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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:10 AM Original message |
Are there some people here who think DU just shouldn't DISCUSS poverty? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. any post I write will get unrecs, and I'm sure I'm not the only one |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Then perhaps it's a personality issue |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. lol. pissing off segments of people on a political discussion board |
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Kid Dynamite (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #8 |
36. As a newbie I humbly offer a suggestion |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #36 |
61. Great post. Absolutely correct. If it's an OP with any "you guys are being unfair" in it ... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #61 |
122. I'm so sick of hearing about unrecommend... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:17 AM Response to Reply #122 |
129. It's not a thread about "unrec". |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #36 |
111. +1 |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:20 AM Response to Reply #36 |
130. May I offer you a belated welcome? |
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Kid Dynamite (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #130 |
133. Whats all this about Jade? |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:16 AM Response to Reply #36 |
135. Wish I could rec a comment |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
75. I don't think it is surprising being someone who has read many of |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
97. I think you underestimate yourself cali. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
120. One makes a stronger statement without the rude or profane or |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Anyone who takes strong stands on anything at all is going to upset some people.. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Oh yes, Professor Thank-God-It-Passed! |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. I'm sure I'm as likely to draw some. Perhaps even from you eh? lol |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
56. Why haven't I heard of these cliques dammit? How do I join? Is there an application? |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
82. I see ignored has replied. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
59. I recommend your good OPs and unrecommend your bad ones. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #59 |
81. So just do nothing. You just admitted it is personal. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. No, I just said it is not personal. I don't want juvenile OPs on the Greatest Page. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Pray tell, what is it I should be writing and what shouldn't I? Oh arbiter of what is juvenile? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Well, for starters, your approach in that post is emblematic of the problem. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. I haven't used one obscenity in this post, and to be fair, I don't think I use it excessively |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #89 |
105. I don't recall your threads |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #105 |
110. Well, I'll try to link to more of other people's stories and maybe then I'll gain your respect. |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. i just recommended it. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. Ah another wrecked-unwrecked disaster of an OP, but well disguised. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. The subject is "poverty" and it is indeed in the headline.. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
41. I did |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
64. +1 -----i can haz free speech? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
77. Yep. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. "Poverty |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. Amen brother |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. People perceive it as criticism of the Administration. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Yup. We're supposed to pretend that Obama has cured all |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
88. That seems like a very, very long time ago, doesn't it? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
11. People post stuff. Some agree. Some disagree. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. Well here's a rec |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
42. Thanks |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
13. Example |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
14. It was upsetting |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
112. She was a good friend too to those |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 05:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
131. SapphireBlue was one of the best DU'ers there ever was |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
17. In recent years, it's become increasingly difficult to "discuss" just about anything here |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. +1 |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. So it's not just me thinking that DU has gone downhill. nt |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:09 AM Response to Reply #30 |
126. fuck no |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #17 |
90. At last...the truth! +1000000000000000000000000 |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
18. There are some on DU who aren't Democrats - or progressives, for that matter |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
91. Do you know what I think is going on with that? |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #91 |
99. Yes, part of the problem is outdated "branding" and labeling of political parties and positions |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Yeah, I remember posting a thread a few years back about an amazing article on Appalachia |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
19. Probably Freeper trolls being A-holes. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Not just freepers and trolls. |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
113. Poverty is often seen as a moral or personal failing on the part of the poor person |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
20. Yeah that tinfoil hat is on tight today? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. So you come to a thread about poverty and jump to name calling |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. No, it wasn't a thread about poverty but another bitch about the 'unrec' thread |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:29 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. It most certainly is a thread about why some reject poverty issues |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Wow, you slam me on the "WE" but you're all happy to use it in your defense |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. It's not about the rec feature, and you know it. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Then why did you have to bring it up |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:06 AM Response to Reply #50 |
124. No. it wasn't ALL about that. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
45. It is a thread about poverty |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #23 |
