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In reply to the discussion: this country in its present form is beyond redemption [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)94. What a daft comment. His commentary was not about modern day America.
Stating the obvious taken to a new low. Just nonsense.
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I am here to commiserate with other like minded people who also realize that there is no hope. n/t
totodeinhere
May 2013
#40
Maybe she needs to view REAL rays of sunshine more often! We all could stand to do that!
randome
May 2013
#15
Agreed in all except that that is the only thing that is happening. And I also always want to add a
patrice
May 2013
#4
"America is the first country to have gone from barbarism to decadence without the usual intervening
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2013
#5
I wouldn't be in the least surprised if he would feel the same way today.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2013
#44
All things are not political. I like good art direction & I stay home a lot, though not
patrice
May 2013
#36
Confused by lies and misinformation spread by the Rethugs through their propaganda machine,
judgegblue
May 2013
#17
I had the opportunity once to talk to a biologist who made the following statement:
airplaneman
May 2013
#30
Can I use this airplaneman? I need a new sig line and this is brilliant! Full credit to you... nt
riderinthestorm
May 2013
#98
I am not so sure people are in enough pain yet to do much, but it's coming down the pike fast.
Mnemosyne
May 2013
#95
The Right Has a Lock on the Media, the Churches, the Courts, Most State Governments, and the House
AndyTiedye
May 2013
#147
"The individual is still the most important and powerful entity" = no, that is the mythology handed
HiPointDem
May 2013
#49
That's about the long and short of it. The great cull isn't coming, it's happening slowly right now
Poll_Blind
May 2013
#31
The Democrats have won four of the last six presidential elections but yet things
totodeinhere
May 2013
#50
honestly? I think we're already well on the way to being thoroughly digested in the belly of the
cali
May 2013
#71
What will they submit to? I have no hope for those who will allow their gonads to be groped, and
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#112
Unfortunately many, if not most, people have been affected by the MSM's moral equivalency
judgegblue
May 2013
#104
At least you're getting your physical exercise. Me I'm so frustrated and cynical about the whole
totodeinhere
May 2013
#45
"cheat" is different from doing something legally. Any way to hammer this guy . .
SleeplessinSoCal
May 2013
#86
That approaching issues to do with poverty can be best solved through civil discourse with
SleeplessinSoCal
May 2013
#89
you didn't know that already? you had to suffer through the whole video to learn that?
HiPointDem
May 2013
#90
i thought you were going to leave it at that? you misunderstand the reason for the PR. It's
HiPointDem
May 2013
#133
Wanted to, but "PR" piqued my interest. Now Is see where you're coming from.
SleeplessinSoCal
May 2013
#135
I think you should know this about the Gates Foundation vs the Koch Bros
SleeplessinSoCal
May 2013
#154
I know plenty about the Gates Foundation. The fact that they made a documentary that
HiPointDem
May 2013
#155
Civil discourse? That would be good. But apparently against the unwritten rule of some.
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#113
I get into twitter arguments with Rohrabacher. Only one time was there a
SleeplessinSoCal
May 2013
#139
Yes, there are severe problems for our Nation and especially the poor, the non-white, the unemployed
drynberg
May 2013
#69
that's all true - but the younger generation is more liberal - more willing for change and the shift
Douglas Carpenter
May 2013
#73
It is a shame too because it doesn't have to be like this but most are caught in a box
TheKentuckian
May 2013
#80
None of those will matter if we dont stop the theft of our wealth by the fascist overlords.
rhett o rick
May 2013
#122
Of course but how? We fully know what needs to be done, the question is how to do it. Congress
rhett o rick
May 2013
#120
A principled person will stand by their principles. You're doing that. The price is dissatisfaction.
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#115
If you arent going to stand by your principles, you might as well become a Republican. nm
rhett o rick
May 2013
#126
"I used to scoff at people who claimed that we're living under fascism."
woo me with science
May 2013
#129