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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:49 AM Original message |
The philosophy of the Democratic Party is that we don't let houses burn down |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. +1 |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
65. +++1 This is a microcosm and a reminder of NOLA. nt |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. I think that's the philosophy of civilized society |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
69. It's the philosophy of everyone who really believes in following Jesus - according to what He said. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
3. Does the FD of Obion county go and help the FD of South Fulton when they have a fire? |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. That's how fire departments typically work. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Yes I know that.. |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Of course they don't. Because there is no Obion County fire department! |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
67. I think you already know this Fumesucker, but JIC, Obion County has no fire department. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
53. Obion CO don't have a FD |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. Olbion County doesn't care a whit about helping SF. |
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whistler162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
118. There ISN'T a Obion County fire department...... |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. +1 |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. K&R...nt |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
6. Not true. The Democratic Party still believes in taxes to pay for public services. We believe in |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. With all due respect, sir, you are full of shit |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That's exactly what I said. We believe in taxes for public services. |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Accept you added THIS LINE: |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. The residents of the county CHOSE this fee structure. That choice came with the caveat that |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:34 AM Response to Reply #20 |
38. I don't CARE why. I don't CARE what they chose. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #38 |
56. you are yelping like a small child. It's irrelevant what your philosophy is in this case |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #56 |
72. Right -- let's forget what we believe in |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #56 |
81. The salary, equipment, safety bullshit is just a canard. They could charge the FULL cost of putting |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 07:58 AM Response to Reply #81 |
99. You need to research a little more about this |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. I donate a lot of money every year to a lot of good causes, but I don't believe in donating tax |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
40. Why should we pick up an old lady when she fell off the curb? |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Yes, it does. You're confusing compassion for a politicial party. |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
73. Compassion DEFINES the Democratic Party |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:40 PM Response to Reply #73 |
87. It used to. We now have New-Democrats in our "big tent". They brought their principles with them. |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #87 |
125. "principles?" |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #125 |
130. "their principles". I am not saying I like them but they are still called principles, even if bad.nm |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. Helping an old lady up off the curb doesn't require special equipment or a 2 hour drive or endanger |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #57 |
74. So then it's all about money to you? |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. And in the typical tax system |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
86. Apparently the Democratic Party has changed. Maybe it's the influx of Old Republicans. nm |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
91. You're also an idiot. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
8. K&R |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
14. I agree with you, but I also think it's time that people be faced |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I don't think we sacrifice people's homes to make a point |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. As unfortunate as things turned out for this individual, this |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. And I think some of the reactions to this debacle |
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oldlib (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
48. I agree. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #32 |
112. Deserve's got nothing to do with it. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #32 |
113. Deserve's got nothing to do with it. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #32 |
114. Deserve's got nothing to do with it. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Regarding your question about people who've been flooded out - |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. This isn't about tax policies, don't you get that? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #35 |
110. This is entirely about tax policies. This is about being done with freeloading conservatives |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
58. I think a lot of DU'ers don't believe in sacrifice, discipline or the value of taking responsibility |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
17. we should also oppose a libertarian policy that is out to gut the democratic tax all/protect all |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
18. Actually, the Tea Baggers brought this on themselves. |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Wow, we showed THEM, didn't we? |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Tha's fine, I don't need you to 'go along' with me. |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I haven't missed the point of being HUMANE |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
19. We don't let houses burn down because we institute sufficient taxes to provide public |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Then perhaps we need an I PAID MY TAXES card |
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uncommon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:18 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. The missing piece here is that this community chose this - they chose to fund it this way, and they |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. There IS no missing piece |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
59. WE don't live there. That's the point. You obviously can't comprehend not everyone is you. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Sometimes the "community" needs to be protected from its own dumb decisions...nt |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
75. Um....yes, you do punish people for not paying their taxes |
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BillStein (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
21. volunteer fire departments... |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Weekend has seen fit to ignore several details... |
