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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:47 PM Original message |
Decades-worth of unnecessary jobs/businesses have come to an end. |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Exactly. Lots of heads in the sand right now. Jobs - where, indeed! |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thank you for this. K&R nt |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wish I could give you a thousand rec! But alas I can give just one. |
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obliviously (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. I was all ready to criticize you |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. Braddock, PA - still has a steel mill but |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
70. Altoona's the same way. |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. I haven't been to Altoona in decades..... |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. I can still remember going downtown and there were so many great stores and large buildings. |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #81 |
103. It's great PSU is helping out in that way |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #70 |
106. The downturn of Altoona as an industrial city... (edited) |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
72. But yinz still have Kennywood! Fond memories... |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. My Grandparents' house was on the hillside and we could see |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. I am short, and when I was a kid, I used to HATE "Jeepers" and Yogi Bear |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 03:07 PM Response to Reply #77 |
91. The Jack Rabbit was the first roller coaster I rode |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
98. The mayor of Braddock went on Colbert a while back |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. Thanks for the link KamaAina |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 07:02 PM Original message |
KR+8 nt |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. for decades the jobs have been sent overseas and down to mexico |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. Excuse me but that is what the driving force behind the republicon economic plan |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Republican rule is dangerous.. always has been..always will be |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
116. Yeah, well NAFTA-GATT was Poppy's administration's plan |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #116 |
124. Republicans are experts at poisoning the well for their democratic successors |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Welcome to the Feudal System...........n/t |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
57. Agree with your post, but then what motivated Clinton to continue to push NAFTA? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #57 |
109. His benefactors. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
108. That is exactly what has been the plan: Conquer the world and revive Feudalism. |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. they will become part of the reserve army of labor |
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Rick Myers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. Excellent post!!! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. Q. What's next? A. Various co- s: |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
12. Kick |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. So true, so true. Great post. |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. I have seen the problem |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. We have enough resources in this country |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. but but but,, somebody's gotta get rich..rich,rich, I tell ya |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. how does the remaining 30% lead one to a comfortable lifestyle? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Good luck with those choices.. just remember that your boss has choices too |
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Lagomorph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Nobody is going to make them for you. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
76. Except if you work in the banking industry. Then the rules are all different. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 05:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
47. A tree of start-up capital doesn't hurt either. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. Thank You..........Kick n/t |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
21. So true |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
137. +1 nt |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. May I respectfully disagree with one of your assertions? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Probably most jobs are soul-suckers to a point |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I do agree with your last statement |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. I don't recall my grandfathers or great grandfathers making decent pay |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #37 |
117. that's right |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. and those that bash Michael Moore |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-18-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #120 |
131. It irks me to no end, to see people bash him |
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KillCapitalism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. K&R |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
95. That won't happen |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
26. according to the ads on daytime tv- developing video games and iphone aps is the answer |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
28. It polluted? It still does -- much more overseas than the factories here ever did. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. you won't get an argument from me.. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Oh, I totally get what you wrote... no argument, just echoing your thoughts. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
78. Which is why "free trading" "environmentalists" are a joke. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
31. Very few local craftsmen anymore. |
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Allyoop (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
80. That depends |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
32. I'll never forgive older white Americans for voting for Ronald Reagan |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. + 1 |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
55. What do you mean by older? |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #55 |
67. Yep. Same here. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #32 |
65. But they were stupid. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
104. +2 |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'll never forgive Congress |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
34. I think you just led an entire herd of elephants into the room. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #34 |
50. The USA is sustainable. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 09:15 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. When was there a difference? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #51 |
60. Not all that long ago. I'm only in my mid-50s and I remember when we |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Our economy is now based on the assumption of continuous exponential growth. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. True enough - but the US economy is not the US. |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #50 |
118. Didn't you just love when * |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #118 |
121. They Live |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. Here's why things can be different and better |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
38. SoCalDem, I agree with a lot of what you said, but I disagree with the part about everybody |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-15-09 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
