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merrily

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51. Ha, ha, joke's on you! My initials are not F U.
Tue Dec 29, 2015, 03:05 AM
Dec 2015

Oh.

Got it. Welfare is for the very rich. Austerity is for the rest of us. Every day is Festivus!

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If the Obscenely Wealthy didn't want a Leftist Government Proserpina Dec 2015 #1
What good would leaving you alone do them? merrily Dec 2015 #2
Two words: French shave Proserpina Dec 2015 #3
Ooooh! The newest model Oligarch Processor. Fuddnik Dec 2015 #4
Would an LOL! here be too macabre? merrily Dec 2015 #33
How serious a threat does that seem to the likes of Gates, Koch, et al.? merrily Dec 2015 #7
More serious than a heart attack Proserpina Dec 2015 #12
When was the last time a rich person in the US died of a heart attack? merrily Dec 2015 #16
Past performance is no indication of future Proserpina Dec 2015 #21
? Past performance is one of the strongest predictors of future behavior. merrily Dec 2015 #23
I don't think they're too terribly worried about it, honestly. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2015 #13
I don't think so, either. merrily Dec 2015 #17
Le Mssr GUILOTINE! JackInGreen Dec 2015 #15
No there is a lot more for them to take. zeemike Dec 2015 #30
They already bought this one. Doctor_J Dec 2015 #45
Greed is not even hidden anymore. tecelote Dec 2015 #5
Of what use are morals to plutocrats? merrily Dec 2015 #8
Good point. tecelote Dec 2015 #10
Greed not even hidden on DU Divernan Dec 2015 #9
I am positive I know who this is, and I have him on ignore. He is gross. stillwaiting Dec 2015 #14
Exactly. It's not wealth that is the issue, but greed. merrily Dec 2015 #18
That one can't be missed, he's insufferable and not clever at all. appalachiablue Dec 2015 #47
Precisely Sherman A1 Dec 2015 #20
In recent years, we've heard a fair amount of contempt merrily Dec 2015 #24
This may very well be our last opportunity SmittynMo Dec 2015 #6
It was never our democracy to take back, sulphurdunn Dec 2015 #29
I agree. Moreover, it's not democracy, nor was it ever intended to be. merrily Dec 2015 #34
That's generally the reason why there are Democrats LuvNewcastle Dec 2015 #11
Sanders' economic policies were radical in the US in 1902. merrily Dec 2015 #19
They like the status quo. LuvNewcastle Dec 2015 #22
Amen..... daleanime Dec 2015 #31
Know Thy Enemy - Oligarchs, Corporations, Banks And Their Media Minions And MIC Henchmen cantbeserious Dec 2015 #25
Yes, including their legislative enablers, aiders and abettors. merrily Dec 2015 #26
That's not true oberliner Dec 2015 #27
You're mistaken. "Plenty of people" who control media and politicians are not for Sanders. merrily Dec 2015 #32
That's not what I claimed oberliner Dec 2015 #40
You claimed the OP is untrue. The OP is very short. It speaks of people who control media and pols. merrily Dec 2015 #42
Yes, and they are viewed as betrayers of their class lostnfound Dec 2015 #35
Who in the 1% has been backing Sanders? merrily Dec 2015 #37
Steve Wozniak and Will Ferrell spring to mind oberliner Dec 2015 #39
controlling media and politicians? merrily Dec 2015 #41
Exceptions to the rule. smokey nj Dec 2015 #43
K&R nt Live and Learn Dec 2015 #28
I've often wondered if Turbineguy Dec 2015 #36
Sure. Same as here in 1776. Not only aristocrats, either. merrily Dec 2015 #38
And the Clinton supporters Doctor_J Dec 2015 #44
Some of the same people who condemned her the most soundly in 2008 now claim she just about merrily Dec 2015 #48
yes check out my sig. And then there is Steven Doctor_J Dec 2015 #49
LOL! I had not noticed your sig line before posting to you. merrily Dec 2015 #50
I got mine, F U. PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #46
Ha, ha, joke's on you! My initials are not F U. merrily Dec 2015 #51
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