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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:13 PM Original message |
Remember folks, George Carlin told us about the "American Dream" a few years ago: |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
1. One can only imagine what he would have said about this financial crisis... |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. In a very real sense, I don't think George would have wanted to see where we are now. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. This is a compilation of his views: |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. He is so right about the illusion of choice. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I'm glad he's not here to see it. He wanted so much for us to prove him wrong |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Do not be hopeless, we may yet prove him wrong. |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I haven't given up hope (or donating to ACLU etc.) but I have given up expecting. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. hey, why is it that when I say the same thing a mob with pitchforks comes after me? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Not anymore. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. When Carlin says it people listen. If an average poster says this, however... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. The most bizarre part of that is that so many might call it "comedy." |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I think it's something that's comedy... |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. Carlin ain't in it? |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. No, we aren't in the club. 70% of us work in the bureaucracy... |
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FlyingSquirrel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Dangit |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I have his book, "Brain Droppings," sitting on the shelf in front of my nose, |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. Land of the free, and home of the brave! |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-10-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. YeS! |
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