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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 03:50 PM Original message |
Something is seriously wrong in our society |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. Time to party like it's 1789 |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. +1 |
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sasquuatch55 (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
106. Because we are not represented by our Government,as you know they represent... |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #106 |
115. +1 |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #106 |
130. Bingo! That is exactly right. |
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tiptoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #130 |
210. It's all about Election Fraud, fraudulent representatives, Proposition votes manipulated...see #209 |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
34. +1 |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
51. +1 |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
52. more like 1775 |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 07:35 AM Response to Reply #52 |
76. I believe the 1789 allusion includes the guillotine. :-) |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #76 |
114. OK, I'm in. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
60. 1917 |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
110. I've sometimes tried to explain that angle to the 'trickle down' types |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #110 |
128. fortunately for the haves, americans have teevee. |
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Lena inRI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
134. Allons enfants de la paaaaatrie. . . |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
162. More like 1776... |
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tiptoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
209. 1789 didn't have ELECTION FRAUD favoring the RIGHT-WING almost 100% (like today). Check it out: |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Perhaps we are finally coming to the point where the masses will start to wake |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. The entire world is starting to wake up, and see that capitalism is NOT ON THEIR SIDE. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 04:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. and the alternative is......? |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Uh. The alternative is called international socialism. |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Eliminating capitalism doesn't guarantee liberty or justice. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Shhh, they hating hearing that little fact. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
111. Deleted message |
Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #111 |
118. That's nice how you include a strawman with your ad hominem. |
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Zix (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:05 AM Response to Reply #31 |
61. No does perpetuating it... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 06:17 AM Response to Reply #31 |
65. You are right. nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 07:37 AM Response to Reply #31 |
77. It helps eliminate the billionaire capitalist thieves. |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #77 |
83. That should be done under any circumstances. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
91. I think socialism is a good start, but we have to figure out a way to beat |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #91 |
96. That's right, it has been a continuous struggle. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #91 |
139. it is always a struggle, always has been |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
103. I agree. Many have the fantasy of the poor uprising and setting up a free democracy. This is not |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #103 |
116. This reminds me of something another member once said: |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #103 |
140. it is hopeless |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #140 |
147. Are you interested in discussion or merely mocking? I think Howard Zinn might also put free in |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #147 |
149. you are mocking, not I |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #149 |
174. You have to admit, we ain't going to out-Blackwater the bad guys. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #174 |
186. More importantly, the tea-baggers are most apt to start a revolution. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #186 |
192. not a chance |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 02:21 AM Response to Reply #192 |
197. You are making a common mistake here. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 07:46 AM Response to Reply #197 |
215. I think that is a great point. The 'baggers are similar to Hitler's Brown Shirts |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #192 |
200. You mischaracteize what I say again. Maybe you will understand if I tell you |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #200 |
206. no idea |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #206 |
214. If you truly want to understand and not just cause trouble, then answer a couple of |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 02:17 AM Response to Reply #186 |
196. I don't think there's any up side to that sort of thing for anyone. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:23 PM Response to Reply #149 |
185. Yes maybe I am mocking those that pretend they are interested in revolution. But I wasnt mocking you |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #185 |
191. there aren't any people advocating that |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #191 |
213. If you havent seen it doesnt mean it doesnt exist. nm |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
107. But the left always pay tribute to virtue by defending the poor. The right can't be bothered even to |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #107 |
117. Even worse, the right wants to criminalize being poor. |
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Shadow Creature (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
180. where |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #180 |
184. I don't understand what you mean. |
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Shadow Creature (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. international? |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. We don't have billionaires lording over the 98% who are poor now? Could've fooled me. nt |
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Shadow Creature (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. not really |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Well, I'm from the un-fat, un-dumb, and unhappy portion who sees the top 1% stealing us blind. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 06:36 AM Response to Reply #47 |
68. +1, The overlords |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #47 |
93. exactly! |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #47 |
104. They are blissfully unaware..I could add more |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
141. they are in cahoots |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #42 |
86. Educate yourself and stop blabbering nonsense. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #86 |
121. Have you seen that MoveOn graphic that is going around? Shows the average U.S income at $47K! |
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Shadow Creature (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #121 |
179. 47K is solid middle class |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #179 |
201. My point is that an average is not a good measurement of the central tendency of a group |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #86 |
123. Some sources say the MEDIAN U.S. income is less than $30K. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:17 AM Response to Reply #40 |
57. huh? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 06:37 AM Response to Reply #57 |
69. A real 'Shadow Creature'? nt |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 08:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
