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29. IF we as a country ever get the chance to reverse the damage

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Thu Apr 27, 2017, 02:35 AM

Apr 2017

This time, NOTHING can be allowed to be "off the table."

History has once again proved that, given the chance, selfish, greedy people would rather sink and go down with their ship than see someone else as a better captain.

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I have a feeling that future historians will label this period as "The Great Unraveling." [View all] MrScorpio Apr 2017 OP

Great post, and no, we wont survive. Hell, he is gonna start WWIII this weekend. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #1

All those things will be brought back by Democrats. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #7

Will they? With a 6-3 or 7-2 Supreme Court of reactionaries?... First Speaker Apr 2017 #11

Yes they will be. Democrats will find Constitutional ways. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #13

Please do NOT indulge in B&W binary all-or-nothing thinking. It does not reflect reality Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #9

Simple, either vote in EVERY election for ONLY democrats or you help trump... Eliot Rosewater Apr 2017 #17

Thanks for your wise post gristy Apr 2017 #23

Thank you. The price of free thinking is eternal vigilance over the nature of one's own thoughts. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #24

Unfortunately you are right about everything. What the hell can I do to change this? emulatorloo Apr 2017 #2

I am also alarmed. CrispyQ Apr 2017 #3

"Dark Ages II" The Wrath of the Con AJT Apr 2017 #4

We're never going to go back again either..... Historic NY Apr 2017 #5

We Resist and Persist (which includes Survive). Before too long, Democrats will Triumph. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #6

FDT Hekate Apr 2017 #8

It is so sad that this is happening. Left-over Apr 2017 #10

It helps to resign oneself to the fact that lunatica Apr 2017 #12

Le Pen will not win bucolic_frolic Apr 2017 #14

Putin's historians will label it as "The Great Unification" 0rganism Apr 2017 #15

and i was thinking more along the lines of... tiredtoo Apr 2017 #16

isn't anybody thinking about the weather? oldcynic Apr 2017 #18

I saw the truth of this about a decade ago. GliderGuider Apr 2017 #19

I want to opt for "The Great Exodus Part 2" world wide wally Apr 2017 #20

It looks bad. Hope for the Lashback that sets up the next hundred years. byronius Apr 2017 #21

Some of my associates and I refer to this period as the "Dumbining". Hugin Apr 2017 #22

"The Great Aberration" UTUSN Apr 2017 #25

Then comes, The Dark Ages... again defacto7 Apr 2017 #26

It could also be called the "Great Backlash". marybourg Apr 2017 #27

If they don't nick a term from William Gibson and call it "the Jackpot", that is Spider Jerusalem Apr 2017 #28

IF we as a country ever get the chance to reverse the damage DFW Apr 2017 #29

Already been done. malthaussen Apr 2017 #30

Following the death of Christ, there was a period of readjustment that lasted for approximately FSogol Apr 2017 #31