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#628096 - 06/06/15 08:13 PM
Re: Bernie!
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#628130 - 06/08/15 08:56 PM
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So, there's how many actual "Bernie" posts in this thread?
Seriously, when FBF starts in on "historical revisionism" and Trotsky "deserving it", I'm out. I guess we could argue capitalism v. everything else all day, but when you start sounding like the kid running the till at Left Bank Books, I'm not having fun anymore.
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#628141 - 06/08/15 09:35 PM
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Oh, fuck you, there's absolutely no way to take the trite teen of AWOP seriously. Much ado about nothing, Parrot, but there's no "there" there for you to be bloviating about.
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#628247 - 06/12/15 11:38 AM
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#628248 - 06/12/15 11:49 AM
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^ Nice. Nicer: House Rejects Trade Bill, Rebuffing Obama’s Dramatic AppealHouse Democrats rebuffed a dramatic personal appeal from President Obama on Friday, torpedoing his ambitious push to expand his trade negotiating power — and, quite likely, his chance to secure a legacy-defining trade accord spanning the Pacific Ocean. The real message sent today, though, was not to Obama, but to Shillary and the Jebutaunte.
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#628250 - 06/12/15 12:01 PM
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That's where the primary threat comes in, from the group started by former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean, Democracy For America.
"Ahead of today's votes we wanted to be very clear to Democratic members of Congress: If you vote for either Medicare-cutting Trade Adjustment Assistance legislation or Fast Track Authority for the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership, we will not lift a finger or raise a penny to protect you when you're attacked in 2016, we will encourage our progressive allies to join us in leaving you to rot, and we will actively search for opportunities to primary you with a real Democrat," said Jim Dean, chairman of Democracy for America. The Rest: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/12/democrats-fast-track-primaries_n_7566304.html
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#628369 - 06/21/15 05:55 AM
Re: Bernie!
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"A Clinton Campaign spokesman defended the choice of Roosevelt Island for her campaign's inaugural rally, noting, somewhat pridefully, that the location's inaccessibility 'is the perfect excuse for the piss-poor turnout.'"
--- Associated Press
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#628509 - 06/26/15 01:58 PM
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#628511 - 06/26/15 03:33 PM
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If I start seeing Bernie signs all over my neighborhood, I'll know the Republicans have won the next election. He's the new Ralph Nader.
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#628512 - 06/26/15 04:41 PM
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^^ Not if he keeps his campaign to the Democratic primary, as promised. Ralph Nader was only "Ralph Nader" (or, more accurately, "Ross Perot") because he ran on a 3rd party ticket and siphoned just enough votes to toss it to W, just like Perot did to H.W. in '92.
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#628551 - 06/28/15 06:19 PM
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#628570 - 06/29/15 06:43 PM
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#628571 - 06/29/15 06:54 PM
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#628593 - 06/30/15 09:23 AM
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I'd have to agree with that if Bush gets the nomination.
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#628605 - 06/30/15 02:05 PM
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#628629 - 07/01/15 07:51 PM
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I'd have to agree with that if Bush gets the nomination. So, that's another vote for Bernie. Awesome. Chuck: You oughta switch the current sig for ^this.
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#628659 - 07/02/15 06:19 PM
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#628661 - 07/02/15 07:27 PM
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#628723 - 07/04/15 07:48 PM
Re: Bernie!
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^ You really are frightened and that gives me wood.
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#628725 - 07/04/15 08:35 PM
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I don't even live there, man, and haven't for 20 years. I can renounce citizenship at a moment's notice if I have to do so. All my assets are outside the grasp of the United States government. I'm frightened for you more than I am for me. The United States is very likely doomed, but electing someone like Sanders — especially after eight destructive years of Barry — would be confirmation of the terminal madness. And for once, I believe I am in agreement with the people who blame everything bad on George W. Bush. This one belongs to Bush. It was "Compassionate Conservative" Dubya Bush who persuaded Congress to excuse another 15% of former American taxpayers from the obligation to participate in funding the United States government, bringing the balance of freeloaders to the point of no return and putting the Free Shit Army in charge. Did you know that in 1985, only 15% of Americans didn't have an obligation to pay income taxes? Now it's 49.5%. Is there any surprise that 47% of Americans would consider electing a Socialist as President?
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#628727 - 07/04/15 09:40 PM
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#628733 - 07/05/15 05:05 AM
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Far to many words for him to be anything BUT terrified of Bernie... Just as I suspected I don't even live there, man, and haven't for 20 years. I can renounce citizenship at a moment's notice if I have to do so. Great. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out of the embassy, traitor.
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#628765 - 07/06/15 08:56 AM
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#628767 - 07/06/15 09:47 AM
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#628770 - 07/06/15 10:58 AM
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^ You really are frightened and that gives me wood. Oh sweet schadenfreude, just don't jinx the Bernie.
