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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:52 AM Original message |
Moyers and Greider - President Obama is "trapped between the governing elites who decide things and |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. We're Going To Bang On Your Door Until You Get It Right....... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. 100% correct |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:10 AM Original message |
Yep. I was too. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 08:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Hear, hear! Let's keep banging on the door. n/t |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Spot on! |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Congratulations! |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. Your point would be better served without the hyperbole. |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
66. Perhaps the hyperbole was a given. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
72. Luckily, they all seem to waste their time.. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
83. At DKos there are some who are aggressively shutting down any questioning of Bernanke and Geithner |
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CANDO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #83 |
95. I've seen some nasty anti-Krugman comments here as well. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. What a great post. K & R all of you. |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Exactly Correct ! |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Sounds like the door banging is going to have too be VERY LOUD before Obama hears it. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. and everyone should pay attention... |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
60. I'm not being a smartass... |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. I am not trying to be a smart ass either but... |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. ...but I am paying attention... |
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theFrankFactor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. No One Will Clarify This For You Because They Don't Know Shit. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #76 |
98. Thank you... |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
91. Healthcare? |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #91 |
97. I Don't Agree With His Premise That We Are Too Accustomed To..... |
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pleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. We can't afford to sit back and wait to see what happens. |
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biopowertoday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. i have seen many posters here on du with the wait and see attitude. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
6. "Obama, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right" |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
65. Obama needs to fire Geithner. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Absent from Obama's close advisers are labor leaders, scientists, and engineers but there's a |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #69 |
84. He appointed a scientist to Energy and a labor leader to Labor, |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:35 AM Response to Reply #84 |
90. I agree, that's why I said "close advisers". n/t |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. Eh, I see it a little differently.. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Oh, absolutely. He would not have gotten to where he is otherwise. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The question is, how much can he buck the system and get away with it |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. EXACTLY! |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
62. yes |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #8 |
22. FDR couldn't have been more part of the governing elite |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. I have no clue how you could even say that |
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theFrankFactor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
77. And No One Can Explain or Prove Any of This Bullshit |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
82. Great post. I see it the same way. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #38 |
87. You point out the crucial difference between FDR and Obama - |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #87 |
92. Can you point to a source for that FDR quote? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
100. As I said, Obama has done a remarkable job of convincing a lot of people he is not.. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
81. Alex, is that you? |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. Mr President, Our Government has spent the decades from Reagan |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
13. brings up the old question -- if not now then when? nt |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. "The sun'll come out Tomorrow So ya gotta hang on 'Til tomorrow" |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Not sure if we should bet that bottom dollar |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Too many people are down to their last penny living in tent cities and Congress/WH set on their |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. um -- i think this is the opposite of tea baggers. |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I know but rather than start a new effort, find an existing one with a catchy name and use it. n/t |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. well -- blog here about your time spent at the tea baggers. nt |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. ROFL n/t |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I saw one of them on TV last night, and it looked like a right-wing organization to me. |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
54. Yeh |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. 'no sense in sitting alone in your room...' |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I'll drink to that, misery loves company so find someone and . . . . n/t |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
53. Really? |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
21. A link from the Greider interview that you might want to take a look at |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I had not, thank you. |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
26. A New Way Forward |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. Very nice! thanks for the info. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
49. The only way forward |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
31. Last night I couldn't find a copy of the NY Times chart Moyers held up... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. I also missed its title and so can't even search for it. |
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liam_laddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. NYT chart |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. I was hunting the Politics section - Thanks for the article! |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #39 |
93. The NYT chart is on this version |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
32. And facecard would help! |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
34. Great post., K&R |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. Great Bill Moyers program |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
35. Kicked and recommended. |
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Maineman (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE BANKING SYSTEM |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #40 |
73. Excellent suggestion. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
41. Thank you for the post, malaise. I LOVE our new President, but I am also one of his |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. 100% correct - great photos here |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. That's the kind of participatory government WE need too. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
42. I am banging. Pres Obama has a tough job. We need to continue to tell him we have his back. nm |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
44. citizens are supposed to mold their Presidents Agenda |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
45. From an article on March 22... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
46. And a related thread... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Hey Comrade leader |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
55. Why aren't the "governing elites who decide things" ever named by name? |
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pauldp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #55 |
85. They are all the time. You can find them if you do a little research. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
56. And DUers we have been right here banging... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
58. He also said that Obama and the Democrats are on wrong side of history. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. Not really |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
59. Single payer health care too expensive? Non-sense! Bull shit! |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
61. Reminds me of Jimmy Carter.... |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
63. "We do forget that he walked into a house that was burning" |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Yep - super quote |
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antimatter98 (537 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
71. Yes, Moyers/Greider are right. Sadly. |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #71 |
96. This Is Really Sad If This Is True....... |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
74. This is true. "WE THE PEOPLE" ~ right now ~ today....... |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
75. Once you realize you no longer have anything left to lose.... we are getting close.... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
78. Question |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
79. "We love you Mr. President, but you don't have it right yet." --- THANK YOU! |
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theFrankFactor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
80. Who's Paying Who.... link |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #80 |
94. PWNED |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
86. Link to the FORM that NEEDS to be FILLED... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #86 |
101. The sound track... |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
88. Spot on as normal! K&R N/T |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
89. Although I still support President Obama |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
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