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madfloridian

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40. I didn't know about that memo at all. Trying to read it now. Complex reading.
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 01:53 AM
Dec 2012

Thanks for sharing the link. How did I miss that?

I remember in 2004 we could turn on the radio without being hit by rightwing stuff. We got a satellite radio for the home so we could at least get something. Our area offers conservative and religious, and that's about it.

I saw it coming when I was still teaching. I could see it esp. in the last school where I taught. The parents, the older siblings of my kids, the young students themselves....were very revealing.

We need to be fed kind and caring stuff now to cause some of the hate to settle.

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
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