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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 12:54 PM Original message |
I don't think that the country can take too much more of this... |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. i'm afraid I agree. this is starting to smell like summer '67 or '68. |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That is exactly what this reminds me of... |
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Mr_Jefferson_24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. I agree. It's like there's a giant tsunami coming and many of us know it... |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. A good portion don't care as long as the pot and meth |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Bullshit - scapegoating. |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:43 PM Response to Reply #8 |
58. I was referring to what it would take for some people to truly get mad... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. I think there's plenty of anger to go around, just not many effective options. |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. And a bigger number don't care as long as their cable is working. |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
57. That may be the bigger problem unfortunately.... |
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churchofreality (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. There is no passion from the college age kids. |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yep, if the young 'ens faced being drafted... |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. "These kids" are going to clean up this country. |
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churchofreality (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I agree the younger generation is much more progressive |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. What would you consider "active"? |
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churchofreality (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. I'd like to see them in the streets. |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. See above about protesting. |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 05:24 PM Response to Reply #38 |
68. it CAN work if massive protests occur in multiple cities/campuses... |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
55. They could try voting |
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churchofreality (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #55 |
66. Great point. |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Let them start the draft... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Bullshit - stereotyping. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
31. Our local political groups |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Mention the draft.. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. We have |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Well, I say drastic times call for drastic measures.. |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. There won't be a draft. |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. I didn't say I want the draft or that we need it... |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. I don't. I really don't. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. You've named your problem. |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Some people need to get out of the 1970s. |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I agree especially.. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Well, it may not be entirely different, but there are differences that must be acknowledged. |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. I let young people who I am associated with... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. We've survived a civil war and various social revolutions, why not this? |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. It depends on what sort of change people are expected to accept |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I didn't say change was always good, and you actually proved my point. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. I did not realize you were refering to a form of revolution |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Revolution is just a fancy name for big change. Call it what you want. - n/t |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. I think that the country is different,.. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. The country is always different when we repeat a pattern predictably. |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. The GOP has pitted so many groups against each other... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. What you reap is what you sew. |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. I think that you may believe that but... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. If they're never heard from or thought of, you don't know what they're thinking, either. |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. That is the problem... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Actually, the last sentence was the serious one. |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I hope you don't take this as an insult... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. So much for not taking it as an insult. |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Really I don't give a damn if you take it seriously or not. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Why are you trying to fight with me? |
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The_Commonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. We need to kill capitalism... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Kill corporatism, not capitalism. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
43. Capitalism and corporatism are the same thing now -- |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. No, they are not the same thing. Equating the two is a propagandistic lie. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:12 AM Response to Reply #50 |
69. Capitalism was invented by the Vatican to succeed Feudalism... |
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Firespirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. I saw V for Vendetta for the first time (yes, don't hurt me) the other night |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Some think that it will be like it was in the past ... |
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churchofreality (545 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. I like the part when Natalie Portman was in the little schoolgirl uniform |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. Well, there ARE some measures to take. . . |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. the US is like a pressure cooker right now. |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. You can feel it and... |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. It certainly is |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
39. It's Frickin' Paralysing Me |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Many times I wish I was ignorent to all of this crap |
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Wiley50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I hear you. same here n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
40. As you saw from Wolf Blitzer/CNN the other day . .. the lies march on .. . |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
52. I guess we'll all have to put our money together and buy CNN out |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:13 AM Response to Reply #52 |
70. Just turn off the TV's . . . that will work -- |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. but people won't turn their TV off |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
63. Time to scream NO,FUCK YOU right back |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-11-07 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
64. we're tougher than they are .. it just takes a while to wake up obviously |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-12-07 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
71. America's survived it's fucking capital being burned to the ground. |
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