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Sat Jun 15, 2013, 03:47 PM

WovenGems (776 posts)

74. SCOTUS

Only the court stands in the way. Got your own SEAL team?

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90 replies	Author	Time	Post
This is not about Obama or Snowden, this is about the corporate takeover of our democracy [View all]	Bjorn Against	Jun 2013	OP
People are so comfortable that they don't realize they're being robbed.	Gregorian	Jun 2013	#1
This is the point I have been trying to make! The solution to this problem is	Dustlawyer	Jun 2013	#54
It's a Catch-22. First the people need to know what is in their best interest. Then they can elect.	Gregorian	Jun 2013	#71
yes, blinding people with lies is one way	hopemountain	Jun 2013	#82
I have posted this same message 100's of times here at DU,	Dustlawyer	Jun 2013	#87
It's NOT just the rich buying our democracy	fasttense	Jun 2013	#85
''Capitalism...allows a few people to abuse 300 million people with NO Repercussions.''	Octafish	Jun 2013	#88
That is the Elephant in the room-	ruffburr	Jun 2013	#2
It doesn't really matter who the President is right now.	octoberlib	Jun 2013	#3
I won't go so far to say it doesn't matter but...	Bjorn Against	Jun 2013	#5
Yes! nt	snappyturtle	Jun 2013	#10
We need campaign finance reform but I have no idea how to accomplish this.	CrispyQ	Jun 2013	#50
SCOTUS	WovenGems	Jun 2013	#74
Also, you hit the nail squarely on the head. nt	octoberlib	Jun 2013	#4
Brilliant. I agree completely.	JDPriestly	Jun 2013	#6
succinct and exactly it. +100,000 for brevity.	Phillip McCleod	Jun 2013	#64
EXACTLY!	SHRED	Jun 2013	#7
K&R Note also the extremely disturbing propaganda machine	woo me with science	Jun 2013	#8
+1 Well said, woo. n/t	Laelth	Jun 2013	#41
+ 1 here as well. n/t	truedelphi	Jun 2013	#63
K&R	abelenkpe	Jun 2013	#9
Around the water cooler people are asking "why now?"	Rosa Luxemburg	Jun 2013	#11
"Why now" is not really the relevant question...	ljm2002	Jun 2013	#14
no one bothered before yet it was common knowledge	Rosa Luxemburg	Jun 2013	#15
"Better late than never"...	ljm2002	Jun 2013	#21
if only congress represented its citizens...	flobee1	Jun 2013	#31
'Why now?' is a good question	felix_numinous	Jun 2013	#45
Why NOW? Because.....	fasttense	Jun 2013	#86
Excellent.K&R I would love to hear from Naomi Klein. I just wonder hoe	snappyturtle	Jun 2013	#12
Hear, hear...	ljm2002	Jun 2013	#13
knr	alfredo	Jun 2013	#16
knr, Strange Bedfellows Unite to Fight FISA Deal, 2008 ...	slipslidingaway	Jun 2013	#17
I've been saying we may need the Tea Party	tblue	Jun 2013	#26
Having an obvious enemy helps, but we can find other areas ...	slipslidingaway	Jun 2013	#68
The President is swept up into the system	ErikJ	Jun 2013	#18
You're about to get the meme	tblue	Jun 2013	#28
Great post	dreamnightwind	Jun 2013	#56
Nail... head.	Blue State Bandit	Jun 2013	#19
Bjorn, I must've said this 20 times here in the past week	Hekate	Jun 2013	#20
Problem is that if you believed those who said such things ...	slipslidingaway	Jun 2013	#24
k&r thanks for posting.	rhett o rick	Jun 2013	#22
Not answering any "auto" hate replies ...	slipslidingaway	Jun 2013	#23
Clinton did repeal Glass-Steagal... n/t	Fire Walk With Me	Jun 2013	#25
Obama and Bush have to figure in there somewhere.	delrem	Jun 2013	#27
It is not that they don't have a role, the issue is that this is so much bigger than any one person	Bjorn Against	Jun 2013	#32
I always knew something was wrong....	ReRe	Jun 2013	#29
My biggest political issue is education because my son has suffered so much, but this too	liberal_at_heart	Jun 2013	#30
For a visual	mnhtnbb	Jun 2013	#33
This message was self-deleted by its author	mother earth	Jun 2013	#34
Thanks you! Excellent post, best I have ever seen on DU!!!	Civilization2	Jun 2013	#35
Give ownership of the data to the customer, not the corporation.	geek tragedy	Jun 2013	#36
Recommend...OP and Thread Comments.	KoKo	Jun 2013	#37
Spot on, I have been saying this for years, follow the money!	Rebellious Republican	Jun 2013	#38
That's it. Great OP.	yardwork	Jun 2013	#39
Very thoughtful and reasonable.	Laelth	Jun 2013	#40
to read later	snagglepuss	Jun 2013	#42
Compromise	pmorlan1	Jun 2013	#43
Agree 100% with ^^^ and this OP.	GoneFishin	Jun 2013	#47
My argument is not about excusing Obama, it is pointing out that this goes beyond any individual	Bjorn Against	Jun 2013	#59
The President may not unilaterally change duly enacted law, that's Congress's job.	xtraxritical	Jun 2013	#72
K&R	me b zola	Jun 2013	#44
I love your handle	Demeter	Jun 2013	#46
Thanks, yes it is a play off Born Again	Bjorn Against	Jun 2013	#62
If the system and those that run it are such powerful behemoths,	Myrina	Jun 2013	#48
"The NSA has been spying on Americans for the last sixty years..."	calimary	Jun 2013	#49
Brilliant essay	MrScorpio	Jun 2013	#51
General Alexander, NSA director, is more powerful than the POTUS	grasswire	Jun 2013	#52
He's like Admiral Poindexter, except without the criminal record.	Octafish	Jun 2013	#89
K&R	dmr	Jun 2013	#53
I think we over rate the President.	timdog44	Jun 2013	#55
Yep. You've got it right. Too many of us think that President Obama is some kind of	AikidoSoul	Jun 2013	#57
Thanks for the post.......	Swede Atlanta	Jun 2013	#58
The organizational principle	sulphurdunn	Jun 2013	#60
.	blkmusclmachine	Jun 2013	#61
End stage capitalism......	socialist_n_TN	Jun 2013	#65
I disagree. A real leader, who really wants to change the obscene status quo, doesn't lead	MotherPetrie	Jun 2013	#66
Yep, a colossal failure	kwolf68	Jun 2013	#75
What it's all about. n/t	Doremus	Jun 2013	#67
Funny, I thought this was all about how far off track we can get from world peace.	Spitfire of ATJ	Jun 2013	#69
Time	mtasselin	Jun 2013	#70
I recommended your OP, although I find parts of it	HardTimes99	Jun 2013	#73
To be fair, when Obama is criticized, we are reminded that he has a GOP Congress and	djean111	Jun 2013	#76
Agreed. The NSA stuff would be deeply odious and an abomination, even	HardTimes99	Jun 2013	#77
Agreed right back at ya!	djean111	Jun 2013	#78
While I enjoy this discussion, I tend to come down pretty firmly on the	HardTimes99	Jun 2013	#79
GOP obstructionism is demonstrably NOT the main problem.	woo me with science	Jun 2013	#83
corp control of spying is never good, this video gets to it	mettamega	Jun 2013	#80
K&R	midnight	Jun 2013	#81
"Let's fight the real enemies." Hear, hear!	woo me with science	Jun 2013	#84
There is nothing they love more than to see us fight ourselves	Puzzledtraveller	Jun 2013	#90

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