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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:03 AM Original message |
A History Rhyme from 1877 |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. The more things change.... you know the drill. K and R |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. n/t |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. History is more than just "square, quaint, not cool, worse than geeky" |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I didn't know that depressing fact. So, history "will not be on the test". We.are.doomed. n/t |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. SS,DD. Same Shit, Different Day. |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. Kick. Someone give this a 5th recommend. Ya rattlesnakes. nt |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
6. K and R |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Its so obvious to anyone who knows history. Julius Caesar: "vide et imperator" n/t |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
8. Late to the party...k&r |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yep. Speaking to the usual SMALL choir of historically-aware DUers. Thanks for showing up. n/t |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. This is why we're doomed to repeat... |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. "there is a curious kind of comfort in the knowledge that this era didn't patent |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I only meant that ours isn't the most venal era in history |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. "Groundhog day with amnesia" is how a Buddhist views the world. Sad but true. n/t |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. Going even farther back in time to 1215, this sentence reminds me of the Magna Charta. |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 12:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Years ago, I compared GOP/Dem to Tory/Whig... |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. "the crazies in BushCo are busy demolishing America for its scrap value" - another take... |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Good post good thread |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. Front page, rush hour kick n/t |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. "operation chaos"? |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Geez, you people can dish it out; but you can't take it. n/t |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. you know it's against the rules of common decency |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. where do you get I called you a dittohead? is "you people" now considered a codeword? Geez. n/t |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Look. The OP is about the general state of politics. You want to turn into a GD-P flamewar... |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. The level of presumption here is ridiculous... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. no, the use of the term 'operation chaos' |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I'm glad you can read my mind... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. a 'truely partisan fanatic'? that's rich |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. This is tedious word-mongering, nothing to do with the OP. You're on ignore. Goodbye. n.t |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. well, I guess we know how much words matter to you |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. northzax; you were looking for a fight and you got one. nt |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I'm not the one who used loaded code words |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
31. I LOVE that quote! nt |
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