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| -You know, in the country in which I was raised, Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann would be . . . . |
Stinky The Clown |
Aug-12-11 07:31 AM |
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I have been walking around for some years thinking |
HillbillyBob |
Aug-12-11 07:38 AM |
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I agree with you HillbillyBob |
madokie |
Aug-12-11 07:44 AM |
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Love Heilein. Aldous Huxley as well. |
Greybnk48 |
Aug-12-11 07:55 AM |
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"Vulcan's Hammer" by Philip K. Dick (1960) was prescient as well.... |
mwb970 |
Aug-12-11 07:59 AM |
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That sounds like a winner. Thanks! |
Greybnk48 |
Aug-12-11 08:05 AM |
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This was the edition I read as a kid. It was a "double novel" paperback. |
mwb970 |
Aug-12-11 11:59 AM |
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Amazon has |
quarbis |
Aug-12-11 04:33 PM |
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Yeah, I saw it there. |
mwb970 |
Aug-12-11 06:43 PM |
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That is the pure, uncut stuffs.... |
Bluenorthwest |
Aug-13-11 07:52 AM |
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I will have to pu a copy..I am a voracious reader..and have missed that one |
HillbillyBob |
Aug-12-11 08:08 AM |
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Excellent books all. |
MedicalAdmin |
Aug-12-11 10:42 AM |
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Read again Heinlein's "If This Goes On..." |
cactusfractal |
Aug-12-11 10:49 AM |
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Oh, just chill out and take your Soma. |
gauguin57 |
Aug-12-11 08:03 PM |
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+1 - These people are dangerous. n/t |
Scuba |
Aug-12-11 08:23 AM |
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I met Heinlein in the late 60's as teenager and got to talk to him and his brother. |
gordianot |
Aug-12-11 10:18 AM |
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I am seriously envious. |
MedicalAdmin |
Aug-12-11 10:44 AM |
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Be careful what you wish for. Writers can be among the most self-involved jerks around. |
Bette Noir |
Aug-12-11 12:15 PM |
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You don't know what you're talking about - |
RaleighNCDUer |
Aug-12-11 12:49 PM |
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LOL. True sometimes |
hifiguy |
Aug-12-11 01:55 PM |
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Heinlein and his brother were over grown kids wading the muck in the creek. |
gordianot |
Aug-12-11 02:32 PM |
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Neo-con? Heh, I don't really think so. |
PavePusher |
Aug-12-11 07:12 PM |
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The trying to bring it on is what really scares me about these people |
liberal N proud |
Aug-12-11 01:15 PM |
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The problem is |
itsnotaboutu |
Aug-13-11 12:50 AM |
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I've mostly recovered long ago but |
HillWilliam |
Aug-13-11 08:36 AM |
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You and me both Bob |
BobbyBoring |
Aug-12-11 02:55 PM |
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You got that right |
madokie |
Aug-12-11 07:39 AM |
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I've been alive since 1955, and I noticed the change with Reagan |
catbyte |
Aug-12-11 07:42 AM |
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I think that's when the former "Moonies" went mainstream. |
Greybnk48 |
Aug-12-11 08:02 AM |
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Buddah-boom! |
HillWilliam |
Aug-13-11 08:40 AM |
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That was when they started to come out of their churches onto the stage |
HillbillyBob |
Aug-12-11 08:06 AM |
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When I saw the transformation of a couple of my |
Greybnk48 |
Aug-12-11 08:12 AM |
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FYI The Sadducees |
USMCMustang |
Aug-12-11 10:21 AM |
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I remember growing up in this era and the religious crazies being marginalized |
Horse with no Name |
Aug-12-11 12:30 PM |
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I went to a "Holy Roller" summer camp once |
Art_from_Ark |
Aug-13-11 12:34 AM |
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I agree. Reagan put us into a steep decline, and we've never fixed it. |
mwb970 |
Aug-12-11 12:06 PM |
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I think it really started long before Raygun |
HillWilliam |
Aug-13-11 08:50 AM |
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Aug-12-11 04:43 PM |
