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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:21 PM Original message |
Perhaps it's time to realize we're pulling on the wrong pant leg. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well said. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. The ones that have power just hate to give up any power |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Moving up fast, Rocky. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Thanks Jack. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. Fraid so. K & R for |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Thank you so much. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Howdy neighbor! |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Oh! Hey! |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Likewise |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. We keep looking for a President who is going to fix everything. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
58. We don't expect one man to fix everything. But we do |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
78. We do expect him to |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
84. I don't think that's what most of us have been doing ... most count on a party .... |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
118. He is merely expected to represent the will of those who elected him, not corporate special interest |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. But the corporate special interests gave him a lot of money |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
9. k&r |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
10. K&R |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. K & R |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. even that one man eventually moved out of the way |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Classic. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I'm not a politician |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
83. Yes, as we wimmin have been told for decades: |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #83 |
108. Exactly .... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Or as Frank Lopez says at the top of his show, |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. you've got to be goddamn kidding |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. No, bigtree, not you. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
66. I like your style.. |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #66 |
86. Yep |
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Smashcut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. The president sets the agenda. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. that may well be the ambition of the Executive |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
109. Because the same $$ interests put our elected officials in place ... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
130. It's Kabuki Theater |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
88. Fer real! |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
67. blah blah blah |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #67 |
91. How, exactly is s/he "part of the problem"? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
106. As the OP is making clear, many Americans are way beyond frustration .... |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
107. Pure bull shit. The time for that is forever gone. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
128. As long as the "electoral" system remains as corrupted as USAmerica's is... |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
19. Flash mobs, grafitti jamborees, sit ins |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. Deleted message |
bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. illusion of democracy? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Deleted message |
bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. you evidently have some example of your fantastical assault on democracy |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
93. But Bigtree, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
110. More realistically, I think you mean our "democracy" .... |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Your last 4 paragraphs are exactly right..... |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #25 |
97. That sounds like a very interesting |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
112. Thanks .... |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Welcome to DU. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
69. I wish I could - he was deleted before I got here. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:28 PM Response to Reply #69 |
89. Post #25 sums it up. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
26. K&R n.t |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
27. K&R n/t |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
29. You said it better than I |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
30. Well said. If even 10% of air passengers refused to submit to either screenings or pat-downs, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #30 |
113. Agree -- and shocking that so many parents are permitting it -- !! |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. Well said. Blame the "war on terror" for squelching dissent. Protestors = "enemy combatants." |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
114. True ... and all of this hides behind war ... that's how they get so much done!! |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. K&R |
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caseymoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. I agree with you. nt |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
35. Spray paint "thieves" on every BOA... |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. I don't know. |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. HOW DID.... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
71. Well, it probably helped having a film crew with him. nt |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
36. the corporate media and campaign BRIBES |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
115. Agree ... and a funny thing happened before this last election .... |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
38. K&R |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
39. You are now where I came to a couple of years ago. Politics is the "wrong pant leg", as you put it |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Hey Bobbo. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. You don't know what our goals are? |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. No, I don't know what "our" goals are. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I read that your thread was about "change" and specifically, civil disobedience. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:21 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Not directed at you at all Bobbo, I think of you as a friend. |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
40. Amazing post asdrocky. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
41. I ask you to consider this.... what is our goal? What do we want to accomplish? |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
43. My thoujghs EXACTLY, Rock! |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. I'd like to add...... |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Oh Pluck, so good to see you. |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #52 |
139. Hey Rock - we know where we stand, eh? |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #49 |
70. I agree with you for the most part... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #70 |
116. Most of this hides behind the cover of "war' .... |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #116 |
132. My idea of permissable secrets |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
44. K&R |
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BobTheSubgenius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
45. Plausible deniability seems to be their goal. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
48. As Emma said "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal" - |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. "If the gods had meant us to vote, they would have given us candidates." |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
51. If we want to win we need to see where their power comes from |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:07 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. Very well put. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #51 |
117. Terrific post -- K&R for it ..... |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
54. Couple things to consider... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #54 |
90. Back then, we figured out what it was we wanted to accomplish. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #90 |
126. underground papers... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
120. Interesting post .... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #54 |
133. You know, we HAVE public financing of state elections |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. Thanks, Rocky. Very well written. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. It's funny, actually it's not, that George Carlin- |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. I don't know anybody who believes it anymore. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #55 |
121. Think liberals/progressives have to remain a voting BLOC ..... |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
56. My only thought is to divert my efforts & meager |
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TatonkaJames (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
59. I compare it to white socks on Christmas or Birthdays.... |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. I love that analogy. |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
63. K and R |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
68. What do you do when they make you obey? nt |
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PhillySane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
73. Time To Act Up |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #73 |
85. Welcome to DU. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
74. Well done Rocky! |
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Ninga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
75. Hey rocky, I'm so in your corner. I wistfully remember the days from late 2007 and |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. Good to see you Ninga. |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
76. Great post! K & R |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Here's the link for the Harvard Study on health care- |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
77. The Master Class has spoken. |
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Agony (865 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
81. "The problem is civil obedience" unlike Bradley Manning, who did the right thing |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #81 |
87. Bradley Manning is my kind of hero. |
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movingviolation (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
82. God!!! This Sooo much! |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #82 |
96. I wish I had answers movingviolation. |
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movingviolation (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #96 |
142. Thanks for the welcome! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
92. Thanks for Howard Zinn -- familiar with a lot of his articles, and observations .... |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:50 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Well, thank you back for that post. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #94 |
127. Thank you -- |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #127 |
131. I don't know nearly enough about history to say. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #131 |
141. As they say: "The establishment is a conspiracy" -- |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #127 |
134. I believe their power comes from our collective consent to allow them to have power over us... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #134 |
138. That's without doubt ..... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #138 |
143. Another main source of their power is the "Enclosure of the Commons" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #143 |
144. "Property" ..... |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
95. I keep coming back to the same question: Can we define "they" better? |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #95 |
99. Good questions, all. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:06 PM Response to Reply #95 |
123. Amazing thing about populist speeches is that people then begin to |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
98. Superb post!!! |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. And here's the thing- |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. Especially compared to being homeless, foodless, and naked in the streets..... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
102. People in this country need to be like the French. Obama works FOR the people and |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:08 PM Response to Reply #102 |
124. Actually .... |
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unapatriciated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
103. well done Rocky |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
104. One of the very best that I have seen written on DU. Thanks |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
105. K&R |
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TriMera (885 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
111. k & r. n/t |
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bluestateboomer (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
122. Well Written! |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
125. k&r |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
129. Whole thread: exellent.. . . .OP; well done,asdjrocky. . n/t |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
135. K&R |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
136. Masada |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #136 |
140. Well, thanks Jim Jones, but no thanks. nt |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-12-10 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
137. Kick! Great post. nt |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
145. Another question/observation based on this most excellent thread: |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. Here's my question. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 03:03 PM Response to Reply #146 |
148. Humans are complicated... |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 04:39 PM Response to Reply #148 |
149. I know how you feel. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-13-10 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
147. If ever there was a time for non-violent civil disobedience-- |
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