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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 01:20 PM Original message |
The Richest 1% Have Captured America's Wealth - What's It Going to Take to Get It Back? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. We sort of accomplished it between WWII and Richard Nixon's administration |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Bad example |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Anomaly or not... |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Well, we see how far that got..... |
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Zoeisright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 02:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
77. Huh? |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
57. Do you have any pre-war data? |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
63. I think that their might be a connection between then and now: |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. First we have to convince the other 99% that they ain't ever |
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RT Atlanta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Excellent point! |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:10 PM Original message |
the Horatio Alger myth is hard to beat down; people identify with capitalists! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
85. Because the 1% know how to play the "folksy Christian" act VERY well. |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. How rich do you have to be to be in the 1%? |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
94. Just over $400,000 a year. nt |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. They don't get it one bit. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #32 |
68. Chris Rock nailed it: |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
59. Ain't THAT the truth! Wake up, America! n/t |
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Flatulo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
69. That is a brilliant observation! |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
71. A better, less annoying method would be to convince them that the 1% don't deserve their power. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #71 |
86. Won't happen. Americans like to believe "they earned it. Not like those welfare cheats." |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #86 |
95. Then you simply ask "How did they earn it when they hardly work?" |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #86 |
96. True...so you tell them they aren't earning enough as... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
76. +1 |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
79. Yes, that is indeed the key to success here (nt) |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
3. Collective acknowledgment |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
4. Barron's recently announced that the recession was "over" on their front page |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. As long as the wealthy can hire the poor to protect their stolen fortunes, not a god damned thing |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
60. Better watch it T Wolf, the "Patriots" are listening. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
6. especially telling.. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
64. In that $350 billion is the part the 'private sector' uses to bribe pols... |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. oy |
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dynasaw (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. Imprisonment and . . . |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. TAX 'EM!!! |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
61. AND, start taxing ALL religious organizations also. Those "churches".......... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #61 |
72. Churches are irrelevent, especially when the rich are overwhelmingly secular. nt |
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pattmarty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. I may have went a little "off topic" with my rant, but churches are................. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. I think this is just mind blowing. I mean, not as if we didn't know this already, but... |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. That really is an excellent article. Thank you for posting it. K&R. nt |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You're very welcome! :) |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Yes, we do. And ain't it grand? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
14. K&R |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. K&R and thanks for posting this! |
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reformist2 (998 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. 3% Annual Tax on Net Worth = $1 trillion+ revenue. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
102. A warm welcome to DU. n/t |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. Get it back? They want MORE! n/t |
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IDFbunny (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. Under Taxed! |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
20. No longer having to, and/or wanting to, believe what the 1% have is wealth |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. A revolution. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. Without strong unions it's next to impossible |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
23. guillotines. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm afraid it's going to take this |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
25. Revolution. Bastille Day 2.0. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. The American People are losing the Class War |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. The problem is that the class war is unilateral. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
90. It's only called class war when WE FIGHT BACK - otherwise, it's all just peachy... |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. we'll never get it back |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
31. So I just read both articles... |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. "Deregulation for the win, right?" |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Whoops...bad sarcasm. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. LOL, thank you, thank you!! Often, sarcasm doesn't translate well on the internets... |
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TCJ70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. No problem! |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. Hopefully more people are starting to get it. |
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Tashca (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
39. K & R |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
41. k r |
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4 t 4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
42. I asked this just the other day on a post |
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Spheric (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
43. This could use a kick. /nt |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
44. Make the highest marginal tax bracket 95% again |
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Egalitariat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
45. Two steps: 1) change the 4th Amendment, and 2) take it by force. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
46. They have suitcases full of paper. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #46 |
53. This is the truth |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
70. Well said. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
47. I wish Chomsky would review James Fallows' Atlantic Monthly article |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
48. Look at the WTO. |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
49. K&R |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
50. The robber barons |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-17-10 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
51. Unfortunately, they've captured the government and blocked access to elected officials... |
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Yurovsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
52. I suggest we consider more drastic measures... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
54. Oh, probably a revolution |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #54 |
88. Yes, I'll hesitate to take-up knitting. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #54 |
91. No - actually - the French and Russians had it RIGHT... |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
55. What's It Going to Take to Get It Back? |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
56. Yes indeed k*r |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
58. Robin Hood. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
62. "400 people have more wealth than 155 million people combined" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
65. This is the "only so much cheese to go around" fallacy |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #65 |
100. Heresy! How dare you spout common sense? |
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Voltaire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
66. Summary Execution |
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Holy Moly (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
67. Behold T-R-E-A-S-O-N at work |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
73. Let's give them 2 choices - 94% tax or the French solution! nt |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. estate tax suspended: |
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mother earth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
78. A revolution, and they'll get it if things don't change. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
80. Guillotines. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #80 |
92. I've been saying that SERIOUSLY on here for YEARS now... |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-18-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
81. K& R nt |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
82. Consumer protection laws with teeth... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
83. So sickening that we turn our heads. Because NOTHING short of VIOLENT REVOLUTION can alter this. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
84. Just think what we could do domestically if we had back those trillions wasted on ... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Blackwater owns us. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Then let these corporate mercs send their OWN children to war. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #84 |
101. Those mercenaries have been in places like Colombia, so it's not just |
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jakefrep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
93. Good luck convincing the 99% that the 1% actually STOLE anything. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. I believe that is the primary reason, they don't want to label Stack as a terrorist. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #93 |
99. Just turn the boostraps/meritocracy frame against them |
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12AngryMen (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-19-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
98. It's going to take |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #98 |
103. I agree with you, 12AngryMen, even though you have been banned from this board. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
104. This: |
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