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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 01:50 PM Original message |
Do you know why America can't fix itself? |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Too busy trying to.. |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Hell, we even kick people when they succeed, much less |
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CrossChris (641 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. America isn't run by people who want to fix America so much as sell it off for parts. |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. A fool and his money are soon departed. The American people should be blamed first. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. that's like a neighboring city to myself where my sister lives. |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
31. And why do Republicans get elected?because they teach voters to hate their fellow Americans |
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The Wizard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 06:04 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Appealing to the worst fears and lowest instincts |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. you know what the difference is? |
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Stevenmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. We've become the culture of the mediocre |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. "as much as some here at DU would like to blame everything on the wealthy, we did it to ourselves" |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Correct that it is not the wealthy - but it is not "ourselves" either |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. The country is mentally ill |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. Too many voters are living in fantasy land and too many vote |
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lbrtbell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. K&R, MrScorpio! |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
10. The real reason IMHO...we have the attention span of 5 year olds. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. and the memory of a goldfish, the conviction of a puff of air, and seekers of the |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. You got it !! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. The have mores are masters at dividing the have nots. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
13. It seems like to many people if you are not perfect you are a failure. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
14. Wrote it last year, still holds true . . . |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I hadn't seen that before. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Great piece, Hugh |
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Ishoutandscream2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. Hugh writes wonderfully |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
16. This is one of the best things I have EVER read. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. Well, now... |
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Starboard Tack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Are you talking about global overpopulation or national? |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Then, |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Just in case you're reluctant |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Simply said: |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. "Nothing leaves and emptiness in the pit of my soul like shit like that." |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-15-11 12:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. My typo sticks out like a sore thumb |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. K&R |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-08-11 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yep. |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
23. Phoney old boy puritanism |
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hifiguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
25. That was one king-hell ass kicker of a rant |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
27. Reagan made it acceptable to kick people while they were down |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
32. Wow I couldn't have said that better myself. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
34. Please |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Will do! nt |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
37. Yes. |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. Yes, we are a nation of assholes. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 05:10 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I don't think our characteristics suck...it is our acceptance of such worthless |
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Anakin Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-09-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. You are right on! +1 |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
42. That's the good ole U.S. of A. n/t |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-10-11 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
43. It's nation of immature morons. |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-12-11 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
45. Brilliant. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-14-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Please do. Nt |
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