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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:13 PM Original message |
We are at war with "Red America" |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Agreed, K&R |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Yes - this should be repeated any time we are told to tolerate their ignorance |
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demnan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. Isn't that the truth |
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blueinindiana (575 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. I live in Indiana...ugh very very very Red. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
121. KKK was founded there, in case you didn't, or wanted to know. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
4. But let's not buy into their "war" framing, please. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. They declared war on us |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
56. They *talk* a lot about war with us... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
82. maybe because you can no more win a war |
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NativeNewyorker (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
91. You Said It! |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. They are not the enemy. They are our fellow citizens. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. They are my enemy |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. What about non-voting citizens? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Unless you live in Florida or Ohio (and maybe PA) |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. It's part of my identity. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. If you want to change things |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. They do, but to spread pernicious lies and support them |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. There is a middle ground, you know. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Been there, done that |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. When did we try compassion? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Great Society for starters |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. You're blaming the wrong things |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. I'm not blaming the GS and the ND |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. I wasn't saying you were |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:56 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. I still think Capitalism can be beneficial to us all |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. That's impossible by definition |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. But even communism has had unemployment |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Cuba had it in the 90's |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Europe has a lot of problems |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #70 |
84. I'd say |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Did I fall asleep and wake up in 1935? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. No |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:54 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. When was the last time you were silenced by the government? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. I was talking more about the past |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Its like a time capsule. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. Only if you see it through your broken lens |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #97 |
106. I wasn't trying to argue the merits of Marxism with a Marxist. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #106 |
110. Good for you |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #110 |
122. But I didn't make any objections... |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #122 |
131. Short memory span? |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #131 |
136. No, no, no...you've got me all wrong -- that wasn't skepticism, that was admiration |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #136 |
137. Is it hard contradicting yourself so much? n/t |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #137 |
138. What contradiction? n/t |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #138 |
139. There are many to choose from n/t |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #139 |
141. It should be easy to pick one, then. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. Read your posts |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 09:19 PM Response to Reply #142 |
145. Oh, so there isn't actually any contradiction? I thought it was so easy to point out? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #87 |
117. I disagree with manic about a lot of things but the current system is evil |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #117 |
135. We do agree on many points |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #86 |
99. Marx has contributed A LOT to policitcal and economic theory |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 07:54 PM Response to Reply #99 |
118. OK, so you believe in class struggle (misguided) but discount the value of labor? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #118 |
125. No it wasn't that he valued labor, but how he assigned values |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #84 |
151. I really think that would require a shift in human nature. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. It never has |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #70 |
98. It wasn't a disaster every time. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #98 |
101. That was Socialism |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. A few corrections |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. That wasn't forced collectivization |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:54 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. It was forced nonetheless |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #104 |
108. Call it what you want, but Pol Pot was acting straight out of Marx |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #108 |
111. No he wasn't |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #111 |
113. He attended the Lycee in Paris, as did Hun Sen and many others |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #113 |
132. Yes |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. And then, based on that precedent, they will do the same to us |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. That's why I think we need a Second Reconstruction |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 08:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
153. manic, could you please clarify something for me? |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Why can't we do both? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
109. faith based or feith based initiatives? compassion? |
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Homer12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. You need 2 willing parties for a middle ground |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
73. I think that's the point here. They don't believe in real compromise... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
72. I've been writing about this for a while. I used to believe in reconciliation... |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #72 |
81. It's all about perspective. |
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Homer12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. They consider you their enemy. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Exactly - just look at their video games: "Left Behind" |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. and has this made their lives better? Has it made them happier, or more moral? |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
60. Who is this nebulous "they"? |
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Homer12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #60 |
92. The "American Taliban" |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
120. If you refuse to make allies with liberal or populist Evangelicals, if you see no room for dialogue |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. They would imprison you without hesitation if they had their way |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Lol |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. If you believe that, its one more reason to offer them a helping hand, |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Let me reccomend a book for you - Handmaid's Tale by Atwood |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. I'll bet they say the same things about us. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
