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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 03:51 PM Original message |
Poll question: The value of the DOLLAR is falling ... Who is to blame? |
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Betsy Ross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Republicans. n/t |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. That's basically it. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. In a big fucking nutshell! |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. As much as I hate the Repukes, |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
77. ........... |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
74. Things were going along just fine until they decided to "fix" every- |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
76. Bingo |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Those responsible for the Iraq War |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Beat me to it. It is because of the debt accrued from all we have to |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. 90% of the debt is from the tax cuts to the wealthiest |
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nRkiSt (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Many factors - war, oil and easy credit/flat wages |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
79. Welcome to DU nRkiSt!!! |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. None of the above. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Angela has been defending Alan Greenspan |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Only defending his remarks about the fall of the dollar. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. US progressives live with bad news 24/7 |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. OK melody, I understand your point. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. My problem with Greenspan is not his advice to others ... my problem is his record of policy |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why the need to assign blame? |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. When the US economy fails, it will affect all of the economies |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. You have safety nets in place ... we do not |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
56. Please explain. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. It would take about three hundred books, numerous white papers and about two months to explain |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 03:40 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Thanks for the great links and your personal experiences, |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
78. whatever we do, does have a ripple effect in the world. |
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MethuenProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hillary Clinton |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. The top 1% have killed the golden egg-laying goose. |
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Clintonista2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. The gays.. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. And the consumer class |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
22. Just the gay penguins n/t |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. I would hope it's sarcasm. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. all these greedy bastards that have sacrificed our economy for a few bucks |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. The President. He submits the budget. Decides to deficit spend, to cut taxes to his base. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
15. It is Tempting to Vote for the Fed |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
18. OTHER = deficit spending bu USG |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. Nobody wants to hear this, but we are all to blame |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Reason or not, only the middle class and poor will suffer, so why blame the biggest victims? |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. That's okay. The same folks will scam those countries' peoples too. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Oh, I know. They've already moved the roadshow onto Canada and Europe |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Or jobs allowing people to live and eat* reasonably confortably. |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. Some Republicans asleep at the switch...some with their hands... |
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champion-these-facts (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. Reaganites - to be specific, but we can do something too.... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
27. $100 per barrel for oil... |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. The price of a barrel of oil is the same all over the world. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. It's the impact of the oil here that is different. That's what is happening in-country. |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
69. No the price of oil is NOT the same around the world |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
28. POS Bush, Helo Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, and to some degree, every prez since Reagan... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. Those who make a society. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. If the dollar is deflated enough, then everyone could |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
36. You left off the one choice that is not a bullshit distraction. The Federal Reserve Bank. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. I'd say that's what she meant by "the Fed" n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. Oops. n/t |
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seasat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
37. I'd say, all of the above share some blame. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. It's our fault for not buying enough stupid shit |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. Maybe you could remove the "not" and the sentence |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
44. Those who want easy control over a desperate, uneducated population. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
45. A babyish President and a babyish US Population. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. That´s a short but sweet depiction of the truth. |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Thanks. I hate run-on bloviated posts. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. That´s like KISS: Keep it simple, stupid. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #53 |
73. Only simple people keep it simple |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 02:26 PM Response to Reply #51 |
65. Unfortunately, elminating "needless words" sometimes means overlooking important detail |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Problem is, you know what a big grey area is? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-03-08 12:21 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. No, that big grey area is called "room for doubt" which fundamentalists and authoritarians hate |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. But why did nobody build small cars? |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Baby want BIG car! Baby don't want no TOY! |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. The Big Car movement started long before Bush and his |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
54. A chart is worth a thousand words. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Thanks for the visual aid. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. The "freetraders" |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
59. I blame the fact that this country doesn't produce enough anymore. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. The companies are also saving a few pennies |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Which, of course, only works in the short run |
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Bushwick Bill (605 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-01-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
60. Primarily, this clown. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 05:45 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Your Bernanke-Joe is tooo funny. |
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The Gunslinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
67. Thats easy.......Bill Clinton (He gets blamed for everything else.) |
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margotb822 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
68. Congress |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-02-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
70. What about credit card companies? |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
75. did you include the invasion? |
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jmondine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-04-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
80. Bill Clinton's penis |
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