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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:04 PM Original message |
A profound sadness hit me today. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Free trade: it was sold to us as if it were a job-maker, and it was a job stealer nt |
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Eddie Haskell (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. If both sides are working against you, |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 06:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
29. The miracle is that there is any party OTHER than the Repuke Party nowadays.... |
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Eddie Haskell (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 07:08 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Two parties ... one master. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 07:10 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. EXACTLY! Oh my God you said it perfectly. Two parties, one master: the rich nt |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. GREED |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #29 |
44. May I suggest, Sarah, |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
56. I echo your feelings exactly. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
66. Your right when it comes to the glamourization |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 07:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
36. +1000. nt |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
65. Yep. What good is a vote if there's no choice |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Ross Perot was right. "There will be a giant sucking sounds of the jobs going to Mexico." |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Then almost-free-trade-with-China passed and |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Except Ross Perot was a privatizer and himself a government contractor. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 06:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
30. The whole F time they were trying to sell us free trade, I was desperate telling people it was shit |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Ross Perot was virulently anti-NAFTA. Curious...did you vote for him or Clinton? |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 06:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Ross Perot was a dog and pony show. He had 1 good quality: he was anti-free trade agreements |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. We may have the votes, but they've got the machines. n/t |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Rock and roll has made us into machines |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Hey, there's a song for every situation in life. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. There's a front pager at balloon-juice dot com whose every title seems to be a song lyric.. |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. But not unless we get the rigged voting machines out of the equation. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Agreed. nt |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. And the willing cheaters die. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Probably one older, one younger |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Admirable. Thank you. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
62. Thanks for seriously considering an older worker. My husband was |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. The machines no longer matter. We have rigged candidates. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. Excellent observation. It seems that no matter who we |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. N - G - U |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's a long train of events that has lead us to this. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. the death throes of democracy |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. Who is that guy standing over Roosevelt's shoulder with the long tie and white suit? |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 08:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
37. I found him! |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 10:01 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Wow! Great find! Sad story. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
53. Wow! Thank you very much for that answer. That is an amazing answer to my question. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yet your decision probably means more to them. |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. The 99% don't have the vote as long as it is Diebolded. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
19. Manny, I have loved you for a long time, but I disagree. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You may be right, but I'm curious: have you studied the 1920s and 1930s |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Technology is the difference. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
45. TPTB don't need to institutionalize people en masse anymore |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 08:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
38. The future: New Deal or Third Reich? |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
22. A Day in the Life of the Long Term Unemployed |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. This is no country for old men |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
25. This is precisely why I am so, so, so, so upset with Obama. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. You don't completely buy that do you |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 07:02 AM Response to Original message |
32. What fucking use is voting if we can't even verify the damn vote tallies as accurate and honest??? |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. And if it turns out there is really only one bifurcated party on offer? /nt |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Well, I know they're accurate and honest in my county |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. some of us are aware we're being screwed |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
41. You found out FDR died? |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. No question, both old and young are getting whacked |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
46. A relative |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
47. kick |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
48. Well, I hope you consider hiring some of them. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. See #11 nt |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
51. maybe this will cheer you up: you are in a position |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Yes, indeed. I can guarantee you that those older workers will give you more professionally |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. Show us some candidates to vote for |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
57. I am looking forward to having nothing left to lose. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
59. Big heart, big brain Manny, we love you. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Barney's my rep. He and I are probably feeling about |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
60. Many of the 99% have been psychologically co-opted by the 1% |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-21-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
61. "the vote".. |
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