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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:07 AM Original message |
Chris Hedges: Why the Elites Are in Trouble |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. electoral politics is a farce |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. ...that turns into tragedy. (NT) |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. To Assert the Will of We the People |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. Wow...hadn't heard about the payoff to NYPD by Chase... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. Basically they don't believe this Democracy works. |
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DocMac (429 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
45. This Democracy does not work. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
5. Ahhh..I love the sound of Hedges in the morning. Thank you. |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
6. LOL..... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. LOL! |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
8. This, the essence: |
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weeve (427 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. The Grapes of Wrath |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. K/R for your post -- |
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mother earth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
9. Revolutions can be tricky, but they are always transforming. |
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raouldukelives (945 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
10. k&r |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
11. The funniest thing about this, is |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
12. According to what I read above |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. No government at all can be better than corrupt, illegitimate, and lawless government. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Yeah, that's what the Tea Party wants, too. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. What's your point? |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. My point is |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 01:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. OWS does not want anarchy, we want the rule of law, and rule according to the public will. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. You are right about that |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I take exception to every one of your posts in this sub-thread |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. My posts |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Your earlier posts were calling the protestors Anarchists |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I didn't specifically call anyone an anarchist |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. "According to what I read above what the protests really want is anarchy" |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
67. Not opposite of anarchy |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. According to Webster's |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:36 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. "Leaderless decentraliced movement of civil disobedience" |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 04:57 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Consensus decision making is NOT anarchism |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 09:35 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Deleted message |
bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Bring it on. We can learn too. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Name anything significant after the 1964-65 civil rights acts |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. LOL. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. So, you couldn't come up with anything? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Again, what is your point? |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. My point is: |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Eh, that seems vague and fearful to me. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. Whoa .... what happened after 1963 had nothing to do with any movements going wrong ... in fact, |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #40 |
58. Custoemrserviceguy. What we have right now is rule by oligarchy for everyone not in the top |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. PS: you are seriously ignorant if you think civil rights protestors were not "demonized." |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Of course, they were demonized |
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MaineDeadHead (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. It didn't stick because... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. But .... |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #21 |
57. customerserviceguy, you are far too cautious. |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
66. I'm thinking that |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I don't buy that everyone protesting wants anarachy. I protested at our local "occupation" Friday |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Stay tuned for fear-mongering about "black block" and other such distractions. nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. "Black Block" = Agent Provocateurs. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. "Never listen to your local FBI plant." |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
68. Black block |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Remember how the tea party was judged |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 06:42 AM Response to Reply #23 |
63. This is the third post in which you've brought up the need for a "leader(s)" |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 06:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
69. Don't worry |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Peaceful protest you say is anarchy? O rly? |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 06:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. I don't see any call for anarchy in what I read |
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mulsh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 08:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
64. you must have missed the paragraphs about OWS organizing |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Self-organizing non-hierarchically |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
84. she calls herself ketchup because she is an artist. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
14. Kicked and recommended. |
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Charronxyz (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
19. There is no point in demanding... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
46. "They have no faith, nor should they, in the political system or the 2 major political parties" -- |
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Muskypundit (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
47. Ketchup? Seriously? You want to be taken seriously, and you call yourself ketchup? |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. But "musky" is okay? How about Newt? Adlai? Ike? Dick? |
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Muskypundit (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Its not about you. Its about the reich wing media using the name ketchup |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #47 |
59. And Muskypundit? Doesn't sound like a real name. |
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Muskypundit (417 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 12:53 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. An intelligent person wouldnt give their real name, I agree |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 02:07 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. True, but OWS is taking place in spite of Faux News and the other |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
72. Hi there friend! |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #47 |
65. Not only that, you are banned in French cafeterias. |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #47 |
71. Catch up! nt |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
50. K&R |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
52. If this analysis is correct then the Democrats might be in trouble. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-11 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
54. Agenda? Goal? Demand? ECONOMIC JUSTICE. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 04:43 AM Response to Original message |
62. kick and recommend |
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Syntheto (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
73. 'Rebellion' or 'Revolution'? |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 04:02 AM Response to Reply #73 |
76. It's good |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 05:30 AM Response to Reply #76 |
78. The Revolution will not be televised... because there IS no Revolution |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #78 |
81. FYI |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. I don't hate America |
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tama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. I love you nt |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 05:44 AM Response to Reply #73 |
79. Did you actually write that post? |
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Syntheto (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. You're hopeful... |
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