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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:13 AM Original message |
"I'm gonna get a gun and take what the fuck I need" |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. it's a desperate country and it's broken in many many ways |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. We are going to explore new grounds. Never before in history.. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. A nation this poor? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It's the fall that scares me... |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Who commits the violent crime in the US? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Thankfully, it hasn't happened yet. But I'm afraid we're seeing the first... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #12 |
36. . |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
43. You may be right when we are in good times but anger in bad times |
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mudplanet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
61. a revolution would purge both? |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 06:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
63. Yes but stealing is often an angry act. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Poverty is relative |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Fortunately, our society is still healthy enough that most people are raised right. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Deleted message |
cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Nice personal attack. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:04 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Good advice? This is just the way of the world? |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
59. Hold on. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 06:32 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. well it does imply "being a crybaby" to much of the world |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
42. Exactly. The term is "relative deprivation" - sociologists say that revolutions occur not because |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Seems to me that revolutions have traditionally occurred when... |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Are you saying that Obama is a second-tier leader, or do you mean Limbaugh? |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
44. What you describe is the loss of the 'social contract' and you are correct |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
3. Welcome to the American Weimar Republic. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Did Mencken describe this demagogue as being a fat slob with boils on his ass |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Always open season on fat people. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #24 |
51. I'm sorry - did I say anything about "fat people"? |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Everyone has his pet PC thing, that's mine. |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. Then he won't mind being executed when he's caught..... |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. Very scary. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. It sure shook me awake in a hurry |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. At first, I was surprised they didn't catch him with the delay button.. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. He did us a service. He is the canary. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. The floor of our national mine shaft is littered shin-deep in canaries. |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. That's called 'armed robbery' and will get you prison or killed by someone defending themselves. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Read the Adventures of Ivan Illich, by Dostoevsky. What choice is he given? |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Tell that to the person making minimum wage at 7-11 |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
40. I'll pass. I'm facing a very similar situation myself. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 06:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
64. Imagine being in your situation |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 08:33 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Things have been worse for me. |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. Like so many other social issues in this country, this is nothing new. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
13. That's known in '70s psychobabble as a "cry for help" |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. heh, heh, you said "psychobabble" |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. I have a degree in psych - I am allowed to call expressions psychobabble |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I've often wished I had gotten a DD for much the same reason. nt |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
14. Thank God he still has cable |
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Chef Eric (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Bwa-haaa! |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Good one! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
39. Yes, and a phone |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
46. Yep, and he said he still had about 2 weeks until they evicted him too. |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. And |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. When they post the rebroadcasts later today go listen to it - that's why I included the time |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
19. I once listen to this very elderly man (he had lived thru the 1st Republicon Great Depression) |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. My grandmother said the same thing. Easier to steal and threaten violence |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
41. There was plenty of crime and violence in the 30s, worse than anything now. |
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Vinnie From Indy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
21. I hope he takes "what the fuck he needs" from Rush Limbaugh |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
22. And then theres the mother who killed herself |
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jotsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
28. Wasn't that a special moment? Telling, I think, of the times to come |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
35. I missed it this morning. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
49. A lot of people (including DUers who are doind just fine) |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
52. funny ... since when we talk about helping the poor and the homeless, |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Dems and pubs BOTH villify the unfortunate. |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
53. Well then...I guess he told us. |
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Gman2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. You dont know SHIT, and where is he NEXT week? |
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d_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
57. good for him |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-06-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
60. jeez people, one crazy anonymous mofo says one crazy thing |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 07:04 AM Response to Reply #60 |
65. That's because the anonymous dude was emblematic |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-07-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. or alternatively, he's a drunk who makes crank calls and has no financial problems at all |
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