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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 09:25 AM Original message |
I Have Been Rocked To My Core By An Obscure Reading |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks for posting this.. |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wow, what a find. nt |
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Snotcicles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. The title says it all. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. Things haven't changed much have they. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Indeed, they have not. Everything in that article could (and does) happen in present day. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 09:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Under FDR the situation changed much for the better. The rise of the middle class was no accident... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Personally, I think the prosperity and progress leveled off after about 1967 or so. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. We are repeating the 1920/1930 decades |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
40. One big difference between then and now is the safety net. If we |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
44. Community has been lost, and now a days |
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Freedomofspeech (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
5. Thanks for sharing.... |
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rwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
6. I am not sure if any people on earth suffered anymore then |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. The way Americans suffered during the Depression is the way most people around |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. The Russians during the same time period. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-03-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #18 |
55. True that ... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Pff. |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
8. ...the "good old days" that Republicans want to return to... |
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UALRBSofL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. History repeats itself |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. And Congress. |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. It's an absolute that the repub party is not capable of keeping |
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jasmine621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. I remember Jesse Jackson addressing issues like this in his '84 and '88 |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
12. Great post! |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
13. New Orleans. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
14. Super post |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
15. wow! fascinating reading. Thanks! nt |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
16. Many Republicans got very rich in those days |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
43. Yeah, my father told about working out for a well to do farmer for |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
17. the past as prologue? . . . how long before we begin hearing similar stories . . . n/t |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. already there |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
19. K&R |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
20. Kicked and recommended. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
21. kick |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. The Nov 9th 1934 entry was especially good |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 09:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. A thought that crosses my mind often reading posts here |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
25. gotta love those corporations |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
27. This makes my heart ache. Thank you for posting this. We need to be reminded. nt |
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JFN1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
28. Bush really is Hoover, isn't he? |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
47. BUSH = HOOVER might make a good bumper sticker ... nt |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
29. I was born and raised not far from Morgantown..interesting read. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
30. What Goes around Comes Around.. |
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txaslftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
31. Portrait of Things to Come. |
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yorkiemommie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
32. What fascinating woman she was! |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
33. Do we feel any de ja vu after reading these notes from the past? |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
34. very nice find |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
35. Wow...tough read. Probably happened in many of our families, too. |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
36. i went and read the whole page |
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rusty quoin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
45. Email this to Thom Hartmann. I am certain he will read it over the air. n/t |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-01-08 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
46. Experieces like that lead to our social programs, and now the GOP wants to take them away |
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nikto (414 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
48. Just another reminder... |
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ursi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
49. amazing stuff ...the woman writes with such clarity |
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mother earth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
50. Thank you for posting this, ThomWV. People need to wake up. |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
51. "Pre-school children who need milk" |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
52. The more things change, the more they stay the same. |
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santamargarita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
53. GOP History Repeating Itself |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-02-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
54. Sounds like a Republican paradise! |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
56. kick |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-07-08 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
57. Wow - a christian getting good press? |
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