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Egalitarian Thug

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30. I think you can gather a general pic from the previous replies.

Sun May 6, 2012, 07:47 PM

May 2012

At the bottom of all the distraction and misdirection is that a significant number of people in Europe and around the globe are calling bullshit on the authoritarian Masters of the Universe that have had their way for the last couple generations.

What I find most disturbing about this is that, if history is any indication, America might well be swayed by the inevitable backlash that the banksters will initiate and go all in on the stupid and continue its policy of propping up the destroyers. While people outside America have an idea that power lies with them, inside America we are dominated by fools that are ready and willing to lay down their lives and their children's futures in the name of their "someday I'll be on top" fantasy.

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Overseas elections. SOMEBODY TELL ME WHAT IT MEANS. Please. [View all] aquart May 2012 OP

Try doing some of your own reading first. It's one thing to ask a particular aspect of the change Lionessa May 2012 #1

Sorry. Most of my family has been having surgery and I've been distracted. aquart May 2012 #3

Hope everyone is recovering malaise May 2012 #4

Thanks, we haven't even gotten to recovery yet. aquart May 2012 #7

Congrats on the new baby malaise May 2012 #8

sorry for that first reply mitchtv May 2012 #11

Best wishes for improved health for your loved ones. FedUpWithIt All May 2012 #37

Thanks. aquart May 2012 #40

Hope everyone is getting better! LeftishBrit May 2012 #61

A tad rude nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #16

The jury for post #1 went 3-3. I was either juror #1 or #5. Juror #3 explained it well. Electric Monk May 2012 #18

It was still rude nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #21

Stuff happens to people. MineralMan May 2012 #24

Wow...what a little ray of sunshine Texasgal May 2012 #28

What a shitty reply. If you don't want to help, just move on. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #29

For all ya'll above complaining about my post, I notice only nadinbrzezinski & malaise Lionessa May 2012 #31

Look again. Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #32

The OP said that the information and link already provided by Malaise sufficed. FedUpWithIt All May 2012 #38

Really...is this always necessary around here. FedUpWithIt All May 2012 #36

The future will tell. No one really knows. We all shall see soon. southernyankeebelle May 2012 #2

Shift left nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #5

This means the French will be pulling out of Afghanistan malaise May 2012 #9

And chances are us as well nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #13

We can hope malaise May 2012 #14

My son-in-law is a charming young Frenchman. tblue37 May 2012 #52

Yes indeed malaise May 2012 #55

I heard that NATO is talking about this right now Canuckistanian May 2012 #49

That is great news malaise May 2012 #53

What it means, at least in France and Greece, MadHound May 2012 #6

Not the EU completely, but it could affect the euro and Schengen DFW May 2012 #58

People are sick of having their political options dictated to them by bankers - kenny blankenship May 2012 #10

+1 xchrom May 2012 #17

Excellent post, thank you! sabrina 1 May 2012 #23

Yeah, the far right funding is why I want those wealth taxes NOW and extreme. aquart May 2012 #41

Backgroundf info on Hollande malaise May 2012 #12

Very helpful-- janx May 2012 #26

So it isn't love for him but overwhelming rage at the austerity programs? aquart May 2012 #42

Fair question. Quantess May 2012 #15

It means a regection of the failed Austerity programs in those two countries at least. sabrina 1 May 2012 #19

So Goldman Sachs got it wrong in Greece and maybe blew it completely? aquart May 2012 #43

Yes, have they gotten it right anywhere they have been operating? For themselves, yes, they've sabrina 1 May 2012 #48

CNN seemed to think get the red out May 2012 #20

...What?! janx May 2012 #27

Can't recall get the red out May 2012 #33

CNN ignored one important detail DFW May 2012 #56

Arab Spring, Wisconsin, and Occupy have changed the global conversation. Zorra May 2012 #22

It Means I'll Be Watching The Asian Markets Later Tonight, And... WillyT May 2012 #25

A more likely reason for the Nikkei's decline Art_from_Ark May 2012 #51

I think you can gather a general pic from the previous replies. Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #30

Rec'd for asking a question and getting real answers! just1voice May 2012 #34

In Greece's case Harmony Blue May 2012 #35

A Greek journalist friend has been covering it and she says she doesn't know what it means. aquart May 2012 #44

I will give you my opinion... kentuck May 2012 #39

Okay, walking out onto the quicksand but... aquart May 2012 #45

Krugman addressed it in some detail... kentuck May 2012 #46

K&R and same here, FWIW. Way too busy to follow politics right now. inna May 2012 #47

I was really interested in the answer too Horse with no Name May 2012 #50

Stratfor: "The traditional political elites are losing control of the system they once dominated." Prometheus Bound May 2012 #54

I feel that I, too, should apologize for some here who believe that information should truth2power May 2012 #57

Thank you. It's an impressive variety of disasters. aquart May 2012 #59

It means that lots of people are sick of cuts. LeftishBrit May 2012 #60

Good luck. Question? aquart May 2012 #62