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artislife

(9,497 posts)
2. Thank you for making this an OP
Sun Aug 2, 2015, 08:40 PM
Aug 2015

He handed it to Alan....and that sorry sack after the great collapse saw that he had a "flaw".


 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
3. It took particular courage back then because Geernspan was being widely praised at the time....
Sun Aug 2, 2015, 08:43 PM
Aug 2015

...by Democrats as well as Republicans. Very few people in the political world were acknowledging these problems at the time, cept for Bernie and a handful of other progressives in Congress.

 

artislife

(9,497 posts)
4. I got wiped out.
Sun Aug 2, 2015, 08:48 PM
Aug 2015

I finally have a place that isn't a 10 by 9 room.

It is a 14 by 11 effeciency but I have my own space.

 

artislife

(9,497 posts)
11. I have multiple streams of income
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 03:54 AM
Aug 2015

And I am taking online course in back office work that high end coaches use. So I get paid and can do it in the off hours.

There is no such thing as security. That's what I tell myself to feel better about the shaky ground.


Five years, that is tough. This is why Bernie is important to us!

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
7. But someone told me on DU that Bernie can't stand up to the GOP
Sun Aug 2, 2015, 10:16 PM
Aug 2015

This video MUST be a fake or doctored somehow. How else can I explain the cognitive dissonance?

appalachiablue

(41,144 posts)
9. Bravo Bernie! Rip is right. This is one of my favs, also Ted K. cleaning out Mitt, and
Sun Aug 2, 2015, 11:20 PM
Aug 2015

his infamous 'When Does the Greed Stop!" rant. What a Lion of the Senate. I posted this one of Bernie last winter and adore the cute aide smiling behind when Bernie starts on the 'country club' refrain. Priceless, like a few others of his.

In June I attended a policy forum with Bernie. He can be very tough, as I saw in response to gun issue charges. That's good, we need fighters, esp. ones with super brains.

appalachiablue

(41,144 posts)
10. I took that to mean the GOP lies and spin in the press & with pundits- not face to face!
Sun Aug 2, 2015, 11:24 PM
Aug 2015

Cuz he can be very tough as I saw live, at a policy forum in June. And that's very good!

 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
13. Yes I was being sarcastic
Tue Aug 4, 2015, 12:00 PM
Aug 2015

I'm not worried about Bernie, as he's a tough old bird, kind of
like Jimmy Carter, only Bernie's still a sprightly 73.

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