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In reply to the discussion: Ever get the feeling that virtually nobody with power gives a crap about your life? [View all]Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)25. Here's the deal.
'nuff said.
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Ever get the feeling that virtually nobody with power gives a crap about your life? [View all]
MannyGoldstein
Feb 2013
OP
I am a numbered ballot. Any and EVERY politician will tell me what he or she thinks I want to hear.
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2013
#1
Psychologist never said that Right Wing Authoritarians were "crazy", however...
Larry Ogg
Feb 2013
#98
No we are only crazy if we think that the oligarchs dont have control in both parties.
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#131
The real irony here, to me, is that the dysfunction at the Federal level is...
Poll_Blind
Feb 2013
#4
I suspect that politics has always attracted an overabundance of sociopaths
MannyGoldstein
Feb 2013
#6
have not believed that people in power cared about *me* for a long time. not even local
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#13
Pay the bills? No. The money we receive for our work is illusory and mostly given right back
HiPointDem
Feb 2013
#30
When you stand up and demand positive Change, suddenly they do. Very much so.
Fire Walk With Me
Feb 2013
#21
The horror to me was the recognition that they ALL have the same uniforms now...
Moostache
Feb 2013
#79
Neglect seems like an improvement. I tend to think they are actively trying to milk us.
TheKentuckian
Feb 2013
#23
Absolutely true. But some just want to believe the parties are exactly the same. They are not.
Jennicut
Feb 2013
#71
Thank you! There are differences. I'll remain realistic, but refuse to be so pessimistic and cynical
mountain grammy
Feb 2013
#85
Sometimes they're different in what they say but the outcomes....not so much.
snappyturtle
Feb 2013
#90
I'm ok, but we've been really lucky to have been healthy with decent union jobs.
mountain grammy
Feb 2013
#103
I planned to post the same, just on general grouchy principle, but you beat me to it!
struggle4progress
Mar 2013
#138
When Paul Krugman lunches at the White House as often as Jamie Dimon and Lloyd Blankfein
MannyGoldstein
Feb 2013
#47
No but I can see why people who don't like either party rationalize it in that way.
great white snark
Feb 2013
#66
Every day more and more George Carlin was right: it's a big club and we're not in it.
Initech
Feb 2013
#74
"I tell people to hell with charity, you only get what you're stong enough to get."
HomeboyHombre
Feb 2013
#76
Conservatives consider us all to to have only one function. Consume....
Spitfire of ATJ
Feb 2013
#80
Has anyone thought of a national tax revolt. Refusal Refusal of the middle class to give up one dime
ancianita
Feb 2013
#120
I think this is one of your best posts! Couldn't agree more nor could I be more envious.
snappyturtle
Feb 2013
#86
Yes, it does but it is true. My grandfathers both lived well into their 90's also.
snappyturtle
Feb 2013
#91
We are a stock entity that gets the 'pump and dump' routine every election cycle.
ancianita
Feb 2013
#110
apathy is only rivaled by ignorance (often the willful kind) in this country
stupidicus
Feb 2013
#119
Most of them are millionaires, so they cannot relate to the people they claim
sabrina 1
Feb 2013
#128
I don't have a large enough ego to think anyone would or should give a crap about my life.
RB TexLa
Feb 2013
#129
It is not your ego that elected them to Office, it is your vote and it is their job to care
1-Old-Man
Mar 2013
#148
actually, I think its a small but vocal minority with limited power that believes that
graham4anything
Mar 2013
#151