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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 02:55 PM Original message |
Why do we even need the left at all? |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are you creating a resume to try and work in the WH? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
43. LOL |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. LOL's...if it wasn't sort of true..... But, here's a bit about our "Problem" |
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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. you are describing the Libertarian philosophy |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I thought it was Obama's musings .nt. |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. He is talking about the corporate doctrine that both parties now follow faithfully |
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banned from Kos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. No, that is Libertarianism. I don't know a single Dem who wants 0% corporate taxes |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Amazing how that is the amount many corporations pay under a Democratic President |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Who does the Constitution grant the power to set tax rates? n/t |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. I am almost curious enough to find out who "ignored" is that responded to this |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. Compassion, common sense, urgency on environmental topics, |
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ShockediSay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
45. What we need is an anti fascist party. Remember |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. I like me. I want to continue to like me. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Don't mess with the angry banana |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. He's really loveable..when he's not killing off boy bands. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Well boy bands are a great scourge on society |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. He just wanted win a contest. The band killed a group of up and coming cherries. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. It is one of the best pics I've ever seen (and YES it is in my photobucket |
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Dragonfli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. That is good advice, below is a pick of solly in action! |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Right click....save... |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Say it, SM |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Hi, MMM! |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. That's okay... |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. while i understand you're posing these questions ironically/rhetorically |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I think your response deserves serious thought... |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. The left's failure, and I include myself in that group, is based in the inability to organize |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The left has always been the minority, the underdog... |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I hate to break it down this way, but I believe it to be a generational thing. Looking back at my |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. From generation X on down...we are screwed. Stuck with hefty bills and an uncertain future. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. There is a way to pay the bill, stop giving tax breaks to the rich and corporations. Nearly 300 |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. The rich don't make enough and yes I've done the number crunching. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Individuls don't make enough, but tax corporations at even a full percent |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Then they move. All the growth is coming from Asia anyway. |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Let them go & never do business here again. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. They can move all they want, but then they wouldn't be able to do business in this economy. The US |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. india + china both have sizable consumer-classes |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Not in it's current form. Capitalism can be sustained if it were |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. i mean environmentally sustainable |
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messiah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. What left? |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. There is a left, they just get muted out by the loudness of the center and right. I no longer |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Sounds very BOG indeed |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
13. Not likely to foster thoughtful discussion, that. |
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Me. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. Life Is Always A Progression Forward |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. For reference. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. OK Mr President, enough Internet for today. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. A good German would be asking the same question in 1937. But, the answer would soon |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. Every society needs a scapegoat... |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. +1. Its the "communists" taking everything over! |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. You're too late, they already selected the new mods. |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. If you can place yourself in a group - we - that doesn't include the left, then you DON'T need them |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
33. delete - dupe |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
35. the {neo-liberal} democratic party is more interested in indies |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
41. Why? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
42. Unrec'd plea for sympathy |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
44. Subtitle: "Thoughts From The White House." |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
48. "The Left"? |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-03-11 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
57. well, the Democrats don't need the left's opinions or ideology. |
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