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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:07 AM Original message |
What is wrong with this country and our apathy? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. who cares |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. LMAO. Yup, that says it all...and while I am at it... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. the Greenland glaciers racing for the sea |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. Bluedawg I have been asking this question |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. serryjw- Our motto chold be "Give us bright shiny things." |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 08:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
40. You have bright shiny things? I want bright shiny things. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Kinda like how the Romans |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Pre-empt the Super Bowl |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
43. Bread and circuses |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #43 |
60. OOPS, just a bob...didn't see your post! Great minds and all that... |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
59. Yes, "bread and circuses." Nothing's changed. |
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kster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Not so much that |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. It's because the democrats are so weak that no matter how bad |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. They are all republican lite |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Exactly- we have given away the next gen's future- and all with |
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thefloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. I have no idea |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:39 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. We've been over thrown by a public relations firm hired by repigs |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
10. My problem with the Dem leaderships style is that I would like to see |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
11. They refined the psycho-babble the nazi's used to rile up the masses |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. The even refinded the Nurembrug rallies with TV coverage |
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LeighAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
14. "Always been that way, will always be that way" |
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cry baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
16. money, greed, laziness, money, short memories, greed... nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. I know why. |
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specimenfred1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
20. Propaganda, It's a Science Used Against Everyone |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Didn't tweety mention a repig public relations firm that actually |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:02 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I suggest starting with Edward Bernays, nephew of Frued |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
51. Bernays is a neocon dream come true! Social engineering. |
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gumby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
22. The effect of propaganda/psy-ops |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
23. Karl Marx used to say America will fall like a ripe apple from a tree |
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gumby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:52 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. And Ike warned us |
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wwcsmd (49 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:56 AM Response to Original message |
25. where are the angry children? |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:18 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. They are out there, the media just ignores them |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
27. Do we have any power to affect change? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:11 AM Response to Original message |
28. You get exhausted. And the nefarious leaders of the neocons trust |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:28 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Agreed. I'm really tired of it all. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
57. Keep it up. And I find you cannot take ownership of all the issues |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
29. It's very frustrating isn't it? |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
31. A guy in my voice class says it's always been this way, |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:30 AM Response to Original message |
33. They're saving Christmas |
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MsConduct (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:08 AM Response to Original message |
34. If you keep the people scared, worried and scrambling, they |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
35. I don't get it either |
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Golden Raisin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 03:54 AM Response to Original message |
36. We're an empire in the decline phase |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 06:24 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I fear you are right |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
55. A dumbed down, supersitious populace is easier to control, but WHY? |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
37. when you heat your house from the neighbors woodpile....... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
38. greed, served with bread and circuses. |
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kansasblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
41. Bread and circuses. People have bread and the TV provides the circuses |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
42. Blow up the TV's. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
44. We love our stuff. We need our stuff. We're all about getting |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
45. Excellent ideas! This is a David and Goliath siutation. |
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peace_on_earth (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
46. What to do to wake people up... |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
47. In the face of incredible atrocity, this is a natural reaction. |
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tlsmith1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
48. It Has Really Disgusted Me |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
49. Lots of good stuff has been posted on this thread. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
50. Can a civilization in a downward spiral ever pull out of it? |
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freestyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
52. Because there is always someone else to hate and fear. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
53. Hah! Found it! War is sell. The Rendon Group . |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:12 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. To be fair, the Rendon Group denied many of the claims |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
54. They'll care when they begin to lose their houses en masse. |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
56. Why does the RW hate America? |
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