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Egalitarian Thug

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3. I'm so happy I got to send this to the Greatest Page. Nice.

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Tue Feb 25, 2014, 05:41 AM

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Does the (ugly) reality and the news get you down? This post is for you. [View all] BelgianMadCow Feb 2014 OP

Nice OP. Control-Z Feb 2014 #1

"There is good in the world, Mr Frodo, and it's worth fighting for." n/t sarge43 Feb 2014 #2

Yes. That's the very heart of it. BelgianMadCow Feb 2014 #9

"Let me help you." is all we have to say and do. sarge43 Feb 2014 #15

I'm so happy I got to send this to the Greatest Page. Nice. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #3

Your OP speaks to me. Rec'd to come back to this afternoon with a Gandalf quote. n/t truth2power Feb 2014 #4

I am not sure if the issue is being hopeful vs. merrily Feb 2014 #5

"like boycotting" - yes indeed. The system exists ONLY because we allow it to. BelgianMadCow Feb 2014 #10

I am not sure that the system exists only because we allow it. merrily Feb 2014 #11

I wasn't assigning blame. You're right that we're not the main culprits, but BelgianMadCow Feb 2014 #12

I have suggested some of those things here. merrily Feb 2014 #13

So you are ahead of the curve, and activist BelgianMadCow Feb 2014 #14

I always do. merrily Feb 2014 #17

I go through long stretches without watching any news and I take breaks LuvNewcastle Feb 2014 #6

I have had major arguments with my better half about how much one should get exposure BelgianMadCow Feb 2014 #8

I like the cooperative movement too Sanity Claws Feb 2014 #7

Beautiful post. woo me with science Feb 2014 #16

Thanks for posting this. Very well said. We need a strategy. rhett o rick Feb 2014 #18

People being spread too thin, like butter on too much toast, working and struggling to get by BelgianMadCow Feb 2014 #19

Some posts can make a big difference. Octafish Feb 2014 #20

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