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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:01 PM Original message |
Breaking: State of Massachusetts denied credit! The other shoe is dropping, guys. |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks for posting. K & R. |
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MindMatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
70. It is the bankers fighting back. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #70 |
116. Does the bailout require the banks to loan money to Mass.? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. See Kucinich on this "manufactured crisis"/video at DU --- |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. lol you have to be kidding lol |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Kucinich has me on some issues and loses me on far more. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
50. Yeah, it's the common sense that's hard to deal with --!! |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #50 |
128. For every tricky problem there is an answer that's simple, convincing - and wrong. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 02:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
141. Yes. He says some things that scare me. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. Try reading something about Nixon and his game-playing... |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
69. lol this doesn't even reach the adolescent level. Even if you buy all of the conspiratorial bull |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #69 |
82. We're talking about STATE of MASS --- |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #82 |
92. you still failed your homework of finding one rational person to back your crackpot theories |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #92 |
98. Good debating skills ... |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 03:29 AM Response to Reply #69 |
145. Rep. DeFazio was saying the same thing, not about this particular case though. |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 06:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
155. Would a Red state have this problem? |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Is kooch still relevant? |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Has he ever been relevant? (nt) |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. LOL, not by my estimation... |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
95. Right, he only told the truth. |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #95 |
161. Kucinich is hated more by blue dogs than anyone else |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #161 |
173. I know. And the people who claim |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
48. Flies are a nuisance but they serve a purpose even if I have no idea what it is. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:24 PM Original message |
Too many of the relevant people helped pass horrible bills n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
90. The Kooch is relavent? |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
160. Was 1corona4u ever relevant? |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I would recommend reading Krugman over Kuccinich. It is |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. And the dominoes begin to fall... |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. I was relaxing a bit yesterday after the bill failed; then I saw Krugman on "Countdown." |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Bush has stopped some banks from lending... See Kucinich video -- |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:02 AM Response to Reply #51 |
129. . |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Then why does he call it a "financial disaster" and why is he offering a bailout plan? |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Read what he said... |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:22 PM Original message |
Kucinich text from Amy Goodman interview... |
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BrainStorm (922 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
115. A manufactured crisis... |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Link please. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
52. You can't find the Kucinich video posted here at DU --- ???? |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
65. With all due respect to Congressman Kucinich, he doesn't know what he's talking about... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 02:24 AM Response to Reply #65 |
142. He knows what it is like for a municipality to be denied credit for purely POLITICAL reasons |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
78. How many people does Dennis think are in on such a conspiracy? |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
79. In all due respect, what are Kuchinich's economic credentials? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
89. You and Denis need to take off the tin-foil hats. n/t. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
120. I'm almost there |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
162. No matter what you think about bailouts or other "solutions" |
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romulusnr (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. changing the oil on a car with a cracked block |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. I think in theory you are correct. However... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
107. They are already under investigation. n/t |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. How do you "restore confidence in the market"? That is what |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
63. Sure it will. It'll show the full faith and credit of the US gov't. And it will show them |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
15. On what charge? "Horrible mismanagement" is not a felony, last I checked. (nt) |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
110. First, bankrupting Treasury should be TREASON .... |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #110 |
136. Never ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. Unless you have no other option |
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romulusnr (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
86. analogy |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
53. right -- |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think my ulcer just got worse... :( |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. That is why EVERY day that this isn't solved is its own mini economic disaster |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yep. That's how I see it, too. nt |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
64. That's a $700b bandaid, not a blood transfusion. Your patient is hungover, not dying. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
106. Things are very bad. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. Open the books! |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. There is another reason here why they could have been denied |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. When did that ballot initiative go on the ballot? Because this credit denial |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. Dont' know exactly |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
