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Sekhmets Daughter

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8. Exactly.

Reply to bluestate10 (Reply #4)

Fri Nov 16, 2012, 06:28 PM

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The US ruling class are traitors who are deliberately dismantling US productive capacity, [View all] HiPointDem Nov 2012 OP

Because we let them. Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #1

In Ohio our teabagger friends elected some real doozies. peace13 Nov 2012 #2

I'm not talking politics...I'm talking about the fact that we continue to buy stuff not made here, Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #6

Teabaggers elected those people because a lot of the Left sat home in 2010 because they were upset bluestate10 Nov 2012 #13

certainly. but part of the reason we let them is because they control our information HiPointDem Nov 2012 #3

You convince yourself that they have that power over you. BS. They don't have it unless you grant it bluestate10 Nov 2012 #9

Amen! Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #14

I don't "convince myself" of anything. I just have to look around. I have no idea HiPointDem Nov 2012 #18

I don't want to be rude, Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #12

no idea what your point is. and yes, american manufacturers indeed "do that today".they HiPointDem Nov 2012 #19

Sorry it flew over your head. I'll aim lower next time. Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #22

you do that little thing, and bless your little heart. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #26

Thanks. Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #27

We can and should be developing and patronizing alternatives. bluestate10 Nov 2012 #4

Exactly. Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #8

who is this "we" who should be doing that? I first heard the ideas you're espousing HiPointDem Nov 2012 #20

tragically, yes, that is the very short version of the truth HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #7

I think the truth is much more painful HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #5

Started with Regan yrs. ago ,= flight controlers ruffburr Nov 2012 #10

This round started in the 1960s, implementation began with reagan. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #15

The only difference between Bain (et al.) and the guys arrested in the story below: htuttle Nov 2012 #11

+1. not to mention that the corporations and mafia work together. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #23

Indeed. hifiguy Nov 2012 #24

Cant be classified as traitors. rhett o rick Nov 2012 #16

Right that they can't be classified as traitors but for wrong reason. onenote Nov 2012 #17

no? if someone came in and bombed half of us productive capacity/infrastructure HiPointDem Nov 2012 #21

Article III. Section 3. onenote Nov 2012 #29

I call destruction of productive capacity & destruction of the people "war". ymmv. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #32

I don't doubt that you do onenote Nov 2012 #34

and i don't doubt that you don't. the supreme court also held that black people HiPointDem Nov 2012 #35

Actually, the framers of the Constitution decreed the 3/5 compromise onenote Nov 2012 #36

halliburton is a company founded in the usa, by americans, with americans as its HiPointDem Nov 2012 #25

kivking it HiPointDem Nov 2012 #28

again HiPointDem Nov 2012 #33

Succinct! ~ A+ nt Zorra Nov 2012 #30

k&r Starry Messenger Nov 2012 #31