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BillStein (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. if I lived in the house next door |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. You fail to understand -- |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. And you sir/madam are not gawd. Just because you say so |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. And apparently you ARE god? |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
82. It is not true JUST because he says so, but it IS true in reality. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
33. That should be in the platform |
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gulliver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
34. Whose house do you save if there are more than one? |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. That's a choice that has to be made, but you don't base it on who paid his fee |
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BillStein (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
47. and the second house only caught fire |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. the second house caught fire because the idiot started the fire. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
39. Yes. It's one of the things that distinguishes us from the GOP. |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
41. I'll go on the record here and say |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #41 |
50. your anger is directed at the wrong parties. |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
63. That's not the way it looks around here lately. nt |
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BillStein (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
44. what am I missing here? |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
46. You are absolutely right about our principles. |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
64. So why don't we run over a few dogs in the street to |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:23 PM Response to Reply #46 |
83. why are you supporting this Libertarian policy then? |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
51. No, man. You're thinking of the old FDR "Democratic Party". |
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disillusioned73 (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 07:34 AM Response to Reply #51 |
92. Amen, |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:35 AM Response to Reply #92 |
107. The compassionate people......... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:54 AM Response to Reply #51 |
111. Yeah, yeah... |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #111 |
120. Her you go: |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #120 |
121. Your previous and current challenges are pointless |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #121 |
122. Who cares? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #122 |
124. *You* have failed to support your claims |
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OnyxCollie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
52. The NEW Democratic Party has shed all of those |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
55. You understand some counties, towns and states are Republican/Libertarian strongholds and vote |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #55 |
66. OF COURSE, I understand that. |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
61. Utter nonsense. |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. I certainly hope you don't ever need any help |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. exactly. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. Thank you for grasping the larger point here |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. If someone does not have the means to pay for services |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 07:57 AM Response to Reply #78 |
97. They had been doing that for a long time |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
71. Agreed--Although I saw multiple posts from |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
77. Anyone who thinks it's okay to let someone's house burn down because |
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disillusioned73 (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 07:38 AM Response to Reply #77 |
93. It's not suprising that all you heard were crickets since yesterday. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
79. True....except |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
80. But in a "Christian" country we just let it burn |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
84. 71... |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-06-10 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
85. That's apparently not the philosophy of the New-Democrats. nm |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
88. This n/t |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
89. Agreed. |
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disillusioned73 (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
94. K&R |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
95. Another philosophy of the Democratic Party is that we pay for the government |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
96. It is the philosophy of DU that members don't tell groups of DUers that they are not true Democrats |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #96 |
127. Unless those "DUers" are really tea baggers. nt |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #127 |
128. Actually, not so. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
98. As you can see from the many replies- that's not the case |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 07:59 AM Response to Reply #98 |
100. It's "morally twisted" to pay for government? NT |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:04 AM Response to Reply #100 |
101. It's morally twisted to stand there and let the guy's house burn down |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:07 AM Response to Reply #101 |
102. No. The guy whose house burned down is the Beck-head |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:12 AM Response to Reply #102 |
104. That's primitive moral reasoning at best |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:16 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. Would you buy a heroin addict another fix? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:22 AM Response to Reply #105 |
106. That's also primitive- although somewhat less so, since there appears to be a principle behind it |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #106 |
108. I'm a Hegelian who has little time for Kohlberg |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #108 |
116. Not all that different than Piaget's stage theory |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #116 |
117. I'm seeing it more as a knee-jerk test |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:26 AM Response to Reply #117 |
119. There's some of that |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
103. In the end, saving the house would have supported the pay for services approach to social goods. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #103 |
109. You mean the "not-pay-for-services" approach |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #109 |
129. I probably called it choose to pay for service approach. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
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WeekendWarrior (849 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #115 |
126. Amazing, isn't it? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-07-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
123. But we DO let our banker buddies foreclose on you. No problem! |
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