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Dustlawyer

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4. +1!!! Well worth the time and some draw dropping statements!
Sat Jun 28, 2014, 07:07 PM
Jun 2014

Towards the beginning when Stacy talks about how the deficit continues to grow despite the Austerity, I suspect that maybe the poor, elderly and sick are not the problem blowing up the budget. Perhaps it is the very wealthy and the corporations not paying their fair share of taxes, getting subsidies they don't need, and favorable government contracts. There is a reason why the Regulatory Agencies here in the U.S. are starved for money and cannot inspect the industries that they are the watch dogs for.
The fact that the British government is buying water cannons and training police on their use in preparation for a possible revolution, while not unexpected, hearing it is disconcerting. Over here in the States OWS caught the Plutocrats and their police minions off guard. A quick $20,000,000 donation from Wall Street to the NYPD pension fund took care of that problem. Now they are ready for us should a revolution happen. Are we ready for them?

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OMG- Brand is hillarious - "meek Revolution; like a little piece of foreskin peeking out under the newthinking Jun 2014 #1
That is a marvelous...and disheaertening ..quote. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #2
De nada. DeSwiss Jun 2014 #5
I can't help it, I want to say it. zeemike Jun 2014 #3
! DeSwiss Jun 2014 #6
Interesting. zeemike Jun 2014 #9
''As above, so below.'' DeSwiss Jun 2014 #11
! zeemike Jun 2014 #12
Hi zeemike! DeSwiss Jun 2014 #13
Cue the music... MrMickeysMom Jun 2014 #29
that's no problem BelgianMadCow Jul 2014 #32
+1!!! Well worth the time and some draw dropping statements! Dustlawyer Jun 2014 #4
Austerity was always about the transfer of wealth..... DeSwiss Jun 2014 #7
In the video, the point is made that revolution may not be the way we are used to it. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #8
Exactly. DeSwiss Jun 2014 #10
here I am hanging about BelgianMadCow Jun 2014 #22
Yes sir, buddy! DeSwiss Jun 2014 #25
Hey, good to see you again. zeemike Jun 2014 #30
lurking about BelgianMadCow Jul 2014 #31
Yes it does. zeemike Jul 2014 #33
That is my sincere hope. I am not into blood and guns or violence of any kind. Dustlawyer Jun 2014 #14
It's possible. DeSwiss Jun 2014 #15
Good point... MrMickeysMom Jun 2014 #28
Russell Brand is brilliant. Unknown Beatle Jun 2014 #16
Sprinkle in a little Jon Stewart..... DeSwiss Jun 2014 #18
and chop in some Chomsky n/t BelgianMadCow Jun 2014 #21
! DeSwiss Jun 2014 #24
"Now of course I'm egotistically driven, but..." BelgianMadCow Jun 2014 #17
I cancelled my ego's driving license. DeSwiss Jun 2014 #19
Are you familiar with Jean M.Auel's Earth's Children series? BelgianMadCow Jun 2014 #20
Yes. Although I've never read them. DeSwiss Jun 2014 #23
Love it! eom MrMickeysMom Jun 2014 #27
I'm always fascinated to watch Russell Brand… This is a GREAT Keiser Report MrMickeysMom Jun 2014 #26
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