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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 09:15 PM
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Some Folks Here Owe DU an Apology...
For demanding higher standards in our public servants. How ungrateful is that? Why can't you just accept the limitations set by our elected leaders and be happy with that? Sheez.
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   they're OUR civil servants? I thought the corporations owned them.  provis99   Nov-07-09 09:15 PM   #1 
   My bad.  rucky   Nov-07-09 09:17 PM   #4 
   Sorry. I won't do it again.  piratefish08   Nov-07-09 09:15 PM   #2 
   Ya know what? Our public servants, as human and fallible as they are, have  babylonsister   Nov-07-09 09:17 PM   #3 
   Credit where credit is due.  rucky   Nov-07-09 09:21 PM   #5 
   It's so bad, millionaires have to work their asses off!  EFerrari   Nov-07-09 09:22 PM   #6 
   It's a betrayal of the American Dream!  JVS   Nov-07-09 09:23 PM   #8 
      I don't mean to be mean to babylonsis but, holy cow  EFerrari   Nov-07-09 09:26 PM   #11 
         You don't see a difference in what's been done this session  babylonsister   Nov-07-09 09:29 PM   #12 
            Great good luck on your job search.  EFerrari   Nov-07-09 09:34 PM   #13 
               Thanks, and congrats to you!  babylonsister   Nov-07-09 09:38 PM   #14 
                  Keep us updated, babylonsister.  EFerrari   Nov-07-09 11:18 PM   #15 
   And damned time, I say! n/t  Fire1   Nov-07-09 09:23 PM   #7 
   I gave you a rec, but you're still underwater  Stinky The Clown   Nov-07-09 09:24 PM   #9 
   Higher standards? I'd be glad just to see them held accountable.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Nov-07-09 09:25 PM   #10 
 
provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 09:15 PM
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1. they're OUR civil servants? I thought the corporations owned them.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 09:17 PM
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4. My bad.
slipped my mind again.
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piratefish08 Donating Member (493 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 09:15 PM
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2. Sorry. I won't do it again.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 09:17 PM
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3. Ya know what? Our public servants, as human and fallible as they are, have
been working their asses off on a variety of things since we took the majority this year.

I've welcomed the change.


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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 09:21 PM
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5. Credit where credit is due.
A for effort from the progressive caucus. But I can't blame anyone for being pissed by what we're seeing with HCR. We need people rattling the pots, so we can urge congress to stay at it after this squeaks through.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 09:22 PM
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6. It's so bad, millionaires have to work their asses off!
Who knew.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 09:23 PM
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8. It's a betrayal of the American Dream!
Edited on Sat Nov-07-09 09:24 PM by JVS
A dream that specifically stipulates that the rich ought to be lounging by the pool drinking large alcoholic beverages.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 09:26 PM
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11. I don't mean to be mean to babylonsis but, holy cow
most of the people I know including my kids would love to have a job to work their asses off in.

And our president working? That's just communism.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 09:29 PM
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12. You don't see a difference in what's been done this session
vs. the past 8? I do.

As for work, I just moved; my next step is to try to find a job. So, my tune might change. ;)

But I'm not in Congress and never will be either. Apples-oranges.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 09:34 PM
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13. Great good luck on your job search.
After two years, I've got a contract and a casual teaching gig, too. It was getting scary.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 09:38 PM
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14. Thanks, and congrats to you!
I dread the search given the economy, my age, etc. :scared:
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 11:18 PM
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15. Keep us updated, babylonsister.
New terrain for everyone, for sure.
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Fire1 Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 09:23 PM
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7. And damned time, I say! n/t
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat Nov-07-09 09:24 PM
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9. I gave you a rec, but you're still underwater
I tried.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Sat Nov-07-09 09:25 PM
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10. Higher standards? I'd be glad just to see them held accountable.
"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress."

"I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring in higher prices than any in the world."

"Senator: Person who makes laws in Washington when not doing time."

"To my mind Judas Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean, premature Congressman."

Mark Twain
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