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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:09 PM Original message |
Is age a factor in the current discord on DU? ...a theory. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Which ones? It's possible I might agree with your premise, yet very much disagree as to who |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Call outs are against the rules but my comrads and I know. n/t |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. Been passing around "Ignore List" |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Oh, don't be so coy, comrad(sic). I'm sure you can give a general description of the *type* |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I agree completely... |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. There was a whole thread devoted to that claim on... Saturday, I believe? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
127. That was me, and you mis-characterized what I posted. |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #127 |
135. equal opportunity bashing |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #135 |
146. Me too. nt |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #135 |
151. His point should be better taken I feel... |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #135 |
162. And you apparently |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #162 |
200. exaggeration? |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #200 |
205. yes...exaggeration! |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #205 |
217. Yes, Obama has said that he is cutting Medicare and Social Security benefits. |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #217 |
222. Well, you have your opinion |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:29 PM Response to Reply #222 |
233. He is talking about means-testing. |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #222 |
245. "deep cuts in Medicare" |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #222 |
246. Yes, I do think Obama is part of a group of people who want |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #135 |
170. Well said and I am a 60 year old liberal. |
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trud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #170 |
201. A Simple Game |
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A Simple Game (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #201 |
206. And 30 or 40 years ago Obama would not have been a Democrat. |
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UnrepentantLiberal (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #135 |
189. +++1 |
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UnrepentantLiberal (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #127 |
191. You want a conspiracy? |
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theFrankFactor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #127 |
223. Republicans won't change because you "bash" them. It's OUR responsibility to respond... |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. the only question is whether they are paid by the GOP or the corporate owned Dems |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Exactly. n/t |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
69. Yes. The rigid talking points and the leisure to pound them 24/7. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #69 |
80. thanks, I got into it with some1 exactly as you described-no empathy & |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. Hang in there. |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #84 |
91. yep I officially announced it on the thread where 1 was, Im like Santa-for the naughty |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:54 AM Response to Reply #80 |
102. 'No empathy'. Yes, not something you associate with someone |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #102 |
155. Me too, |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #80 |
235. I saw that. You handled it well, I thought. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #69 |
88. I agree. IMO DLC is awash with paid DLC shills. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #88 |
118. And then there are the unpaid campaign members who do it for free - |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #88 |
147. Me too.......nt |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:08 AM Response to Reply #69 |
92. Whenever you despair about DU, google this thread to see who we really are: |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #69 |
226. I've noticed the same thing |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #69 |
241. ^ ITA, Fred. I remember what DU was like in 2003 through 2005 ^ |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. Define "so-called Democrat = troll" if you are able. |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. I believe most of them end up defining themselves... |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. That's a non-answer. |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Oh, I don't think it's a "non-answer" so much as an exhortation... |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I asked your to define them, but you declined to. |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I try not to engage in fruitless discussions... |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. Apparently I have engaged in just that. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:00 AM Response to Reply #65 |
105. I think most people understood and didn't need a detailed |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #105 |
203. That's BS. |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #41 |
152. They define themselves, as you say, by their own |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
82. The ones who play Dems against Dems - from ALL angles. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #82 |
239. That's exactly what's going on & a hallmark of their work is MIS-CHARACTERIZATION and |
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Andy823 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. Yes I would agree |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:09 AM Response to Reply #42 |
93. I never expected Obama to fix everything--just to be unequivocally on the side-- |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
176. I think you are demonstrating what I think is part of the problem. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #176 |
210. +1 --- |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. We're looking at a whole generation that has never heard any message except... |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. DING DING DING - We have a Winner Folks |
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DeschutesRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. +1. nt |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
150. Another one. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
76. I also think it is a cultural thing |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
108. Son belongs to a generation that has never heard anything but |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
123. The Social Security messaging is true. But we still support the programs (those of us who haven't |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:46 AM Response to Reply #123 |
126. What SS messaging is true? SS is NOT going broke. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
149. Yup. |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
158. To be fair there are many young people that don't buy in to these lies |
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Drale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
167. I could not disagree with you more |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. I am not that far from you in age, but I get very frustrated when Dems don't fight back |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. You bet it does... |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. We sure could. nt |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
113. They don't put it on TV when it happens |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #113 |
153. Excellent post award alert! |
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LiberalLovinLug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #113 |
186. I second that recomendation |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. 'I believe it's called evolution.' |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I can't really argue with that... |
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SalviaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. We used to hear about equal rights on the tv. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
40. +1000 |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
83. no they go to the Daily Show & Colbert, online, ondemand, on tv, etc |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:16 AM Response to Reply #83 |
115. TDS and Colbert pacify the left |
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maddiemom (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #115 |
193. stewart/colbert/right wingers |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #115 |
208. WOW YOU MUST HAVE MISSED WHEN COLBERT TOLD W DIRECTLY WHAT AN IDIOT |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #208 |
213. Agree with that -- |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #208 |
244. my point is that the PTB are fine with Colbert and TDS |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #244 |
247. blame the millionaire Left for not bothering to care enough to create a |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #115 |
212. Agree with most of what you're saying, especially re TDS ... which had a turning point ... |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #212 |
