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Orwellian_Ghost
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Wed Dec-31-08 09:47 AM Original message |
Why I Am a Socialist |
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mdmc
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Wed Dec-31-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. r |
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Altean Wanderer
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Wed Dec-31-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Great article by Chris Hedges n/t |
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Orwellian_Ghost
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Wed Dec-31-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Why Socialism? |
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mdmc
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Wed Dec-31-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I remember this very well |
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robinlynne
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Wed Dec-31-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. wow. just wow. |
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bertman
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Wed Dec-31-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Powerful stuff from a potent thinker. Many thanks Orwellian_Ghost. Recced. |
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defendandprotect
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Thu Jan-01-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
57. "Economic anarchy of capitalist society ...real source of the evil..." |
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bjobotts
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:23 AM Response to Reply #57 |
120. There's a huge disconnect between our elected leaders and we the people. |
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bjobotts
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:24 AM Response to Reply #120 |
121. The leaders of both parties belong to the "money party" whose purpose is |
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bjobotts
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:24 AM Response to Reply #121 |
122. to protect the holdings and the business of the wealthy and multinational corporations |
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bjobotts
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:25 AM Response to Reply #122 |
123. who would turn us all to slaves while wrecking the planet. The wealthy |
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bjobotts
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:26 AM Response to Reply #123 |
124. always think they are protected and will suffer no consequences if our economy fails. |
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bjobotts
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:28 AM Response to Reply #124 |
125. They also feel they are wealthy enough to protect themselves from our environment |
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bjobotts
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:29 AM Response to Reply #125 |
126. The wealthy are against democratic socialism..the only answer to world survival. |
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defendandprotect
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Sat Jan-03-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #126 |
207. Agree, completely --- |
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BelgianMadCow
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Wed Dec-31-08 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. r |
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Steepler0t
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Wed Dec-31-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. Albert Einstein put it well also in "Why Socialism" |
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RUMMYisFROSTED
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Wed Dec-31-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. -snippety-doo-dah- |
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leftchick
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Wed Dec-31-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
8. as usual |
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Greyhound
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Wed Dec-31-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
9. K&R from another pinko. |
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robinlynne
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Wed Dec-31-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. I like this OP. |
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Echo In Light
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Wed Dec-31-08 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. K&R |
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el_bryanto
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Wed Dec-31-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
13. I get stymied by what actually is meant by socialism |
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Orwellian_Ghost
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Wed Dec-31-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. You are probably against socialism then |
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DrCory
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Wed Dec-31-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. You May Count Me... |
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Orwellian_Ghost
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Wed Dec-31-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Hello? |
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el_bryanto
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Wed Dec-31-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. What happens when you get rid of bureaucracies and board room robber barons? |
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Orwellian_Ghost
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Wed Dec-31-08 06:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. By regular folks |
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el_bryanto
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Wed Dec-31-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. If only everybody were as wise as you. |
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MajorChode
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Wed Dec-31-08 10:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. The same? |
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balantz
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Wed Dec-31-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. The White House was stolen twice. |
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Orwellian_Ghost
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Thu Jan-01-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #39 |
55. Don't hold to that theory |
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MajorChode
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Thu Jan-01-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #55 |
68. The problem I have with socialists is... |
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bperci108
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Thu Jan-01-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Well that was a blanket dismissal devoid of any facts. |
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MajorChode
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:44 PM Response to Reply #73 |
97. I didn't say I disliked them |
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Orwellian_Ghost
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Thu Jan-01-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #68 |
86. Nonsense |
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MajorChode
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Thu Jan-01-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. Are you capable of.... |
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anaxarchos
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Fri Jan-02-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #68 |
103. Except... |
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bperci108
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Fri Jan-02-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #103 |
104. Is it just me? |
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anaxarchos
