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gregjones Donating Member (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 01:19 PM
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Dick Morris Email Reveals Repub Plot to BANKRUPT STATES/UNIONS !
WOW ! Dick Morris Email Reveals Republican Secret Game Plan to Force States Into BANKRUPTCY- Breaking ALL Union Agreements !


By Greg Jones
Blacks4Barack
National Director

I frequently listen to the opposition, from Fox News to Rush, because I have always felt it very important to stay abreast of just how they're thinking. They don't know it, but I'm also on the email list to receive some of the right-wing emails/messages they send to their fellow Repubs. I received one today from Dick Morris, the guy who talks out of the side of his mouth as a regular pundit on Fox News. Morris, a former Democrat, was part of the Clinton administration and has re-devoted his life to Dem/Obama bashing.

Today I received Morris' latest email stating what he feels the Republican strategy should be if they were to regain control...his 'answer' to solving the economic problems created by the Bush Regime. To my amazement (I don't know why I'm so surprised), based on Morris, the Republican strategy is to literally block much needed financial aid to struggling states with the ultimate goal being to force all of the states INTO BANKRUPTCY ! They also plan to break ALL union agreements including wages, rules, pensions and more ! Not only does this explain why Repubs are voting against everything that could be helpful to The Recovery, but this email is absolutely, incredibly revealing and spells out exactly what we can expect should we allow the Repubs to regain power. Below are excerpts from the Morris email/newsletter. Truly dangerous stuff. Here's what Morris wrote:


*As Congress reconvenes next week to pass a $26 billion bailout of state and local governments entombed in their own deficits, we witness a foretaste of the crisis that will be the central event of the first half of next year: the collapse of state governments.

*As long as the Democrats control Congress, they will continue to rubber-stamp Obama's requests for bailouts of profligate states. But when the Republicans take control, they will be less than forthcoming. Republicans will ask the central question: Why should taxpayers from states that have cut their budgets and observed spending restraint, pay for the extravagances of the other states? Why should forty-seven states have to pay for California, New York, and Michigan?


*The Republican solution to state financial distress should be simple: The Party should insist on a change in the federal bankruptcy law providing for a procedure for state bankruptcy (none now exists). This process must call for abrogation (means=to end) of all state and local public employee union contracts as is usually done in private sector bankruptcies. By freeing states and local governments (including school boards) of their union obligations on wages, work rules, staffing, and pensions, they have a chance to survive and, indeed, to prosper. But merely subsidizing these massive expenditures just prolongs the misery of the states in question.

*The collapse of overspending state governments must trigger the diminution of the power unions hold over their budgets and their politics. Their coming bankruptcies offer an opportunity for reform and the Republican Congress - backed by newly elected Republican state governments - give us precisely the opportunity we need to effectuate it. (*=Excerpts from emailed Dick Morris.Com newsletter entitled "The Coming Catastrophe: State Governments")

FACT: If the Repubs regain power...
we're in BIG trouble as a nation.
The Time is NOW...TO FIGHT !

http://blacks4barack.blogspot.com/2010/08/wow-dick-morris-email-reveals.html
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AnArmyVeteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 01:24 PM
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1. The slimeball Morris is a regular on right wing shows.
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Cal33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-11-10 01:34 PM
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56. Let's kick this post to the front page on a regular basis, so that
more people will get to understand what's awaiting the nation should the
Neocons win the elections in November and in 2010.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 01:26 PM
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2. Even if the republicans were certain to win in November and control the
policies, I can't believe Morris wrote this down, to be potentially discovered. Hubris or not, that doesn't make sense.
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felinetta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 01:44 PM
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9. Never estimate their stupidity. Their hubris always gets them in trouble. And it is just
awful how they pit state against state to distract and divide
us. They are satanic.
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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 06:45 PM
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17. Of course, the policy already exists, as the state of California found out
Edited on Sun Aug-08-10 06:48 PM by truedelphi
Recently.

Never mind that we used to be the fifth largest economy in the world. Never mind that California receives 73 cents for every dollar its tax payers hand over to the federal government.

Schwarzenegger asked Geithner for a $20 billion dollar loan, probably a small fraction of the monies that Main Street here in Calif has loaned to Gethenrer/Bernanke and their Wall Street buddies.

And of course the answer was "no!"
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KakistocracyHater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-10 07:35 PM
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54. how about those unpaid taxes by big corps that I heard about a few yrs ago?
That & what Robert Reich just said on Countdown: expand payroll taxes to those making over $250,000 a year.
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Winterblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 02:16 PM
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49. Why not, Republicans have been saying this for decades.
Their entire goal is to bankrupt Government so ALL social spending has to be eliminated and the ONLY spending would be for Defense...It hasn't been a secret..."Get government down so small it can be drowned in a bathtub"
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 05:03 PM
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52. Right -- and they've already bankrupted our Treasury....a great way to destroy democracy...!!!
What's new?

