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Joe Chi Minh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-01-10 11:58 AM
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88. Didn't Yaweh institute the first welfare-state a few thousand year ago?
Edited on Sun Aug-01-10 12:01 PM by Joe Chi Minh
Leaving produce in the fields and on the trees, after the first harvesting, for the poor man and the wayfarer?

In the Gospels, we are told that (even at the time of Christ), the Gentiles - and I speak as one - were a byword for cruelty among the Jews, whose leaders could not, themselves, have anyone crucified.
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  -How about a WEINER - GRAYSON ticket in 2016? AnArmyVeteran  Jul-31-10 03:47 PM   #0 
  - If they were the ticket, I'd vote for them in 2016  scheming daemons   Jul-31-10 03:50 PM   #1 
  - McGovern & Mondale were like human sleeping pills.  AnArmyVeteran   Jul-31-10 04:01 PM   #5 
     - I agree with everything you said....  scheming daemons   Jul-31-10 04:06 PM   #9 
        - LOL, but the campaign would be fun as hell to watch.  AnArmyVeteran   Jul-31-10 04:37 PM   #25 
  - Why Wait? -- 2012 n/t  DeSwiss   Jul-31-10 03:54 PM   #2 
  - +1  DrDan   Jul-31-10 03:57 PM   #3 
  - +17.266  LooseWilly   Jul-31-10 04:27 PM   #15 
  - +17.266? What about +3.1415926535898?  AnArmyVeteran   Jul-31-10 07:22 PM   #40 
  - You beat me to it  slay   Jul-31-10 04:29 PM   #16 
  - Recced into infinity.  AngryOldDem   Jul-31-10 04:58 PM   #29 
  - Beat me to it.  snake in the grass   Jul-31-10 06:19 PM   #37 
  - +1000. nt  Lorien   Jul-31-10 10:22 PM   #48 
  - how'bout Feingold/Kucinich 2012  inna   Jul-31-10 03:58 PM   #4 
  - Feingold might not even win in Wisconsin THIS year...  scheming daemons   Jul-31-10 04:03 PM   #7 
  - you mean wisconsin ?  JI7   Jul-31-10 04:16 PM   #12 
     - Oops... yes... ;-)  scheming daemons   Jul-31-10 04:24 PM   #14 
  - The DLC would NEVER allow that. Their corporate overlords  flvegan   Jul-31-10 04:23 PM   #13 
  - +++++++++  Scuba   Jul-31-10 05:13 PM   #30 
  - I'd vote FOR that ticket.  Greyhound   Jul-31-10 04:03 PM   #6 
  - They're physically safe  scheming daemons   Jul-31-10 04:05 PM   #8 
     - Says the "sensible Democrat". Over and over and over again.  Greyhound   Jul-31-10 04:13 PM   #10 
        - You are politically naive and tone-deaf  scheming daemons   Jul-31-10 04:30 PM   #17 
        - No, I just ignore pointless noise the old-fashioned way. n/t  Greyhound   Jul-31-10 04:33 PM   #20 
        - They could win Hawaii, but wait, that's not a state.  AnArmyVeteran   Jul-31-10 04:40 PM   #26 
        - Grayson's district is not 'Liberal'.  Edweird   Jul-31-10 07:46 PM   #41 
        - Florida!  eridani   Jul-31-10 08:49 PM   #42 
        - Those "pragmatist" are political geniuses  TheKentuckian   Jul-31-10 04:36 PM   #23 
           - We saw it last year. We could have run the rotted corpse of Adolph against McSame/Failin  Greyhound   Jul-31-10 04:48 PM   #27 
  - DU will be attacking them for Israel support all day  JI7   Jul-31-10 04:15 PM   #11 
  - Israel is a problem  slay   Jul-31-10 04:31 PM   #18 
  - Anyone running for president has to bow to Israel first...  AnArmyVeteran   Jul-31-10 09:07 PM   #44 
     - Ah, a standard viewpoint sadly.  proteus_lives   Jul-31-10 10:19 PM   #47 
     - It's a situation I have rapidly grown disgusted with  slay   Jul-31-10 11:33 PM   #51 
        - I agree slay. I listed a few of the problems related to Israel...  AnArmyVeteran   Jul-31-10 11:43 PM   #52 
           - Powerful reasons  slay   Jul-31-10 11:57 PM   #55 
           - Unfortunately, religious fanatics are praying for the end of times.  AnArmyVeteran   Aug-01-10 12:18 AM   #57 
              - Self fulfilling prophecy  slay   Aug-01-10 12:50 AM   #60 
                 - I love that song! Guess what Pat Robertson did to it in 1990...  AnArmyVeteran   Aug-01-10 01:17 AM   #62 
                    - I watch the 700 Club sometimes  slay   Aug-01-10 02:41 AM   #64 
                       - I want that tee shirt.  joe black   Aug-01-10 10:37 AM   #85 
           - Man, you just keep going.  proteus_lives   Aug-01-10 01:37 AM   #63 
           - Look at the facts  slay   Aug-01-10 02:48 AM   #65 
              - So a politician's bluster is supposed to convince me?  proteus_lives   Aug-01-10 03:30 AM   #66 
                 - facts are facts if you don't like it that's your problem  slay   Aug-01-10 03:46 AM   #67 
                    - Will do. Have fun with The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.  proteus_lives   Aug-01-10 03:55 AM   #68 
                       - I've never read it, I'm not a jew hater, grow up  slay   Aug-01-10 03:57 AM   #69 
