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Rick Myers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 11:21 PM
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It's over. The Grand Experiment is over.
We lose.

Corporations and the wealthy have succeeded.

Corporations are persons.

I want to MARRY one right now, then divorce the bastard and own half it's possessions...

BP, be mine...

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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 11:22 PM
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1. Some might think this is the end.
This is only the beginning. You have to diagnose a disease before you can treat it, right?

Well, it's pretty clear that we have something wrong with this nation now.
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Safetykitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 11:23 PM
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4. Very true...
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rhett o rick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 11:44 PM
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10. Tell that to those in poverty, homeles, losing their homes, losing their jobs and health insurance.
Tell them how things are going to get better. The Pres just gave away another $800 billion to the billionaires and I dont see and end in sight. The republican terrorists are laughing at how easy it is to get trillions of our money. It's the beginning alright, the beginning of the new American Tyranny. It's clearly the end of the best middle class the world's ever known.
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Rick Myers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 11:58 PM
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12. I don't know how we can fix this...
MONEY has spoken. We the People do NOT matter...
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 11:23 PM
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2. What grand experiment?
Edited on Mon Dec-06-10 11:24 PM by TwilightGardener
Edit to add: you mean the United States?
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 11:24 PM
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5. America experimented in college.
It involves whips and no lube. Don't ask. :P
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 11:25 PM
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7. I was momentarily confused. Thanks for setting me straight!
:thumbsup:
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 11:27 PM
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9. Sheeyit are there candy and flowers involved?
Pitch some woooo ya hoo?
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 12:00 AM
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13. I thought it was Summer Camp.
Summer Camp doesn't count though, does it?
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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 11:23 PM
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3. "Marry one" ? How about we just BE ONE?!
Will you incorporate with me?
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 11:25 PM
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6. Oy vey...
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Pisces Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 11:26 PM
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8. What grand experiment are you talking about??? dogwhistle anyone
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-06-10 11:52 PM
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11. Who was it that called Representative Democracy the Grand Experiment? Ben Franklin?
Don't think there's a dog whistle here.
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 12:01 AM
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15. The great experiment in democracy.
Edited on Tue Dec-07-10 12:06 AM by DefenseLawyer
George Fucking Washington. Read a book, anyone?
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 12:01 AM
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14. It's been over for thirty years, probably more.
I'm glad to see so many people are finally waking up to the reality that politics are a joke. There is no one on our side. They are nearly ALL bought and paid for and will never listen to us or do anything to benefit us.
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kgnu_fan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 12:16 AM
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16. Don't be a cry baby. Think about all those people who are struggling in worse condition
This is nothing compared to the suffering of the people in other part of the world. None of them are still not giving up. American people should be braver than this. Howard Zinn will be so disappointed in us if we just become a wimpy people.

Just take a rest and get up again.

Leonard Cohen - Democracy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OETwbVBPI1U&feature=channel
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Bluerthanblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 12:22 AM
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17. tough love- but
also true.

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johnaries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 12:27 AM
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18. Oh, bullshit. The fight has just begun!
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donco6 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 12:28 AM
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They'd probably let you, as long as it's not gay.
Can't have that.
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Rick Myers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 12:30 AM
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20. Was wondering about that...
Are corporations as persons, guys... Probably... So I'm screwed (no pun intended).

Can I marry Mary Kay??? oy...
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Rick Myers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-07-10 12:28 AM
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19. Glad you all find this funny.
g'nite, DU.
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