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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:24 PM Original message |
Is a collapsed economy enough of a reason to declare Martial Law? |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. very interesting thought |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Welcome to my Brain :) |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. We may need to revisit those infamous "Executive Orders" |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. I remember reading there were food riots in the 1930s and people starved to death. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Do you think the New Deal would happen now? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I hold the position that FDR would never have been elected if it weren't for the Great Depression. |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. And what was one of the families names...Bush! |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. The Bush Family was behind it. nt |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. Read "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Bingo! |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Exactly right. n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. He thought about it, that is why the Executive Order he signed |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. well there is panic and that's reason enough for bushco |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Exactly, we saw how well he handled Katrina, and that was regional. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Why you "tin foil hater" , you! Why do you hate tin foil? |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. save that tinfoil.... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. Oh, good grief. How silly. What does the word "martial" mean? |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. How quickly you forget about Law Enforcement, and not all of our guard troops |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. You do know that not all troops are over there |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Ever heard of Blackwater? |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Uh, Blackwater works for real money. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
31. We're a different type here. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. Only if it's associated with a riot. I wouldn't put it past them to start one. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Like people charging the grocery store or the banks? |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Possibly -- though I'm thinking something larger and am afraid to post it here |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I get ya, sometimes it is better to keep it to yourself. |
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irish.lambchop (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
21. I doubt we'll see armed military in our streets . . . |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. there are 50,000 troops five miles from me. |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I heard something about "hired foreign military" |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't think you're being paranoid. |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. If martial law happens |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. but what about the new technologies on crowd control |
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better tomorrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. or make us vomit.....see article..... |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Excellent advice, having your supplies ahead of time and avoiding the riots. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
33. Wait, we need a reason now? |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
35. It's the weekly martial law thread |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I know. My current theory is they play too many video games. |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. The so called conspiracy theorists could be wrong but that... |
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superkia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. The so called conspiracy theorists could be wrong but that... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
39. * wants to be Dictatortot aka King George. I have NO doubt he's looking for a way to make it happen. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
40. It takes an army far larger than we have to subdue this country. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. It worked for Hitler |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
42. 6 months.....mid July |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-14-08 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
43. Funny you should ask: The LA riots began April 1992. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-15-08 12:23 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. yes. |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-16-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
47. Yes. The most simple solution will be to declare a dictatorship. |
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