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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:23 AM Original message |
In my lifetime, I never thought I'd see US Senators, on the floor of the US Capitol |
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IADEMO2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. Guardians Of Privilege says it all |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
106. Agreed .Being a dem I hate to to face that it was the dems who scutlled the auto bill |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:50 AM Response to Reply #106 |
108. vote was 52-35 with 8 dems voting no or not voting (which would have made it 60 and passed it) |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:53 AM Response to Reply #108 |
109. Lincoln, Biden, Kennedy, Kerry, Baucus, Tester, Reid, Wyden =the guilty 8 |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:56 AM Response to Reply #109 |
110. Can somebody please explain why...why these dems kept auto bailout from passing |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 04:33 AM Response to Reply #110 |
116. Oh really!!! |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #116 |
143. Ooops!!! |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 08:16 AM Response to Reply #109 |
126. Our vice-President elect voted NO? |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #109 |
131. Where did you get this info?I believe you are wrong |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #106 |
165. yet they don't want us to be 'active' grassroots |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
2. You nailed it |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. Thats what the migrant workers is all about |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. Your point would |
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Starks (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
5. If the wages are grossly exorbitant, legislating a wage cut is not the answer! |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. What Wages Would Those Be, Sir? |
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newtothegame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 03:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. Good point, Sir. Thanks for asking the question, Sir. |
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ozymandius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
67. Just as Nixon instituted wage and price controls |
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Grinchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #67 |
77. Don't forget Reagan and the Air Traffic Controllers... |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #77 |
88. That was why I thought it took irony to rename an airport after him. n/t |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:23 AM Response to Reply #88 |
103. My family took insult... |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:33 AM Response to Reply #103 |
105. I always say NATIONAL, not Ray-gun.... nt |
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LastLiberal in PalmSprings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 05:19 AM Response to Reply #77 |
117. Reagan fired them all simultaneously -- now their replacements are retiring |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 08:36 AM Response to Reply #77 |
127. Alternatively, they'll accept a pay and benefits cut |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #67 |
138. Nixon did this |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
91. Any wages above those needed for living in a cardboard box, Your Honor. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #91 |
97. The Clarification is Appreciated, My Friend |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
96. Perhaps that of the United States Senate. |
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sandyd921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #96 |
100. I'll second that! |
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CitizenPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #96 |
136. and they drove this economy over the cliff |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Exorbitant? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. ... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 06:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
121. For ruining a company, $8000/hr is too expensive. I'll do it for $200/hr. |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:42 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Well, with most car companies - foreign or domestic, posting some |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. God, I hate when they are home from college on break |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. I take Econ 101. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. hehehehe |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Our friend ordered a pizza |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
80. Hey I'm a college student/former autoworker |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 11:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
86. Well, if they would just stop teachin' the Friedman/Feldstien brand of Corpronomics |
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Speciesamused (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #86 |
161. Hear Hear!!!!! |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
60. I agree. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
93. That was quick. Gone already, off to enjoy the pizza. nt |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. I think there turning Japanese |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Wow... |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
74. Well just don't swoon on my swooning couch. nt |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. there? they're? nt |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
146. ..."they're" not "there"... |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. They are traitors |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
148. I thought "there" traitors...?!?! |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
10. It's war! |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. it is really between us and them. |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
14. it flies in the face of free enterprise now doesn't it? |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Free enterprise meaning that their markets are just as open as ours? |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
15. I always love to see the millionaires club complain that the rest of us make too much... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
163. +1 |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
16. It's economic TREASON!!! |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
18. I think it's high-time the US Congress has their pay decreased to bring their salaries in line. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I think that's a great idea! |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Excellent suggestion. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. I'm all for that. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
149. No - not Congress - all CEO's!!! |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
20. by any chance did anyone catch |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
150. Yep...so according to Shelby, Ensign et all, the UAW deservs an INCREASE in salary! |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
22. off-shoring is doing the same thing in the tech industry |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. Advertisements for experienced programmers offering $10 - $14 per hour, |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #42 |
122. $10/hr is awesome! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #122 |
159. Don't worry, all those companies in India that are in posession of our data |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
24. 'US Senators requiring US manufacturers to lower US wages to match those paid by foreign companies.' |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Can the UAW request an arrest warrant for treason on those |
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dickthegrouch (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Can we have some names? |
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Fla Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Names of senators with foreign auto factories in their states. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
68. Sure, if the UAW is broken, then the foreign car companies can lower their wages |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #24 |
70. Wow! BEST. REPLY. EVER. Sure, we expect treason from Rebubs, but spineless |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 11:27 PM Response to Reply #24 |
85. Perfect. Flat-out perfect! |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
125. so lower the utilities...... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
25. why not have u.s. executives & CEO's match the pay structure of foriegn companies? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Good point. Put them back at earning 'only' 75% of the salary of the lowest paid worker. nt |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
133. This was actually mentioned in the hearing that US Auto companies |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #133 |
151. I noticed that it sank like a rock... |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. That is an excellent suggestion... |
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WHAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. That and lower wages of congress... |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 02:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. No lower wages for congress, but an increase for fed judges |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #46 |
69. "Important judicial pay issue?" |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
