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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:35 PM Original message |
18 years of triangulation and appeasement, and here we are. |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. The most concise assessment of how we got here I've seen yet. K&R! n/t |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Here |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Do you expect them to be in favor of any regulation at all? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. What? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. It's like Glass-Steagall... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. It's like Glass-Steagall... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Which is to say, investment bankers can still play with savings |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Actually, |
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Creideiki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #10 |
49. It's about the best |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Deleted message |
DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. I gather Reagan gets a pass. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Do you think that history judges Neville Chamberlain too harshly? nt |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Who has suggested defending Reagan here? |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. My aren't we defensive. Who are you? |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Sorry if I misunderstood the intent of your post |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 07:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
48. He never implied Manny was a troll. You're grasping at straws, DURHAM D |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. Reagan was a Republican. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
38. Math is your friend. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:56 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Wow - you totally missed the point. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I'm afraid you did. |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. If you don't fight for democracy and justice, then what you get may not be worth having. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. If only McCain and Palin had won... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Sometimes I feel that way, usually not. Question for you: |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
51. What happened to the Canadian flag on your posts? |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. Yep, one F'ed up place ... will take years to recover if ever. Some will do |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. the Path that led us here is pretty undeniable |
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mochajava666 (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. Love your posts - keep it up! |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. I sometimes wonder if the lesser of two evils is |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Choosing the lesser of two evils is like having your evil and eating it, too. |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. True. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. Love your new avatar. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Thanks! nt |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. Fuckin A, Bubba. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. Shut Up and Eat your Austerity Peas, Mister, |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #24 |
42. Yep |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Ouch! |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
26. Mmmm... peas and catfood... with maybe some salsa pilfered from Taco Bell... |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. Kick! |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
30. + |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
32. 18 years? Try 30+ years. There should have been a country-wide |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
33. *yawn* |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
34. Of course the Republicans are blameless right? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 06:51 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Unfortunately some Democrats have been paving the road for implementation |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. R's will do what R's will do. Doesn't mean the D's need to enable them. (nt) |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
36. make it 17: 1993 had an important progressive victory |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
37. "we cant do anything" |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
43. I became politically aware in the '70s |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Yeah, it was in the mid-'70s when the Reaction began. I don't know if we'll |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
46. It's funny to me |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
47. That is not my recollection at all. Not even close |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
50. . |
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