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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:00 PM Original message |
What blocking unemployment extension is really about: |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Just once I would love to see him use the bully pullpit like this. Call a press.... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's a good idea. |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You would think by now he would understand what he is up against and..... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. The democrats always sound apologetic. I'm really tired of hearing appeasing behavior. n/t |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You hit the nail on the head with this thread... |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. that's another illogical BS point (not yours- theirs) |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. And it's not just manuf. jobs going out of the country. R&D is leaving, hi-tech has been, |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:20 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. "They know precisely what they are doing" |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
43. Or..just let the sun set on the whole tax package |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. he has a choice. n/t |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. I have never seen such vile, outright hatred for a leader like the repukes display with Obama. |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. And he doesn't seem to realize what he's dealing with |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
75. Maybe you don't know what he is dealing with |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. I don't know |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. Nope. Clinton. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. No - what they did to Clinton was child's play. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
60. Impeachment was child's play? |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:31 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Clinton didn't deal with 2 wars and collapsed financial and health system with KKKons protesting at |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
59. True, but he had Mogadishu and a divided country. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
58. They're faking it. |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
72. To be fair, I read a lot of it here directed at Bush. And Cheney. nt |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. Die Quickly !!!! Grayson calls it like it is |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. That's just it. "You. Not rich? DROP DEAD!" n/t |
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DimplesinMI (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. No, no....Let's Tell the TRUTH here |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. worthy of its own thread |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. +1, n/t |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. +1 |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Unless he fights them, he is certainly to blame. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:37 AM Response to Reply #7 |
33. President Obama also killed Bambi because of the same reasons you listed :rolleyes:. This shit gets |
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DimplesinMI (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:46 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. While you laugh.... |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
63. yeah, keep on laughing |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
70. +1000! The blame is well deserved and rightly placed. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. In fact, the republicans have declared WAR on America. I wish the D's would |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. They should - including Obama. n/t |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yes!!! Agree!!! n/t |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. some of us out here in the real world have been saying just that. |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. You won't get any argument from me on the use of that word. n/t |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. It is Treasonous IMO. The republicans sound completely un-American to me. IMO they are |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
27. Bernie Sanders speech on the Senate Floor today was awesome. I kept thinking |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:53 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. That would have been nice. Obama is not much of a fighter. |
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DimplesinMI (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:42 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Well, if the beginning of your fight begins with.... |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
28. Just watched Bernie S. on Rachel. He said the same thing. |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
30. At some point it's time to get rid of Tim Kaine, If dems where doing this they'd be in jail... |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
78. I agree with you on that one nt |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
32. Yes. Lovely. I just read where Obama may delay his vacation in order to shepherd the deal on tax... |
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DimplesinMI (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:54 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Lord knows... |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 09:26 AM Response to Reply #32 |
51. Noted. I've heard not a peep out of him about unemployment extension |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
37. The k and the r |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
38. you really think Obama gives a shit about the plight of the unemployed? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:06 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Yes And Yes |
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DimplesinMI (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:14 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Umm...No and No is more like it |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
71. Well he did say that if his policies fail or failed to be enacted that he would not seek re-election |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
41. Unemployment insurance |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Sorry to disagree. |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. There is no shame |
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erodriguez (532 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #53 |
67. "Earning a living" is not putting you and your family in a hole. |
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mstinamotorcity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
74. I want to know how long |
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Chisox08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-04-10 06:02 AM Response to Reply #53 |
79. What about those who apply for jobs on a daily bases but |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #41 |
52. Yipes! The national unemployment rate hovers around 10% (and |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Deleted sub-thread |
tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #41 |
57. Time for a WPA |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #57 |
77. All for it....why isn't this talked about more often? It doesn't seem to get coverage |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
65. That's bull. I've been unemployed for 2 years and NOT collecting. |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. If you would be so kind as to give me your state and city, |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. I am in the Boston area. |
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Zebedeo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Here's what I've found so far: |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. Take a closer look at the craigslist postings. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
42. And, he's letting them get their way, it appears. |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
44. Obama's inability to fight back is making him a one-term President. |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I agree. He's digging himself and the country into a hole |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
45. It's not all about Obama. |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 09:16 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Yes. The goal has always been thus. But it has heretofore been thwarted |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Agreed. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
47. Ding, Ding, we have a winner! |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. That's a great way of describing it, raccoon. |
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PM Martin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
61. If he truly cares, then Obama MUST make much noise about this. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
62. Then Obama should answer that war with an uzi. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
64. I believe you missed the donkey with that tail./tale too. |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-03-10 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
73. Its about LEADERSHIP and lack thereof |
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