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Fri Jan-02-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #104 |
106. There is one below... |
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bperci108
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Fri Jan-02-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #106 |
109. I suspect a disruptor from RimJob's cesspool. |
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MajorChode
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Fri Jan-02-09 01:23 AM Response to Reply #109 |
113. Do you have any other tunes you can dance to? |
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bperci108
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Fri Jan-02-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #113 |
159. Was I talking to you? Or even about you? Hmmm..... |
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maryf
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Fri Jan-02-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #109 |
162. Those who play with fire get burned... |
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Naturyl
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Sat Jan-03-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #104 |
188. It's not just you. |
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MajorChode
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Fri Jan-02-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #103 |
111. Do all socialists go through the same school to learn their rhetoric? |
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anaxarchos
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Fri Jan-02-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #111 |
118. Laugh away, "major". |
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MajorChode
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:37 AM Response to Reply #118 |
128. Still laughing |
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anaxarchos
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:50 AM Response to Reply #128 |
133. Still nothin'... |
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MajorChode
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Fri Jan-02-09 03:04 AM Response to Reply #133 |
136. Who is baiting whom? |
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anaxarchos
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Fri Jan-02-09 04:08 AM Response to Reply #136 |
147. My dear fellow.... |
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HughBeaumont
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Fri Jan-02-09 07:27 AM Response to Reply #128 |
152. Specific examples of what is bad about socialism, please. |
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MajorChode
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Fri Jan-02-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #152 |
154. Thank you for asking direct intelligent questions... |
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conscious evolution
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Thu Jan-01-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
88. The US Supreme Court justices |
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bjobotts
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:38 AM Response to Reply #88 |
129. Cynical. Sometimes it's not what you're doing but who you're doing it with. |
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bjobotts
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:39 AM Response to Reply #129 |
130. We know how to do things we just have to get the right people in. |
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bjobotts
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:40 AM Response to Reply #130 |
131. 1st get the $ out of running for office and we'd get more 'dedicated' reps. |
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bjobotts
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Fri Jan-02-09 03:06 AM Response to Reply #131 |
138. Stop the multibillion campaign profiteering by the media. We do have the answers. |
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anaxarchos
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Sat Jan-03-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
198. Well, since nobody has risen... |
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DrCory
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Sat Jan-03-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
203. Your Reply to Post 13... |
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el_bryanto
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Wed Dec-31-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. I totally disagree with your assessment |
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Orwellian_Ghost
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Wed Dec-31-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Again |
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el_bryanto
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Wed Dec-31-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Which nations practice Socialism as you define it? n/t |
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Two Americas
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Thu Jan-01-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
60. it isn't a religion |
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jwirr
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
92. Communism is not socialism. What about the "socialist" European |
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bjobotts
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Fri Jan-02-09 03:11 AM Response to Reply #27 |
140. It's not "state run" FOR the people but BY the people.Difference is We are the state |
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bjobotts
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Fri Jan-02-09 03:12 AM Response to Reply #140 |
141. China and Russia were totalitarian States. We are democratic states |
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bjobotts
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Fri Jan-02-09 03:13 AM Response to Reply #141 |
142. WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT. Not so with China/Russia state run government |
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bjobotts
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Fri Jan-02-09 03:15 AM Response to Reply #142 |
144. It's not just socialism but democratic socialism which makes it more efficient and workable |
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eridani
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Wed Dec-31-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
43. I don't agree. I think that socialism applies to public goods |
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Hippo_Tron
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Thu Jan-01-09 04:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
51. Western Europe particularly France has a well regulated market system |
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FreeJoe
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Sun Jan-04-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
212. Examples |
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leftstreet
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Wed Dec-31-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Here's an overall picture of well regulated Capitalism |
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readmoreoften
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Wed Dec-31-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Who would be the people in charge of regulating capitalism? |
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el_bryanto
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Wed Dec-31-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. History shows that those who rise to power in a state controled economic system |
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bperci108
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Thu Jan-01-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
62. Again....Nobody is talking about "State Central Planning"... |
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MajorChode
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Thu Jan-01-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. Hogwash |
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bperci108
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Thu Jan-01-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. Transmitter here is fine. Your receiver is tuned to Rush Limbaugh, apparently. |
