cantstandbush
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Tue Jan-17-06 09:47 AM
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"A French revolution in reverse where the workers pour down the |
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Edited on Tue Jan-17-06 09:49 AM by cantstandbush
street crying more power for the aristocrisy!" A quote from a speaker on the UVA "News Makers" Thomas Frank, Ph.D discussing the irony of working poor (red states) voting for Republicans. (Watching on Public Broadcasting. If there is a link I will post it. It's is a very enlightening discussion and one that people should pay attention to if we want to save our nation.)
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We need to spread this concept far and wide.
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Surya Gayatri
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Tue Jan-17-06 09:57 AM
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2. If the "sans culottes" had been |
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cowed by Louis XVI with the looming threat of imminent and total annihilation, as were the American poor under BushCo, I wonder whether they would have found the courage to overturn the same regime that promised to "protect them". Pure speculation... :shrug: SG
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