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rhett o rick

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28. Actually there are parallels. The Patriot Act and other similar legislation have been taking
Sun May 22, 2016, 03:05 PM
May 2016

more and more of our Constitutional rights away. Corporations are becoming more and more powerful. Every year the wealth gap widens as the middle and working classes and the poor sink farther while the corporations gain more and more power. As we've seen our election system is one of the worst of all modern countries. Massive voter disenfranchisement and actual voter fraud is common place. Recent studies had concluded that the lower 99% do not effect the workings of our government.

Now some authoritarian followers are very comfortable with this arrangement as the poor get poorer and vote to maintain the status quo with corporate power running the government. They would be Tories, comfortable with the rule of the British Aristocracy and the East India Company, the world's first corporation.

Scoff all you want but we have 2.5 million homeless children and things are not looking up as we face a dominance of capitalist corporations that care nothing about the homeless children.

LET MY PEOPLE VOTE... kadaholo May 2016 #1
There Should No Longer Be Any Doubt That The State Parties Are Operating On Behalf Of HRC cantbeserious May 2016 #2
There isn't ANY DOUBT! bkkyosemite May 2016 #3
WITHOUT QUESTION MrMickeysMom May 2016 #8
This guy is suing over a supposed mistake sent out by the LA county clerk ConservativeDemocrat May 2016 #12
Wow, a conservative democrat Equinox Moon May 2016 #16
I've been here since 2001 ConservativeDemocrat May 2016 #21
"Best of the remaining candidates" indeed, for conservatives Equinox Moon May 2016 #22
I know, I know... lesser of two evils and all that ConservativeDemocrat May 2016 #24
Wow, that is inflammatory, especially on DU Equinox Moon May 2016 #30
No, I'm on the correct website ConservativeDemocrat May 2016 #31
Communist? Who? where? And BTW, Bernie is not a communist. Equinox Moon May 2016 #33
Sanders has openly sympathized with communist Cuba and the Sandinista regime ConservativeDemocrat May 2016 #34
Maybe keep those hats on Mark 750 May 2016 #17
That's what the conservatives always say... MrMickeysMom May 2016 #23
continuing to win hearts and minds for Bernie I see got to hand it to you... reACTIONary May 2016 #14
One word: Iwillnevergiveup May 2016 #4
We are talking about the state wit the most population and the most delegates passiveporcupine May 2016 #5
Bern can win all the CA Delegates Cryptoad May 2016 #6
continuing to win hearts and minds for Hillary I see tomm2thumbs May 2016 #7
Yay! MrMickeysMom May 2016 #9
You guys are hilarious. Hillary is a loser. She lost in 2008 and will lose again. rhett o rick May 2016 #10
continuing to win hearts and minds for Bernie I see got to hand it to you reACTIONary May 2016 #15
Our founders fought for freedom and liberty, now we must do the same in our own Party. rhett o rick May 2016 #18
Oh, i see.... reACTIONary May 2016 #25
Actually there are parallels. The Patriot Act and other similar legislation have been taking rhett o rick May 2016 #28
That is not true, Cryptoad. Peace Patriot May 2016 #19
Thank You, Goddesses libodem May 2016 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Autumn Colors May 2016 #13
THIS. TOTALLY. SUCKS! Peace Patriot May 2016 #20
continuing to win hearts and minds for Bernie I see reACTIONary May 2016 #26
I don't want any "hearts and minds" in our party that love vote suppression! Peace Patriot May 2016 #27
We must keep the pressure on the Corporatists that would control our government and rhett o rick May 2016 #29
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2016 #32
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