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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:21 AM Original message |
Americans, do you wish somehow our countrymen were able to do what the Egyptians did |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. How I wish my country would follow the example of these brave Arabs! nt |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
126. I'd like to see a real revolt on Wall Street, I mean scare the hell out |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. We did on November 4, 2008, or did you forget. . . |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. It is just amazing that people believe we are in the same situation as Egypt. What planet are they |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Hahahah, so we have the choice of corporatist #1 or corporatist #2 |
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Skip_In_Boulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. That was my thought. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
43. There are more people than corporations, and if they organized and voted it would be different |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #43 |
51. No, we don't have a free choice. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Then don't vote for those candidates, and if your party does not support progressive ideas, then |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 06:23 AM Response to Reply #43 |
139. Who would they vote for? |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
76. And worse, people feel helpless to bring about change. We want option a non-corporatist option! |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #76 |
87. Then support candidates who have that view, and are progressive. The tea party movement is the |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 06:14 AM Response to Reply #87 |
137. The teabaggers are organized through rich corporate interests. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #137 |
144. Johnson resigned because of the war, and the dissent within his base. That war would have ended |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #144 |
151. LBJ resigned? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #151 |
155. He didn't run for another term, that is what I meant. On that point you are quibbling with my |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #155 |
156. Do you know anything about... |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #156 |
157. I told you what I meant. Diss me all you want. Have a good day. /nt |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 02:05 PM Response to Reply #157 |
160. Maybe writing more clearly would... |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
158. What planet are they [we] on? The neocon planet. |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, I wish we could unite against the common enemies that |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. It could happen here and now is the time - not to remove the prez... |
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pennylane100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. Unfortunately the reason it will not happen here |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Yes, that certainly is the illusion |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. It certainly is a powerful delusion - but one more and more people understand. nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I'd rather a Democrat would have won |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #14 |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. A Democrat did win |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Yes. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
107. As your OP aptly illustrates. |
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quinnox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. No of course not |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. That is total B.S. The situation in Egypt doesn't even compare to here. We have elections. Maybe |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. Its an insult to the sufferieng of these people to think ours even comes close. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Absolutely. /nt |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Arrogance is the only word to describe this kind of comparison. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Tell that to the homeless and impoverished in this country! |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. What an immature, but totally predictable response. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. American Exceptionalism is alive and well |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
88. No. I mostly don't embrace silly "isms". I'm just stating the facts of measurable reality. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #17 |
53. So there are no differences between our two nations? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
64. that's a hell of a strawman. |
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ProgressiveMuslim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
79. Your problems might not approach Egypt's... but the urban poor I work with have it |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
13. Like Demand Wall St Crooks be "Dethroned and Prosecuted" |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. That one might actually fly |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
16. Un-recced. There is no comparison between here and Egypt. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Sure there is. We don't have "free and fair elections" and our government... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Thank you. That is my point. It is all illusion. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I'm with you - it would be thrilling to see an awakening here! nt |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
148. Sloganeering |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
23. We DO have a common enemy - corporations and the wealthy. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
26. Of course...nt |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
27. From a propaganda standpoint it's called divide and conquer. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
41. Yes, that has worked in this country for a long time... |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
28. We have our imperfect elections. |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
31. Comments like this mock the condition of the Egyptian people |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Really? Admiring their bravery and resolve mocks them? |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #32 |
45. No - comparing the condition of America to that of Egypt does |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #45 |
57. So when exactly did I make that comparison? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. That's ridiculous - they were inspired by others and we should be inspired by them. nt |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
47. And if we lived in a 3rd world dictatorship, you might have a point |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Sorry to burst your bubble of delusion, but we also need fair elections... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #47 |
60. Complacent much? n/t |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. "Let the Tunisians have their moment" |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
37. It won't happen the same way but it will happen here |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. It happened on November 4, 2008. . . |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Yes, and we have found that it wasn't enough - corporations still rule... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
131. Yeah, we are learning that the trappings don't a democracy make |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
130. Well, that really hurts |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
38. Unrec for your negativity - of course it can happen here. nt |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I'd love to feel optimism. Please share your vision. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #40 |
52. Then get enough people to vote out those that you believe are undermining the party or the country |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #52 |
63. This has nothing to do with voting - it is people in the streets. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #63 |
77. It has everything to do with voting. We can vote the bums out, the Egyptians couldn't |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. If voting changed anything they'd make it illegal - Emma Goldman |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #80 |
89. Well if enough people shared your view then it would. /nt |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #40 |
59. How soon we forget (dial up warning - lots of photos) ... |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #59 |
143. + 300 million |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
