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tigerfang Donating Member (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-11 07:53 AM
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39. The U.S. wasn't born from a vote
If any real change is to ever occur, it will be through mass protests. Hopefully peaceful.
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  -Voting, not OWS, will change America dtotire  Oct-19-11 09:04 AM   #0 
  - Only voting AND OWS can bring about real change. n/t  RoccoR5955   Oct-19-11 09:08 AM   #1 
  - Yep.  Zoeisright   Oct-20-11 01:09 PM   #32 
     - Amen to all you guys. =) nt  AverageJoe90   Oct-21-11 04:06 AM   #37 
  - Voting for Obama sure changed a lot  izquierdista   Oct-19-11 09:09 AM   #2 
  - The Nader meme of 2000. No difference between Bush and Gore.  elocs   Oct-19-11 09:12 AM   #3 
     - We'll never know  izquierdista   Oct-19-11 10:18 AM   #7 
     - Better than McCain  libinnyandia   Oct-19-11 10:40 AM   #8 
     - And Biden wouldn't confirm Scalia and Thomas.  Fuddnik   Oct-19-11 11:09 AM   #10 
     - SCOTUS  libinnyandia   Oct-19-11 02:58 PM   #17 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Oct-19-11 03:13 PM   #18 
     - Nader  libinnyandia   Oct-19-11 06:39 PM   #20 
     - what is really stupid - RW radio kicks internet ass  certainot   Oct-19-11 06:58 PM   #21 
     - And our party let them get away with it, including our vice presidential candidate,  Crunchy Frog   Oct-19-11 07:09 PM   #24 
     - Or President Sarah  Sam Hain   Oct-20-11 06:10 AM   #31 
     - the RW radio machine was a little less effective then but still swiftboated gore and made bush  certainot   Oct-19-11 07:06 PM   #23 
     - I'm sure Lieberman would have made a great vice president  Charronxyz   Oct-20-11 01:51 AM   #30 
  - It's a nice idea but until elections are safe from theft, and money is taken out of politics,  Voice for Peace   Oct-19-11 09:23 AM   #4 
  - + 1000  They_Live   Oct-19-11 01:45 PM   #13 
  - OWS can motivate a LOT MORE people, especially youths, to vote!  MindandSoul   Oct-19-11 09:23 AM   #5 
  - If voting made any difference, it would be illegal.  Fuddnik   Oct-19-11 10:15 AM   #6 
  - That is a great video.  CanSocDem   Oct-20-11 03:13 PM   #36 
  - Voting will not change America.  JayhawkSD   Oct-19-11 11:07 AM   #9 
  - But the MIC is run by Wall Street! The CIA is always linked to Wall Street! The Banksters run the US  sce56   Oct-19-11 11:12 AM   #11 
  - Fee, fie, fo, fum, I smell the blood of a libertarian.  burning rain   Oct-19-11 02:03 PM   #16 
  - Really good points here. nt  TBF   Oct-19-11 08:07 PM   #25 
  - The Pentagon is the Enforcement Arm of Wall Street  swilton   Oct-20-11 02:32 PM   #35 
  - At this moment in time voting is nearly useless  Doctor_J   Oct-19-11 12:35 PM   #12 
  - THANK-YOU!!!  SkyDaddy7   Oct-19-11 01:57 PM   #14 
  - The tea party didn't win in 2010 by sitting at home & saying "We'll vote on election day."  burning rain   Oct-19-11 02:00 PM   #15 
  - Excellent point. n/t  Beartracks   Oct-19-11 11:52 PM   #28 
  - Uh, I'm pretty sure that both can be done . Hit the streets en masse, AND vote  abq e streeter   Oct-19-11 03:28 PM   #19 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Oct-19-11 07:04 PM   #22 
  - Wrong.  Dj13Francis   Oct-19-11 08:24 PM   #26 
  - Haha... hahahahahaha... hahaha. Good one.  txlibdem   Oct-19-11 08:47 PM   #27 
  - Voting has not worked lately.  roody   Oct-20-11 12:52 AM   #29 
  - If we can get enough of a majority, there's a damn good chance vote rigging won't work. nt  AverageJoe90   Oct-21-11 04:06 AM   #38 
  - If you don't get a real choice  Sinti   Oct-20-11 01:32 PM   #33 
  - Voting?!?! Rigged machines, hackers, hanging chads, the Supremes  Bennyboy   Oct-20-11 01:47 PM   #34 
  - The U.S. wasn't born from a vote  tigerfang   Oct-21-11 07:53 AM   #39 
 

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