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smirkymonkey

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35. I sometimes wonder. I have family and know people who are high
Sun Sep 6, 2015, 03:28 PM
Sep 2015

military. They are not quite as brainwashed or as mindless as you might think. However I never discuss these things with them. It is strictly off limits as a topic of conversation.

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I've seen that and read the transcript. hifiguy Sep 2015 #1
According to him he's not smart at all... ion_theory Sep 2015 #39
Right On - No Citizen Need Settle For The Lesser Of Two Corporate Evils - Go Bernie Go cantbeserious Sep 2015 #2
As they should PowerToThePeople Sep 2015 #3
great video.....needs to be watched repeatedly by conservatives. bbgrunt Sep 2015 #4
First time I've had the bandwidth to watch this. longship Sep 2015 #5
Wow! JoeOtterbein Sep 2015 #12
proper. navarth Sep 2015 #41
Arrogance is a natural outcome of great power. zeemike Sep 2015 #6
The "It'll never happen to me" syndrome. jwirr Sep 2015 #7
I wish I remembered where I read this. SusanCalvin Sep 2015 #11
Agreed. I think we are king of born thinking we are jwirr Sep 2015 #17
I'm sure all other plutocrats thought the same thing. ion_theory Sep 2015 #40
Yes I am sure they did. zeemike Sep 2015 #42
Hey Nick: Chasstev365 Sep 2015 #8
"Bastille Day" DissidentVoice Sep 2015 #9
John Vanderslice "Pale Horse." alfredo Sep 2015 #14
How to control the peons salimbag Sep 2015 #10
Pitchforks torches and rope, Oh My!!!!!!!! (NT) The Wizard Sep 2015 #13
I bet they track how many pitchforks are sold. PADemD Sep 2015 #15
Guns are the modern pitchforks... hay rick Sep 2015 #16
I have also been surprised that no one has made any jwirr Sep 2015 #18
Are you forgetting how many gunowners this country has? smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #26
No I am not forgetting the guns but as you said many jwirr Sep 2015 #30
Yes, I agree. I would not put it past our government to use every means smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #32
I honestly believe the plutocrats and PTB have serious doubts hifiguy Sep 2015 #34
I sometimes wonder. I have family and know people who are high smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #35
I do know that the military has changed a lot in the jwirr Sep 2015 #46
Totally agree. Of course my point is that a revolution jwirr Sep 2015 #45
JFK: “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable”. LongTomH Sep 2015 #44
I agree. Nick Hanauer is dead on, but do you think the sociopathic Republican corporatists Cal33 Sep 2015 #19
"The current trend cannot continue." < America is great enough to contain millions jtuck004 Sep 2015 #20
Circumstances Beowulf42 Sep 2015 #21
Thus the militarized police forces. Plutocrats will not allow bastille part deux. yodermon Sep 2015 #22
In that video flobee1 Sep 2015 #23
In Christopher Reeves' third "Superman" movie, Robert Vaughan played the villain who wanted tblue37 Sep 2015 #24
A great man, Attila the Hun Babel_17 Sep 2015 #38
So I guess Bernie Sanders is right too then egh? lonestarnot Sep 2015 #25
It is going to happen. It's just a matter of time. Societies, governments and civilizations RKP5637 Sep 2015 #27
Your final sentence, RKP. Exactly. Hard truth, unavoidable. senz Sep 2015 #31
Thank you for this, Bonobo. senz Sep 2015 #28
When will the tipping point come? smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #29
I think we are getting close to that ... jimlup Sep 2015 #33
Republicans are idiots.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2015 #36
"Trickle Down" KansDem Sep 2015 #37
Elections are rigged so there is no revolution coming from the ballot box. That leaves two choices. Hoppy Sep 2015 #43
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