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clarence swinney Donating Member (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 10:56 AM
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RAPE OF MIDDLE CLASS
sshhhh do not tell Democrats let em sleep

1945 to 1980 each percentile gained almost evenly in Income and Wealth

Reagan began upward redistribution with 60% Tax Cut for top 1%.
With increase Payroll Tax on Middle Class
With reduction in Unearned Income for Rich
With transfer of Revenue Sharing from Rich to middle class
With Tax on SS earnings
With Big Gift to rich stockholders of Defense industry stocks
With increasing Spending by 80% and Debt by 183%.
With 137 members of his administration investigated for crimes mostly $$ Fraud.

1945--1% owned 30% Total Financial Wealth
1980--20%
1989-36%--gift from Reagan

2008
1%-43%
10%-70%
20%-93%
80%-7% (120,000,000 workers)

20 years of 3 Conservative Presidents got 99,00 Net New Jobs Per Month.
Wall Street Rich got richer Gambling not creating new biz and jobs as in past
Carter + Clinton got 222,000 over 12 years.

In Bush 8 years Wall Street Rich Gamblers sent 2,300,000 of our jobs to just China.

Wall Street-Trust Us-It is legitimate

How can any intelligent person vote to send a Republican to Washington with their record?

Is it possible just that all Repubs are dumb?

clarence swinney
old ugly mean
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paparush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 11:11 AM
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1. Dumb, and a steady stream of lies and diversions from their leaders: Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, etc
and the ever growing American phenomenon of what I call "Embracing Denial"
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BanTheGOP Donating Member (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 11:44 AM
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2. This is PRECISELY WHY I advocate banning the Republican party
I really am tired as hell at all the naysayers about my clear, concise reasoning in how we can defuse the republican party. Their actions have caused such economic disparities and threaten to destroy the planet.

Thanks for a timely reminder at how the true damage to this country can directly be placed on the absolute WORST of the WORST, Ronald Reagan...may he burn in the HOTTEST depths of hell, several degrees hotter than that of Adolph Hitler and Ghengis Khan.
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 12:29 PM
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4. no offense, but banning the republican party could very well lead to something WORSE
Let them blather - just never EVER vote them into real power again. Marginalize them, defang them - but don't give them the ammunition they need to rally the idiots and morph into something worse.
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 12:18 PM
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3. your facts are clear, however
rape is a word that has a painfully precise definition to many people. i do not like to see it bandied about in other contexts.
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 12:46 PM
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5. It has more than one...
rape1
–noun
1. the unlawful compelling of a woman through physical force or duress to have sexual intercourse.
2. any act of sexual intercourse that is forced upon a person.
3. statutory rape.
4. an act of plunder, violent seizure, or abuse; despoliation; violation: the rape of the countryside.
5. Archaic . the act of seizing and carrying off by force.
–verb (used with object)
6. to force to have sexual intercourse.
7. to plunder (a place); despoil.
8. to seize, take, or carry off by force.
–verb (used without object)
9. to commit rape.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rape
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 12:50 PM
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6. yes, i understand that,
and alluded to that in my comment. my objection stands.
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 12:59 PM
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7. Well, you don't get to re-define the English language.
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mopinko Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 01:02 PM
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8. i'm not trying to. i am merely pointing out that this language
is painful to many people, including many du members. this is a discussion board. i am discussing the merits of this post, including the clarity and merit of the subject line.
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Sherman A1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 01:16 PM
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9. Precisely
and exceptionally Well Said!
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salguine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 01:17 PM
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10. No, all Republicans are not dumb. Republicans come in two varieties:
Poor n' Stupid, and Rich n' Malevolent.
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blue97keet Donating Member (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 02:57 PM
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11. No mention of offshore outsourcing?
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JohnWxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 06:43 PM
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12. recommended. I have been trying to get on your blog but finding it impossible.
Edited on Wed May-12-10 06:46 PM by JohnWxy
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