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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:36 AM Original message |
Trouble erupts as protesters try to storm Greek parliament |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've been watching the situation in Greece unfold on EuroNews and France24 ... |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Well you do have the tea party |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I don't claim the tea party ... I wonder where liberals are? ... the middle class liberals, that is, |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. You know, I think I know what the difference with the U.S. is there. |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. I suspect the Stock Market thought that |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. The Riot Police are scrambling not to be backed into a corner. |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
5. Greece is in big trouble |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The Greeks pay higher taxes than us and now the IMF is coming for their Pensions. |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Ah, so the problem is a large public sector. I thought it was the global financial casino.. nt |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Funny? I don't know of ANY government puke job that pays out millions of dollars |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Spot on? |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. This can possibly be traced to their entry into the EU |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Not enough capitalism? That's a double edged sword. eom |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Either way it's all about capitalism |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. BINGO |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Yes, you are correct.. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Yes - Others have also suggested Euro complicating situation.... where value of |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. Big trouble created for Greece by Goldman Sachs . . . !! |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
10. Waaaa... We overspent and dont want to deal... |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. +1 |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. You make it sound like Greece has been the land of milk and honey for the past decades. nt |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Actually of the many issues that have been higlighted as reasons for the economic problems |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. I think most of the wealthy Greeks abandoned Greece long ago.. |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. They've had far more milk and honey than they can afford... |
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Lars77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Have you ever been to Greece? |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. When the IMF comes for your and my Social Security and Pensions in the near future ... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. Not accurate. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Uh oh, the pro-IMF talking points just got derailed by that chart |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Did you read the axis title on that chart? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. IMF isn't "ignornant" ... it's a right wing tool of destruction . . . |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Greece has NOT cut back government spending. Read the chart closely |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Actually according to that graph... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. This is the work of Goldman Sachs . . . and predatory capitalism . . . IMF . . . |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Please read up on the situation |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Nonsense . . . take some of your own advice and read up on it . . . |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
15. The reporter covering it sounds all excited about the situation nt |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. The Media outside the USA is more professional, try EuroNews TV or France24? eom |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It wasn't USA |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. My sincere empathy. |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I couldn't get EuroNews to play. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. Try this link for EuroNews, I just tried it: |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
19. goldman sachs strikes again.... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
31. Is this America's future . . . ??? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
42. Topple the government or pay the banks |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Do they think their debt |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. default is a good thing |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. If they default |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. More like topple the government and still pay... |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
49. Bankers call them: Barbarians at the Gate |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
50. GO GREEKS! |
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