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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 12:56 PM Original message |
The United States is NOT a Phoenix. |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well not with THAT attitude. n/t |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Took me a minute to identify that logo in your signature line. |
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leeroysphitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #37 |
66. OK. |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. You mean I shouldn't burn my house to the ground to fix a leaky faucet? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Not a good idea. Be sure to protect the walls when you're |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. the problem ain't the plumbing...it's the foundation... n/t |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:21 PM Original message |
The foundation was shaky to begin with |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
51. Hardly ever works.... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
53. Psst...your house is in flames as we speak. |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. agreed and rec ! nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Thank you. |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Not if they're Third Way democrats |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. How'd that 2010 election work out for you, then? |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Oh, we in Arkansas are very happy to get rid of Blanche Lincoln |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. THAT was ONE BIG Fuck Up in Arakansas. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. Really. And so, Boozman votes with the Democratic caucus |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
56. Blanche Lincoln lost the general to Boozman because she lost a lot of union support. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Do you think Halter would have won in the General? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. He'd have to run as an old-school populist to beat Boozman. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. Should it fall, something else will grow from the fertile soil left by its... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Making the US what it should be will not be done in a single |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. What do you think that something else would be? |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
65. I don't own a crystal ball. but the other side will be affected as much as our side. |
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whatchamacallit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
11. The fallacy in your thinking is that Obama is the alternative |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. No, it it not a fallacy. Obama is Obama. Give him a decent |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Romneycare was not a step forward |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Details. I'm not talking about details. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. "I doubt the Republicans will give you what you or I want." |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Good luck with that. I deal in realities, not fantasies. |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. What? We couldn't afford tuition at the for profit college? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. I have no idea what you are talking about. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. I have my doubts about our so called 'greatness' as a country |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. The path of this country isn't a binary thing, nor does it change |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. I am a Progressive which means I see possibility and potential |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. Agree completely, but electing Democratic state reps, senators and governors is just as important |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Yes. Absolutely. I agree. I was just trying to keep the |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. If we've got to do this fear crapola, lets do FREEDOM FROM FEAR |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't agree with you often, but I do agree |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Yes, the ignorance about what the Christian Reconstructionists |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. I am going to say this again. and again. and again. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Exactly right. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 04:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
69. Burning down the village to save it is what both sides have to offer, in all effect |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
75. GREAT post |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
76. The problem is both of our options are going to hurt those groups you want to protect |
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blkmusclmachine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. A new outfit called "Bless 7" is snookering the poor/disadvantaged in big states like TX & FL: |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Pure pyramid scheme. Uff da! |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
32. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm with you, MineralMan! |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Thank you. |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
38. Rec nt |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
39. How do you know!? Got a crystal ball hidden somewhere? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. It's my opinion. What else would it be? |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. You don't have to get all defensive, you wrote it. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
41. I wonder if we should break apart |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. And how would we do that? There's no mechanism for it. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. There was no mechanism in the breaking of the USSR either |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Exactly. That's just what I'm suggesting. Thanks for |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I'll vote, but because he's the best we get |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. I'd love to see what he does with a progressive Congress. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #61 |
70. My guess is he'd fight one. But it still doesn't hurt our odds. And I know what a GOP Prez would do. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. What I want to know is how the HELL Rick Perry can run of an office |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Perry is very dangerous |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Yes he is and would be the spark in an ammo depot. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Oh trust me, under him there will be a religious test to get a firearm |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
50. Do we finally agree? |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
52. Opinions vary, but I definitely do not share yours... |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. OK. I don't expect agreement from any particular person. |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
59. Maybe you should point your urgent message to the WH |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. What makes you think I'm not doing exactly that? |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Great. Maybe you'll post some of those communications |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. No. I won't do that. Communicating with elected officials only |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Well maybe we'd want to read them for inspiration. |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. I'm more than comfortable with MM's liberal credentials. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. You know what? No. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
71. All great empires eventually fall. |
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BzaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
72. K&R. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-21-11 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
74. Our historic mistake was NOT taking to the streets for Bush v. Gore. |
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