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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:31 AM Original message |
I think if we let them, repubs would bring back slavery. |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. I agree. As wealth becomes more and more concentrated ... |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Their free market, not ours |
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liberaldemocrat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
68. The Republicans enjoy wage slavery. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well there is a difference |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Slaves were all equal in Rome. |
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Cobalt-60 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
71. I think I would make a poor slave |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. What do you mean would? What do you think a debt based society is |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 11:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
81. Exactly. They are bringing it back already, in disguise. nm |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yup...they would do it in a heartneat..... |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. I believe they have brought it back, but it is just not encoded in the law |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
7. Absolutely. Slavery is great, if you're the slave master. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
8. It will not be called "indentured servitude" anymore |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. Not fair. |
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Gato Moteado (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. the whole of the Rs IS the weird fringe right |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
48. I bet you're really good at persuading people to support Democratic candidates |
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Gato Moteado (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. i'm a horrible spokesperson for the left |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #55 |
77. no i don't. but i also don't think every repub thinks chimpy and great are great |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. You are limiting the term slavery to Africans. GOPers are likely to enslave |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. Slavery is not economically feasible anymore, you've got to feed, clothe and.... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Less than minimum wage illegal migrant workers are slaves. |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Yes |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. True that |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. We'll all be enslaved, and under the banner of "freedom" |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Haven't you heard? "Arbeit macht frei" |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 09:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. I was going to make a similar point! Plus, if you don't own the slave |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
11. I Still Have My Doubts About Who Actually Won The Civil War !!! |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
63. No, I'm pretty sure General Lee surrendered... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. I am pretty sure that wall street won. nt. |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
13. Let them...WHO would stop them? |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Democrats don't support the slaves! |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
18. Only if we ran out of cheap energy |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
23. ............. |
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deutsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
24. Yes Men Hoax showed that "compassionate slavery" was ok with Office of the US Trade Rep. |
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Nunyabiz (504 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
25. The majority of these Cristofascist Rethugs |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
26. Yes, a small number of them actually would do that |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. I could be wrong about this but I think the Republicans did via |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
28. And in a 5-4 decision, Clarence Thomas would cast the deciding vote ... |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
29. while I understand your point |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:46 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I never thought Americans would accept torturing P.O.W.'s, but they did. |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. what the hell |
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Philosoraptor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Hell is where you are right now, how'd you wander in? |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. It isn't about Democrats or Republicans, it's about ideology. |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. well what about |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Which is why I said, it isn't about "names". |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
57. Exactly, the Republicans of Lincoln's time were left-libertarians, mainly |
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NoGOPZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. 'Halfway intelligent' leaves out most of the GOP |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
34. Maybe not slavery, per se, but definitely a Feudilistic type of societ |
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Sapphire Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
36. Charles Rangel: "This guestworker program's the closest thing I've ever seen to slavery."... |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
38. They already have |
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MistressOverdone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
39. Back in the day |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
40. BTW - Keith Nelson (R) openly supports it. Here's the video. |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
42. You greatly trivialize slavery. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
44. They have brought back slavery - it's called Illegal Immigrants |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Yes, indeed, LynneSin. And Dems are helping them implement |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
46. I bet you are right. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
47. Of course they would |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
49. Maybe not slavery, but segregation |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
50. Slavery? Most Rethuglikkans are cannibals |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
51. so why haven't they tried? |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
52. Amusing, since it was the Democrats who fought for it way back when. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
53. We already have a form of slavery |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
54. They are, they're just calling it a drug war |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
56. I think if we let them, Republicans would condone torture.... |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
58. Check prison industry. Read this "greatest" thread from 2 weeks ago |
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Duppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
59. I agree |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
60. I agree completely. Monsters is what they are, such a high percentage of them |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
61. Well, it's just a small step away from illegal immigrant labor |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:22 AM Response to Reply #61 |
85. The current Karmabanque Radio podcast is about this topic. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
62. Didn't Rep. Roar-a-backer already suggest this? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
64. That would cut into profits; they prefer sharecropping |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
65. Off you go |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
66. Hey, why rely on actual slavery when it can be imposed artificially |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
67. What do you mean 'bring back'? |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
70. Republicans hate two kinds of government: |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
72. They would bring back slavery, and women would wear burkas... |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
73. ****THEY'RE ALREADY DOING IT!!!!!**** |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #73 |
84. Mike Malloy talked about the use of slave labor to build our embassy in Iraq |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
74. It seems a theme, doesn't it? How convenient that Mexico and Central America are right next door. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
75. That's just bullshit |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Well, we don't want to do the strawman attacks that Republicans did, do we? |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. It shold be remembered this is not the Party of Lincoln... |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
76. Slaves..."Relocated Zero Wage Workers" ...of course they |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
78. Absolutely they would. n/t |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
82. They repugs support slavery right now. Working 40 hours a week |
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pat_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
83. Already done. "Guest worker program" |
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UrbScotty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
86. They already have - it's called WAL-MART (TM) |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
87. Oh yeah, they would. |
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