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DirkGently
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:16 PM Original message |
Buying What They're Selling: Obama's SOTU spending freeze certifies more dangerous Republican myth. |
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Donnachaidh
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. kick and Rec! n/t |
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elleng
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. ... |
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nashville_brook
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. as a thumbs-downer, do you think it's possible Obama has bought the GOP line here? |
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elleng
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. It is one response among many necessary responses, to our present situation, |
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nashville_brook
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. why can't we do something about Wall Street? do you know of anything |
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elleng
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. New rules have been implemented, and |
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defendandprotect
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Thu Jan-27-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
44. We need to return to the New Deal rules and regulations -- new rules are insufficient ... |
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dawg
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Sat Jan-29-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
55. Not only is it not a necessary response .. |
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Well spending (including DOD and war spending IS part of the problem). |
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elleng
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Yes, thanks, Stats!!! |
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Statistical
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. A chilling stat. In 2000 under Clinton federal spending was $1.8 trillion. |
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elleng
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I appreciate your logic A LOT, |
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hfojvt
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Wed Jan-26-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. that's pretty misleading |
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Thu Jan-27-11 05:10 AM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Deleted message |
DirkGently
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. The discretionary domestic spending the GOP is talking about is a fraction of the budget. Moreover, |
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Statistical
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Wed Jan-26-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I agree. |
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dawg
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Sat Jan-29-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
56. It's not that simple! |
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DirkGently
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Your thoughts? |
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Autumn
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. K/R What caused this current economic |
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leftstreet
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. K&R |
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nashville_brook
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Wed Jan-26-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. it takes me longer to digest these SOTU speeches, than most people |
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KharmaTrain
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. He Was Playing The Room |
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WarhammerTwo
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Wed Jan-26-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Howzabout... |
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KharmaTrain
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Thu Jan-27-11 08:23 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. The "Art Of The Possible" |
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somone
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Wonkette got it right |
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DirkGently
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Wed Jan-26-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Great link. It is the the smart & the powerful who put us in this fix, not schoolchildren. |
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Lint Head
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. Frivolous medical lawsuits are a myth. |
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nashville_brook
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. no doubt! |
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DirkGently
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:20 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Malpractice insurance was less than 1% of health care costs, last I heard. |
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Doctor_J
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Sat Jan-29-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
57. It's actually less than one tenth of 1% |
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WarhammerTwo
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Wed Jan-26-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Although... |
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Bluebear
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Wed Jan-26-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
18. 'You know better, Mr. President. We hope.' - lol |
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jwirr
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. This is not going to help anyone and it will probably hurt the economy. |
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DirkGently
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. They've converted a disaster caused by banks into one caused by social programs. It's a lie. |
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jwirr
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Wed Jan-26-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Absolutely but as my age I am so used to them doing that it does not |
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Canuckistanian
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
21. K&R |
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cliffordu
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. Q: ARe these the same exact freezes the traitor party wants to enact?? |
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BlueCheese
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Wed Jan-26-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. What really gets to me... |
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DirkGently
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. That's just it. Pensioners & teachers must make up for money bankers stole? |
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bvar22
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Wed Jan-26-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. Summary of the 2011 SOTU |
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RedCloud
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Wed Jan-26-11 06:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Like Abraham Lincoln, I presume? |
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DirkGently
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Thu Jan-27-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. Sadly, no. As Rachel noted last night, Eisenhower would be an extreme lefty by today's standards. |
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bvar22
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Thu Jan-27-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Rachael was great last night. |
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DirkGently
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:03 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. That needs to be brought out much more. We are careening wildly to the right. That cannot end well. |
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DirkGently
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Wed Jan-26-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Hearing their lingo from "our" guy does strike a bit of a Pod People note, doesn't it? |
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Orsino
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Wed Jan-26-11 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. Yep. Austerity is on the menu, folks. |
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midnight
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Wed Jan-26-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
37. Thanks for brilliantly making some clarifiacations.... |
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DirkGently
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Wed Jan-26-11 11:05 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. There's a lot bound up in Republican lingo, ( that we can't afford to endorse) eh? |
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defendandprotect
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Thu Jan-27-11 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
43. In electing Obama, we should have been moving forward -- |
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DirkGently
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Thu Jan-27-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. This is the concern. That a Dem leader would just try to blunt the knives Republicans have for us. |
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defendandprotect
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Thu Jan-27-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Obama had a huge mandate -- no reason why we should have been going backwards ....!! |
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Jakes Progress
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Thu Jan-27-11 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
46. Of course, it was Morning Schmoe talking |
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defendandprotect
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Thu Jan-27-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. +1 -- |
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DirkGently
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Thu Jan-27-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil . . . " etc. Chilling. |
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Myrina
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Thu Jan-27-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
52. Too late to rec but here's a kick |
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Jakes Progress
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Fri Jan-28-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
53. Kick again. We are becoming the enemy. |
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soryang
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Sat Jan-29-11 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
54. Obama also bought the neoliberal corporate tax nonsense |
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dawg
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Sat Jan-29-11 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
58. He thinks he's being clever ... giving lip service to austerity while... |
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