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yurbud

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8. that's one thing we should have learned during the Bush years: when it comes to the rich...

Reply to fasttense (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 19, 2013, 01:46 PM

Feb 2013

laws are just a goddamned piece of paper.

Laws are for the little people, especially when we get in the way of the rich, like damaging their carefully crafted PR narrative as Assange, Manning, and other leakers and whistleblowers have done.

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Thanks for that! struggle4progress Feb 2013 #7

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It is NOT the laws that are lacking but the political will fasttense Feb 2013 #5

that's one thing we should have learned during the Bush years: when it comes to the rich... yurbud Feb 2013 #8