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16. Yep. Anarchy took hold in my community in the seventies,
Thu Sep 12, 2013, 03:18 PM
Sep 2013

and grew stronger every decade. In the nineties things happened that should have been a career ender for many "professionals" and politicians, but unfortunately, when Bush came into office you could hardly separate their ambitions from the objectives promoted by Republicans.

The key to beating them is the Fourteenth Amendment. But it doesn't matter if we engrave the words under the statutes of Mount Rushmore. You're going to need Constitutional lawyers to take them to court and challenge them wherever bad practices are taking hold. This is the only way to wake everyone up, as I see it.

On the Left we have Anarchists...on the Right we have Libertarians... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #1
I don't hate all government, but I do hate all authoritarianism. Raksha Sep 2013 #26
then you are NOT an Anarchist..... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #29
But ain't that filibuster reform great? durablend Sep 2013 #2
Yep, so who is partly responsible for the anarchist's rise to prominence? DJ13 Sep 2013 #8
Bingo. Scuba Sep 2013 #34
No kiddin'. 99Forever Sep 2013 #35
Most convoluted post of the day winner, nt geek tragedy Sep 2013 #3
Yeah...I'm not sure where he's going with that... Wounded Bear Sep 2013 #39
Harry Reid is right! gopiscrap Sep 2013 #4
So is a broken clock twice a day. n/t L0oniX Sep 2013 #37
Want to revert to name calling Reid? How about corporate lacky? How's that name for you? liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #5
No,he's talking about teabaggers,he couldn't sufrommich Sep 2013 #6
Agree and I'm glad he is finallly calling the rightwing teabaggers anarchists. kiranon Sep 2013 #20
He means Libertarians...but he confused them for Anarchists...I can see how he could do that... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #30
Look in the mirror, Harry SoCalDem Sep 2013 #7
It's one thing when extreme, dishonest rhetoric is promulgated on message boards. woo me with science Sep 2013 #9
When Obama drew the "red line"? kentuck Sep 2013 #25
B.S. He is clearly talking about the Tea Party. OregonBlue Sep 2013 #10
Libertarians... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #31
You're really stretching it here. Clearly, he meant exactly what he said. pnwmom Sep 2013 #11
Please. Let's not give anarchists a bad name by conflating them with Republican extremists. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2013 #12
Definition of VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #32
we should be so lucky! ellenrr Sep 2013 #13
Bollocks. riqster Sep 2013 #14
If anarchists really controlled Congress the military wouldn't get so much funding. n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #15
Yep. Anarchy took hold in my community in the seventies, Baitball Blogger Sep 2013 #16
I think you need to look up the definition of anarchy Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #17
Huffington post links anti war and anti-1% to Anarchy. Savannahmann Sep 2013 #21
What does the Huffignton Post or the Times of Israel have to do with my point? Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #33
Well, that's a new one: taking on an insult meant for someone else! CJCRANE Sep 2013 #18
He also calls t-shirts , singlets. He would have lost his last re-election if not Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #19
He has the popularity of herpes here DJ13 Sep 2013 #22
He pretty much did. If you missed seeing any of that genital republican wart, Sharon Angle, Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #27
Reid was wrong that anarchists have taken over Congress meow2u3 Sep 2013 #23
Silly rabbit, the Tea Party isn't anarchist... Taverner Sep 2013 #24
omg! Its a coup! bunnies Sep 2013 #28
Anarchist is the new Party Approved insult. JoeyT Sep 2013 #36
I hate authority. It's the reason for my anarchism. Taverner Sep 2013 #38
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