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    Big Al commented on the blog post Is Obama Actively Trying to Keep Democrats From Taking Back the House?

    2013-04-05 12:34:51View | Delete

    Maybe that’s part of the old Grand Bargain. Like Clinton did in his second term so he could push thru the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, enact the Commodities Modernization Act of 2000, and set the stage for the Iraq war. But in the end this is all about the banksters and Wall St, particularly the central banks just as in Europe. Screw the Troika, Screw the Fed.

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    Big Al commented on the diary post The Show So Far ……… by cmaukonen.

    2012-12-30 20:34:07View | Delete

    Yep, the PTB have us right where they want us so much so that we can’t even agree on who the PTB are. It’s amazing how divided the serfs are, the democratic party animals were elated that Obama got 51% of the vote. Wow. The two parties are the same fucking thing and they still [...]

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    Big Al commented on the blog post The Problem with ‘Safe State’ Strategies or Strategic Voting

    2012-11-01 20:29:20View | Delete

    My wife takes me for granted, my kids take me for granted, my boss takes me for granted, my frigging dog takes me for granted for crying out loud. When I go to the store and give them my money they take me for granted. When I deposit my check at the bank, the bank takes me for granted.
    I’m tired of being taken for granted dammit. No more, I’m pissed.

    “All I know is first you’ve got to get mad. You’ve got to say, “I’m a human being. God Dammit, my life has value.” So, I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window, open it, and stick your head out, and yell, “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!”

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    Big Al commented on the diary post Matt Stoller vs. Peter Coyote and the Case Against the Case for Obama by cassiodorus.

    2012-10-31 13:45:20View | Delete

    What did Coyote say, Romney is more evil?
    I think that’s what he said, and that I could be Hitler. He didn’t really say why Romney was more evil, maybe that’s for his next column.

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    Big Al commented on the diary post The People Are Angry, How Do We Harness That by Bill Egnor.

    2011-08-08 17:21:13View | Delete

    “Long term solutions for short term catastrophe’s” That’s a good point.

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    Big Al commented on the diary post Pissed Off People Planning to Protest – October 2011.org Led Protest, Can It Work? by Big Al .

    2011-08-08 13:08:01View | Delete

    If we can’t discuss that. . . . uh oh.

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    Big Al commented on the diary post The People Are Angry, How Do We Harness That by Bill Egnor.

    2011-08-08 12:47:40View | Delete

    I don’t think it can be done. There simply isn’t agreement on how to approach it other than general ideas like protests hoping they can create some kind of Tahrir Square.
    No one really wants to talk anymore.

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    Big Al commented on the diary post Pissed Off People Planning to Protest – October 2011.org Led Protest, Can It Work? by Big Al .

    2011-08-08 12:45:03View | Delete

    Oh, I don’t need a reminder of why it’s needed. I’m strictly talking approach and tactics really. If they don’t want to discuss those and make sure it’s the best possible approach, it’s their show.

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    Big Al commented on the diary post Pissed Off People Planning to Protest – October 2011.org Led Protest, Can It Work? by Big Al .

    2011-08-08 12:43:55View | Delete

    Yep, that’s what led me to this. I tried checking the housing and transportations options and there were basically none. I suppose they think this effort will lead to others but I’m not so sure.

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    Big Al commented on the diary post Pissed Off People Planning to Protest – October 2011.org Led Protest, Can It Work? by Big Al .

    2011-08-08 12:40:16View | Delete

    Thanks Blink. Agree. Kind of got the wind kicked out of my sails with this review and the comments here and at DK. But I’ll keep sailing.

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    Big Al wrote a new diary post: Pissed Off People Planning to Protest – October 2011.org Led Protest, Can It Work?

    2011-08-08 01:19:28View | Delete

    WHAT the hell can we do?   Many, many people in this country are fed up and very worried about where we’re headed.   There are many calls for an “Arab Spring/Tahrir Square” type movement or a Spanish “Indignados” movement.   People want the politicians to create jobs instead of bailing out banks and waging wars.  People [...]

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    Big Al commented on the diary post Compromise My Ass by Big Al .

    2011-07-26 11:38:25View | Delete

    One if by sea, two if by land, or something like that.

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    Big Al commented on the diary post Compromise My Ass by Big Al .

    2011-07-26 11:37:01View | Delete

    Thanks cbl, appreciate that. Bout time for me to me here I think.

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    Big Al commented on the diary post Compromise My Ass by Big Al .

    2011-07-26 11:35:58View | Delete

    Thanks Michael. Glad to be here.

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    Big Al wrote a new diary post: Compromise My Ass

    2011-07-26 00:09:58View | Delete

    Man, the citizens of this country are being duped big time, again.   Dupe:  One that is easily deceived or cheated; delude, trick. President Obama quoted Thomas Jefferson in his nationally televised speech tonight.  Here’s another quote from Jefferson (attributed): Thomas Jefferson: .”If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of [...]

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    Big Al commented on the diary post Justin Raimondo’s Most Prescient Essay? – The Banksters and American Foreign Policy by EdwardTeller.

    2011-07-17 18:14:01View | Delete

    The banksters have been behind nearly all wars and are trying for global power now behind the U.S. military might and NATO forces. They have to be stopped and if it takes an unusual alliance, the so be it. I’ve read and written for over two years of the possibilities for a right/left antiwar alliance, [...]

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    Big Al commented on the diary post Which Republican Party Do You Support? by Daveparts.

    2011-07-16 09:53:43View | Delete

    I support the one on the left. Well, maybe that’s the wrong way to put it. I support the one to the left of the right one. No, that’s not it. I guess I don’t really support either of them to tell you the truth. What’s the use?

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    Big Al commented on the diary post Afghanistan Truth be Told by ubetchaiam.

    2011-07-15 19:51:36View | Delete

    The propagandists worked overtime to try and stop the TAPI information. I recall many commenters over at DK insisting it had been debunked. Of course it hadn’t but it did serve to vere it into CT territory in many minds. Even after it’s been admitted Iraq was largely about oil people still have a hard [...]

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    Big Al commented on the blog post Obama’s “Deficit Now, Jobs Later” Strategy Doesn’t Seem Sound

    2011-07-15 11:34:58View | Delete

    I’ll gladly pay you next Tuesday for a hamburger today. Even what they’re proposing will do nothing for the debt or deficit in the long term and only strengthen the hold the central banks have on our economy. Can’t we all just look at Europe and Iceland and know what is coming regardless of electoral politics.

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    Big Al commented on the diary post U.S. Now an Ally of Libya by edgecliff.

    2011-07-15 11:28:49View | Delete

    Are you saying we should be doing this because of the oil?

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