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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 11:41 AM Original message |
This May be the End of Democracy Folks |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. The Great Experiment is over |
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H5N1 (777 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. You sound moderate to me |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. it was over |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 11:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. Looks like my message got deleted. Perhaps it won't if I quote Jefferson |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 03:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
53. Reading Thomas Jefferson makes me want to secede from the Union. |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 02:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. It was over 11/22/63. |
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niallmac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. To me that was the day the Reich took over. n/t |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 07:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
61. Yes |
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yvr girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. That's a pretty arrogant statement |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. oh yes it is |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Or "It Can't Happen Here", written in 1938 as I recall... |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 02:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
47. What are you talking about? What happened in 1984? |
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Der Blaue Engel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 02:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. It's a book by George Orwell |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Thanks, but I knew about the book. |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Sorry... I meant for the US |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. this country went through a civil war and survived |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 07:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
63. pssst |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
6. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS IN THE HANDS OF EXTREMISTS. |
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Talismom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's a terribly frightening time. I really think you're right. n/t |
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miss_kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. It's been over. actually it's never been a democracy here. |
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StellaBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I agree with you |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
52. However there were periods in between where this was not true. nt. |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. America has crumbled |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
12. Every thing goes in waves. This is a lot like 1890 once more. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. And we get bitching about Democrats time and time again. |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. I Hear Ya |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. Where have you and others been since December 2000????.... |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Hope... That's Where |
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Rainscents (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Please, don't give up hope! |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Thank You!!! (nt) |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. Democracy died in December of 2000 |
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demodonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Well then, there is still hope (by the 'thugs own admission) |
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thinkingwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. LOL! |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. really, did you ever think it was because people didn't get |
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Loge23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Amen to that (nt) |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. BULL, this country went through a civil war!!! |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Thank You |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. don't get me wrong, there is going to be a lot of pain |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Ok... I'm with Ya |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. we are all in the same boat |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. A-MEN |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Number 6 |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Number 1 is a chimpanzee. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. but the country decided not to even show up at the polls |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 01:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. OMG. |
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wli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm resigned to dying in a concentration/death camp already. n/t |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. Ever the ray of sunshine, eh wli? |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
57. Being a bit dramatic, aren't we? nt |
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MojoXN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. No, the end of democracy was... |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
37. Anybody else watching ROME on HBO? |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
39. looking back, to 1968-1972...Mayor Daley SR and his |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
41. when this happened to russia - a wall came down - and chaos |
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terip64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
44. Over my dead body |
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rateyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. IMHO, democracy was not taken from the people... |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. You are spot on, rateyes! |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. Whatever. |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. I hear the sky is falling. |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
50. Ita. So how do "we" do that? |
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Witchy_Dem (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
54. We're not in a democracy anyway. The last 5 yrs should have illuminated |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
60. Hell, I've never in my life really lived in a democracy. But from time .. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-05-05 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
62. Naw ...... |
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LiberalMandrake (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-06-05 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
64. The End: The Day JFK Jr. was murdered |
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