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MajorChode
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Thu Jan-01-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #76 |
89. More evidence your transmitter is hosed |
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bperci108
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Fri Jan-02-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #89 |
108. The evasion continues... |
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MajorChode
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Fri Jan-02-09 01:35 AM Response to Reply #108 |
114. Where's the insults and distortions? |
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Two Americas
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:23 AM Response to Reply #114 |
119. here |
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MajorChode
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:57 AM Response to Reply #119 |
135. Do you even know what an insult is? |
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Two Americas
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Fri Jan-02-09 03:04 AM Response to Reply #135 |
137. ROFL |
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MajorChode
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Fri Jan-02-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #137 |
156. Do you know the difference between stupid and ignorant? |
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Two Americas
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Fri Jan-02-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #156 |
169. no |
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MajorChode
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Fri Jan-02-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #169 |
179. You do a lot of thinking, but not much valid reasoning |
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Two Americas
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Sat Jan-03-09 02:32 AM Response to Reply #179 |
190. hah |
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ImOnlySleeping
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Fri Jan-02-09 01:14 AM Response to Reply #69 |
112. workers |
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MajorChode
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Fri Jan-02-09 01:38 AM Response to Reply #112 |
115. You didn't fix anything. |
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conscious evolution
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Thu Jan-01-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #62 |
87. As if corporate central planning is |
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MajorChode
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Fri Jan-02-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #87 |
161. Well, words have meaning to some |
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conscious evolution
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Fri Jan-02-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #161 |
168. No,its reality. |
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MajorChode
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Fri Jan-02-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #168 |
180. None of what you mentioned is central planning |
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bjobotts
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Fri Jan-02-09 03:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
145. History has no record of "state run" economies where the people are the state |
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Fri Jan-02-09 03:21 AM Response to Reply #145 |
146. We get close but there's never been a democratic socialism but we are set up for one |
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Ken Burch
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Wed Dec-31-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
44. We can shape socialism, as we can shape virtually any other concept |
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maryf
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Wed Dec-31-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. Kick for common sense, nt |
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Prepostericity
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Wed Dec-31-08 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hellen Keller Was Also |
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bperci108
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Thu Jan-01-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
63. Here's some more info on Keller: |
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kath
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Thu Jan-01-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #63 |
74. Have you (or Prepostericity) read James Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me"? |
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bperci108
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Thu Jan-01-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. Yes, it's a great book. |
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Fire1
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Thu Jan-01-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #74 |
84. Yes, I bought it for my son, years ago. Interesting. |
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bperci108
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Thu Jan-01-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
77. I'm glad you posted that. |
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TheKentuckian
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Wed Dec-31-08 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. I can't believe people still think capitalisim is workable |
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Wed Dec-31-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. It's "workable" if you're one of the 1%. Or one of the 5% who makes a living advocating for them. |
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MajorChode
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Fri Jan-02-09 01:42 AM Response to Reply #26 |
117. So you don't think there are any mixed economies that are "workable"? |
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jwirr
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
93. And there are a few outside influences coming down the pipes that |
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Medusa
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Thu Jan-01-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
101. I still can't believe people here |
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Two Americas
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Wed Dec-31-08 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
20. How I Became a Socialist |
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jaksavage
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Wed Dec-31-08 02:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. dAmn ! nt |
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Naturyl
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Thu Jan-01-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
71. London was a great writer and a fine man. |
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ChiciB1
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Fri Jan-02-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
181. Woo Hoo... Very Good! Superb Even! I Sing With The Choir! n/t |
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leftofthedial
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Wed Dec-31-08 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
21. capitalism is crime. |
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Mudoria
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Wed Dec-31-08 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. Thanks I'll pass on that. |
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Sandrine for you
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Wed Dec-31-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I assist. nt. |
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blindpig
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Wed Dec-31-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Third Way Jive |
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JuniperLea
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Wed Dec-31-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Bingo |
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blindpig
