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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:54 PM Original message |
Some Think Politics Is Just So Easy And Straightforward. Oh Yeah? Well Why Not Put Up Or Shut Up? |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. Reminds me of armchair QB's & Coaches. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Exactly What I've Been Thinking. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. you are under the delusion that we're just spectators in this democracy |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm fine with the status quo. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. I will run only if everyone here donates the maximum amount of money to me |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I'm Not Talking About For The Senate. Hell, Just A Local Race Even. Any Political Race! |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. I actually cant.... |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I'll donate - but your positions have to please me |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. No, I expect you to. If you vote/give to anyone else, like Nader, then he is stealing you from me. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. Until Kucinich is SecDef, Ron Kuby is AG, and Noam Chomsky is the Sec. of State, there is no justice |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. ! |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm wondering who appointed you hall monitor. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Ummmmmm, What A Horrible Usage Of That Cliche. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. maybe you should consider another line of work then |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Are You Drunk? |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I have an aversion to self-appointed cat-herders. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I'll Wait For You To Sober Up. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Your edit ^ proves my point exactly: You're a poseur. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. This Isn't About Dissent. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. What the hell are you talking about? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Voicing Opinions Is One Thing. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. So you'd like to see a DU with threads that look something like this—? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. How Cute That You Think The World Is Black And White. |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. How cute that you think an opposing point of view |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. I guess it's called "democracy." Who's the boss? We're the boss. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. You are a battery with the defects of emotions and hunger |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Well, I'll be getting a 5.8% "raise" in January. With health care. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. the ONLY problem you have with all of that is they don't agree with YOU |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Dissent Does Not Equal Irrational Rage And Idealistic Ignorance. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. OH yes it does! Folks have a right to whatever expectation they can manage |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. No, It Doesn't. What You're Describing Is Called Ignorance, Not Dissent. |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. That's just your own biased opinion |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. What I think is funny is that wanting a clean enivironment, good health care, non-corrupt |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Such Things Are Not Idealistic Whatsoever. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Well, that's what most people on DU want. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. If it was easy to get that, it would have already be done |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. It's not easy, but it can be done. Other countries have universal health care. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Politics |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. It's not the politics, as much as it is the people. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
34. most of us can't afford to run for public office |
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prostock69 (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
36. If anyone actually did have the guts to run for office |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
38. Are you sure there are "almost ZERO elected officials on this site"? |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. irony here OMC |
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