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(58,564 posts)Thanks for the thread, sheshe.
abakan
(1,819 posts)Too bad they come by infrequently.
George II
(67,782 posts)abakan
(1,819 posts)pampango
(24,692 posts)the diversity, rather than what we all have in common, to pit one against another.
Igel
(35,390 posts)And you still think that's true of only conservatives?
Much of what Obama said about differences and rivalries, factions, that often hobble Africa is entirely true of the US. Limiting it to traditional tribal affiliations is like thinking of art as being only Renaissance oil paintings.
Now that's a real hobble.
pampango
(24,692 posts)accepting of diversity and multiculturalism than are conservatives.
Liberals are not totally immune from focusing on how "THEY" are different from "US" using race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, etc. (I would question how "liberal" those liberals really are.) But for conservatives the big three of "family values", "freedom (religious/gun/etc.)" and "patriotism/nationalism" all involve appeals to fear and emotion to motivate the base to vote to protect "US" from "THEM". I don't see that liberals in general do the same to anywhere close to the same degree.
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)he would have bailed out Main St. instead of Wall St.
sheshe2
(84,072 posts)I can set my watch by you.
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)I didn't write anything that wasn't true.
sheshe2
(84,072 posts)Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)So he didn't bail out Wall St. and he bailed out Main St. instead?
I must be in Bizarro World.
sheshe2
(84,072 posts)is the answer to everything from people that have no answers.
I am not going to find the info for you, figure it out for yourself.
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)Obama bailed out Wall St. Holder, an Obama hire, did absolutely nothing to hold Wall St. accountable.
That's the truth.
sheshe2
(84,072 posts)does it hurt you?
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)840high
(17,196 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Right?
You're not?
SunSeeker
(51,811 posts)Shameful that you feel compelled to shit on this beautiful OP about how we are all related, we are one people.
And you did it with right wing lies. Disgusting.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabilization_Act_of_2008
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)Matt Taibbi
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2009/12/13/obamas-big-sellout-president-has-packed-his-economic-team-wall-street-insiders
That's for starters. Research the rest.
SunSeeker
(51,811 posts)And as your link notes, Obama was not president yet.
If you want to discuss the Wall Street bailout, start your own thread, don't shit on one that has nothing to do with it.
Unknown Beatle
(2,672 posts)"but the revolting and inexcusable $306 billion bailout that Citigroup received was the first major act of his presidency."
Uncle Joe
(58,564 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)A simple conclusion you want to be true.
sheshe2
(84,072 posts)It has to be shat on.
treestar
(82,383 posts)And with broad brush absurdities too!
sheshe2
(84,072 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)sheshe2
(84,072 posts)I will write it down and post it, freshwest.
SunSeeker
(51,811 posts)Science teaches us we are all connected, we are all family. And, as Neil deGrasse Tyson says, we are made of stars, literally.
You gave me some peace before I sleep. I just responded to an ugly post.
Thank you for your words. I will sleep better because of them.