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coldwaterintheface

(137 posts)
2. Do we still have a representative form of government, yes
Thu Oct 4, 2012, 10:15 PM
Oct 2012

they represent the 1% and corporations, the rest of us, not so much, only when they really have to.

"When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."

Wise words written in 1776, more people really need to go back and read the Declaration of Independence and think about what the FF were really saying.

Stop the attack on Social Security. [View all] woo me with science Oct 2012 OP
K&R DJ13 Oct 2012 #1
Thank you. To attack SS is unconscionable. woo me with science Oct 2012 #4
Do we still have a representative form of government, yes coldwaterintheface Oct 2012 #2
The people have the most leverage before elections. woo me with science Oct 2012 #9
kr nt bananas Oct 2012 #3
Kick woo me with science Oct 2012 #5
DU rec. nt xchrom Oct 2012 #6
We all are going to busy the next couple of years. mmonk Oct 2012 #7
I sure hope you are right. woo me with science Oct 2012 #8
Recommended. jsr Oct 2012 #10
Kick woo me with science Oct 2012 #11
I understand some on DU want us to stay silent for another month.... tokenlib Oct 2012 #12
That is not what I heard Biden say. woo me with science Oct 2012 #15
Maybe I heard Biden wrong...we deserve to know the definition of "TWEAK" tokenlib Oct 2012 #16
i think the definition of 'tweak' was already given by either obama or biden: "tweak like reagan HiPointDem Oct 2012 #18
Not good enough--we deserve a simple definition--no weasel word framing... tokenlib Oct 2012 #19
I agree, wholeheartedly, and believe the 'tweak' the PTB have in mind = cuts. HiPointDem Oct 2012 #20
K&R. nt DLevine Oct 2012 #13
In the 21st century economy, the Democratic position should be dropping age, raising PufPuf23 Oct 2012 #14
kr HiPointDem Oct 2012 #17
Kick!--Reflex action that damnable bastard Pete Petersen just came to mind--isn't that his name? tokenlib Oct 2012 #21
kick woo me with science Oct 2012 #22
kick woo me with science Oct 2012 #23
kick woo me with science Oct 2012 #24
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