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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 12:57 AM Original message |
Why don't people occupy the Republican headquarters? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
1. Becuase they are blaming the SYSTEM, not just ONE |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Which doesn't make sense when the problem with the system is a particular party. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Alas no it is not, the problem is systemic |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
30. I evidently "get it" far better than they do. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. So you are teling me that third way democrats |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
77. The parties may not be equivalent in every way... |
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supraTruth (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
67. WORLD WIDE it is taxes on the UBER-RICH at too low rates that has created the Gov. Debt problems |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Really? There is no revolving door between Democrats, lobbyists, and captains of capital? |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I don't buy this false equivalence either. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Alas those kids are way ahead of you |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. No, both parties are going along with it. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
2. Because they would be arrested for trespassing |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. So protest outside. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Feel free |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I'm several thousand miles away, I'm afraid. nt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. I wish they'd do something besides fight with the police over tents and the "right to camp." |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Ok this is a new meme or 'thing... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. What? The tent fighting? It's ALL the news is covering. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. So it is a MEDIA NARRATIVE |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. And that is my fault, how? So why are you YELLING AT ME??? HMMM???? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. No it is not what the people are saying |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Sorry, you're wrong. It's in every paper and on every TV news show. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. AKA MEDIA NARRATIVE |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:21 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Oh, please. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:26 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Poblem is I don't talk to SOME people |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:52 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. And your living/breathers are all in the same place--attending OWS events. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:03 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. And the trolley |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You're talking to people who never liked OWS, then. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:22 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Pick a lane |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:22 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I could offer you that same advice. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:25 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Alas I am a primary source in this matter |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:41 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. And I am one from the other team--voters in the suburbs. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:44 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Alas voters in the suburbs are supporting the local |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:51 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Well, not in my deep blue neighborhood--not anymore. They are losing patience. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:02 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Funny local redish neighborhood |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
79. Please. If you are in MA and watch WCVB - since day 1 they have turned OWS Boston |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. I flip--and the media, by and large, has given decent coverage to Dewey Square. |
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seaglass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:53 AM Response to Reply #81 |
84. Why should I? The point is to be discerning when watching/reading the news, |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. That's why I flip. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
76. If you are depending on the corporate media to push a theme that will ingratiate |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 12:38 AM Response to Reply #76 |
82. I'm not "depending" on anyone or anything. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. It's not a tent, it is a warmth cavity. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Shoot the messenger! |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Do you have any actual evidence of that? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:09 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Turn on your TV. Look at every national paper covering OWS. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:24 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. So I imagined the lecture yesterday at 16:00 hours |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:45 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I am not an island. That's what you don't seem to get. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:47 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. And YOU DO NOT WANT TO GET IT |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:55 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. One more time. Real slow. Simple sentences. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:01 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. One more time |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:18 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. It doesn't matter. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:21 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. And I am telling you that your neighbors |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:45 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. And that doesn't matter either. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. And you are still purposely missing it |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. As are you, apparently. |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
72. "elite camping cadre"?? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #72 |
80. You know nothing about me, so don't even pretend that you do. NT |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
74. Victim mentality is as bad as being whiner. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #74 |
83. Ah yes--snark, insults and poor spelling to boot! Such a compelling trinity! |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. Break the Republican Party and the Democrats will follow. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. That's some very sage commentary. I'd say it's right on the money. |
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supraTruth (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
61. He is EXACTLY right. The CONS ARE the problem; & the 99% need to VOTE like they understand it. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
13. Because it's beside the point. |
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Rowdyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
20. The stench? The vibes? God knows I wouldn't want to spend 5 minutes in their "headquarters" |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
23. Its not about parties...its SO MUCH BIGGER. nt |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
27. Agreed. |
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WildNovember (726 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
35. Because they disagree with your premise? |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
42. Can you occupy an insane asylum?? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
49. It's not just the repugs, the whole system is rotten to the core. nt |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
63. Exactly. Repeat it ten thousand times |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:05 AM Response to Original message |
52. Why, why, why are you acting |
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Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:22 AM Response to Original message |
55. Unrec- strictly nonpartisan |
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supraTruth (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #55 |
70. Do U believe in the need for more & HIGHER tax brackets for the UBER-RICH? Show US 1 CON that also |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
58. OWS is not after the right or the left. They are after the problem. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
60. They're trying to overthrow a corrupt system not just some of the paid middlemen. |
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supraTruth (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. It is the CORRUPT CON "middle men" who have CORRUPTED the system. It is the republicans |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. It's the system itself is corrupt. Get rid of the system, not just the middlemen. |
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supraTruth (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. WHAT "system" would U replace it with? Our present system was headed in the right direction as a |
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redgiant (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
65. OMG! The Republicans would LOVE this! |
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supraTruth (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. What good would it do them if the 99% VOTED AGAINST THEM? |
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redgiant (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Why do you think the 99% |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
66. The current problem is Wall Street's control of Washington and policy. |
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supraTruth (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. & how will the OWS VOTE come NEXT NOVEMBER? With the CONS who refuse to raise tax rates for the |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
75. Because the TeaPubliKlans are just one branch of the Money Party. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-17-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
78. Because the problem isn't 'the republicans' - it's RW policies from BOTH parties. |
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