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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:26 AM Original message |
This is neither a recession nor a depression. |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yep - K& R |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. America is NOT #1. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. Obama knows this...that is why he wants us to lead in |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I applaud that rhetorical commitment. |
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Justyce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I agree. Obama was a supporter of free trade, and that worries me, but I hope |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. if even one of his leading team members was the least bit forward-looking, |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-07-08 01:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
55. They woudn't be my top picks. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. More of that horrid |
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Blue Meany (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. I agree, we cannot sustain any more credit-driven bubbles, so |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. yup |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. 60 years of television advertising |
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Cassius23 (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Well, that's the thing... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. K&R nt |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
8. all we have going for us is the ability to grow food |
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But.... (656 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Farming is in need... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. We can also easily grow medicine, fuel and fiber. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Humping hemp? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I think we need to get corporations out of agriculture |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Current Agro-corporate "farming" is the equivalent of mountaintop removal mining. nt |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
13. recessions ALWAYS involve a restructuring of the economy |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. unless Obama's talk about building a new green economy turns into something |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #19 |
51. And I am afraid that while we have been distracted by the election |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think we might as well face it and realize that we're basically on our own. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I think most people naturally like communities |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. In my heart of hearts, I think people like communities too....it's just everybody |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. cool! |
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Blue Meany (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Local Currency and Local Exchange Trading Systems |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I, too, would like to see all necessities removed from the for-profit sector. |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. Yup, take your money out of stocks and buy tools. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. No, it's an imperial BUST |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Gates and Jones and cutting military budgets go together like |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. well said... I agree |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. yup that too |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
28. K&R |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. perhaps being on our own can be liberating |
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specimenfred1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. It's perfectly OK to "snark" and say "Nut uh" too |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
33. You nailed it. And I think Gore had the best plan which was to focus on renewable energy |
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WilliamHenryMee (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Al Gore had a lot of this thinking in the 2000 campaign |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
34. It has aways me that so many people don't seem to notice that our standard |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
48. the post-Carter recession never ended? |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
35. K and R |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
37. Here's a little bedtime story. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
49. That's what I see. I work with at-risk kids (and by extension their families) |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. You've got a tough job! |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-02-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
39. We're about to solidify our designated international role as corporate enforcers. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I was watching some show on the... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:50 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. The problem with war as a solution is that it's not big enough. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I agree with the Four Horsemen, aka known as Mother Nature, as the ultimate arbiter in |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-06-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. a nice pandemic or two will do... |
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etharmon (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
40. www.stoptheoutrage.org |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
41. I agree with you 100 percent... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. thanks for the explanation |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
46. Supply-side economics is like pushing on a rope. |
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Knight_errant (20 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
52. Another response |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-04-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. and another |
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