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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 08:52 PM Original message |
Senate Caves to Banks: 21 Dems Join GOP to Kill Credit Card Rate Limit |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. ain't that some shit?...the lobbyist truly run this country |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. And who runs the Lobbyists? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. Rich people |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
77. if they are your rep, write a letter telling the people of your state |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. And those would have been Republicans a generation ago |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I doubt there will be any pitchforks, tar or feathers. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. When people are hungry enough |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. When people are hungry enough |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Then why bother, if that is your view |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I'm not saying that we shouldn't bother. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. The technology changes but not the attitudes |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Okay, I guess you are insisting on knowing better than me |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. No just pointing that police forces have been paramilitary for a while |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
67. Jeeze, we just got rid of Liddy Dole for Kay Hagan (D) you'd think |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. The wealth distribution continues |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yep. Public financing of campaigns would go a long way to change this |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. Much more clean up needs to be done...the Blue Doga gatta go |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. you can't unseat an incumbent Democrat. The party will back them all the way. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Perhaps....the People Hunger for the Truth shall be a factor |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
63. Not sure what that is. nm |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Whatever thats not false |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Assuming there is an ulitmate truth or reality, people seek different levels. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 03:15 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. I was not assuming all peeps yearn for the truth...nevertheless, if enough TRUTH emerges |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well, shit...this has been a day of disappointments |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. The banks kill the econonmy, and still have a legal right to charge |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Amd thsi under a President who promised us |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. After Obama is done shoveling trillions of dollars into the banks |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
49. Did Obama have a vote? nt |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #49 |
66. No the guy had something far more important than a vote - |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. While I agree completely... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. Bernie Sanders isn't stupid. Why does the cap have to be tied to anything? |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 05:51 AM Response to Reply #39 |
52. Because if the prime rate.. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 02:56 PM Response to Reply #52 |
74. It isn't necessary to resort to insults. I will admit that I do not understand something. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 03:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
78. 15% is not stupid. Credit unions already adhere to this rate cap. (nt) |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
80. The law provides a mechanism to update this rate if necessary. Sanders is not an idiot and |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. Corporate Sell Outs. n/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
15. I fucking hate Cantwell. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
75. I called her office and got some kind of tap dance that I didn't understand. |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hagan is a HUGE disappointment - not that Dole was a viable choice here in NC but still |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I guess Hagen wasn't paying too much attention on how and why she got elected huh? nt |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 08:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
58. I just called her office to let her know her getting re-elected is NOT a sure thing |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. None of those names surprises me. |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. Oh dear - not Kay Hagen. We just elected her behind! WTF?! |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Yeah she's getting a call from me tomorrow! |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 05:53 AM Response to Reply #22 |
53. looks like you guys got punked! It's okay, in FL we got punked by Nelson. |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 08:24 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. Yep - well the other choice was Elizabeth Dole |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
26. Akaka caved and not Inouye? |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
27. A pox on their houses. |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
28. Murray and Cantwell? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Murray is a great disappointment. Cantwell not so surprising. She supported the bush war and DLC. |
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Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
68. Murray voted to protect Millionaires too |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #68 |
81. Thanks. |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'm regretting my vote for |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. I liked Jon Tester better as a candidate than I do as a Senator. NT |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
34. Why don't you vote to re-instate DEBTORS PRISONS, you sons of bitches????? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
35. scum. |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. Time for a 10 million man march |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
37. It don't surprise me about Lincoln & Pryor (D-AR's), they vote with the repukes most of the time. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
41. Fuck I didn't realize that my senators were corporate dems. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
42. So what was all the bullshit about the 60 Democrats in the Senate? |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
65. When it's Wall Street vs. the American citizen, we have 33 Democrats in the Senate. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 02:54 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. I agree and don't see a solution. I think the other 27 have too much corp backing to dislodge. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
71. Empty propaganda to help sell the illusion to America that 'things will be better' |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
43. Both Nelsons have got to go |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-13-09 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
45. Hey Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Cantwell is a DLC puke, but Murray's vote surprises me |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #46 |
82. Exactly. One thing we are learning is that the Democrats in the Senate at least |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
47. Ha! All hail the Uniparty!!!! |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
48. both murray *and* cantwell. usually they trade off the controversial votes. |
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Peter1x9 (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
50. Best government that money can buy. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
51. People say they have to vote with their constituents. Bull hockey. |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 05:55 AM Response to Original message |
54. and now you're givin' me, givin' me....nothin' but DLC, DLC! |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
55. Nothing short of a revolution will save this country from these 2 self-serving parties! |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
56. Tell me again what the difference was between Bill Nelson and Katherine Harris? |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
57. My new senator, Shaheen, is on the list. She's half a Republican |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
60. I am really disappointed with Tester. |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
61. No surprise my Senators (Carper, Kaufman) caved... |
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Voltaire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
62. Evan Bayh will never get another vote from me |
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belpejic (431 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
69. What jerks |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
73. Bought and paid for by the Banking industry, SICK! |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-14-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
79. Specter isn't a Dem, he's a turncoat ass. n/t |
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