2016 Postmortem

KoKo

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Reply to Octafish (Reply #89)

Thu May 5, 2016, 09:09 PM

May 2016

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I really wasn't planning on spending my senior years under a new form of government- [View all] silvershadow May 2016 OP

K&R Dragonfli May 2016 #1

I am 70 plus and am not liking it either. alfie May 2016 #2

I'm 26.. Thank you. We know it's not all younger people that see this only Joob May 2016 #3

Old Sanders supporter here, too. Urchin May 2016 #85

I know 50 years ago gays couldn't get married. Agschmid May 2016 #4

Relevance to the OP? nt silvershadow May 2016 #5

Well you said 50 years ago everything was fine and dandy. Agschmid May 2016 #6

Sounds like you are just the type of person I referenced in the OP. nt silvershadow May 2016 #7

What gay and happy I can get married now? Agschmid May 2016 #8

Which is fine and dandy, but has nothing to do with the OP. Whatsoever. nt silvershadow May 2016 #11

Sure it does... Blanks May 2016 #35

This has zero to do with gays or any other issue. It has to due with our form of government. silvershadow May 2016 #37

Our "form" of government has not changed in the past 50 years, so try again. politicaljunkie41910 May 2016 #71

The TPP. I remember a few months ago when it was still ok to discuss that here. nt silvershadow May 2016 #73

So since when does discussing the TPP get you banned from DU? That's the problem with politicaljunkie41910 May 2016 #75

It's not because I am a Bernie supporter. It's because I am a proud Union labor man. nt silvershadow May 2016 #76

Don't you know Urchin May 2016 #86

I never knew that. nt silvershadow May 2016 #87

Well now you do! Urchin May 2016 #90

And women were expected to be barefoot and pregnant. greatauntoftriplets May 2016 #55

Yup. Agschmid May 2016 #103

Some people are delusional Trenzalore May 2016 #40

Nice deflection. The OP isn't about 50 years ago, as you well know. It is about our form of silvershadow May 2016 #44

The Corporate Coup d'etat happened a long time ago Trenzalore May 2016 #45

Sorry, been on the case for a loooong time. Nice try. nt silvershadow May 2016 #47

You are pining for a time Trenzalore May 2016 #48

You didn't even read the OP it is clear. I am not pining for 50 years ago. But you knew that. silvershadow May 2016 #49

In the 1960s Trenzalore May 2016 #53

That's the standard? "Hey, at least you didn't get shot in the head?" Wow. Crazy stuff there. nt silvershadow May 2016 #56

You picked the 60s Trenzalore May 2016 #57

No, you picked the 60's rather than the topic of the OP. I just responded, unnecessarily. nt silvershadow May 2016 #58

If you asked me if I had more hope after 8 years of Obama Trenzalore May 2016 #65

I asked you no such thing. nt silvershadow May 2016 #66

Thats right and their followers were picked up in the middle of the night workinclasszero May 2016 #143

There has always Urchin May 2016 #88

50 years ago, the Vietnam war was rapidly escalating. greatauntoftriplets May 2016 #50

And decades from now Urchin May 2016 #92

Indeed, up until just recently marriage has been a sacred bond between a man and a woman Fumesucker May 2016 #114

Why parse it? Civil rights are ongoing. A piece of a much bigger puzzle. Human rights are better but snowy owl May 2016 #121

No one wants to go back 50 years. JaneyVee May 2016 #9

Nice deflection from the overriding point of the OP. nt silvershadow May 2016 #12

Nice deflection of your obvious screw up. JaneyVee May 2016 #13

Wow. no point in us talking further. nt silvershadow May 2016 #14

It sucked for white males between the ages of 18-22 Trenzalore May 2016 #46

Pretty sure all races went to Vietnam. JaneyVee May 2016 #52

Should all white people or men vote Trump? JPnoodleman May 2016 #115

How about the draft Trenzalore May 2016 #42

I was 1-A prime beef and had to sweat it out Armstead May 2016 #110

America is heading back more than 50 years, more like 100+ years to oligarchic plutocratic Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #28

Sixty-years ago Urchin May 2016 #81

Sander's fans do workinclasszero May 2016 #144

If Hillary wins by hook or by crook, you will no doubt find yourself on America's first bullet train NorthCarolina May 2016 #10

Pre Roe v Wade, gays forced in the closet, civil rights for nobody but white males. PeaceNikki May 2016 #15

Which has nothing to do with the OP. nt silvershadow May 2016 #16

It has everything to do with the OP PeaceNikki May 2016 #17

I wrote the OP. No, it doesn't. The OP is about Corporatacray. nt silvershadow May 2016 #18

In the 60s, women couldn't serve on juries PeaceNikki May 2016 #19

And I never said any such thing. Your mind has taken you astray. Stay on topic, please. nt silvershadow May 2016 #20

I'll take the topic whatever way I see fit, thanks. PeaceNikki May 2016 #21

My OP. My topic. Your diversion. Democracy vs Cororatacracy. No contest. At all. nt silvershadow May 2016 #22

My observation, you mean. PeaceNikki May 2016 #23

Yes, I did observe the slide out of democracy. I lived it. Your point? nt silvershadow May 2016 #24

I made my point. We've had a ton of progressive victories in the past 50 years. PeaceNikki May 2016 #26

So you believe Corporatocracy (Fascism) is a good thing for women? AgingAmerican May 2016 #29

Newp. PeaceNikki May 2016 #31

The corporacracy is happy to give us social victories, just as long as they gain further silvershadow May 2016 #30

corporacracy isn't a word. PeaceNikki May 2016 #32

Bye. nt silvershadow May 2016 #33

Bye, Felicia! PeaceNikki May 2016 #34

You're very dishonest. The perfect Hillary drone...deny the truth and twist the words to define haikugal May 2016 #77

