eridani
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Sat Dec-26-09 03:22 AM
Response to Reply #16 |
| 21. You were pretty well implying that the determination of what is left vs right |
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--in this country by the well-heeled punditocracy has something to do with reality.
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| -Noboby here really qualifies as "far left" |
Ken Burch |
Dec-26-09 01:05 AM |
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Agreed. I am a Sunday School teacher and cheering coach, not a gun running communist rebel. |
GreenPartyVoter |
Dec-26-09 01:06 AM |
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Thank you! |
nomorenomore08 |
Dec-26-09 01:23 AM |
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You are correct, they are not the The Far Left, they are the Far Outs! |
FrenchieCat |
Dec-26-09 01:35 AM |
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You got it Frenchie |
POAS |
Dec-26-09 01:53 AM |
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My stepdad and I were discussing this tonight during Christmas dinner..... |
FrenchieCat |
Dec-26-09 02:01 AM |
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Dennis Kucinich is a centrist in most of the industrialized world n/t |
eridani |
Dec-26-09 02:26 AM |
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Probably so but |
POAS |
Dec-26-09 02:38 AM |
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Brilliant. Just let right wing corporatists continue to define right vs left in this country |
eridani |
Dec-26-09 02:50 AM |
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Where the hell did you get that out of |
POAS |
Dec-26-09 02:57 AM |
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You were pretty well implying that the determination of what is left vs right |
eridani |
Dec-26-09 03:22 AM |
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I implied no such thing |
POAS |
Dec-26-09 03:32 AM |
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Excuse me, but by our own labels and definitions, we CREATE those realities |
eridani |
Dec-26-09 03:37 AM |
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But attempting to use |
POAS |
Dec-26-09 03:49 AM |
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While we are throwing out "Far Left" we should also throw out "corporatists" |
stevenleser |
Dec-26-09 01:35 PM |
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So, have we devolved into a group of name-calling keyboard warriors with out heads firmly lodged in |
Atticus |
Dec-26-09 02:13 AM |
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I'm learning quickly..... |
FrenchieCat |
Dec-26-09 02:29 AM |
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Dec-26-09 09:02 AM |
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You have nothing so you make personal attacks. |
Cha |
Dec-26-09 10:43 PM |
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Picking on Frenchie isnt the answer. There are plenty of examples in this thread of others doing the |
stevenleser |
Dec-26-09 01:42 PM |
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So, how does a mandate to purchase crappy underinsurance help any of them? n/t |
eridani |
Dec-26-09 02:24 AM |
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Because unlike you, many people want to have health insurance |
FrenchieCat |
Dec-26-09 02:34 AM |
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Agree except I would change "want" to need! n/t |
POAS |
Dec-26-09 02:39 AM |
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Given a choice between paying for ongoing medical needs over an insurance premium |
eridani |
Dec-26-09 02:48 AM |
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I am between 50-64....... |
FrenchieCat |
Dec-26-09 03:01 AM |
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No, the 31 million do not need insurance at all. They need HEALTH CARE n/t |
eridani |
Dec-26-09 03:23 AM |
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And they can't get it without health insurance..... |
FrenchieCat |
Dec-26-09 03:32 AM |
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They could if we made an actual law that required it |
eridani |
Dec-26-09 03:42 AM |
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What you would rather do is go round and round we go, were does that take us? |
FrenchieCat |
Dec-26-09 03:51 AM |
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My solution is to leave the fucking mandates OUT of it |
eridani |
Dec-26-09 04:15 AM |
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But you would be happy if those mandates were instead in the form of taxes and we had single payer |
stevenleser |
Dec-26-09 01:46 PM |
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Paying taxes for public goods is the absolute antithesis-- |
eridani |
Dec-26-09 10:39 PM |
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That is such a meaningless meme to repeat |
stevenleser |
Dec-26-09 01:53 PM |
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Thank you! |
treestar |
Dec-27-09 01:22 PM |
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I am also in that age range but unlike you |
POAS |
Dec-26-09 03:10 AM |
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I don't see any reason at all why money for clinics and getting more primary care doctors |
eridani |
Dec-26-09 03:20 AM |
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I think I can get your point |
POAS |
Dec-26-09 03:42 AM |
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I am for passing a different bill without mandatory private insurance n/t |
eridani |
Dec-26-09 10:40 PM |
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how do you know that the only one subsidized will be the basic level plan? |
cali |
Dec-26-09 07:31 AM |
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Because that's what the bill says |
eridani |
Dec-28-09 01:49 AM |
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The 70s called.... |
BlooInBloo |
Dec-26-09 01:36 PM |
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Depends on the reference. |
Kaleva |
Dec-26-09 01:54 AM |
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Small American minds probably equate left with Pol Pot |
cyclezealot |
Dec-26-09 03:13 AM |
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Your right and I'd add |
POAS |
Dec-26-09 03:36 AM |
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And o f course to the wingnuts, all Libs' enjoy child pornography.. |
cyclezealot |
Dec-26-09 04:01 AM |
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It's in the "Liberal Manifesto" right after |
POAS |
Dec-26-09 04:06 AM |
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Speaking of which, have you tried the tasty recipes |
Ken Burch |
Dec-26-09 07:18 AM |
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Within the spectrum of American politics, some here certainly do |
wyldwolf |
Dec-26-09 07:25 AM |
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+1. |
jefferson_dem |
Dec-26-09 07:32 AM |
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The terms "left" and "right" wander around to suit most people who throw them about |
Posteritatis |
Dec-26-09 07:35 AM |
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+1 |
Kaleva |
Dec-26-09 10:45 PM |
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WYLDWOLF!!! We missed you!!! |
Odin2005 |
Dec-27-09 01:34 PM |
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here and there |
wyldwolf |
Dec-27-09 05:54 PM |
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Agreed, ... |
DisgustedInMN |
Dec-26-09 08:33 AM |
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Far left does NOT mean fascists, totalitarians and terrorists |
Liberation Angel |
Dec-26-09 08:53 AM |
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+1 |
inna |
Dec-27-09 01:12 AM |
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See, I thought that was extreme--far right...while Anarchists were extreme left.n/t |
vaberella |
Dec-28-09 02:52 AM |
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People who think there are need to come hang out with me. I have some people I'd like them to meet. |
Forkboy |
Dec-26-09 01:27 PM |
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Rhetorical care? |
CreekDog |
Dec-26-09 10:41 PM |
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There is no one like that now in the US |
treestar |
Dec-27-09 01:16 PM |
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Not entirely accurate. |
hippywife |
Dec-27-09 02:19 PM |
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Depends on how you look at it. I view "left" and "right" as relative and subjective to the society. |
phleshdef |
Dec-27-09 01:19 PM |
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I'm left of a Blue dog but not considered far left. Far right, far left... |
nonsequitur |
Dec-27-09 01:25 PM |
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Simple dichotomies in politics are BS. |
Odin2005 |
Dec-27-09 01:29 PM |
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Far left here! Far left means non-violence. |
roody |
Dec-27-09 02:24 PM |
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That's a pretty silly view of the "Far Left". |
LostInAnomie |
Dec-28-09 02:39 AM |
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I thought far left---extreme was Anarchists?! nt |
vaberella |
Dec-28-09 02:50 AM |
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