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StrictlyRockers

(3,855 posts) Sun Mar 19, 2017, 10:53 PM Mar 2017

Best Twitter graphic meme on the budget

I want my PBS. I want art. I want investments in science & green energy. I cannot support a draconian austerity budget that hurts the people.

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Best Twitter graphic meme on the budget (Original Post) StrictlyRockers Mar 2017 OP

Connected: the irony of the trillion dollar deficit infidelsavant Mar 2017 #1

I want my, I want my, I want my PBS! Beartracks Mar 2017 #2

excellent song remake idea!!! would Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2017 #5

Maybe Sting would do a reprise for PBS? StrictlyRockers Mar 2017 #6

Kind of sounds like Dire Straits to me... Heartstrings Mar 2017 #8

You seriously call yourself a Dire Straits fan and you didn't know Sting sung those lines? StrictlyRockers Mar 2017 #16

Oh jeez... Heartstrings Mar 2017 #19

I'll tweet all the celebs I annoy all the time:) Like a Michael Jackson We are the World deal. Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2017 #11

Sent tweet to Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) - who are the musicians you can think of Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2017 #12

Good job bothering Mark Knopfler for no reason. Go bother Sting now. StrictlyRockers Mar 2017 #17

Oh...was going by what the responder said - DS not Sting...should have known you were right:) Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2017 #18

Sent tweet to Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) - who are the musicians you can think of Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2017 #13

+1 Hey, thx! Would be incredible if he ran with that! Beartracks Mar 2017 #15

Austerity is safeinOhio Mar 2017 #3

The key is the bottom 5 lines. sharedvalues Mar 2017 #4

The best! zentrum Mar 2017 #7

k&R!!!!!! burrowowl Mar 2017 #9

Exactly how I feel. Heck, I'd pay twice that so someone less fortunate doesn't have to. unitedwethrive Mar 2017 #10

"Donald Trump's budget increases spending on defense... alterfurz Mar 2017 #14

infidelsavant

(31 posts)

1. Connected: the irony of the trillion dollar deficit

Reply to StrictlyRockers (Original post)

Sun Mar 19, 2017, 10:56 PM

Mar 2017

Is that if every single person in America just gave a few dollars, the deficit would be gone.

That is how messed up the American government is.

Beartracks

(12,821 posts)

2. I want my, I want my, I want my PBS!

Reply to StrictlyRockers (Original post)

Sun Mar 19, 2017, 11:06 PM

Mar 2017

Good, succinct meme.

I'm not sure what program each line item refers to, though.

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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

5. excellent song remake idea!!! would

Reply to Beartracks (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 19, 2017, 11:41 PM

Mar 2017

Be an instant hit!

StrictlyRockers

(3,855 posts)

6. Maybe Sting would do a reprise for PBS?

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 12:08 AM

Mar 2017

Someone could ask.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)

8. Kind of sounds like Dire Straits to me...

Reply to StrictlyRockers (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 01:42 AM

Mar 2017

but any help from Sting would be sorely appreciated!

StrictlyRockers

(3,855 posts)

16. You seriously call yourself a Dire Straits fan and you didn't know Sting sung those lines?

Reply to Heartstrings (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 06:19 PM

Mar 2017

https://wokeupretro.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/i-want-my-mtv-again-5-facts-about-money-for-nothing/

Yes, you are correct that it is a Dire Strait song. Sting sung the "I want my MTV" lines in the song!

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)

19. Oh jeez...

Reply to StrictlyRockers (Reply #16)

Tue Mar 21, 2017, 12:41 AM

Mar 2017

sorry for my lapse in memory...

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

11. I'll tweet all the celebs I annoy all the time:) Like a Michael Jackson We are the World deal.

Reply to StrictlyRockers (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 09:22 AM

Mar 2017

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

12. Sent tweet to Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) - who are the musicians you can think of

Reply to StrictlyRockers (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 09:32 AM

Mar 2017

who are big Dems?

StrictlyRockers

(3,855 posts)

17. Good job bothering Mark Knopfler for no reason. Go bother Sting now.

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #12)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 06:20 PM

Mar 2017

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

18. Oh...was going by what the responder said - DS not Sting...should have known you were right:)

Reply to StrictlyRockers (Reply #17)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 10:24 PM

Mar 2017

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

13. Sent tweet to Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) - who are the musicians you can think of

Reply to Beartracks (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 09:33 AM

Mar 2017

who are big Dems?

Beartracks

(12,821 posts)

15. +1 Hey, thx! Would be incredible if he ran with that!

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #13)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 03:10 PM

Mar 2017

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safeinOhio

(32,727 posts)

3. Austerity is

Reply to StrictlyRockers (Original post)

Sun Mar 19, 2017, 11:25 PM

Mar 2017

the poor paying for the mistakes of the rich.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)

4. The key is the bottom 5 lines.

Reply to StrictlyRockers (Original post)

Sun Mar 19, 2017, 11:31 PM

Mar 2017

zentrum

(9,865 posts)

7. The best!

Reply to StrictlyRockers (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 12:21 AM

Mar 2017

Posted by kpete earlier but it disappeared for some reason.

Send this to all Democratic office holders you can.

burrowowl

(17,653 posts)

9. k&R!!!!!!

Reply to StrictlyRockers (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 02:12 AM

Mar 2017

unitedwethrive

(1,997 posts)

10. Exactly how I feel. Heck, I'd pay twice that so someone less fortunate doesn't have to.

Reply to StrictlyRockers (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 02:16 AM

Mar 2017

alterfurz

(2,475 posts)

14. "Donald Trump's budget increases spending on defense...

Reply to StrictlyRockers (Original post)

Mon Mar 20, 2017, 11:55 AM

Mar 2017

...and decreases spending on everything worth defending." -- John Hartzell

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