248. so did you hear about his Super-pac? I'm curious what he's going to do with it |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 03:02 AM Response to Reply #248 |
250. Did hear about it -- but wasn't that interested in details -- and presumed ... |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
211. +1 --- |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Thanks for the admonition... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
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July16th-20th (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. GET OFF MY LAWN! |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
61. Thanks... |
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July16th-20th (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #61 |
90. Let's teach these kids a thing or two! |
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Piasladic (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
215. thanks - nt |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
253. LMAO........ |
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texshelters (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. There's much more than age going on here |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Excellent points... thanks for your perspective. |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
71. Good point - LBJ was a Dem |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 03:54 AM Response to Reply #71 |
110. Hi roxiejules and thanks for bringing your neat picture to this thread... |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #110 |
202. Thank you Flubadubya |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
165. You're headed in the right direction, much more to discover. |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. i'm 61. i understand your point. i also believe that our |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. The "Greed id Good" message of the 80s |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
86. media buyout helped deform the culture-but dont forget them IMPACT of |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
133. Oh, many young people believe that giving one's life for one's Country (or |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #133 |
154. Excellent point! nt |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Complacency... |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm 64 and was brought up in a working class union family |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. And there's nothing wrong with voicing that dissatisfaction in our leaders... |
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roxiejules (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
81. You said it! |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
114. +1 |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. Oh, i don't know |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Disagreements are to be expected... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. I don't think so, I think it is the New Democrats, many of them |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. I'm so glad to hear this sabrina... |
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libmom74 (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
173. I agree. I am a younger (late thirties) liberal. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #173 |
207. I am glad to meet you |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
185. I see conservative Dems locally and nationally at work to keep progressives from gaining strength |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
220. That say's it all right there. n/t |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. Well, I'm 38 if that helps. |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. Wow Marr, thanks for the input... |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
59. Oh, I don't know. |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. Makes me think of what an uncle said... |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #68 |
103. lol! |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'll be 62 in November. I've long been acutely aware of how different my political & social points |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. My sentiments to a tee... |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:21 AM Response to Reply #24 |
106. Ditto here, sw. |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #24 |
119. I'm 20 years your junior, but I wholeheartedly agree with you. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #24 |
137. that describes me as well.... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
228. I'll be 62 in November, also! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. Raised on Reagan... |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Thanks for the encouragement Octafish... |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. Raised on All Republicans All the Time. Many Have Never Seen or Heard a Liberal Viewpoint |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:26 AM Response to Reply #50 |
117. The NBC show "Nightline" was created to help destroy Carter |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #117 |
229. Actually, Nightline was ABC |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
79. Our President came of age politically under Reagan |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #79 |
89. That may explain some things |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #33 |
95. In the 80s there were young people working against apartheid and |
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DonCoquixote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:26 AM Response to Reply #33 |
107. some of us who were in that era |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #107 |
120. That's why I wrote: ''and believe the trickle-down nonsense' in my post...' |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
38. I'm sure that it is a contributing factor |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. I'm glad you've been politically aware most of your life... |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. I've long believed that the formative political age is 19 |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Very good points and I agree with what you say... |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
46. I think it is, and this is an interesting thing to bring up... |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
57. Thanks for your impressions... |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
48. 1949 was a good year. Me too. |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
62. Back at ya! |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #48 |
130. 1949 was a good year, if you were the right sex and color |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
49. the generation behind you has been screwed 7 ways to Sunday |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
64. I can't deny your assertions there... |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #64 |
169. I have an alternative reason for not wanting to attack another Democrat |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #49 |
96. Why else do you think us oldsters are so pissed off about cutting the Social Security-- |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #96 |
159. +1! |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
53. I do feel that the generation that came of age in the forties |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #53 |
66. Thanks for your input... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
55. Yes. I'm 49, here's how I see my peers and younger. |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:45 PM Response to Reply #55 |
67. Well, you certainly have an interesting perspective on how things are today... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
60. Definitely - |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #60 |
70. Yes indeed... |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 04:21 AM Response to Reply #60 |
111. Same here...n/t |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
63. Looking back, you're right about the change taking place under Reagan. |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #63 |
72. Unfortunately, I see what you see... |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
73. No, it's because our leaders are corporatists. |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Can't disagree about the corporatists... |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:30 AM Response to Reply #77 |
97. It may be our ONLY hope |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
74. Thanks to all for your thoughtul and enightening responses... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
75. Age is a factor, I think. Not a deciding one but noteworthy. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
78. I'm younger than New Dealers and Boomers, and at least as progressive as any of them |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
85. I'm 25 and as progressive as they come. I don't think age has anything to do with it. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:43 AM Response to Reply #85 |
98. I think the OP is postulating that we have generational differences on the def. of "progressive". |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #98 |
100. I actually agree with that excrept. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-17-11 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
87. We have to educate the young'uns who post here, Flubadubya. |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
94. I doubt age has much to do with it. |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 05:54 AM Response to Reply #94 |
112. You've hit on the crux |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #94 |
172. I Think There is Broad Agreement in What We Want |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
