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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 05:36 PM Original message |
What did OWS do? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. The state of New York is now making damn sure that |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. No, it's not. Cuomo is still trying to substantially lower taxes on millionaires. nt |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
69. Perhaps you should read the news from Albany for today |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Great to hear confirmation that what I heard is happening. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. K & R. n/t |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. I have a lot of faith in this movement |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
67. +1 -- |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. And the context of discussion is that we're divided into 1% and 99% |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. -- The President is incorporting OWS issues into his speeches. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
76. Thats comforting |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. Frankly, you're offering way too much credit. |
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unionworks (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Give Credit |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. You are right. |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
40. W e have done a slew of marches and not a damn thing has happened |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Frankly, not enough credit is given. In a few short weeks OWS |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. This is important. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. Yes, yes, yes! |
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Pooka Fey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
52. + 1 |
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sibelian (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
59. I wish I could recommend this a thousand times... |
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Myrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
61. +10 |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #26 |
62. At DU, if something good happens, and the "powers that be" of |
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oldhippydude (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
66. try as they might |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
68. well said! nt |
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GrannyK (226 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
74. You are right! |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #26 |
99. Please point us to the totally rewritten lexicon |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Of course Warren has made rhetorical hay out of OWS so |
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unionworks (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 06:10 PM Original message |
K&R |
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unionworks (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. K&R |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
10. Wish I can kick this a thousand times |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. But but but it's just a bunch of smelly hippies wandering around a park chanting - |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 10:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
38. If they weren't effective, the RW wouldn't be in a panic over them! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
13. K&R |
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tex-wyo-dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. I think the most important thing that #OWS has done is to... |
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T S Justly (133 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
15. K&R. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. Not one of those things can be attributed to OWS. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Mmmmmkay.... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 06:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Yeah |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
37. All of those things have gained momentum with OWS. |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
64. That's what racists said about the civil rights movement. |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. that's not constructive |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. And repugs are coaching each other not to use the word "capitalism". We got there |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-06-11 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. Don't go getting all past tense on us! |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 05:05 AM Response to Original message |
20. OWS changed the national conversation from debt to income inequality. Big plus for that alone. n/t |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
21. The good harvest this year come about as a result of their efforts too? |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 06:08 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I will believe when |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 06:09 AM Response to Original message |
23. I love them |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
24. OWS has been a resounding success. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
27. What is OWS doing.... |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
102. Yes. nt |
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kaffy4x4 (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
28. OWS movement |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
30. They made conservatives love their government |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
31. Seriously? |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Seriously? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Or an argument, period. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
53. Sigh |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Have you been getting crap about your tagline since OWS? |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #54 |
88. Every now and then by non-thinkers |
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PETRUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #88 |
100. I wondered if that was your reference! |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. hmm... |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #57 |
89. Aw, guess I was wrong |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. "that socialism instead of capitalism is the answer." Did you even read what you posted? nt |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #89 |
101. Pathetic... |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #89 |
103. Oh, and PS: |
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Dawgs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Yet you continue to use it. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #63 |
90. Then give me one of those reasons. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #53 |
82. OWS is not anti-capitalist. If anything, it is pro-captialist |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #82 |
91. Well thought out and reasoned response Tav |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #91 |
104. Yes there are many instances of INDIVIDUALS being anti-capitalist |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
77. That "1% er" probably means he is biker |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
86. Life is good in the bubble. Apparently. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
81. You really need to start paying attention |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
32. xoxoxoxo Occupiers |
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riverbendviewgal (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
34. awesome |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
36. I have a much easier time talking to people about union issues at work |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
39. I see the usual contingent of naysayers have weighed in. |
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Huey P. Long (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
41. Do not waste too much of your time with detractors. They are a 'heat sink'. |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 10:24 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. You're right. It is maddening that people here do not see the obvious |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
56. Too true. |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #56 |
96. Bravo! |
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kctim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #41 |
94. Seeing how the support OWS needs is not there |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
45. Don't forget the WORLD! |
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raouldukelives (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
46. K&R |
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randome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
47. OWS has helped change the conversation. |
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SixthSense (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
48. wait, what? |
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Highway61 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
49. K & R |
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byronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
50. Changed everything, within a matter of weeks. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
51. And more attorneys general are prosecuting banks and distancing from settlement talks. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
55. And you didn't even list "bringing together hundreds of thousands of Americans |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Well said. nt |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
60. "did" is so past tense. |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
65. I would prefer that we phrase the question differently: |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #65 |
80. Agreed nt |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
70. I LOVE how OWS pisses off all the RIGHT people! |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
73. The City of LA (and maybe Albany, New York too) |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
75. And all in less than 3 months! |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
78. Kicked and recommended. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
79. AND... |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
83. The "Tea Party Is Dying" meme |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. There was an article recently published in the NYT |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #87 |
98. OK. Let's see how many of them get voted out next year |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
84. Its having an impact in the marketplace as well |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-07-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
85. I attribute the reversal on the millionaires tax, to OWS |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
93. K&R! |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
95. Some foreclosure sales stopped, banks negotiate with foreclosed homeowners... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #95 |
105. 100% On Board with the OccupyOurHomes aims |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-08-11 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
97. Yes. I need new deodorant. |
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