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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 09:36 PM Original message |
What Do You Think About These 12 Issues? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. two words... |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. Too bad poor and homeless people just never seem to make the cut... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. You're right. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Thank you, gately |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Here's a recent thread: |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Obama offered to send his wife... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Wow. You're a wild one, aren't you? This was not the topic of the exchange |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. thank you gateley |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Should be on the list |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. it well should be at the top. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. "Food, clothing, shelter is a right, not a privilege" |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. k&r |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Like I keep saying... |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Well they're certainly on my list of priorities! |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. As usual my friend, you are so right |
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pamela (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. That needs to be at the top of the list. |
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liberal4truth (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Yeah, a carbon-tax would hurt the poor for certain. The price of fuel now is too high for many . |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Hey, they aren't part of the donor base.Neither party counts them! |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
38. I think that some of these policies are a great way to slow poverty, though. |
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caseycoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 06:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
39. Sadly true |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 07:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
42. They say the true measure of a society |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. "Where there is plenty, poverty is evil" Bobby Kennedy. The true measure, indeed! |
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Larry Ogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. Sorry bobbolink, but the Elite ruling class that own and controls our financial systems, |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm all in favor of all of them. Great positions on these issues. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. Cut debates. Replace with living wage. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. See my avatar. nt |
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demgurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. What about the poor and the homeless? |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. So right demgurl... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. And you're the guy with all the Tonka toys, so start that overhaul! |
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dajoki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Yeah, I'll have to dig... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. How did the French manage to pull off the housing as a right deal? |
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demgurl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
56. I am not sure how they pulled this off but they did. |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
29. amen |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
17. Sounds liek a good start to me. So much more we can be doing on top of this, though. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #17 |
44. Which is why I have no interest in Green Party. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. If you say so. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Many of us do. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Who said I sneered? I can't post any info that refutes your statement because |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. All important issues, no doubt. All issues that need work, for sure. But until the Democratic |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. "doing right by the least among us is not only possible, but a moral necessity. " |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-25-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. Why did you leave out any reference to education? The real cure? |
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mntleo2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Can't Edumicate Until You ... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. Absolutely! Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs! Surely we're all "educated" enough |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
58. Not so |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. bwahahaha! |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
30. Agree |
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ProgressIn2008 (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
31. I think that nothing can change unless these issues are tackled |
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travelingtypist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
35. Missing meaningful media reform. |
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ProgressIn2008 (848 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. Media reform - good one. Media consolidation helps entrenched power. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
36. Sounds like Kucinich to me n/t |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Exactly like Kucinich. No mention of poverty. Exactly like Kucinich. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 03:43 AM Response to Reply #48 |
59. Right. Someone who grew up living in cars doesn't care about poverty |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. That's right. He dropped it. |
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Orwellian_Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. FWIW |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. If he finally said those things in '06, that's good. He certainly didn't in debates. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:35 AM Response to Reply #60 |
66. No, he did not. Front and center on his issue page |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I was THERE in '04, eridani. I know you love kucinich, but I WAS THERE! |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-28-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. So, you have an explanation of how we do anything about poverty-- |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
65. . |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
37. ... |
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caseycoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
40. Poverty & homelessness are HUGE issues. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Survival needs to be addressed first! YES! |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
41. My Thoughts |
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ProgressiveFool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
51. Great ideas. You think a guy who accepts money from Republicans is going to pursue them? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
53. "Ralph Nader". Perhaps there won't be a Republican in office in 2008 |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-26-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
57. change "Open up the Presidential debates" |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-27-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
61. /Mr. Creosote: "I'll take the lot"/ |
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