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Sun Dec 9, 2012, 01:42 PM

heaven05 (18,124 posts)

75. well

look at the egyptian people. looks like they are changing things with mass numbers of people saying, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!" Great movie.

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177 replies	Author	Time	Post
We the people have already lost. [View all]	MadHound	Dec 2012	OP
See Lincoln the Movie. Compromise is how the USA was founded and has worked since	graham4anything	Dec 2012	#1
Please don't insult my intelligence by telling me to see a movie in order to learn anything,	MadHound	Dec 2012	#4
Noone was talking to you. I was responding to anyone reading in.	graham4anything	Dec 2012	#6
Well excuuuuuuuse me for daring to think that your post, a reply to mine, is actually meant for me	MadHound	Dec 2012	#11
there is no way to answer a post except to hit respond to post	graham4anything	Dec 2012	#13
New Rule? When NOT responding to OP preface response TO EVERYONE BUT THE OP:	gateley	Dec 2012	#91
Are we to understand your comment here	reeds2012	Dec 2012	#72
He's been trying to shill this film for over a week. Just another "my team right or wrong"	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#90
The absolute 100% or don't agree is working real well for us- WHEN THE REPUBS DO IT!!!	graham4anything	Dec 2012	#96
Wow, someone is twitchy	Katashi_itto	Dec 2012	#159
Did you even read the OP before responding?	AnotherMcIntosh	Dec 2012	#58
behind closed doors?	maindawg	Dec 2012	#81
I don't think you understand how America has worked 1776-present	graham4anything	Dec 2012	#87
A New Constitution would be fun	AldoLeopold	Dec 2012	#107
From a strictly political science view,	MadHound	Dec 2012	#112
the tea party is a great example of both absoulutism and anarchy as one	graham4anything	Dec 2012	#113
No, it isn't,	MadHound	Dec 2012	#117
You are using #5 of 5 of the meanings. I am using #1,2,3,4	graham4anything	Dec 2012	#119
Two questions,	MadHound	Dec 2012	#121
Both	graham4anything	Dec 2012	#125
First of all, please don't make assumptions about what I am doing, OK, thanks.	MadHound	Dec 2012	#130
Looks like you were talking to Madhound to me.	Hissyspit	Dec 2012	#154
there are only two sides. Never a third shall be,unless the repubs leave the ballpark like the Whigs	graham4anything	Dec 2012	#157
Right. If not responding to the OP and not responding to anyone else in the thread,	Dark n Stormy Knight	Dec 2012	#158
you got it	Mel	Dec 2012	#32
Thank you	tavalon	Dec 2012	#37
oh no	Mel	Dec 2012	#41
Nope y'all are NOT alone......	socialist_n_TN	Dec 2012	#124
I totally agree with you, Tavalon and keep wondering, "Has nobody explained this to Obama yet?"	We People	Dec 2012	#77
I feel sure that they know about it..........	socialist_n_TN	Dec 2012	#126
See the movie	jpak	Dec 2012	#76
Why?	Hissyspit	Dec 2012	#169
Granted, it is a film.	janx	Dec 2012	#174
The Civil War was a result of failed attempts at foul compromise.	Bluenorthwest	Dec 2012	#7
Puts on HAZMAT suit	AldoLeopold	Dec 2012	#102
Compromise is how this country works according to you and a movie and I don't disagree.	Cleita	Dec 2012	#25
+1	villager	Dec 2012	#47
What Cleita said. nt	Nay	Dec 2012	#84
Cleita, I would go so far as to use a different "C" word.	dotymed	Dec 2012	#168
Yes, collusion too. Very good to remind me. Thanks.	Cleita	Dec 2012	#170
You attitude is a good example of why we are where we are today. We been settling for 10% until	rhett o rick	Dec 2012	#26
How's compromise been working for you for the last 20 years?	Doctor_J	Dec 2012	#86
LBJ is the greatest and worked well to get all those social acts/civil rights/voting rights acts	graham4anything	Dec 2012	#120
Yeah, the greatest, except for all that killing of innocents in Vietnam,	MadHound	Dec 2012	#123
JFK authorized Bobby to wiretap Dr. Martin Luther King. and renewed it.	graham4anything	Dec 2012	#128
And what does that have to do with LBJ escalating a war under false premises,	MadHound	Dec 2012	#131
Thomas Jefferson said all were equal while keeping slaves	graham4anything	Dec 2012	#133
Well, now that I've seen what a poor grasp you have of both history and reality,	MadHound	Dec 2012	#134
LBJ staked his presidency on the War On Poverty and the VRA	Doctor_J	Dec 2012	#132
And that's what we want. We want the REPUBLICANS to compromise for a change. .	sabrina 1	Dec 2012	#106