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Pizza, please!! |
hifiguy |
Aug-12-11 05:10 PM |
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How do you remove God ? I thought he/she was all powerful? |
BlueJazz |
Aug-12-11 05:21 PM |
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Sorry Lenny, but your Xtian Crap is just that |
maheanuu |
Aug-12-11 05:39 PM |
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Just grasping at straws here, but isn't it partly due to the |
russspeakeasy |
Aug-12-11 10:34 AM |
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K & R. n/t |
FSogol |
Aug-12-11 07:41 AM |
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Yep. |
muffin1 |
Aug-12-11 07:51 AM |
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I can't believe the entire Republican Party is batshitcrazy. |
nc4bo |
Aug-12-11 07:59 AM |
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Well, both parties have been moving steadily to the right. |
muffin1 |
Aug-12-11 08:13 AM |
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It's more than that. It is a cataclysmic shift. |
Horse with no Name |
Aug-12-11 12:38 PM |
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I think you've got that backwards |
Art_from_Ark |
Aug-14-11 05:10 AM |
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Many of the old-line sensible Repubs were simply purged |
hifiguy |
Aug-12-11 08:58 AM |
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They ran all of the sane ones out in Florida. |
Fuddnik |
Aug-12-11 10:31 AM |
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Which is why we need to retake the local parties. |
MedicalAdmin |
Aug-12-11 10:48 AM |
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No, the current crop of Republicans is way beyond what was "fringe" in the '60s. |
Bette Noir |
Aug-12-11 12:35 PM |
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You got that right |
BobbyBoring |
Aug-12-11 03:00 PM |
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Is this because people CAN'T or because they WON'T see through the bullshit? |
patrice |
Aug-12-11 08:04 AM |
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You have the correct answer! The country has become dumber than ever! |
dmosh42 |
Aug-12-11 09:13 AM |
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There is a point at which the stupid could achieve critical mass. I personally don't believe we're |
patrice |
Aug-12-11 09:58 AM |
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P.S. But I do believe that point is FAST approaching. nt |
patrice |
Aug-12-11 10:01 AM |
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until the late 70's it was considered unseemly and fringe even in Evangelical circles |
Douglas Carpenter |
Aug-12-11 08:04 AM |
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More important is how can we turn it back? |
woodsprite |
Aug-12-11 08:18 AM |
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For one thing, drive wedges where you can... |
JHB |
Aug-12-11 09:33 AM |
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You could also point out the many, many violations of Christ's teachings by conservatives. |
mwb970 |
Aug-12-11 12:19 PM |
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Falwell and Robertson. nt |
hifiguy |
Aug-12-11 08:59 AM |
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How did it happen? One word - money. n/t |
MedicalAdmin |
Aug-12-11 10:51 AM |
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Silent majority becomes less of a majority and so becomes less silent. I think it is last gasp, |
Hissyspit |
Aug-12-11 05:23 PM |
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Great Post.....Welcome to The Future |
Armstead |
Aug-12-11 08:05 AM |
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I was just thinking the other day, that what is happening in |
EC |
Aug-12-11 01:57 PM |
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The Repub party is making a laughingstock of being Christian. |
woodsprite |
Aug-12-11 08:15 AM |
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I just thought with all of them saying God told them to run |
EC |
Aug-12-11 02:03 PM |
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I was a liberal Presbyterian too, |
dgibby |
Aug-12-11 02:05 PM |
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Yes, I remember those days and back then the Republican Party, |
Cleita |
Aug-12-11 08:21 AM |
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You nailed it |
get the red out |
Aug-12-11 08:35 AM |
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That cartoon song should be used by Jon Stewart |
Cleita |
Aug-12-11 08:41 AM |
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Crazy is IN. (nt) |
DirkGently |
Aug-12-11 08:43 AM |
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I started reading Stinky's OP... |
RevStPatrick |
Aug-12-11 08:46 AM |
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Reinforcing fanaticism and hate daily... |
moondust |
