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T.Ruth2power (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 11:32 AM Original message |
I Can No Longer Stomach Middle Class Americans of the Commissar Caste |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. So it's not just the rich anymore, it's anybody with an education |
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T.Ruth2power (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Define success |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Not having to drive a delivery truck, unless you want to. |
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T.Ruth2power (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. So who's going to do the delivering? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Who is the ruling class |
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T.Ruth2power (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. This will do |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. No, I've read marx I want your opinion on how this is applied |
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T.Ruth2power (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Reactionary |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. As an elitist (college educated)(graphic) |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. How about pictures of US soldiers holding up the heads of Iraqis. I got em if you want em. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. USSR and China |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. Timor, see Russia? No. See Henry Kissinger. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Lay out a better system (or just define the BS class system) |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #55 |
82. The foundational division: do you have to sell your time to other people |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #82 |
90. Binary response. The world exists between 1 and 0 |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #90 |
103. What you describe is not "investing", it is gambling |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #90 |
109. non-seq response. saying "binary" doesn't refute the proposition. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:06 AM Response to Reply #90 |
188. No, That's About What It Comes Down To |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
170. Please cite where Marx advocated murdering people with educations? |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Well, hopefully not people with master's degrees. |
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T.Ruth2power (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Well |
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Terry_M (559 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. What's wrong is that it's been tried... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Ask the Mexican indians picking your coffee how this is "working" for them. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Solutions time.. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Define "better". Define "system". |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Visit there.. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #43 |
65. Yes there was poverty before the US. There was feudalism. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Now this is getting interesting, I agree |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #71 |
132. There's good documentary on China. I think it's just called "China". It's 6 hours long. |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #132 |
141. Right on. ¡Salud! n/t |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #132 |
184. Amazing post! |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 05:29 AM Response to Reply #184 |
202. Not on China but definitely on Mexico |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Actually, socialism works fine - where its members aren't "disappeared" or similar |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #51 |
67. Precisely. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
129. Actually, "collective farming" was the standard method for millennia |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #129 |
135. of course |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #135 |
152. I think there's going to have to be a big revision of how things are done |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 07:21 AM Response to Reply #129 |
189. Then Came Enclosure |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #189 |
190. Absofuckinglutely. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #189 |
201. correct |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. What about a Janitor with a PHD |
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T.Ruth2power (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Please |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. You are not talking collective activity, you are talking |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. no, the essay said nothing about reeducation camps, socialism, |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. commissar is a soviet term |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. The writer criticized existing power arrangements. You transformed the criticism |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Soviet language and all hack no substance |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. The writer said nothing about reeducation camps, marx, or |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Lets start with class. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. Really. I can make $10 million tomorrow with nothing but speculation. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. Cash (yours or borrowed) |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #77 |
107. Perhaps you should look deeper into Soros' background, rather than relying on the |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #107 |
119. Two words |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #119 |
146. & before that? just a poor little bumpkin? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #57 |
84. do those people have to sell their time to live, or do they live by buying other |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. You can speculate on anything. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #89 |
100. I disagree that it can be done ethically. The present speculation |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #100 |
118. Speculate on interest rates value invest |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #118 |
150. "value invest" = speculate on necessary commodities = |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #150 |
159. Value invest = |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #159 |
168. you're the poster who was advocating for commodities on another |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #57 |
106. What's working class? Bageant puts it thus: |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
171. Then try the fascist term, KAPO or the plantation term OVERSEER |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
217. nonsense |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
53. No, it's a RUSSIAN term taken from French |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. USSR and communism |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. If so, it would appear that bagneant is comparing the US functionaries |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
216. that makes no sense |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
215. Bullshit bullshit bullshit |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. What's wrong with a collective farm? Oksy then, you first. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
169. Kerala (one of the Communist success stories) went with land distribution instead |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
205. Do you recommend that we all drive delivery trucks? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