59. Thanks for posting.... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
104. I don't think that will pas... |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #104 |
158. Nice to hear |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
127. Yes, that makes Massachusetts much riskier. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
18. OMG OMG The sky is falling, The sky is falling.... |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Lord. The cognitive dissonance is stifling. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Unbelievable how many DUers are economic illiterates..... |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Well, I can call you an economic illiterate also |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Our next President. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I read the full speech....there were a LOT of IFs in that speech..... |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #38 |
56. That's not true. There WAS oversight in that bill... |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Feh, they would have snapped up the whole $700B so fast your head would spin |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #56 |
72. The oversight..... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
80. Clearly you didn't read deep enough... |
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StreetKnowledge (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #56 |
88. But not enough, and we still have Bush Co. for another four months...... |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 03:40 AM Response to Reply #56 |
147. No, not exactly right... (see bolded for this point) |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
74. I like Obama.. but he's not exactly an economist. But he's wise to get Americans to calm down. n/t |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. He's not an economist, but he is speaking to many of them |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
114. where did obama get his economic genius credentials, hmm? |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. actually I am surprised at how many get it lol |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
96. ... and seemingly proud of it ... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Yeah, I'm sure Massachusetts liberals are conspiring with BushCo to "suck more money out of us." |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. AND the reverse vampires |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Here at DU, we seem to be infested with reverse intellectual vampires... |
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beachmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. An uptick in conspiracy theories means an uptick in denial. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
163. It may have been manufactured, but it is real.. |
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chicagoexpat (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. gosh, u mean Obama might be RIGHT & 100 anonymous DU'ers might be WRONG? (AGAIN) |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Amazing, isn't it? |
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msallied (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Oh but Obama is just being "Presidential," they say. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
54. or... |
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chicagoexpat (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
67. It worries me that ANY member of congress would be so ignorant about economics |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #67 |
77. "Economics" is something created ... as artificial as a dollar bill -- |
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MadrasT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
29. This should be cross posted in GD. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
30. Obama took leadership of the bailout today.... his speech in Reno was PERFECT |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Sorry that was lipstick on a pig IMO, raising the FDIC limit may |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
58. The $250,000 limit protects mom-and-pop businesses... small farmers..... |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Again, raising the FDIC limit may sound good to some people... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #37 |
99. No it's not -- and they did it--!!! |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. Using the idea of raising FDIC limits to gain support for this bill is |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #102 |
109. We want to make sure ordinary citizens are covered ... |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. That kinda freaks me out |
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chicagoexpat (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
40. It should worry U -- & u should remember Repukes put us here (w/ a little help of ignorant DU'ers) |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I know the bill sucked in many ways, but this is freaking me out |
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chicagoexpat (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
66. It should -- & u should trust the leaders you trust in a crisis , not uninformed opinion locking |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. Maine tried to float some bonds last week but nobody was buying |
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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
46. This happen more and more if some type of plan isn't put into effect |
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GetTheRightVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
55. Fear, we must fear the treasury department now, fear us, fear today's events |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Just scary how many sensible DUers fall for it. Shoot, if Shrubby had realized economic terra-ism |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. This is the equivalent of them stealing the silverware from |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #61 |
108. It's just the same few people in every thread. n/t |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
57. More to come. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
85. The FED just yesterday gave them $630 BILLION ... So...?????? |
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RollWithIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
62. Let Wall Street Collapse!!! Errr.... let Main Government Collapse!! Errr..... |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
76. Let jobs move overseas. Let cheap labor in. Let foreclosures foreclose. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
83. Why do you oppose having Wall St pay for this fiasco &.remedy & re-regulation????? |
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chicagoexpat (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
71. HEY!! What happened to my student loan? It just DISAPPEARED all of a suddent |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
84. Despite FED giving banks $630 BILLION yesterday BEFORE the vote ...???? |
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chicagoexpat (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #84 |
100. Yes, you are SO MUCH smarter than Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Frank, Warren Buffet.... |
