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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:00 PM Original message |
Bill Moyers - The great divide today is a radical lack of empathy |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. K&R |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. He is quite correct. |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. Do you have a link to the transcript, by chance? n/t |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yes, here it is |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Thank you very much. n/t |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. I can't see the transcript via that link... |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Oh, sorry... I don't have a link for a transcript |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. There's a spot for the transcript but it's still blank. |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. OOps, that's a link to the video, not a transcript |
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w0nderer (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
53. self delete n/t |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Narcissistic Fibrosis |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. +1 - What a great term!! /nt |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'd also love to have the link. :) nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. That sounds great, thank you. |
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Curmudgeoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. Bill Moyers has always been a refreshing voice |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. Malignant narcissism. No more apt description for it than THAT. |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. Love him |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, he's correct; losing civility>civilization. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
14. Capitalism is sociopathy as an economic system. |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
61. Capitalism is great. It's why I own a home, can buy an abundance of food, have a car... |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. So you're OK |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. nah... all the others deserve nuthin' cause ther all lazy druggies |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. What's Archie Bunker about me sacrificing to buy a house years ago? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #75 |
86. no, because you assume people fail because they don't try like you do |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Edit that to: |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #72 |
77. What makes you think I don't care about people? Because I sacrificed to buy a house? |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #77 |
87. You did not have children or dependants to support |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. Everyone has the freedom to improve his/her lot through capitalism. Including me. |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Your examples are "free enterprise" not "capitalism" |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Capitalism is the marketing of things or services...for money. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. What a load of RW Crap! |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. traaalaaala |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. Read my story. About my sis in the nursing home on Medicaid. About HOW |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. Your success has more to do with your toughness |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #67 |
79. No, it was not easy. I had some strikes against me. After it's done, people see... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. good for you... you get a gold star |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. Right |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Who did I criticize? All I said, if you read my OP, was that I like capitalism. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #90 |
96. No, we'll never know all the facts will we, since |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #83 |
91. I've been very lucky, and I've been rewarded for my hard work. My point is... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #91 |
94. why would you assume people are jealous? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #61 |
85. You do know the Soviet Union was dissolved more than 20 years ago? |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #85 |
93. The highest suicide rate in the world is in Sweden. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #93 |
95. it is? Got a link? And a link that supports what reasons you attribute Sweden's suicidal rates to? |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #93 |
99. Not even close. The highest suicide rate is in Lithuania. |
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postulater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. Great quote! |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
16. K/R |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
17. When the Congress, the administration, and the Supreme Court court |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. "Malignant Narcissism" |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. Bill Moyers is a national treasure. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. Thank you. K&R. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. Bkmrd. k & R nt |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. Well he's half right. I see either radical lack of empathy or |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
27. Saw this lecture live. Keillor sometimes has trouble shutting up, going on an endless |
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housewolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. You are indeed a "Lucky Lib" to have seen it live! |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
63. It's interesting that the best interviewers are those who "get out of the way." |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Democrats would always do well to remember... |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
29. Kick and Rec! |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
31. Thanks for sharing this. Moyers is ALWAYS worth watching! n/t |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
32. I watched part of it. I loved the part where he explained how the republican |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-28-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
34. Thanks for posting.... |
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ProfessionalLeftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
35. We are a nation of sociopaths.n/t |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
36. K&R |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
37. Moyers nails it. RW greedeology has destroyed our pride in public works & community itself. |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
38. Thanks so much for posting this! |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
39. I am heartbroken at how ugly this nation has become. |
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Mosaic (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
40. I doubt 'America' will survive |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
41. By definition, a civilization in decline is headed towards anarchy. We see at the top the disrespect |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #41 |
55. The dismantling of our public institutions is also the dismantling of the state. |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
42. the greedy rich are a bone cancer on the body of america. |
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dsharp88 (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
43. Brilliantly put. n/t |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
44. K&R |
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LiberalLovinLug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
69. Bill is great, but thanks for that link to Joe Bageant |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
45. What an extraordinary person he is and |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
46. As usual, Bill Moyers is absolutely correct |
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HelenWheels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
47. Over the walls |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:29 AM Original message |
right on |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
48. right on |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
49. Globalism, "free trade" and laissez-faire capitalism are incompatible with community... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
50. "Civilization is but a thin veneer of civility stretched across the passions of the human heart. " |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
51. k&r |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
52. That is SO true. |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
54. Also "Greed Entitlement" = I steal what I can, I don't care about impacts on others |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
56. Thanks for this thoughtful post |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
57. K & R (n t) |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
58. Kicked and recommended. |
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Jim_Shorts (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
59. Bill Moyers, as American as apple pie |
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lupinella (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
60. Wonderful |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
62. Very eloquent. But you know...I think that attitude has always existed. |
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BrendaBrick (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #62 |
89. Yeah - I hear ya! |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
64. K&R. nt |
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tea and oranges (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. A Realization |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 02:51 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. i agree. welcome to DU. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
70. kick for later |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
80. Excellent. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-29-11 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
82. Kick to the sky! |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
92. k&r |
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guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
97. K&R thanks n/t |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
98. Bill Moyers and Garrison Keillor. Proof positive that the US is capable of producing great minds. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-30-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
100. Kick. nt |
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