94. Even that reply exposes your ingrained bias. n/t |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Owning your time |
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T.Ruth2power (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. How do you |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. barter for time, exchange time on paper |
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T.Ruth2power (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. The layers are very real even if unseen |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. By attempting to operate in that construct I would |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
60. I wish I had the choice to have an apartment. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
76. No one owns their time who has to sell it to survive. The only "choice" |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. But choices can be made that change the value |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #78 |
85. Certainly choices can change the value of your time. So can |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #85 |
93. Not stupidity.. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #93 |
99. Bali is expensive. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. Chance is not the major factor |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #102 |
104. What is that list supposed to prove? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #104 |
122. Access to resources |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:46 PM Response to Reply #122 |
148. i don't see the point of posting it, then. what resources? what time? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
110. Sounds like you're the dude Joe was talking about. Truth hurts doesn't it? In DENIAL much? |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 10:01 PM Response to Reply #110 |
173. I went to college got a job & sent my kid to college, Guilty as charged. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
126. I dont know much about Marxism, and I dont know what the author wants from me. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. Essentially, you appear to be advocating Maoism, or something similar to it. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Oh big deal. What we do is no better than the Cultural Revolution. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. All the isms are human constructs |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. If you were on the "unequal" side, it wouldn't be a theoretical question to you. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I've been on that side |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. Great for you. You're a token and an inspiration. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. socialisim is not marxisim |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #63 |
79. Socialism was invented by Marx and synonymous with communism until it was later separated. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #79 |
87. George Lakoff |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #87 |
112. "class views is that they tend to trap the people who they define." |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #112 |
121. Knowledge is not degrees or smarts |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #121 |
140. You're probably safe, but here's where the problem comes in... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #121 |
149. no one said it was limited to degrees. the chinese have mentors |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #149 |
162. Bottom line |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #162 |
164. japan's economy challenged the US by the 80s - 30 years. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #63 |
116. So... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #116 |
124. No I buy the company I work for |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #124 |
151. thus proving my point. you wouldn't continue as a wage slave, you'd |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #151 |
161. I am free to choose my job. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #161 |
165. if you're so free to choose, why aren't you ceo of the company, instead of a hired hand? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #165 |
174. Ever written a review? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #174 |
180. but - if you got a billion, you'd buy the company & run it. |
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T.Ruth2power (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #161 |
199. So this is a matter of choice? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
88. Then why is the supply of those necessary people purposefully limited? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #88 |
95. Agree |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #95 |
120. But if there were more doctors, lawyers, etc. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #88 |
160. Sorry, I forgot I was talking to mostly Americans. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
127. I will accept your invitation. CUBA has LOTS of doctors, and a good health care system. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. Cambodia killed them all, did not work out that well |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. i met one of them.... she explained how they have 2-3 yr waiting lists for the right preschool that |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. I've got news for him. The people who are university deans and publishers aren't middle class. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
27. Nice article |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
176. That's interesting |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
30. Geez. The only people who count are people who get dirty at work and don't earn much money? |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #30 |
114. Sounds like immigrants to me. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #114 |
153. immigrants are the only people who get their hands dirty? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 07:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
203. Not the only people who count |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
36. The top 1-5% can't control the entire population themselves |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Make your own pie! |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
72. The stock exchange can be manipulated (by guess who?). Trusting your money to brookers will not |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #72 |
80. Dont invest in companies |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
101. Funny how we're not all rich, then. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #101 |
209. The Uber-rich are more than just greedy |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
40. The spectacular misrepresentations here! |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Can we define the classes in the US |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. Hmmm... |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. Why not inform yourself rather than expose your ignorance. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Read dahl, will read others |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. What do you think classes ARE if not groupings of power distribution? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. New Haven |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #73 |
111. I'm not a marxist and don't see the world through the filter of that dogma |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. It's funny. Sometimes I forget that it has nothing to do with logic. |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
41. K and R |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
45. I grew up with "Father Knows Best" and the rest as well, but for some |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
50. the commissar caste |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. "But the solution to this situation isn't any sort of forced social engineering" |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. Propaganda isn't |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #69 |