81. Try Sweden bud. or France even. |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #40 |
88. Huh? Your description sounds just like the textbook definition of capitalism. |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
85. "Uh"??? Why the tone? You HAD to add that little remark? |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
125. We already live in a socialist system |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Democratic Socialism, of course. It works for much of the civilized world. (NT) |
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safeinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 06:30 AM Response to Reply #28 |
66. Democracy is the cure for |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 06:44 AM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Yup. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #70 |
152. Regarding free speech..... |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #66 |
87. Yep, there you have it. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 08:28 AM Response to Reply #87 |
198. Yes, the rulings are un-American! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. Deleted message |
bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #37 |
155. . |
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historian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
124. the alternative is |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
136. no Capitalism |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. I agree. |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I say without a deeper sense of daring, we're done for. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Agreed. nt |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
137. yes |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #137 |
181. Oh, I dunno.... seems like they are offering quite a few personal attacks. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I bet we are |
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annm4peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
49. I hope they have realized they have to be active |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. Because our priorities are not in order |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. because our politicians are owned by the Rich. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. the evidence must be hidden, the witnesses must be destroyed |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Excellent point. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I saw this in Chicago in 1968 |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I heard about it from people I knew in Pittsburgh last September |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 06:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
71. Nice post. nt |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
102. citizen journalists, phone cams, and YouTube. |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
175. Can you give me an example of one of their defenders here? |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. and why can someone like meg whitman spend 80 million dollars |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Did you ever wonder - |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. that is what we are supposed to believe, yes |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. You are correct of course. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #10 |
105. temporary is relative |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 05:20 PM Response to Reply #105 |
182. That, too, is correct. |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. Something about those on welfare |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. Electing Reagan was the worst thing that ever happened in this country. |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 07:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. I agree 110% on that |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
46. +1000 nt |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 06:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
72. I watched it happen. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #72 |
166. +1. nt |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
165. Indeed. The Reaganites are responsible for the "me first, profit is our only God, |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. Because we have a democartic party... |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
59. At least they ask us to sacrifice while the republicans expect it... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. Because we still run things like they did in the Middle Ages. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. Why? Because, at least in the case of poor folk, Because Others Don't Speak Out For Us. |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I think there are plenty on DU... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. That's not reality. |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 05:19 AM Response to Reply #30 |
62. Because...... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #62 |
146. While true, we can't sit and wait for Utopia... too many people are suffering and dying. |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
176. Sure. |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
84. Care to provide any evidence? /nt |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
120. Curious here: "it just ain't there", so where is it? or where might it be? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #120 |
143. I hear you saying "this is not an attack", but I need to say that your wording is quite |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #143 |
145. haves versus the have nots |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #145 |
154. That is exactly right, and what I keep saying. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #143 |
158. Your perception of my words is also in your head. What I suggest is a very real possibility on the |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
48. You'd be surprised |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #48 |
80. When their shoes become tight they will speak out. |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
54. Yes, this should be the top priority |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
55. Yes, this should be the top priority |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
26. It is WORSE than you stated in the OP. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 07:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
73. Yes! Corporate predators |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. Deleted sub-thread |
county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
33. Here is a little incite. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
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gblady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #33 |
90. agree...... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
157. "It isn't the wealthy it's us sitting here typing our complaints on a board. Who will hear us?" |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. That is either a rhetorical question, or it's time to view the first 20 minutes of this- |
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Shadow Creature (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
39. true but |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
43. Something has been wrong since Repukes ripped up the US Constitution |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
44. The wealthy have recruited shock troops to confuse and muddy the waters. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:02 AM Response to Reply #44 |
99. hear, hear... |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-29-10 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. left gives free speech free ride to corporate america on 1000 radio stations |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 07:04 AM Response to Reply #45 |
74. Right on! nt |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #45 |
100. Sit ins at all the media... |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #100 |
187. just |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
50. you can tell a lot about a society by looking at what it values . . . |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
53. Here's an idea: time to elect classic Democrats again, instead of corporatist DLCers |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
