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In reply to the discussion: Glenn Greenwald has seen the future, and it is depressingly familiar. [View all]DevonRex
(22,541 posts)86. Greenwald eats chihuahuas!!! Where's PETA?
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Glenn Greenwald has seen the future, and it is depressingly familiar. [View all]
MadHound
Nov 2012
OP
Any comment on the article itself, or are you just specializing in snark today? n/t
MadHound
Nov 2012
#3
What track record over the past 4 years? He hasn't touched SS & doesn't plan to.
JaneyVee
Nov 2012
#111
And I was out there at the age of nine, fighting to get all the soldiers home,
MadHound
Nov 2012
#78
Hey, there's only one way to get things done in this political system of ours,
MadHound
Nov 2012
#69
We intend to all be squeaky wheels and despite what a few on DU seem to think, we never
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#115
Tell that to the Corporate Lobbyists who don't wait one minute before descending on
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#84
You don't have to bump into them, you could write an OP, eg, you could make some
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#108
Why does a libertarian, who defends racists and supports Citizens United & Gary Johnson.....
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2012
#6
"Aside" from the fact that "the messenger" sucks? I think that about covers it. No cred.
Tarheel_Dem
Nov 2012
#13
tarheel didn't say he looked like a libertarian, but that he SUPPORTED gary johnson
JI7
Nov 2012
#21
And you know what, none of that addresses the issues that Greenwald brings up in this piece.
MadHound
Nov 2012
#29
How do you propose he force John Boehner to fully fund the Congressional Progressive
geek tragedy
Nov 2012
#28
Sure. The Republicans still have significant power that has not been undone.
geek tragedy
Nov 2012
#36
actually i would like to know if Glenn Greenwald is a libertarian on social programs
CreekDog
Nov 2012
#17
"The parade of evils caused by illegal immigration is widely known, and it gets worse every day."
joshcryer
Nov 2012
#120
Well, considering that the fight over the Grand Bargain is staring us in the face,
MadHound
Nov 2012
#12
Oh please. What will China do with all its foreign exchange in U.S. $ if it does not
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#116
Shorter Glenn Greenwald: Republicans don't control the House if you close your eyes
geek tragedy
Nov 2012
#22
So you honestly think that Obama and the Democrats don't have political capital now?
MadHound
Nov 2012
#26
Sure, they have capital. But capital is no replacement for institutional power. nt
geek tragedy
Nov 2012
#33
Absolutely get the best deal possible. The real question is what kind of deal is possible.
geek tragedy
Nov 2012
#39
Republicans would rather see the military cuts than see taxes go up on the rich.
geek tragedy
Nov 2012
#50
Republicans lost seats in the House and the Senate and they lost the WH again.
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#43
Republicans lost several of their most rabid anti-SS gang. They got the message and now is
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#71
Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1. Tell us how the President overrides that. nt
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#82
Greenwald's agenda is to trash Obama and the Dems in hopes of driving folk towards libertarianism
struggle4progress
Nov 2012
#35
Not everything, that GG utters, is fact: GG spews propaganda, with a definite objective.
struggle4progress
Nov 2012
#60
And how about Major Unions and tons of Liberal Groups who agree with Greenwald?
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#54
GG started off as a corporate lawyer, made enough to retire, then claimed he had been a civil rights
struggle4progress
Nov 2012
#72
That wasn't the question. What about the Unions and Bernie Sanders and all the Liberal
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#74
Exactly "the voters have given a mandate to protect vital programs like Medicare,
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#100
So, are you looking forward to a higher retirement age, and SS linked to a chained CPI?
MadHound
Nov 2012
#61
You're way out of line. Obama's victory means nothing, NADA, zilch, if the
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#123
He now plans an evil compromise with Rs that will force us to eat lil chilluns!
struggle4progress
Nov 2012
#75
Really, have you admonished the Corporate Lobbyists who have already descended on DC
sabrina 1
Nov 2012
#101
Sorry. I have reduced my number of replies in subthreads to just one from now on.
MineralMan
Nov 2012
#110
MadHound!!! Your thread before the election gave me hope, and this one gives me joy!! Well done! nt
msanthrope
Nov 2012
#106
I doubt he will do that. Progressives would leave the Democratic Party by the hundreds of thousands
Zorra
Nov 2012
#107
Thanks for posting. You most definitely do not deserve the snarks and
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#119