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Why are you so *angry*, Manny? [View all] MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 OP
The budget under sequestration is ~already~ less then Ryan's plans, isn't it? Fumesucker Nov 2013 #1
Yes. But so wonderously bipartisan! MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #2
I'm a bit puzzled by how many smart people can't recognize a "Briar Patch" gambit when they see one Fumesucker Nov 2013 #69
...and NOBODY has to go home to the voters and take responsibility for cutting Meals-on-Wheels, bvar22 Nov 2013 #174
Actually, you also know them by their excuses... R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #186
Who do they think they are fooling? We KNOW who they are! sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #234
"Know your enemy and know yourself... leftstreet Nov 2013 #3
'Don't ask me to be nice to people who only want to complete the destruction a little sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #4
+1. n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #115
Question Manny.... NoOneMan Nov 2013 #5
Well, we need to fundamentally shift the paradigm MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #6
Yet technophilia might not be drastic enough NoOneMan Nov 2013 #8
Both are true, IMHO MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #11
Well, for starters, let's put people to work building that green infrastructure. Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #133
As long as we're dreaming... Doremus Nov 2013 #168
Nationalize? erronis Nov 2013 #176
I won't quibble about nationalizing, and take your point. Jackpine Radical Nov 2013 #178
+100 Sounds good! Especially the last sentence. Auntie Bush Nov 2013 #173
Great point. JDPriestly Nov 2013 #244
Well this is long...2 hours. zeemike Nov 2013 #21
Thanks. NoOneMan Nov 2013 #30
Attitude altering hopeful film, thanks for posting. canoeist52 Nov 2013 #175
My opinion? defacto7 Nov 2013 #7
I know why you are mad Manny. And we know who the enemy is. The 1% of course goes without saying. rhett o rick Nov 2013 #9
Me too. n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #116
I Love You Manny... Did You Catch This ??? WillyT Nov 2013 #10
Thanks for pointing it out - it's great! MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #12
This country was never quite as great as we like to say it used to be frazzled Nov 2013 #13
*Progress* MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #15
Oh, don't pull out the Hitler card ... please. frazzled Nov 2013 #16
Don't think it can happen here? MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #20
It could happen anywhere frazzled Nov 2013 #27
But Social Security went from 0% to 50% - huge progress! MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #32
And we're still having progress today frazzled Nov 2013 #43
The median American wage is dropping, dropping. MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #46
Median ... frazzled Nov 2013 #51
I'd like for us to all do equally well MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #53
Interesting ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #111
Important observation. Laelth Nov 2013 #120
I'm still trying to figure that out ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #125
Honest answer. Thanks. n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #127
I would add ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #131
A while back I got roasted alive for pointing out that minorities have gotten battered far worse Flatulo Nov 2013 #152
"you seem to want" MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #180
Okay ... you're correct ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #209
Did I break that in to black 99% vs. white 99%? MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #212
Okay n/t 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #214
You must be reading somebody else's post since that is not what Manny wrote. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #189
Okay n/t 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #211
+1 Go Vols Nov 2013 #163
And we women too... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2013 #56
It works that way with class, too. QC Nov 2013 #142