126. Oh NO!! They. Could. NOT. Possibly. Do. Anything. Right. Or. Useful!!! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
56. +100 |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
58. It's fairly easy... |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 05:39 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. No financial benefit |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
64. Priorities are askew. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 06:33 AM Response to Original message |
67. You are right, but we have come to terms |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
75. Because they can get away with it. The poor can't fight back. |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
78. Because the Wealthy must be kept happy at all costs |
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starzdust (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
79. How about democratic socialism? |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
82. America's long time image is looking more and more like an illusion. We are a sad joke. |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
89. Comforting the comfortable and afflicting the afflicted |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
92. It might not be fair, but it is right, a far-right ideology that is devouring our society, our |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
94. You forgot . . . their paying the cost of our military, too. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
95. Why? Because |
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karmkay (88 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
97. rich sould pay their fare share |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
98. unfortunately, neither is this new |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
101. Why? Because we have a major social system devoted to slavery: Religion. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #101 |
150. Yep, I always think of religion as one of themain causes of |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #150 |
159. I constantly test that perception and continue to find it valid. It's the perfect justification for |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #159 |
160. It must be really nice for the "religous" among us to see everything |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
108. Predatory Capitalism |
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Ho Tai (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
109. If they can get away with |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #109 |
127. Exactly! A phrase like "social justice" or "empathy".... |
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Corrupted Edge (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
112. I know that regulation is nessasary, |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
113. Why? #2 It is possible that because an issue, poverty in this case, is not addressed in the specific |
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SILVER__FOX52 (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
119. We poor are in a class warfare..... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #119 |
183. Welcome to DU, SILVER__FOX52! |
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SILVER__FOX52 (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #183 |
208. Back at ya. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #119 |
202. Yes. And there are warriors and then there are warriors and I think it is possible to be an |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
122. Unjust. Agreed. |
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jmondine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
129. Because taking care of the poor and needy is considered "feminine" |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:28 PM Response to Reply #129 |
131. Yep. Masculinity does NOT equal selfishness, ruthlessness, and greediness |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #129 |
133. Excellent! Excellent! point. and perhaps one of the reasons men need "enhancement" so badly |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #129 |
172. Unfortunately the part of that that most latch on to is "protecting our own" |
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jmondine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #172 |
204. I believe that to the macho mindset, "protecting our own" is just an excuse. |
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historian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #129 |
211. dont forget viagra!! |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
132. The fact is, many of the wealthy - not all, of course - only got that way |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #132 |
151. the system demands it |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #132 |
161. I'm sure there are no statistics on this but I'd be willing to |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
135. The people you listed are being paid by the public... |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #135 |
144. this I cannot understand |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #135 |
177. There is a huge problem with your analysis. An error. |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #177 |
189. That growth has not reached the majority of Americans yet.. |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:47 AM Response to Reply #189 |
193. who is "we?" |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 02:04 AM Response to Reply #189 |
194. Wrong, Completely wrong. |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
138. Toon here as an example of what's wrong with USA |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #138 |
153. good one! |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
142. Because our elected representatives, for the most part, have decided to |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
148. I so agree with you... |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
156. the revolutions of previous centuries have mostly led to more capitalism? |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
163. if you want to see how much disparity there is |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #163 |
167. Here, have a million dollar ice cream cone: |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #163 |
203. Hell, just turn on QVC and watch the $500. bracelets fly day after day after day . . . |
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colsohlibgal (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
164. Agreed |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
168. How often do Dems even mention the homeless and unemployed any more -- ???? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. Never. To them they don't exist. The "Middle class" is the new "poor" |
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Duchess (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
170. Corporate Predators are POS |
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Ardent15 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #170 |
171. The deficit shouldn't exist in the first place |
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Duchess (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #171 |
173. Because |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #173 |
178. What if we were to tax wealth instead of income? |
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Duchess (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #178 |
205. What I mean by Fair Tax |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #205 |
207. not true |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 08:59 PM Response to Reply #205 |
212. Mathematically that is a regressive system. |
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mynameiswhat (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
188. because the gov officials and employees don't want to take a pay cut. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
190. I think much of it is because the US citizens are self absorbed, disinterested, hateful, stupid,and |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
195. IMHO The Root Cause is the GOP ....Their GREED and GUTTONY |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
199. Great post--I wish I could rec this. nt |
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