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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:56 PM Original message |
Sorry to be a broken record, but this is all just too surreal |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Manny, you keep posting that and I, for one, will keep reccing it! |
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freedom fighter jh (490 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
86. Same here nt |
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William769 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #86 |
113. Ditto. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:42 AM Response to Reply #113 |
126. Keep posting and don't apologize. nt |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
143. +1 (x 1000). Keep telling it like it is, Manny! |
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theFrankFactor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
165. +1 |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is my regular programming! K&R |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
121. Please call 1-800-998-0180 to reach your reps & oppose the Chained CPI |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #121 |
206. Yeah, it only takes a few minutes to be on hold |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. Obama folds like a lawn chair |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. He hasn't folded yet. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
93. It's not folding; it's a plan. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:12 AM Response to Reply #93 |
129. Deleted message |
bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #129 |
136. +1 Perfect! |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #129 |
160. I think you may be misinterpreting the meaning of the post |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #160 |
203. Let me clarify, then: I find it laughable to think the Pres. is being manipulated like a lawn chair, |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #203 |
236. Me too, Winky. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #236 |
250. I guess we're supposed to |
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theFrankFactor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #93 |
166. The PLAN is to Keep Democrats Believeing That Obama is a Democrat... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #166 |
208. Except a lot of "real" Dems are |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #208 |
294. +1 nt |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Me too Manny |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. That is Absurd |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
50. I think Rahmbo said it more succinctly. "liberals should sit down and shut up". |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:37 AM Response to Reply #16 |
60. The purpose is to let Obama know that he is going to have |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. He's gonna get creamed if he cuts social security. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #66 |
109. If he cuts Social Security... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #109 |
181. I'll vote |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #181 |
185. That Condemns Us to a Generation of Repiglickin Rule While You Build Your 3rd Party |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #185 |
188. I'll just say it. |
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SSDA (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #188 |
274. Bingo. |
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firehorse (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #188 |
276. bingo +2 ... Obama is Bush 3rd term |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #276 |
281. Well the Democratic party is our party..we can nominate a |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #181 |
252. If Obama allows social security cuts, he has lost my vote. |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #109 |
259. I agree.....That's my line in the sand....No "democratic party" with cuts to SS and Medicare |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #66 |
118. He has clearly signaled, even invoking his family's names, that he is okay with just one term: |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #118 |
135. I say one term is enough as well. |
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marew (854 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:14 PM Response to Reply #135 |
242. Amen!!! n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #118 |
154. And that would make his attacks on Social Security/Medicare even more questionable, imo ... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #118 |
183. He just might pull an LBJ on us. |
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ncpmd (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #118 |
216. From his lips to God's ears |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #66 |
219. Maybe his reward for 'fixing' social security is a 'fixed' election, so he probably isn't that |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #66 |
269. Cutting social security will cost him reelection. Maybe at this point he doesn't care - |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:03 AM Response to Reply #60 |
69. Let's start throwing up some names --- |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:39 AM Response to Reply #69 |
77. I'm impressed with a number of people. Couldn't name them all. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:47 AM Response to Reply #77 |
83. Oh sure |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #83 |
150. Maybe Obama is the candidate -- given his record, however -- . |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #150 |
177. What we (Liberals) need |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #177 |
228. Any time you vote for the "lesser evil" you move the party and Congress to the right -- !! |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #228 |
243. They own the loudspeakers. |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #243 |
246. sorry wrong place |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #243 |
279. Can't help noticing that everything is "owned" -- think we need to rectify that .... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #83 |
211. 2016 will be too late to save Social Security. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #211 |
220. Agree but... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:51 AM Response to Reply #220 |
289. If we can find a candidate who will speak well for progressive |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #211 |
229. Exactly -- !!! Thank you -- and probably also for Medicare ... Cornerstones of the party!! |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #211 |
293. +1 nt |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #77 |
133. I had dinner with Bernie this weekend... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #133 |
210. I'm not a fat cat. I don't even have the power to get my full |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #210 |
227. +1,000,000 |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #133 |
257. Fatcat doners aren't the issue...Democratic principles are. End of Story. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #77 |
162. We need to run somebody like George Clooney. |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #162 |
171. Just the "working Americans getting screwed" part.... |
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LiberalLovinLug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #162 |
186. Plus 1 |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #162 |
190. I hate to say it but |
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lutefisk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #162 |
221. I like Clooney's response to that suggestion: |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #221 |
255. Yeah...A female who made a similar statement wouldn't even by MENTIONED as a possiblity. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #221 |
272. The only problem I have with Clooney f**king to many chicks |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #162 |
225. Wow! That would be cool! |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #77 |
178. You forgot my favorite -- |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:51 AM Response to Reply #69 |
