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Sunday, October 30, 2011
9 comments:
shyster
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We need to recognize that the tax code is the major problem, and it needs to be revised.
Everything old is new again: "The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true deserts. He ascribes all his failure to get on in the world, all of his congenital incapacity and damfoolishness, to the machinations of werewolves assembled in Wall Street, or some other such den of infamy. If these villains could be put down, he holds, he would at once become rich, powerful and eminent. Nine politicians out of every ten, of whatever party, live and have their being by promising to perform this putting down. In brief, they are knaves who maintain themselves by preying on the idiotic vanities and pathetic hopes of half-wits." – H. L. Mencken, _Baltimore Evening Sun_, June 15, 1936
I'm pretty sure that the constitution guarantees the right to peaceably assemble in protest. Also confident that fraudulent financial schemes are illegal.
Who thinks "the left" controls the justice system? What kind of evidence supports that absurd contention?
The loving, peaceful, tolerant children you have so carefully nourished with your supportive words have created this sweet video montage to show their appreciation for your dedication to their continued development.
MIke - I'm not sure what your point is. Are you saying the movement is invalidated by the actions of a few? I can point to MANY violent actions of right-wingers, such as this http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DNr-0088ZLno&v=Nr-0088ZLno&gl=US
J.W. Williamson was the founding editor in 1972 of the Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review, which he edited until July of 2000. He has taught college classes in Appalachian history, cultural politics, and literature, and he has lectured widely on the pop-culture history of "Appalachia" in the American consciousness. His books include Interviewing Appalachia, Southern Mountaineers in Silent Films, and Hillbillyland: What the Mountains Did to the Movies and What the Movies Did to the Mountains. He has won the Thomas Wolfe Award given by the Western North Carolina Historical Society, the Laurel Leaves Award given by the Appalachian Consortium, a special Weatherford Award given by Berea College, and the Cratis Williams-James Brown Award given by the Appalachian Studies Association.
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9 comments:
We need to recognize that the tax code is the major problem, and it needs to be revised.
Everything old is new again:
"The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true deserts. He ascribes all his failure to get on in the world, all of his congenital incapacity and damfoolishness, to the machinations of werewolves assembled in Wall Street, or some other such den of infamy. If these villains could be put down, he holds, he would at once become rich, powerful and eminent. Nine politicians out of every ten, of whatever party, live and have their being by promising to perform this putting down. In brief, they are knaves who maintain themselves by preying on the idiotic vanities and pathetic hopes of half-wits."
– H. L. Mencken, _Baltimore Evening Sun_, June 15, 1936
Since the left controls the Justice system how do you explain this?
I explain it by noticing that the criminals that broke the law were arrested.
Anon 7:18 said "the left controls the Justice system"
How exactly do you figure that, particularly looking at the current Supreme Court? Talk about believing in a "mysterious conspiracy"...
Ah hah! So the Wall Street Protesters broke the law and were arrested, and the Wall Street Bankers didn't and were not arrested.
Why didn't JW figure this out?
I'm pretty sure that the constitution guarantees the right to peaceably assemble in protest. Also confident that fraudulent financial schemes are illegal.
Who thinks "the left" controls the justice system? What kind of evidence supports that absurd contention?
The primary criminals have not been arrested.
Brushfire,
The loving, peaceful, tolerant children you have so carefully nourished with your supportive words have created this sweet video montage to show their appreciation for your dedication to their continued development.
MIke - I'm not sure what your point is. Are you saying the movement is invalidated by the actions of a few? I can point to MANY violent actions of right-wingers, such as this http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DNr-0088ZLno&v=Nr-0088ZLno&gl=US
But how does that improve the dialogue?
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