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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:01 PM Original message |
Does it seem that a malaise has spread over DU? |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, it's hard to stay upbeat when Bush and Cheney skate every time... |
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BobRossi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Liberals have NO allies in Washington. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Russ Feingold, Barbara Boxer, John Conyers, Congressional Black Caucas |
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BobRossi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Oh, and they have been so effective. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. oh yeah, another person who doesnt understand how Congress works |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. They are Democrats first and liberals second. |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. The fight never ends..... |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
49. Where it gets depressing is when it feels like |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
72. Kudos to you and LSK. Few words, but some of the wisest and most |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #72 |
77. Why, thank you! |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. That -is- interesting. It's encouraging what a small world we live in. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Corporate fascism has dug its skin diseased bony figures into |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. I love your imagery |
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terisan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. Reality of Being Liberal is that we create openings for middle-of-roaders. |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
48. De Gaulle did get France out of Algeria eventually |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 11:00 AM Response to Reply #48 |
71. De Gaulle also did the US out of France, which, as Eisenhower's |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:21 PM Response to Reply #71 |
79. It is amazing he did so. The Germans have managed only |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
7. We had a bad week. Bush gave congress a "sophie's choice" where |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. Some "do-gooder" is going to accuse of you concern trolling and start a flamewar... |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I've never been accused of being a troll |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
45. And it aint gonna happen on my watch. |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Thanks BeHereNow! |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. I can't read or post as much as I used to for a while |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Hope you get to feeling better soon, shadowknows69. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I'm feeling pretty good |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. The inevitable after-effect of proclamations by Pollyanna ... |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. not only malaise, but extreme self censorship |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Now don't do that. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. many more of my views border on anarchist rather than democratic |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. If you believe something you should speak up and not worry about how others respond. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. How DARE you self-censor!?! Where do you get off not expressing an opinion?! |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Mayonaise spread on DU??!! |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. LOL |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. It's mayonnaise. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #36 |
75. And some have been casting asparagus on DU! |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. Meh. We'll get over it. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
73. You are right; there is a sense of drama day by day |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. You shoulda been here after the last Presidential election |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I was. |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Maybe we'll just have to chalk it up to different perspectives |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
50. The elections forum was full of hope in those days |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. That's when I joined. I thought that was normal. n/t |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I guess it was 'normal' for a few years. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I love reading Skinner's account of the first few days of DU |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. It's information warfare using the full spectrum dominance model |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
43. And "they" are so painfully obvious here on DU... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. Just hum a few choruses, in unison with the congress, of "There'll be pie in the sky when you die." |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
33. Why don't you just ask malaise? |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Is he a DU member or a troll? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. malaise is a wonderful DUer. |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Agreed... |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 12:01 AM Response to Reply #38 |
64. ...with a very nice autobiography. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
34. ...more ennui than malaise...n/t |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
37. you do it to yourself by overblowing the vote on one supplemental |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
40. Oh So Pessemistic/cynical /depressed...Cheer you guys, we cannot let go |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. That's right. We don't forget, we don't give up, we don't go away |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
41. We are all still mourning Jerry Falwell. Give us a few months PLEASE! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. LOL! Never was there such a dark day since |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Love your tag line. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Are you trying to get me busted? |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:47 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Nope. Sister Shotgun of Moderation here n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 12:11 AM Response to Reply #57 |
65. I hope we get to meet at the next subcommittee meeting. |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
51. You got that right, but here's some links to ponder over |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:03 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Thanks |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. . . . |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
53. No, not malaise |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
58. The Bush administration is like a 6 year-long toothache |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 11:06 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. You have a way with words.... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
60. Henry Waxman gives cause for hope. |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
61. Most of us were disappointed with the recent vote |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
62. I admit I'm bummed out-when I see how Rosie was treated & how Cindy was dissed here on DU and |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
63. who fucking cares? |
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Bosso 63 (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
66. It seems to me that "we" want the administration to end now, |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
67. YES, especially if you foolishly click on threads that focus on such crap. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
68. perhaps, though i refer to it as myopia, and have done so for some time... |
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Nightjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
69. I have been getting very down lately too |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. That was significant |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
74. Is that you, Jimmy Carter? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
76. lookie... a war machine is most difficult to stop once it gets started. |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
80. 1. we have freedom of choice 2. the goal is not to be happy |
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