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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:59 AM Original message |
Like dominoes - health insurance, education, now Social Security and Medicare? |
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nRkiSt (63 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
1. It is sooo over for Amerika |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Over? |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
72. Germans? |
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sasquuatch55 (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
89. Do you really think the white racists are going to allow a Black president to change the Status Quo? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. It has nothing to do with white or black |
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sasquuatch55 (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Indeed? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. Yeah...them anti-Obama Dems are racists! |
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im1013 (527 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 06:53 PM Response to Reply #95 |
113. +1,000,000 |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #90 |
116. Yes, it has always been class warfare and continues to be... nt |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #116 |
177. so, anyone remember the words of Malcolm X? |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #177 |
181. wanted to add |
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Foo Fighter (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #90 |
155. Oh c'mon now. It has everything to do with white or black. |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #89 |
150. The problem is that the status quo IS being changed . . . . (for the WORSE) |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
122. hey Bluto, I wondered where you'd gone off to. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. Amazing, absolutely amazing. n/t |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Concise and accurate. |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
66. Right on. nt |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
76. I disagree, the old republicans are the new democrats... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:49 PM Response to Reply #76 |
156. +10! |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
84. +1 nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
6. Chess, pony, whaa, whiner, glass half-empty, cynic, doom-and-gloomer, you want him to be like Bush? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Your forgot Poland & Palin |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. And "HE DOESN'T HAVE A MAGIC WAND!1!!!1!!" n/t |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. You forgot, "And he's only been in office for 19 months!" |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Right, right: Wait until after the midterms! Wait until his second term! Wait until...oh...wait... |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
73. You must be a teabagger! (that's my favorite) |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Enjoy your Social Security if and when you receive it. |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
58. I don't expect to ever see it. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
77. Leftbagger, purist............. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #77 |
180. +1 |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
117. The latest I saw was puppy ... nt |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 12:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
188. You also forgot BOLD blue LINKS to outdated sources |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
7. We are SOOO fucked. |
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cordelia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. K&R |
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KeyWester (266 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
9. I am shocked , I tell ya |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. The nuggets of gold are buried in a lot of crap |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. And nuggets is pretty generous. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
94. Good one! |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
125. ... |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
126. Nailed it. |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
136. Mind if I steal that? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 12:26 AM Response to Reply #136 |
157. heh -- steal away |
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Prana69 (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
137. AGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! |
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mochajava666 (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:48 AM Response to Reply #45 |
173. That is a gem. I can't wait for the opportunity to use it. Thanks! |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 11:07 AM Response to Reply #45 |
176. I never heard that one before |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #45 |
179. +3950 |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Yeah, those awful awful Dems |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
71. Me so happy me have friends like yoo! |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
101. If only they'd really tried. |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
34. The things you listed |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 06:54 AM Response to Reply #34 |
168. Well said |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
68. let's just take one of the issues you mentioned-- "HCR"-- |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #68 |
118. And in a single payer plan, your additional taxes would exceed that. |
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nightrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #118 |
135. I'd like to see updated Taiwanese figures. At least the countries that |
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Agent William (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #118 |
141. That's complete bullshit... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #118 |
151. The other countries get a lot more for their tax money than just |
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Expat Sue (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #118 |
153. cost of Australian single payer (Medicare) |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 01:20 AM Response to Reply #118 |
160. wow... that simply isn't true. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #68 |
123. Exactly. But then Rahm and his buddies over at "Big Insurers 'R Us" |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
69. All it takes is a Scooby Doo lunchbox...WITH a THERMOS!!! |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
81. What about mercenaries? Last I read there were more |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #88 |
102. FUCK. YES. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 06:39 PM Response to Reply #88 |
111. That was Rockin' with Dokken! |
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Prism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #111 |
114. Truly the dream warriors of our age n/t |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
100. HIR. Not HCR. Stop pretending otherwise. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:21 AM Response to Reply #100 |
163. HCD. (Health Care Deform.) nt |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:22 AM Response to Reply #100 |
164. HCD. (Health Care Deform.) nt |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
110. Well, I hope you got THAT out of your system. |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
178. Yeah we are pulling the troops out of Iraq all right. One massive head injury at a time. |
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Spheric (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. K&R /nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
14. really? you mean our wonderful health care system has been knocked over like a domino? |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. No, the wonderful health care reform that should have been... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
144. Right ... Howard Dean identified what passed as the "Romney Plan" . . .. |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
15. Yeah, it's pretty amazing |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
18. Exactly what facts are you basing your "privatization of SS & Medicare by Obama" meme on? nt |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Here is an article where WH health advisor Zeke Emanual daydreams about ending enrollment for Medica |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Indeed, that's a pre-HCR "daydream" from two years ago that in 2010 has nothing to do with reality. |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. The fact is he's already privatized health insurance |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
109. I hear **crickets** from our quiet american on your important question. n/t |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 12:27 AM Response to Reply #109 |
187. The reason being, one man's "important question," is another's "where do I start." nt |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #50 |
119. In order to "privatize" something, it had to be nationalized first. Or are you modifying meanings of |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #50 |
186. As someone else pointed out, healthcare has never been nationalized in this country -- |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. "..will match dollar-for-dollar the first $1,000 contributed to an IRA, 401(k), |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #51 |
190. If you hadn't noticed, the economic philosophy of this country is capitalism. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
74. I love when people use talking points as fact... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
65. by the fact that those are the only things the catfood commission is talking about, for one thing. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #65 |
79. "no talk of cutting defense, or contractor pork, or raising income taxes on the top 1%, or capital," |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #65 |
161. Actually, Congressman Xavier Becerra (California) is a member of |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:36 AM Response to Reply #161 |
