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In reply to the discussion: Who determined that the NSA and TPP are the most important issues? [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)187. Maybe you can explain what the hell a letter to the President has to do with the OP?
Posting that letter in response to the OP is "incoherent."
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The American people have decided how important they are. That's how democracy works.
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#35
Wrong. The corporate media has decided how important they are. No democracy was involved.
baldguy
Jan 2014
#131
No, I didn't friggin list prosecution of crimes as "one of the accomplishments".
ProSense
Jan 2014
#42
The lack of prosecutions is important because it demonstrates that while Obama likes to talk
JDPriestly
Jan 2014
#62
The lack of prosecutions places in question Obama's sincerity on the economic inequality issue.
JDPriestly
Jan 2014
#115
No, it's not and no amount of text is going to make it relevant to the point. n/t
ProSense
Jan 2014
#281
There were plenty of legal grounds to prosecute some of the bankers based on old fashioned fraud
JDPriestly
Jan 2014
#66
Someone did a phony alert on this- pretending you're calling the OP a Nazi!!
bettyellen
Jan 2014
#125
The package of regulations didn't deal with the most important cause of the corruption.
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#40
OK, you don't think it goes far enough. What does that have to do with the point?
ProSense
Jan 2014
#47
You are ignoring one very important thing that has so angered the American people wise politicians
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#65
Mortgage companies and banks committed fraud but the individuals who actually committed the
JDPriestly
Jan 2014
#56
To save time I would direct you to the subthread that begins with post 31
flying rabbit
Jan 2014
#143
Because the Fourth Amendment is a precious right. It is a matter of safeguarding the Constitution.
JDPriestly
Jan 2014
#70
The many, many millions buying smartphones and going online don't seem terribly worried
ucrdem
Jan 2014
#81
Dismsising a whole slew of great progressive activists as "single issue advocates"?
YoungDemCA
Jan 2014
#20
What you are doing is dismissing the millions of Democrats who opposed these policies from the
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#44
This NSA is populated with Bush appointees and loyalists. Why? Why were they not all fired?
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#76
'Snowden and Greenwald didn't expose any' I guess that's why Obama was surprised by what he learned
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#130
"any statutory or ethical violations that would merit disciplinary action," and no,
ucrdem
Jan 2014
#135
So we were lied to again when we were told that Obama was surprised when he heard they had spied
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#138
Personally, I think that economic inequality is the biggest issue of our time.
JDPriestly
Jan 2014
#72
"Free Trade" has done so much to screw up the economy since the 1990's. That it IS a core issue
Armstead
Jan 2014
#31
TPP is a continuation of previous "free trade policies" whose results are already known.
Armstead
Jan 2014
#43
I dion't see much of that going on, but feel free to fret about it if you want
Armstead
Jan 2014
#92
So this is whining about how others rank the importance of issues? Why should it matter
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2014
#167
It will be if people ignore it. Which is the answer to your question. Why is it so important now?
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#55
But Obama is sponsoring TPP. That's why we don't totally believe his sincerity about dealing
JDPriestly
Jan 2014
#74
Tax cuts for the rich, corporate deregulation, 'right-to-work laws', slashing the safety net
pampango
Jan 2014
#136
You thought the Bush economy was fine? JAYSUS! No wonder folks are world's apart on economics
TheKentuckian
Jan 2014
#189
NAFTA included provisionbs that made it eassier and more attractive to remove econoimic sovergnty
Armstead
Jan 2014
#205
Try reading the services, financial serv and ag chapters of NAFTA, the WTO, or
OrwellwasRight
Jan 2014
#307
The percentage of middle class people that benefit enough from the stock market to make a difference
laundry_queen
Jan 2014
#268
1) To countries offering the lowest wages and most lax environmental regulations...
SMC22307
Jan 2014
#271
The overall results of NAFTA on the working class are negative in both the US and Mexico.
ronnie624
Jan 2014
#366
You said the economy was fine, I did not say that NAFTA was the sole cause
TheKentuckian
Jan 2014
#395
The TPP is a big obstacle to better wages for working people and for lifting up the middle class.
JDPriestly
Jan 2014
#46
The most important issue is free and fair voting. If the corps control our votes, all other issues
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#49
Wow that's a lot of schutf and links. But none will matter if our votes go thru
rhett o rick
Jan 2014
#246
How about you let each DUer decide for themselves what the most important issues
kelly1mm
Jan 2014
#59
The President did, by giving a speech today about the window dressing you are calling reform
bobduca
Jan 2014
#61
You decided NSA was important. Not long ago, you were posting almost Hourly Anti-Snowden,
Katashi_itto
Jan 2014
#68
No, I didn't. I can post about a number of things often and in a timely manner.
ProSense
Jan 2014
#78
That one particular post. You sometimes posted screeds. But it was mostly Pro NSA propaganda
Katashi_itto
Jan 2014
#106
Do an advanced search for the threads you started between June 6 and July 3 in GD
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2014
#141
So are you saying we shouldn't pay any attention to your threads, because you babble
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2014
#161
You say 'Volume doesn't equal "most important."'; so I ask you what does equal "most important"
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2014
#163
You still aren't saying how we're meant to know what you think is important
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2014
#166
So you can't justify starting about 5 NSA threads per day for a month, and then complaining
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2014
#169
What the hell does "starting" threads about the NSA have to do with my point?
ProSense
Jan 2014
#171
No, it's when you start 150 of them in a month, a clear majority of the threads you started
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2014
#177
Do you know how he created that surplus? By cutting social programs, by cutting
truedelphi
Jan 2014
#267
you don't think the TPP will impact inequality and the middle class? why do I hear "Aegukka"?
MisterP
Jan 2014
#109
some force or group within government or the MIC that ... gives marching orders
Ghost Dog
Jan 2014
#248
On DU you know the names and they're good at milking the same issues.
great white snark
Jan 2014
#139
The only "ex" freeper we have here on DU agrees with you 98% of the time. Ooops!
Romulox
Jan 2014
#154
No. The operative word is "freeper". Rightwing bullshit with a (D) after it remains rightwing
Romulox
Jan 2014
#157
151 House Dems Telling President They Will Not Support Outdated Fast Track for TPP
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2014
#173
Maybe you can explain what the hell a letter to the President has to do with the OP?
ProSense
Jan 2014
#187
No clearly you need to think that or you wouldnt seem so condescending in every post
bobduca
Jan 2014
#201
I went ahead and decided that our surveillance state is pretty goddamned important.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jan 2014
#193
DU Oxygen... rough estimate is 1 in 10 active posts...like owning the yellow and green properties...
Octafish
Jan 2014
#336
Nope went to shit and you cannot admit to it, it would cause you to admit to fault.
Rex
Jan 2014
#227
I'm not complaining about "nasty attacks" - your talking points don't upset me...
polichick
Jan 2014
#329
What do you see? Can you point to and provide actual evidence of what you "see"?
ProSense
Jan 2014
#358
That doesn't make sense. You're the one accusing people of being "paid shills/sock puppets"
ProSense
Jan 2014
#362
I don't deny anything I said - I deny there's a quote that backs up your reading...
polichick
Jan 2014
#374
The Hatch Act would have been violated. Can't you imagine the Issa hearing? nt
msanthrope
Jan 2014
#391
Can't make the TPP smell like anything but shit, so try to marginalize and minimize it.
djean111
Jan 2014
#295
Ending the costly trade agreements (&TPP) is essential to income equality.
grahamhgreen
Jan 2014
#399
Why so grumpy?- after all, the chocolate ration just got increased!
friendly_iconoclast
Jan 2014
#415