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Truth out. n/t gtar100 Feb 2013 #1
All I can say is I agree. Lifelong Protester Feb 2013 #2
America, the Myth. eom ChisolmTrailDem Feb 2013 #3
But it's a price we're happy to pay. American Freedumb Rawks! Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #4
I think the Khardasians are on. Brigid Feb 2013 #10
Yup. AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #47
Message auto-removed mogli Feb 2013 #69
"Democrats through Socialism/Marxism/Communism"? arcane1 Feb 2013 #71
Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #73
If you don't like both parties who did you vote for? hrmjustin Feb 2013 #75
I'm stuck trying to find all these Democrats who promote Marxism arcane1 Feb 2013 #76
That's not a Minnesota lake, as far as I can tell. Brickbat Feb 2013 #5
Yeah.. I fixed it.. SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #9
Oh God, not the Lake Superior barrels! Brickbat Feb 2013 #12
Holy shit dude, are you missing the point? SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #22
I'm a MN lover and heading back there when I can. However, snappyturtle Feb 2013 #118
Believe me, living here, I know what kind of pollution is in our lakes. Brickbat Feb 2013 #147
Okay, and this matters how, exactly? AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #48
Word. truebluegreen Feb 2013 #6
One of the best I've seen. Powerful... nonoxy9 Feb 2013 #7
Top rant of the year ...I am right there with you. Excellent! L0oniX Feb 2013 #8
The way money is created and controlled tama Feb 2013 #101
Your photos are starkly graphic and reveal, imo, what a right-wing-soused society indepat Feb 2013 #11
Message auto-removed mogli Feb 2013 #72
It took Bush and his cronies 8 years prole_for_peace Feb 2013 #78
By "in power" you mean Dems. have the Executive Branch? Do some deeper think, I think you should. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #79
K & R !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #13
Echoed! Ian Iam Feb 2013 #45
What is that place in Utah called? siligut Feb 2013 #14
It's the NSA's Utah Data Center. Read more here: Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #16
There is an actual name for it... SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #83
"Minitru Disney" kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #126
Paradise for paranoid data crunchers. siligut Feb 2013 #132
This thread should be sticky! Well done! (nt) Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #15
Some would say that is just the price of arthritisR_US Feb 2013 #17
Well done! 20score Feb 2013 #18
Wow skydive forever Feb 2013 #19
i am thankful to live to live in Canada riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #20
I am thrilled to live in the United States. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #27
Yeah. Sure, we do. BlueCaliDem Feb 2013 #58
you are so correct riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #63
May I come live with you please, please, please, pretty please? xtraxritical Feb 2013 #80
sorry i am leaving for England riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #87
Expect a large package to be delivered to your front porch soon. eppur_se_muova Feb 2013 #84
it is minus thirty celcius today riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #86
'We make our choices" amuse bouche Feb 2013 #115
OH SNAP! Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #116
Europe 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #56
Europe is ten times better for their people than North America is for our people. BlueCaliDem Feb 2013 #60
European Health Care 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #93
You missed the point I was making - PERIOD. BlueCaliDem Feb 2013 #106
OMG I have seen the Light 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #109
No, you're still pretty much in the dark. BlueCaliDem Feb 2013 #117
Again 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #139
Nobody should be paying "some of our defense budget," not even us. hunter Feb 2013 #62
Budget Cut 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #94
All revenue bills must start in the House. That's in the Constitution. mbperrin Feb 2013 #131
fuck that datasuspect Feb 2013 #64
Irony 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #95
ten times?.... paleotn Feb 2013 #65
See post 32 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #91
So you're saying that if it weren't for us... Nevernose Feb 2013 #70
No 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #96
Ah... Ahistorical bullshit.. Gotta love it. Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #98
? 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #104
The Soviet Union never had the capabality, nor any short-term plans for invading North America. Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #123
I Thank You 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #138
Yep, cultures are complex, and we tend to view other cultures and events newthinking Feb 2013 #136
Britain does, not all Europe. Britain is more like us but with some social programs newthinking Feb 2013 #81
No Place 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #92
We should have a MUCH lower defense budget! nt tblue37 Feb 2013 #100
Agree 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #103
