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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:17 AM Original message |
Face it, "working the system" is not going to get us anywhere |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
1. Getting pissed and taking action |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Only to a certain extent, |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. The bulk of the labor battles |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Actually a great many were riots, |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
117. The Second Amendment anticipates small wars. nt |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. Bullshit.... |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #118 |
121. ... |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
65. sort of. The anti war (Iraq) protests were cordoned off into "FREE SPEECH ZONES", |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. You make valid points. A case could be made that working the |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. A very strong case, |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. Exactly -- !! Riding the "lesser of evils" bus only gets you more evil -- !! |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. Extra electoral remedies......... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
48. American workers are only a few steps from slavery -- and even those who were |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
127. a story on consumerist says corps. are looking to use your off-job behaviour |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #127 |
137. I'm sure that could be happening .... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yep, it's a system now meant to suppress people and ideas while professing to |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. Protests |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. This statement IMO hit the nail on the head. "the remaining 75% know somethings wrong, |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
128. so the question drags on for another decade: why has the "left" not created |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. I've had the same question in my mind for years and have never found a |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #130 |
139. Agree -- but let's be clear that the rightwing owns the corporate-press .... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #139 |
141. Thanks, that made it very clear and agree 1000%. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #128 |
138. Recently .... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
49. One of the main elite goals is to keep the public from understand this is a LIBERAL nation ---!! |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
8. Well, first you would need millions of people who agree with you. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. IMO it's a very unstable country prone to move L or R depending on who |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Have you seen the unbiased polls of the public? |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. The American people, by and large, want no part of revolution |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. The American people, by and large, are so disgusted with the system that they don't vote, period. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. So what are you waiting for? Where are the millions of people |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Wow, you are out of touch with people, aren't you. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. No... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:22 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Ooo, the almighty has spoken, |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. No... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #42 |
53. "You guys" |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I'm not on the side of those who... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Ah, so that would mean that you would oppose those in the Civil Rights movement, |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. I don't recall any of them... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Wow, you do need to educate yourself, |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. I suggest you provide proof of... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #68 |
76. I just did, do you have a problem with reading comprehension? |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Referring me to a single book doesn't... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #78 |
85. Have you read that book? |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #85 |
94. Dude... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #94 |
98. Funny, I only referred to four books, |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #98 |
113. Sorry... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #66 |
104. Deleted message |
sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Here's some real research on who doesn't vote. Hint: It's got |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #40 |
52. Hahaha! I knew you would pick that one. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #52 |
69. So 1 out of 4 non voters are disgusted with politics. Not angry, |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #69 |
77. I suggest that you go back and reread that more carefully, |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. Really? Are these non voters considering revolution? How many |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. Quit trying to... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:09 PM Response to Reply #83 |
87. Oh you know me, I don't shut up easily, |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Maybe, maybe not, |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #69 |
116. Actually according to those stats.......... |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
124. They come in all stripes |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. These guys couldn't... |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. True. nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. I don't buy it for a second. The American people are uneducated, anti-intellectual |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Wow, so you think that revolutions are made up of the intellectual elite? |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Cite some of these... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Go educate yourself, |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. "Go educate yourself" |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Duuuuude. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. Dude... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Where was the Civil rights movement in 1950? |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Well, then... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #73 |
79. LOL, how sad, how predictable |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. How am I trying to... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:58 AM Original message |
bwaahahahahahhahahhahah. pathetic. sorry, dear but it doesn't work that way |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
134. It is all made up fantasy. Don't be fooled. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #45 |
75. Here are some: |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #75 |
90. Here's another |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #90 |
135. And I bet they are happy his grandbabies are dead too! |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
133. Nothing to see here, Go back to sleep. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #41 |
72. did I say that? no of course not. your desperation is evident. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #72 |
101. You're certainly implying it. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
60. It's a LIBERAL nation ... !! 80% want an end to the wars -- 76%+ want MEDICARE FOR ALL!! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #60 |
