burythehatchet
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Wed Oct-03-07 06:59 PM
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| 20. corporate money must exit every area where the public health and welfare is at stake |
| -It's not imaginary. The progressive majority of Americans HAVE been abandoned. |
TahitiNut |
Oct-03-07 06:29 PM |
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I see the same damn 6 foot rabbit. |
sfexpat2000 |
Oct-03-07 06:34 PM |
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yep--and they say directly here sometime: 'shut up and trust us' |
yurbud |
Oct-03-07 06:38 PM |
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I've tried to say as much for a long time... |
Mythsaje |
Oct-03-07 06:34 PM |
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It's the media, too. Check this out: |
sfexpat2000 |
Oct-03-07 06:38 PM |
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That certainly doesn't help... |
Mythsaje |
Oct-03-07 06:42 PM |
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The doc is being aired over and over and so are Peter's remarks. |
sfexpat2000 |
Oct-03-07 06:47 PM |
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That is disturbing, isn't it. |
truedelphi |
Oct-03-07 09:36 PM |
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I've posted to their forum. |
sfexpat2000 |
Oct-03-07 09:43 PM |
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Media |
november3rd |
Oct-04-07 03:34 PM |
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check out |
november3rd |
Oct-04-07 03:39 PM |
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I fully agree. |
TahitiNut |
Oct-03-07 06:44 PM |
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"Independent" most likely means |
Mythsaje |
Oct-03-07 06:48 PM |
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As a committed independent liberal myself, I lose patience with such folks. |
TahitiNut |
Oct-03-07 07:01 PM |
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Wow, well said and spot on. |
progpen |
Oct-03-07 07:14 PM |
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Excellent points |
Yael |
Oct-04-07 09:57 AM |
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K&R |
dicksteele |
Oct-03-07 06:35 PM |
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K&R A kick for the truth. Thank you. n/t |
antigop |
Oct-03-07 06:36 PM |
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Well done. |
H2O Man |
Oct-03-07 06:38 PM |
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The majority may think |
zidzi |
Oct-03-07 06:40 PM |
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The problem as always is the Electoral System. |
Disturbed |
Oct-03-07 06:46 PM |
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that sounds a lot like how it breaks down on DU. See this poll I did a couple years back: |
yurbud |
Oct-03-07 06:41 PM |
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It's one of the DU myths to call ourselves "exceptional" ... |
TahitiNut |
Oct-03-07 06:53 PM |
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what they mean is appease the corporations lest they be angry with thee and smite thee |
yurbud |
Oct-03-07 07:23 PM |
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It's pathetic! Screw pandering |
zidzi |
Oct-03-07 07:26 PM |
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Congress has become privatized. Not accountable to us little people anymore. |
diva77 |
Oct-03-07 06:41 PM |
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We have to get corporate money out of our elections |
sfexpat2000 |
Oct-03-07 06:49 PM |
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corporate money must exit every area where the public health and welfare is at stake |
burythehatchet |
Oct-03-07 06:59 PM |
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you must be some wyld eyed progressive!?! -- hey -- so am i! |
xchrom |
Oct-03-07 06:49 PM |
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I feel it every day, with every decision made. nt |
babylonsister |
Oct-03-07 06:49 PM |
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Kick! I t's amazing the stuff that doesn't get ATTENTION on DU these Days.. |
KoKo01 |
Oct-03-07 06:59 PM |
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There's too many fires every day. |
sfexpat2000 |
Oct-03-07 07:03 PM |
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too many , my friend |
mdmc |
Oct-04-07 10:07 AM |
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Well, we just got a new toilet. |
TahitiNut |
Oct-03-07 07:08 PM |
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OMG! ROFL! |
KoKo01 |
Oct-03-07 08:24 PM |
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Well, I can't help thinking about DU |
TahitiNut |
Oct-03-07 09:22 PM |
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You can say that again and again. - n/t |
porphyrian |
Oct-03-07 07:02 PM |
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That's it in a nutshell and very well said |
Jacobin |
Oct-03-07 07:24 PM |
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So, I really am NOT a leftist whackjob?? |
leftchick |
Oct-03-07 07:25 PM |
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no, you're still a leftist whackjob. |
ulysses |
Oct-03-07 07:27 PM |
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Puppy Pile!! |
TahitiNut |
Oct-03-07 07:29 PM |
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pitbulls, of course. |
ulysses |
Oct-03-07 09:22 PM |
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LWJM! |
leftchick |
Oct-03-07 07:35 PM |
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I see a bracelet campaign in our future. |
ulysses |
Oct-03-07 09:24 PM |
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You can be what you want to be. |
TahitiNut |
Oct-03-07 07:28 PM |
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Recommended |
me b zola |
Oct-03-07 07:27 PM |
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My husband fits very neatly into the article's categorization of "independent." |
blondeatlast |
Oct-03-07 07:29 PM |
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The chants to the capital should be Stop stealing from us and lying to us you motherfuckers. |
lonestarnot |
Oct-03-07 07:41 PM |
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Many have been" triangulated" into believing "not as bad" is good enough. K&R |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Oct-03-07 07:51 PM |
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If not as bad is good enough |
truedelphi |
Oct-03-07 09:46 PM |
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.. |
proud2Blib |
Oct-03-07 07:52 PM |
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Many people talk about a Third Party for Progressives. |
Disturbed |
Oct-03-07 08:44 PM |
