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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 09:41 PM Original message |
Stop using the words "live in reality" to justify what Congress passes. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Congress millionaires reality ...is not mine! n/t |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
70. Hey! You got a bug running loose in your reply! |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #70 |
92. You might have an infestation inside your monitor. |
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levander (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's not me, everybody does that... |
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ThePhilosopher04 (435 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 03:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Well, reality is... |
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stillwaiting (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
57. You're definitely not alone. |
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placton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #57 |
90. my friend |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #34 |
68. My household stands with you. |
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levander (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #68 |
87. As a fellow citizen worried about the deficit... |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
78. You're not alone. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. And did I mention that hard-working teachers here have a 4000 deductible |
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mcablue (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. "reality" is that a healthy majority wants a public option |
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levander (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Reality is also that most don't want this bill... |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
5. "live in reality""live in reality""live in reality""live in reality""live in reality"" |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. Amazing.. |
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AVID (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. stop obsessing about recs/unrecs! You'll never make as a professional writer. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I find them funny. Amusing. |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
37. The unrecs fascinate me as well, when I've gotten to a thread early enough to see them. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
77. Lots of whining and obsessing here at DU about UnRecs, even with OPs that make the front page. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. Skinner sent an Un-Rec-Bot with your name in its mission |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
8. Deleted sub-thread |
FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. More fantasy, less reality. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's the whole "practical" over "idealogical" meme getting played out. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I see a psychological harm being done to the "base"... |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. I do not believe the people shouting us down consider us part of the base. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. That could well be true. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Bullies are the same whatever the venue |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
49. I wish this was an OP. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
53. Unofficial rec. n/t |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
73. I agree. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
72. But see, certain kinds of ideology are okay. Sacred even. |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. sorry. |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. They're considered utilities in my state. eom |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
84. calling progresives |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #84 |
99. Someone, I think it was Armstead....wrote a post or an OP about the tactic.... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. That's the word Senator Sanders used in response to kill the bill. n/t |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. Thank you for this post, I agree fully |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. +1, n/t |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm so sick of them saying "we can't fight the special interests" |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. If nothing else we can continue to tell the truth about what we see |
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StarfarerBill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. If we don't fight, the only changes will be the ones they make. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. Eventually Mother Nature brings her own Reality to the party... |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Yes, lately I have taken to telling those who would say we don't need to save the earth they are |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. Excellent post IMO!!! n/t |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-27-09 02:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
96. +10 |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. The short version of your post is |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Yep. |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm pretty sure that the health care debate is a healthy one. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
66. The only ones that called |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #66 |
85. That's exactly my point. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
26. Couldn't agree more. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-24-09 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
28. Reality will hit the acolytes soon enough |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
31. k and r |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 03:25 AM Response to Original message |
32. K&R... nt |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
33. It is being used over and over because it is the truth..... |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. "and If someone wants to be right that badly" |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. cults repeat the same thing over and over and over again to make it *real* |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. the issue isn't "wanting to be right"...it's doing the right thing |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Exactly! |
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2 Much Tribulation (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 05:13 AM Response to Original message |
35. "reality" is just a tactic used to disarm people of their powerful principles (in exchange for zip) |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
38. YOU KNOW IT MADFLORIDIAN |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
39. Reality is not optional |
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
40. Kick and Rec. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
42. It's not that activists are out of touch |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
62. Thank you, Bozo. |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
43. your post is correct..thank you :) |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
44. actual *reality* is the realization that the government is now owned lock stock and barrel |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Word |
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shadesofgray (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
46. K&R. I am not willing to go along to get along. If the Dems don't act like DEMS, they will NOT get |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
48. Spot on, as usual, madfloridian... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
50. If I lived "in reality"... |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
54. Excellent post |
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Libertas1776 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
55. Ain't my reality |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
56. I'd like to see the politicians try "living in reality" instead of getting paid for doing nothing. |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
58. Whoever said "politics is the art of the possible" |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
59. I will if the KTB crowd would quit dreaming up fantasy scenarios where the PO... |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
60. If the left applauded this crap bill, then |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. +1 |
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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
61. Funny you should mention "naive." |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
64. I must live in Unreality, because... |
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urgk (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
65. The whole argument is silly. Both ways. |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Sorry, but it is a serious matter. |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
69. It's a self-serving, ridiculous slogan |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. No shit. Was Wall Street "living in reality" the past 8 years? |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
71. Well said, mad. I have given far too much of my time and free labor to be insulted like this. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
75. Poltical Class vs Activist Class |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
79. It's rude and condescending, too. k&r |
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wial (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
81. no joke |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-26-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #81 |
95. +1000, n/t |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
82. It's used because poutraged whiners don't live in reality. n/t |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. People who think their critics are all a bunch of "poutraged whiners" don't live in reality |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
86. Yeah, they should be saying 'making sausages' or 'playing chess' instead. |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
88. "Living in reality" used to be called "going along to get along" and was generally acknowledged |
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Xicano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
89. K&R |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
91. Why? So you can deny reality like you constantly do? |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 11:04 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. Reality = Bribery & Corruption? |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-25-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
93. Stop telling DUers what words they can and cannot use. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
97. The reality is that many Democrats members of Congress must run for reelection in states and |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
98. excellent post. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-28-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
100. Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours |
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