Nye Bevan
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Tue Oct-25-11 09:46 PM
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| 53. Fortunately, in a civilized democracy, violence, bloodshed and guillotines are unnecessary. |
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Edited on Tue Oct-25-11 09:49 PM by Nye Bevan
We can simply vote for the candidates of our choice who can implement the policies that we desire. Unlike in pre-revolutionary France, anyone can vote, campaign, and run for office. Remember how we installed a Democrat as President with no bloodshed whatsoever? Isn't this way so much more civilized?
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| -Is it the French Revolution yet? |
XemaSab |
Oct-25-11 03:27 PM |
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K&R nt |
TBF |
Oct-25-11 03:29 PM |
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No. President Obama will keep his head |
Freddie Stubbs |
Oct-25-11 03:30 PM |
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LOL |
mmonk |
Oct-25-11 06:12 PM |
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Has our hope-and-change President uttered "Apres moi, le deluge?" yet? |
villager |
Oct-25-11 03:31 PM |
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I thought the OWS despised Barack Obama? I heard that here.... |
FrenchieCat |
Oct-25-11 03:33 PM |
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OWS appears to be ignoring Obama n/t |
leftstreet |
Oct-25-11 03:34 PM |
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So guess he's returning the favor..... |
FrenchieCat |
Oct-25-11 03:37 PM |
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And Obama appears to be ignoring OWS. nt |
DocMac |
Oct-25-11 03:45 PM |
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He may have spoken more about them, then they have about him. |
FrenchieCat |
Oct-25-11 03:49 PM |
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The Bay Area may be his base |
XemaSab |
Oct-25-11 03:39 PM |
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I'm in Oakland, |
FrenchieCat |
Oct-25-11 03:47 PM |
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Plus it has a nice view. |
Major Hogwash |
Oct-25-11 05:40 PM |
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Are Obama critics really that desperate? |
AngkorWot |
Oct-25-11 03:35 PM |
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Yep...it's that bad. |
FrenchieCat |
Oct-25-11 03:38 PM |
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Oh, I've seen them moan & groan at much less. You should get over to GD:P sometime. n/t. |
apocalypsehow |
Oct-25-11 04:33 PM |
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Oct-25-11 03:37 PM |
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Is calling for the Democratic President to be decapitated against the DU rules? |
tridim |
Oct-25-11 03:38 PM |
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Why do people always look at the French Revolution through the eyes of the Ruling Class? |
leftstreet |
Oct-25-11 03:43 PM |
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The working class organized the guillotines |
AngkorWot |
Oct-25-11 03:48 PM |
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We, the French, didn't see positive change materialize for a long time.... |
FrenchieCat |
Oct-25-11 03:55 PM |
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Since you've decided to diss Napoleon, I'd like to remind this |
coalition_unwilling |
Oct-25-11 04:30 PM |
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Yes, he was an early version of the Neocons..... |
FrenchieCat |
Oct-25-11 04:34 PM |
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Are you denying that his forces abolished serfdom wherever |
coalition_unwilling |
Oct-25-11 06:15 PM |
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Napoleon was a complex being...... |
FrenchieCat |
Oct-25-11 07:12 PM |
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Are you denying that the Conquistador's abolished human sacrifice in Mesoamerica wherever |
apocalypsehow |
Oct-25-11 08:49 PM |
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Napoleon was a dictator who plunged Europe into any number of needless internecine wars. |
apocalypsehow |
Oct-25-11 04:38 PM |
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Well, if you were a serf at the time and were liberated by |
coalition_unwilling |
Oct-25-11 06:13 PM |
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Except, they weren't "liberated": they were conquered, by a foreign invader who then imposed their |
apocalypsehow |
Oct-25-11 08:25 PM |
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Sorry for the typo with 'emaphsis' - having major mouse and sticky key problems |
coalition_unwilling |
Oct-25-11 08:40 PM |
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Your argument does not impress me, and your attempts to attribute beliefs to others that you have |
apocalypsehow |
Oct-25-11 08:57 PM |
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My argument may not impress you, but I nailed your ass on that |
coalition_unwilling |
Oct-25-11 09:08 PM |
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Well, I was his grandfather, so there. |
apocalypsehow |
Oct-25-11 09:12 PM |
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Actually, I've always regretted not having taken more courses in |
coalition_unwilling |
Oct-25-11 09:21 PM |
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When things get that far, |
DocMac |
Oct-25-11 03:57 PM |
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Because most people don't know about... |
ellisonz |
Oct-25-11 04:58 PM |
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In Hollywood, the tab was $38K per couple, but fundraising goes with the territory. |
No Elephants |
Oct-25-11 03:42 PM |
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Will Madame DeFarge be attending? |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Oct-25-11 03:47 PM |
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No, so far it's the Spanish Inquisition. |
dtexdem |
Oct-25-11 03:52 PM |
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OP, your CYA edit doesn't matter, you're still calling for his head. |
tridim |
Oct-25-11 04:16 PM |
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Just poking at him, like Perry...... |
FrenchieCat |
Oct-25-11 04:22 PM |
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I think she was saying "Let 'em eat cake" |
KamaAina |
Oct-25-11 04:25 PM |
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Exactly |
XemaSab |
Oct-25-11 05:29 PM |
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And Gov. Jerry Brown (who used to be Oakland Mayor) has been |
coalition_unwilling |
Oct-25-11 04:24 PM |
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I give you a rec for the content, but a no-no for the title of the post. I'd say, Out of touch much |
Divine Discontent |
Oct-25-11 04:31 PM |
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If Obama can get money for his campaign and the DNC from wealthy |
gateley |
Oct-25-11 04:53 PM |
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Why is "work" defined here as pandering to rich donors |
XemaSab |
Oct-25-11 05:31 PM |
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I think he is ALSO helping the 99 percent, don't you? Getting |
gateley |
Oct-25-11 06:34 PM |
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No. Because I don't have my fluffy shirt yet. |
Major Hogwash |
Oct-25-11 05:35 PM |
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he is asking those who can afford it to give that much money for the election campaign |
JI7 |
Oct-25-11 05:37 PM |
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No, no one has called an assembly of the Estates-General |
FarCenter |
Oct-25-11 06:12 PM |
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Ah, but there are now provisional calls for a National Assembly |
coalition_unwilling |
Oct-25-11 06:17 PM |
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i don't think the USA needs a second bourgeois-democratic revolution |
BOG PERSON |
Oct-25-11 06:20 PM |
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Fortunately, in a civilized democracy, violence, bloodshed and guillotines are unnecessary. |
Nye Bevan |
Oct-25-11 09:46 PM |
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