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chicagoexpat (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. & btw, I'm sure youc an personally write a check to help Massachusetts & all the other states who |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #100 |
111. They got the $630 BILLION ... what's the problem ...???? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #111 |
130. If you knew anything about economics, you would know what the problem is. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #130 |
172. This is my recommended response .... |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #172 |
174. Solid Advice |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
75. Yes, |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
87. MAss has a repeal the state income tax on the ballot and it looks as if |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #87 |
113. I'd like to see ALL the states drop state income tax -- |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
91. "Manufactured" crisis my ass. |
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chicagoexpat (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #91 |
97. Definitely. Elections are about ACCOUNTABILITY |
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spelldmilk (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
93. So, just a quick question… |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #93 |
103. SS your post got buried....its a great great post...nt |
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spelldmilk (183 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 09:55 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. Thanks…do you know where all the monies went? |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
94. K&R |
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AnnieBW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
112. It's because of Gay Marriage! |
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dapper (755 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
117. Manufactured Crisis.... |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
118. self-deleted |
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chupacabranation (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
119. Thank you for injecting some sense back into things. K&R n/t |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
121. Oh, there's no problem at all... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
122. Everyone just takes this at face value & runs with it? |
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chupacabranation (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. Lord. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #123 |
124. see, that's what i mean. ok, bright boy - in your own words, what does |
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chupacabranation (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-30-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. I'm actually a girl. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 05:21 AM Response to Reply #125 |
148. if you understood it, you could explain it. Massachussets isn't a bank, so |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #124 |
133. Your credit union is not 'the credit market' |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 05:22 AM Response to Reply #133 |
149. I didn't say it was. I asked the poster to explain who MA borrowed from, & she couldn't. |
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chicagoexpat (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #122 |
126. Geez, u can't even read the article! Facts mean nothing in ur world |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 05:29 AM Response to Reply #126 |
151. I read it. It said Ma tried to borrow but couldn't cause credit markets |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 02:23 PM Response to Reply #151 |
171. IOW, you don't understand it |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:17 AM Response to Reply #122 |
131. You're just demonstrating your own ignorance |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 05:43 AM Response to Reply #131 |
152. So why don't you explain it yourself, since you're such a whiz. I can |
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chicagoexpat (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #152 |
157. "ekonomiks iz so haarrdd! me don't unnerstan why state must borrow... |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #152 |
165. I call them as I see them |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #165 |
166. yep, well, i notice you till haven't answered my question. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #166 |
168. I have, but you didn't recognize the answer |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #168 |
170. ok, that's an answer, thanks. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
132. This should make DUers happy. Everyone gets to go down now. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Seriously :-( |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #134 |
135. Wouldn't help. I would guess that the there's-no-problem DUers... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:45 AM Response to Reply #135 |
138. What it would probably take is for some company payrolls to fail |
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chicagoexpat (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #134 |
137. yeah, "don't bother me w/ the facts, ma'm, Ah'm believing what Ah wants to belive cause |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 02:15 AM Response to Reply #134 |
139. Excuse the self-reply |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 02:41 AM Response to Reply #139 |
144. "attempts to have a productive discussion about it are being drowned out. I call conspiracy!" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 05:44 AM Response to Reply #139 |
153. yeah, why don't you 15 geniuses go off by yourself. |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #153 |
164. Yeah it'd save us the righteous indignation and heaps of insults |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 05:46 AM Response to Reply #132 |
154. yes, yes. DU destroyed the US. |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
140. Our Corporate Overlords will squash us like a bug! |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
143. Congress is in a bind |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
146. Whomever denied the state of Massachusetts credit is making a BAD buisiness decision. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #146 |
159. Yeap, the state can go to other financers too and NO ONE is saying whether or not this has happened |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #146 |
167. Nobody 'denied' them. Let me explain the process. |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
150. This is blackmail - give us our money or we will destroy you |
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doyourealize1 (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #150 |
169. nice one-liner |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
156. So, where is Barney Franks from again? |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-01-08 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
175. If the M$M reported on this story - Mccain may as well hang it up - "deregulate"... |
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