Interesting now that freedom and hope and change and populism is winning

WCGreen

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Wed Feb-23-11 03:44 AM
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Interesting now that freedom and hope and change and populism is winning

the day in the so-called Third World, that we here in the United States elected a bunch of backward looking fools whose only wish is to serve their corporate masters...

Interesting.

These next few weeks are game changers all around the world.

It's not going to stop.

Hang on my friends, we are in for a bumpy ride.

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AKDavy

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Wed Feb-23-11 04:03 AM
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1. Bumpy is good

May it spread

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WCGreen

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Wed Feb-23-11 04:28 AM
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2. This is bigger than the fall of the Berlin Wall because this was done

spontaneously, without any prior knowledge.

We all knew it was just a matter of time with the Berlin Wall but this, no one saw this coming...

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kentuck

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Wed Feb-23-11 07:04 AM
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3. The chickens have come home to roost.

Even in the Middle East, much of the hope and change was held back by American imperialism and bribes from our government.

May we live in interesting times.

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AKDavy

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Wed Feb-23-11 10:52 AM
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4. I always talk about a "threshold of suffering"

Of course, "suffering" will be relative, but my point is that when a critical mass crosses that threshold they also cross the fear barrier because they've gone from being people who believe they have nothing to gain to being people who have nothing to lose.

The Few will suffer when a critical mass of the Many believes it has nothing to lose.

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Wed Feb-23-11 12:11 PM
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5. When people lose their fear and stop being afraid of

whatever it is that their corporate masters want them to be afraid of...

They become unstoppable.

This is what we're seeing in the Third World.

And we always thought they were backwards.

That bumpy ride needs to be here.

Recommended.

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WCGreen

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Wed Feb-23-11 01:59 PM
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6. Bumpy's good....

It jars the soul.

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bobbolink

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Wed Feb-23-11 02:01 PM
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7. And its only poor people here who are being "asked to sacrifice"

A bumpy road is good, yes... as long as the ride is for someone else.

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