39. Great summation/epitome of the way things are. n/t |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
40. You describe the town of grew up in. Bicycles, shoes, dresses, mattresses... lots of |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:23 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. my town too. the biggest change was in the 80s, & slow bleed thereafter. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:51 AM Response to Original message |
42. you don't seem to have been paying attention |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 03:11 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Don't forget eBay! |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
43. We never did make & provide the necessities of life for the world. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
44. Here are the jobs of the future: |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
46. Business moved faster than the speed of humans, unfortunately. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #46 |
64. You got it. Look at the headlines today - |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #64 |
86. Technically, dividends is offset from retained earnings. So basically |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. That sounds like gobbledy-speak for 'paying off your investors before |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. I'm just telling you what it is. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 06:06 PM Response to Reply #86 |
97. I think that last sentance is the point |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. That of course is an entirely different story. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
93. As recently as the 70's, ordinary companies actually had things called |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #46 |
134. If it is any consolation to you, Hugh,the nations we plan on |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
48. The Twilight of Money |
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mimitabby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
49. fine american craftsmanship and higher fuel prices |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
52. commondreams.org had a relevant article yesterday on this issue |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
53. it is worse...and better...than you have put it |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
54. amazing and intelligent post. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
58. K & R ....we care little for our own quality of life in the long run... |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
59. I'm not so worried about the manufacturing part. |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
62. house of cards |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
63. The media does not give us a good education, so I don't trust the |
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NAO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
66. Moses? Jesus? John Lennon? Someone predicted our current situation. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
68. The media does not give us a good education, so I don't trust the |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
69. Corporations like to have us start out in debt. Debt makes us more compliant workers |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
71. exactly! |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
75. "What's Next?"...there is no next.....This is The End. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
79. K&R n/tr |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
82. Totally agree |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
83. Oooh, but Productivity is up %15!! Lets suck the savings out in Profits! |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
84. we don't make televisions, tennis shoes, cell phones, we have lost an |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
85. We need the factories to re-open and to buy american made products.. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
88. Sounds REALLY horrible, but for a few items. |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
90. Well put - I was just reading another article contrasting a town from several decades |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #90 |
110. Once suburban sprawl starts, the rest is inevitable |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
92. When Bush was in office, my husband stated |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
94. All except the highest paying, useless jobs that produce nothing, of course. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
96. Part of the problem is we really dont need to work to exist |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. and we take on incredible debt, so we end up working to service the debt |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #99 |
105. Perhaps it is time for a jubalee |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #96 |
114. But for the COST of living, you'd be correct. Should the cost |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #114 |
119. explain further, Im not sure i get what you are saying |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #119 |
122. Miscommunication for sure. But you'll not find utopia in the midst |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. That I agree with wholeheartedly |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. The most ideal economic systems usually are a mixture. n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #96 |
115. The myth of scarcity is the justification for corporatism. |
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mother earth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
101. K & R, you are right, we are screwed with no calvary in sight. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #101 |
113. "Calvary," sweetness, is where Christ was crucified. The word |
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mother earth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #113 |
127. Hell, thank you, dear. I knew it didn't sound right, but you |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-16-09 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
107. What's next = riots. Mayhem. Who couldn't have foreseen all this, when it was apparent we weren't |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #107 |
111. We left Michigan City, Indiana in 1977, and it was already starting there |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
112. Unbelievable but houses are still being built in my area here in |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #112 |
125. same here, but it's probably a left-over situation because of contracts |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
128. Much of this began in the 60's , yet what did have then ? |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
129. Yup, the same "TPS" reports done by dozens is probably over |
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Agony (865 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-17-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
130. Yeah... |
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jtedder (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
132. Where Are the Jobs? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-19-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. Green jobs ARE being created.. and FAST |
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jtedder (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #133 |
135. Green Jobs |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-20-09 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
136. If we had universal healthcare, available to all and if we chose to spend |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 01:56 AM Response to Reply #136 |
138. I agree that we need to invest in the American people. |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 05:37 AM Response to Reply #138 |
139. I was using Nanny State somewhat ironically |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-21-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Oh, I see. I missed that. |
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