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muriel_volestrangler

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32. Though this has similarities to Columbine, which was pre-2000 (nt)

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Sat Dec 15, 2012, 01:10 PM

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Seems this nation has had a meanness to it since Bush catered to extremists to win. [View all] madfloridian Dec 2012 OP

Could not agree more on all of your points. southerncrone Dec 2012 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author hay rick Dec 2012 #2

Done. madfloridian Dec 2012 #3

k and r niyad Dec 2012 #4

I was JUST thinking this and elehhhhna Dec 2012 #5

Thanks. That's almost a generation since Bush was elected. madfloridian Dec 2012 #10

Yep. I was thinking this too..and agree with you. Madflordian hit on some important aspects of midnight Dec 2012 #28

k&r Starry Messenger Dec 2012 #6

are you forgetting all the school shootings of the 1990s? How is this fundamentally different? cali Dec 2012 #7

I believe my post is about far more than just shootings. madfloridian Dec 2012 #9

It was about 25 years ago pipoman Dec 2012 #8

Indeed he did that. Also... madfloridian Dec 2012 #13

The single most likely pipoman Dec 2012 #16

K&R SunSeeker Dec 2012 #11

thank 4 your clarity mettamega Dec 2012 #12

That is an important compliment. Much appreciated. madfloridian Dec 2012 #15

"the GOP revenge model" madfloridian Dec 2012 #25

At this sad time I welcome you to DU. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #30

I believe in the pendulum theory. Kablooie Dec 2012 #14

The Pendulum is Malfunctioning. It Only Moves to the Right AndyTiedye Dec 2012 #20

Yep. madfloridian Dec 2012 #21

Maybe it will keep swinging till it goes over the top. Kablooie Dec 2012 #23

K&R. Things have gotten far more extreme than I expected as well. Intense right wing PR for decades Overseas Dec 2012 #17

I agree. I think it was fed daily by right wing radio... madfloridian Dec 2012 #18

I thought friends who warned that this was coming were too alarmist. Overseas Dec 2012 #38

I didn't know about that memo at all. Trying to read it now. Complex reading. madfloridian Dec 2012 #40

I have listened to progressive radio for many years. That helped me through the Bush years. Overseas Dec 2012 #41

The country has been changing for the worst... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2012 #19

Good point. madfloridian Dec 2012 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Dec 2012 #22

Yes, somehow, we're becoming the meanest nation on Earth. Hugin Dec 2012 #26

Yes, we are. madfloridian Dec 2012 #31

In other words, picking on the helpless is acceptable now. madfloridian Dec 2012 #37

The worship of profit and privatization above all else is at the root of it all. reformist2 Dec 2012 #27

That was there moto... Money trumps Peace.... midnight Dec 2012 #29

Though this has similarities to Columbine, which was pre-2000 (nt) muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #32

I was hoping you would address this.... FloriTexan Dec 2012 #33

Hey, thanks. madfloridian Dec 2012 #35

K&R nt FloriTexan Dec 2012 #34

The Guardian UK had an article about gun control in US on Dec. 8. Interesting. madfloridian Dec 2012 #36

150 years ago this nation wss a lot meaner SmileyRose Dec 2012 #39