28. Revolution anyone? Let me know when it starts. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
31. They're counting on the usual Republican "politics of resentment," hoping |
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jasmeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
32. Isn't that socialism (or close to it)? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. you prefer anti-social? |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
82. WTF is wrong with socialism? |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
36. it's all about who Congress represents . . . |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. When have they totally represented the people? |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
56. What's changed is that we used to EXPECT them to represent us |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Next time someone wants to amend the Constitution, hopefully it'll |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
38. I would like to legislate lower wages for all the Senators who voted NO. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 03:05 AM Response to Reply #38 |
113. And those who chose not to vote |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
43. The only wages that are "grossly exorbitant" are those of CEOs and execs! |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
47. It is unAmerican. What they should have been doing was protecting those |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
49. How about Haiti, the country they liberated? Their wages must be fine.... |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
51. You can add this to the list of thing I never though I'd see |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I don't get your point. "If I had predicted these things", but you didn't. I don't think it is |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:11 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. My point -- and I do have one |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Yeah, I understand. However, I have made warnings and ended up laughing at myself. nm |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. True enough - all things to add to the list - maybe I'm numb with wondering |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #59 |
130. In the mountains we have a saying |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #130 |
134. Didn't realize we were nearly neighbors, hiya |
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HillWilliam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #134 |
135. Well Hiya! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 06:30 AM Response to Reply #51 |
123. On the flip-side, elections 2004, 2006, and 2008 were all canceled... |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #123 |
156. Well, not every prediction is sound -- and you're foolish if you lump them all together |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
55. Reagan's dream has finally been fulfilled n/t |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
57. they are traitors |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
61. K&R Sickening, isn't it? |
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debunkthelies (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
62. Pay Cuts? |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
63. ¡Muerte al Sur! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #63 |
78. ¡Bésamelo! |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. I will after Southern senators stop trying to torpedo the North and our country for their benefit |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Re-igniting Civil War era hatred and attacking the South in general will get you this far: |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 11:09 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Hey, they started it |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:21 PM Response to Reply #83 |
152. a "small" but salient point that is too easily ignored or overlooked by too many here... |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #63 |
89. "That's bad-ass mo-fo to you"! |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
64. AND then turn around and blame the failure of the |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:28 AM Response to Reply #64 |
104. It takes a special kind of sick bastard, eh? |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
65. What's pathetic is that these bastards really have NO clue |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
66. Doesn't it really seem that the campaign ads write themselves? |
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Sadie5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Did these Repub Senators |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
71. You know what your problem is? |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
73. Say hello to the neocon/DLC allied government |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
75. It's shameful. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #75 |
153. Harry and Nancy have GOT TO GO!!! |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
76. And no mentions that management |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #76 |
84. How many worker's salaries does it take to equal ONE CEO's salary? |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #84 |
140. Plus all of the 'yes boyz' with |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
87. For the GOP, the only thing wrong with the US economy is that YOU make too much money. |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
90. they want us all to be serfs |
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NBachers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
92. What Happened to This Guy? |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #92 |
154. THAT should be bunkerboy's future!!! |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
94. Megacorps & their lackeys have striven for years to have us competing with Third World wages |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
95. Can you just imagine the names that democrats would be called |
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sandyd921 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
98. K & R! A shameful day for the US! n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
99. k&r |
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Robbie88 (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:26 AM Response to Original message |
101. They have declared war on us, and we must fight back. The Republicans' vigorous opposition to the |
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jmondine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
102. Hmm... wasn't it not too long ago that John McCain said... |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
107. This is what happens when know-nothing senators take over management... |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
111. And the rhetoric used was blatantly inflammatory. No finesse from the (R). |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 03:05 AM Response to Original message |
112. They all hail from Southern deadbeat states, too. |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 06:17 AM Response to Reply #112 |
119. Isn't it time |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
114. The Southroners are thinking back to the good ol' days. |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
115. Republican corporate filth! |
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MJJP21 (262 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
118. Why didn't those |
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passy (780 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
120. It's already happening ! |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
124. and you have that tool hannity carrying on about how he |
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gleeindc (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
128. U.S. pay |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
129. They could take their own advice |
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INdemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
132. What those Republican Senators are not telling us when |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
137. What's next? |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
139. those who forget history are doomed to repeat it... |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
141. Thom explained it very clearly to a national audience on Countdown |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
142. I can't help but think about this Carlin bit: |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
144. It seems so Republican though |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
145. A "race to the bottom"... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
147. I hope that a lot of other people take notice. |
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antimatter98 (537 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
155. Canada to loan $4bn to auto companies, but the US? |
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pmdsyr32 (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
157. us senators are |
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Po_d Mainiac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
158. Why didn't the republikturds |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
160. Back in the 1950s, we used to brag about the fact that the Russians |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
162. Anti union, anti labor congress |
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stahbrett (855 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
164. That's a great example of why government bailouts are a bad idea |
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lavndrblue (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
166. Reid's vote was procedural |
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