I'm not seeing the big improvement since 1967. NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #288
I guess it's how you measure. More unemployed, more losing homes, more rhett o rick Nov 2013 #258
It sounds like we grew up at about the same time. blue neen Nov 2013 #45
Indeed! frazzled Nov 2013 #48
Manny, I know someone who is quite the expert on the NAZIs and Hitler, lived through the period JDPriestly Nov 2013 #29
Hitler and FDR both brought jobs. MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #34
Yes. Because people with college degrees are working in fast food joints, and that JDPriestly Nov 2013 #38
Spot on, Manny. Laelth Nov 2013 #122
Oh, don't pull the 'godwin card' .... please. sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #237
Manny, I assume you're white Cali_Democrat Nov 2013 #274
k&r idwiyo Nov 2013 #14
It's probably all those ProSense Nov 2013 #17
Manny has the education to understand and analyze what he sees around him. JDPriestly Nov 2013 #24
Yeah, we're doomed and they suck. ProSense Nov 2013 #26
That's the way it is now. It doesn't have to stay that way. JDPriestly Nov 2013 #35
What ProSense Nov 2013 #39
Don't adopt the TPP. Change our trade agreements to protect American jobs -- not too much JDPriestly Nov 2013 #47
Best thing to do: Increase the minimum wage ProSense Nov 2013 #50
The minimum wage doesn't apply if you're jobless MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #57
Yeah, ProSense Nov 2013 #62
See my post #1 on this thread n/t Fumesucker Nov 2013 #71
I suppose that if someone's punching us in the face, taping MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #73
Like I said, ProSense Nov 2013 #75
+1 progressoid Nov 2013 #202
A not-yet-in-effect minimum wage increase trumps a not-yet-in-effect "free" trade bill? MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #76
Yes, and ProSense Nov 2013 #78
A bill could be written that did both at the same time Fumesucker Nov 2013 #79
Yes. But unless we change our trade policy, the underlying problems will not be solved. JDPriestly Nov 2013 #89
Seriously, this is a joke. ProSense Nov 2013 #165
Yes. Raising the minimum wage will help people short-term, but it will not bring back the lost JDPriestly Nov 2013 #183
"Raising the minimum wage will help people short-term" Phlem Nov 2013 #231
No, THEY'RE doomed and they suck. grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #102
We're only doomed if we don't start changing what we've been doing which sure hasn't worked sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #238
10000++++^^^^^^^^ 2banon Nov 2013 #223
I'm reading this shitty OP and my eyes almost rolled out of my head Number23 Nov 2013 #28
So, how do you think things are going these days? MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #42
Who doesn't? Number23 Nov 2013 #49
You don't understand, ProSense Nov 2013 #52
Are things getting better or worse for the average American? MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #55
Well, ProSense Nov 2013 #61
Why wake up? The Sun will explode in a few billion years. MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #66
LOL! Yeah, you got nothing. n/t ProSense Nov 2013 #68
Just Ride it out? bvar22 Nov 2013 #160
"Throwing tax dollars at problems " is what wingnuts say and usually towards people of color JI7 Nov 2013 #63
Weird, isn't it? n/t ProSense Nov 2013 #70
coming from someone who said if they could overturn any election JI7 Nov 2013 #72
Yep. And I'll just leave it at "yep" Number23 Nov 2013 #86
You don't understand ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #123
Dear Strong Black Man 2banon Nov 2013 #221
I disagree ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #224
Carlin and Marx 2banon Nov 2013 #227
Yes ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #250
Indeed I agree with you.. 2banon Nov 2013 #263
Hey man, good luck. You're dealing with some special stuff right there Number23 Nov 2013 #236
thanks for bumping a thread you have no time for.. 2banon Nov 2013 #241
+1 uponit7771 Nov 2013 #138
What is the minimum wage where you live? n/t Fumesucker Nov 2013 #67
$16.88. QC Nov 2013 #121
things are still bad heaven05 Nov 2013 #110
Which brings us to Frazzled's point n/t 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #117
