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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:14 PM Original message |
Why is everyone just passively accepting a degrading society? |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Who's accepting that? |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Exactly. We've been outmaneuvered and out talking-pointed, but we have not accepted it |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. short of shooting someone, most of us are doing what we can. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. I think the OP means it's slowly becoming the "new normal" |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. It is called digging your own grave and save!!!! |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. I repeat my call for massive government spending... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Because there's no Left in the US |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. The far-far right has taken over the media |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. And the Left did.... .what about that? |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
49. As the the media was gradually handed over to the corporations, the left protested |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. We have been under corrupt corporate assault and we have been managed. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. I feel there's nothing |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. They may go unanswered but don't think for a minute they aren't accounted for |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. I have emailed, too. Thanks. |
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WingDinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. But, if we punish the evil rich guys that stole our future, they will leave and take their millions. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. We should take their millions first |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. They should GTFU |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:23 PM Original message |
Besides, I'm gonna be one of those rich fellers one day, by gum! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. Because when we obeject to the "austerity" scam |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
45. We will have an organized left again when we stop thinking the Democrats are "our side" |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's a logical disconnect that's been repeated so often few question it, is why. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. What Faux News tells them three times is true. |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Fox News is always gonna tell them that. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. The Golden Rule of Folktales! |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. this all happened because of the elections last November |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. The Democrats and Obama had two years to unfuck this thing |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. It is the 'reality' we are in when our elected officials won't do what needs to be done. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. Both parties have decided that greed is the most important American aspiration... |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. Look at your last sentence. |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. Because we're not allowed to talk about tax increases. |
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speltwon (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. My wife, and the wives of many of my coworkers are stay at home |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Yes, but it is a struggle. |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. Someone on the left needs to start a movement. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. If we can keep it non-partisan we might have a chance. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. Hmm, I've noticed just a tad of passion in, for example, Wisconsin. |
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Kennah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
28. We're still in the midst of the Unraveling |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
30. I thought it was more of a situation of being trapped. |
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dfgrbac (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
32. The "bounty" has been stolen, that's why! |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
34. doesn't have to be this way |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Bandaids for the upper middle class - |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. well.... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. We have capitalism in place, |
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louslobbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
53. I'm with that 100% |
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CrossChris (641 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
37. Because rich people want us to. And what are we going to do about it? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. We haven't taken to the streets in a substantial way yet - |
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dfgrbac (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. What's wrong with democracy? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. Because people whose money comes in check form, with deductions already taken out |
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mochajava666 (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-07-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
42. It's called progress when you blindly support Obama |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
44. the "bounty" was pissed away via deficit spending, tax cuts for the rich |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
46. Anti war hippies are retiring. They must be punished! That's why! |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
47. It's not being "accepted".. it's being "cheered".. |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. No its not. Look at the polls. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Been out twice this month and am going out again |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
50. Screwing over one's fellow Americans is just another consumer "choice". |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
54. The anti war hippies are tired.. they have been fighting since Kent State.... |
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