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I agree |
proud2Blib |
Oct-03-07 10:52 PM |
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K&R. (nt) |
Kurovski |
Oct-03-07 09:14 PM |
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What the hell are you thinking?!?! You're attacking the Orthodoxy!!!! |
scarletwoman |
Oct-03-07 09:17 PM |
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LOL! |
ulysses |
Oct-03-07 09:23 PM |
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Sometimes you feel like a nut ... |
TahitiNut |
Oct-03-07 09:27 PM |
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And sometimes you climb a tree because you feel like a nut. |
scarletwoman |
Oct-03-07 11:33 PM |
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"If only there was an American political party that unwaveringly reflected these views... " |
WillyT |
Oct-03-07 09:34 PM |
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Isn't it sad. |
SimpleTrend |
Oct-03-07 10:06 PM |
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We The People |
WizardTN |
Oct-03-07 10:09 PM |
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But, but, but we are told to just fall in line |
nadinbrzezinski |
Oct-03-07 10:14 PM |
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Hey, I was just going to ask how many of us are out there in the wilderness |
Kaleko |
Oct-03-07 10:26 PM |
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M-O-N-E-Y |
PassingFair |
Oct-04-07 06:39 AM |
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I've long that the Dems went wrong when they espoused conservative |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Oct-03-07 10:32 PM |
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I think the term is "neo-liberal" economic policies. |
TahitiNut |
Oct-03-07 11:28 PM |
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Well said, Tahiti. |
NoGodsNoMasters |
Oct-03-07 11:57 PM |
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The Dem Party veered to the right politically during Raygun's |
Disturbed |
Oct-04-07 12:05 AM |
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Well, we need to replace these faux Democrats with real Democrats, ones that are liberals. |
Major Hogwash |
Oct-03-07 11:53 PM |
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antiwar independents.. |
frylock |
Oct-04-07 12:15 AM |
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I agree with the header |
kiloman |
Oct-04-07 05:26 AM |
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They don't take us seriously |
againes654 |
Oct-04-07 09:41 AM |
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That’s our position |
kiloman |
Oct-04-07 09:50 AM |
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I really think that the current timidity of the Democrats on the hill is |
Sentinel Chicken |
Oct-04-07 06:03 AM |
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Define current, please... n/t |
greyhound1966 |
Oct-04-07 11:10 AM |
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Gettin' kind hard to walk dat ole Party Line, innit? |
dbt |
Oct-04-07 06:06 AM |
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Your premise is wrong. Our leaders are not "irrevocably unresponsive to the majority of the people." |
Perry Logan |
Oct-04-07 06:07 AM |
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WHO's "supping on the right wing media?" I don't think it's Tahiti Nut |
kenzee13 |
Oct-04-07 08:04 AM |
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Q.E.D. |
TahitiNut |
Oct-04-07 09:56 AM |
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Ya know, I keep trying to reply to the replies, |
greyhound1966 |
Oct-04-07 11:15 AM |
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GREAT article. Thanks for posting it. |
LWolf |
Oct-04-07 07:03 AM |
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It's nice to feel that the insinutation that I'm not some "commie" |
YOY |
Oct-04-07 08:11 AM |
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Recent history (100 years) shows that the greatest antipathy for "commies" is from fascists. |
TahitiNut |
Oct-04-07 09:42 AM |
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Great article!!! |
againes654 |
Oct-04-07 09:13 AM |
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Want politicians to change? |
WarhammerTwo |
Oct-04-07 09:32 AM |
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k/r |
mdmc |
Oct-04-07 09:57 AM |
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AMAZING!! Four-star 'Greatest' with 60 recommendations and NOT YET one grammarian .... |
TahitiNut |
Oct-04-07 10:10 AM |
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The "Americans" being right next to your verb... |
redqueen |
Oct-04-07 10:43 AM |
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Yep. But that's something we learned in high school - a common error. |
TahitiNut |
Oct-04-07 10:47 AM |
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Leave my progressive majority alone |
seemslikeadream |
Oct-04-07 11:14 AM |
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Thank you Tahiti Nut! Do you remember when Michael Moore was promoting |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Oct-04-07 11:21 AM |
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Yes, I think Moore is far more 'connected' than the average politician. |
TahitiNut |
Oct-04-07 12:43 PM |
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Very well said. When reading it, it reminded me of a recent appearance |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Oct-04-07 12:52 PM |
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Great article! |
Totally Committed |
Oct-04-07 11:28 AM |
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my thoughts well put.. |
ooglymoogly |
Oct-04-07 12:41 PM |
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Kick & Nominated |
pberq |
Oct-04-07 12:54 PM |
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Yes, we may be "abandoned" by leadership . . . but we have the numbers . . .. |
defendandprotect |
Oct-04-07 02:19 PM |
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A Big K&R for my friend, the Nut |
ProudDad |
Oct-04-07 02:20 PM |
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K & R! Well worth bookmarking for future reference! |
robertpaulsen |
Oct-04-07 03:26 PM |
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K & R & Bookmarked. nt |
TheGoldenRule |
Oct-04-07 04:46 PM |
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Know How We Think |
Forrest Greene |
Oct-04-07 04:52 PM |
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Kick ...for a Great Read...Strategy...Future...! |
KoKo01 |
Oct-04-07 06:22 PM |
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Enjoy the Wedgie. |
L. Coyote |
Oct-04-07 06:32 PM |
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