58. There's always a "they" |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. That's because it's politics |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #63 |
124. No, religious conflict (including secular anti-religious sentiment) is a tool to divide the people. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #124 |
133. It divides the people who have common aims |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #58 |
71. I'm sure Germans in the 1920s felt the same way |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. Lol |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #77 |
112. Bury your head if you want... |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #71 |
126. The people spreading paranoia about "them" in 1920s Germany |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #35 |
95. But they are not in despair - they are deeply caught up inside a paranoia |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. Great post! |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. and some of them are beloved family members. I think the enemy tone is harsh. n/t |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. The most rabid Conservative I know, listens to Rush daily and. . . |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I agree with you - and there may be hope for him |
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sharp_stick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. So which one does he agree with? |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
96. insignificant sample size.... n/t |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #96 |
115. The OP was absolute in his condemnation of all "these folks". . . |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 10:24 PM Response to Reply #115 |
146. black and white rationalization... where have I seen that... |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. Ha ha ha . . . |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. War without end. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. The "Red vs Blue" BS is divisive crap concocted by the MSM in 2000. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Yes, but this has always been the problem |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Ha ha ha ha ha . . . |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. So the Labor Movement of the late 1800's and early 1900's never happened? |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. That's right |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 07:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
116. Not in the rosey-eyed, utopian idealism you attribute to the IWW. . . |
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moez (638 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Hey! |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. reasonable, especially in that they do not show up to play they show up to WIN! |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. Thank you for "getting it." |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Yes its not "Southerners" |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #33 |
129. DC and San Francisco have some of the largest Gay populations, and repress the poor. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
30. these people think Iran is the enemy now |
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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
43. You'll never get anywhere using the words "at war" . If we were to get to a place where we can |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:50 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. I don't want to live peacably with those monsters |
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Tin Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
69. You've not left yourself many options... |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #46 |
74. Oh please -- that's a bit dramatic |
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ourbluenation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
45. read this.... |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
47. Absolutely Not |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:51 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Not evil - dangerous |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #50 |
75. "legislate Deuteronomy into law" |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #75 |
100. Read up on Christian Reconstructionism |
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Tin Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
51. "Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?" A. Lincoln |
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More Than A Feeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. Nice! |
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Tin Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
79. Abe was a pretty smart guy... |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
57. People do not fit in boxes labeled "Red" and "Blue" |
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Tin Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. But, but, but.... Every issue is, at it's heart, a dichotomy - black or white, widdus or aginnus |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. Binary thinking is bad enough on single issues |
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k_jerome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
65. with all due respect, i think this is BS... |
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Tin Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. I second the BS |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
67. I know many Republicans around here |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #67 |
80. That's what my mom did at age 68 after being in the GOP all her life |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
78. That's a whole lot of crap you've stuffed into one broad-brush generalization |
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not_a_robot (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
83. No need |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
85. Yay for more enemies and more war! |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
88. K&R |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
94. and what is your suggestion as to how we fight this "war" |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
105. NEW RULE: No one can declare a new war without simultaneously disclosing the exit strategy. |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #105 |
119. What do we consider "victory?" How much will this war cost? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
107. allow me to be #2 to K&R er ah, #11, then. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
114. Both of my Senators here south of the Mason-Dixon line voted against the IWR. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
123. Oh god. I live in Fullerton. There's some major freepers on my block. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
127. They're not the enemy |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
128. We have Always been At War with "Red America" |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. I forgot to mention that a class-conscious analysis of fundamentalism would recognize that |
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Contrite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
134. Did you happen to see Alexandra Pelosi's HBO documentary "Friends of God"? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
140. They Have The Right To Think As They Want, As Do You. I May Be Perplexed Sometimes As To How Some |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
143. I think "red America" is down to some polygamist compound in Utah with no electricity or internet |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
144. The creators of red/blue ideology are the ones running the real war - on everyone else |
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aaronbees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
148. I'm tired of the whole misguided war mindset |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
149. As the primal red states... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-13-07 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
150. Absolutely. If we fail, America falls. |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
154. "Redistricting" |
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