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excellent! m-lekktor May 2014 #1
And a nod to Mario Savio gratuitous May 2014 #2
+1 nashville_brook May 2014 #10
Kerry is on the inside now. JDPriestly May 2014 #61
yep, and yep nt grasswire May 2014 #68
Well the Rude one gets it right again! K&R! Nt riderinthestorm May 2014 #3
Rude Pundit...you are now DEAD TO ME!!!1! bullwinkle428 May 2014 #4
meegbear, this is so excellent - thanks for bringing it truedelphi May 2014 #5
Toss in a little Mario Savio as well starroute May 2014 #6
Wonderful article, thanks for posting this. Autumn May 2014 #7
The oligarchs are bipartisan. They favor the Republicans because they rhett o rick May 2014 #8
political parties lose elections, but the Military Industrial Complex never does carolinayellowdog May 2014 #20
yeah, we made and funded a shadow government...the NSA nt Leme May 2014 #40
Huzzah! grasswire May 2014 #9
LOL! Thoreau didn't pay taxes. So it's hilarious to even bring him up. KittyWampus May 2014 #11
Are you saying he's part of the 47%? Erich Bloodaxe BSN May 2014 #13
So now even Thoreau is thrown under the bus?! riderinthestorm May 2014 #14
At that time in the 19th Century gratuitous May 2014 #24
O.M.G. BrotherIvan May 2014 #35
Where are all the unhinged authoritarians? whatchamacallit May 2014 #12
Yielding to Rude... WorseBeforeBetter May 2014 #22
This article was crap. AtheistCrusader May 2014 #15
You can always tell when Rude really believes something mindwalker_i May 2014 #34
Outstanding, woo me with science May 2014 #16
Great piece by the Rude One! Thank you for posting it! scarletwoman May 2014 #17
Comrade Lee Capt. Obvious May 2014 #18
brilliant with nary a rude word carolinayellowdog May 2014 #19
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2014 #21
Not to tarnish the rep of an ENG 101 icon but . . ucrdem May 2014 #23
I gotta shake my head... WorseBeforeBetter May 2014 #25
Snowden didn't throw his body under any gears, he hightailed it to Moscow ucrdem May 2014 #26
Well back then they would not have tortured Thoreau and tossed him in jail for life zeemike May 2014 #33
Thoreau would not have been tortured n/t eridani May 2014 #36
Well Said Sir - I Can Only Hope More Americans Wake Up And Soon cantbeserious May 2014 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author rocktivity May 2014 #28
Snowden should be worshiped by fox news maindawg May 2014 #29
K & R... elzenmahn May 2014 #30
Excellent. Thank you. 840high May 2014 #31
The big difference is that when Thoreau committed his acts of civil disobedience... George II May 2014 #32
Neither were tortured eridani May 2014 #37
Then why would he be compared to Thoreau? One doesn't pick and choose what one likes... George II May 2014 #41
honestly, why do you care? nt grasswire May 2014 #52
Why do I care? George II May 2014 #55
"we"? grasswire May 2014 #56
Mighty presumptuous of you. George II May 2014 #63
not at all when you fly the Maple Leaf. nt grasswire May 2014 #64
I have my personal reasons. I'm a native born American! George II May 2014 #66
yeah? grasswire May 2014 #67
So in order to be taken seriously TBF May 2014 #39
Not necessarily a marty, but willing to accept the consequences of his actions.... George II May 2014 #42
Marty, he's got enemy capital!! bobduca May 2014 #44
This is now a much different nation. Enthusiast May 2014 #49
Civil Disobedience - TBF May 2014 #38
I agree but I think it goes much much farther Leme May 2014 #43
I agree with you. nt TBF May 2014 #45
And our government continues to lie about - everything. chimpymustgo May 2014 #46
Beautiful. bvar22 May 2014 #47
^^^^^^ grasswire May 2014 #53
On the Wrong Side of most of the Patriots who served our Country, bvar22 May 2014 #59
Anyone that recommended this post are nothing but damned commies. Enthusiast May 2014 #48
what the Rude Pundit fails to recognize is that if you criticize the government the terrorist have Douglas Carpenter May 2014 #50
All the political asylum seekers in America should be told to "man up" and sent home. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2014 #51
that's an interesting point. nt grasswire May 2014 #54
No, they proved actual persecution to get that treestar May 2014 #60
Excellent post. Thank you. JDPriestly May 2014 #57
Well said Rudie malaise May 2014 #58
I feel like kicking this again. grasswire May 2014 #62
I'm guessing Rude Pundit & the OP never actually read "Civil Disobedience". baldguy May 2014 #65
Civil disobedience has many forms Harmony Blue May 2014 #70
I hope you are kidding. baldguy May 2014 #71
kick woo me with science May 2014 #69
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