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newfie11

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1. As long as people sit on their butts watching foxxxxx news
Tue Sep 30, 2014, 08:52 AM
Sep 2014

Or even the MSM it's not going to change.
If poverty affect more and it will, then maybe.
Of course the laws have changed from F. Roosevelt's time. Now protestors face arrest and fines with the additional thrill of tear gas and being shot.

As long as people sit on their butts watching foxxxxx news newfie11 Sep 2014 #1
The ruling elites in this country that hated FDR deutsey Sep 2014 #2
And the names involved are still around. hobbit709 Sep 2014 #3
And they're still robbing us.. freebrew Sep 2014 #7
K & R !!! WillyT Sep 2014 #4
Those principles will likely never be permitted to happen again. nt NorthCarolina Sep 2014 #5
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good (TM) FlatStanley Sep 2014 #6
TPTB have had their coup. dotymed Sep 2014 #8
Dems and repukes won't let it happen. There's too much money to be had for both parties. L0oniX Sep 2014 #12
I love Bernie, but he has no chance... Moostache Sep 2014 #15
Exactly...only an idealist would think otherwise VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #26
Yes, dotymed Oct 2014 #43
and I am the realist VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #44
Most voters don't know who Bernie is yet. protect our future Oct 2014 #52
Republicans have been trying to undo "the New Deal" since it came into existence... world wide wally Sep 2014 #9
Eisenhower thought that attempts to undo the New Deal hifiguy Sep 2014 #21
That's what you get when you screw teachers and saddle students with huge debt! cascadiance Sep 2014 #23
The plan to dumb down the American populace hifiguy Sep 2014 #24
Alright, i'll give you Eisenhower, but that's it. world wide wally Sep 2014 #30
Wonderful quote! NCarolinawoman Sep 2014 #36
It's some what a false equivalency to compare FDR to any post FDR Dem POTUS. L0oniX Sep 2014 #10
There was an internet email going around a couple years back. It listed a whole brewens Sep 2014 #11
Most of that is from the 50's which was the only time one person working could support a family. L0oniX Sep 2014 #13
That is fine in non-globalized world and USA enjoyed a substantial technology advantage over every srican69 Sep 2014 #14
This was not always true either... Moostache Sep 2014 #16
The world has been global since we dumped Chinese tea into the Boston Harbour. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #17
Arithmetic BrotherIvan Sep 2014 #27
Nothing but win.... blackspade Sep 2014 #18
FDR's 2nd Bill of Rights Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #19
We need new leadership that has the courage to stand up the way he did then... cascadiance Sep 2014 #20
Would rec this a million times if I could hifiguy Sep 2014 #22
Same here -- Even Newt Gingrich admitted he was the greatest president of the 20th Century whathehell Oct 2014 #40
Hell, even our modern day sell-outs, the "Democratic Party," runs screaming away from FDR. They're blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #25
The Right Wing believes it's all about cutting taxes.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2014 #28
FDR turbinetree Sep 2014 #29
He was the last real Democrat. n/t sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #31
In 2009, National historians named FDR as the 3rd Greatest President in American History whathehell Oct 2014 #38
Wish he had lived a little longer. But imagine if he had never been president sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #45
Me too. As to your question, yes, we would be living in a completely whathehell Oct 2014 #48
Yes, that is merely another talking point to put down anyone who makes today's sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #50
Agreed on all counts -- No "democrat" seeks to take apart FDR's New Deal whathehell Oct 2014 #51
That had been the position of the Democratic Party since 1896 happyslug Sep 2014 #32
What a great post, thank you. Like everything worth while, nothing happens overnight sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #46
The Scoopes Monkey trial, all Democrats. happyslug Oct 2014 #47
I did see Inherit The Wind, thanks for providing more facts about the actual case. sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #49
The Movie was an attack on McCarthyism, something Byran also opposed happyslug Oct 2014 #53
The best customer for American industry is now WHEN CRABS ROAR Sep 2014 #33
My dad was a union member, paid off his home in 10 years, took us on airline vacations twice a year, Snarkoleptic Sep 2014 #34
Wow. The irony of your dad's beliefs... Triana Sep 2014 #35
+100 n/t whathehell Oct 2014 #37
Top years for GDP growth tuhaybey Oct 2014 #39
K & R defacto7 Oct 2014 #41
Thats the REAL bottom line ErikJ Oct 2014 #42
That quote is about as anti-MBA as any I have heard rock Oct 2014 #54
Deming, "Your Quality is set by your worse input". happyslug Oct 2014 #55
Excellent. That's a very smart analysis. rock Oct 2014 #56
kick Electric Monk Oct 2014 #57
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