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calimary

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48. What's wrong with this photo? EVERYTHING.
Mon Jul 1, 2013, 12:15 PM
Jul 2013

Starting with the misplaced priorities it points out!!!

I do NOT want to live in a country that might as well be renamed as the United Corporations of America.

What's wrong with this picture [View all] TalkingDog Jun 2013 OP
It's become "United States "For Banks & Corporations" nt AnotherDreamWeaver Jun 2013 #1
+1000 forestpath Jun 2013 #2
+1 leftstreet Jun 2013 #4
ditto that nilram Jun 2013 #11
Once we had a manufacturing-based economy, now we have a fraud-based economy. reusrename Jun 2013 #3
Add the Texas plant which exploded recently, killing and injuring many... Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #5
kr HiPointDem Jun 2013 #6
and another kick... prairierose Jun 2013 #7
This is not rocket science. Just follow the money..... DeSwiss Jun 2013 #8
"What's wrong with this picture?" Brigid Jun 2013 #9
ESPECIALLY if the student loan debt is for classes that you can't use to get a job. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #10
And let's be blunt, Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #18
Most of the stuff is designed to hobknob with fucking snobs.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #24
Macbeth felt guilty about the evil he did. CEOs feel entitled to treat the 99% like losers. tclambert Jul 2013 #33
Instead of witches,.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #56
It's interesting that you trash snobs by referencing Shakespeare lunatica Jul 2013 #35
Shakespeare was and IS for the masses. The stories were often subversive. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #57
Oh please! lunatica Jul 2013 #72
"Bubble bubble toil and trouble"? No problem. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #73
School isn't just about getting a job. gtar100 Jul 2013 #27
K & R TheJames Jul 2013 #58
I agree with all that you say, Curmudgeoness Jul 2013 #64
Great post Art_from_Ark Jul 2013 #67
Who cares anymore. If you don't LOVE Coccydynia Jun 2013 #12
You're free to leave at any time bigwillq Jun 2013 #16
Yeah. Then get marked troll and silenced like the lamb Coccydynia Jun 2013 #22
Well you're pretty much doing a great job at marking yourself lunatica Jul 2013 #36
Hey, you've been doing well here truebluegreen Jun 2013 #17
Thanks. Too many people like to censor Coccydynia Jun 2013 #23
Member since: Sat Jun 15, 2013...you've been here for two frigging weeks. MADem Jul 2013 #28
if that is the way you feel, you are certainly free to go elsewhere. niyad Jul 2013 #46
Love it or leave it. Hmmm, where have I heard that before Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #49
nice try. was simply pointing out that, if this person is so unhappy here, and thinks things are so niyad Jul 2013 #65
DU. love it or leave it. If you don't like this website, leave and find someplace else Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #68
interesting that you did not address the other poster who said the same thing. niyad Jul 2013 #69
Phil Ochs okay seems appropriate Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #70
“Corporations are people, my friend Snake Plissken Jun 2013 #13
Nothing that time won't send down the memory hole. Coccydynia Jun 2013 #14
The Red, White, and Blue of Patriot Coal! NBachers Jun 2013 #15
Great election year billboard. n/t jaysunb Jun 2013 #19
Actually, the story is even worse than this picture. Lucky Luciano Jun 2013 #20
That's hardly cheating. Jackpine Radical Jun 2013 #21
Sounds like Bain. GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #26
Her dad is a miner. GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #25
What's wrong with this picture? Here, let me show you some other pictures... Scootaloo Jul 2013 #29
Because our electorate "has been bought off with gadget, toys and American idol." Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #50
Egg-zackly. kath Jul 2013 #61
Apples and oranges Orrex Jul 2013 #30
Student loans can not be discharged in bankruptcy. CincyDem Jul 2013 #32
Yeah, that's kind of my point Orrex Jul 2013 #39
Student Loans can not be discharged in bankruptcy yeoman6987 Jul 2013 #40
This probably falls into the "fraudulent transfer" category. CincyDem Jul 2013 #45
Student Loans yeoman6987 Jul 2013 #60
Bankruptcy attorneys require complete payment in advance. N/T GreenStormCloud Jul 2013 #43
Only corporate persons have rights. Everyone else should be grateful they are allowed to live. hobbit709 Jul 2013 #31
Kick Scuba Jul 2013 #34
Indentured Servitude disguised as educational loans. n/t fasttense Jul 2013 #37
K & R ctsnowman Jul 2013 #38
Like Joe Liebermann warrant46 Jul 2013 #42
I would have thought so ctsnowman Jul 2013 #44
OOPS confused him with Harry Reid and Arlen Sphincter (d) PA warrant46 Jul 2013 #74
To tell you the truth ctsnowman Jul 2013 #75
Thank you for the correct info---its fascinating warrant46 Jul 2013 #78
This is one ugly picture. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #41
It's a win-win for for Wall St supporters. So, nothing? nt raouldukelives Jul 2013 #47
What's wrong with this photo? EVERYTHING. calimary Jul 2013 #48
USPC - United States of Police and Corporations. Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #51
Yeah, no shit. calimary Jul 2013 #54
USPC also means United States Prison Complex. Go figure. Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #55
K&R nt abelenkpe Jul 2013 #52
K&R! grahamhgreen Jul 2013 #53
If only corporations were people, they would have to pay/discharge their debts just as indepat Jul 2013 #59
What's wrong with this picture is what's wrong with America. mountain grammy Jul 2013 #62
Bankruptcy is not a get out of jail free card Boom Sound 416 Jul 2013 #63
let me complete that..... obxhead Jul 2013 #66
Too true. Things have gotten upside down in this country. nt Honeycombe8 Jul 2013 #71
2 Factors at work 4Q2u2 Jul 2013 #76
. Liberal_in_LA Jul 2013 #77
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