Frazzled posts in this thread should be the ones with 329 recs. But you and I know BOTH know Number23 Nov 2013 #276
Yup ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #287
Manny, the comment you just responded to COMPLETELY validates this OP. sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #239
Then why dont you simply trash this thread and/or put Manny on ignore? rhett o rick Nov 2013 #132
So why don't you ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #137
And here comes the White Knight to the rescue. No one with a less than glowing word for Manny Number23 Nov 2013 #181
What I notice is that those of you that seem to attack in harmony dont have rhett o rick Nov 2013 #188
Considering the amount of misspelled hysteria-ladden vitriol you spew all over this web site Number23 Nov 2013 #190
Let's look at the irony. You posted that the OP was shitty. Now why would you do that if rhett o rick Nov 2013 #192
Posting an OPINION of a post does not mean that I am trying to dictate what is posted here Number23 Nov 2013 #194
You just cant help yourself can you? rhett o rick Nov 2013 #196
I see you attack dog anyone that dares to post a different opinion in thread after thread after Number23 Nov 2013 #198
So let's look at who the bully is. rhett o rick Nov 2013 #280
The fact that you chose to overlook my comments is on you, not me Number23 Nov 2013 #281
Go bully someone else. nm rhett o rick Nov 2013 #282
And people that make it their life's mission to disparage centrists and moderates should be the last 2banon Nov 2013 #229
You are aware you lost any ground when you used this phrase: Raine1967 Nov 2013 #208
The OP is expressing the feelings typical of those on the left that are unwilling to accept rhett o rick Nov 2013 #260
Manny has laid out his premise. I think you are missing the deeper message here. Raine1967 Nov 2013 #261
There is a misunderstanding. I am referring to those posts that provide rhett o rick Nov 2013 #268
No. I disagree with this. Raine1967 Nov 2013 #278
Great post and I sincerely appreciate your trying to understand and explain to those who need this Number23 Nov 2013 #275
I wish my point was understood by more than you. Raine1967 Nov 2013 #279
The whingeing of the overprivileged is a sound that can be heard for miles. nt msanthrope Nov 2013 #162
Ain't that the truth. And the whining of the overprivileged left is practically indistinguishable Number23 Nov 2013 #182
How much is the minimum wage where you live? n/t Fumesucker Nov 2013 #216
Didn't someone else already answer your pointless little question? Number23 Nov 2013 #217
Most of those other posters aren't telling Americans to shut the fuck up Fumesucker Nov 2013 #219
LOL Like I said, we don't have a damn thing to say to one another Number23 Nov 2013 #225
Bless your heart Fumesucker Nov 2013 #226
Oh, honey I have been blessed in so many ways. Which is why I have 1/100th the level of bitterness Number23 Nov 2013 #228
Three hundred and twenty recs for an OP you described as "shitty" Fumesucker Nov 2013 #232
LOL! You say that like it means ANYTHING at all. To ANYBODY Number23 Nov 2013 #235
your reactions are curiously over the top 2banon Nov 2013 #240
Are you lonely or something? You keep replying to me... why? Number23 Nov 2013 #242
oh, really? Like You for instance? LOL! 2banon Nov 2013 #243
define "Over Privileged Left" please. 2banon Nov 2013 #230
Going to an Ivy. Which is why I don't whinge. nt msanthrope Nov 2013 #254
Well...the two ends meet at "Damn You Obama!" and msanthrope Nov 2013 #270
If you are suggesting Manny is 'overprivileged . . . markpkessinger Nov 2013 #218
Ha, I had you pegged as an Ivy Leaguer. joshcryer Nov 2013 #18
Because I'm an effete asswipe? MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #22
I always pictured you with a pipe. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #41
Hmm... MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #44
You need more slack Manny... n/t PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #65
And frop. MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #101
Because you're just so wrong all the time. joshcryer Nov 2013 #59
Totally with you, Manny! JDPriestly Nov 2013 #19
I love it, Bro. 99Forever Nov 2013 #23
We need a REVOLUTION IN CONCIOUSNESS. DeSwiss Nov 2013 #25
+1 NoOneMan Nov 2013 #31
+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Nov 2013 #33
