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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 07:26 PM Original message |
Social Security: It’s All in the Adjectives (spoiler: you're a "crackpot" to want SS protected) |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. You're on the right track hitting framing again, NB. Public discourse is a puppet show ... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. The Art of the Hissy Fit -- oldie but a goodie by Digby |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Like a Democrat apologizing for being "a tax & spend liberal?" |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. one of the lowest points in democratic history. just disgraceful. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Damn, that's a great article! Thanks for reposting it. |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. K and R. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. backatcha! |
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Poboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. recommend. |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. the sheeple are being herded |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. low-info folks notwithstanding, i think the days of compliance are numbered. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Our cellphones all make pancakes (apologies to G.C.) |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. K&R |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
11. The only crackpots = the ruling-class nut cases pushing this crap. Mad with power. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. for sure. mad with power is spot on, too. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. morning kickee |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
14. CNN was also in on the game yesterday .... they had an on-line question ... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. agree. |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Where the hell are our journalists? All blogging? Is no one out there not fully co-opted? |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. journalism is dead |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. News organizations canNOT be owned by other corporations. Literally killing us. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. That sounds about right. It's why I sometimes boycott polls. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
19. Language and word choice matter |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. Well, duh |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. "Serious" and "Sensible" are fast becoming code for "Here comes the screwjob." |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. These "serious" ones should voluntarily cut theirs first |
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jtown1123 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's not just WaPo. It's CNN, AP, FOx, etc. Just about every MSM outlet |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. The RW and the Corporate Owned DLC hacks use browbeating and |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. If they can't keep this promise, what promise can they keep? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
29. Interestingly, the WP article doesn't mention Social Security, and the 'strident' includes Bernanke |
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