78. I have to add the best one of all: Elizabeth Warren. |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #78 |
145. Elizabeth Warren is considering a run for Senate |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #145 |
194. She should be president. |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #194 |
222. Well sure, we can dream |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:45 AM Response to Reply #69 |
81. Howard Dean |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #81 |
152. Unfortunately, in the end I think that Howard Dean isn't willing to buck the system ... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #152 |
164. As much as I like Howard Dean, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #164 |
218. Agree -- sadly ... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #218 |
237. Burning up here too. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #237 |
284. Ouch -- |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #81 |
260. Recently he said "If I believed in primarying the president, I'd run against him"...He doesn't n/t |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
182. That Would Hand the Race to the Republicans |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #182 |
212. Your spouse beats you and runs off with your money. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #212 |
285. +1000% -- |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
120. Market manipulation ... |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
124. Yes, it's absurd, |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #124 |
138. It went from well thought out critiques to out right bashing when he started insulting us... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #124 |
141. Is there a specific unfact that you'd like to point out? |
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FedUp_Queer (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #124 |
215. Which is probably why |
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electropop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
149. Any market roiling can be exploited... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. +10000 |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. Paid operatives? |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:04 AM Response to Reply #39 |
103. DU administration has never denied it. But YOU do . . . hmmmm |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #103 |
140. Um.... |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #140 |
172. Haven't seen one yet saying, "Hi, I'm from the White House." |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #103 |
142. that would explain a few of the irrational supporters of his |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #39 |
238. You've been here a month & you're"confident the owners of DU agree with you." |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
108. As long or longer than a year. When Obama first caved on FISA, it |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. When will we hit that tipping point... |
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SSDA (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. When NFL is canceled. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. Deleted sub-thread |
Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
67. That would do it! |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. Hey, it's been a good run |
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SSDA (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. Bernie Maddoff has nothing n these crooks. |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. The really unbelievable thing... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
33. It was a very clever plan, wasn't it? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
82. Ostensibly is probably the most important word in your post |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
10. There's no evidence to suggest Obama will agree to cuts for current recipients |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Oh yeah, because it's okay to fuck over everyone in the future. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Did you even read my post? |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. If something isn't done, the Trust Fund reserves will run out by 2036. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. That's based on cooked numbers: |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #28 |
45. Neil H. Buchanan also argues that 20-25% cuts can be done later if need be. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #45 |
189. Buchanan is great - it was one of his articles that |
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Petrushka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #28 |
52. Thanks for the link. K&R |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #25 |
56. So nothing needs to be done 25 years ahead of that possibility. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
292. Yup exactly. |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. So it's no different from the Ryan plan. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I haven't the slightest clue since it's all hypothetical at this point |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
123. I was just trying to make a factual "compare and contrast" statement. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Yay! |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Again, why the snarky response? |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. I am not being snarky. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. It's cool, I'm just trying to present a little shade of grey here on DU |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:18 AM Response to Reply #34 |
110. Then try to do it without distorting facts. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #32 |
48. "this man who desecrates the meaning of the word Democrat." - Yep, that's him. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:41 AM Response to Reply #32 |
61. You speak for me. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:18 AM Response to Reply #32 |
87. Republicans that voted for Obama. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
193. I agree completely |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #193 |
266. "Thoughtful" and "Nice" are not two words that come to my mind when I think about our |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #266 |
291. I put "nice" in quotations for a reason |
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theFrankFactor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
245. Truth! If more were like you Dems might not be so pathetic. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
37. Chained CPI is a benefit cut for current and future SS recipients. |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #37 |
122. YES. Please call the leg. hotline 1-800-998-0180 to reach your reps |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #122 |
179. +10000000 |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
44. Current recipients future recipients... |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
55. cuts to future recipients have already happened, thanks to reagan. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
62. The cuts will occur when those of us in our late 60s and early 70s |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #62 |
232. +1 |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
70. No, it's all of us. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
91. Will not "future recipients" be called "seniors"? Or will they not age, thru a miracle of science? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
95. Oh of course not. And if your talking point is repeated often enough |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
101. Believe me! Dicking with the COLA formula IMMEDIATELY hurts seniors |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:31 AM Response to Reply #101 |
111. One in four Americans provide unpaid care to an adult. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
146. I don't disagree with what you say, but, |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
157. That is equally unacceptable |
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SugarShack (979 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes,surreal. I'm actually losing sleep over it. Is it me? Or is Obama the only one pushing for this? |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Don't lose sleep over it. n/t |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