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mediaman007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 01:31 PM
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3. Why do I pay so much for Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas?
Minnesota always sends more to the Federal government than it gets back. Its true for California, Michigan and New York too! Blue states pay big taxes, while the Red states get the Federal handouts.

The Republicans are on pretty thin ice here.
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yellerpup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 01:34 PM
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5. Second that.
All the states you mention pay more in than they ever get back. Republicans know it, but that doesn't keep them from shading the facts. Or outright lying.
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Wednesdays Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 01:40 PM
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6. Also, how much of that Red State money end up in the hands of poor people?
Little to none, bet ya. Most red states have higher disparity between rich people and poor people. So, where do ya think that money goes? :mad:
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 01:44 PM
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10. He named Dem leaning states to get the RW attention.
Of course MS, LA, & TX are worse but he doens't want to mention that. Here in AZ, one of the problems is the continual call to cut business taxes by the Goldwater Institute and Grover Norquist. All the Repug legislators signed the promise not to raise or create new taxes so the only option is to cut spending. Who cares if there are 45 students in a class? The ruling class sends their kids to private school which, here in AZ, is partially subsidized by all taxpayers through the tuition tax credit program. They aren't supposed to be able to directly pay for their own kid's tuition using these but wink wink, one parent pays for another's and the favor is returned. It's a scam with little oversight - just the way Repugs like it.
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momrois Donating Member (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 06:19 PM
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16. Texas actually pays in more than it takes out
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bc3000 Donating Member (766 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 10:02 AM
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32. They are the Saudi Arabia of red state nation
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savalez Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 11:38 AM
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39. Thanks for the link momrois. Very interesting.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 01:59 PM
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12. I'm in Oregon. Same here. We are a donor state.
We always get screwed because we don't have any major military bases or industry.

War machines, their maintenance and manufacture, are what draws federal funding.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 01:33 PM
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4. NO SURPRISE! STARVE THE BEAST still going on.
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 01:41 PM
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7. Make no mistake, Republicans will bail out the States, but only After they are back in power
I say that for two reasons. First; there is no use in being the governor if there is no one to be governed and they do not want to have to deal with States with pesky budget problems, so they will trade off non-existant dollars for such favors and supports as it takes to direct the state houses by remote control. Second reason is simpler, it buys them votes in 2016.
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glitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 06:50 PM
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18. Only after the unions are busted and the state governments severely downsized. nt
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Oceansaway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 01:42 PM
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8. K&R...n/t
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 01:56 PM
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11. I despise that little bastard. What a waste of oxygen.
Unfortunately, he is the voice of Republicans these days.

What a fucking parasite. I really, really hate him. If I had a Dick Morris voodoo doll, I'd be in prison for abuse of a voodoo doll because I'd stick a railroad car full of pins into his bloated ass.

May the fleas of a thousand camels bite his sensitive toes.

I'm a gentle guy by nature, but I'd love nothing more than to kick the shit out of him. What an arrogant piece of shit. Did I say how much I hate this sonofabitch?
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raouldukelives Donating Member (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 06:08 PM
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15. I hear ya on that one
I do my very best not to be too judgmental of people but the mere image of him is enough to make me spit venom. Not even Rush or Beck on the best day makes me feel dirtier than hearing that squirmy maggot speak.
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 03:50 PM
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13. Perhaps we can import cheap teachers and firefighters from China?
Or maybe the churches can take up a collection?

Morris is vile.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 05:26 PM
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14. Republicon Family Pharisee Values
Why do Republicons hate America?
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SharksBreath Donating Member (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 06:50 PM
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19. In other words. They really want to destroy the country.
That's what would happen.

Talk about the enemy from within.
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 05:51 AM
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25. "Smirk." - Republicon Homelanders
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Snarkoleptic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 07:48 PM
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20. This is to be expected from a self-loathing sucker of prostitute toes.
Edited on Sun Aug-08-10 07:49 PM by Snarkoleptic
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Divine Discontent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 10:04 PM
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22. sorta sums him up concerning this matter, doesn't it?
he's disgusting...

