Nordic
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Sat Nov-20-04 12:01 AM
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This country died on 9/11.
Osama Bin Laden slew this giant country with one hit to the temple. LIke David slew goliath.
One terror attack that killed fewer people than die by car wrecks, guns, or cigarettes every year, and the country turned over its car keys to a fascist dictatorship.
The terrorists won. LIke a dumb cow in a slaughterhouse, this country crumpled face-first into the dirt with one blow to the head.
The citizens of this country are too stupid and too paralyzed with fear to even know that their country is dead. And they let it die.
The fascists took over the country with nary a whimper from anyone. They passed laws that took away our rights, and all were silent. They designed voting machines which let them steal the elections, and nobody said a word.
They just put themselves in power for another four years and are brazenly announcing some of their most disgusting intentions, and everyone is sitting back and taking it like an abused wife.
Who would have ever thought America could be killed so easily?
I sure didn't. When I was a kid, there were riots in the streets every day.
This is not the America I once knew. This is a nation of cowards who deserve to have their throat slit like sheep.
I am done with this country and I am done with the Democratic Party.
May this country and its rotting populance get the future they deserve.
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Sat Nov-20-04 12:02 AM
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1. We aren't dead, we're just in a coma. |
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The revolution is comming.
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Nordic
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Sat Nov-20-04 12:16 AM
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4. Sure. Just like the Jews who got on those trains peacefully |
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Sat Nov-20-04 12:05 AM
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2. I agree with you but, unfortunately, there is no way in hell that the |
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half of the country who voted for Bush will realize what has happened to this country. Short of a cataclysmic, man-made catastrophe. Or tens of thousands of body bags.
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Sat Nov-20-04 12:08 AM
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Edited on Sat Nov-20-04 12:10 AM by slor
and that is the hardest part to comprehend. I guess we gave many of our fellow citizens way too much credit for having courage to fight for what is right and the intelligence to discern truth from lies.
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Sat Nov-20-04 12:18 AM
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5. Riots in the streets everyday |
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Sat Nov-20-04 12:35 AM
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7. Remember when the Berlin wall fell? Remember Romania, 1989? |
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Edited on Sat Nov-20-04 12:35 AM by Nordic
Remember when Milosevic fell?
Yes, those were good things.
Our only hope at this point is massive civil disobedience.
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Sat Nov-20-04 10:49 AM
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but the riots didn't cause the Berlin wall to fall.
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Sat Nov-20-04 12:19 AM
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6. We Choose the Motto Live Free or Die |
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The Bushies chose to turn over their freedoms in hopes of being safe. Cowardly idiots. Just like the Hitler enablers.
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Sat Nov-20-04 12:50 AM
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8. I mostly agree with you, but... |
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I am not ready to throw in the towel.
I know that those who came before us fought long and hard to achieve the freedoms we have today and just because the White House Nazi and his Fourth Reich want to take them away doesn't mean we have to let him.
This is not the time to give up, my friend!
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Sat Nov-20-04 12:53 AM
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9. It's not me who concerns me. It's the other 50 million |
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who I thought might have some fucking balls.
It's the Democratic Party. Who I am now DONE WITH FOREVER.
Why the fuck is everybody taking this sitting down?
Massive civil disobedience is the only chance we have to take back our country. Without that we won't even get any MEDIA COVERAGE. Without that NOBODY WILL KNOW SHIT.
Do you see anyone planning any massive civil disobedience? I don't.
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Sat Nov-20-04 12:57 AM
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12. If you're done with it, why |
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are you at DU? And are YOU planning any civil disobedience?
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Sat Nov-20-04 01:05 AM
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14. I've been here a while. And I have come to this conclusion today |
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I would happily join in any civil disobedience if we had any leaders who were planning some.
We have no leaders. They sold us down the river in this election.
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Sat Nov-20-04 01:59 AM
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18. A leader IS essential. Somebody who can be a rallying point, who |
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can vocalize the ideals and thoughts of everybody in this fight, and focus everyone's efforts and attention. Otherwise, everyone will be going his or her own way.
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Sat Nov-20-04 11:50 AM
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26. The kill our leaders. They've been doing it for years. ESPECIALLY |
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if there focus is toward UNITING groups such as white/black or working class; ESPECIALLY if they focus attention on THOSE WHO CONTROL THE MONEY.
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Sat Nov-20-04 07:29 AM
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20. Stick around, a LOT of people are angry |
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and feeling alienated right now.
But as this ugly beast of fascism 'slouches toward Babylon' we must
do whatever we can to stop it.
The Nazi analogy is accurate.
The Resistance will come in many forms but resist we will.
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Sat Nov-20-04 12:56 AM
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11. now THAT'S an un-american post! |
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Sat Nov-20-04 12:58 AM
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13. Go back to where you came from NN. |
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Sat Nov-20-04 01:05 AM
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15. No, that's not true... |
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The US has its share of warts, but we HAVE been on the right side of lots of things, historically. Not all...but often.
The point I try to make about the current cabal of jackals in charge now is they have subverted so much of the American ideal.
9/11 exposed a lot of Americans as a bunch of pussies, though.
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Sat Nov-20-04 10:50 AM
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24. Poorly worded, I admit |
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I was talking about its politicians, not its citizens.
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Sat Nov-20-04 11:51 AM
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27. "America" is one thing |
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the inner wish for freedom is another.
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Sat Nov-20-04 01:06 AM
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16. Long hard slog. Folks have been fighting tyranny since the dawn of man. |
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Heck, maybe since man were apes, monkeys and chimps, even. Some folks will ALWAYS try to control everyone else. Have the faith to continue the fight against them.
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Sat Nov-20-04 01:20 AM
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We are SO fucked...
And whatever comes, LET IT!
I've given up the fantasy of America "dying with our boots on"...
At least we could die *awake*!!
Lady Sonelle
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Sat Nov-20-04 06:42 AM
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19. You're right. I'm done too. |
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There is no possible way things can get any better - the country is dead. Everyone is silent. There is no one to lead us. No massive demonstrations. I'm just going to end it right now. I'm going to kill myself. Thanks for helping me see the truth - you have saved me from many future years of nothing but misery.
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Sat Nov-20-04 07:55 AM
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Edited on Sat Nov-20-04 08:01 AM by 90-percent
these days looks like you could get killed out there. the stuff they shoot can kill if you get hit in the head or other critical areas.
and they're doing it right now.
they were using tactics of war to deal with peaceful protestors at the last WTO meeting in flordia this year! they're killing people when a baseball teams wins the series, fer chrissakes!
a real civil rights riot these days with a large amount of people is going to produce a couple of deaths and scores of injuries. it will be much more bloody than what went on in the sixties. although, come to think of it, the deaths and sacrifices in the 60's did produce real signifigant results.
the deaths of 9/11 are probably equalled in a matter of hours in the USA if you tally up all the deaths caused by personal choices - obesity, weight, smoking, driving, and stupidity! Rationally, it would take TENS OF THOUSANDS of 9/11's to equal the deaths from autos and tobacco in the last 75 years! Lightening is 1000 times more probable than getting killed by fucking terrorists!
And George dismissed the largest protests in the history of the earth in the run up to Iraq as insignifigant as a focus group.
Riots in the streets mean nothing to these people. I doubt they'd get upset over violent attempts to overthrow the government! Hell, I think they want it to use as an excuse to declare martial law!
I wonder how they'll get us all to peacefully and ignorantly take the trip to the impending internment camps?
-85% Jimmy
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Sat Nov-20-04 11:18 AM
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25. that's why we need strikes. WE need to start shutting things down |
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In LA for instance we could shut down the biggest port in the country if we got enough people together.
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