83. It looks forced to me. I wasn't aware that we have the option not to have it shoved into our faces |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. My family hasn't had a TV in our house for many years. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #69 |
96. Yes, when you're 7 years old, you have the choice of not watching TV, |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #96 |
105. Sure, all true |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
66. Wow, are there ever a lot of people (deliberately?) misunderstanding this article |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. I love reading Joe B. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #66 |
75. Same impression I got. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #75 |
81. They're trying to scare the proles out of being self-aware |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #81 |
91. OH NOES!!1!!The Boogeymen!! |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #81 |
108. I see what they're doing, but WHY are they doing it on DU? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #108 |
158. Some of the people who are doing this consistently advocate right-wing opinions |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #81 |
154. What a *NICE* taxonomy, Lydia! |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #81 |
179. Thank you for adding the classification |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
98. It is difficult for a person to understand something when their paycheck |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #98 |
212. You cannot awaken a man |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #212 |
213. Pretending, you say? |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
92. Ah, Joe Bageant, what a discovery for me, thanks. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
97. This is why I post here, brilliant place |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
113. When I read things like this, I always fail to see what the author expects of me. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #113 |
123. I think he expects us all to get in touch with how undeserved our situation is |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #123 |
128. If so, I like the way you put it much better. |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #128 |
181. "we should do our best to help others..." |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 02:07 AM Response to Reply #181 |
185. Yup. "Manual and intellectual workers" of the world, unite! |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #113 |
125. It's pretty simple |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #125 |
130. I see your point as well. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #125 |
134. Your interpretation is about 270 spherical degrees out from mine |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #134 |
136. Bageant is being a condescending jerk, actually |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #136 |
142. not trying to shame anyone for "what they amassed." |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #134 |
138. I'd say he is advocating a degree of guilt. Milk shakes? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #138 |
143. yes, it's about the milkshakes. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:45 PM Response to Reply #138 |
147. Honestly, I don't see it. What I see him going off on are the "apparatchiki" |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 06:20 PM Response to Reply #147 |
157. Yes, what's worse, from what I gather (I was too young to be there personally) |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
115. This is a great rant. These people have ruined america. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
117. Joe is DEAD ON. Look no further than DU for intellectual superiority aka B.S. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #117 |
131. huh? illegal immigrants? that's a leap. it's not illegal immigrants |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #131 |
137. No-I blame the corporations and business for giving those people jobs & allowing this to happen. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #137 |
144. How about fixing NAFTA so that US companies don't displace millions of Mexicans |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #144 |
177. Nafta Sucks. And FYI-I am totally Pro Union. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #177 |
178. My point is purely pragmatic actually. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #137 |
155. Maybe you should blame the international financiers & politicians who took down |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #155 |
175. First off, I never said anything about Mexico. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #175 |
182. The laws of "this country" are made for the owning class. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #182 |
197. Yes, we are in a class war. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
133. question |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #133 |
139. I thought that the author was advocating some form of communism or another. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 05:41 PM Response to Reply #139 |
145. is it true what he says? has he lied somewhere? |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #139 |
214. Bageant |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #133 |
156. My favorite "Anti-Red" quote from the House un-American Activities Committee: |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
163. Joe speaks for this old-time, blue collar, redneck, Truman Democrat. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
166. Divide and rule is not exacty new. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 05:45 AM Response to Reply #166 |
186. Yeah, I thought it was unfair of Bageant to include teachers in his list of commissars |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:53 AM Response to Reply #186 |
191. I agree. Not all teachers (even these days) just help sell "The System" to kids |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #186 |
194. I read it as referring to a role rather than individuals. How many teachers, do you suppose, |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #194 |
204. 'Many', perhaps? |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #204 |
206. I suspect not. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
167. Unfortunate duplicate. nt |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-07-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
172. This is the truth. |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #172 |
192. You either with us or against us eh? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #192 |
198. At the end of the day |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #192 |
207. Which side are *you* on? |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
183. who needs a beer? |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
187. zing! you touched a nerve there, T.Ruth |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
193. This is just a racist diatribe. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #193 |
195. "Racist diatribe"?? You must be joking. |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #193 |
196. Let's get real and connect the dots |
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T.Ruth2power (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-08-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #193 |
200. What do you mean? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
208. All of this talk of re-education camps |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
210. This is the kind of crap that makes DU an embarassment. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-09-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #210 |
211. Reading comperhension problem? |
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