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Armstead

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65. well no one can answer all of that on a single post on a message board.

Sun Jul 20, 2014, 06:48 PM

Jul 2014

But on any number of issues, any number of people here and elsewhere do go beyond complaints and diagnosis and offer real ideas and possible solutions (ranging from complex to simple).

Whether or not one agrees with any particular idea, it can;t be said they are not offered.

Many of them are what can be done, and a lot are what shouldn't be done (like not selling us out by kiling off Net NMeitrality and then handing the Internet all over to Comcast with no controls over their behavior, for one example).

And yes, some do require dealing with political realities but more important they involve working to CHANGE political realities. That extends beyond the obvious "kicking the GOP Bums out" It also means getting the Democratic Party to become more consistent as a party of liberal/progressive good government and meaningful reform (instead of peddling a kinder and gentler version of the same Corporate Conservative philosophy as the GOP).

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People offer plenty of alternatives to policies thst favor the rich and powerful Armstead Jul 2014 #43

Alternatives ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2014 #46

That's too sweeping a statement Armstead Jul 2014 #48

I completely agree ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2014 #57

well no one can answer all of that on a single post on a message board. Armstead Jul 2014 #65

Mostly what I see is ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2014 #66

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I wonder how history would be different without Vietnam Armstead Jul 2014 #44

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