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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 06:44 PM Original message |
On populism and the rich (CLinton) |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. May ask you a personal question? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I've done research for a US Senator and a US Congressman |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. History of Labor! Good for you. A forgotten cause by too many |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That is one of the reasons |
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democrat2thecore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. That's why the word "labor" needs to mean more than "blue-collar" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. And it has to happen across borders |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. It is coming.--the revolution---do not know the day nor the hour. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. The last major threat of one |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. There's not going to be one of those revolutions. Despite the fantasies of a lot of silly people. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. The Protetariat in the US didn't really wake up |
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Cal33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
71. In Europe, all one has to do is to drive in any one direction for a |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. And the same thing happens in other countries |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. Speaking of keyboards |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Ah instead of adressing the post |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. It was nearly impossible to read. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Using IE |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I hear ya. I dumped IE a year ago for Google Chrome |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Installed it this morning |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. There may be an equake compatible for Chrome |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Thanks, I am using it now |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. There's already been a lot of revolutions, that's part of the problem for some people. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. We may actually get one |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. And, an asteroid could hit the Earth and kill us all. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Peak Oil and Global Weather Change are real |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Global weather change is real, yes. And oil is a finite resource, yes. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I am just giving you a worst case scenario about |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. It was a mass extinction. Caused by an asteroid impact. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Current research is increasingly showing that the |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. I know. I have dino descendant poop on my car. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:33 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Of course they did |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. We are in uncharted territory. The planet has seen many things, but it's never seen anything quite |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Oh life will survive, it has over the last few billion years |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. No K/T Chixiclub impact, this would be a very different planet |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Absolutely |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:02 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. The thing about the planet getting warmer, there will be winners as well as losers. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:07 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. And this is why I love what they have found about |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #55 |
74. If you think we'll ever leave this blue rock, then it's not an exciting time to be living in. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #74 |
86. So sez you. We've learned more about the solar system and universe in the past 20 years |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
72. Leopold's Law: The longer humanity possesses nukes, the probability of nuclear armageddon ==> 1. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. When the cable TV and the video games get shut off.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Partially agree |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. If you tell people you don't watch TV they look at you like you have an extra head or a third eye.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. And my hubby and I wil join you |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. I have a solar powered XBOX 360 and blu-ray player in my Montana survival compound |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
22. "separate them from their money" |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Heard of them in the past |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. The things you call for are against DU rules to post. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 08:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Know what's funny? People who froth at the mouth fantasizing for a French Revolution here |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. "The Party" leadership will never take "seriously" anyone who does |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
53. I'm sorry, but I just don't believe there is some mass underground movement of would-be leftist |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:33 AM Response to Reply #53 |
66. Not only has the left been broken |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 03:31 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. I'm all for organization. And I'm all for Lakoff-style changing the parameters of the debate. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Well the organization starts really |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #68 |
78. Hmm. Jefferson was not only an advocate of revolution as a tactic, he defended the one in France. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. And the French one was difficult to defend. He also was a quintessential left populist. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. He defended the French Revolution up until the |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. And rightly so. I'm a fan of Jefferson too -- just pointing out he was a left populist |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. The West= safety valve |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Here is the point am I calling for the revolution? |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I surely hope you're young enough that when you fall off that high horse |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Yes master |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I said, what you are calling for people to do is against the DU rules. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I am NOT calling for it |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Are you? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Yes, and your point? |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. I was replying to your presumption. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. RLOL we could compare notes on actually doing things |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #47 |
60. Don't take the bait. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
77. What happened in the last 48 hours? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. The amount of folks using dog whistles |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Has something happened to piss people off? I've been "away from my set". |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Chelsea Clinton is getting married |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. That post drips with presumption, not to mention high horses. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
31. As a "historian", I thought you might know this, but... |
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murdoch (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
42. The blood on Clinton's hands |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. If you are talking policy |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
49. Wow. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I'm sure that as a "historian", she knew it. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #51 |
64. Deleted message |
nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:34 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Ah when we cannot counter a point we go for the famous |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #51 |
69. I'll try to do better in the future. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-25-10 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
56. So says YOU-one of the "ORIGINAL THANK GAWD IT PASSED!" DUers! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
63. Drinking and posting...maybe not the BEST idea. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 12:28 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. And what is that horrible content? |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
73. It will start when people actually get fed up with the status quo. As it stands, most |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-26-10 05:02 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. There is that |
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