                          - Why?  proteus_lives   Aug-01-10 04:06 AM   #70 
                             - FUCK OFF!@  slay   Aug-01-10 04:09 AM   #71 
                                - So you refuse to defend your bigotry?  proteus_lives   Aug-01-10 04:36 AM   #73 
           - Can't say I disagree  treestar   Aug-01-10 10:02 AM   #82 
              - "The whole Israel idea did not work"  proteus_lives   Aug-01-10 12:43 PM   #90 
                 - But aren't they the very people who are "surrounded by enemies  treestar   Aug-01-10 01:08 PM   #91 
                    - Ok, explain how Nevada is connected to the Jewish people.  proteus_lives   Aug-01-10 01:12 PM   #92 
                       - Who cares?  treestar   Aug-01-10 01:37 PM   #94 
                          - "Guess i just don't identify with that"  proteus_lives   Aug-01-10 03:49 PM   #97 
  - Both support everything Israel does. I think there is plenty to criticize in that attitude  katandmoon   Jul-31-10 04:31 PM   #19 
  - Just because someone lashes out doesn't mean they're  orion007   Jul-31-10 04:36 PM   #22 
  - Sure, but little else. Being pro-Israel is an automatic that was going to be no matter what  TheKentuckian   Jul-31-10 04:34 PM   #21 
  - Blind support for Israel would be a problem.  Scuba   Jul-31-10 05:14 PM   #31 
  - I think the guts factor is lost on Democratic Party analysts all too often.  LooseWilly   Jul-31-10 04:37 PM   #24 
  - Good post! People of all stripes want an intelligent, forceful leader of the people.  AnArmyVeteran   Jul-31-10 04:56 PM   #28 
     - Exactly... it's something for everyone in one package.  LooseWilly   Jul-31-10 05:17 PM   #32 
  - Oh yeah!  NV Whino   Jul-31-10 05:28 PM   #33 
  - I LIKE that ticket!  mithnanthy   Jul-31-10 05:29 PM   #34 
  - how about what Weiner said about Helen Thomas ?  JI7   Jul-31-10 05:39 PM   #35 
  - hell at this point i'd vote 4 em in 2012. n/t  ORDagnabbit   Jul-31-10 06:12 PM   #36 
  - I wish we could have retroactive elections!  AnArmyVeteran   Jul-31-10 06:41 PM   #38 
  - I'd vote for that.  TCJ70   Jul-31-10 06:43 PM   #39 
  - Unfortunately, both are from the east coast  eridani   Jul-31-10 08:51 PM   #43 
  - One of them has six years to move to the west :).  AnArmyVeteran   Jul-31-10 09:08 PM   #45 
  - Franken is from MN. Talk about exploding freepers!  CLANG   Aug-01-10 12:18 AM   #58 
  - They're both Jewish, aren't they?  DavidDvorkin   Jul-31-10 10:16 PM   #46 
  - That never even occurred to me  eridani   Aug-01-10 05:27 AM   #75 
  - Didn't Yaweh institute the first welfare-state a few thousand year ago?  Joe Chi Minh   Aug-01-10 11:58 AM   #88 
  - I sent them both this thread  Lorien   Jul-31-10 10:28 PM   #49 
  - Yeah, me too Lorien.  AnArmyVeteran   Jul-31-10 11:22 PM   #50 
  - Rep. Jay Inslee next time then ok?  upi402   Jul-31-10 11:49 PM   #53 
  - Nice, but one's name is "Weiner." And the other one's fat.  smalll   Jul-31-10 11:49 PM   #54 
  - If Bush was a progressive would you like a BUSH - WEINER ticket?  AnArmyVeteran   Aug-01-10 08:59 AM   #78 
  - McGovern and Mondale weren't enough?  Recursion   Aug-01-10 12:03 AM   #56 
  - McGovern and Mondale were boring  eridani   Aug-01-10 05:29 AM   #77 
     - Not to their supporters  Recursion   Aug-01-10 10:11 AM   #83 
        - People like candidates who don't tolerate crap. Remember Clinton's rising approval ratings--  eridani   Aug-01-10 06:45 PM   #99 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-01-10 12:46 AM   #59 
  - There are other, more immediate uses we have for them  OmahaBlueDog   Aug-01-10 12:51 AM   #61 
  - Don't be stupid...  Joe Fields   Aug-01-10 04:09 AM   #72 
  - As soon as I saw Weiner's angry response to the GOP assholishness,  old mark   Aug-01-10 05:08 AM   #74 
  - not if one has any hopes for peace in the Middle East  Douglas Carpenter   Aug-01-10 05:28 AM   #76 
  - Lee-Woolsey 2016  marmar   Aug-01-10 09:05 AM   #79 
  - How about 2012?  Time for change   Aug-01-10 09:57 AM   #80 
  - I'd like see true progressives get elected in 2012! We didn't in 2008.  AnArmyVeteran   Aug-01-10 12:10 PM   #89 
  - Why worry about that now?  treestar   Aug-01-10 09:58 AM   #81 
  - Works for me in 2012.  joe black   Aug-01-10 10:31 AM   #84 
  - That's not a dream ticket. It's a Nirvana ticket!  Joe Chi Minh   Aug-01-10 11:55 AM   #86 
  - Sounds good to me  avaistheone1   Aug-01-10 11:55 AM   #87 
  - Franken - Weiner 2016  Dappleganger   Aug-01-10 01:17 PM   #93 
  - Frankenweiner!  slay   Aug-01-10 03:45 PM   #95 
  - LOLOL! Hilarious! :) (great job!)  AnArmyVeteran   Aug-01-10 04:22 PM   #98 
  - Sounds good to me!  upi402   Aug-01-10 03:48 PM   #96 
 

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