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In reply to the discussion: Was it over when teh Germans bombed Pearl Harbor!?!?!?!??? [View all]mountain grammy
(26,740 posts)58. I been more discouraged and disgusted with American politics more times than I can remember..
you make some points, but that's our government "by the people." More participation is more democracy, just ask anyone anywhere who doesn't have it, and we keep fighting for more. Ask an African American who can now sit at any lunch counter or a happily married gay couple, or a teenage girl who has school sports if we have "no say in most of the important decisions that affect us." These are tiny examples representing a much bigger picture, but, the point is, we give up our "say" when we give up.
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one day you should drop the smug attitude and look shit up before you go "correcting" people.
dionysus
Apr 2014
#49
The nation was galvanized when those Messerschmitts hit the Arizona!
greatauntoftriplets
Apr 2014
#2
neither do snarky remarks when one fails to recognize a long time DU saying. nt
dionysus
Apr 2014
#50
What Madison's protesters have to say about the Tea Party and the Koch brothers:
freshwest
Apr 2014
#26
I been more discouraged and disgusted with American politics more times than I can remember..
mountain grammy
Apr 2014
#58
Seven years of college down the drain. Might as well join the fuckin' peace corps.
Initech
Apr 2014
#45
Or put on a black pork pie hat and sunglasses and put the band back together. n/t
amandabeech
Apr 2014
#87
Best part of these threads is seeing how many people don't get the reference.
NuclearDem
Apr 2014
#46