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BayCityProgressive
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Fri Jan-12-07 12:58 PM Original message |
Does anyone actually believe this is a Democracy? |
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Norquist Nemesis
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Even us being a 'democratic republic' is debatable |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ummmmmmm, We Are A Democracy. |
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screembloodymurder
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. You're in denial. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. No, I'm In The Factually Accurate Reality Based Community. We Are A Democracy, PERIOD. |
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ProdigalJunkMail
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. to mirror your tone |
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ProdigalJunkMail
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Sorry, OMC, we are not |
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demnan
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. You are right |
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Selatius
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's not really a dictatorship at all. |
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Mandate My Ass
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. That about sums it up for me |
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Selatius
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I updated the message a little bit, but I think it's still spot on about oligarchy. n/t |
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Mandate My Ass
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Yes, what we see is theater |
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pampango
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. If the newly elected Congress is able to rein Bush in, does that become a |
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Selatius
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. This is why I disagreed with the assertion the US is a dictatorship. |
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Uncle Joe
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. I totally agree Selatius, |
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blm
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. Secrecy and privilege is killing what's left of our democracy. |
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Selatius
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Harry Reid seems to have fucked over the anti-corruption Dems here. |
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slackmaster
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. It was never supposed to be a true Democracy |
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eauclaireliberal
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. No, it is an oligarchy |
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Virginia Dare
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Don't you mean oiligarchy?...n/t |
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eauclaireliberal
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Oops, my bad |
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JustABozoOnThisBus
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's run by TV news. That makes it a mediocracy. |
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blm
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I think your point is DEAD ON ACCURATE. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. 51 out of the top 100 economies in the world are corporations. |
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NotGivingUp
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. nope....not a democracy. the elite lead us to believe it's a democracy so we won't revolt. |
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NotGivingUp
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
16. no democracy here...and the ones ruling us are making sure democracies do not start anywhere else. |
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TahitiNut
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
18. Our democracy could only be surrendered, not taken. |
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bobbie
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
19. Thanks for saying this BayCityProgressive, I'll add a followup |
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Tyrone Slothrop
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. Nope, we're living in a corporate republic |
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Virginia Dare
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. You are 100 percent correct...n/t |
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ProdigalJunkMail
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. this is a real thorn in my side... |
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Amonester
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. Never Forget |
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jobycom
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
29. It's a Republic, just about the way our Founders set it up to be |
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Spider Jerusalem
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. It never has been. Nor was it intended to be. |
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Stevepol
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
34. Biggest factor of all: the use of privatized vote counting. |
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baldguy
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Fri Jan-12-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
35. ...of the corporations, by the corporations and for the corporations. |
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Nye Bevan
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Fri Jan-12-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
36. I do |
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Conan_The_Barbarian
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Fri Jan-12-07 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
37. I don't know if America as we knew it can come back |
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