Well, that is a bunch of BS! juajen Feb 2013 #121
Thank you 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #141
Our military very, very rarely plays the role of "defending" us. Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #127
Agree 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #140
Sad ... DakotaLady Feb 2013 #21
Oh wow...a photo rant. zeemike Feb 2013 #23
You hit the target center-point. As a reality America may still exist. As plethoro Feb 2013 #24
K&R ReRe Feb 2013 #25
You are hypnotized? A zombie? Brainwashed? Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #28
No ReRe Feb 2013 #30
I see. So your rant was meant for me, even though... Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #31
I looked back thru the thread and seen your.. ReRe Feb 2013 #38
You had it right the first time. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #39
Look, youngin' ReRe Feb 2013 #42
If you want a reasonable discussion... Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #46
Who find it annoying? tama Feb 2013 #102
Me, too. But, I see other things, too. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #26
I see those things too... SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #41
Your OP was pretty stark. Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #44
I like this montage, too. AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #50
Nice, thanks.... paleotn Feb 2013 #66
Your photos are like those from ANY country, the OP's are sadly our own. Festivito Feb 2013 #89
Mount Rushmore is a symbol of oppression to the Lakota Martin Eden Feb 2013 #99
I only saw one person of color in those pictures. (NT) Heywood J Feb 2013 #145
And? Buzz Clik Feb 2013 #146
OMG Buzz505 Feb 2013 #29
Love it ... Lenomsky Feb 2013 #32
It certainly puts to rest the "Home of the brave" and "peace loving" myths. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #33
Wonderful Post and so telling. We're the only country that consistently tells... BlueJazz Feb 2013 #34
This is one of the best threads on this topic that I've seen on any of the forums I visit. Very Nice DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Feb 2013 #35
Only in America do consumers have such freedom of choice: AR-15, MAK-10 or 12-guage auto shotgun leveymg Feb 2013 #36
what has been seen can not be unseen MFM008 Feb 2013 #37
Boom! OGKush Feb 2013 #40
The stark reality v. the myth. Well done! JDPriestly Feb 2013 #43
The tragic dark side of America.....n/t AverageJoe90 Feb 2013 #49
Kicking for a sad truth. Whovian Feb 2013 #51
Some posts are just impossible not to rec. n/t Flying Squirrel Feb 2013 #52
Lee Greenwood ... Mr One Trick Pony himself. lpbk2713 Feb 2013 #53
Glad I live in joelz Feb 2013 #54
damn blaze Feb 2013 #55
Cuba? 4Q2u2 Feb 2013 #59
Why do they hate us?... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #57
And we do an AWESOME JOB exporting freedom! Snarkoleptic Feb 2013 #61
. blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #67
Thank you. K&R! n/t tilsammans Feb 2013 #68
K&R SunSeeker Feb 2013 #74
'None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free' lunasun Feb 2013 #77
None are more bereft of freedom Summer Hathaway Feb 2013 #90
Harriet Tubman (who knew a thing or two about slavery) Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #125
Dude, I wish you would have ended your post with Timbuk3 Feb 2013 #82
Fewer and fewer of us live a "normal" middle-class American life, and frankly, things suck. leveymg Feb 2013 #105
Ain't America Great!!! Go USA!!! Go USA!!! Go USA!!! RKP5637 Feb 2013 #85
yeah some things about America really suck. wtmusic Feb 2013 #88
Freedom under the Empire TomClash Feb 2013 #97
See how the Second Amendment and all those guns have kept us safe from tyranny? Doctor_J Feb 2013 #107
America--freedom for the 1%, a heavy price for EVERYONE ELSE in the world. valerief Feb 2013 #108
great heaven05 Feb 2013 #110
Just do a search on Pyramid of Capitalism. There are a lot of versions of this 1911 valerief Feb 2013 #111
thank you heaven05 Feb 2013 #112
There is such a thing as crime and we will always have it treestar Feb 2013 #113
+1 Jamaal510 Feb 2013 #119
So you think "crime" is the reason there is a SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #124
The first few photos are of things done to deter crime treestar Feb 2013 #142
What's so bad about having camera's on every street corner, SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #143
There is indeed, and we keep committing them in the name of Democracy. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #129
A truly stunning pictoral amuse bouche Feb 2013 #114
I'm Proud To be An American! (the TUBES melt your face!) Bennyboy Feb 2013 #120
WOW, that was powerful. Thank you. juajen Feb 2013 #122
1984 liberal N proud Feb 2013 #128
That needs to be turned into a YouTube slide show with the music. loudsue Feb 2013 #130
. LWolf Feb 2013 #133
I can't wait for the next season of Newsroom.. SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #135
I don't see it often, since I don't have HBO. LWolf Feb 2013 #137
K&R Carolina Feb 2013 #134
I got a post hidden for showing two pictures of dead children much like yours. I wonder why HiPointDem Feb 2013 #144
HUGE K&R woo me with science Feb 2013 #148
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