I'm offended. Are you? (non candidate post)

allalone

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Sat Jan-19-08 02:52 PM
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I'm offended. Are you? (non candidate post)

I'm offended by the resident calling us consumers all the time. We're citizens, jerk.

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Glenda

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Sat Jan-19-08 02:55 PM
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1. that's very telling, isn't it?

:eyes:

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ayeshahaqqiqa

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Sat Jan-19-08 02:57 PM
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2. Yay! A NON candidate post!

Concentrating on the one that deserves our disdain, loathing, and every crack we can make about him.

He doesn't see us as human beings, much less citizens.

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NanceGreggs

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Sat Jan-19-08 03:00 PM
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3. Well, you know Bush's incapacity for understanding words ...

He probably thinks "consumers" is the word you use to describe people who are being "conned".

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Raejeanowl

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Sat Jan-19-08 06:03 PM
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9. I Had Something Else In Mind, Nance

He considers us consumers as in "eat sh*t and die."

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Adsos Letter

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Sat Jan-19-08 03:01 PM
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4. Citizenry involves the Constitution...

and all that other stuff that goes with that "piece of paper."

:sarcasm:

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Solly Mack

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Sat Jan-19-08 03:29 PM
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5. Exactly

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LeftishBrit

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Sat Jan-19-08 04:28 PM
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6. Obviously he runs the best government that money can buy!

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Kucinich4America

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Sat Jan-19-08 04:32 PM
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8. Well, actually he doesn't run it, Cheney does

And even the corporations are starting to question whether its the best they could buy.

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Raejeanowl

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Sat Jan-19-08 06:06 PM
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10. That Is Pretty Miserable

When even the bad guys and special interests are starting to feel screwed.

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iamthebandfanman

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Sat Jan-19-08 04:32 PM
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7. he didnt hafta say it

to know thats what we are to them...

so no, im not offended... infact im impressed by his blatent honesty ... haha.
hes been doing that alot lately, being blatently wrong(because he doesnt give a shit). lol.

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lumberjack_jeff

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Sat Jan-19-08 06:07 PM
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11. "Taxpayers" and "Consumers"

Edited on Sat Jan-19-08 06:09 PM by lumberjack_jeff

I read a fascinating essay discussing the modern trend to use "taxpayer" in lieu of "citizen". The basic upshot was that it reduces citizenship to a transaction.

Until the 1950's, "consumption" was a disease, and "consumer" was a bad thing.

Good point.

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