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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:30 PM Original message |
If you do not believe in these things, you are NOT a Democrat |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. You know somebody's going to come in with some snark about ponies now, don't you? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Aye, true that |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. I would add the freedom to bargain collectively. nt |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I would consider that Freedom of Association, but yes, that is a MUST |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Sadly, a few DUers don't seem to think so. nt |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Union? a BIG RESOUNDING YES! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
70. I always wonder what some people mean when they say "Unions are destroying America" |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Freedom of sexual lifestyle = promiscuity? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. If they wan't to - it's not our decision to make |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. How do you collect VDs, but not spread them? n/t |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. How about the freedom for consenting adults to do whatever they want without busybodies |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. You are free to be as promiscuous or non-promiscuous as you want. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. You are free to be promiscuous if you like. Not promoting any particular sexual lifestyle, but |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Orientation is not a lifestyle n/t |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I know. I was adding in Freedom of sexual orientation, or meant to |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. freedom from you, or anyone deciding what's "promiscuous." yes. |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
67. +1 |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #24 |
91. + 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. I'm not surprised that's what you took away from that. Telling. Nt |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Celibacy is a "sexual lifestyle" |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. No, only those who fail to produce an original long form |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
75. Why not? |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. I thought this might perhaps be a test |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. does Freedom to Vote mean freedom not to vote? |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. I agree with all these things |
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RevStPatrick (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hmmm... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Your examples are limitations because they infringe on another person's |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Exactly EOM |
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RevStPatrick (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
54. No. Wrong. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:22 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. You are grasping at straws and creating absolutely ridiculous hypotheticals. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #55 |
62. Deleted message |
tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. No one suggested that the freedoms are absolute. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. So this means the rest of us should be celibate? |
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RevStPatrick (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. I'm not defending NAMBLA... |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Nothing wrong with group marriages, IMO. |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #62 |
83. Pederasts are mostly HETEROSEXUAL |
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RevStPatrick (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. Did you read the Wiki page? |
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mckara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. Actually, JFK Stated the Democratic Party had 3 Pillars: |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Children can have education but not security? |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Are you fucking kidding me? |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I am able to read. And unlike this post I am replying to, I didn't find it necessary to swear and |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. The question was serious, and you can drop the "tone" stuff. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Have a good life. |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #37 |
61. I get what he (she?) is saying. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
53. Hmmmm |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
50. I had never heard of him talking about those three pillars, |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
51. pillars currently collapsed or collapsing. nt |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 05:46 AM Response to Reply #18 |
52. They are a great foundation |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #18 |
57. I would also add the right to health care and education. nt |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #18 |
85. I think you're reading literalism into an abstract |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. Damn right. |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
22. How about freedom from purity tests.... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Without some standards, a party is worthless. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. Some purity tests aren't so bad. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. If you register as a Democrat, you are a Democrat. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Not if you're just in the party in name. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. If someone is "just in the party in name", they still have the power to choose its nominees. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. I wasn't taunting anyone. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Technically you're correct. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I guess I'm just trying to point out the futility of arguing over labels. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. Ok, there's some meat here. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
84. How do you know they are "firebombs"? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-23-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #84 |
104. And so much for the meat. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. P.S. I am seriously considering registering as a Republican for the 2012 primary. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I tried that 12 yrs ago and we got shrub. I figured McCain had too good a chance and no one would |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 10:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Go for it. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
86. Does that fall into the One True Irishman allegory? |
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athenasatanjesus (592 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. You are only a democrat if you support the good things and oppose the bad things. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
38. I don't know what a Democrat is, but I like what you describe. nt |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'm no sure about that "Common Welfare of American Citizens" bit. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #39 |
65. I bet you'd fight for their pensions |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #65 |
92. Can you collect your pension while in prison? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Good question |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #93 |
97. I do know that if you're on an SSI disability, the payments stop |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. Are they still a Democrat if they only believe in them for Americans? |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
46. Is this a pro-comic kiddie porn OP? nt |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
56. Sounds good to me. Many wolves in our clothing want exceptions to every freedom. nt |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
58. Does that include... |
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SlimJimmy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:12 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. K&R just for that reply. The first ammendment does not |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. +1 - there goes your popularity rating |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #60 |
94. Hah...I think it probably sucked already... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Agree 100% |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #58 |
73. A lot of people here are against the Fairness Doctrine, but they also get miffed if |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #73 |
95. Well I know it probably seems that way... |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
71. Or you're not a Libertarian |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:42 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. +1. nt |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
72. So, if every talking head on Fox News suddenly told their viewers to go out and kill |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
76. IMO, if you don't believe THESE things, you're NOT a "Democrat". |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #76 |
87. hear hear n/t |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #76 |
90. Fuckin' A, Bubba! |
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Green_Lantern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
77. those things are pretty vague..like say free speech... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
78. Hmmmm...... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
79. Well, OK. |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
80. were is choice???? |
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Wait Wut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
81. Interesting. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
82. A- Fucking-men. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
89. Whew!1 I wondered what I was going to be purged about, but I'm 100%!1 |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
96. I don't believe that any of those things are absolute. |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
98. I agree with these things |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
99. So you're saying "agree with me, or you're NOT a Democrat? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
100. Deleted message |
pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. So since you can't post a thread, you try to |
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vmpolesov (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:19 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. well, the democratic party is historically the champion of things such as laws that protect workers. |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-22-11 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
101. heavy sigh... keep believing folks the T-baggers will love it... |
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