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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:06 AM Original message |
Our terminal cultural cancer |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Excellent essay. |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. Excellent, excellent, excellent !! Thank you. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. "The power of the people on top depends upon the obedience of the people below. " |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yes |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. But will we rise up against the elite or only againt our fellow brethren? Witness |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Eventually people realize |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
6. you make phenomenal points and I want to broaden your essay. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Shitty parenting |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
22. I'll take it even further than that - I think the culture babies kids until they are in their 30's |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Well |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Oh, gosh, I didn't mean all the kids who were back at home are bad - I meant |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I've seen that too |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. It was bad 8 years ago when I graduated |
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skeptical cynic (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
36. Plausible deniability has replaced innocence as the standard |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Too many people thing they are paying for a piece of paper and a good grade. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. Bi-polar culture? We have, or are rapidly moving toward, a binary society. |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
8. thanks for that great essay |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Why do you think they are testing all these new crowd control devices |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. oh I know |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. As I always say |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
12. Well done! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
14. K&R! |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
17. The Populace Has Been Beaten Down & Divided |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:22 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Lost is a great show |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. People Hating Against Their Own Interests |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Do you think our government |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. Lost is terrific, a well-written and beautifully made show, |
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proudohioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
20. K&R! Excellent piece, AllentownJake! n/t |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
23. Thanks for this. |
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lutherj (788 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
26. Predatory personalities seek to take advantage of others' trust and good will |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. The show is happening |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
28. Your use of Patton to exemplify some golden days of old |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I think he killed Nazis |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Agreed. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. The man was an effective General |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Having Morpheus on our side would kick-ass too. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Defeating Nazi Germany |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I liked George C. Scott better in the Changeling. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Actually the Patton admiration |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Delete. |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
29. The elite will not 'wake up' |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
31. K&R |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's still a democracy, Jake |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. You are given the illusion of choice |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. my first visit to WalMart was for prescription drugs |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
43. Well-Described, Sir -- Our Lamest Generation |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Self sacrifice |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. I'd settle for a bit of self awareness |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
49. And could anyone ever have conceived of mercenaries getting paid 30x as much as soldiers-- |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
50. Well Done, Thanks. nt |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
51. Well said, Jake |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
52. K & R |
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KWMB (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-26-10 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
53. Excellent statement. |
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