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theedisnotamused commented on the diary post On the Wimpiness of Progressives: Why are There No Dump Obama Demonstrations? by metamars.
3 Factors have lead to this in my view: 1. Shock-doctrine induced Apathy: Too many progressive leaning individuals (and even the reasonable conservatives that have been purged from the Republican party) have been convinced that the game is already over, and the people have already lost. Why risk your liberty and what little you have [...]
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theedisnotamused commented on the diary post President Clinton, The Economy Started Losing Manufacturing Jobs While You Were in Office by Dean Baker.
Dear Bubba, Why don’t you have one of your staffers fetch you a nice hot cup of Shut The Fuck Up. In some ways, Bill Clinton is more responsible for this mess than Ronald Reagan. Regan didn’t sign an act repealing glass-stegal. Reagan didnt create these insane commodity markets. Reagan didn’t utterly sodomize the working [...]
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theedisnotamused commented on the diary post It Is Impossible to Keep Up With All the Economic Cluelessness by dakine01.
Supply side bullshit still reigns supreme in the beltway. There will be no efective jobs program, or honestly any efective government action of any kind, as long as the two current parties remain in power. The DC coctail circuit will not allow for it. Its Us vs. Them. We gotta get the ciitzenry of this [...]
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theedisnotamused commented on the blog post British Fear “American-Style” Healthcare
We dont have healthcare in this country, we have wealthcare. We really have to get to work deprogramming at least a portion of the half of this nation that has been programmed through decades of artstocratic propaganda that our system is the best. Uphill, I know, but the fact remains that people in this country have been guilted into accepting the shaft, and will continue to do so until they are convinced to fight for their god(s)-given right to something better.
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theedisnotamused commented on the diary post Few have taken the first step: Understanding why nothing changes. by Liz Berry.
This x1000.
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theedisnotamused commented on the diary post For Sale: The Desperate States Of America by Rania Khalek.
This is how Fascism takes root in a society. The government is still the government in all the things that it does in a society, it just has a private owner thats completely unaccountable to anyone except the big money types. That simple. Fascism. Start calling this that. Now. Otherwise, by the time it becomes [...]
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theedisnotamused commented on the blog post Babes in a Dangerous Toyland
Right now we manage 21st century technology with 19th century rules. Its kinda like taking a turn of the 20th century horsetrack and running a NASCAR race on it; Disaster is inevitable.
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theedisnotamused commented on the diary post Water Cooler – Wisconsin Republicans Go Nuclear by Bill Egnor.
Exploit the unemployment rate, marginalize the unions, fire everyone who works for the state who objects to your unilateral seizure of power, and replace them with people too fearful (or, in this case, desperate) to ask questions or object to you in any way. Slowly degrade their rights and protections. As you are acting now [...]
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theedisnotamused commented on the diary post Low-Information Politicians by KarenM.
There is a single cause behind this insanity: We have no independent 4th estate anymore. The press are more courtiers and reporters, with “journalists” more concerned with cultivating relationships with those in power then holding them accountable. Thus, the press tends to simply parrot the stupid rather than identifying it as stupid. Unless and until [...]
