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Related: About this forumTYT: Who's Defending The Billionaire Brothers Buying Our Democracy?
*Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid stepped up his war of rhetoric against conservative billionaires and liberal boogymen Koch brothers Tuesday, saying on the senate floor that his Republican colleagues were "addicted to Koch" Reid's play on words Charles and David Koch share a homophonous name with a recreational drug came less than a week after Reid called the brothers "un-American" for funding anti-Obamacare attack ads...* How did Fox News pundits and Republican politicians respond? The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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TYT: Who's Defending The Billionaire Brothers Buying Our Democracy? (Original Post)
WhoIsNumberNone
Mar 2014
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wandy
(3,539 posts)1. Well, maybe we have it all wrong. We should welcome our new overloads.........
We should never disparage the Ching-wah TSAO duh liou mahng by calling them un American.
They are simply Huh choo-shung tza-jiao duh tzang-huo
And many other wondrous things......
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/11/fireflys_15_best_uses_of_chinese_profanity.php
And I wouldn't even need a web page to sing their praises in Italian.
DhhD
(4,695 posts)2. We are expecting a lot more information about the twisted use of Trickle Up Takers.
Conservative noise makers have invited public scrutiny.
BodieTown
(147 posts)3. Too Little; Too Late
Word salad on the Senate floor might feel good, but it is an ineffective reaction to what billionaires and foreign interests stole/purchased several years ago.
Citizens United destroyed US governance by the people.
We ought to be asking Reid why name-calling is the best he can do several years after the corporate takeover of the nation.
Ahpook
(2,750 posts)4. Thats my feelings as well
Words do nothing
We have all been listening to what we should be doing in America for years. I want to know when we are going to put the leash on these fucking parasites.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)5. K&R.