Lol, there was no attack. PeaceNikki May 2016 #78

jury duty mog75 May 2016 #82

I agree with you sandyshoes17 May 2016 #83

In the last several years the PTB have stolen my house, $80k in payments, and silvershadow May 2016 #84

How was your house stolen? Agschmid May 2016 #104

During the Great Con Job. nt silvershadow May 2016 #106

Ok... Agschmid May 2016 #107

If you are a lawyer offering to help me, please PM me. nt silvershadow May 2016 #108

I'm not a lawyer, and I can be of little to no help. Agschmid May 2016 #109

I hear you my friend beware the ides of May! Silver_Witch May 2016 #139

No. Your fallacy is called a straw man argument. hellofromreddit May 2016 #36

Please hold while I note your concern. PeaceNikki May 2016 #38

You misunderstand. I never said you weren't smug enough. hellofromreddit May 2016 #39

Lol, how shall I ever sleep while your opinion of me suffers? PeaceNikki May 2016 #43

You continue to fail to prove your point. hellofromreddit May 2016 #67

Yes, it does. The fact that you can't see that is the problem Recursion May 2016 #117

Social repression in the Union labor movement? That takes some big balls. nt silvershadow May 2016 #127

You're not familiar with the role of many unions in keeping black workers off shop floors? Recursion May 2016 #128

There you go again, talking about the 1960's...Can we just talk about 1992 and later? nt silvershadow May 2016 #129

Happily. Oddly enough I just did an OP about that Recursion May 2016 #130

Lame. Deflective. You no longer have the same form of government, which as you know silvershadow May 2016 #131

I disagree Recursion May 2016 #132

I know you do. nt silvershadow May 2016 #133

I see what you mean farleftlib May 2016 #25

Corporatocracy is just another word for Fascism AgingAmerican May 2016 #27

I agree with this. And, seriously, I must say� CobaltBlue May 2016 #41

Remember in 1963 Trenzalore May 2016 #51

Remember in 1992 When the Clintons continued the Republican tradition of destroying silvershadow May 2016 #54

If you want to compare what sucked more the 90s or the 60s Trenzalore May 2016 #59

I don't want to compare anything. You do. Way off topic. But you knew that. nt silvershadow May 2016 #60

You don't want to compare Trenzalore May 2016 #68

I want to compare this form of government to democracy, yes. The TPP and all else, as you silvershadow May 2016 #70

So, how old ARE you? MineralMan May 2016 #61

Which has nothing to do with which form of government we have. nt silvershadow May 2016 #63

Nonsense. It has everything to do with it. MineralMan May 2016 #64

I'm pretty sure that they didn't even read their own OP. Agschmid May 2016 #105

President Eisenhower warned the nation about the influence of the military industrial complex 1961 Fresh_Start May 2016 #62

Yep. And corporations were declared to have the same rights as people as early as 1886. ContinentalOp May 2016 #93

I take it that you are sadoldgirl May 2016 #69

And you better believe they are looking at and salivating over Matariki May 2016 #72

Yep. nt silvershadow May 2016 #74

Thank you pmorlan1 May 2016 #79

Yes they do. You are welcome. Thank you for weighing in with the vote of confidence. nt silvershadow May 2016 #80

Thank you for putting it into words, silvershadow. Octafish May 2016 #89

Wow. That's a keeper. Looks like from original DU? nt silvershadow May 2016 #91

DU2. Why to keep fighting the Good Fight. Octafish May 2016 #95

Great post. I will pour over it as soon as I eat my supper. Thanks for the kind words. nt silvershadow May 2016 #98

....! KoKo May 2016 #94

October Surprise + Safari Club = CIA Old Boys in Power For Ever and Ever Octafish May 2016 #97

your OP has been hi-jacked, triangulated, and suffered from way too many deflective responses... islandmkl May 2016 #96

Hear, fucking!, hear. Great post. ebayfool May 2016 #111

+1,000,000 Hydra May 2016 #113

^^^^this^^^^ cliffordu May 2016 #119

It's not hijacking to point out your myopia Recursion May 2016 #123

bad premise - all wages across all races have stagnated...and you know it's not about islandmkl May 2016 #125

Negative. African Americans have seen significant income gains over the past 40 years Recursion May 2016 #126

it appears to be a matter of looking a statistics from different angles islandmkl May 2016 #134

the gap is not closing: islandmkl May 2016 #135

I said "caught up with the quintile below them" Recursion May 2016 #136

Standing ovation!! Silver_Witch May 2016 #140

K&R jwirr May 2016 #99

Whiny Bernie-Bro who wants to lay around smoking dope and getting free stuff! tabasco May 2016 #100

The party is like Mitt Romney bought it and stripped it of its' valuable assets. silvershadow May 2016 #101

I understand and agree with your post. nruthie May 2016 #102

Here's the good news. None of us are too old to get back to oasis May 2016 #112

I'm glad as hell we aren't the country we were 50 years ago Recursion May 2016 #116

Absolutely not. I'm solidly middle class because I could get an college education without debt. snowy owl May 2016 #122

I wish I could K&R this for a week. cliffordu May 2016 #118

Lack of institutional memory. Study Eisenhower in fifties. It is different. Few seem to know it. snowy owl May 2016 #120

Taken For Granted At Davos That US Government Run On �Legalized Corruption� Octafish May 2016 #142

At least people are waking up & they are very angry emsimon33 May 2016 #124

great post. Ignore all those trying to kick up dust ProfessorPlum May 2016 #137

Not to worry, the bankers will still have sleepovers in the WH no matter which side wins! dmosh42 May 2016 #138

I have assumed I have been living under a new form of government randr May 2016 #141

This is a very old fight felix_numinous May 2016 #145