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Dynamics of despotism by TB October 16, 2011 4:07 pm

Funny you should mention this. Here's an example of the GWB White House and a coup de etat. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/15/AR2007051500864.html More ... by bowser 2011-10-17 00:56:32
- So... by TB 2011-10-17 07:44:18

We are the 53% by Jody October 15, 2011 8:14 am

It's easy for those "who have" to feel superior, pat themselves on the back and look down on those "who ... by Eri 2011-10-15 21:25:28
- Go look at the pictures. by TB 2011-10-16 07:52:51
  - A lot of the people in the protests no longer work because they lost their jobs due to the financial ... by Eri 2011-10-16 09:37:57
    - Yeah, I'm looking for a way to make some income. But you might note that I'm not spending my ... by TB 2011-10-16 09:51:44
      - Tom, very few of those people are doing the nasty things you're accusing them of. Most are just average ... by Eri 2011-10-16 22:01:42
        
        Actually, it's quite a few doing nasty things. by TB 2011-10-17 07:21:44
        
        Bullshit but you're going to believe the shit your conservative rags are posting so I'm not going to bother. ... by Eri 2011-10-17 14:37:03
        
        I told you what I tell everyone. by TB 2011-10-17 14:39:52
These are the best of times, the worst of times. by ER 2011-10-15 09:52:01
- I spent a little time using the information in that article to look up the people running this show. ... by TB 2011-10-15 10:24:58
  - Tom, all the shows are run by someone. Do you really think the Tea Party, or the Republican Party, for that ... by ER 2011-10-15 11:42:53
1 percenter: by TB 2011-10-15 08:31:18

The scapegoat strategy by TB October 15, 2011 7:33 am

Another story in a similar vein. by TB 2011-10-15 09:17:00
- Geez. by TB 2011-10-15 09:17:51
We don't have to listen to Krauthammer any more. by ER 2011-10-15 07:41:19
- Can't beat him on the facts, so shoot the messenger. by TB 2011-10-15 08:00:52
  - Hey, that's MY line! by ER 2011-10-15 09:08:37
    - That's why I used it. by TB 2011-10-15 09:16:01

One thing we forgot. by bowser October 14, 2011 1:35 pm

There went "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." by Eri 2011-10-14 15:36:36
- "There went?" by TB 2011-10-14 15:40:21
  - Cops are inciting to violence so they can put down the protests. The powers that be are getting scared ... by Eri 2011-10-15 21:27:13
    - No, the cops aren't. by TB 2011-10-16 07:49:09
Now You're talking. We might even bring in some South African mercenaries, Executive Solutions I believe they go by. Non-lethals will ... by FrankC 2011-10-14 15:08:47
- And then... by TB 2011-10-14 15:24:01
I like "Bandana Republic" better. by ER 2011-10-14 14:00:38
- You get a pretty wide view of "typical American" living where I live. by TB 2011-10-14 14:53:08
  - Is the "Cuban International" in San Jose still in business? If so, I highly recommend the lechón asado with ... by ER 2011-10-14 15:54:00

MSNBC: What the Occupy movement needs right now by TB October 14, 2011 10:50 am

You are being watched by FrankC October 13, 2011 8:10 pm

I figured since the forum is going lunatic, I would jump in with both feet by FrankC 2011-10-14 12:23:25
- You been watching Person of Interest. You stop that! by Eri 2011-10-14 15:37:41
  - Dammit...I wondered about that...I have only seen it one time!!!! by Jody 2011-10-14 16:20:55
  - Busted !! :) by FrankC 2011-10-14 15:40:43
- I am not a looneetick... I started refining our zombie survival strategy. Figure it should be boat-based with an island the ... by Jody 2011-10-14 14:49:14
  - Sounds good, I just hope they will be the slow zombies. I hate those damn fast zombies. Personally, I doubt ... by FrankC 2011-10-14 15:21:56
Well then...HELLO!!! by Jody 2011-10-14 06:40:29
- You can't see me...na ne nan nee boo boo! by Jody 2011-10-14 06:56:12
So, what are YOU wearing? by ER 2011-10-14 05:14:57
- I have a drinking problem.....I am wearing a shirt that has spilled coffee on it. by Jody 2011-10-14 07:21:58
Really? by TB 2011-10-13 21:49:53

