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Garion_55

(1,944 posts) Thu Aug 7, 2014, 07:54 PM Aug 2014

A Change Is Gonna Come! [View all]

IT has to!

We cant just leave shit like this.

The rich getting richer. The poor getting poorer. Black men by the millions being locked up stagnating their progress as a race.

Cops killing dogs.

CEOs raping our country.

Corporations raping our planet.

WE NEED CHANGE!

it cant stay like this.

I wont accept that.

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A Change Is Gonna Come! [View all] Garion_55 Aug 2014 OP

Agreed newfie11 Aug 2014 #1

There'll be NO "Change" out of Washington DC, (D) or (R), that you'll ever want. Guaranteed. blkmusclmachine Aug 2014 #2

That is a load of defeatist crap. nt tridim Aug 2014 #3

Not defeatist. Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #4

What an individual can do is..... TheMick Aug 2014 #9

That is dreaming. Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #16

You do realize that with every purchase you make WHEN CRABS ROAR Aug 2014 #18

We should learn from French farmers. alfredo Aug 2014 #22

If you mean... ReRe Aug 2014 #23

Fuck with us, we'll shut down the country. alfredo Aug 2014 #30

Sadly, that's not true with American farmers... ReRe Aug 2014 #32

I'm talking about American workers taking a hint from French farmers. alfredo Aug 2014 #33

Absolutely! ReRe Aug 2014 #34

We also need to engage in peaceful non compliance. alfredo Aug 2014 #35

You have given up. Defeated. tridim Aug 2014 #13

No, I have not. Curmudgeoness Aug 2014 #17

Yeah... nikto Aug 2014 #5

Yes they are. tridim Aug 2014 #14

It is defeatist, by definition. "Give up, there is nothing we can do", it fits the definition. Fred Sanders Aug 2014 #7

It's a worthless attitude and it pisses me off. Democrats don't give up. Period. nt tridim Aug 2014 #15

I Understand Your Cynicism, BUT . . . cer7711 Aug 2014 #10

Those few exceptions that you enumerate swilton Aug 2014 #28

Scientifically-speaking, an example of one . . . cer7711 Aug 2014 #31

In this entire thread... nikto Aug 2014 #37

Sadly agree. 840high Aug 2014 #21

+++++ swilton Aug 2014 #29

With all due respect, B.M.M., I'm not sure we can afford that kind of thinking..... AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #36

"Never believe" Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #6

^^^^^This^^^^^ ReRe Aug 2014 #24

I can almost smell it in the air. rurallib Aug 2014 #8

the MEdia is colluding w/ the 2% + the GOP/tinkle down. pansypoo53219 Aug 2014 #11

How we gonna know? GeorgeGist Aug 2014 #12

change kardonb Aug 2014 #19

Policies and Programs humbled_opinion Aug 2014 #20

I'm recc'ing because I love Sam Cooke. historylovr Aug 2014 #25

Agreed swilton Aug 2014 #27

Saddens me deeply to that this is so appropriate swilton Aug 2014 #26