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Squinch

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13. Right? Sometimes it feels like Thanksgiving dinner with my teabagger relatives.

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Thu Mar 6, 2014, 11:43 PM

Mar 2014

And of course some are straight-up trolls doing it for fun or profit, but some actually think they ARE Democrats.

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My wife's friend said to her today:The problem with America is that it does NOT value it's citizens [View all] diabeticman Mar 2014 OP

The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us cantbeserious Mar 2014 #1

One way is through unions, but even here on DU, we have people ignorantly rejecting the idea of Squinch Mar 2014 #2

That's because there are too many fake liberals on DU Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #12

Right? Sometimes it feels like Thanksgiving dinner with my teabagger relatives. Squinch Mar 2014 #13

Unfortunately, you can't call them out by name because that's against the TOS Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #20

I wasn't here in the good old days. I've always run into certain people here who seem like Squinch Mar 2014 #25

I was here for the good old days. It was fun. There was little anomosity among DUers Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #28

Bob Boudelamg was my favorite part Nevernose Mar 2014 #31

I miss the hate mailbag too. The grammar mistakes. THE ALL CAPS!!! The spelling errors Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #33

I truly miss plaid adder and swampy nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #39

I noted, "Now, it has triangulators." fleabiscuit Mar 2014 #36

DLC triangulators like Rahm Emmanuel and Harold Ford Jr are Republican-Lite Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #40

I know. I just got a post hidden for fighting back against a call-out by a BOGer Doctor_J Mar 2014 #61

i just got one hidden for calling a badge sniffer a badge sniffer Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #62

The only respect that we the people can expect to get... elzenmahn Mar 2014 #15

I think we're all also working much harder than we used to to make ends meet, and we're Squinch Mar 2014 #18

I think we should have... ReRe Mar 2014 #16

When they did it, Denmark just called it "Denmark." Squinch Mar 2014 #22

+++++ marions ghost Mar 2014 #46

To allow for unions you have to have a democrartic system daybranch Mar 2014 #35

Unionization is important. Xyzse Mar 2014 #58

There is also a very, very effective spin machine, which I assume is funded by Squinch Mar 2014 #59

Yeah, we do... Xyzse Mar 2014 #60

, blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #3

This country has always been about�.. Bonhomme Richard Mar 2014 #4

The 1% are the only citizens. The rest of us are 3/5ths a person. nt valerief Mar 2014 #5

^^^^ This ^^^^ alittlelark Mar 2014 #11

US citizens don't value each other (aside from friends and family) in general n2doc Mar 2014 #6

We are all in suvival mode. And you know what happens when ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2014 #7

Right marions ghost Mar 2014 #48

You have a very good point and I will takeit one further--some don't even value family-- I have diabeticman Mar 2014 #8

I was gonna say hfojvt Mar 2014 #64

information riverwalker Mar 2014 #9

Just out of curiosity, how many co-workers do you have? lonestarnot Mar 2014 #10

At the hotel I work for I would estimate about 25 I'm not sure how many house keepers since i am diabeticman Mar 2014 #14

Belong to a union? lonestarnot Mar 2014 #17

Unfortunately I don't BUT I was raised in a Union house. My Dad was in one. My wife was raised diabeticman Mar 2014 #21

Maybe you want to think about joining one and recruit all of your co-workers. lonestarnot Mar 2014 #23

i'm not sure how to go about that I think my wife and her co-workers would benefit just as much as diabeticman Mar 2014 #26

Here. lonestarnot Mar 2014 #27

thanks. diabeticman Mar 2014 #29

Neither valued nor feared. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #19

Oligarchs do no share the same national borders the rest of us do. PowerToThePeople Mar 2014 #24

Its citizens are just a means to an end (riches) for its owners. kenny blankenship Mar 2014 #30

And all the high flown rhetoric, a verbal shield marions ghost Mar 2014 #47

Ban all Lobbyists and repeal citizens united larkrake Mar 2014 #32

This why the right rally hates "the community organizer" EC Mar 2014 #34

"Once your fellow citizens realize and demand this than you will see your country turn around." Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #37

Many U.S. Citizens have never been out of the country .. they don't have a clue YOHABLO Mar 2014 #38

they know that even if we have to pay through the nose we'll still be impressed enough MisterP Mar 2014 #41

American citizens? Huh? Oh, she means the takers. merrily Mar 2014 #42

In America, medical providers know that one doesn't prescribe an antibiotic Aristus Mar 2014 #43

K&R emsimon33 Mar 2014 #44

We have been labeled as a nation LukeFL Mar 2014 #45

Citizenship is treated as a privilege from our owners in this country... MrScorpio Mar 2014 #49

So true Rider3 Mar 2014 #50

In America, citizens are often treated as disgruntled employees IMO! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2014 #51

Don't worry as soon as we all become upaloopa Mar 2014 #52

Fodder units.... AnneD Mar 2014 #53

Here is an expression of is a common widedpread attitude that illustrates what we're up against . . Arugula Latte Mar 2014 #54

We're taught to love the symbols, while ignoring the question of what they stand for. nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2014 #57

Government of the money, by the money, for the money, shall perish from the Earth. Kablooie Mar 2014 #55

Yeah, but we got magnetic ribbons! progressoid Mar 2014 #56

If your wife's friend is getting antibiotics for a cold YarnAddict Mar 2014 #63