SHRED
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Sat Jun-20-09 10:45 AM
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When you have working class ... |
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...blue collar people listening to multimillionaire radio/TV talk show hosts and believing that these hosts are looking out for them...well...
...can stupid be fixed??
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Regarding Olbermann and others over on MSNBC, the recently appearing more liberal hosts, the old saying applies: "There are exceptions to every rule".
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Sat Jun-20-09 10:47 AM
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1. Roosevelt was rich. Carnegie really rich. They did OK at looking out for the poor. NT |
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Sat Jun-20-09 10:49 AM
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weren't exactly paupers. I can't think of anyone currently who manages to acquire and hold a large following in this country who isn't rich.
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Sat Jun-20-09 11:31 AM
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Signing NAFTA, the 1996 Telecomm Act, the 1999 Financial Services Modernization Act which effectively reversed Glass-Steagal, and now Obama allowing private health insurance at the table while excluding single-payer.
These are not exactly pro-working class actions.
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Sat Jun-20-09 11:48 AM
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4. Clinton signed Glass-Steagal because his veto would have been overridden |
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by the gop-controlled congress. The 1999 FSMA was the repus dream come true.
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Sat Jun-20-09 11:52 AM
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5. and if he had not signed it... |
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Edited on Sat Jun-20-09 11:57 AM by SHRED
...then the Repubs would have owned it completely.
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Sat Jun-20-09 01:10 PM
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