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Wed Dec-31-08 03:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Why the fuck not? |
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defendandprotect
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Thu Jan-01-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #34 |
53. Agree --- |
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stuntcat
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Wed Dec-31-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
37. k,r |
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roamer65
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Wed Dec-31-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
40. bump from another pinko democratic socialist |
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unkachuck
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Wed Dec-31-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
42. K&R....n/t |
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MazeRat7
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Wed Dec-31-08 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
45. Maybe you should consider some where else, like say China ? |
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bperci108
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Thu Jan-01-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
64. I think the op by OG is dead serious. |
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depakid
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Wed Dec-31-08 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
46. Those are reasons for regulation- not revolution |
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Thu Jan-01-09 02:15 PM Response to Reply #46 |
59. are those the choices? |
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depakid
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Thu Jan-01-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #59 |
75. Regulation - changes to the law and implentation & enforcement of the laws |
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Two Americas
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Thu Jan-01-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. huh? |
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depakid
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Thu Jan-01-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. No, but quite a few are over the top |
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Two Americas
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Thu Jan-01-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. people always do |
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balantz
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Thu Jan-01-09 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
48. K&R n/t |
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juno jones
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Thu Jan-01-09 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
49. Wm S Burrough's favorite book: |
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chill_wind
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Thu Jan-01-09 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
50. Dead ON. K & R. |
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Career Prole
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Thu Jan-01-09 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
52. K & R? Oh, hell yeah! |
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anaxarchos
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Thu Jan-01-09 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
54. It is obvious... |
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Two Americas
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Fri Jan-02-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #54 |
170. "nowhere to go" |
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earth mom
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Thu Jan-01-09 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
56. Too late to recommend, but count me in! |
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JitterbugPerfume
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Thu Jan-01-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
58. discussions like this |
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trthnd4jstc
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Thu Jan-01-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
61. I am a socialist, because exploitation of people and resources for private gain is evil. |
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bperci108
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Thu Jan-01-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
65. A big atheist AMEN! here, OG. |
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Raksha
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Thu Jan-01-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
66. WOW!!! Now that's telling it like it is! |
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Nederland
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Thu Jan-01-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
67. Yawn -- Get Over It |
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Bombs Over Paradise
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Thu Jan-01-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. YAWN -- Get Over You |
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JitterbugPerfume
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Thu Jan-01-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. welcome to DU |
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Thu Jan-01-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #67 |
85. Don't be so sure. Shrub has laid the ground work for |
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Thu Jan-01-09 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
78. I appreciate your post, and may be inclined to agree with it. But I'd love an example |
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:33 AM Response to Reply #78 |
127. that can't be answered |
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Fri Jan-02-09 06:29 AM Response to Reply #78 |
151. First I would like for you to list the purely run socialist economies? |
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Thu Jan-01-09 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
83. Socialism is the only decent way out of our predicament. |
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #83 |
98. And under fascism the haves will live with the anger if not the hate |
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Kitty Herder
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Thu Jan-01-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
90. Kick! |
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
94. Why I am a socialist |
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Thanks for your Reply. I appreciate the Post! n/t |
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Raksha
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Fri Jan-02-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #94 |
107. Great post and great thread! There's a lot to think about here. |
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Fri Jan-02-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #94 |
182. I can relate to what you wrote, |
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
96. just a kick. nt |
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
99. Why I am NOT a Socialist, Capitalist, Communist, Facist, Libertarian, so on and so forth |
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Thu Jan-01-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. Reality doesn't do too well here these days at DU |
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Fri Jan-02-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #99 |
105. That actually works better as an argument against Capitalism. |
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Fri Jan-02-09 05:27 AM Response to Reply #105 |
149. Ooh, ooh! I know |
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LeftyMom
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Fri Jan-02-09 05:44 AM Response to Reply #149 |
150. I do hope you're joking. |
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w00master
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Fri Jan-02-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #105 |
160. It seems that way because... |
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anaxarchos
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Fri Jan-02-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #99 |
