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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 04:00 PM Original message |
House leaders end page program |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oddly enough this has ramifications for DCPS |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. you dont need to be a page to work as a bankster, which will soon be the ONLY requirement to be a |
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sadbear (799 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. In other news, the Catholic Church ends the choir boy program |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. A friend who was a page would likely agree with that. n/t |
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wilt the stilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Mark foley |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Damn you!!! you beat me to rofl |
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cstanleytech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. To bad this didnt happen before Mark Foley got into office. |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. agree thx to him I can never dissociate him w/the Page program |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. Gut the next generation of government, or raise taxes a sliver on the wealthy? |
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Scottybeamer70 (844 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. Cutting the page program........ |
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They_Live (244 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. +1 eom |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. So now what are the children of the wealthy and/or politically connected |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Most Congresscritters award page nominations meritoriously |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I've heard that, but I know 4 people where were in the program |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I'm sure like anything connections help |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Friend of our family's son was a page. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. Most Democrats award them based on merit. My sister would have been a page at the national level |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Mika Brzezinski said this morning how much she enjoyed being a page. |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. partying? clubbing every day? sitting around the TV? |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Reading from their experience on the web, it appears that |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. I want to make my spiel in defense of the program |
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Swede Atlanta (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. Huh? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
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Ragrum (65 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. Cut DoD and we can have it ALL |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. Wow, I dreamed of being a page when I was a kid. That's sad. A good deal of congressmen... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. The whole point of the program was investing in kids so they would go into public service |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. Roll Call has a story too. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
25. Probably the first step toward legalizing prostitution in DC. |
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Bragi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
27. It's a bipartisan consensus so that's fine, right? /nt |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
30. Bad. (nt) |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
31. As compared with cutting fuel subsidies for the poor or Medicaid, I am okay with |
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