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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 12:57 PM Original message |
I have concluded that this country is in a death spiral... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Welcome to DU... |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. You should be aware that even though many of us agree with you about the 2 party system, we know |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I wonder if the Romans or citizens of other failed nations throughout history felt the same. |
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Blue Meany (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. It's worse than it looks on the surface... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. +1, n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
88. Agreed, but currently impossible. The cheers of "the DOW is up and the economy is good" |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Gone: Taking a stand and living what is right without NEEDING a group to prop you up. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Gone > Doing what is Right & Good, because it IS Right & Good, not for pay, not for rewards |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. I blame the media |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Between the Media's need to "mainstream" Extremist right-wing views and this Supreme Court decision |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. Agree! nt |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. So true, the media instead of being investigative and exposing the crap leverages |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. There's hope. |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. $35.00 crowns! |
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Blue Meany (986 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. When the dollar crashes our labor will be worth more on |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. The dollar is the worlds reserve currency |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. Coup d'etat 2000: When the SCOTUS proved itself CORRUPT, that was it. THE END OF AMERICA. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. For me, that was the shocking moment that I became disillusioned |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I knew the jig was up when they cancelled Arrested Development |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
95. +1 |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
73. Me too and I'm a lawyer. Broke my heart and made me quit |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
55. 12/12/2000 ... Nobody peeped a word back then. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
67. That is EXACTLY the day 'America' ended. n/t |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
93. Yup. That was when it became apparent.. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. We're doomed regardless. Look at Texas where they're trying to rewrite history. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. I know what you mean, PC. Sometimes I find myself looking |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Toffler was Correct! |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Exactly. We are now living the future shock. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
16. Maybe - but it also reminds of the tea partiers who long for the greatness of the past |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
19. you thought it would be easy? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
20. Short lifetime, Chicken Little? |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. do you now? |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. I compare this as living in a global Ponzi |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. but - still, ultimately - the people hold the power |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. +1 for the Marge Piercy poem! |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
43. I love that poem. Thanks for thinking of putting it here. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. i have concluded that chicken little'ism is as dependable as death and taxes |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yep. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
62. These are but a few of the prices that must be paid for the joy of living in a RW society wherein |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. See: Arizona |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. oh for heavens sake |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. you're right... |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. There's a lot more to our economy than just manufacturing |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. So don't vote republican. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. Chicken Little thread #2345 |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
59. You sound like Orrin Hatch calling Clinton's 1997 terrorism bill "Chicken Little stuff". |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
35. The other day, I scanned DU's dungeon which I do occasionally because |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
36. lol. the obligatory daily "it's all over and we're all doomed" post |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. It's bound to be true, sooner or later. So they keep saying it. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Yeah, because shit like this is nothing to worry about: |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. who said that that shouldn't be a worry? |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. I see stuff like this starting to happen here too. Stores that just go away overnight and |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
42. It's the death spiral of an empire |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. There is an awful awful lot of history here. All empires have felt they were |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
44. It's not cynical; it's selective attention |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. True without being Truth. Excellent!, and very useful, distinction! |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
47. I've been feeling similar for sometime now. n/t |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
48. Based on the particular folks who are checking in to assure us you've got it all wrong, ... |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Right you are!!! |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
49. As one poster said sometime ago... "It's like watching a slow motion |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
53. Half of DU won't be able to understand ONE FUCKING WORD you wrote, not one |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:57 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. Is that b/c |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:58 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. It was meant for those of you who have trouble comprehending, that 50% |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
56. Pining for some fantastical past America that never existed again? |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #56 |
60. WTF... |
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Leftist Agitator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 08:16 AM Response to Reply #60 |
71. YHBT. |
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southernyankeebelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
61. I totally agree with you. We have to make sure we get the vote out on election day. It is a must. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
63. Religion has legitimized ignorance and irrationality in this country. |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
64. I'm almost sixty and |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Perhaps, but I'm over 50 and have to say I've seen a real deterioration of American values |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. I've heard that one many many times as well |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 10:44 AM Response to Reply #69 |
72. I disagree. I think it's gotten much worse. |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #72 |
85. It is cyclic and |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 02:07 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. The original point remains: this country is in a downward spiral |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #85 |
89. And when, in your 60 years, has it got better? n/t |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. It depends on what you're looking at |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. When someone is stealing all the water, the "glass half full" view is not positive, it's simply fear |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #85 |
94. This thread gives a good explanation of why this downward spiral is more than merely cyclic. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #65 |
78. BurtWorm, people on the right are saying exactly the same thing, except... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. It's a fact that the downturn has coincided with the rise of conservatives in power. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #78 |
92. confusing party with philosophy only serves to distract from the issue. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
66. yes...and the fear after 9/11 sped up the spiral...we've got about 10 more years until... |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-25-10 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
68. On this I hate to agree with you, but i do. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
70. Our position as world leader is ending |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
74. Turn your TV and computer off for a few days |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. +1 |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
75. Oh, bullshit |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Self-congratulatory? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. It's a little too literary and condescending to be genuine, IMO nt |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. No, it was genuine. |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
82. People have always been like this. |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
83. Something us and the Tea Party have in common. nt |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
84. You are obviously very dramatic and young. Not a student of |
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BakedAtAMileHigh (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #84 |
96. condescending and blatantly false |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 04:27 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. I'm not acting. |
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h9socialist (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
87. The World is always changing . . . |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
97. Wake me up when the sky actually gets here |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
99. RW wants nothing but to ruin this country through greed and thievery. |
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