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Kurovski

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9. More people than ever are voting and are informed due to the internet and...

Reply to Tansy_Gold (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 27, 2013, 03:12 PM

Mar 2013

popular entertainment using politics as material. A report in 2008 revealed more volunteerism than ever in American communities.

Our gov. is of course almost completely bought. But young people really don't watch TEEVEE, they are more involved than the retirees, for the most part. retirees however well, or ill-informed they may be, vote without fail.

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"Bread And Circuses" Worked In Roman Times & Still Works Today - Nothing Has Changed [View all] TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 OP

except we aren't getting the bread Tansy_Gold Mar 2013 #1

Touche - Today's Circus Works Even Better Than The Roman Version. TheMastersNemesis Mar 2013 #2

You beat me to it! dawg Mar 2013 #6

What do you mean "we aren't getting the bread"? Kurovski Mar 2013 #7

Juvenal and the lessons of history Tansy_Gold Mar 2013 #8

More people than ever are voting and are informed due to the internet and... Kurovski Mar 2013 #9

The culture wars are just another product. nt rrneck Mar 2013 #3

+1 HiPointDem Mar 2013 #4

Another fine example of a Reagan policy or action at the root of Americas problems today liberal N proud Mar 2013 #5