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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 05:47 AM Original message |
"We're fucked." |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. Excellent snip from a highly recommendable OP by Emma Brockes |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 06:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Do you have a link for the rest of this article? |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 06:45 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. link |
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itzamirakul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 07:22 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Thanks for the link... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 06:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Great read |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well, we've seen that leader here at DU often enough-"We're fucked." NOT. |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 06:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. We the electorate can't get rid of Blair without electing |
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HongKonger (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 08:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. I hate to say it... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
30. Theoretically, we could have elected a Lib Dem government |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Theoretically, yes. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Getting Lib Dems into a coalition might have been possible |
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Poppyseedman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 07:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Small points |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 08:23 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. 911 and several wars happened on dubya's watch |
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Poppyseedman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 08:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I live in florida and have extensively looked at the election |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #20 |
29. You have to take Diebold into consideration |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. NON-TRANSPARENT election system, installed in 2002-2004. |
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Poppyseedman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. No, I'm not peddling war as salvation, just making the point |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. I worked as an election judge in a very progressive county, |
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Poppyseedman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 10:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I agree there are issues that need to be addressed, |
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MissWaverly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
31. "willing democratic participation" |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 08:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Right. Here's some more relevant comment from The Guardian: |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
3. K & R |
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billyskank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 06:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Hey you! |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. I've been panicking openly for a while now |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. Things are a little bleak |
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bronxiteforever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 06:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I believe you are right,assuming we live to see it. |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 08:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. One can only hope for things to improve |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
11. You don't reach this level of disaster overnight. |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 08:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. "What do you mean 'we,' white man?" I object to this "we." "We" didn't |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 08:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. We all have a right to determine what our fellow man is capable |
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exlrrp (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
15. when you don't know what to do, throw a grenade! |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
23. * really is a disaster of historic proportion |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. Oh come on, humankind has dealt with far worse |
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Hoping4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-05-06 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. Brilliant. Especially powerful is the line |
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