165. you're right. he also made mention of the human face of possible cuts. |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #161 |
174. That shouldn't surprise anyone. The only comments that get "press"...... |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
80. "Cat food commission"? It's another of his commissions and he............. |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
19. It's not your fathers Democratic Party anymore. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. Ain't so much that 'up is down'... |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
25. Neoliberalism trascends political parties. The trend started over 30 years ago, |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
26. "I literally can't believe that a Democratic President, Senate, and House |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. you wouldn't happen to have a link to the whole article...that's pretty fascinating. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
27. If you are prone to see everything in a negative light |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. One can also be prone to see everything in a positive light |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. and those who always walk in overly positive light can get a bit squinty |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Bah! |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. OTOH, we could make a bundle training seeing eye dogs |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. LOL! Always thinking, aren't you? nt |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:47 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. yep. Wish I had an off switch |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I got somethin' that'll slow you down! |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. HA! I am virtually puke proof |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. I should have known. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #27 |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Ouch! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
103. How do you breathe through all that sand? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
182. The Power of Positive Thinking |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
29. not what i voted for. |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
70. No...and if they would have said they were going to they wouldn't have gotten elected. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
30. Your timeline is inaccurate. It actually began with the US auto industry |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
145. Isn't capitalism allegedly about producing a better product . . .?? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 09:04 AM Response to Reply #145 |
175. Don't you mean an allegedly better product ? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #175 |
184. For 30 or 40 years the "better" product has been a foreign made car . . . |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
32. k&r |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
36. i really wonder who is in charge. |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:55 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Pro-corporate DLC is in charge. |
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sasquuatch55 (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
91. Facsism? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #91 |
104. Izzat anything like journaljism? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
108. Wall Street, and they have plenty in Congress to do their bidding |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #108 |
146. Well, now that we understand the problem . . . which we could have understood 40 years ago . . . |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
40. The insult to the injury: |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
44. k&r for the truth, however depressing. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
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Eyerish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
53. K&R |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
54. And foreclosures. There's a huge land grab going on |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
59. Kicking and rec. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
60. You're very right. It seems to an ongoing and accelerating pattern |
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freebrew (478 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:06 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. +1 n/t |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #60 |
96. "They've come for our pennies. Our meager retirements." |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
61. And the worst part is, if they went in the opposite direction |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
62. still a little better then what Palin would do |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
63. KnR. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
75. I'm working on something and it will hold nothing back. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
78. Considering Friedman economics position of privatizing |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. +1000 nt |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
82. Okay, Social Security is not a done deal yet. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #82 |
105. FANTASTIC IDEA. This should be an OP call-to-arms! |
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sandyd921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
83. Can't say I'm not PO'ed |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
85. Well As Long As I Can Still Vote, |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #85 |
127. And then Diebold will correct your vote to the "approved" candidate. |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #127 |
129. Well, I Guess I'll Vote On Principle Then |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #129 |
171. If enough of us vote that way |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
87. K & R nt |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
93. During the primaries, some of us tried to warn people that this is exactly what would happen |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #93 |
106. Unfortunately, it was him or Clinton, an equally pro-corporate DLC flack... |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #106 |
128. Of course. The MSM whittled it down to those 2 candidates early on. |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #128 |
131. I Disagree |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #131 |
140. I hear ya, and have thought the same thing |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #131 |
147. Agree . . . btw, Sen. Whitehouse in 2012 would be great with me -- !!! |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-15-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #131 |
189. yep |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 07:39 AM Response to Reply #106 |
169. Only pro-bidness candidates make the cut.... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #93 |
115. The other "realistic" choice was another DLC candidate |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #115 |
148. Right . . . . |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #93 |
183. Yes, but nothing will direct more hate toward you than going against the flock and being |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
97. That's just our problem in trying to wake up people ... they are too trusting . . . |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #97 |
139. For too many here it all boils down to "Democrats=GOOD, Not Democrats= BAD" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #139 |
143. Agree --- especially re hammering away at them . . . and organize, unite -- !! |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:45 AM Response to Reply #139 |
172. It makes it really easy for them |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 10:43 PM Response to Reply #172 |
185. Looks like times might be changing . . .. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
99. "Who the %^&# else ya gonna vote for, chump?!" |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
107. i am totally disgusted. |
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Steely_Dan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
112. I Would Love.... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #112 |
121. I've thought about that as well and I would imagine the radicals actually |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #112 |
124. A great quote. Thank you. nt |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:44 PM Response to Reply #112 |
132. you may well be right |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
120. Deleted message |
Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #120 |
130. So You're Calling Phoebe a republican and Anyone Who Agrees? |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #120 |
133. The cheer leading reminds me of Republicans of the last 8 years |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
134. Why am I reminded of the primaries? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
138. Bait and switch. We would have expected it from the GOP and we would have protested |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #138 |
142. We would have protested it from the GOP |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
149. Would we have been better off with gridlock? |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
152. Rigid centrists will claim that the dec. of independence was wrong... |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
154. K & R |
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pa28 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
158. Amazing. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
159. yeah, I knew what I was voting for. |
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waronbanks (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
162. Quite simply our government is now controlled by the |
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WVRICK13 (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 05:50 AM Response to Original message |
166. All Of This |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
167. K&R |
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PerpetuallyDazed (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
170. I WANTED Kucinich... ended up voting for Obama... thought I knew what I was getting into. n/t |
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