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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:14 PM Original message |
Fuck it. They won, they won. We lost, they won. |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. "They" had better be careful. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. They've got security, motion detection cameras and lots of guns |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Was the situation in either of the countries I referenced |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. I have guns. As do many other people on our side. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:14 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. You have sticks and stones in comparison. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. Same caliber as the military issued M16. Several 30 round magazines. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #55 |
67. Comparatively speaking, you have less than sticks and stones. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. And tanks. And drones. And Armed Forces plus Blackwater, who pointed machine-guns at Katrina victims |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. That is what it is probably going to take. The real government is not up for election. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. If they want it I say bring it. |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. It may be necessarry, but I wouldn't be too eager. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. They will slaughter, irradiate or toxify the planet to keep what they have going on |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
56. unlike the Egyptian Military I Think you may be Right |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. K&R Let's hope more folks wake up... |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. Look .. It cant happan that way .... |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. We'd be in better shape if it was an organized conspiracy. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Yes there is no conspiracy - - but people are greedy |
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Marie Marie (709 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Spot on. And our side (if there is such a thing) continues to lob |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. "too many of the people are idiots" |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think you're thinking of this the wrong way. |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Yep. |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. +99999999999 |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. It's like termites chewing on a tree until it eventually falls over and kills all of them. |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
42. -1 NO NO they don't need the middle class |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. They also need people to buy their stuff. |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. But you're forgetting one very important thing, re: The Middle Class |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
60. The Middle Class of India and China is extremely weak. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #60 |
81. They are NOT thinking long term |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. They seem to have forgotten that part. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
68. Those people all live overseas. |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:18 AM Response to Reply #45 |
76. The point is that these people don't own a single business in a single industry |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
58. RE: your last sentence.......... |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. It's like what I said before to Steve, |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #61 |
79. Slightly off topic - if you threw a termite into the grand canyon, would it live? |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #79 |
83. Don't know. They have a hard exoskeleton, I think. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #58 |
78. Ding ding ding ding!! |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
69. Yes, but they don't need a US middle class. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #69 |
80. They don't need ANY middle class because its all about the short term |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Plant perennial edibles! |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:02 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. That only works if when a crisis ensues, others arent looking to take food and other necessities |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Fuck that |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
72. But I'm a vegetarian!! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #72 |
82. Well I wouldn't really call Paris HIlton Sentient Meat so.... |
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Newest Reality (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. Here we are! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Take care of family and friends |
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bindelh (162 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. Looser.... Former bank boss Lee Farkas guilty of fraud in US n/t |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
50. What does the "Looser" part of your response mean? I know |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
85. Scott probably isn't too happy about that |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. You fight even in the face of defeat |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. There's a powerful lesson there |
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bindelh (162 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Amen Brother n/t |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
24. What in the fuck did I miss? |
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WiffenPoof (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
26. Prozac? n/t |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
27. I am 21 and nowhere near the stage in my life when I want to give up. |
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Scruffy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. And there are millions like you. |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Many generations are characterized this way when they are young |
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Ninjaneer (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. I sincerely wish I could share your sentiments |
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BrendaBrick (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #27 |
47. Never EVER Give Up!!!! |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
57. Do your friends understand? |
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FreeJoe (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:19 AM Response to Original message |
29. Feeling a bit pessimistic? |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
31. That's one alternate outcome |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
32. About Obama... |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
33. Don't despair; there is a simple solution. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
36. Unrec for terminal doom & gloom. |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
40. Its a beautiful day. |
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rusty fender (442 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
41. If the economy is going to crash again, then |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. Good one! I like the silver linings |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
43. Who's read the Mars Trilogy by Kim Stanley Robinson? nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
74. Me!!! |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:52 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I wish some nerds would elaborate on the co-op system in there, don't you? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #75 |
84. Yup! |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
51. That's great, this is really fuckin' great, man. Now, what the fuck are we supposed to do? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #51 |
65. I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. lol, I'm sure a few others got the ref |
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kjackson227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
52. I've been feeling the very same way ever since the Dumbya... |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
53. Nobody is physically threatening Obama or his family... |
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BrendaBrick (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Yeah....I've been thinking on this some...... |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. Good post... |
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BrendaBrick (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #70 |
87. Yup! |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
54. 5,000+ gulf dolphins agree |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
62. The wealthy did not fare so well in the USSR. Just saying. |
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BOG PERSON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. yes they did |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
64. It will be guillotine time before it gets to that point |
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SoulSearcher (119 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
66. You gotta be kidding |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #66 |
77. It's about all of that, and more |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
71. what brought this on? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
86. "Value your friends and family. We will all be spending a lot more time with them soon." |
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