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ErikJ Donating Member (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-28-11 07:15 PM
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14. Sorry Ben.
AT THE CLOSE OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, a woman asked Benjamin Franklin what type of government the Constitution was bringing into existence. Franklin replied, “A republic, if you can keep it.”

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  -Thom Hartmann: Corporations are the new kings - and their agenda is to radically remake America WhoIsNumberNone  Mar-28-11 12:34 PM   #0 
  - Truth to tell.  ooglymoogly   Mar-28-11 01:43 PM   #1 
  - Right to the heart of it.  silverweb   Mar-28-11 01:45 PM   #2 
  - How will this get changed in this plutocracy? Sadly excellent media like this  RKP5637   Mar-28-11 02:01 PM   #3 
  - Pretty soon it will be the US of A that everyone looks at in disgust...  BrklynLiberal   Mar-28-11 02:37 PM   #4 
  - Quite true! Who would want an American as an immigrant. PS: Many already look  RKP5637   Mar-28-11 04:15 PM   #7 
     - Many Americans look at Americans in disgust. n/t  sasquuatch55   Mar-29-11 01:04 PM   #35 
     - Yeah, that's very very true. n/t  RKP5637   Mar-29-11 02:00 PM   #36 
     - France and the UK  reggie the dog   Mar-29-11 04:05 PM   #39 
        - That's great to hear!!!  RKP5637   Mar-29-11 04:07 PM   #40 
  - He's only partly right. The class warfare mentality  cprise   Mar-28-11 02:39 PM   #5 
  - we the people  Swampguana   Mar-28-11 04:13 PM   #6 
  - Business Attire  Dirigo   Mar-28-11 04:42 PM   #8 
     - please, he could say the same thing in a tie dye and shorts  reggie the dog   Mar-28-11 05:33 PM   #9 
     - You're a professor and your avatar is a pot leaf?!  drokhole   Mar-28-11 06:02 PM   #10 
     - lots of TA's and professors do smoke  reggie the dog   Mar-29-11 06:08 AM   #24 
     - Down with suits!!  Populist_Prole   Mar-28-11 06:29 PM   #13 
     - Nice post!  Enthusiast   Mar-29-11 09:39 AM   #29 
        - Jammies here!  kag   Mar-29-11 10:32 AM   #31 
           - You wouldn't qualify as a Teabagger.  Enthusiast   Mar-29-11 02:39 PM   #37 
     - Business Attire  Dirigo   Mar-28-11 09:36 PM   #16 
     - I wear hemp denim jeans, and earth tone hemp sweaters and shirts  reggie the dog   Mar-29-11 02:23 AM   #20 
     - you should probably  HankyDubs   Mar-29-11 03:23 AM   #21 
     - and really  HankyDubs   Mar-29-11 03:34 AM   #22 
     - Nope!  Dirigo   Mar-29-11 07:53 AM   #27 
        - for what its worth i buy my weed from slovenly looking people  reggie the dog   Mar-29-11 11:41 AM   #32 
        - I think he should dress nicely casual. We should only have to take one second  peacetalksforall   Mar-29-11 12:24 PM   #34 
        - I think your cop years warped your viewpoint. There is absolutely nothing wrong with his attire.  vanbean   Mar-29-11 04:59 PM   #41 
     - So you'd take Bill O'Reilly more seriously than Thom Hartmann?  WhoIsNumberNone   Mar-29-11 12:05 PM   #33 
     - Thank you. I agree. nt  Enthusiast   Mar-29-11 09:34 AM   #28 
     - Thom, to me you look great.  dotymed   Mar-29-11 06:14 AM   #25 
     - wow -- shallow much?  Donnachaidh   Mar-29-11 10:04 AM   #30 
        - Maybe that is why i get women so much easier in France than  reggie the dog   Mar-29-11 04:03 PM   #38 
  - K & R, K & R!  democracy1st   Mar-28-11 06:04 PM   #11 
  - I've thought as much for awhile now...  drokhole   Mar-28-11 06:11 PM   #12 
  - Sorry Ben.  ErikJ   Mar-28-11 07:15 PM   #14 
  - Thank You Thom  Marblehead   Mar-28-11 09:13 PM   #15 
  - Someone explain the personhood thing to me.  Courtesy Flush   Mar-28-11 10:13 PM   #17 
  - Some persons are more equal than others.  WhoIsNumberNone   Mar-28-11 10:46 PM   #18 
  - You have to look at it in a roundabout way  Confusious   Mar-28-11 10:54 PM   #19 
  - Of Course, Most of us know this implicitly,  dotymed   Mar-29-11 05:59 AM   #23 
  - It really is that simple.  Enthusiast   Mar-29-11 07:52 AM   #26 
 

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