71. It appears that Obama is the only living, breathing |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
106. Obama has been the driving force in cutting Medicare and |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #106 |
115. "Allowed to become President" is how I phrase it. ;-) Palin was the insurance; McCain, the dupe. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #115 |
175. I never thought of it that way before, but I have a sick feeling that you are |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #115 |
198. Yes. And this time their chosen loser is Michelle Bachmann. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #198 |
271. Capitalism is nothing but a pyramid scheme. |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #115 |
239. Right. That's how I usually phrase it myself. I'm so furious I can't |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #106 |
148. Makes you wonder if that's why the repub party put so many clowns up for 2012 - |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #148 |
176. Hence Al Gore's "lockbox". nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #176 |
199. Hence, SCOTUS 2000. (Deep Throat: "Follow the money.") |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #199 |
234. Yep! nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #148 |
197. I think "shell-shocked" is how many Democrats feel. |
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neoralme (812 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #148 |
241. Yes. That though crossed my mind. He's gone. Now there's the |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. knr nt |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. The GOP is using a strategy that energizes its base, while |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
72. Once again, just like leading up to the 2010 |
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LiberalLovinLug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #72 |
196. No party REALLY wants to be in power next? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
200. I called my progressive Dem congressman's office this morning. |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. The politicians are rich too....mostly. I'm in a bad mood too |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. you have every right to be in a bad mood. There are millions there with you |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. I am livid |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. i'm in a bad mood too. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
27. Politics has seemed like one slow motion train wreck after another for at least 15 years. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
49. +a brazillion. |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:29 AM Response to Reply #27 |
57. try 31 years. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #57 |
139. Precisely. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #139 |
209. It has been all downhill. |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
29. The beatings will continue until morale improves |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
30. Please keep breaking records. |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. You should probably take a break then. n/t |
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Palmer Eldritch (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
38. at least a broken record was once useful. |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
40. Social Security is NOT your retirement savings... |
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indurancevile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:31 AM Response to Reply #40 |
58. Sorry, 2/3 of americans rely on social security for more than half of their retirement income, |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:59 AM Response to Reply #58 |
85. +++ |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:04 AM Response to Reply #40 |
92. What would YOU call it, after paying SS tax from your paycheck for decades? Guess again: |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:26 AM Response to Reply #40 |
96. it is for most american retirees. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
191. This attitude is a big problem |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
201. really? Then do tell us where we are supposed |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #40 |
253. It is my retirement savings and that's what I am living on. n/t |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #40 |
267. 401ks are gone, they are now taking social security, what is left? |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
42. K&R n/t |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. Kicked and strongly recommended. |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
46. Right there with ya Manny |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
47. As a victim of that free marketing of human resources, there's a |
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girl_interrupted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
51. K&R |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
53. Unfortunately |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
54. k&r |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
59. I KNOW! and I don't like it either. nt |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
63. Kicked and recommended! |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
64. The Democratic Party and Obama do not represent the interests |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
65. Before Social Security is completely gone, think we had been think about 2012 .... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:15 AM Response to Reply #65 |
73. How about someone besides Obama? nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #73 |
158. That's the idea ... in particularly, candidates who aren't pre-bribed by corporate money ... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #65 |
202. I went to a meet-up of Rebuild the American Dream on the weekend. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #202 |
233. Agree ... but ... |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
68. K&R! |
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Revlon10 (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
74. K&R |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:22 AM Response to Original message |
75. I imagine the freeper and cave people lurking here are gleefully reading many |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
76. K&R |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
79. K&R |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:43 AM Response to Original message |
80. Bad mood or not, it's true |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
84. They want everything you got, til you got no more to give |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
88. And the politicians that you say were paid off by a few rich |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
89. Reminds me of this: |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
90. Such news to start the day. Barely making it now. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #90 |
132. Which is why we need to fight back. They'll take anything an |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
94. The thought of that puts me in a bad mood too, Manny |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
97. $9 billion per month on Iraq! |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
98. Doesn't hurt to say it again and again. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
99. Not true. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #99 |
131. First off, the projection that payments will need to drop 20% in 25 years is |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #131 |
204. Thanks. Manny. You are right as always. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
100. If only McCain and Palin had won...nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:07 AM Response to Reply #100 |
104. Deleted message |
Cameron27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #104 |
127. Delurking |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #104 |
130. ... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:04 AM Response to Reply #100 |
