Coreece 190
Twenty-Five Arrested, Thousands Converge on Koch Brothers Billionaire's Caucus in the California Desert
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dreamdancer, in Speakers Corner
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Niki1 1
QuoteQuoteBillionaires planning another attack on your 401K.
If the feds aren't trying to get your 401K the billionaires are.
the difference here is that the left wants to take your money and disperse it their way, the billionaires want you to make a billion and join them and put the money were YOU want.
Bullshit. Whoever takes your money os going to put it where THEY want to put.
Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done.
Louis D Brandeis
Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
Louis D Brandeis
Where are we going and why are we in this basket?
billvon 2,998
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>That's odd, I didn't realize that desecrating the American flag and saying things
>like soldiers are "burning in hell" and "thank God for dead soldiers" were atributes of the
>right wing.
Think again -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WBC_20051202_sacco-topeka5.jpg
>like soldiers are "burning in hell" and "thank God for dead soldiers" were atributes of the
>right wing.
Think again -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WBC_20051202_sacco-topeka5.jpg
Coreece 190
ya...that's not the right wing. Those are the broken wingers from WBC.
Your secrets are the true reflection of who you really are...
billvon 2,998
>ya...that's not the right wing.
OK. So they're conservative religious Christian anti-gay political activists who have the same basic platform as most other right wingers - but they're so extreme they are embarrassing, so they're not really right wing.
Fair enough. Of course, by the same token, the left can exclude all _their_ really embarrassing extremists as well.
OK. So they're conservative religious Christian anti-gay political activists who have the same basic platform as most other right wingers - but they're so extreme they are embarrassing, so they're not really right wing.
Fair enough. Of course, by the same token, the left can exclude all _their_ really embarrassing extremists as well.
BillyVance 34
Are these Koch brothers the owners of Koch Foods? Dumb question I know, but there are a bunch of chicken coops around here contracted to Koch Foods...
"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban
Coreece 190
QuoteOK. So they're conservative religious Christian anti-gay political activists who have the same basic platform as most other right wingers - but they're so extreme they are embarrassing, so they're not really right wing.
Sure but you forgot that they hate America, desecrate the american flag and boast over dead American soldiers - practically the same basic platform as Islamic Terrorists but they're not Islamic Terrorists...are they?
Your secrets are the true reflection of who you really are...
Quote[Reply]The protesters generally decried the Koch Brothers’ influence over American democracy, in particular their use of the Citizens United ruling to spend corporate money in elections
How interesting that the First Amendment is used to protest protections afforded under the First Amendment. It is true that American Democracy was founded on the ideal that some people aren't entitled to a voice in the system. I guess one could ask, "Which side actually wants to shut people up?" Sure, the right wing has a nasty habit of making ballots that a large percentage of left wing voters can't figure out. But the left responds with efforts to ensure that the right wing won't be heard.
Democracy at it's finest means squelching voices. (Funny how unions had protestors there. My guess is that the left wants an exception carved out for unions in attempting to do something about Citizens United).
Haven't seen any ballot issues since Gore vs Bush.
That problem was in a democrat county with a democrat supervisor of elections and she was the one that designed the famous butterfly ballot.
I'm sure the chad issue had been around a long time but became a big issue because of the small led Bush had.
Quote“Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.”
-Abraham Lincoln
"Science, logic and reason will fly you to the moon. Religion will fly you into buildings."
"Because figuring things out is always better than making shit up."
"Because figuring things out is always better than making shit up."
davjohns 1
QuoteQuote“Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.”
-Abraham Lincoln
+1
I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet..
But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course.
But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course.
billvon 2,998
>the difference here is that the left wants to take your money and disperse it their
>way, the billionaires want you to make a billion and join them and put the money were
>YOU want.
The left wants to take your money and fund their pet projects with it; the right wants to take your money and fund their pet wars with it. Billionaires got to _be_ billionaires by getting other people to give them billions. Given the limited supply of money out there, they have a vested interest in not seeing a whole lot more billionaires appear in their fields.
(You really think Bill Gates is going to be working to make sure a Linux company makes billions?)
>way, the billionaires want you to make a billion and join them and put the money were
>YOU want.
The left wants to take your money and fund their pet projects with it; the right wants to take your money and fund their pet wars with it. Billionaires got to _be_ billionaires by getting other people to give them billions. Given the limited supply of money out there, they have a vested interest in not seeing a whole lot more billionaires appear in their fields.
(You really think Bill Gates is going to be working to make sure a Linux company makes billions?)
rushmc 23
Van Jones a hero of yours?
"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
Kennedy 0
Greenies, can we just create another sticky thread and link it to alternet.com? It would save dreamdancer a lot of time and maybe give him an excuse to go think for himself for a while.
It would also save some space with MUCH shorter thread titles.
It would also save some space with MUCH shorter thread titles.
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Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards.
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Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards.
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rushmc 23
QuoteGreenies, can we just create another sticky thread and link it to alternet.com? It would save dreamdancer a lot of time and maybe give him an excuse to go think for himself for a while.
It would also save some space with MUCH shorter thread titles.
Did you see a reply to him/her/it that stated they know no why they are not seeing him/her/it on another site because said dreamdancer has now come here to share said dreamdancers wisdom?
Why ....... never mind
"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
QuoteQuotethe billionaires want you to make a billion and join them and put the money were YOU want.
right.... so anyone can just join their 'club'. i think not...stay away from moving propellers - they bite
blue skies from thai sky adventures
good solid response-provoking keyboarding
QuoteQuote“Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.”
-Abraham Lincoln
can you put that in your own words? difficult i know - but you can at least try...
stay away from moving propellers - they bite
blue skies from thai sky adventures
good solid response-provoking keyboarding
blue skies from thai sky adventures
good solid response-provoking keyboarding
david3 0
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can you put that in your own words? difficult i know - but you can at least try...
Said the king of cut and paste quotes.
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QuoteGreenies, can we just create another sticky thread and link it to alternet.com? It would save
dreamdancerrhys a lot of time and maybe give him an excuse to go think for himself for a while.
It would also save some space with MUCH shorter thread titles.
Fixed it fer ye.
HAMMER:
Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a
kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the
object we are trying to hit.
Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a
kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the
object we are trying to hit.
QuoteQuoteQuote“Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.”
-Abraham Lincoln
can you put that in your own words? difficult i know - but you can at least try...
Sure thing, Kev. I'll type slow so that you'll at least have a chance of keeping up.
This is known as an analogy. It shows how one pair of things are related to each other like another pair of things. It can help a reader understand something as long as they're not a complete fucking idiot and can make the connection.
In this analogy, the wealth that people have built is represented by the house.
The connection I want you to make (I know it's hard, but you can at least try
) is this: If a person builds wealth, you should not try to destroy it. You see, Kev, if you don't destroy another persons wealth, you could build wealth for yourself and expect it to be safe from others destroying it.
I've kept this in very simple terms for you. I know it probably makes your brain hurt, but I hope you at least understand a little more now.
"Science, logic and reason will fly you to the moon. Religion will fly you into buildings."
"Because figuring things out is always better than making shit up."
"Because figuring things out is always better than making shit up."
That's odd, I didn't realize that desecrating the American flag and saying things like soldiers are "burning in hell" and "thank God for dead soldiers" were atributes of the right wing.
If the ideology of the WBC is to have any political consideration they sould be viewed as broken wing abbhorocrats.
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