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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 08:27 PM
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How did we ever let this Culture of Corruption continue
Edited on Thu May-22-08 08:30 PM by samplegirl
for nearly eight years? When a Blowjob was considered impeachable??? It just sickens me and the saga continues.
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Bob Dobbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 08:32 PM
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1. When the military-information-security complex got away with
the coup d'etat of 11/22/63, they knew they had carte blanche, and they have been unchecked since.

Only in the 21st century are they so cynically hubris riddled that they don't even try to cover it up, any more.
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AuntPatsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 08:33 PM
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2. By being to lazy to take to the streets in record numbers in mass protests as well
Edited on Thu May-22-08 08:33 PM by AuntPatsy
as being made to be fearful of being labeled by those wing nuts who found their voice was kept in the forefront of American televised media courtesy of those that own such stations....

Though many are no longer fearful of speaking out in dissent, many are now being held silent by becoming poorer and poorer and not sure but I have a feeling fearing this newest threat even more than the first one.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 11:06 PM
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11. I don't think that the lack of street demonstrators is due to laziness.
Rather, most people don't feel that it would be effective. Maybe they are wrong, but most people do feel that way.
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MikeNearMcChord Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 08:33 PM
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3. Because people cared more about celeberty and sports than what
was going on.
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cayuga Donating Member (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 08:36 PM
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4. Good question and impossible to answer.
But for starters, some are 'ashamed' to admit they watch Fox. Fox, the direct conduit to the mind of the mafia in the White House, should be required watching...not something to ignore. This is war, folks, and we must use every weapon at our disposal and stay one step ahead of them. It's easy when you watch the spin start there.

And it also is a great source to realize what products and services NOT to buy. If we can't do anything, let's start NOT doing something!
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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 08:39 PM
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7. I attribute it to
rich domination.
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 08:36 PM
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5. The pukes wouldn't shut up; the Dems wouldn't stand up.
Even while being impeached, Bill's approval ratings were in the 60's.

It wasn't the public that thought it was so bad, it was the puke congress, and media that kept on yelling about it 24/7 for a year and then some.

Then Bush took over and started doing every bad thing imaginable and the spineless Dems wouldn't holler about it (or even oppose it quietly) and the media covered for Bush at every turn.

Meanwhile the clueless, feckless 'Murkins didn't bother to think about it or talk to each other about it at all.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 08:37 PM
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6. Because
"they" own the media
"they" had us in a war on terror .... can't be unpatriotic during a war
"they" own the courts .... see Florida 2000, Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney's
Energy Task Force and so on
"they" are very good @ lies and wedge issues
many Americans will not admit that there was a coup in 2000
"They" control the vote
"They" are making trillions off their scams

Bottom line; "they" used the NSA to spy on us and the DoJ was
the muscle .... with U.S. Attorneys being the "hit men"

Check out a group called Creative Response Concepts ... great
@ "planting news"


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MannyGoldstein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 09:01 PM
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8. Same Reason The Germans Let The Nazis Fester
Complacency and a feeling of powerlessness.

(Thank God that Bush is way less competent then Hitler was.)
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Breeze54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 09:15 PM
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9. Elections?
:shrug:
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pingzing58 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-22-08 10:35 PM
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10. I'm with you girl!
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