no, actually, war is how the US was founded & maintained, the very opposite of compromise.	HiPointDem	Dec 2012	#156
In the movie, Lincoln was going for permanent emancipation.	merrily	Dec 2012	#165
If there is a deep spending cut, we may be looking at another major recession.	Selatius	Dec 2012	#2
Well, I'm	John2	Dec 2012	#68
+1000	heaven05	Dec 2012	#78
Post removed	Post removed	Dec 2012	#82
No, we really	ProSense	Dec 2012	#3
Well Said!	sheshe2	Dec 2012	#20
I keep hoping to see Democrats stand up for Democratic principles...	Octafish	Dec 2012	#5
+1	LeftInTX	Dec 2012	#12
"instead ... we get ... Trickle Down and Voodoo Reaganomics." What's worse, we are now in the	AnotherMcIntosh	Dec 2012	#62
We (Democrats) need to take an initial position that is so extreme that any movement	bluethruandthru	Dec 2012	#8
+1	abelenkpe	Dec 2012	#9
+1 Start with 'Confiscate The Assets of the Rich'	leftstreet	Dec 2012	#17
Nationalize some industries that are vital for our defense. Like the defense industry and oil. nm	rhett o rick	Dec 2012	#28
...add banks, healthcare, energy	leftstreet	Dec 2012	#34
Yup! nm	rhett o rick	Dec 2012	#42
That would work for me.	AnotherMcIntosh	Dec 2012	#64
Exactly.	rudycantfail	Dec 2012	#30
Excellent!	yewnix	Dec 2012	#173
Welcome to DU. Enjoy your short stay.	yourout	Dec 2012	#176
More anti-Democratic Party shit stirring	jpak	Dec 2012	#10
The Democratic Party is doing a fine job of that on its own	leftstreet	Dec 2012	#14
And what arguments are you bringing to the table? Real Democrats realize that shit stirring is good.	rhett o rick	Dec 2012	#33
Obama won - get over it	jpak	Dec 2012	#38
I get it. Pres Obama won so you can go back to watching American Idol. nm	rhett o rick	Dec 2012	#39
Obama hate fail	jpak	Dec 2012	#50
Intelligence fail. nm	rhett o rick	Dec 2012	#175
I keep looking for a legitimate proposal - one that isn't rumor or speculation	bigtree	Dec 2012	#15
I am really flippin' tired of the negativity from this poster.	babylonsister	Dec 2012	#21
It's easier than doing the work, babylonsister. Talk is cheap. Cynicism is cool.	freshwest	Dec 2012	#151
but, but??!!!	heaven05	Dec 2012	#31
I don't feel 'burned' by our side	bigtree	Dec 2012	#43
a lot	heaven05	Dec 2012	#53
as for 'precedent' show me where this President has made cuts to the social safety net	bigtree	Dec 2012	#59
longer view	heaven05	Dec 2012	#74
Didn't he appoint Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles to a committee????????	socialist_n_TN	Dec 2012	#129
You don't own a Time Machine as the OP does.	Ikonoklast	Dec 2012	#57
That was excellent, MadHound.........	plethoro	Dec 2012	#16
+1000	heaven05	Dec 2012	#24
President Obama won't give up anything that hurts a lot of people...	Comrade_McKenzie	Dec 2012	#18
And by then...	Oilwellian	Dec 2012	#118
Can we get	ProSense	Dec 2012	#19
I	heaven05	Dec 2012	#22
We need to be expanding Medicare to cover all our citizens	JEB	Dec 2012	#23
It's Also A Political Trap	ProfessorGAC	Dec 2012	#27
I agree with you 100%. We, the people, are being sold down the river	Cleita	Dec 2012	#29
It's the American way since Trickie Dick and the false 'Gas Shortage '	orpupilofnature57	Dec 2012	#36
Until The People Civilly Disobey In Mass Numbers Nothing Will Change	cantbeserious	Dec 2012	#35
I am no longer sanguine that will work either...	plethoro	Dec 2012	#40
No guarantees, but........	socialist_n_TN	Dec 2012	#51
Okay, I agree with that. It has to be a message so	plethoro	Dec 2012	#60
Well that's the question isn't it........	socialist_n_TN	Dec 2012	#66
Great reply. We have met the enemy and it is	plethoro	Dec 2012	#70
Thanx and as I said above.......	socialist_n_TN	Dec 2012	#73
well	heaven05	Dec 2012	#75
I agree	John2	Dec 2012	#85
i think emphasis	riverbendviewgal	Dec 2012	#44
Fortunately, Obama will veto any cuts to the safey net.....won't he?	Tierra_y_Libertad	Dec 2012	#45
I'll bet serious money on or.	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#92
We...	99Forever	Dec 2012	#46
One thing to remember. NO agreement........	socialist_n_TN	Dec 2012	#48
+1	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#94
The Corporate State controls the framing	SHRED	Dec 2012	#49
+1	rudycantfail	Dec 2012	#55
I'll give it it's own thread...thanks	SHRED	Dec 2012	#63
Great post, MH, but I have a suggestion about raising taxes.	Zorra	Dec 2012	#52
+1 n/t	Oilwellian	Dec 2012	#127
I had no illusion. The only thing I felt fairly certain about was the Supreme Court. Everything	still_one	Dec 2012	#54
