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FightingIrish
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:07 PM Original message |
Why aren’t we in the streets? |
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EbenezerMcIntosh
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. You will be, soon. |
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Hugabear
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yep - pretty soon, many of us may be living on those streets |
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burythehatchet
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. well...... |
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Indiana_Dem
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm with 'ya! You're not alone! nt |
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Runcible Spoon
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. honestly, don't hold your breath for any fundamental, earth-shaking change. |
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napoleon_in_rags
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. You're completely right. |
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DaveJ
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. Quite honestly, it's not by choice. |
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EbenezerMcIntosh
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. It is not by our choice, for sure. |
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WheelWalker
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. I couldn't agree with you more, comrade. I've got one revolution left...that's it. |
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Mind_your_head
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. We're "keeping our powder dry" |
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TheWatcher
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Thu Jul-17-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
83. Dry Powder is For Baby's Bottoms. |
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HCE SuiGeneris
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yep. It is all or nothing at this point. |
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rhiannon55
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm with you |
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Rosa Luxemburg
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
13. many people are saying oh well let's get more in debt! |
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seriousstan
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. Because we're behind our keyboards...DUH! |
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Wednesdays
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. Why? Because the M$M will make them all look like a bunch of kooks |
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undeterred
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. We can't afford to be arrested. |
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CrispyQ
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. Because: |
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spag68
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Janis |
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spag68
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. Hitting the streets |
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wundermaus
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. The only reason to be "in the streets" is provide target practice... |
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cliffordu
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. DING DING DING We have a winner!! |
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Raksha
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
35. You're absolutely right...act like we are at war, |
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agent46
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #20 |
74. What the maus said... n/t |
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cliffordu
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. I've been glib about this before..... |
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Mind_your_head
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. There will be "rioting in the streets' when there are Snack food shortages.... |
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cliffordu
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Heh. The snack food revolution... |
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billyoc
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
86. Oh, God, the red ones. That's the last straw for me. |
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WheelWalker
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. You're right, of course. That being said, failure is not an option. |
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cliffordu
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. That's right. I'm ready. |
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Truth4Justice
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Thu Jul-17-08 02:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Getting anyone organized like in days of old would be like herding cats. Too many "individuals". |
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Wed Jul-16-08 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. please accept my innocent and ignorant question... |
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FightingIrish
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. We live in a country that was born of civil disobedience |
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. thank you, and i am not opposed to getting out into the streets... |
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agent46
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Thu Jul-17-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
75. To what end? |
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WheelWalker
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Well, let's say you have an issue that you feel very strongly about.... |
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cliffordu
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Read about the French Revolution... |
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CrispyQ
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
46. Yours is not an ignorant question - it is a very valid question. |
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roody
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
30. Pastors for Peace is out there, disobeying. |
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FightingIrish
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:26 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. We need alot more of that. |
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roody
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Thu Jul-17-08 01:03 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. It's coming. I am expecting a critically massive |
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TheMightyFavog
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
32. Oh, but people around my neck of the woods took to the streets just recently... |
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
36. again. machetes to the throats of the privileged might make us all feel good? |
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cliffordu
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Thu Jul-17-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. The economy is going to be shut down by the very corporations that run this |
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Thu Jul-17-08 01:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. ok. cool. so its just going to take care of itself. i don't have to be an "idiot" ... |
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cliffordu
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #39 |
49. Idiot in this case is not pejorative. I am one of those idiots. |
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Thu Jul-17-08 02:27 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. An organized working class taking over the means of production does not cause 'starvation' |
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cliffordu
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
52. I would personally begin any revolution by taking to task all the speculators... |
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Truth4Justice
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Thu Jul-17-08 02:40 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. This isn't' about "getting revenge" on "the man". Its about saving our country and our lives. n/t |
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datasuspect
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
68. when secretary Not Sure switched from Brawndo to water |
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NuttyFluffers
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Thu Jul-17-08 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
43. “You can always count on America to do the right thing,... |
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MrSlayer
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Thu Jul-17-08 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
44. HAHAHAHA! You aren't serious? Right? |
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leveymg
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Thu Jul-17-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
45. Amen, and pass the ammunition. I've got your back. eom |
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zanne
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
47. Because, no matter how bad things get.... |
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dysfunctional press
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
48. we drove to dc from chicago in january 2001 to 'take to the streets' to protest the coronation... |
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Imagevision
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
50. Freegin gas prices aren't any help...! |
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exothermic
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
51. There are no keyboards out there. |
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Common Sense Party
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Tue Jul-22-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #51 |
89. DING! DING! DING! |
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Ron Green
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
53. My wife is in the street every week on Saturday, |
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shadowknows69
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Thu Jul-17-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Your wife rocks!!! |
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otohara
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Thu Jul-17-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
54. Oh There Will Be People In The Streets of DENVER |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Jul-17-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
55. It's because there is no common culture anymore except TV |
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windoe
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Thu Jul-17-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. Great post, folk music here in the 60s |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Jul-17-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. The U.S. civil rights movement was another "Singing Revolution" |
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Deja Q
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #55 |
71. I am compelled to disagree. |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Those who see through the façade are usually isolated |
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shadowknows69
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Thu Jul-17-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
57. I'm pretty much physically disabled and I can't afford a wheel chair |
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ColbertWatcher
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Thu Jul-17-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
59. It's hot. |
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WinkyDink
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Thu Jul-17-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
60. I've wondered that since November, 2000. I guess we're simply not as brave as Romanians, Czechs, etc |
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shadowknows69
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Thu Jul-17-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I'm afraid that's the ugly truth it comes down to |
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MadrasT
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Thu Jul-17-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
61. FightingIrish |
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Imagevision
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Thu Jul-17-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
64. Cheney says no to 60's style protest/marches, "they" will stop us from occupying the streets |
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shadowknows69
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Now we could all be declared enemy combatants and detained indefinitely |
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raccoon
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
66. Well said! Please elucidate here: |
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FightingIrish
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. IRAN |
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raccoon
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Now I know I need to chill. thanks. nt |
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alfredo
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
67. It's too fuckin hot, I have a ton of e-mail, and I have to watch |
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Initech
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Thu Jul-17-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
73. This is American politics in a nutshell and why we are not in the streets: |
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La Lioness Priyanka
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Thu Jul-17-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
76. do you want to lose this election? seriously, if we go into impeachment proceedings now |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Thu Jul-17-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. Unless impeachment proceedings bring all the dirt out into the open |
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crimsonblue
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Thu Jul-17-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
77. I'm not in the streets |
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whatchamacallit
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Thu Jul-17-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
79. Because GITMO, FISA, extraordinary rendition, legalized torture, suspension of Habeas Corpus... |
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FogerRox
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Thu Jul-17-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
80. Go to MyBarackObama.com and create your Obama rally, event party |
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paparush
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Thu Jul-17-08 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
81. I spent a day in the streets in DC, January 2007. We'd just won the House and Senate |
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Thu Jul-17-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
82. "Nothing's over until we say it's over. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" |
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NNN0LHI
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Thu Jul-17-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
84. That is so pre-Kent State |
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Blue-Jay
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Thu Jul-17-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
85. My WiFi doesn't reach that far. |
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billyoc
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Thu Jul-17-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
87. When the pain of doing nothing gets bad enough, the people may act. |
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Thu Jul-17-08 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
88. In A Nutshell. |
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