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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 08:23 PM
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"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."
Crazy Ben. He was so full of shit.
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 08:25 PM
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1. yeah, don't think he was selling out to corporations or appeasing the british tho nt
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 08:27 PM
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2. Old Ben was smart, but I don't think he was talking about corporations.
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 08:29 PM
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3. Progressives prefer to be hanged separately than to lose any of their "purity"
and make a difference
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 08:31 PM
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4. Stop it.
If you want to insult progressives, start your own thread.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 08:33 PM
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 08:35 PM
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6. You should also "stop it".
The future of our country is not a sporting event.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 08:48 PM
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frustrated_lefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 09:33 PM
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18. Exactly what difference do you refer to?
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-10 12:41 PM
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21. lockstepping is preferred by some, it seems
Blinkers, ear plugs and follow the pretty blue flag, right? :sarcasm:
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 08:40 PM
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7. Whats the frequency Kenneth?
Not sure what you are talking about in the OP. Can you provide a bit more detail?

Don
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 08:52 PM
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11. My point?
Allow me to preface this by admitting that I often enjoy a well-placed snark. Often for the sake of simply being a smartass. I do that sort of thing quite often, and I'll readily admit it. That said; I have no intention of desmartassifying (new word!) myself. Ever.

That said, how do I begin?....

It's my belief that most DUers agree on most issues most of the time. We're all in the same boat.



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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 09:19 PM
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14. I got that part and agree but who is Crazy Ben?
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 09:28 PM
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15. Ben Franklin.
Probably the most forward-thinking man in the past 300 years. I was just calling him "Crazy Ben" to be silly.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 08:45 PM
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8. I wish
K&R
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 08:50 PM
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10. He was actually quoting Oliver Cromwell
Who said that to a meeting in the lead up to the Civil War.

The American revolutionaries had studied carefully the legal arguments used by the Parliamentary side to justify rebellion. Franklin knew that his audience would know the quote.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 08:53 PM
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12. I didn't know that. Thanks!
:hi:
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jwirr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 09:00 PM
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13. Thanks, I did not know that and it puts a whole new spin on the Franklin
quote. I knew that he was referring to their need to unite against the English but thought that was all it was about.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 09:30 PM
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16. That sounds a whole lot like Jack Shephard to me,
Live Together or Die ALone
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 09:31 PM
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17. That's a good thing, right?
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Seneca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 09:33 PM
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19. Ben was good for some quotes
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." I am not a god person, but that is a quote I can get behind. Or on top of. Or under. As long as I have a glass.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-11-10 09:39 PM
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20. Franklin, Twain, Vonnegut, & Asimov.
The real Fab Four.

There are many others, but those are my favorites.
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-12-10 09:53 PM
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22. Now Franklin, I don't need to listen to you quoting yourself!
And it should be the Eagle, not the turkey!
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