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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:05 PM Original message |
Poll question: Favorite Progressive Author? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gunter Grass, and I pick him because he was outed as being a member |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Robert Reich...love that guy. |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. What has he written? n/t |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Reason, Locked in the Cabinet, The Work of Nations... |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison... |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. I'm changing my question a bit |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Pity |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Lewis Lapham - Best. Essayist. Alive. |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Awesome! |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Lapham is really terrific. Love his stuff! |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. him |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Who's "him?" |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. who's him? The Good Doctor! |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. ? |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. you're kidding... |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. lol. |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. By the way you can vote for him now |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Then shouldn't you vote for him? |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. no, i named my favorite (and as much as i love HST, it ain't him) |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Hunter S Thompson (Avatar) |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Oh shoot! |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I've only read fear and loathing in las vegas but I like |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Check out The Great Shark Hunt...it's a collection of essays. |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. My sis has been telling about that one |
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MzNov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. Thom Hartmann |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
20. EXCUSE ME, GUYS! There's not a single female author on this list! |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Barbara Kingsolver |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. molly ivins is groovy. never read any jane smiley (didn't she write Moo?) |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Yes -- and she also writes a political column for Huffington Post. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. you know...i keep looking at her books in the library, and can never |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Jane Smiley's column there is consistently great. You're missing out. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. i blame whoever wrote the jacket copy... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Moo was such an engaging book that I could even |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. I put up the first three you listed here |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
31. Paul Krugman |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
32. Steve Kangas |
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AwareOne (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
34. I voted Chomsky but I enjoy Greg Palast and Michael Moore also |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. The Political Amazon |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
36. What the hell? No votes for Kos? |
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Steepler0t (348 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
38. Shame |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:51 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. lol. There's only room for so many... |
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Steepler0t (348 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. No Vonnegut, No biggie |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Is he a "modern" progressive? |
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Steepler0t (348 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 08:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. He is still writing |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Plenty modern! |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
43. WilliamPitt |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. Hard to have one favorite. Don't forget Chalmers Johnson. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
45. Barbara Ehrenreich |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
46. Joseph Heller, Edward Abbey, Arundhati Roy, Arthur Miller, |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-17-06 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
47. Your poll has some great, great choices. I picked Gore Vidal, but |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 01:04 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Hmm |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 09:23 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. He's a progressive through and through. You're abosolutely right |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
52. Noam Chomsky and Gore Vidal |
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Dob Bole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-18-06 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
54. Jim Wallis, at the moment nt |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-19-06 05:01 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. What does he do? |
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