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Solly Mack

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8. I agree with Frederick Douglass on the issue power.

Reply to Democracyinkind (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 03:33 PM

Feb 2013

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”

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When will the "(Global) War on Terror"/"Overseas Contingency Operations" be over? [View all] Solly Mack Feb 2013 OP

Call me a pessimist in this regard... think Feb 2013 #1

Never. We've got us a blank check for the Forever War. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #2

This libtodeath Feb 2013 #3

I wanted to include "Forever War" in my reply. You beat me to it. Congrats! Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #5

+1 leftstreet Feb 2013 #10

and some people have become inured... Solly Mack Feb 2013 #16

I don't know. Maybe we'll go on Egypt style. The only thing that is sure... Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #4

I agree with Frederick Douglass on the issue power. Solly Mack Feb 2013 #8

Very apt quote. Thank you. Democracyinkind Feb 2013 #9

1984 comes to mind. nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #6

It does. In more ways than one. Solly Mack Feb 2013 #17

Look on the bright side, soon the war with Eurasia will be over nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #20

Yeah, except that doesn't work on me. Solly Mack Feb 2013 #21

Me neither nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #22

Not to mention a two-minute hate. sakabatou Feb 2013 #23

It's amazing how many temporary solutions become permanent problems kudzu22 Feb 2013 #7

Like the Patriot Act. Solly Mack Feb 2013 #14

Never, as long as there are quarterly profits to be made Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #11

Until the Money Runs Out. Octafish Feb 2013 #12

I'm getting to the point that if my government wants endless war then I want Solly Mack Feb 2013 #13

As long as there's money to be made off fighting an invisible enemy - never! Initech Feb 2013 #15

when OBL has the last laugh datasuspect Feb 2013 #18

Maybe when we're too broke to fund it. Or when the politicans can't drain it for votes. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #19

I selected neither. tledford Feb 2013 #24

Thank you for telling me why! Solly Mack Feb 2013 #25

Best I can tell, when TeaPubliKlans want it over or when the nation collapses. TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #26

When there's nothing left to steal here? n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #27

I need more votes. Solly Mack Feb 2013 #28