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Philosoraptor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:04 AM
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I grant thee 3 Liberal wishes, what be they?
Oh great Genie of the internet, I beseech thee to granteth me these wishes three:

A Sweep of the house and Senate by Democratic leaders.

Investigate and impeach the ape.

Retreat from the disaster in Iraq.

Abracazam, abracazee, I now grant thee these wishes three.
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waiting for hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:05 AM
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1. Need to Add:
Investigate and impeach the ape and his sidekick Cheney .... can't leave that door open can we?
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:20 AM
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12. Impeach Them All
We have to de-NeoCon and maybe even de-GOP the country, just as Germany had to de-Nazify. And then we need laws to prevent the proliferation of their ideas, just as Germany has laws against Nazi propagandizing.
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Lusted4 Donating Member (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 06:28 PM
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34. No it goes like this, I grant thee Liberal three wishes.
A republican Genie grants a Liberal Democrat three wishes under one condition.
What ever the Dem wishes the genie grants double to all republicans.
Whats your first wish lib? a million dollars. bingo a mill for him two mill for all repub's.
Whats your second wish lib? a beautiful girl friend. he now has a beautiful girlfriend standing next to him and see's these repub's walking around with two beautiful girlfriends.
The Genie then says this is the third and final wish, what do you wish for?
Well I always wanted to donate a kidney.
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Snotcicles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 06:36 PM
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35. LOL>>>> thats to damn funny n/t
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BoneDaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:06 AM
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2. Okay
Edited on Tue Sep-12-06 11:06 AM by BoneDaddy
I have only one:

That Barbara Bush's womb was barren from day one.
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darkmaestro019 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:06 AM
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3. Aw. I was waiting for the last line
...and poof, he turned into a Democrat....
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KyndCulture Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:07 AM
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4. 3 wishes..
Retreat from Iraq immediately.

Dems WIN! In november.

George Bush says "Guilty, your honor"


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ACK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:08 AM
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5. My 3
Universal healthcare
Elimination of corporate welfare
Control of both the House and Senate by Populist Progressive Democrats not Bush-lite please genie.
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:10 AM
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6. Okay
I'll accept your wishes as a given. Here's my own beyond that.

1)That once they are at least in a co-equal position, the Democrats become DEMOCRATS again. That means stop enabling the corporate takeover of our country and the world, become a real balance to "free market Darwinism" and start pushing for things like anti-trust laws, workers' rghts and supporting (instead of undermining) the middle and lower classes.

2)That they start doing to "conservatism" what the GOP has successfully done to "liberalism" for 30 years. Marginalize and dscredit the basic philosophy of Greed and Elitism that conservatism really is.

3)I need a girlfriend. (Okay, that's not political, but no harm trying to sneak that one in there to the genie too.)



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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:10 AM
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7. At Least One Television Network that is Not Under Rethug Control
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Philosoraptor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:11 AM
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8. DNN: Democratic News Network. that would be heaven alright
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TygrBright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:13 AM
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9. hmmmm.... today's wish list includes...
1. A truly progressive tax system that eliminates corporate welfare support via taxes, and taxes wealth as effectively as income.

2. An end to public subsidies of the massive global corporate profit complex that is responsible for cheap, industrially-produced food-like substances.

3. A shift of the public money used to prop up the auto and petroleum industries, into a massive investment in public infrastructure of electric car charging stations and public transportation.

wistfully,
Bright
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Philosoraptor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:19 AM
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11. very practical, most folks want a limo, driver and mansion in the sky
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Nia Zuri Donating Member (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:13 AM
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10. Election reform & return to fairness doctrine...
Take big money out of politics, end corporate media control, reregulate key industries...
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cybildisobedience Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 12:15 PM
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28. Bingo....
If you had those two, you wouldn't even need a third wish - you could save it for the next disaster.
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:26 AM
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13. Here's 3 real throwbacks.
1. I wish that the plot to kill JFK had been discovered and it's instigators and participants arrested and jailed for life.

2. I wish that America had developed and mandated non-polluting energy sources and viable electric cars in the 60's.

3. I wish that Richard Nixon had never run for public office of any kind.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:30 AM
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14. I'm still working on the exact 3 I'd wish for, but one certainly involves
a pterodactyl swooping down from a volcanic-red sky, sinking its talons into Ann Coulter, and carrying her off to gnaw her worthless bones to the last bite.

