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My responses to Chet's posts stevenleser Apr 2015 #1
How would that work? Egnever Apr 2015 #24
Watch Richard Wolff's lecture Human101948 Apr 2015 #40
On a macro level yes Egnever Apr 2015 #57
For starters mercuryblues Apr 2015 #73
So a stadium built in that town would not be welcomed Egnever Apr 2015 #74
A friend of mine who grew up in Baltimore cwydro Apr 2015 #37
Pretty much bigwillq Apr 2015 #2
I don't know who we are kidding cilla4progress Apr 2015 #3
+1million heaven05 Apr 2015 #18
Some people DO endorse slavery. calimary Apr 2015 #51
More from Chet... stevenleser Apr 2015 #4
Maybe if Baltimore didn't burn down it's businesses NobodyHere Apr 2015 #5
The jobs aren't being offered to the folks throwing rocks. Oh and that solves police abuse how again stevenleser Apr 2015 #6
Never said anything about it solving police abuse. I don't see how throwing rocks solve it either. NobodyHere Apr 2015 #8
Not only that.. the tax base runs as fast as possible away from high crime areas. TampaAnimusVortex Apr 2015 #10
The tax base was shipped away on purpose years ago. Half-Century Man Apr 2015 #27
See my #54 below. nt stevenleser Apr 2015 #55
oh please heaven05 Apr 2015 #19
+1 ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #22
Years ago a book named "When Work Disappears" talked about the disappearance of jobs today. jwirr Apr 2015 #39
The last burning was 50 years ago ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #21
Looks like it would have been a pretty bad decision to ignore it Egnever Apr 2015 #26
Yeah. Okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #29
Was there disproportionate investment in other parts of the state? Egnever Apr 2015 #33
Yes ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #36
That was a fairly general article with no real numbers Egnever Apr 2015 #44
Its not fear, Its accounting Travis_0004 Apr 2015 #34
Okay. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #38
These are kids, largely, as I understand it. cilla4progress Apr 2015 #25
A small minority of people in that community are causing damage... Human101948 Apr 2015 #42
Actually, often it does, as this Rolling Stone Article proves stevenleser Apr 2015 #54
Awesome article, thanks! bravenak Apr 2015 #68
Someone else posted an OP based on it. It is a great article and it makes sense. stevenleser Apr 2015 #70
Great article. ohheckyeah Apr 2015 #79
Baltimore lost a $39M case for giving a "rough ride" years ago. jeff47 Apr 2015 #9
+1 Hekate Apr 2015 #13
A caller on Thom Hartmann's program just now mentioned how Balto. cases like that were appalachiablue Apr 2015 #32
Or, if a kid hadn't been hassled, ticketed, fined, incarcerated for "meeting the eyes" a policeman libdem4life Apr 2015 #11
^^^This^^^ Hekate Apr 2015 #12
Just because other people do things that make your life harder NobodyHere Apr 2015 #14
With all due respect to the one-liner here, what are you talking about? n/t libdem4life Apr 2015 #16
He/she is saying ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #23
Oh, I get it. Silly me. Kind of like yelling and man/woman-handling Freddie Gray for not walking libdem4life Apr 2015 #35
An animal caught in a snap trap will chew off it's own foot. Half-Century Man Apr 2015 #30
We are not animals ann--- Apr 2015 #76
We are, in fact, animals; mammals, highest order of great apes. Descendants of African plains apes Half-Century Man Apr 2015 #81
Animal species cannot reason ann--- Apr 2015 #82
Animals reason. Half-Century Man Apr 2015 #83
How is it adding to the problems. These folks wont get jobs either way. There has been little stevenleser Apr 2015 #49
+1000 heaven05 Apr 2015 #20
+1 So true. A 'record', the ubiquitous 'credit report', practically anything can be officially appalachiablue Apr 2015 #45
I believe New York State just passed a law that a credit report cannot be used in a hiring decision. libdem4life Apr 2015 #47
Glad to hear that about NY state. I also know many who are now one paycheck, accident or appalachiablue Apr 2015 #52
Well, look at it this way...we're one state closer...just 49 left to go. Perhaps it's one of those libdem4life Apr 2015 #67
Yep one down & 49 to go, not impossible esp. if a wave as you say. I'm not worried about losses appalachiablue Apr 2015 #69
Looky here! We have a live one. Buzz Clik Apr 2015 #28
is this something that happens there on a daily basis.. frylock Apr 2015 #48
So really what you are saying, is they are burning down the wrong neighborhoods. TerrapinFlyer Apr 2015 #50
absolutely right grasswire Apr 2015 #53
That sounds exactly like my kids nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #63
Did they know 40 years ago that the sea was going Downwinder Apr 2015 #7
Thanks for bringing this, Steve. nt Hekate Apr 2015 #15
Major K & R! RufusTFirefly Apr 2015 #17
I honestly think that is why the police stood back and let it happen. If the damage from 1968 jwirr Apr 2015 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author Downwinder Apr 2015 #41
I lived in Baltimore for 10 years. I was crying last night, but msanthrope Apr 2015 #43
Great OP, thanks. We have wonderful memories of times in Balto., great city. So tragic, wrong. appalachiablue Apr 2015 #46
Violence and looting ann--- Apr 2015 #56
Apparently they are very effective last resorts to injustice. See my #54 above. stevenleser Apr 2015 #58
Sorry, I disagree ann--- Apr 2015 #59
The Rolling Stone article lists nine cases that show you are wrong. I am sure there are more. stevenleser Apr 2015 #60
I don't agree with the article ann--- Apr 2015 #71
You can disagree with heliocentrism too, but the facts are similarly against you. stevenleser Apr 2015 #72
You have "facts" ann--- Apr 2015 #75
Yes, I do. Once again, the Rolling Stone article gives nine examples. nt stevenleser Apr 2015 #77
Ethics I know nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #61
He will probably say yes. I will pm you his cell. Let him know I gave it to you. nt stevenleser Apr 2015 #62
Ok nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #64
I texted him. He is expecting your call at your convenience. nt stevenleser Apr 2015 #65
Getting home where I got a notebook nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #66
Same situation here, elleng Apr 2015 #78
More rationalizations for violence. Just what Baltimore doesn't need. Vattel Apr 2015 #80
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