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#628790 - 07/07/15 04:47 AM
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#628820 - 07/08/15 08:43 PM
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#628821 - 07/08/15 08:57 PM
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#628846 - 07/11/15 12:07 AM
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#628961 - 07/17/15 06:59 PM
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#628965 - 07/17/15 08:12 PM
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#628966 - 07/17/15 08:40 PM
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Iceland has a population of 320,000. I've been to Iceland; my roommate in law school was from Iceland. Everyone there knows each other and they're all cousins. By no stretch of the imagination is Iceland an appropriate model for any society other than Iceland's. For example, Iceland has more annual tourist visitors than residents. Each tourist arrival brings money and leaves it there. (It should also be noted that although Iceland is strongly communitarian, it's not socialist. There is no collective ownership of any industries. Iceland is a relatively free market with a welfare state.)
And, it is to be noted, Iceland's welfare state has access to another large quantity of "other people's money" because the Scandinavian countries have formed a community whereby the citizens of each are treated as citizens of any for purposes of migration and access to all government benefits. There are few Scandis who want to move to Iceland to live and work, while there are plenty of Icelanders who've hied themselves off to Copenhagen, Oslo, or Stockholm to get on the dole, courtesy of that other country's taxpayers.
Behind every socialist "success story" lies OPM. And eventually, every society runs out of OPM.
P.S., Commie: Iceland has recovered precisely because it allowed banks and businesses to fail, which is the opposite of socialism. Mitt Romney was right, and you dumb fuckers excoriated him as Satan himself for suggesting let companies go bankrupt.
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#628968 - 07/18/15 02:34 AM
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Was that a "you sir, are no Jack Kennedy"?
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#628977 - 07/18/15 08:51 AM
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Behind every socialist "success story" lies OPM. And eventually, every society runs out of OPM.
Translation: I stole billions of working stiffs money for my clients and I'll be damned if they try to take a dime of it back." Go fuck yourself, Fearmonger.
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#629014 - 07/19/15 09:44 PM
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He's a fine Senator from Vermont and he should stay there. He's a Brooklyn Jew. Get right.
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#629105 - 07/22/15 09:42 PM
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^ Yep, and this should be obvious, because only a guy from Brooklyn could put such a fear into the Ensign and his Acolytes.
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#629239 - 07/27/15 12:20 PM
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In the meantime, let me be very blunt and tell you why I am running.
This country faces more serious problems today than at any time in modern history, and establishment politics will not successfully resolve them.
Corporate greed is rampant, and the very rich keep growing richer while everyone else grows poorer. Despite an explosion in technology and a huge increase in productivity, the middle class continues to disappear, most Americans work longer hours for lower wages, and 45 million live in poverty.
The skyrocketing level of income and wealth inequality is not only grotesque and immoral, it is economically unsustainable. It is unconscionable that 99% of all new income goes to the top 1%. It is absurd that the top one-tenth of 1% own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90%, and that one family (the Waltons of Walmart) has more wealth than the bottom 130 million Americans.
As a result of the disastrous Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United, the billionaire class is spending huge amounts of money to buy candidates and elections. We are now witnessing the undermining of American democracy and the rapid movement toward oligarchy where a handful of very wealthy families and their Super PACs will control our government.
The scientific community is virtually unanimous in telling us that climate change is real, is caused by human activity, and is already bringing catastrophic damage to our planet. Yet, the Republican Party is prepared to reject science in order to gain campaign contributions from the Koch brothers, Big Energy companies and others who make billions on fossil fuels. If we do not act boldly on climate change, the planet we leave to our grandchildren may be uninhabitable.
The United States once led the world in terms of the percentage of our young people who had college degrees. Today, in a highly competitive global economy, we are now in 12th place. Hundreds of thousands of bright young people have given up on the dream of higher education, while millions of others leave school with oppressive debt.
Our infrastructure -- roads, bridges, rail, airports, water systems, wastewater plants, levees, dams -- is crumbling, and Congress refuses to appropriate anywhere near the necessary funds to rebuild it. If we do not invest substantially in infrastructure, a bad situation will only become much worse.
Despite substantial gains, we still have a long way to go to achieve equality for minorities. Instead of investing in opportunities, we are locking people up at an incredible rate. We now have the highest incarceration rate in the entire world with over 2 million in prison and millions more on probation or parole. We have a broken immigration system that divides families and keeps millions of hard-working people in the shadows.
Most of the major Wall Street financial institutions that we bailed out because they were "too big to fail," are now bigger than they used to be. The six largest financial institutions now have assets equivalent to nearly 60% of our GDP, issue 35% of the mortgages, and oversee 65% of credit cards.
Our tax system is wildly unfair - rigged to benefit the very rich. Major corporations that earn billions in profits stash their money in tax havens and pay nothing in federal income taxes, while billionaire hedge fund managers pay a lower effective tax rate than nurses or teachers.
Despite growing poverty among seniors, almost all Republicans, and some Democrats, want to cut Social Security and benefits for disabled veterans. They want more austerity for the elderly, the children, the sick and the poor, and more tax breaks for the rich.
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost us thousands of lives and trillions of dollars. The United States spends more on the military than the next nine biggest-spending countries combined. Today, there are massive cost over-runs with defense contractors and the Pentagon cannot even pass an independent audit.
