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Mon Feb-07-11 08:51 AM
Response to Reply #27 |
| -Obama to cut services to poor urban Americans, budget director notes |
lonestarnot |
Feb-06-11 09:21 PM |
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needs to keep his wars on |
Skittles |
Feb-06-11 09:22 PM |
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So what exactly is the money used for like meals on wheels? Cab vouchers? |
lonestarnot |
Feb-06-11 09:26 PM |
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"They Have Nowhere Else To Go ®" |
kenny blankenship |
Feb-06-11 09:29 PM |
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Great campaign slogan for 2012! |
grahamhgreen |
Feb-07-11 12:48 AM |
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In the words of my nine-year-old niece, |
woo me with science |
Feb-06-11 09:32 PM |
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She gets it. |
wellstone dem |
Feb-06-11 09:53 PM |
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Tell her the obvious... that we will die. |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 08:58 AM |
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She sounds like a great liberal. |
Xenotime |
Feb-07-11 02:46 PM |
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What wonderful change! |
Odin2005 |
Feb-06-11 09:33 PM |
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But, he did stand up to the republicans on the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans... |
Horse with no Name |
Feb-06-11 09:33 PM |
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Yes, he did. He said they're not going to be permanent. |
Jackpine Radical |
Feb-06-11 09:41 PM |
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Just like the other ones from before. |
kenny blankenship |
Feb-06-11 09:43 PM |
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And many jobless will not be permanent too. |
Amonester |
Feb-07-11 12:33 AM |
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"They're gonna expire". You misunderstood. He was talking about us poor folk. |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 09:27 AM |
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It's not like there anything else that can be cut. |
Autumn |
Feb-06-11 09:42 PM |
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Yes, you did. |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 09:29 AM |
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Yes you can bobbolink. |
Autumn |
Feb-07-11 11:06 AM |
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Thank you so much! Your words mean a lot. |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 11:47 AM |
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Yup, but there are a lot of us :p |
Hydra |
Feb-07-11 04:12 PM |
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Lack of record was what made me support him only when he won |
WCGreen |
Feb-07-11 05:25 PM |
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Can I just say, if that other ticket had won, you may already be dead. |
lonestarnot |
Feb-07-11 08:15 PM |
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EVen W didn't make cuts like this, the foodstamp cuts, the cuts of disability! |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 08:23 PM |
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And you think his shit didn't lead us to the point we are now. Cuts have not been made yet. |
lonestarnot |
Feb-07-11 08:37 PM |
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Oh for gawd's sake... the lack of any compassion here is sooo telling. |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 08:41 PM |
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Take a fucking chill pill. You have no idea of my situation and I do not intend to discuss it here. |
lonestarnot |
Feb-07-11 09:05 PM |
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Right back atcha. Learn some HUMAN compassion. |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 09:59 PM |
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hmmmf WTF are you about anyway? |
lonestarnot |
Feb-07-11 10:17 PM |
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Can I just ask, since our ticket won, |
Autumn |
Feb-08-11 07:53 AM |
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Act of defiance |
roxiejules |
Feb-07-11 09:02 PM |
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This is BS. We should be cutting foreign aid way before domestic aid, |
browntyphoon |
Feb-06-11 09:48 PM |
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Whaaat? Foreign aid is 1% of our budget. nt |
Bigmack |
Feb-06-11 10:28 PM |
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You think a few billion won't do wonders here? |
browntyphoon |
Feb-06-11 10:50 PM |
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Hell yes. There are any number of investment bankers that could use a few bil more. |
Jackpine Radical |
Feb-07-11 08:25 AM |
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Change indeed n/t |
Catherina |
Feb-06-11 09:50 PM |
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ACK. |
Toon Me Out |
Feb-06-11 09:53 PM |
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A lifetime ago I was a manager of a pizza place. I had a driver that resembled 'Bill The Cat'. |
Edweird |
Feb-06-11 10:46 PM |
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A friend of mine has Bill the Cat tattooed on his arm. |
Fuddnik |
Feb-07-11 09:47 AM |
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Bill the Cat already got his. What does he care? He played electric tongue for Deathtongue |
amandabeech |
Feb-06-11 10:46 PM |
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Double ack! |
Fuddnik |
Feb-07-11 09:46 AM |
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a fucking republican could not get away with some of this shit. |
inna |
Feb-06-11 09:54 PM |
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Exactly. It takes a Dem to sentence poor people to death. |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 09:38 AM |
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+1 |
grahamhgreen |
Feb-07-11 09:49 AM |
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Which is why they allowed a "Democrat" to win. |