44. There are things we can learn from this, and I hope we do. |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
46. It should have happened in 2003 = invasion of Iraq. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
48. They do on a regular basis |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
50. NO, because we don't need to! |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Try again. Corporations put people in to power, even BO. And 3 ppl alone isn't going to do much. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #55 |
71. You know what is disturbing both parties, and the corporations it is the power of people. The civil |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #71 |
98. Yes, good example. What has happened since then? We couldn't get people to give up |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #55 |
147. We have to vote for whoever makes the most expensive, slickest ads? |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
70. LOL, thanks for the good laugh. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #70 |
94. I've been using the word pathetic a lot. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
58. o yea of little faith... |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
61. Obama would never resign. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. They said that about Mubarak too. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #61 |
67. He wouldn't have to, as long as he doesn't stand in the way of changes... |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. And why should he? We have a democracy and he has done nothing that would require him to |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #68 |
75. It's a joke, dude (nt) |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #61 |
146. If only he'd resign and let the army take over! |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
62. U answered UR own Question. We could try to fight for certain things... |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. The streets or the polling place? |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #69 |
97. The streets. Elections are bought and paid for in the us of a. |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
65. Totally amazed |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. Nice try, but that's not what progressives would be marching for. nt |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
72. And the attention of the world |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
74. LOL. I posted this yesterday: |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
78. Who would we overthrow, Obama? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #78 |
81. Voters could make demands - verifiable elections, public financing... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. I believe the goal would be overthrowing capitalism - |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. And how do we do that, kill all of the Capitalists? |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. How about just reinstituting... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. That's what I'd be going for . . . because we sure as shit don't have that now. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. I don't believe a lot of critics of... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 06:18 AM Response to Reply #92 |
138. That's because you are under the mistaken belief that capitalism is a set of organizational... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #138 |
154. WTF? n/t |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #82 |
96. Serious question... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. Serious question... how do you regulate the capitalism to make it fair? nt |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Study "democratic capitalism" and... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. By it's nature capitalism does not respond to regulation - |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. Thanks for the non-answer... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #104 |
112. We already have democratic capitalism and I have watched how well it works |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. We do not have "democratic capitalism" |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. You're wrong. Look it up, dude. nt |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #115 |
116. YOU look it up... |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
84. No, I would prefer for President Obama to complete his term and |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
85. wtf? no. two different countries. duh.... nt |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
91. Yes. Will may be the last country to revolt. But the process is starting. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
93. Damn the Bohemian Grove! |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Don't blame the trees, man. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #95 |
103. Only the blind cannot see that it is |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
102. I wish we had done it back in 2004 |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
105. Storm the gates!... er... Damn the torpedoes!... er... Give 'em hell!... er... Down with up!... er.. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #105 |
106. Then you'd be really, really depressed to find out what I do |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. Oh, please, please tell me... |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #106 |
118. Some kind of Engineer. I'd bet on it. You can design really cool screwdrivers... |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:26 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. lol! |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
110. absolutely not. We have our 2, 4 and 6 year elections... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #110 |
111. Well said...n/t |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
113. It can and will happen here if we don't get real change. Don't believe the hype. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #113 |
121. The "hype" is from the members of the far left and the tea party ... each demading |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #121 |
125. THE POLLS, the people want, no demand, an end to the wars, taxing the ultra-rich, |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. I'll be wating to see you leading the revolution, which days should I block ... |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 08:44 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. We don't need a revolution - just representation. |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #125 |
152. There is only one poll that matters in this country... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
117. We've had an autocratic dictator in power for 30 years?! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #117 |
124. What did you think the reagangasm last sunday was about? |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #124 |
132. Reagan left office when his term expired. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #132 |
136. But Reaganism has lingered. Every president since has been a Reaganite. |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
119. No, not at all. President Obama was elected in a free and fair election. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
120. Those bastard Republicans are going to have to think twice if they want to steal it again. |
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cottonseed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
122. Snore. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
123. Egypt has a long way to go, free elections, independent judiciary, free press and |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
129. YOU Knocked it right out of the Park |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
133. Use mass protests to get the military to take over the government? |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #133 |
150. Well put! |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
134. No - I like Obama in the White House. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
140. Would this hinder my mom getting her social security checks? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #140 |
141. The only thing hindering Social Security are the two parties who want to bankrupt |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
142. Oh, HELL yes! |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
145. We did it in 1776 |
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badtoworse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
149. No, I unequivocally do not want what happened in Egypt to happen here. |
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Countdown_3_2_1 (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
153. WE DO THIS EVERY FOUR YEARS |
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creon (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-12-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
159. People do not vote |
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