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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 03:23 PM Original message |
Well as the kabuki theater unfolds |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Your right about anger - people hate their insurance provider |
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HillbillyBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Might be time to run all new people, ones we can count on to push |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. no thank you. I'll keep Leahy, Sanders and Welch |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. sums it up for me as well. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. kick |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. I will never vote again....and more than a few family and friends have said the same. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Depending on what comes out |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. +1. No point. nt |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. No! You have to vote, just vote for somebody else. When "other" starts drawing significant |
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rd_kent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. I may be with you on this one. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yes, we do need a third party |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. There ARE Democrats who strongly support the public option |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Becuase the US political system needs serioius reforms |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yeah, it sure seems like it's corporations that own Congress |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Two parties are written in stone, due to how the system works |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. It's our Constitution that's flawed. A third party won't solve the problem. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. I'd say the corporations own the parties, and the parties control enough of Congress |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yet you were one of the Bankster bailouts BIGGEST cheerleaders. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Read on Keynes General Theory |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. * & Obama are NOT FDR. Get a clue. nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. You are right... and your point? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. "Something had to be done".... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Again I cite Keynes and history |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. There are credible economists who disagree with you. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. How was it "no strings attached" when they are paying back with interest |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. LOL at the "profit" schtick. Ask him to show his work. nt |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. You continue to manage the amazing trick of posting content-free |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. And you continue to assert a "profit" for the TARP that you cannot quantitize. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. "quantitize"? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Quantify. My malapropism isn't nearly as embarassing as your dishonesty, though. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Actually your malapropism is more embarassing! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. "Quantize" is a word used in music (among other things.) And you are avoiding the question! |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:49 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. No, there is no such word as "quantitize" in music |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Right. But you can't *quantify* this putative profit, either. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 04:06 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. It has been many times |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Heh. You COULD quantify this profit, if you wanted to... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Bullshit. : "Some U.S. bailout funds won't be recovered.." |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Sure, some banks will go under and not pay |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. No, the issue was the "profits" you allege. nt |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. LOL. I know you are not stupid, so..... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. I've asked before. When did Keynes advocate for bailing out foreign banks |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Btw... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I'll take that as a concession. nt |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. You don't have to take it as a concession... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. We Americans seem to suffer as a group from the delusion that expressing opinions is equivalent |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. If I could recommend this |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. The vote that matters is in the Democratic primaries.... THAT is where you can effect change |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I'll remind you, voting third party will be useless only if it is me |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Nonsense. It's decided for most us before we get a chance to vote. |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. And the public option needs to be medicare for anyone who chooses it. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. It is deep, and health care is the tip of the iceberg |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Angry?...Who is angry? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
42. the problem is, Americans are not electing Presidents |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-30-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. +1 |
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