Learning your twinkles by TB October 12, 2011 9:09 am

These ne'er-do-wells are what all the fuss is about? by Lee 2011-10-13 03:29:46
My understanding of this is by podrock 2011-10-12 18:52:33
- We're also pretty ingenious at finding ways to prevent them from communicating. That's a lot of what this thread ... by ER 2011-10-13 04:41:29
Damn, I spewed coffee all over my computer by FrankC 2011-10-12 11:26:54
Okay....I would be up the creek then...I would never remember that. I was singing Star Spangled Banner last night to Ava ... by Jody 2011-10-12 09:52:33
- As the guy was finishing with all the hand signs, I was wondering what was wrong with the old-fashioned raised ... by Eri 2011-10-13 11:54:42
That's three. And I'm not keeping track any more. Y'know, you guys are obsessed with this, or you wouldn't keep ... by ER 2011-10-12 09:30:35
- Seriously ER by FrankC 2011-10-12 12:25:16
  - I don't know. I've never been in a demonstration. I smelled tear gas once and that was enough ... by ER 2011-10-12 12:31:02
    - I've been at a couple of demonstrations back in the "Cambodia bombing" days at the university. I was there ... by TB 2011-10-12 13:58:06
    - Maybe I am wrong but I saw nothing to imply any sort of crowd control. Each signal seemed to be ... by FrankC 2011-10-12 13:02:18
      - I disagree with the protestor's methods, but I sympathize with their cause. Many of them are young, who see ... by ER 2011-10-12 13:44:26
    - Yep...first thing I thought of actually was signals used by umpires in baseball. by Jody 2011-10-12 12:33:43
- By the way, I'd be interested in hearing your reasons for putting that picture up. by TB 2011-10-12 12:04:25
  - I was actually looking for villagers with torches and pitchforks chasing the Frankenstein monster, but when I spotted that guillotine, ... by ER 2011-10-12 12:34:54
- If it wasn't for the fact that this board has erased its history a few times, it might be educational ... by TB 2011-10-12 12:02:39
  - Do you actually admit that if you had the means of determining that, you might actually go to the trouble ... by ER 2011-10-12 12:53:27
    - Would he? by FrankC 2011-10-12 13:10:37
- It is becoming silly now ER...they are losing validity. But that is only my opinion. It feels like the Pied ... by Jody 2011-10-12 09:55:43
  - It seems to me like they are geting a briefing on crowd control, or in communicating to speakers from the ... by ER 2011-10-12 11:21:14
    - That is true ER (about picking out just the right moments to catch on tape)...and I hesitated before I wrote ... by Jody 2011-10-12 12:30:59
    - What is really "silly" is that some people need to try and inflate these people into some vanguard of the ... by TB 2011-10-12 11:57:04
      - That's a pretty long and passionate post, isn't it Tom? If they are that silly, how can they inspire ... by ER 2011-10-12 12:14:08
        
        Irony. Conservatives say they believe that capitalism is a superior economic system, generates innovation and promotes the economic well-being ... by bowser 2011-10-12 14:03:39
        
        If the Jews were such inferior sub-humans, why were the superior, Nordic, Aryan master race Nazis so terrified of them? Fascism ... by ER 2011-10-12 14:21:52
        
        Oh come on ER by FrankC 2011-10-12 15:01:59
        
        Rubbish, Frank. For the Nazis, the Jews were seen as the Banking and financial class, the big property holders, ... by ER 2011-10-12 18:11:08
        
        Whatever ER, I won't whine like a little girl when you say I'm a fascist and you don't whine like ... by FrankC 2011-10-12 19:11:30
        
        Are you even listening to yourself? by TB 2011-10-12 18:37:41
        
        It just hit me, somewhere, right about here... by FrankC 2011-10-12 20:27:07
        
        Frank, if you really think I'm "too far left", then you'd better hope you never run into someone who actually ... by ER 2011-10-13 05:07:49
        
        I have never thought of you as too far left. I just realized you were a bit much into the grape ... by FrankC 2011-10-13 12:47:47
        
        The grape? Well, I'm no teetotaler, or recovering abuser, but I haven't been intoxicated since the last time I ... by ER 2011-10-13 17:19:52
        
        Tommy, I'm just getting started. by ER 2011-10-12 19:13:54
        
        I didn't think so. by TB 2011-10-12 20:28:50
        
        Think of it as political poetry. Free verse for a free people. And what's with the black armpit ... by ER 2011-10-13 05:02:22
        
        So who's marching in the streets today declaring that the Enemies of the People are those damn rich bankers? ... by TB 2011-10-12 14:38:27
        
        Conservative is Sanskrit for Fascism. by ER 2011-10-12 14:52:24
        
        When you see a friend making a mistake it often evokes a long and passionate post. For me it is ... by FrankC 2011-10-12 12:45:29
        
        Curses! Foiled again! by ER 2011-10-12 13:00:01

America by FrankC October 10, 2011 12:15 pm

AMERICA!!!!!!!!! by Jody 2011-10-11 16:39:51
- Freedom is not free by Jody 2011-10-11 16:45:03
I love it here too. If the Conservatives don't want to live in a progressive country, they can move. by ER 2011-10-11 10:10:59
- The way I see it Love for country comes naturally and anyone that doesn't have that love is just another ... by FrankC 2011-10-11 12:31:35
  - A country is just a geographical location. by TB 2011-10-11 13:45:12
    - Not bad, but there is another option. If you think the car has outlived it's usefulness you can drop it ... by FrankC 2011-10-11 14:38:01
      - Or you can outfit it with a flux capacitor and fusion reactor and travel through time! Crap, I think I just ... by TB 2011-10-11 14:48:39
        