FiveGoodMen |
Feb-07-11 01:27 PM |
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So thats what happens when you elect a community organizer - he changes |
undeterred |
Feb-06-11 09:54 PM |
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... |
CrispyQ |
Feb-07-11 09:35 AM |
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More Churches preaching while they are feeding.... |
glinda |
Feb-06-11 09:59 PM |
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End the wars. Cut defense bloat. NOW! |
Lifelong Protester |
Feb-06-11 10:00 PM |
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And who is going to then make sure those funds go to poverty? |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 10:21 AM |
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bobbolink, you cannot speak for all DUers like that. I do not agree. |
lonestarnot |
Feb-07-11 08:18 PM |
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are you arguing with me now? I thought we were on the same |
Lifelong Protester |
Feb-07-11 08:54 PM |
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Here is the relevant text from |
ProSense |
Feb-06-11 10:20 PM |
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I've read it over carefully twice and he is saying outright that the poor with have to share |
CTyankee |
Feb-07-11 08:38 AM |
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I like how the middle class/working poor/poor have to share in the 'sacrifices' |
SammyWinstonJack |
Feb-07-11 09:08 AM |
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Iposted earlier about how Joe Scarborough was yelling that he didn't |
CTyankee |
Feb-07-11 09:18 AM |
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Some of us have nothing left to sacrifice except our lives. |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 11:48 AM |
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they have Republican politicians to protect them from sacrifices |
hfojvt |
Feb-07-11 12:11 PM |
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That's exactly it |
katnapped |
Feb-07-11 09:23 AM |
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The way I read it |
ProSense |
Feb-07-11 09:24 AM |
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Well, then he should have said what you just posted. |
CTyankee |
Feb-07-11 10:11 AM |
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Reagan Era? We never left it. |
kenny blankenship |
Feb-07-11 11:39 AM |
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"Poor" EQUALS "sacrifices", FGS, Obama! Cold-hearted bureaucrat. |
WinkyDink |
Feb-07-11 11:50 AM |
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"the sacrifices needed" |
hfojvt |
Feb-07-11 12:04 PM |
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yes, taking money from the poorest will NEVER balance the budget |
StarsInHerHair |
Feb-07-11 10:39 PM |
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Prosense! |
woo me with science |
Feb-07-11 01:43 PM |
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What context is missing? |
Telly Savalas |
Feb-07-11 10:08 PM |
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The saddest thing is that $350 million - as compared to the entire budget - |
sad sally |
Feb-06-11 10:42 PM |
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great post thanks! |
democracy1st |
Feb-07-11 12:40 AM |
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Great post |
Autumn |
Feb-07-11 11:10 AM |
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kick |
Bluebear |
Feb-07-11 12:23 AM |
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Damn him |
burrowowl |
Feb-07-11 12:42 AM |
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DINO! |
SammyWinstonJack |
Feb-07-11 08:51 AM |
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K&R to the top. Put down the unrec button! Slowly! On the ground. |
grahamhgreen |
Feb-07-11 12:50 AM |
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"Change" it can either be change for the good but unfortunately it |
Raine |
Feb-07-11 01:56 AM |
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That'll buy how many torpedos and fighter jets? |
Lorien |
Feb-07-11 01:56 AM |
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Well put |
upi402 |
Feb-07-11 02:15 AM |
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Yep, that would have been my first thought. |
Pacifist Patriot |
Feb-07-11 09:13 AM |
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This is quite likely the money for homeless shelters. |
JDPriestly |
Feb-07-11 02:36 AM |
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kick |
lonestarnot |
Feb-07-11 08:11 AM |
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During the campaign the few of us who dared mention POVERTY were strongly |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 08:58 AM |
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Yet...his community organizing stint was suspect from the start |
Horse with no Name |
Feb-07-11 10:05 AM |
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there is a group called UK Uncut, they're using twitter and other social |
StarsInHerHair |
Feb-07-11 10:44 PM |
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This is just like |
Urban Prairie |
Feb-07-11 09:03 AM |
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Dammit! I started the day in a pissy mood. |
Pacifist Patriot |
Feb-07-11 09:14 AM |
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But he will increase the warfare state, no problem. |
krabigirl |
Feb-07-11 11:42 AM |
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Is this more of the change we can believe in? |
quinnox |
Feb-07-11 11:52 AM |
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It is the beginning unless all of you put an end to it., |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 01:38 PM |
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We need to take a hint from the people in Cairo |
Oak2004 |
Feb-07-11 11:55 AM |
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Dammit, I am SO FED UP with people only wanting POOR FOLK to take action! |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 01:40 PM |
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I don't think it is us who should shoulder the work alone |
