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Waiting For Everyman

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6. Thank you! The forgotten coup.

Reply to Octafish (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 25, 2013, 11:23 AM

Jun 2013

We started to get back on track at the height of Watergate and the Church Committee years, and dropped the ball. We never got the reform done, and it still needs doing. And of course so much added to the 'reform needed' pile since then.

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The security state will continue regardless of which party is in power. Let's focus on the things [View all] apples and oranges Jun 2013 OP

What the hell is this tripe? Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #1

In the Bush years... Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #2

The problem started Nov. 22, 1963. Octafish Jun 2013 #3

Thank you! The forgotten coup. Waiting For Everyman Jun 2013 #6

Nice try. nt bemildred Jun 2013 #4

what a steaming pile. cali Jun 2013 #5

I don't care what my neighbors think, I mind global data being collected. Waiting For Everyman Jun 2013 #7

You honestly don't see the utter futility of your proposal, do you? n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #8