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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:19 PM Original message |
On weddings, social events and costs |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Don't waste your breff...they will shit on anyone who doesn't live in a box and |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's a rather gross caricature of the position you're opposing. n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Which also happened back then |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. I found a deal on a ring for my sweetheart... she was pretty shocked |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Nothing says love like a built in compass |
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blueamy66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
42. Hey, we're getting hitched in Vegas... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
45. yesterday the op posted about how we all consume too much. |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm amazed how much outrage there is over trickle-down, supply-side, Reaganomics... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yeah that is the other thing that amazes me |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Except this isn't "trickle down"... this is DIRECT PAYMENT to people |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. which people, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. EVERYBODY WORKING THAT WEDDING |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. don't have to scream. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Once again, this is not trickle down |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:58 AM Response to Reply #34 |
48. don't have to spread bullshit, either. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 08:35 AM Response to Reply #48 |
58. this boost to livelihoods... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. I don't spend a lot of time grinding axes about peoples' parties, in general. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. " trickle-down, supply-side, Reaganomics..." is saying we should eliminate the social safety net |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. You forgot Advent and Lent. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Sorry |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. The only good expensive wedding was the one that started Oktoberfest in 1810. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Well it would be fun if the lord of the manor |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. um, in another thread you were exhorting everyone to live more simply. |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
11. Leo Tolstoy on poverty |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Remember he wasn't fully into that |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:38 AM Response to Reply #12 |
43. foundations aren't created to help the lesser among us. they're created to preserve wealth. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 11:50 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. Actually, they're created to scientifically preserve civilization long-term in the galaxy. |
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Beringia (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. I hope she is happy in her marriage |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. That makes two of us |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. Good points. Plus, the Clintons, unlike their critics, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 07:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I know, why I ordered my new china |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. let's see--the dress designers, the florists, the bakers, the caterers, the wait staff, etc., etc., |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 08:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. +1, basic economics |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 09:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. Don't forget the security. Communications, transportation. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 04:17 AM Response to Reply #19 |
52. some people having too much money is the reason all those "little people" |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
22. Mark Rich knows all about Clinton's largesse. n/t |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 08:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I have not seen that one |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Clinton was all warm and fuzzy toward Scooter Libby regarding the case, too. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Well at least Vince Foster's ghost has not |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Vince Foster has absolutely nothing to do with the scum bag Mark Rich |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. It is not whether I am ok |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. the point is that you were trying to dismiss the Rich situation |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Becuase both are usually mentioned together |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 07:51 AM Response to Reply #39 |
56. no they are not usually mentioned together |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 12:12 AM Response to Reply #25 |
40. well, Iranians need some of that trickle down too! |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. 1. Cost of wedding is speculation. 2. This will be a political event |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Well adding the politics to this |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
28. Let me help .... I had Chardonnay with dinner tonight ... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 08:39 PM Original message |
I agree, my parents paid for my more elaborate wedding |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
44. here is a thread about how we should all consume less. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. did you have the power and influence to make or break policies, lives, |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 03:42 AM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Wow. If I didn't know it, I would think you were talking about Pol Pot, not Bill Clinton. |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 07:25 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Lots of Clinton hate appearing on this thread ... more than I expected to see. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #50 |
57. really? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #57 |
61. Clearly you don't like Clinton ... |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
31. Today's biggest losers: Sasha and Malia |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-22-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Many years ago I had the chance to talk to President Carter |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 02:53 AM Response to Original message |
47. Listen everyone: Be grateful that your nobility eats caviar! |
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girl_interrupted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 03:37 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Then I guess the Obamas should cut out the State Dinners |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 03:47 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. +100 |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. If Chelsea and What'shisname had a 5 minute city hall do, |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
55. It's a no win - we either slam the rich for hoarding money or for spending it. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 08:44 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. I don't mind so much that rich people spend their money... |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I think we (DUers in general) actually just don't like it that anyone |
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