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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:37 AM Original message |
You realize - Of Course - that if our Representatives represent us there will be no bailout |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. We elect them but Wall St pays their bills. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. I'm lucky that my Congressman hasn't taken a dime from big corporate interests and |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. Does that mean we're all in favor of falling into a depression instead? |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Not the point |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. i don't think you understand the concept of a representative democracy |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Maybe so when there was no such thing as mass communication |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. So we're a democracy until "We the People," make the WRONG decision, huh? |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. We are not a "democracy", thankfully, we are a representative republic. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. So a trick of semantics frees our so-called "representatives" to defy the will of the people? |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. See how easy that was |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. It's not a semantic trick. We have never had a direct democracy. We choose |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. And they are not representing the majority opinion |
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Mariana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Then they can and should be thrown the hell out of office. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
75. I'm fairly certain that most of them will be. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #45 |
95. Yep. I'm waiting to see how my reps vote (I've told them to vote no) and |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. So you're saying that Obama is a traitor? And that you know more about |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #47 |
63. I have not heard concrete reasoning from anyone |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Here. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Oh you mean Warren that bought up a bunch of the shitty debt |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:25 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. You will have to get over your "angry taxpayer" routine, before you |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
59. Do you REALLY want this country governed by the majority opinion of the moment?? |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #59 |
82. you cannot be serious |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. I hope you're not serious. Do you think GLBT rights should be subject to the |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #88 |
98. red herring and more fear fear fear |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #98 |
105. In my state, as in many states, a majority of people have voted against |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. the dreaded loyalty test!! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. I'm not the one name-calling here. And I was responding to the specific |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #109 |
112. right here, your words |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #112 |
117. I don't know. Is this a quiz? n/t |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
92. And they're not representing their constituents. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Well, they should get to 'representing' then. |
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iiibbb (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
53. Similar polling says that the same doesn't want another depression too... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #53 |
90. Small point, but I think that would be a "Damocletian Sword" or "under |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #53 |
96. right |
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prayin4rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
42. That is what a democracy is and there has been nothing REPRESENTATIVE about it. n/t |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
44. We were founded as a representative republic |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. You sound like the Jamaican middle class |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
106. I hear the echo |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Please explain exactly how this bailout will prevent that from happening. |
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texan4obama (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. Bailout was necessary - here's why |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Thanks for the informative post, texan4obama. |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Then why isn't the money loaned directly to this so called Joe Citizen? |
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lynettebro440 (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. If I remember correctly |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
55. BULLSHIT.. |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
84. That 's EXACTLY what's happening. |
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western mass (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
57. Gee, more scary stories from Wall St.... |
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Not the Only One (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
62. Then give the $700B to the American worker |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
85. sure that is the promise |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
91. It's not really even a "Bailout" plan except maybe in the |
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WestWingEmpty (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
114. Kind of reminds me of |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 04:31 AM Response to Reply #114 |
119. the pattern |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. This bailout may help us take us into depression not save us from it |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
110. a permanent depression |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
35. The trouble is that this bailout is going to bring about an economic crisis much worse |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
52. The depression .. |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
87. A bailout won't stop that from happening. n/t |
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WestWingEmpty (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
113. So wait a minute. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. And once again they won't listen to us and do it anyway |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Many times when government acts against the people it can be good ie desegregation |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Valid points but I'd counter with the overwhelming evidence before us |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:09 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. generally true - although the New Deal, Medicare, Social Security, Disabiltity were all great |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. What does this mean? |
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western mass (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
58. The bailout is like the Civil Rights movement? |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. I'm against the bailout, BUT it think it must be done. I'm 65, and |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
64. I hear you, but the reality of our collective situation is.. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
9. Representatives should think and not just be automotons based on a poll |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Nope. Representatives should vote the way their CORPORATE PAYMASTERS pay them to! nt |
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pnutbutr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. most people |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
97. And most people probably still think of the coming deal as a pure bail-out... |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. how can that be? |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. "all of our elected Democratic representatives favor it" |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. ROFL |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
22. America is no longer a represantive Democracy. |
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NoUsername (265 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
24. Taxation without representation. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
26. "In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first." |
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SmileyRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
27. if they represented us there would be no need for a bailout. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
61. Bingo!!! n/t |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
29. The Bush tax cuts are coming home to roost! |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
32. How is this any different from the Iraq War Resolution? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. FISA. nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. NAFTA. nt |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. "Free trade" with China. nt |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #32 |
49. The major difference is that this time there is evidence of an actual wolf |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
93. The Bush-Paulson plan is deader than a doornail. Didn't you |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
46. Posts like these give me the suspicion that many here never read John Stuart Mill |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Are you kidding? I'd be surprised if 10% of us here have read J.S. Mill. n/t |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
78. What about Mill do you find applicable? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Specifically, blind adherence to prevailing opinion and feeling can harm a society overall |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #79 |
89. I agree. And GLBT rights is the current example. Should the civil rights of |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
50. Think midterms 2006 |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #50 |
83. I agree, and I think this also ties into the issue of election fraud. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-29-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #83 |
120. I agree . |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
51. i think the "haves" want the bailout and the "have nots" don't |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Unfortunately, the "asset" we need to protect, in this case, is the entirety of our lending system. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. So how are the lending institutions going to survive |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. No guaranties. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. It is not an asset, but a liability. It is an asset to those that own the system, |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:10 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. The asset is the peoples ability to make purchases, and their employers ability to make payroll . |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. Again, not an asset. There is an overall loss and no sale value, a liability. n/t |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. This is not an exercise in ledger entries. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. There is no value to this system, there should be no profit in controlling our currency, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
70. That's the carrot. My family depends on credit to float the business. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. I, too, am skeptical, however Warren Buffetts statements go the furthest to convince me. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
81. that is right |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #51 |
86. Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! You summed it up beautifully. |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
100. Welcome to John Edward's two Americas, this is the beginning |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
54. we don't elect representatives to make decisions based on calls to their office. |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #54 |
101. You better take your own advice and question all. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #101 |
116. something has to be done, and hopefully our reps will vote with common sense rather than emotion. |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #116 |
118. Actually, they'll vote exactly how their corporate masters instruct them too. |
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Lionus (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
56. When Is A Bailout Not A Bailout? |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #56 |
74. You can't possibly be talking about the same... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
94. If your representatives represent you, when will you have GLBT rights in WV? |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
99. NOBODY knows diddly poo |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 06:51 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. Spot on. |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
103. Let me know what kind of response you get |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
104. When was the last time our reps represented us? nt |
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greyghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
107. Some class warfare anyone? |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
111. It's all part of the plan (of the powers that be). We get the Presidency, but lose the Congress |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-28-08 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
115. weird |
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