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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:08 PM Original message |
“What we are seeing is…the fall of America” |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Its going to take someone strong |
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fenriswolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. or at least to sing a good funeral dirge. |
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lala_rawraw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. we are well past a strong leader |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #21 |
38. Totally agree, lala. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
54. Yes, and the system is causing the damage |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Many of us are setting up alternative economies |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
86. With You! |
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CranialRectaLoopbak (61 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #86 |
112. You are quitters |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #112 |
116. Quitters?....maybe. |
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lala_rawraw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #112 |
155. because that |
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puebloknot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #86 |
121. Very inspiring! I lived in CA for years, before returning to Santa Fe... |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #86 |
123. Even Obama & Clinton are better than Repiggies. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 10:18 PM Response to Reply #123 |
144. Do you know who helped seat these "conservative" judges. |
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kelligesq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 03:08 AM Response to Reply #144 |
150. You get it ! I too am one nomination away from becoming an Independent |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #144 |
154. I understand your gripes |
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kelligesq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #154 |
171. They ARE the other side. |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #171 |
172. That is nonsense. |
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lala_rawraw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #58 |
157. actually... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #157 |
169. It is also a good way to reduce "Taxable Income". |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. What?! |
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lala_rawraw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #54 |
156. well |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #156 |
158. You never know |
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jonnyra (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
65. Yes the system is broken |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
132. If you read "Shock Doctrine's" conclusions . . . the areas that are recovering |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. Bush and the neo-cons used 9/11 and Iraq to totally drain our Treasury---!!! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #21 |
135. You are Right |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
146. Yes, the fascist cancer has metastasized throughout the lymph |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
101. Not just strong, but correct! |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #101 |
113. I think the historians will look back a little further. |
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DaLittle Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
128. Knew Not What I Clicked But I doth Click Correctly. My Sentiments Exactly. John Edwards IS IT! |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 08:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
134. Right. "Any Democrat" will not suffice. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. excellent piece |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. I had the great privilege to meet Professor Bloom about ten years ago. |
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Prefer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. John Edwards is the man to save us |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I agree 100% |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. We the People need to FORCE it on them... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
71. Corporate America is our enemy |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
143. NO They are not allowing it. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 05:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
33. Excellent point! |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
37. John Edwards ............. |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #37 |
48. Of Course The DLC is Happy |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Professor Bloom is spot on |
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Fed_Up_Grammy (923 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
85. The vast majority of the people are not stupid---how insulting. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #85 |
106. sorry, but that has been my experience... |
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Jeroen (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #85 |
122. With the right to vote comes the moral obligation to inform and educate oneself. |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. An interesting man |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
9. And yet the candidates are chosen for us and pushed by the same |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Some of us are nothing but American ... we are America and we can't fall |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Change Isn't Always for the Better |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. If WWIII comes, we'll all go together when we go, to quote Tom Lehrer |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #22 |
50. have you thought about Space? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. excuse me? I don't see how that applies. NASA will be gone, too, if WWIII happens n/t |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
72. No wonder you have such faith in people! |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
49. You miss the point entirely - American HAS fallen BECAUSE of her PEOPLE! |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. Far, far from the case |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #49 |
140. I agree with you.. |
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AikidoSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #140 |
164. I still hear people talk about how Iraq was responsible for 9/11 |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
62. The Germans knew everything you know |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. That's a hyperemotional and not rational observation |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Well, the stuff you say amuses me and until it no longer does, |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #66 |
100. what a "rational" dismissal-- to say someone is "hyperemotional" and "irrational" |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #100 |
117. His previous posts had established a reactionary pattern n/t |
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semperfi the 3rd (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
83. Are you sure ? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #83 |
118. I'm not sure of anything n/t |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
87. Nice reply, but I am compelled to ask, "About Leave the world power crap to somebody else" |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #87 |
119. HT, I totally agree with your reservations, but honestly, at this point ... |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
89. Even if John Edwards was the great savior you claim |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. it's not going to be fixed in my lifetime |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #89 |
120. When did I claim Edwards was a great savior? |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. thanks. K&R |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. a definite kick. n/t |
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pingzing58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. Thank God that we have a limits on the presidency. |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 07:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
39. Not any more........... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
76. Thanks to bush/clinton/bush/ObamClint |
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NikolaC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
47. Not Anymore |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. My mother is 80 and says the same - she's never seen things this bad... |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. My mother is 89 and says Bushitler is even worse than Hoover. |
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whoopingcrone (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
55. i'm 79 and you should listen to your mother. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #55 |
70. Who says whoever gets to "play" US of A this time is going |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #70 |
160. They will take they thanks in the form of land. nt |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
91. Whoopingcrone! |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #55 |
162. welcome to DU! |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
77. My partner's mother lived through Nazi Germany |
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AikidoSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #77 |
165. I have a friend who lived in Germany in the days leading |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. If this is the same Howard Bloom I've listened to on C to C, |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
18. "It Can't Happen Here." |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. No, you are incorrect even there. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Yes, correctomundo. Thanks. nt |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 12:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
148. For the last 8 years I've heard |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. We've been seeing the descent happening for a much longer time period. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 04:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. This article by Joe Bageant bears that out in spades: |