103. and there's always a big contingent at DU telling us these astroturfer are representative of "the |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. What? All 12 of them? Have you seen the HUNDREDS |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Do you think the protesters in Wisconsin want a revolution? |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
47. So what's going to happen when the "legal" means |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I'm amused that you actually think there's going to be a |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
112. That's NOT what I said.......... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
63. K/R for your post -- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
51. T-Party is a Koch Bros. creation -- !! Like the DLC ... it can be harmful but it's fake ...$$$ |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
11. People have to have the ability to walk away |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I don't think that you're understanding what the system is, |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. WE've done all the protesting and it hasn't worked |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Yep, that's what I'm saying, |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I know. DEMAND it loudly and rudely............ |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
71. Well, certainly protests did work -- but rw always finds a way to reverse progress with $$$ --- |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
46. "is not considered to be part of the system" |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
14. Only when the people have demonstratable power are elections |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
74. First, we need to dump the Diebold voting computers into Boston Harbor -- !! |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #74 |
84. What good is that if the same parties and politicans dominate? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #84 |
89. You think Democrats have control of the voting computers? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #89 |
102. Why should that matter? |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. Right on! This one's a keeper. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #102 |
123. So you think Dems have been stealing elections as GOP has been? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 07:02 AM Response to Reply #123 |
145. What I'm saying is that the net results make the proposition moot |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #145 |
147. You can argue with the entire set up -- as Pres. Carter does ... but even if you had |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 08:18 AM Response to Reply #147 |
149. But first you've got to have the power... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #149 |
150. Well, correct -- but that's another issue -- |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #150 |
151. I don't think "we" have anybody. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. Agree with you -- |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #84 |
114. And we're OFF.......... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. "that act as a "shadow" government that's actually OF the people" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #114 |
153. True -- Don't see Dems giving up corporatist money -- and then there's Koch/DLC thing!! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Just as long as you folks stay the fuck out of my state |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. As Howard Zinn once said, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:39 AM Response to Reply #38 |
55. and that has what to do with my post? |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Big difference between government working and good government |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #55 |
62. Well, you've got yours so I guess the rest of us can fuck off. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
91. Loved Howard Zinn -- still do!! Thank you -- never heard that quote before!! :) |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
23. Unrec. Can't stand defeatism nt |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Defeatism? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 07:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
146. Recced to counter pro-status quo unrecc. nt |
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fivepennies (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
25. Still valid after all these years |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
26. Wrong: the Bush* era was made possible by an assist from the left in 2000. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. + 1 n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #26 |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
80. Wrong again. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #80 |
108. +1 |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #80 |
119. Do you at least think Kerry would have been better? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
43. Only agitation from outside government -- movements will change things -- |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
88. Two questions for you. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. First of all, civil disobedience, by its very nature, is not working the system |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #92 |
107. Yep, Stonewall was the turning point for the Gay Rights movement, prior to |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #92 |
111. No need to be snippy. I know the history. Trying to see your |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #88 |
100. Just an aside .... |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
93. Sad, but true. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
95. "Working within the system" is like trying to bluff a rich guy holding a Royal Flush. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
96. this might be a better argument if we had won in 2010 |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
97. "Otherwise, if we continue to politely work the system, we are simply playing into their hands" |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
99. k&r |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
106. k & r |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
109. Cool - at least some people see it |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
110. IMO there is clearly an undercurrent of discontentment growing and growing. What |
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mountainlion55 (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
120. Strike Strike Strike!!! |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
122. What else is there? |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
125. I would say protesting is definitely 'working the system' |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #125 |
126. Thank you!! I believe it's called the right of the people peaceably to assemble. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #125 |
129. How about this protest? |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. Works for me! Too bad this didn't get lots of runs on MSM. I've seen this |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #129 |
143. I'm not a lawyer, but I don't think any laws were broken n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #125 |
142. Well, these days they've pretty much made protesting illegal -- haven't they? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
131. It will take a movement. We can't sit on our asses any more. |
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bluestate10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
136. Getting republicans elected will get you down a rabbit hole. nt |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
140. I think, honestly, that not enough American People are Pissed Off enough to make the changes |
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white_wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-16-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
144. This system is too corrupt to change from within. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 09:32 PM Response to Reply #144 |
148. You better hope that isn't true, because the fantasies posited throught this thread and DU are |
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