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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat I am hearing is that today is the first day of this country's slide into the Bowels of Hell
Where is Congress??
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What I am hearing is that today is the first day of this country's slide into the Bowels of Hell (Original Post)
Angry Dragon
Mar 2013
OP
Congress are establishing their cushy private sector jobs for after their term
Fire Walk With Me
Mar 2013
#9
matt819
(10,749 posts)1. Aiding and Abetting (nt)
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)2. Buttering the slide. nt
chervilant
(8,267 posts)4. Actually,
they're filling a ginormous vat with rubbing alcohol, and positioning it at the bottom of a slide constructed with a single straight-edge razor blade positioned with the sharp edge up...
(They fully expect us to meekly get in line, like the good sheeple we are.)
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)11. +1 That reminds me of a childhood rhyme:
Say say my citizen
Come out and play with me
And meet my bankers three
Serving Alpo and peas
Slide down my razor blade
Into austerity's door,
And you will be our serfs
Forever more.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)3. Putting Razor Blades in the slide.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)5. Dreaming up a new "crisis" to replace this one when it fizzles.
Response to Tierra_y_Libertad (Reply #5)
woo me with science This message was self-deleted by its author.
Hayabusa
(2,135 posts)6. My Congresswoman, like many others
fled back home. Coupled with not voting for the VAWA, I predict her democratic opponent next year is going to have plenty of ammo...
redqueen
(115,101 posts)7. Busy counting their $$$$$$$
They are handsomely rewarded for fucking us over.
Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)9. Congress are establishing their cushy private sector jobs for after their term
while the country begins to burn just like Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Ireland...the banksters are winning.
deutsey
(20,166 posts)10. I, for one, welcome the end-game of our collapsing society