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Jakes Progress

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26. Yep. Our elected president and congress
Wed Apr 10, 2013, 05:32 AM
Apr 2013

acting as predator drones on the elderly, children, the poor, and the middle class. The wealthy deploy them at will. Our democracy is the collateral damage.

Mr. President, how could you? tblue Apr 2013 #1
He'll be fine. Just like Clinton's fine. WorseBeforeBetter Apr 2013 #18
No he won't. He'll be rewarded for this choice. Bank on it, he certainly is. SammyWinstonJack Apr 2013 #31
obama's got his so leave him alone ok? nt msongs Apr 2013 #2
Having his is fine. MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #3
I will certainly never be bullied into voting against my better judgement again, ever. Mnemosyne Apr 2013 #4
But starving seniors make poor photo ops. kiva Apr 2013 #5
Not only poor photo ops, but really shitty soldiers-- eridani Apr 2013 #30
Manny, there are generic peas out there... Oilwellian Apr 2013 #6
And when peas become too dear, MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #7
And that's a substitution (pebbles for peas), so it doesn't indicate a rise in the CPI anymore. dawg Apr 2013 #48
Substitutes aren't equal to the original. caseymoz Apr 2013 #8
Whole peas already have next to no nutritional value. /nt TheMadMonk Apr 2013 #12
I know, I was being facetious Oilwellian Apr 2013 #17
Food insecurity in this country? nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #9
glad to see that not everyone here... dtom67 Apr 2013 #10
Ahh Shit Who Cares About Food For Old Folks? HangOnKids Apr 2013 #11
heh. SammyWinstonJack Apr 2013 #32
Better get stocked up on this stuff... BuelahWitch Apr 2013 #13
Yeah right durablend Apr 2013 #27
Oh sure, that's funny now. But when cat food gets expensive, MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #46
Fancy Feast too pricey? Time to try Meow Mix... alterfurz Apr 2013 #50
"Our society fails... ReRe Apr 2013 #14
The Predator Class Has a Lock on the House of Representatives AndyTiedye Apr 2013 #15
Why, exactly, does he have "no choice but to negotiate with" Teabaggers? AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #19
Because tghat makes him look like the sensible adult! DUH! bvar22 Apr 2013 #23
Oh Gawd! SammyWinstonJack Apr 2013 #34
Truth is.... they can already afford to buy all the planes and yachts and houses they want... world wide wally Apr 2013 #16
worse-- they want to pauperize the middle class to have more people to look down on carolinayellowdog Apr 2013 #52
Hmm... Comrade_McKenzie Apr 2013 #20
Vague, capricious, arbitrary and unspecified promises of "protections" are unacceptable. bvar22 Apr 2013 #24
In other words durablend Apr 2013 #28
The pissy trivial amount of extra income for the lowest quintile of beneficiaries-- eridani Apr 2013 #33
The people who will be 'protected' are already going without proper food and medicines because Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #42
Never been poor have you. Never wondered am I going to eat today? Katashi_itto Apr 2013 #44
Sorry, no time to discuss MEANS TESTING..have a nice day! tokenlib Apr 2013 #49
Goodbye, comrade. QC Apr 2013 #51
One of the nice things about Senator Durbin is that if you are a constituent, he'll write back. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #21
But the so-called "substitution bias"... ljm2002 Apr 2013 #22
It wasn't too long ago when Pelosi was saying the planned chained-CPI wasn't a cut. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #38
That's some of the fanciest lying that money can buy; well done Senator! eomer Apr 2013 #25
Watching creative lying can be entertaining. Or not. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #39
On the Catfood Commission, Durbin voted to eventually reduce the average SS benefit by 22% MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #29
His more-accurate argument is, for me, a new one. Of course, he's not running for re-election. AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #37
Presumably you've already asked the sonofabitch what the insulin substitute is supposed to be? n/t eridani Apr 2013 #35
No, but that's a good question. I wonder. If a person eats less, do they require less insulin? AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #36
It does, up to a point eridani Apr 2013 #47
Yep. Our elected president and congress Jakes Progress Apr 2013 #26
But Manny, it's rope a dope!!! He's got us right where Autumn Apr 2013 #40
Sociopaths of a feather flock together. forestpath Apr 2013 #41
Those two gentlemen pictured with our president can go take a flying fuck at the indepat Apr 2013 #43
What, you mean she doesn't want to "offer the republicans something", LOL just1voice Apr 2013 #45
kick woo me with science Apr 2013 #53
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