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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:59 PM Original message |
The New Deal held off a popular revolt after "The Great Depression," |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. Television |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
71. It's all here |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 02:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
90. the **New & Improved!!** opiate of the masses. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. too many stupid people glued to their TV sets |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I will check it out. Thanks.... that is if I can stand to watch it! |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. it's still being shown on cable - I think it was just on one of the HBO channels |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. That is a great movie, but every day since I watched it months |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I know what you mean. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. it's frightening, isn't it? |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
79. blaming the people |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. Apathy? n/t |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. Lots of things |
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jaksavage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. The majority are so doped up |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I would add pharmaceuticals to your list -- in fact, I'd put it near the top. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
29. That's certainly a large factor. Anti-depressants are also in our drinking water, |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. No "Dark Nights of the Soul" allowed in our brave new world order. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #31 |
64. You, you, you heretic, you!!! Pain is against the law. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #64 |
80. Ha! That's very darkly funny. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 05:02 AM Response to Reply #80 |
88. "merely an ego-driven weird sort of oneupsmanship" |
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Hidden Stillness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #29 |
83. I Found Myself in a Dark Wood... |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #83 |
92. What a beautiful, soulful post! |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #83 |
93. ! |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. Imagine our contry in the 30's with the Facist government controlled media of Italy |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. How many lies are swallowed? 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 or all of them? |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
74. They are trying to do away with Net Neutrality, because our free exchange of info |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. No, it's being headed off by the fact that most people can still |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. No commie threat |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I think you are right. There does not seem to be the alternative they |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 07:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
48. Socialism is the only answer to Capitalism |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 07:34 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I'd settle for Capitalism right now |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 07:48 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. It's all of a piece |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. In a word... actually, TWO -- Rugged Individualism. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. I think we are starting to work |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I just hope you are right. I see so many signs of our inability to look at ourselves, |
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Riktor (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. Fundamental Attribution Error |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:58 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Great post!1 |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #38 |
52. " Fundamental Attribution Error" |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #38 |
66. Terrific analysis! This deserves more discussion! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
82. Interesting quotation that seems to me to fit in here: |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 07:45 AM Response to Reply #12 |
50. Very seductive |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #50 |
65. You have another essay in you. ^_^ |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. It's already been written, |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. I read that a while back. It brought up a lot of bile. |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. Watch out for a populist/corporate "Go America" type deal a la |
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sicksicksick_N_tired (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. intentionally manipulated pacification of the populace |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. The fact we don't have 25% unemployment or anything close to it. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. So how did that inflation of the '70s turn out? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #39 |
56. Because a Democrat happened to be in office when it got out of control. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #56 |
85. It was out of control under Nixon and Ford, too |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. People aren't hurting enough yet |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. We may be teetering on the edge of something really nasty, |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. Huey Long |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Thank you for the valuable history lesson! |
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maui9002 (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Beginning with FDR, |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I agree, of course! |
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maui9002 (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Your comment should be the tagline at the top of DU |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Thank you. And thank you for the Thom Hartmann quote! |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 04:36 AM Response to Reply #32 |
86. Why did you put "facts" in quotes? |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
91. Long wanted to get a right-winger elected over FDR |
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maui9002 (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. Circumstances today not close to those of Great Depression |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Oh ok... in a couple of months then it will be ok to talk about it. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. "Oh ok... in a couple of months then it will be ok to talk about it." |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #27 |
57. I'll be glad to. We won't have another Great Depression. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. LOL ok in a couple of months then we can rehash. LOL |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. Those who are left. |
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maui9002 (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #59 |
84. I'll put it on my tickler system |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. It's possible that the upcoming elections, and the extended primary (for the Democrats) |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
37. We are just entering a "great depression".. I believe they |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. One that incorporates disappearing individuals/groups and torture. |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. That's how Germany handled their depression in the thirties. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
89. At this point, I'd rather be put to death publicly than suffer to death silently and without concern |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
41. TV |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
44. timeline note: crash in 1929, depression in 1933- 4 yr lag |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #44 |
58. You might want to check up on that. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. true, but... |
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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. Kinneb, what's the source for your graph? |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #69 |
81. Shadow Government Stats |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
45. Bill Clinton's telecommunications act. |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
46. People feel powerless. |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
47. Dig deeper |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
53. How FDR Saved Capitalism |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. So you think that these same political tactics will be employed to challenge the shock and awe of |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. It's been working for quite a while. How important is poverty on DU? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #63 |
75. Depends upon the day and to whom you address the concern. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Sorry, no. It doesn't depend on anything. Poverty is ALWAYS much less |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
54. Blackwater. nt |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
55. X-Boxes and I-Pods. The neo-opiates of the masses |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
61. Fear and the trickle down prosperity |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #61 |
76. Yes, the torture factor. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
70. Not enough people |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
73. a small faction |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Most assuredly, we are in agreement! |
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judasdisney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 04:58 AM Response to Original message |
87. Dead Unionization |
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