How do we get people to wake the #%^* up? MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #36
Like with Pavlov? More conditioned response? DeSwiss Nov 2013 #77
+10000000000 woo me with science Nov 2013 #40
+1 leftstreet Nov 2013 #74
BINGO. Unless you change the way money works, you change nothing. n/t robertpaulsen Nov 2013 #179
Insert some famous quote about "give me the power to issue a nation's currency BelgianMadCow Nov 2013 #191
I've heard that before. robertpaulsen Nov 2013 #200
What money ideas do you like? PETRUS Nov 2013 #205
Technocracy as proposed by M. King Hubbert is an interesting idea. robertpaulsen Nov 2013 #272
Thanks. PETRUS Nov 2013 #285
Yes (X3). Are you familiar with the solutions Bernard Lietaer advocates? BelgianMadCow Nov 2013 #246
I was not familiar with Lietaer. I find his ideas intriguing! robertpaulsen Nov 2013 #271
Glad you liked it. Local currency can connect unmet needs with unused resources BelgianMadCow Nov 2013 #273
''Insert some famous quote....'' DeSwiss Nov 2013 #206
Huge, huge, huge, huge, huge K&R. woo me with science Nov 2013 #37
I'm right there with ya Manny. Phlem Nov 2013 #54
Don't know if you saw this essay, but ... Laelth Nov 2013 #126
Thank you Laelth Phlem Nov 2013 #220
Glad you enjoyed it. Laelth Nov 2013 #249
K&R liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #58
K&R.... daleanime Nov 2013 #60
Angry... K & R !!! WillyT Nov 2013 #64
I read that Hillary thinks there's not enough "unity" in DC. She is a reason why we're at this bad blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #80
+1. n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #128
Great post MannyG. PumpkinAle Nov 2013 #81
Hey Manny if you want to view something inspiring and maddening at the same time, watch the video Uncle Joe Nov 2013 #82
I'm in GROUP 1, and I've observed the same thing about my college pals. TrollBuster9090 Nov 2013 #83
Excellent analysis. +1. n/t Laelth Nov 2013 #130
I largely agree with your analysis; but ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #136
I agree to a point. I think that powered most of the destruction during the 80s and 90s. TrollBuster9090 Nov 2013 #207
I would agree ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #213
hard for me to believe all those ivy leaguers hfojvt Nov 2013 #84
I think you're on to something there... Blanks Nov 2013 #112
my cars are 20 and 22 years old hfojvt Nov 2013 #139
I used to ride a bike everywhere I went... Blanks Nov 2013 #143
you never negotiate with your betrayer where in the back to be stabbed. NuttyFluffers Nov 2013 #85
100% Agreed! Fearless Nov 2013 #87
I'm with you Manny and in the same boat KauaiK Nov 2013 #88
"Where seldom is heard a discouraging word moondust Nov 2013 #90
Another great post. bearssoapbox Nov 2013 #91
Another "Dems are the same as GOP" thread disguised as a populist rant scheming daemons Nov 2013 #92
+1 treestar Nov 2013 #135
What no counter argument? Just snark? If you support the conservative status quo rhett o rick Nov 2013 #266
-1 L0oniX Nov 2013 #150
-2 Enthusiast Nov 2013 #184
+1 great white snark Nov 2013 #203
Is that all you've got? Snark? If you disagree, provide an argument. nm rhett o rick Nov 2013 #265
awwwww.... try harder fascisthunter Nov 2013 #286
Great post (again) Manny, but perhaps the best comes from your detractors .... Scuba Nov 2013 #93
They have made themselves so obvious in this thread. bvar22 Nov 2013 #166
Completely Agree bvar22 2banon Nov 2013 #233
Agreed. Puglover Nov 2013 #169
Kicked and Recommended. Enthusiast Nov 2013 #94
They "borrowed" the money quaker bill Nov 2013 #95
rec Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #96
Manny, I think this is one of your best posts. Thanks. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #97
du rec. xchrom Nov 2013 #98
"The ship's going down, baby" -- TBF Nov 2013 #99
I'm glad that somebody pointed this out... Blanks Nov 2013 #140
If we could adjust both taxes and minimum TBF Nov 2013 #146
. . . Triana Nov 2013 #100
You sound exactly like my hyper-paranoid office-mate. tridim Nov 2013 #103
You're correct, the 99% is losing economic ground, that's definitely change n/t Fumesucker Nov 2013 #113
Absolutely! NealK Nov 2013 #155
Change is happening? bvar22 Nov 2013 #164