63. It's a thread whining about unrec, with a thin veneer of poverty. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. The basic point of the OP |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. The OP has been bitching about the changes with the REC feature since day one |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. They way "I" was? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:00 AM Response to Reply #28 |
44. You know perfectly well this isn't about the "unrec" feature |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
87. Then why did you mention the feature - - TWICE???!!! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #87 |
107. Who gives a flying fuck? Ken doens't like unrec, we all know that, move the fuck on! |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:07 AM Response to Reply #87 |
125. It was in the service of the large point about poverty and DU |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 05:29 AM Response to Reply #28 |
134. It was and is about poverty. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Again, who is the 'we' you speak of? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #20 |
40. How do you know that? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
71. Well said. Good OPs get recommended. Weak ones don't. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
31. Why not discuss it then? instead of such a headline? It seems to me this is just another attempt |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. +1 |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Don't you mean 'way better than we did'? |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:17 AM Response to Reply #38 |
49. At this point just makeup whatever explanation makes you feel good |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #31 |
48. It isn't. You guys got your way on that thing. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. I thought you said this wasn't about the REC feature |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #53 |
60. "many DUers don't really think twice about" |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #60 |
68. And that differs from the OP how? |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #60 |
73. Who's getting hysterical? Discussing this over and over after Skinner |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:05 AM Response to Reply #53 |
123. I meant it that it wasn't about the unrec feature |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
66. +5 |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
33. DU should discuss all the pressing issues of the day. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
37. Worse than a mother using welfare is the TARP welfare. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
39. I don't see how receiving unrecommends prevents you from discussing poverty on DU. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #39 |
67. +2 Why people equate Unrec to shit vanishing off the face of the earth confuses me. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
43. The most indoctrinated class, the Professional class, sets the tone in either Name Brand party |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
46. One thing that may make the "burbs" uncomfortable is that |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #46 |
57. suburban development was entirely predicated on cheap gasoline |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #57 |
119. Hello, datasuspect. The cheap gasoline has consequences that can |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
51. First sentence from OP: It seems like threads that deal with it here are almost always "unrec" bait |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #51 |
65. +3 |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:25 AM Response to Reply #51 |
72. I recommend your wise posts discussing this thread's OP. |
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Pushed To The Left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
52. K&R |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
54. Oh wait. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #54 |
69. +10 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
55. Deleted sub-thread |
TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
58. I don't recommend OPs with almost zero substance, such as this one. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #58 |
70. +10 |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #58 |
78. Thank you. Well said. (nt) |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #58 |
85. +1 for your reply and another +1 for babylonsister |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #85 |
106. Yes, she's the board MVP for thread starting, and it's not close. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #58 |
101. Well said! n/t |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
62. OH MY FUCKING GAWD. Maybe the posts on the subject sunk up the joint. FER FUCK SAKE |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
74. We have to go to Mars and back to the moon first, then we can deal with poverty. At least that's |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
76. DU's demographics: white, mid-to-upper middle class |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #76 |
92. Yes, those income surveys we do from time to time are very revealing. |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #92 |
115. It probably makes many DU'ers uncomfortable to address this as a political issue |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. I think you are exactly right. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #76 |
96. Deleted message |
Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #96 |
103. demographics aren't stereotypes. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
79. We have a few poverty homeless advocates that post/ed here and they've seen the |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 06:47 AM Response to Reply #79 |
132. +1 |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
80. Another thread about nothing |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #80 |
93. Which is a shame because it could have been about something |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Au contraire. They've finally found a way to successfully package an anti-unrec payload... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. Perhaps it's the new "K&R" thread |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:09 AM Response to Reply #93 |
127. No it isn't.The thread was about poverty |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 04:16 AM Response to Reply #80 |
128. No, it's a thread about a real issue...the unwillingness of some here to discuss real issues |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
94. i do not use unrec but also suspect it's a personality issue |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
102. How can we *discuss* poverty when most people here promote the class system that causes it? |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 04:56 PM Response to Reply #102 |
104. +1 |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
108. There are some spectacularly insensitive people here |
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the blues (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
109. Being unacquainted with the posters on this thread, or their usual posts... |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
114. Sssh... This is a Democratic site |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
116. Can you give some examples - I can't imagine why a thread dealing with issue of poverty would be |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
118. The measure of a person or a society is how they relate to those |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
121. For all of you who have responded objecting to the OP's mention of the UNrec feature |
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