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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:21 PM Original message |
The Perfect Storm That Threatens American Democracy |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sometimes I wonder if the pendulum has swung too far. Americans have been |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. True |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Democrats,Republicans,and everything else. A very |
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unorthodox (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-10 11:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Walmart |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. wal mart |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's really because we are being bought off by trinkets... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Exactly. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. iPods can be very useful |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Don't forget sports and reality tv... ... ... n/t |
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young_at_heart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. We're losing our democracy to a different system. It's called plutocracy. |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. 86 Outside 68 Inside |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. Many Americans will sleep through it all and then say WTF when far too late IMO. n/t |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That's why I'm starting up a co-operative living village |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Great |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. Third World Distribution Income + Wealth |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. They own everything, EXCEPT the 300 million of us who are getting screwed every day by their greed |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 07:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. You don't think they own a lot of the 300 million? |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
16. None of this will stop until Americans get out and protest like the French. n/t |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-22-10 10:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Nothing will change by protesting |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-23-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Too late for that |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-24-10 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
21. the collapse of empire. nt. |
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