow work out differently...I myself was drawing that CTyankee Dec 2013 #29

To be fair to whom? WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2013 #34

October 2 2013 economy group westerebus Dec 2013 #76

Porn Posts have always been popular here on DU. We have many libertarians KoKo Dec 2013 #37

who are libertarians here who vote Democratic? RainDog Dec 2013 #40

I'd rather hear about the issues that matter to most Americans: CorrectOfCenter Dec 2013 #31

You would think stopping the biggest corporate coup since Citizens United would be one too. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #35

It would be interesting to see how many views the threads had also. Revanchist Dec 2013 #36

+1. n/t Laelth Dec 2013 #55

try posting about education. No one seems to care about education either. liberal_at_heart Dec 2013 #39

I know. n/t KoKo Dec 2013 #51

I think people care about a lot of posts/issues even when they don't comment RainDog Dec 2013 #54

I tried talking about the benefits of recycling urine. Kaleva Dec 2013 #75

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Dec 2013 #52

snicker, you used exposure in a porn thread. loli phabay Dec 2013 #53

Some people want to tell others what they can and cannot view on the internet. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #56

Links to TPP threads (that have died a quick death) WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2013 #57

... RainDog Dec 2013 #67

Porn is Kung- Fu theatre, TPP is depraved . orpupilofnature57 Dec 2013 #61

Oh gawd KICK and REC!!!! +1,000,000,000 upi402 Dec 2013 #62

I never reply to porn threads... alittlelark Dec 2013 #63

On a typical day, I converse much more about work than politics LanternWaste Dec 2013 #68

How many different people have posted in the porn threads? Kaleva Dec 2013 #73

DU has a new porn group? Omaha Steve Dec 2013 #74

not yet RainDog Dec 2013 #77

oh yes, the evil Obama and Clinton are clouding our minds with porn threads. dionysus Dec 2013 #78

The OP WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2013 #79

As George Carlin once said arely staircase Dec 2013 #82

Practically everyone on DU agrees about the TPP being a bad thing. Donald Ian Rankin Dec 2013 #83

Trash ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #84

It's much harder for people to get intellectually worked-up over TPP/TPIP... Chan790 Dec 2013 #85

Not really... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2013 #92

Well, yes. Chan790 Dec 2013 #93

We do know this much about what's in TPP... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2013 #95

I think a lot of people see it like NAFTA RainDog Dec 2013 #97

DUfail PowerToThePeople Dec 2013 #91

Porn attracts attention. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #94

Good one . orpupilofnature57 Dec 2013 #96