110. Brilliant. |
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Fri Jan-02-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #110 |
183. Riiiight... Socialism is the answer to All our problems. Boy, that's a reality. (rolleyes) - EOM |
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Fri Jan-02-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #99 |
116. Jesus Christ I hate that Latte Liberal claptrap! |
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:57 AM Response to Reply #116 |
134. we need to see the bee we want to change |
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Fri Jan-02-09 03:15 AM Response to Reply #134 |
143. Thanks for that link! |
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Fri Jan-02-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #116 |
184. And... what you just said is any more "enlightened?" Give me a break. |
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:45 AM Response to Reply #99 |
132. you are talking religion |
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Fri Jan-02-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #99 |
153. Stop blaming the people. |
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Thu Jan-01-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
100. Another kick, and a thumbsup... |
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Fri Jan-02-09 03:07 AM Response to Reply #100 |
139. hey Salon |
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #139 |
172. A link to an excellent essay, thanks! |
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Fri Jan-02-09 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
148. I think a homegrown socialism is less likely in the USA |
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Fri Jan-02-09 03:23 PM Response to Reply #148 |
174. we aren't in a college classroom |
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Fri Jan-02-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
155. The problem with socialism is the same as the problem with capitalism. |
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Fri Jan-02-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #155 |
157. And how do you view 'human nature'? |
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Fri Jan-02-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #157 |
158. I believe that good humans tend to be corrupted by power. |
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Fri Jan-02-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #158 |
163. Supported by the 'facts' of capitalism, perhaps. |
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Fri Jan-02-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #163 |
166. Many have tried to shape the nature of human beings over the course of history. |
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Fri Jan-02-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #166 |
175. that is religion |
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Sat Jan-03-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #175 |
192. No, politics is concerned with the acquisition of power. |
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Sat Jan-03-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #192 |
200. of course |
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Fri Jan-02-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #166 |
176. duplicate n/t |
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Fri Jan-02-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #166 |
178. Really? |
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Fri Jan-02-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #178 |
186. Exactly . . . . |
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Sat Jan-03-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #186 |
197. Thanks D&P... |
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Sat Jan-03-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #178 |
193. Perhaps, but then again, I have never been tested by the attainment of power over others. |
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Sat Jan-03-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #193 |
196. A fundamental "nature" that goes back only to 1% of the time... |
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Sun Jan-04-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #196 |
208. who stole the common from the goose? |
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Sat Jan-03-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #193 |
202. Deleted message |
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Fri Jan-02-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #166 |
185. Yes . . . if the few among us who want power over others continue their violence . . . |
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Fri Jan-02-09 11:42 AM Response to Reply #155 |
164. There is no such thing |
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Fri Jan-02-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #164 |
165. Unfortunately, there are (socialism). |
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Fri Jan-02-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #165 |
167. Your life as you see fit? |
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Fri Jan-02-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #165 |
187. Capitalism has created Global Warming and polluted the planet --- OOPS!! |
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Madison knows
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Sat Jan-03-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #187 |
194. Relax and take a deep breath, |
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Sat Jan-03-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #194 |
205. Take a deep breath . . . |
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anaxarchos
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Sun Jan-04-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #194 |
213. You know... |
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Mon Jan-05-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #194 |
217. Yes, indeed. |
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Sat Jan-03-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #155 |
201. I puzzled over this |
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Sun Jan-04-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #155 |
211. imagine |
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
171. I will have the mixed salad, please |
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Fri Jan-02-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #171 |
173. Very good point and very well expressed...thank you!!! |
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Fri Jan-02-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #171 |
177. Perfectly stated |
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Sat Jan-03-09 02:02 AM Response to Reply #177 |
189. I concur. |
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Sat Jan-03-09 02:56 AM Response to Reply #189 |
191. I don't worry about them too much |
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Sat Jan-03-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #171 |
195. Yes, those who lust for power always have the answers. |
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Sat Jan-03-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #195 |
199. That would be you... Monsieur Madison. |
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Sat Jan-03-09 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
204. To quote Howard Zinn "We were socialists in the past". |
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Sat Jan-03-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #204 |
206. Love Howard Zinn -- and all of his writings -- !!! |
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Sun Jan-04-09 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
209. I'm more of a Social Capitalist. nt |
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Sun Jan-04-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #209 |
210. How does that work? |
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Sun Jan-04-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #210 |
214. That's the one... |
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Sun Jan-04-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #214 |
215. Oh. It's when they serve us the correct wine with our cake |
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Sun Jan-04-09 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
216. Too late to recommend, but I'll give it a |
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