116. Besides being deliberately chosen to lose, NO WAY could a Republican Pres. get away with even |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #116 |
231. +1 |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #116 |
235. Cradle to Grave Single Payer Universal Health Care, |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #100 |
173. So Sid, what's your main concern, as a proud Canadian? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
102. posted wrong place |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
105. I've just borrowed your post. |
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erebusman (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
107. I've always known that I would never collect my benefits |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #107 |
117. "...what do they have against it?" IT IS MONEY TPTB HAVE YET TO ACQUIRE. Simple as THAT. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #107 |
205. erebusman, they don't have anything against Social Security. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #205 |
207. WELL-PUT. TSA = Chertoff, e.g. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
112. You and Faryn have both posted many times about the theft of |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
114. K&R n/t |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
119. . |
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Oilwellian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
125. We live in surreal times |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
128. K&R |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
134. THEY WANT IT ALL. |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
137. it would be quite predictable if you we're one of the 20% who say they |
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Change Happens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
144. They voted on the bill already? Is the law now, has it already passed? |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #144 |
147. I'm bookmarking this. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:59 AM Response to Reply #144 |
156. So is your argument that people should not take action until they're shot? Or... |
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WiffenPoof (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
151. I Completely Agree With You... |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
153. Manny.... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
155. Obama has signed Social Security cuts into law. See: |
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theFrankFactor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #155 |
167. Is Social Security an Entitlement? Is it a Worthy Target for Debt Reduction? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #155 |
174. Deleted message |
ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #174 |
184. Ah, |
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Jim_Shorts (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
159. Looks like the future of SS & Medicare rest in the hands of "pinky" |
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WiffenPoof (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
161. I Know It Could Never Happen... |
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blackbart99 (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
163. I'm feelin your pain Manny......Don't hold it in... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
168. K&R |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #168 |
226. once the road of empire is trod upon, it never does |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
169. But, but. If we all just keep quiet and don't fuss. |
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sweetapogee (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
170. but |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
180. I'm 62 and I can say without reservation that |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
187. If Social Security is cut, could that be the spark that ignites |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
192. K&R |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
195. If Obama does it, I'll curse him. But, I don't think it will happen. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #195 |
213. I said he'd call for it at the SOTU. He did. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #213 |
224. That questioner was PRETTY DA*N INSIGHTFUL. Had a great BS Detector. |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #213 |
230. Your link is dated July 7, 2011. That is not associated with the State of the Union. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #230 |
244. Check the SOTU transcript and you'll see what |
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SSDA (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #195 |
275. Looks like Ob,AMA is screwing us. |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
214. We're singing in the same choir Manny thanks for the post and never be sorry for |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
217. And millions on SSDI of which I will be one because that is our only income save a very small |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #217 |
223. {{SammyWinstonJack }} You are yet another person whose story makes me OUTRAGED at current events. |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
240. If Obama was truly honest with the American People he |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
247. KR as no one is listening...a broken record seems appropriate |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
248. Today's NY Times confirms DEEP CUTS to Medicare and Medicaid - |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #248 |
249. kick. nt |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
251. Rec #450. They're not fooling anyone. nt |
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Grrrfun (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
254. He is a |
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rbnyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
256. Apparently this is just a fringe concern... |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
258. So, no liberals in Congress will stop him? No one will oppose him next year to be the President? |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #258 |
268. Yes. |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
261. I think we are just supposed to shut up and eat our peas, Manny.. |
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emald (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
262. when I am not paid |
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Marnie (706 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
263. SS and Medicare are not part of the Federal government's Budget. |
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soryang (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
264. The Medicare cuts will be worse; they are front loaded |
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farscape (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
265. What's even more amazing? |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
270. Greed is in the house. |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
273. Jam the White House comment line at 202-456-1111. And the Gang of Six is slanted RIGHT |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
277. K&R |
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Babel_17 (948 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
278. It's a defining issue |
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Blecht (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
280. Net recommendation: +519 votes (Your vote: +1) |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
282. Keep on believing in that pile off IOUs. It worked in the movie |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
283. YES WE CAN! YES WE CAN! YES WE CAN! |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
286. HOW is it going to be slashed? there is no proposal to "slash" |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #286 |
287. Your bolded statement is wordsmithed nonsense |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 01:44 AM Response to Reply #286 |
288. SS is its own program. Why should any of its treasure go to |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
290. Haven't seen a DU thread get over 10K views in a while. |
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