I don't know if pterodactyls had talons. But the one in my wish does. And they're real damn sharp.
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xiamiam Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:30 AM
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15. this is easy
1. prison for the neocons
2. gore/feingold 08
2. a kinder gentler America embracing dignity, intelligence and compassion
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:33 AM
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16. Impeachment, Peace, and President Clark. nt
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:34 AM
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17. Only one
Edited on Tue Sep-12-06 11:41 AM by OwnedByFerrets
UNIVERSAL PEACE. Is that so damn hard that we need a Genie to grant it? Oh, never mind.
OK, I changed my mind, I want two.
The end of hunger. We have enough food, just need better distribution.......and someone to care that it gets distributed.
Oh, OK....I want three.
I want this entire administration to get what they deserve. Jail time and all.
Sorry, Im a slow thinker. :)
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Cameron27 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 06:51 PM
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37. I'll go with you on the first two.
But my third wish would be for control of the congress by the Democrats and a great Democratic President--Clark is my choice.

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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:35 AM
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18. I'm going for the big picture
1. An end to intolerance and bigotry of all kinds.
2. Everyone on earth has shelter and enough to eat.
3. An end to war.
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:42 AM
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19. impeach, universal healthcare, and living wage.
If that happens we become a humane country. Till then we are a rogue nation.
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Mz Pip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:44 AM
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20. Regain the respect of our allies
Bush/Cheney resign in disgrace.

Take back the House and Senate.

Mz Pip
:dem:
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Exiled in America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:45 AM
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21. 1) #1 public education system 2) Living Wage for all 3) healthcare for all
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Philosoraptor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:46 AM
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22. I grant these wishes 3 to thee, long live the genie of the internet
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Wiley50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:48 AM
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23. Here's mine
Edited on Tue Sep-12-06 11:56 AM by Wiley50
(1) The entire * admin is found out and shipped to the Hague
( I want to see them hung without hoods )

(2) The entire Trilateral Commission and Council on Foreign Relations
are found out, put against the wall and shot and globalization reversed

(3) We immediately take aggressive steps to end global warming
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Stargleamer Donating Member (636 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:52 AM
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24. Impeach? I want * tried and convicted in the Hague. . .
along with Blair.

2nd wish: free college tuition for everyone,

3rd wish: a redistribution of wealth.
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Rosemary2205 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 11:53 AM
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25. Three wishes - I wouldn't waste one on shrub.
1. Peace on Earth for the next 10,000 years. (which would require everyone to have basic life needs met in order to avoid war and asassinations over recourses)

2. Technology for cars and power plants to run on garbage without polluting.

3. All those disease that kill people one inch at a time go away (HIV, cancer, lupus, etc)
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Exiled in America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 12:10 PM
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26. I realized I could go bigger and only need one wish:
That every nation on earth would honor EACH AND EVERY ARTICLE OF THE Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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WA98296 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 12:12 PM
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27. Publically financed campaigns, Voting integrity, Real News on Network
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Momgonepostal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 06:09 PM
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29. 1) universal healthcare 2) stronger public schools...
including better pay for teachers, and 3) a very dynamic, popular, gets things done type of democrat elected as president in 2008.

(I thought at first impeachment and resignation would be nice for Bush, but then we'd get Cheney and he's no picnic in the park either.
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 06:10 PM
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30. 1. bush/cheney in jail, 2. media reform, 3. time-traveling FDR as prez
for starters
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 06:11 PM
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31. I only need one wish. I wish that the truth about 9/11 and the **
mis Administration's involvement leading up to that day would come out. Grant me that one wish and I am a happy camper.
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Red Right and BLUE Donating Member (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 06:13 PM
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32. mine:
Investigation, impeachment, imprisonment.

Withdrawl from Iraq.

Publicly-funded elections.

I got lots more, though :(
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Mike03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 06:26 PM
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33. My Three

1. A Gore/Feingold ticket in 08
2. A Sweep of House and Senate in November
3. Talk-show host Ray Taliafero joins either SIRIUS or XM satellite radio progressive channels (because I can barely receive him here in Arizona and, besides, I want everyone to hear him : - )
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Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 06:44 PM
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36. I want the environment we had before the Industrial Revolution.
Second, all the worlds weapons and weapons producing installations, I want them to vanish into a blackhole.

Third, all people who control the governments of the world, I want a floating ticking counter above their heads that shows clearly if they are 'good' or 'evil'. I want it to be permanent if they ever pick politics as a career.
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helderheid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 06:52 PM
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38. transparent elections, fair media, impeach these fools out.
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hogwyld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-12-06 07:02 PM
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39. here's my 3
Gore/Feingold WIN in '08

We sweep the House/Senate in '06

We see every single stinking rethuglican in the world "hanging out" at the Hague.

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