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In reply to the discussion: TISA: Obama’s Latest Betrayal of America and Americans in Favor of the Big Banks (William K. Black) [View all]Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)69. social issues don't really affect the status quo
as far as the control and agenda of the hidden ruling elite.
Sure gay rights and marriage are correct and righteous..... but the gains have been made by local politics not national.
Pot laws suck but those gains were made locally then state wide not federally.
In the meantime they can rape the planet
and not address economic inequality and environmental holocausts they are creating for
children's future.
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TISA: Obama’s Latest Betrayal of America and Americans in Favor of the Big Banks (William K. Black) [View all]
Octafish
Jun 2014
OP
TISA and TPP are a broad assault on decades of Democratic legislation and regulation.
pa28
Jun 2014
#22
$26,000 from your Social SEcurity? That's very roughly about 2 years worth of Social Security
JDPriestly
Jun 2014
#26
I know this sounds like a ridiculous conspiracy theory, but it is as if the Mafia or organized crime
JDPriestly
Jun 2014
#25
No apologies necessary. You are exactly correct. It is treason. And where is Washington?
Octafish
Jun 2014
#35
The two parties are NOT the same -- Except when it comes to issues of Money and Power
Armstead
Jun 2014
#59
If the government keeps the People in the dark about this, what else do they hide?
Octafish
Jun 2014
#75
From everything I have read on other forums, he seems to be eager to have this
truedelphi
Jun 2014
#38
It is what they stand for, they are just as a deadly enemy as the rabble on the right.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#32
Thank you, al bupp! Remember visitors to WikiLeaks are ''tagged'' by Homeland Security.
Octafish
Jun 2014
#51
This should be pinned to the top of the board. This is the most terrifying article
woo me with science
Jun 2014
#40
What upsets me about DU is that there are posters who post racist, misogynist, and homophobic things
YoungDemCA
Jul 2014
#98
whaddya expect when his fans literally admit on DU that they believe that words speak
MisterP
Jun 2014
#73
You forgot to tell me to trust a favored politician to make sure we get a good deal,
TheKentuckian
Jul 2014
#91