Aug-12-11 08:55 AM |
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I don't think Perry will go as far as some pundits think... |
ecstatic |
Aug-12-11 09:03 AM |
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i hope not, |
justabob |
Aug-12-11 10:29 AM |
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2nd |
krabigirl |
Aug-12-11 12:33 PM |
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I'm astonished by how fast it all went in the crapper |
CanonRay |
Aug-12-11 09:09 AM |
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Well Said, STC. |
Paladin |
Aug-12-11 09:14 AM |
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We are all capable of stopping it... |
MedicalAdmin |
Aug-12-11 11:15 AM |
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I think it's less religion and more "respect". They want the "respect" they don't get from us. |
FormerDittoHead |
Aug-12-11 09:17 AM |
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"Respect" This is insightful. |
patrice |
Aug-12-11 09:52 AM |
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They show ultimate disrespect for us by telling us we are abomination |
HillbillyBob |
Aug-12-11 10:21 AM |
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I know, HBB, because I do know them personally and have known them most of my life. |
patrice |
Aug-12-11 12:10 PM |
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My parents were Baptist, but I attended parochial schools |
catrose |
Aug-12-11 02:18 PM |
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I also can no longer recognize the USA. 50 years ago, people would be laughing their heads off at |
sinkingfeeling |
Aug-12-11 09:46 AM |
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Eisenhower may have fired a handgun. |
deaniac21 |
Aug-12-11 09:50 AM |
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True, but he never wore his old uniform as a civilian n/t |
eridani |
Aug-13-11 06:11 AM |
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In the country in which I was raised, Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann would be . . . |
ChoppinBroccoli |
Aug-12-11 09:59 AM |
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They still would be unqualified to work at 7-11 |
Cleita |
Aug-12-11 10:08 AM |
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I think testing them for chemicals be it drugs or mercury is in order just to rule out those things. |
glinda |
Aug-12-11 10:07 AM |
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tests needed |
jbfam4 |
Aug-12-11 10:42 AM |
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That won't happen. |
glinda |
Aug-12-11 04:50 PM |
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My thoughts exactly. Why does anyone pay any attention to these nuts? |
joanbarnes |
Aug-12-11 10:24 AM |
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This is the fruit of "Triangulation". Most of the "mainstream" Republicans of old have repositioned |
Romulox |
Aug-12-11 10:24 AM |
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That's one of the biggest truths in this entire thread. |
Stinky The Clown |
Aug-12-11 05:55 PM |
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Indeed. All the Democrats became Republicans, and all the Republicans |
eridani |
Aug-13-11 06:12 AM |
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Today's NYT. "Rick Perry's Unanswered Prayers. |
Fuddnik |
Aug-12-11 10:25 AM |
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The evangelicals breed like rabbits |
NewJeffCT |
Aug-12-11 10:42 AM |
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I am believing religion is a disease |
kwolf68 |
Aug-12-11 10:54 AM |
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I can't tell you how many times I've thought the same thing. |
EFerrari |
Aug-12-11 10:57 AM |
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Funny you should mention that. After years of dreaming about "houses", I stopped for |
patrice |
Aug-12-11 12:17 PM |
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Stinky, I've lurked for years and always loved your posts and I couldn't agree more... |
progress2k12nbynd |
Aug-12-11 11:30 AM |
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"The Republican Party fears its base. The Democratic Party loathes its base." - David Frum |
Douglas Carpenter |
Aug-12-11 11:42 AM |
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That is the first intelligent thing I've heard from Frum. |
mochajava666 |
Aug-12-11 04:58 PM |
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Maybe God is taking a vacation and temporarily let Rod Serling take over. |
Kablooie |
Aug-12-11 12:08 PM |
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Oh, Stinky, you're spot on! |
Emit |
Aug-12-11 12:09 PM |
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It frightens me. |
Horse with no Name |
Aug-12-11 12:13 PM |
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So many families are so fucked up, make lots of mistakes in parenting, teachers are left |