With respect to the Supreme Court, what are you fairly certain about?	AnotherMcIntosh	Dec 2012	#67
better than the federalist society judges. also judges who support right to	still_one	Dec 2012	#115
She's better than the RW Federalist Society judges? Does she want to be? Or be the same?	AnotherMcIntosh	Dec 2012	#147
We don't need new ideas or solutions, we only need history books.	JaneyVee	Dec 2012	#56
It was only and always about cutting our earned benefits! Slight of hand.	Rocky888	Dec 2012	#61
And that became apparent the minute the anti-SS gang were appointed to the	sabrina 1	Dec 2012	#138
With the GLARING monster bill that we give the military, nothing else needs saying.	Gregorian	Dec 2012	#65
Great post. nt	raccoon	Dec 2012	#98
All that military stuff ends up in a landfill eventually, just like all the junk we buy from China.	Flatulo	Dec 2012	#114
Only If We Give Up, Have We Lost	Demeter	Dec 2012	#69
Best post on here since the election in my opinion.	go west young man	Dec 2012	#71
Some eerie parallels between the immediate appearance of the "Fiscal Cliff" and the "Patriot Act"	We People	Dec 2012	#93
They are not naive.	woo me with science	Dec 2012	#103
Excellent post. The good part of all this is that the people are no longer as naive	sabrina 1	Dec 2012	#116
I have reached	sulphurdunn	Dec 2012	#79
MadHound, you're right....	ReRe	Dec 2012	#80
With so many realistic and optimistic DUers your talents may be wasted here.	great white snark	Dec 2012	#83
Yes, I see the	femrap	Dec 2012	#88
DURec!	bvar22	Dec 2012	#89
Amazing isn't it? And we have yet to learn what they will give up in	sabrina 1	Dec 2012	#104
Oh god, don't mention raising taxes on the non-rich here	jmowreader	Dec 2012	#95
The defense spending & the Bush tax cuts to the ultra-rich are the culprits.	pacalo	Dec 2012	#97
I was kind of looking forward to the fiscal cliff	AldoLeopold	Dec 2012	#101
The business world's cushy association with Reagan's presidency put a lot of people out of work.	pacalo	Dec 2012	#105
The Military "Jobs" Program is money down the toilet.	bvar22	Dec 2012	#108
K&R	woo me with science	Dec 2012	#99
Jill, is that you? You lost! Get over it!	Tarheel_Dem	Dec 2012	#100
Yes.	LWolf	Dec 2012	#109
We the People have very little representation....	Junkdrawer	Dec 2012	#110
Yep... K & R !!!	WillyT	Dec 2012	#111
But, but... we just reelected Obama!!	Iggy	Dec 2012	#122
Right! His triangulation and appeasement for four years	Doctor_J	Dec 2012	#136
We can pressure Congress, they have a future to think of. And we should do so	sabrina 1	Dec 2012	#139
You're Joking, Right??	Iggy	Dec 2012	#145
You are right. But I think we were still recovering from the Bush years and people	sabrina 1	Dec 2012	#148
I Hope You're Right	Iggy	Dec 2012	#161
I Can't Wait.....	Iggy	Dec 2012	#144
I think	ProSense	Dec 2012	#146
Who knew...	Bonobo	Dec 2012	#135
Lots of people knew.	Doctor_J	Dec 2012	#137
You bet we have already lost.	woo me with science	Dec 2012	#140
Then people should have fought back harder against Ralph Nader & his lies.	graham4anything	Dec 2012	#141
And we have always been at war with Eastasia.	woo me with science	Dec 2012	#142
Now some want to fight China. Instead of embrace new customers and citizens of the world	graham4anything	Dec 2012	#143
Well said! Too bad that no one is on the side of the people any more.	emsimon33	Dec 2012	#149
most amazing trick I never saw	decayincl	Dec 2012	#150
Tax cuts for the rich won't happen to the real rich	zentrum	Dec 2012	#152
It seems to me you are assuming things not yet proven.	Dyedinthewoolliberal	Dec 2012	#153
+100	HiPointDem	Dec 2012	#155
both parties are negotiating TOGETHER against US....	tomp	Dec 2012	#160
Agree completely, but make it the last fifty years that that lesson has been learned.	eomer	Dec 2012	#162
what is your source for this latest "they are selling us out" panic?	arely staircase	Dec 2012	#163
Hear, hear! k&r n/t	Laelth	Dec 2012	#164
Obama on "entititlements" and deficit reduction 2009-2010; Conyers on Obama, 2011	merrily	Dec 2012	#166
MadHound has it right.	olegramps	Dec 2012	#167
+1 Whatever crumbs are ostentatiously handed to the 99 percent after this debacle,	woo me with science	Dec 2012	#171
If Repubs want to save money on Medicare just end the no negotiation	kiranon	Dec 2012	#172
This message was self-deleted by its author	Fedaykin	Dec 2012	#177

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