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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 12:58 PM Original message |
"Are the American People Obsolete? The richest few don't need the rest of us ...." |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Americans over 50 have been obsolete for a long time |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Recommend |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. This makes sense in a deeply-concerning sort of way. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. It is deeply concerning. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. So. What we do is remove them. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. I Hear Ya!...but most Americans are more focused on "NJ" Series than Politics... |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Whoa! Feeling a bit radical are we? |
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rschop (493 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. So what's next? |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Gated Compounds, Security Systems and Body Guards, Private Jets, Private Schools. |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Time to eat the rich, actually I'd prefer to tax the upper 1% out of existence. |
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lakers4life24 (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. Americans Became Obsolete When they Voted Republicans into office |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It probably began before then, but it grew exponentially during Reagan's reign. nt |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 04:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. They tested the waters with Goldwater. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I think the seeds were sown many years before, but they probably didn't even fathom |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. This makes sense. What shall we do? If they don't need us, then we have to stop |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. What would YOU propose we do? We worked hard to get Dems Elected |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. It's so huge it's beyond comprehension. We say "create jobs" - yet the jobs |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. What you say is the truth about "Entreprenuer Start Ups" and what they face... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. That would be nice, wouldn't it - knowing that all the people of the world |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Capitalism demands political and economic stability in order to function and |
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onpatrol98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Ancestors |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 10:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Common people don't need them, what we need to do is convince our government that it doesn't either |
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postulater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. Once the factories moved the jobs our inner cities are filled with unneeded people. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Not unneeded. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-28-10 07:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. What You Say! It's a real concern for those of us "Watchrs" with this stuff going down.. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. I am hoping to emigrate |
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lakers4life24 (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. At this point It may be the best thing |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I've thought about it seriously since 2000 Stolen Election...but am still here. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
41. I'm with you on the moving thing..... |
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econoclast (259 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. We ALL share the blame! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Some of what you say is true for "we are to blame." But, let's look at the Reality of What we Faced |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. Not fully obsolete yet, but the trend is there and rapidly intensifying |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Trend Lines do Matter...and thanks for pointing that out... n/t |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. To start, public funded elections, without it we don't now nor will we in |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. But...how do we fight for "Public Funded Elections?" No one listens to us on this issue... |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I think there could be several approaches, not just one. Building |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Some of us belong to other websites who are trying...but as the days |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. You may be right, but sometimes the human desire to survive brings people together. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-27-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. It's worth the hope that things will reach a "tipping point" before Implosion as the final |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
39. K&R. nt |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-29-10 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
40. They still need us to buy thier "child labor created" shit.... |
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