99. Things are changing again now, though |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:50 AM Response to Reply #99 |
101. This Millennial likes this post! |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #99 |
142. I totally agree, Neice is going into college with the full knowlede the UE rate is going to stay hig |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
104. Yes... and the values were different too |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
109. Bookmarked for reflective reading later. . . |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
116. Good theory. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
121. Parties always change when generations do |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
122. Not so sure. I am 24 and highly critical of our President. Look at MoveOn and PCCC |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:15 AM Response to Reply #122 |
124. MoveOn was started by two middle aged people. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
125. I think you're on to something here. Years ago, the strongest argument one could make was |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
128. I think this is worth exploring with a well-designed poll or polls. |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
129. I think a good part is age and another part is simply the "ME, ME, ME" mentality. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
131. To be fair; anyone born after 1980 has ONLY ever heard RW talking points in |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:26 AM Response to Reply #131 |
252. So true. |
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a2liberal (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
132. Maybe a factor, but I don't think it's just that |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
134. Yes. Some people who have not lived a reality will relegate it |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
136. A hypothesis, not a theory. nt |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #136 |
157. Ah, thank you for that... |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #157 |
178. It's just one of my pet peeves. I appreciate your kind reception. nt |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
138. Maybe. But a quick listen to "Rage Against the Machine" or Pink's "Dear Mr President" will |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
139. Very possibly you could be right, Flubadubya |
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FreeBillClinton (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
140. You older folks left us a shell of a party. |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #140 |
171. Whether you support the party or not is not really that important... |
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Roy Rolling (762 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
141. Yes and no |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
143. Your theory speaks vollumes |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
144. What you say has merit. |
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methodman (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
145. Age |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
148. Agreed, and it is a shining testament to the intelligence, perceptiveness, |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
156. No. It's still the FDR Dems versus the Third Way/DLC'ers. |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
160. You would have to be over 50.... |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #160 |
175. Fellow fringe lefty... |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
161. I don't think so |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
163. If you grew up during the age of Clinton/Monica and then 9/11 |
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msider (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
164. I'm 30 |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #164 |
166. Wow, I think it's just the opposite. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
168. Those young whipper snappers just don't understand |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:47 PM Response to Reply #168 |
177. Amen alfredo... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #177 |
198. We have to sell the concept of the class war being waged against us. |
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Blasphemer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
174. I think that may be one of several factors |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
179. i`m 64 and agree... |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
180. Wouldn't this mean that younger folks on DU didn't learn much from their |
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SaveAmerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
181. I'm in my early 40's & agree about what it means to be a Democrat and to have those Dem values |
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BigDemVoter (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
182. Thank you for your post. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
183. I'm nine years older than you and pretty much had |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
184. So...it's YOUNG people who have been selling out for 30 years? |
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maddiemom (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
187. Views of the Democratic Party |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
188. Actually a Democrat is anyone who registers as a Democrat. There is no requirement |
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gunnergoz (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
190. It's an interesting discussion |
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democrank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
192. As far as I`m concerned, age is a definite factor. |
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maddiemom (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #192 |
199. Old Dems |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
194. I'm 28 years old and I'll tolerate no cutting of the safety net. |
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scribble (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
195. Hold on ... |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
196. Divide and conquer is the GOP's game. Divisions along age lines are just more of the same. |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
197. Critic in my mid-20s here |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
204. I don't know if age is a factor in the discord, |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #204 |
209. Yet, you have to admit that people that defend Reagan's economic policies are full of shit. |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #209 |
218. You'll get no argument from me there. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
214. All true, but in the end, the question is, what works best for society? |
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The Big Vetolski (436 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
216. K & R, for a very thoughtful AND civil post. I think you have a valid |
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Blecht (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
219. I think you need to learn what a theory is |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #219 |
236. Hi and thanks... |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
221. 44 |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
224. I am older than you so I relate to what you say, but I tend to think slightly differently. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
225. I've heard that people morph into less liberal people as they age |
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Flubadubya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #225 |
237. Hey, so have I... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:27 AM Response to Reply #237 |
243. I was actually more black and white thinking in my youth |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
227. "It seems to me that people who are say 20 years or so my junior.... |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
230. Yes. In part because we remember when mass media was not conglomerated |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
231. Culture and Society has changed a great deal. |
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roberto IS beto (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
232. except for some unncessary personal attacks |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:12 AM Response to Reply #232 |
251. What does that mean? Sixty years ago most Democrats were racist and loved fried chicken |
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whathappened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
234. the old ways |
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dogmoma56 (329 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
238. and the illegal predatory imperialist wars reached into peoples homes and snatched their children.. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
240. If each of us, including myself, would apply to ourselves the standards that we expect of others, |
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TatonkaJames (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-18-11 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
242. Your answer is in your posting |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
249. old school real dems vs propagandized corporate dems |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-20-11 04:29 AM Response to Original message |
254. 20 going on 21 soon......... |
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