http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
http://en.w...pedia.org/w.../Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini
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aldav |
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see the fall of france, rome, italy---there are tons more examples of what happens to collapsing countries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution http://en.w...pedia.org/w.../Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini
I was once somebody
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Downpuppy |
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I suppose we don't have to hold the people running the country responsible for the state of things.
The alternative they present is that it's the fault of the gays marrying & black people buying houses. |
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jane1958 |
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All you need to know about Obamas "supposed" knowledge of the mortgage crisis was know that Penny Pritzker, is the Obama campaign finance chairman.
She was the queen of subprime motgages and brought down a bank in the process over two years ago. Back then they called it "predatory lending."
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Downpuppy |
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Who told you Pritzker was queen?
Cause, you know, that's a lie. And you're spreading it. The family money is from Hyatt. Her uncle bought half a failed bank in 1989 & put her on the board in 1991, as chair until 1994 & then as a board member. She never had any ownership interest or involvement in day to day management. When the bank went down, 7 years ago, the family took a hit. In any event, she knows Obama from the Annenberg Board & suchlike from Chicago. She's a lawyer, not a banker, and there's no reason to suppose that her discussions with Obama about mortgage lending are anything more than warning him that it can be a disaster. |
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Downpuppy wrote: It's called checks and balances. The government is comprised of three areas so that one can't overrule the others. This is not a dictatorship or a monarchy. So no, I don't think Bush is entirely responsible. I caught you a delicious bass. |
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carole burnett |
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Ahhh, the Pritzker family. A fine family. Not a ruthless shithead in the bunch. They even like to fuck over their own kin. I guess it's only some filthy
rich people that Obama despises. I wonder how many houses Penny has.... hmmm.
ETA: added "over". |
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Green Package Man |
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The problem with having to choose the lesser of two evils is that no matter who you choose... You still get evil.
I hate the current choices. |
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CadyH |
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Green Package Man wrote:Ain't it the truth.
"Everything in your life that happens to you leaves a tattoo. Something permanent, something that stays with you always. And you don't realize it
because its so much a part of you, but then one day you look at it and its like 'wow. There it is. Like a picture under my skin'". K. Bentley
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Downpuppy |
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Checks and balances, Pork? As if. Cheney gives the orders, Congress does whatever he says, and the Supremes fall in line.
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pleasepassthepork |
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Ok
I caught you a delicious bass. |
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Teen LaQueefah |
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Palin's Straight Talk Express travels the campaign trail on a short bus.
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Hobie Lapatka |
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Hey Teen!
I didn't even know right away that was you as Gwen Ifil last night on SNL. Took me by surprise. I saw Gwen Ifil on Meet The Press this morning and she said she was honored to be portrayed by a Teen. |
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Downpuppy |
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Cheney as ultimate power was a joke, of course, at least on the economic side. In reality, though, there has been no significant opposition to the
Republican/Corporate agenda for 30 years. Unions have been castrated & nearly exterminated, federal agencies supposed to oversee workers rights taken over
by people who despise them, and any analysis that diverges from the party line mocked as Socialism. Democrats elected to office are generally beholden to the
same interests as the Republicans.
The result is a massively imbalanced society with mountains of debt owed by people who have no way of paying. I don't sense that Obama is ideologically radical or really against the system; its just that he's rational enough to try to keep the country together as the economy falls apart. McCain's tendencies are terrifying in the context of domestic trouble, Palin's even more. |
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vanillaslave |
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the black guy at the bar that i am at, wearing an Obama t-shirt just said. " I am voting for the black guy"
Scooter my daisyheads!
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prairiequeen |
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Did you tell him that you were voting for the white chick?
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bangabong |
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1. Without prep? No way I could perform in that debate like Palin did. Names, places, talking points, all of those need to be rehearsed, even if you know the material cold. 2. With rehearsal. Absolutely I could pull it off. Sequester me from the press for a month and feed me a steady diet of talking points and debating techniques -- especially deflection -- and anyone with a performer's instinct could put up a credible show. On the other hand, I'm not what the gullible wing of the Republican party is looking for in a VP candidate. Three observations about the debate, which I watched with a crowd at Denver International Airport while waiting for my red-eye. * There's a huge gap between being able to cram for a debate and having the depth of knowledge required to actually make sound policy decisions. * If that's the best McCain's camp can do with talking points, then they really are out of ideas. * All indications are that Colorado is leaning Obama's way, at least from my observations during my six-day stay there. That surprised me. |
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Sweaty Butcher1 |
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the black guy at the bar that i am at, wearing an Obama t-shirt just said. " I am voting for the black guy"Coincidentally, the white guy I saw at the gas station with a McCain sticker on his car said "I ain't votin' for no black guy".
I've Got Some Rage.
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Cr0tch |
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I saw a Pakistani guy in a toll booth with a short sleeve shirt on and he said "That'll be $4, please".
I want to fuck Palin in the butt. |
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Who told you Pritzker was queen? DP come on she was queen of the sub prime Type penny pritzer queen of subprime into google and see how many hits you get {Results 1 - 10 of about 2,970 for penny pritzker queen of subprime. (0.30 seconds) } She is just another in a long line of lousy people Obama surrounds himself with. If you want to vote Obama you need to have all your money in T-bills only. Lousy friends of Obama, As my grandma always said...Show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are. Then we have his pastor, which was another skirted issue, Obama saying he "Never heard any of those ideas" right ?? Then we have Rezko, and others advising him
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