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babsbunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 04:59 PM Original message |
America is Shutting Down |
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murrayhillfarm (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Soooooooooooo |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. If you don't have your head in your backside, why yes, yes it is. n/t |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Is there a point in there somewhere or are you just here to disrupt. nm |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Desperate people will do desperate things. The number of desperate people |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Good advice. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
59. Some of us have tried to sound that warning about poverty. It goes unheard and unheeded. |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. Learn from the poor, we've been here all along ... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. That's a list that should be writ large in many, many places! |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. There is no justice in the world, except when people have fought for it. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
47. Soooo. You are a banker would be my guess. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R and it stayed at ''zero.'' |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. There was? When was this? |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
70. Heh. I think Octa's talking about the Socialists. (nt) |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
45. Now THERE'S a novel idea! nt |
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radhika (563 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
63. They fear our CLARITY ... we are really starting to GET IT n/t |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. the wealth of working people squandered on the welfare military/corporate war profiteers nt |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Well you have to do something with it. Can't just let the working people have it. n/t |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yep, that's a very apt description |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. RIP America 7/4/1776 - 12/9/2000 |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I agree with your assessment and would like to add |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The corporate coup started on that day and it ended with the Citizen's United decision. |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
64. +1 nt |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
11. When we get enough voices to declare this, regardless of Party, |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
12. Gerald Celente correctly predicted the housing bubble. |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. Nov 7 2000, our country was stolen we didn't let it happen. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. ALL of my reps are Koch Sockpuppets |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 08:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. virtually all of everyone's reps are koch sockpupets. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. +1 |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
48. no -- Georgia has a special crop of water-carriers |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. K&R. (nt) |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-07-11 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. knr |
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earthlight101 (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. Our political system was not designed to "benefit Americans. " |
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eomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. The Preamble to the Constitution: |
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earthlight101 (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. read and learn |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. The founding father's definition of "people" was a bit different than our modern understanding |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
68. Yeah, but corporations are "people" now... |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
36. It may have been Madison's desire to protect the rich from everybody else via the federal gov't |
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earthlight101 (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. the business end of the const is the structure of the fed govt |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. Your link doesn't really back up your assertion |
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earthlight101 (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #50 |
57. reply |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
37. I love FDR but even I can see that what he did in the face of the threat |
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earthlight101 (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. ah, the "National Razor" of France... |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
58. If history were to truly repeat itself, the gullotine would be replaced by Napolean's bayonets, that |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
20. Maybe, or . . . |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. You're part of the problem then |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
53. You're both right: |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
77. After 40 years of activism |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
60. You're allowed to drink the water left in the glass. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
24. It might be time to find a SERIOUS anticapitalist |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
49. +10000! |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
26. This paragraph is spot on: |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
27. My rep is completely useless. He campained on his birtherism |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
28. k & r |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
31. IMO, the only way to remove the plutarchs from power is through direct action. |
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Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
32. The mega banks |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. It isn't just the banks because multinational corporations, the |
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Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
78. who do you think |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
33. The big "flaw" in this article: |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Atypical Liberal, you are exactly right. This applies to a large number of our |
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JEB (134 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Time to bring back |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
41. What a bunch of nonsense |
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salinen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
42. we are not careless |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
44. This is extremely important. |
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nonperson (901 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
46. The man America ignored |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
52. Quoting Celente, seriously? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #52 |
74. What's wrong with that? |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
54. Will the last one to leave please turn off the lights? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
55. The Russians asked themselves the same questions 20 years ago. Same problem, same |
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fredamae (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
56. How? Because over the past several decades |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
61. The pragmatic view... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #61 |
72. One option is to just not pay back the debt. (nt) |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 05:09 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. It is a given... |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
62. "...Our government and its leaders have developed no |
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lsewpershad (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
65. I saw it coming but |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
66. We are fucked, but we "got" Bin Laden. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-08-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
69. this is sad but true |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
76. How could we be so careless ? |
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