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GoneFishin

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23. Yep. They are gonna keep taking shots at the internet until they can gatekeep it better.

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #5)

Fri May 22, 2015, 08:59 PM

May 2015

It must drive them forking crazy that any old piss ant can widely disseminate real facts after they have spent decades cornering all of the mass media, especially the right wingers who were very calculating about gobbling up the air waves so that they could spread their "fair and balanced" news.

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TPP is in trouble, thanks to public interest [View all] Dem2 May 2015 OP

kick Dawson Leery May 2015 #1

Hope that is true but SheHMZ May 2015 #2

Well we had a bunch of local activists nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #4

+1 Phlem May 2015 #21

Twisted her arm? Diane was a yes to NAFTA, one of just 8 Democratic Senators to vote yes on CAFTA Bluenorthwest May 2015 #8

She sure backflipped all right SheHMZ May 2015 #13

I called her office earlier Plucketeer May 2015 #18

2 decades ago we were not such an internet world. dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #3

Why do you think the internet needs to be controlled? nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #5

Exactly..... dixiegrrrrl May 2015 #6

That may be another reason to beat back the TPP Jack Rabbit May 2015 #12

You're a smart woman. Exactly. 840high May 2015 #14

Which is very likely to happen if the TPP passes. Another good reason to make sure it doesn't. sabrina 1 May 2015 #15

Yep. They are gonna keep taking shots at the internet until they can gatekeep it better. GoneFishin May 2015 #23

Precisely. 99Forever May 2015 #24

What trouble? bvar22 May 2015 #7

It is a secret boondogle nradisic May 2015 #9

This makes me very happy. I hope & pray it is 110% true. 99th_Monkey May 2015 #10

K&R! Omaha Steve May 2015 #11

I agree with Pres. Obama on most issues, but not this groundloop May 2015 #16

As time goes by DirtyHippyBastard May 2015 #20

The dirty hippy bastard is right dreamnightwind May 2015 #27

K & R AzDar May 2015 #17

But... But... But... That Might Make The President Look Bad... WillyT May 2015 #19

I'm not seeing a downside to that. 99Forever May 2015 #25

TARP, ACA, DACA, now TPP ucrdem May 2015 #22

Looks like all I can really do is not ever vote for or support any "Dem" that votes yes. djean111 May 2015 #26

It might be in trouble in the world of public opinion, but dreamnightwind May 2015 #28