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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 10:55 PM Original message |
Is this what it's like living in a totalitarian government? |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. I offer no solace |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. It will probably get worse before it gets better |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Of course it will, and that's what we need to be counting on. |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I hope you are right |
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forgethell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. They won the election. |
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leyton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I agree. Also, we are not in a totalitarian state. |
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sr_pacifica (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I think we are beyond politicians that lie, cheat, and steal |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Unfortunately, |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Freedoms are inalienable |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:46 AM Response to Reply #16 |
34. Rights are inalienable. Freedoms HAVE BEEN taken away. |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:58 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Rights, liberty, freedom... |
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gumby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 01:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
44. The problem is when a radical government |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 11:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
53. freedoms are inalienable |
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DustMolecule (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Very well said - thank you |
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mom-mad-about-bush (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:20 AM Response to Reply #12 |
28. I agree 100%...... |
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ilovenicepeople (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 01:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. This is the New World Order that most people like to laugh about, |
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DustMolecule (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 01:09 AM Response to Reply #28 |
42. No, I beg to differ..... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 01:22 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. And yet, it will still never be the same. |
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DustMolecule (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 02:04 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Hmmm.....America can trust it's government....if it's one that's |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 02:56 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. It seems to me you just made my point. Even if the form of |
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mom-mad-about-bush (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 09:16 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. It will have to be a covert revolution......we need to find people that |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 09:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
49. Dissenters in a fascist state become the Resistance |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 11:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
52. critical mass,tipping point |
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gumby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Our "democracy" is only a |
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mom-mad-about-bush (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Yes.....why don't more people see that??? |
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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Denial. And "Shock and Awe" |
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ilovenicepeople (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 01:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
43. I know how you feel,you don't get a blue pill after you ate a red one. |
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Nordic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. they WANT you to think they won the election. They did not |
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forgethell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Maybe so, but |
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mom-mad-about-bush (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:32 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. NOT YET....we can still hope the truth will come out and the real winner |
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sr_pacifica (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's getting there |
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mom-mad-about-bush (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. I don't have 60 years to wait for the "pendulum" to swing...... |
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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:50 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. My prediction: |
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mom-mad-about-bush (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. My kids don't have 15 years...... |
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Nordic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. fuck that, the pendulum BROKE in 2000! There IS NO FUCKING PENDULUM |
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gumby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. You ain't seen nothing yet. |
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Nordic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. and don't forget |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. It feels sorta like 1968 |
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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:31 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Um, don't forget Martin |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. I got worse from there, much worse |
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mom-mad-about-bush (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:38 AM Response to Reply #18 |
32. I thought I was the only one who thought that. |
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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:48 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Even John Dean thinks Nixon was a teddy bear compared to these guys |
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chookie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's just getting started |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. It depresses me... |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. Perhaps a bit. |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. no. |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. Unfortunately, most people don't care about civil liberties. |
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Columbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Bread and circuses |
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zmdem (546 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-19-04 11:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Perhaps, but |
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mom-mad-about-bush (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
25. I know exactly what you mean. |
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Nordic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
37. Is this what it feels like to be black? |
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goodoptics (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
50. Rats |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-20-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Now I'm curious about what the message was! |
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