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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:19 PM Original message |
"Liberals don't read, why they don't know the issues" |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. We are in a civil war |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Cold Civil War and the first shots, as far as I can tell |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
34. This is the "hottest" that I have seen it since the '60's and it is worse now. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. They were nowhere to be seen yesterday |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Yep. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. The teabagging event I attended in Portland, Oregon had some very bizarre characters |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Well today of course they quoted the preface to the Declaration |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. They quote all sorts of things |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I know but it goes back into the NOT readying |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
57. You are so, so terribly right. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
58. You should offer to read the whole laundry list of complaints in the Declaration. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I have been to several and meet stranger folks every time |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I know- thankfully, my curiousity was satisfied by one event |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Oh trust me they got really silly |
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Eric68601 (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Nice one. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. We came THIS CLOSE to asking that question from a couple older |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Oh I have met several of them |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Or the road (and it's upkeep) |
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madamesilverspurs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
46. "Strangeness" is drawn to these events |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think I'm very glad that I still live in reality ...... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. And here is the problem |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I am aware of that.......... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Ah. Got it. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. Reading is *hard*... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Yeah but my point is that I can safely say this for BOTH sides |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. I wasn't really taking sides.. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Fully agreed, we have ONE TV |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. I just found a book swapping service online.. |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
18. generalize about teabaggers at your peril |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I have been to most of their events here and haven't encountered any intelligent ones |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. NOthing funnier than the 70 something wearing that attire |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Ehhhhhh. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. Not to generalize about the field, but I have met several programmers who... |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Yep, and did you ever notice the science fiction genre draws a lot of them also? |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
61. Well, in the 80s and 90s we practically needed bodyguards ... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #48 |
64. HEEEEYYYY I write sci fi! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Read the OP again... I am not |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
35. Teabagger it is, then. nt |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
40. Um, I doubt they are at all intelligent of the way things operate in other nations, cultures, etc. |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
43. Most of them would logically be in New England... |
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zoff (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
49. Yup they're teabaggers then, and the GOP is the tea party. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
65. The MTBE issue here in California was brought to the fore and |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
20. Get it NB! |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
21. This is a very good point. And we see it even here on DU. |
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GMA (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
22. Great post! |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
23. This isn't a tea bagger party. |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Great post! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Look in the mirror, because that is exactly what they think of you |
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BolivarianHero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
45. You're incorrect... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
24. Just because our lips don't move, it doesn't mean we aren't reading |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. I read the current statistics in Jacoby's book, the Age of Unreason |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. That book is amazingly informative-- |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Been interested in the subject for years |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. I also recommend Idiot America by Charles P Pierce as another excellent analysis... |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Thanks for the suggestion-- |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. Another one to add ot the list of reading, |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. I am so sorry for your loss... |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
38. I'd wager that liberals read a bit more than convservatives, ro |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Given statistics discovered by people like Jacoby |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:51 PM Response to Reply #41 |
62. "reading" not "readying" (nt) |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
47. Piffle...everyone knows that Earl Gray is best with a twist of lemon, one lump, and no milk. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Oh my so you are from the OTHER side of the tea controversy!!!! |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. I just came back from a road trip to England yesterday...got my fill of Tea. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
53. LIBERALS don't read??? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Read this again... BOTH DON'T READ |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
66. Well, what do they think we do all day on DU? |
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