Oak2004 |
Feb-07-11 04:22 PM |
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EXACTLY! They will protest for Iraqis but not for US. |
bobbolink |
Feb-08-11 11:26 AM |
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And how can we afford to 'walk like Egyptians' to DC? Everyone I know |
Mnemosyne |
Feb-07-11 09:01 PM |
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That's where we need to either enlist help from others or opt for our own city hall or state capitol |
Oak2004 |
Feb-07-11 10:46 PM |
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I guess being in BFE, has frustrated me. I cannot even afford |
Mnemosyne |
Feb-08-11 07:43 AM |
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urban poor? fucking flat wrong. Most rural communities are at least |
cali |
Feb-07-11 12:20 PM |
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Obama: the greatest Republican president since Clinton. |
Lucian |
Feb-07-11 01:43 PM |
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Disappointing? For poor people he has been a fuckjing disaster! |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 01:56 PM |
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I was trying to be nice. |
Lucian |
Feb-07-11 02:27 PM |
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I understand. However, when people are facing dire suffering and death, being |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 02:31 PM |
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First of all, the people here need to overcome their apathy. |
Lucian |
Feb-07-11 02:33 PM |
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THANK YOU! Now, how to get that to happen? |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 02:38 PM |
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I don't do twitter. |
Lucian |
Feb-07-11 03:11 PM |
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Asking because there are some good ideas for online activism. |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 03:14 PM |
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If a revolution is around the corner, I'll join. |
Lucian |
Feb-07-11 03:17 PM |
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Sorry. I didn't mean to push your buttons. Some of us are in dire circumstances, but nevermind. |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 03:20 PM |
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No I understand. |
Lucian |
Feb-07-11 03:29 PM |
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I'm not going to argue that. I'm saying that there are other ways to use it...ways that could help |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 03:32 PM |
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We don't need to cut anything. We need to spend, We have a jobs crisis. |
jtown1123 |
Feb-07-11 02:08 PM |
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Exactly! Example: for every Federal dollar spent on food stamps $1.84 returned to the local economy |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 02:17 PM |
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And that hatred results in the middle class being turned against the working class and |
CTyankee |
Feb-07-11 02:47 PM |
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That's for damn sure! When is the MIC going to "sacrifice"? |
Raksha |
Feb-07-11 03:01 PM |
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I'll give this story a few more days to find out |
Whisp |
Feb-07-11 02:16 PM |
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Thank you for your concern. Maybe you will organize memorials for those who DIE because of these |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 02:19 PM |
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like I said, |
Whisp |
Feb-07-11 02:25 PM |
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Yeah, we got what you said. Ignoring the disaster is disgusting... ignoring the results |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 02:32 PM |
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... |
Whisp |
Feb-07-11 02:51 PM |
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The best thing you've said all day. Thank you. |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 03:13 PM |
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such a clever one! |
Whisp |
Feb-07-11 05:07 PM |
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This was an op-ed by the director of the OMB |
Telly Savalas |
Feb-08-11 10:00 PM |
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Must be the new LET THEM EAT RATS PROGRAM. |
dkofos |
Feb-07-11 02:40 PM |
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I'm hoping this is a trial balloon. Please call the WH and insist that block grants be retained. |
riderinthestorm |
Feb-07-11 02:45 PM |
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Sadly, no. These aren't the first cuts made. Yet, there is no interest in fighting it. |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 02:49 PM |
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This is an opinion piece in the NYTimes Bobbolink! This is one route to float this kind of BS. |
riderinthestorm |
Feb-07-11 02:53 PM |
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You're entitled to your opinon. However, telling a homeless person not to give up hope |
bobbolink |
Feb-07-11 03:15 PM |
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Pressure from the rethuglicans. |
Xenotime |
Feb-07-11 02:48 PM |
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what will it take? |
ReggieVeggie |
Feb-07-11 02:58 PM |
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They should cut the war budget (aka "defense") budget by at least 50% |
Raksha |
Feb-07-11 03:05 PM |
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people in the street |
Oak2004 |
Feb-07-11 08:26 PM |
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' opinion article ' |
spanone |
Feb-07-11 09:04 PM |
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Does not matter. Many here don't like President Obama. |
bluestate10 |
Feb-07-11 09:19 PM |
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Total betrayal of Ted Kennedy. |
NCarolinawoman |
Feb-07-11 11:15 PM |
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