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2hip (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 06:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. omigod - gasp - choke |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
139. They've been knocking over the New Deal since Truman --- !!! |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. Thanks K&R n/t |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
26. "Media-ocrity" is a fitting word. At least he validates my beliefs. -eom- |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
27. Oh yes and the Oppression of America |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
28. Mission Accomplished! Is any thinking person shocked by this? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
29. Rome’s Failed Invasion of Persia (The Parthian War)(53 BC) and the Collapse of the Roman Republic |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
30. I agree with him |
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kelligesq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
31. But I've been saying this is the Fall of Rome - for years, does |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 05:58 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. A Dem in the WH &/or a Dem majority in Congress, Senate |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
36. I believe John Edwards is the right man, at the right time. |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
40. What a terrific article. I'm tempted to send it to my Republican sister-in-law |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 07:47 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I just sent it to my republican cousin! |
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whatdoyouthink (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. The Media Has Played |
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Catsbrains (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
42. I think about this all the time and it really scares me when... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
44. “No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.” - Voltaire |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
45. I disagree here |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #45 |
69. Haven't you gotten the new memo? The Surge Has Worked |
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semperfi the 3rd (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #69 |
88. Surge ? |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #88 |
109. the reality is |
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eib1 (75 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
46. Who said empire was glorious? |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 02:31 PM Response to Reply #46 |
93. My sentiments, exactly, eib1. And welcome to DU!! |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
51. let's go back to the beginning, to the Gulf of Tonkin |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
126. Disaster Capitalism - the world wars demonstrated just how profitable |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
52. "Vilseck, Germany mourns the loss of six of its own (1AD)" |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #52 |
173. do you or does anyone else have |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
53. If you like the war in Iraq, you'll love the coming attack on Iran |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
56. I recall Kucinich speaking up at the time...when he voted NO |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
57. I suppose it should feel good that a professor who is so intellectual |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
63. 'Cometh the Hour' |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #63 |
96. I agree with that article. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 07:08 PM Response to Reply #96 |
124. loudsue, if Wes had been elected we would be |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #124 |
163. I fully understand, elleng. |
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balantz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
64. Let's get John Edwards in there and turn this shit upside down! |
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Plucketeer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #64 |
104. Go |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
68. as a nation, we deserve ALL of the shit that is headed our way. |
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Webcorex2 (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
73. Maybe if you were all a little less cynical and nihilistic |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Deleted message |
rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Those that are trying to defend the Constitution against the onslaught of the neocon |
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Webcorex2 (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #78 |
84. No need to be dicks |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #84 |
159. No, the end to America will be the fascist neocons and their gullible enabliers. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #84 |
161. give it a while, you haven't been here long. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. Yes, just relax and drink your koolaide. nm |
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NOLALady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #73 |
149. Sean Who? |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 09:52 PM Response to Reply #73 |
170. Fuck you.. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
75. The "fall" of this rapacious Empire |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #75 |
90. I agree. |
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semperfi the 3rd (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
80. We agree Christa |
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HowHasItComeToThis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #80 |
107. BINGO, REPUBLICANS ARE A DISEASE |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #80 |
114. Welcome to DU |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
81. 88 Votes recommending "The Fall of America" |
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kelligesq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 04:18 AM Response to Reply #81 |
151. Of course you're being sarcastic, but truer than you know. John Dean states it will take decades |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
82. we shall soon bow to our Chinese and Japanese masters - who own us |
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AikidoSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #82 |
166. One of the reasons Bush is pushing publicly for a confrontation |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #166 |
168. leaving dollar like rats leaving sinking ship |
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rhiannon55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
92. K & R |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
95. ‘Benito Bush’ I love it.....its is true...standup and your un-American |
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Plaid Adder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
97. Harold Bloom has been seeing the fall of America since 1980. |
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EVDebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
98. Kevin Phillip's Wealth and Democracy shows that income redistribution is needed ASAP |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #98 |
137. I paraphrase Huey Long |
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biermeister (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
99. i just finished reading |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
102. Dick Cheney definitely crossed the Rubicon. If that is our nations |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
103. I miss the intellectuals speaking out. I'm glad they are back. Well some of them |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
105. Today: Bush trying desperately to introduce 'shock n awe' to Iran before leaving office... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #105 |
141. Agree --- that weekend encounter seemed meaningless unless you understand they're |
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SariesNightly (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
108. Calling a spade |
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kelligesq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 04:44 AM Response to Reply #108 |
152. How high oil, how low the dollar? Tonite Gold has reached $911 |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #152 |
167. The panic hasn't set in yet. nm |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
110. It's about more than just who we will vote for. It doesn't matter who we vote for. |
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Inkyfuzzbottom (293 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
111. The fork is in us |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
115. The fall of America or the takeover of America by corporations? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 07:17 PM Response to Reply #115 |
125. Same thing. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #125 |
127. I don't think they are: we are in big trouble if the government falls |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
129. Call me crazy, but I would prefer we don't give up! |
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Webcorex2 (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #129 |
130. You're the man, stevie. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
131. GOP's "Third World America" coming ---- |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #131 |
136. That Was Their Objective... True Democracy Stifles Morbid Wealth |
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idiocracyhell (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
138. We need more intellectuals speaking out like this. |
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ginchinchili (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
142. God bless Harold Bloom. |
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syberlion (110 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-13-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
145. The Germans knew it wasn't snow... |
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kelligesq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 05:12 AM Response to Reply #145 |
153. There is one alternative none have spoken of. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-14-08 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
147. The "America" who's demise we are wittnessing... |
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