patrice |
Aug-12-11 12:29 PM |
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Agreed. Teachers get left holding the bag for an entire fucked up society |
Horse with no Name |
Aug-12-11 12:33 PM |
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Yep! You have that right, HWNN!! The Amerikkkan Way! |
patrice |
Aug-12-11 12:40 PM |
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I also maintain there's a not insignificant Secessionist sub-strate there. Why else would Rick Perry |
patrice |
Aug-12-11 12:47 PM |
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I sincerely believe that it makes absolutely no difference |
irislake |
Aug-12-11 12:32 PM |
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And this is entirely because of the Koch funded DLC. |
RaleighNCDUer |
Aug-12-11 12:45 PM |
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Yep, many repukes are to the right of insanity these days... |
on point |
Aug-12-11 12:53 PM |
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They would have been run out of town for their extremisms |
liberal N proud |
Aug-12-11 01:19 PM |
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Reagan brought fundamentalism to the White House |
young_at_heart |
Aug-12-11 01:51 PM |
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Yep. And they invested in media consolidation, their own |
alsame |
Aug-12-11 02:17 PM |
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The only news media people I see, even saying they are |
EC |
Aug-12-11 02:13 PM |
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It might pay to bear in mind |
Doc Holliday |
Aug-12-11 04:04 PM |
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Perry did not create jobs, he REMOVED them from other states |
on point |
Aug-12-11 05:05 PM |
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Follow the money. The "nuts" are filling the media's pockets. |
RagAss |
Aug-12-11 04:45 PM |
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Actually it's an alternate universe switched on us while we slept. |
lunatica |
Aug-12-11 04:11 PM |
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If Adams and Franklin were alive today, tsk,tsk,tsk!!! n/t |
socialindependocrat |
Aug-12-11 04:42 PM |
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At the end of the last century, the rapturists crawled out of the woodwork. It was predicted. |
Major Hogwash |
Aug-12-11 04:59 PM |
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It is the Wal-Martization of America. Cheap, plastic cock-suckers have a chance now. |
callous taoboy |
Aug-12-11 05:07 PM |
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Interesting analysis. I'm a bit confused by your comparison though and view on religion/candidates |
alp227 |
Aug-12-11 05:45 PM |
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Actually their religion isn't that bad -- that's the problem |
DaveJ |
Aug-12-11 06:59 PM |
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BRAVO! BRAVO! BRAVO! eom. |
Hotler |
Aug-12-11 06:39 PM |
#116 |
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K&R |
pleah |
Aug-12-11 06:41 PM |
#117 |
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I remember that country... |
dash_bannon |
Aug-12-11 06:58 PM |
#119 |
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Heinlein may have had better precognition than anyone knew... |
PavePusher |
Aug-12-11 07:05 PM |
#121 |
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the more these types run, the more they become the norm |
spanone |
Aug-12-11 07:14 PM |
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already done that |
pleah |
Aug-12-11 07:31 PM |
#124 |
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Fox News chief -they are running the show and everyone is reacting to them |
underpants |
Aug-12-11 07:35 PM |
#125 |
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Rec #200 - You earned it, Stinky! |
Bozita |
Aug-12-11 08:25 PM |
#127 |
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Reagan's Legacy. |
GeorgeGist |
Aug-12-11 09:14 PM |
#128 |
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There has always been stupid... |
AlbertCat |
Aug-12-11 09:42 PM |
#129 |
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I blame the media for instilling lunacy in us peons |
upi402 |
Aug-13-11 12:53 AM |
#132 |
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They are both "dumb" which is a necessary quality for a winning GOP candidate. |
McCamy Taylor |
Aug-13-11 06:58 AM |
#135 |
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Gee, Stink, I grew up watching George Wallace run for Pres. |
Bluenorthwest |
Aug-13-11 07:46 AM |
#136 |
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By your statement, I am a fan of Pat Buchannan. I resent your saying that. |
Stinky The Clown |
Aug-13-11 07:58 AM |
#139 |
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The country in which we were raised no longer exists |
NMMNG |
Aug-13-11 07:53 AM |
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