what vile beliefs he holds. they're anti-American and instead try and create a storyline that says smaller red states are bailing out those badddd liberal states (that just so happen pay more out in fed taxes than they receive back from the govt, which of course means smaller red states get more than they pay in!)
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Overseas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 07:59 PM
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21. K&R to highlight Republican values. //nt
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red red red Donating Member (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-08-10 10:10 PM
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23. K & R n/t
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LawnKorn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 05:46 AM
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24. K&R
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 05:55 AM
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26. This is all about welching on pensions.
100%
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Caretha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 08:01 AM
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28. Correcto Mundo!
You win the prize. It's the final ponzi scheme to transfer the last remaining wealth from working class Americans into the hands of the 1 percenters.
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florida08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 12:21 PM
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43. +1000
exactly right.
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spicegal Donating Member (617 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 06:05 AM
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27. The GOP is really intent on destroying the country as we know it.
In their utter determination to bring down the president, they are willing to inflict untold suffering on the American people. We saw this strategy with Clinton, but this is far worse.
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NOLALady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 08:24 AM
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29. They are not just trying to bring the President down.
They are trying to destroy this country.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 08:27 AM
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30. Pure Evil
Thanks for posting this.
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MattBaggins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 09:06 AM
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31. I will be flamed but I harbor a bit of disdain for Bill Clinton
The slime ball known as Dick Morris is the reason why.
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tedder10 Donating Member (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 10:29 AM
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33. The GOP war
This little war against America was started during the Reagan years and it never stopped.
When they accused someone of "CLASS WARFARE" they are just mad someone else is doing it and not them.
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newspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 10:57 AM
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36. Thank you!
this war on Americans started with Reagan, and it's been going on since then--a war on labor, a war on communities and families--unless you're in the upper percentage. But, looking at Reagan's reign-I've seen the list of corporations who were forced into bankruptcy, some by hostile takeovers. Companies that were in the black, that took care of their employees--raided and raped and then sold to the highest bidder (some foreign entities).
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KansDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 10:32 AM
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34. "Why should forty-seven states have to pay for California, New York, and Michigan?"
Edited on Mon Aug-09-10 10:32 AM by KansDem
I've got news for Morris: California, New York and Michigan receive less in federal spending that what they pay in taxes!

Federal Spending Received Per Dollar of Taxes Paid by State, 2005

They rank--
California: No. 43
New York: No. 42
Michigan: No. 37

He needs to check the facts first before hurling horseshit...

edited to correct link.
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JustAnotherGen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 02:31 PM
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50. Thanks
This was my response to Dick Morris. And having lived in NY for 30 years prior to my last 4.5 years in NJ? I want my fair share. ;-)

I will never complain about paying taxes because I understand that with taxes - comes services to the community. But I'd like NJ to not have to lay off teachers, police, etc. etc.
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roxiejules Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 10:42 AM
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35. Link to the whole Dick Morris article
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 11:16 AM
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37. What a douche.
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roxiejules Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 11:23 AM
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38. Eliminate Congressional benefits!
Merely subsidizing these massive expenditures just prolongs the misery of the citizens.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 11:47 AM
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40. The repukes philosophy "IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, CHEAT 'EM!!"
I think it is pretty widely accepted that the repukes do not care if the entire country is left in ruins by their attempt to regain power.
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Flatulo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 11:59 AM
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41. How can it be a 'secret game plan' if this was a mass emailing? nt
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 12:03 PM
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42. Look how blatantly they play "divide and conquer".
Edited on Mon Aug-09-10 12:19 PM by Marr
Get all the rubes attacking each other over something as silly as state citizenship, and you can bust their unions, break their governments, and steal, steal, steal.

This sort of thing is right next door to treason, as far as I'm concerned.
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 12:35 PM
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44. HUGE K & R !!!
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:


:nuke:

:evilfrown:
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abelenkpe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 12:51 PM
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45. Pay for California?
Really? CA has been one of the top economies of the world for decades. The federal taxes in this state have been redistributed to poorer states for years. But now that we have budgetary problems they can't return the favor?

As if I need another reason to hate petty shallow ignorant republicans....

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florida08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 12:56 PM
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46. thanks for posting
republicans want communism for the working class and fascism for the oligarchy. Glad to see so many understand about the red states feeding at the trough of the blue states. It's eerily close the presidential election with the exception of about 8 red states that voted Obama/Biden

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/04/the_red_state_ripoff.html
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florida08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 01:03 PM
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47. Oh and personally I think blue states should help
other blue states..as well as red states. We are still a United States right? Unless Morris gets his way
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Javaman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 01:32 PM
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48. the thimble brain of dickhead morris...
ironic as it is, I must point it out. dickhead morris's spew wouldn't be possible if it weren't for Union Camera poeple, DGA Directors, and WGA writers.

so dickhead needs them more than he, in his melted cheese of a mind, understands.
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McCamy Taylor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 03:29 PM
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51. Red states get more federal dole than blue states. Blue states contribute more tax dollars.
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Cal33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-10 09:23 PM
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55. Kick this post to the front page, and let all Dems. know what
the Neocons have in store for us, if and when they should win in Nov.
and in 2012.
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Cal33 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-10 06:49 PM
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53. This post should be kicked to the front page of DU and be
kept there for a long time, just to let Dems. know what the Neocons have in mind for us.
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