Excellent, devastating documentation - thanks dougolat Nov 2013 #245
of course change is happening: Because Obama! KG Nov 2013 #247
Yes you support the "change is happening". The Corporation profits are on rhett o rick Nov 2013 #267
Then spread the word, we fight for Publicly Funded Elections and Complete Campaign Dustlawyer Nov 2013 #104
+ 10000 woo me with science Nov 2013 #105
I do what I can. People from my generation will fare worse in retirement than before SS Dustlawyer Nov 2013 #108
Oh sure. So how do WE choose who will be the candidates? L0oniX Nov 2013 #151
I would find ones that will agree to pass CFR and Publicly Funded Elections. I did not say it Dustlawyer Nov 2013 #159
this is the only way noiretextatique Nov 2013 #172
I get it. Puglover Nov 2013 #106
You're not mad, Manny, you're paying attention. And you're right, change is needed and fast. marble falls Nov 2013 #107
You just described my bumper sticker. navarth Nov 2013 #161
succinctly put! heaven05 Nov 2013 #109
Luck is the primary determinant. Laelth Nov 2013 #114
Lost Causes... adirondacker Nov 2013 #118
Well said, Manny, & I'm with you 100%! K & R mother earth Nov 2013 #119
Reaching up from the swampy economic ground.... Laxman Nov 2013 #124
Righteous rant. The cream of the Wall St crimminal minds have been graduating from those Ivy League raouldukelives Nov 2013 #129
So a sad story of one person means the whole country is going down? treestar Nov 2013 #134
There are a lot of sad stories out there. Wall Street is recovering. The middle class isn't. n/t winter is coming Nov 2013 #259
You've written some great stuff, Manny Ishoutandscream2 Nov 2013 #141
The first thing we have to do is get people to wake the hell up AndyA Nov 2013 #144
THAT'S Why Hillary WON'T do! bluedeathray Nov 2013 #145
Voting will not do either. You can't vote Goldman Sachs out of office. L0oniX Nov 2013 #149
Perhaps, but bluedeathray Nov 2013 #153
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible.... bvar22 Nov 2013 #262
You mad, bro? senseandsensibility Nov 2013 #147
I'm sure that this can all be fixed if the right Dem is voted into office. L0oniX Nov 2013 #148
When DU posters ask "Why you are so angry, Manny?", it is a propaganda device Zorra Nov 2013 #154
Exactly! n/t markpkessinger Nov 2013 #199
K&R NealK Nov 2013 #156
If you want to know why we are losing DonCoquixote Nov 2013 #157
One of the very BEST posts to DU ever. bvar22 Nov 2013 #158
I am angry also. But as you can see from this thread, there are so-called "politically liberal" rhett o rick Nov 2013 #195
The Bubble of Denial! bvar22 Nov 2013 #204
Damn. Right. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #167
K&R... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #170
sounds like my story noiretextatique Nov 2013 #171
We Need Middle Class People to Get It. colsohlibgal Nov 2013 #177
I know who the enemy is, Manny. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2013 #185
Although it is sad that so many that are well educated are just getting by, truedelphi Nov 2013 #187
agreed DonCoquixote Nov 2013 #193
Wow -- incredibly powerful! markpkessinger Nov 2013 #197
THIS is the reason why: Benton D Struckcheon Nov 2013 #201
K&R pscot Nov 2013 #210
Any American... sendero Nov 2013 #215
amen. nashville_brook Nov 2013 #256
Best Discussion on Class Analysis I've seen on DU yet. 2banon Nov 2013 #222
kr Norrin Radd Nov 2013 #248
I thought you were angry because McCain beat Obama?... SidDithers Nov 2013 #251
Nope, I'm angry because Obama ran on a platform of Hope and Change, MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #252
You must have really been pissed when Obama beat Romney... SidDithers Nov 2013 #253
"Can you believe the Pope doesn't want kids to have to sleep in cars?" ProSense Nov 2013 #255
OK, let's do the numbers. MannyGoldstein Nov 2013 #257
OH, but Manny, its not the President cutting Head Start, Meals-on-Wheels, Food Stamps... bvar22 Nov 2013 #264
And you gotta love how that post was made barely TWO YEARS into the President's tenure Number23 Nov 2013 #277
Good rant Manny. I see you flushed out the conservative-Dems among us. rhett o rick Nov 2013 #269
kick. Stay angry. nt woo me with science Nov 2013 #283
Eugene Robinson: The US is Better Off Than You Think SidDithers Nov 2013 #284
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