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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 04:48 PM Original message |
Not Poor Enough |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good heavens, even the Joads had a truck....n/t |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. These are the rules they make for us.. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
97. The nice thing about being poor is the Feds do not get tax money from me. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. K&R. Very well said. //nt |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Hhhmm |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Of course not, mary. They would rather "house" us in jail. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. good question! |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. Let me add another fuck you for good measure. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. But OTOH, you can NEVER be too rich to get a tax break! |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Or too thin....Sorry, couldn't resist...n/t |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Almost added that myself! LOL. Thanx, Babe Paley! Heh! |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. In the parable of the Ant and the Grasshopper |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. "Hell" is a dualistic bogeyman designed to solidify the power of the ruling class. |
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zehnkatzen (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. That is something that I haven't been able to shake from my consciousness for a long time. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. The bloodthirsty... |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 06:00 AM Response to Reply #44 |
58. Boy, Coffeecat, |
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LittleGirl (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 07:30 AM Response to Reply #44 |
65. that post deserves it's own rating! |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #44 |
69. That's simple. They'll do nothing. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #44 |
83. Wish I could kick and rec your post. |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Yes, |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 07:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. So what you are suggesting, |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. What I am saying is that |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. I was with you right up until the last sentence. |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I was merely saying that |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. "Somewhere left of these stories lies American liberalism, which doesn't believe anyone should suffe |
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Raoul (666 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 04:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
57. Yeah, that's it |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 07:47 AM Response to Reply #57 |
66. Yea! |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #66 |
85. You seem to be VERY concerned about the welfare of rich people |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. It's simple. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
80. I know... we shouldn't rock the boat by reminding those who ignore us that we are STILL hungry, we |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #80 |
90. If the plight of the poor |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 04:10 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Your assumptiions are truly amazing... and heartless. |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Well, I'm open to suggestions. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. If you are at all familiar with history, then you know that poor people are continually beat down |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Number 2? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. I've read all the garbage I need to read for one day, but thank you anyway. |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. It's obvious that at some time |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 01:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
50. Grasshoppers all die in the winter by design. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 06:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
61. I don't believe _anyone_, for _any_ reason, deserves to starve or die a painful death. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 07:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
63. And American conservatism believes |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. "Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?" |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
11. ... |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R. Outstanding post. n/t |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
13. Perhaps someone can discover how Herman and Rectum..er ...Rector |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. K&R and Thank You for Posting This. n/t |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. The pure, cold lack of compassion is astonishing |
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zehnkatzen (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. Appalling, yes, Surprising, no. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I think you're right |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
46. People are ignoring the poor... |
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zehnkatzen (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. Well, the first problem is depending on Heritage for impartial opinion on anything. |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
19. Poverty Is Relative |
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zehnkatzen (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Exactly correct. You've nailed it. n/t |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. Oh yeah... poor people have it so "good" in the U.S. that we're dying like flies. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 10:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
45. I know right? A "few generations ago" nobody HAD cars |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
48. The right ALWAYS pulls the Equivocation fallacy. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 02:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
54. You can't compare poverty |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #54 |
74. Great Post |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #54 |
79. great points |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
78. +1!!! |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. #69 This needs to be K&R and READ! |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. Poverty is slavery. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. I completely agree with your subject line. Yet, so many will claim that is hyperbole. |
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zehnkatzen (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 10:14 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. And, you're right ... it isn't. It's reality. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. In Calif, the poor can have a car and collect benefits, but the car has to be worth a small amount |
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Mrsladyhawke (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #28 |
72. Yes they can, it's true |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
34. Come on |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
35. It was Earnest Istook that I caught on Big Eddie's show recently. |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 01:28 AM Response to Reply #35 |
49. Oops. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
37. Ahh, yes. Ye Olde Assets Questioneering |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. And of course looking in the closets and under the beds for the man hiding out. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I also enjoyed |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. You have to admit, it was a damned good way to burn up money so they wouldn't have to actually |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
38. K&R |
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lutherj (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-10-10 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
47. After the Nazis lost we made the SS officers clean up the death camps. |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 01:42 AM Response to Original message |
51. My Somalian friend Margaret says US poverty is worse |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #51 |
77. wow. Margaret sounds beyond amazing |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
52. seniors are not disproportionately poor |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 02:46 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Depends upon what measures you use for poverty. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #53 |
68. neither of those articles really explain the methodology |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 04:37 AM Response to Original message |
55. kick and recommend!! |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
56. The Rich are pining for the 1800's. . |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #56 |
82. +1000!!! |
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The Uncola (519 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
59. Yep... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
60. Recommended. nt |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
62. Limbaugh has been telling |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
64. great rant |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
67. They won't be happy until we are all digging for scraps in garbage piles |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
70. The "cell phone" thing gets me. Poor people can't afford land lines, but a "fancy" cell is damning? |
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Mrsladyhawke (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
71. He doesn't know what he's talking about |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #71 |
89. welcome to DU |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
73. You really should send this a LTTE or OpEd to |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
75. FFS...they dug up THAT moldy-assed talking point?? |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
76. Rich are not rich enough |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
81. What about those folks who LIVE in their car??????????!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
84. I hope you submit this as a guest essay response to the Star Telegram (sans "profane," of course) |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
86. K&R! |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-11-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
88. K&R n/t |
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96. Our feline overlords agree with you |
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