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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:31 AM Original message |
Justice JP Stevens (Ret.) explains it all: Bush's presidency was first step toward fascism |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thank You for Saying It... |
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pnorman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
2. K & R!!! x3!!! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. Now where would he get THAT idea? |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
4. When taken in sum total of all of the other liberties that have been stripped from citizens.. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I would agree it is obvious but not to most Americans. That is because |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
67. Add to that the reduction of real civics and history classes in schools, not to mention the Bush fam |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. "no justice has ever cited the opinions that provided the basis for their ruling." |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Take that Sandra Day O'Connor! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. Low life O'Conner showed her true colors. When it came down to the nitty-gritty |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 04:25 AM Response to Reply #46 |
59. If you'd like to Thank her....... |
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12AngryBorneoWildmen (128 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #59 |
72. Thanks. I WILL hound her. nt |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #59 |
74. I am sure she feels no remorse for the horrible thing she did anymore than Cheney does |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
6. It is so obvious. Curiously, most of my friends - many on the left - won't "go there". |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Certainly IKE understood the conspiracy of MIC -- !!! |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:33 AM Original message |
Correct. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
73. Unfortunately, what he said made little impact at the time ... though think JFK got the message .... |
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Dutchmaster (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 04:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. The majority of people . . . . |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
7. Kicking. |
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Jester Messiah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. I would've said Reagan's presidency. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. The only way the RW can rise is via political violence .... |
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bengalherder (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #14 |
50. Exactly. |
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vets74 (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. Bingo !! Reagan's people conspired with PATCO's lawyers to kill the union. |
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EdMaven (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
53. I agree. Reagan was a definite dividing line. The whole culture seemed to change shortly after the |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. Funny thing about conspiracies... |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Don't know where you see that kind of stuff. I always see the right |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. um... you don't speak for this Leftist, so no |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
38. Uh, the righties ALWAYS say that. They also call us lefties tin foil hatters. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. The power to do 2000 was stolen on 11/22/63 -- they took our president and our people's government ! |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
44. Abso-fucking-lootly |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
12. 50th Recommend! |
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lucca18 (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. Get rid of Diebold voting machines... |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
16. Well at least a sitting (at the time) SCOTUS justice |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. He did not confirm it. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. The last sentence is what I thought then and still think now |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 04:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. the connection between that moment, the invasion of Iraq, & the debt crisis go hand in hand in hand |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. Well sorry but the blood is on your hands too. |
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ColesCountyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
64. How? n/t |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. Extremely misleading OP link. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
22. The fact that W wasn't elected in the first place should've been the indicator! |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
23. With that Bush v Gore decision this nation |
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mckara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. It was Obvious |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. Kicked and recommended. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
28. Government by the 0.00000167 percenters |
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Firebrand Gary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. K&R |
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Dont call me Shirley (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
31. The entire Bush-Walker family and co-conspirators need to be... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
33. The LEFT was RIGHT again |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
34. K & R - Thank you for posting this. n/t |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. Just another leftist do-nothing.... oh, wait. Never mind. n/t |
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certainot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. but they couldn't have sold it without UNCHALLENGED right wing talk radio monopoly |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
37. K & R |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
39. Sandra Day O'Connor said that Bush was worse than Hitler. |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. So, what are we gonna do about it now? As in today? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I hope these are rhetorical questions major. How do u suggest we remedy |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:37 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Yeah, but remember, the ONLY thing they don't want is... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:06 AM Response to Reply #54 |
75. I doubt it. THe have what I call "class sociopathy" |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
41. "Bush's presidency was first step toward fascism" |
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vanboggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:38 AM Response to Reply #41 |
55. Ditto |
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AnotherDreamWeaver (917 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 03:11 AM Response to Reply #41 |
58. That's the sign I put in my car window, RIP AMERICA, 1776-2000 |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
43. I did not REC this thread because I think Justice Stevens is off in his call of when the |
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dorksied (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
47. These words are one more nail in the coffin, isnt it? We're being poisoned by fascists. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
48. Strange that it's gotten worse over the last 11 years, and yet |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:50 AM Response to Reply #48 |
56. It isn't the internet, it was the Political Party we belong to who dropped |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #56 |
69. Exactly - "... 9/11, and no one dared to bring itup again after that" Just as they planned - a new |
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davidwparker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
49. The USA is not over. The clock just was turned back to |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 04:41 AM Response to Reply #49 |
61. Money? WHo has any? |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
51. No, no, no. JFK in Dallas was the opening salvo. It grew exponentially with |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 05:18 AM Response to Reply #51 |
62. Nov 22, 1963 |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #62 |
76. +1 nt |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
52. Justice Stevens is a great American |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
57. Why now? |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #57 |
70. Absolutely! This is exactly my first thought. Too little too late. Must be fearing death now. nt |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
60. With the illegal killing of US citizens, which step is Obama? nt |
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Firebrand Gary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
63. K&R |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
65. Uh, yeah, we knew that, but thanks for telling the rest of the world. nt |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
66. I would like to suggest to Retired Justice Stevens |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #66 |
71. He and Souter were the best. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
68. KNR. Fascism is Us. As All-American as Apple Pie, as Stokely once said. |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
77. Is it ok to use the 'F' word now? n/t |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-14-11 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
78. In 2008 the oligarchs were ready for full on fascism. They decided that it was too soon. |
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