        It's called jumping the shark :) by FrankC 2011-10-11 15:24:01
    - P.S. 'scuse me for horning in. by TB 2011-10-11 13:50:44
  - I presume that remark was directed specifically to me, Frank, or I wouldn't have bothered to respond to it. ... by ER 2011-10-11 13:31:20
    - No, it was aimed at me. This is the second time he has posted the same thing directly after ... by bowser 2011-10-11 14:56:20
      - I assume we still have a truce Bowser. The post was not directed to you but it was, as I admitted, ... by FrankC 2011-10-11 15:36:02
        
        Of course it's all good, pal, and "res ipsa loquitur". Arf by bowser 2011-10-11 20:09:12
    - Like I said, love of country entitles you to gripe about management as much as you wish. You don't need ... by FrankC 2011-10-11 14:27:41
- Nah, it's easier to just vote. by TB 2011-10-11 10:54:35
I love it here. I am not going anywhere. by Jody 2011-10-11 06:22:27
I'm all for leaving. ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-10-10 21:17:59
- You may want to do more research. by TB 2011-10-11 07:26:27
- Bravo! As Patton supposedly said, it beats bitching and shoveling shit in Louisiana. vaya con dios by FrankC 2011-10-10 23:17:32
  - I have basically shoveled shit VRB.....he is right. by Jody 2011-10-11 06:21:17

These people are sick! by Eri October 9, 2011 11:31 am

LOL! I think they are trying to start a cult of their very own. Exclusive, only two members. They are ridiculous...crazier ... by Jody 2011-10-11 06:24:58
Where do you find stuff like that? I actually read more than half of it and was totally revulsed. I wouldn't ... by Lindy 2011-10-10 17:46:59
- As you can see, it came from NPR. You may not like reading it but you'd do well to ... by Eri 2011-10-12 05:27:52
  - A great way to thin the herds though. If idiots fall for this they deserve what they get. by Jody 2011-10-12 06:32:29
Eri, there are wackos on all sides of the political spectrum. That is really no big deal, they are ... by ER 2011-10-09 13:11:47

Full circle by bowser October 9, 2011 3:14 am

Damnit Bowser ! by podrock 2011-10-09 23:10:25
- Thank you all, it's very kind and more than I deserve. Arf by bowser 2011-10-11 22:44:31
- Bowser and I disagree on many things, but he has the admirable virtue of a set of principles that doesn't ... by TB 2011-10-10 10:07:14
- Yes, it is. by Eri 2011-10-10 05:34:31
  - . by ER 2011-10-10 07:26:49
    - Ummmm...after having been away for a year or two (maybe more?), I can readily say that the posters on this ... by Lindy 2011-10-10 17:35:26
      - Oh, please. by podrock 2011-10-10 19:37:06
        
        I was talking about the politicians,,,,the president, Congress, the war generals and Wall Street, etc...POLICY MAKERS run amuk. Not your ... by Lindy 2011-10-10 20:50:28

Photo of the Day by TB October 8, 2011 4:13 pm

That's two. by ER 2011-10-08 16:41:09
- Is that balls, strikes, or "three times a lady?" by TB 2011-10-08 16:52:19

GOP is running scared by Eri October 7, 2011 3:10 pm

I tried twice to link to your LOL. I get as far as the MSNBC article on Cantor and ... by ER 2011-10-07 17:30:16
- D'oh! Here's the cutline under the picture of Cantor and the text of the article: Republican House Majority Leader Eric ... by Eri 2011-10-08 05:54:03
- I'm sorry, ER. It works for me and the others. This is the URL: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/07/8206043-cantor-says-hes-concerned-by-mobs-at-occupy-wall-street You might try accessing ... by Eri 2011-10-07 23:28:47
  - Thanks, Eri, but I don't need to hear any more of what these people are saying. I can tell ... by ER 2011-10-08 06:12:00
    - Yep. Scared s**tless. Keep spilling my coffee, I'm shaking so hard. by TB 2011-10-08 09:19:06
      - Yeah. I bet they're refusing to wear their flag lapel pins, too. by ER 2011-10-08 10:07:17
        
        Was there supposed to be more to that response? by TB 2011-10-08 13:24:57
We'll be ready by FrankC 2011-10-07 16:52:27
- Frank, I just love how you make me laugh in the middle of a too serious subject. by Eri 2011-10-09 01:00:02
- Oh, yeah. by TB 2011-10-07 18:29:29

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