We are at a moment of truth. We need to face up to the reality of where we are as a nation, and we need a mass movement of people to change that reality.
Let's be clear. This campaign is not about Bernie Sanders. It's about a grassroots movement of Americans standing up and saying: "Enough is enough. This country and our government belong to all of us, not just a handful of billionaires."
I have discussed some of the major crises that we face. Let me give you the outline of an agenda which addresses these problems.
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: The truth is that real unemployment in our country is not the "official" and widely-reported 5.4 percent. Counting those who are underemployed and those who have given up looking for work, real unemployment is almost 11 percent. Even more disturbingly, real unemployment for white and Hispanic youth is over 30 percent, while African-American youth unemployment is over 50 percent.
We need a major federal jobs program. The most effective way to do that is to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure. To do that, I have introduced legislation which would invest $1 trillion over 5 years to modernize our country's physical infrastructure. This would create and maintain at least 13 million good-paying jobs. It would also make our country more productive, efficient and safe.
As a member of Congress who voted against NAFTA, CAFTA, Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China (PNTR) and is helping to lead the opposition against the TPP, I will continue my opposition to trade policies which have cost us millions of decent paying jobs as corporate America shuts down plants here and moves them to low-wage countries.
Raising Wages: Today, millions of Americans are working for starvation wages and median family income has declined by almost $5,000 since 1999. The current federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour is totally inadequate. We need to raise the minimum wage to a living wage - $15 an hour over the next few years. Our goal must be that no full-time worker in this country lives in poverty. We must also bring about pay equity for women. There is no rational reason why women should be earning 78 cents on the dollar compared to men who perform the same work.
Further, we need to implement "family values" for American working families. It is unacceptable that the United States is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee family and medical leave, sick time and paid vacations.
Wealth and Income Inequality: Today, the richest 400 Americans own over $2.2 trillion in wealth, more than the bottom 150 million Americans combined. Meanwhile, nearly half of all Americans have less than $10,000 in savings and have no idea how they will be able to retire with dignity.
In order to reverse the massive transfer of wealth and income from the middle class to the very rich that we have seen in recent years, we need real tax reform which makes the wealthy and profitable corporations begin to pay their fair share of taxes. It is fiscally irresponsible that the U.S. Treasury loses about $100 billion a year because corporations and the rich stash their profits in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and other tax havens.
We need a tax system which is fair and progressive. Children should not go hungry in this country while profitable corporations and the wealthy avoid their tax responsibilities.
Reforming Wall Street: I have introduced legislation which would break up the largest financial institutions in the country. In my view, if a bank is too big to fail, it is too big to exist. Wall Street cannot continue to be an island unto itself investing trillions in risky financial instruments. We need banks that invest in the job-creating productive economy. We do not need more speculation and gambling in casino-type activities.
Campaign Finance Reform: We need to return to a one-person, one-vote democracy. It is not acceptable that the Koch brothers and other billionaires are spending endless sums of money to buy elections. I have introduced legislation which would overturn the horrendous Citizens United decision and will only appoint Supreme Court justices who are prepared to do that. We must also demand disclosure of all large campaign contributions. Long term, we need to move to public funding of elections.
Fighting Climate Change: The United States must lead the world in reversing climate change and make certain that this planet is habitable for our children and grandchildren. We must transform our energy system away from fossil fuels and into energy efficiency and sustainable energies. Millions of homes and buildings need to be weatherized, our transportation system needs to be energy efficient and we need to greatly accelerate the progress we are already seeing in wind, solar, geothermal and other forms of sustainable energy. Transforming our energy system will not only protect the environment, it will create good-paying jobs.
Health Care for All: The United States remains the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care for all as a right. Despite the modest gains of the Affordable Care Act, 35 million Americans continue to lack health insurance and many more are under-insured. Yet, we continue paying far more per capita for health care than any other nation. The United States must move toward a Medicare-for-All single-payer system.
Protecting Our Most Vulnerable: Today, the United States has more people living in poverty than at almost any time in the modern history of our country. We have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major nation, and millions of seniors and people with disabilities struggle to put food on the table because of insufficient Social Security benefits.
In my view, we have a moral responsibility to make certain that no American goes hungry or sleeps on the street. We must also make certain that seniors and people with disabilities can live in dignity. Not only must we vigorously oppose Republican attacks on the social safety net, we must expand benefits for those most in need. That is why I have recently introduced legislation which would extend the solvency of Social Security until 2065, while increasing benefits for those most in need.
Expanding Opportunity and Equality: We need to stop using prisons as a response to poverty. Our criminal justice system needs to be reformed so that we do not continue to house non-violent offenders at huge expense when that money could be used to rebuild communities and create opportunity. We need federal leadership to reform policing in America, to end racial profiling, and to fight the illegal activities of hate groups. We need comprehensive immigration reform that protects families and leads to a responsible and realistic path to citizenship.
Dismantling Structural Racism: Throughout much of our history, the elite in America has divided people along racial lines in an effort to consolidate wealth and power. We need to simultaneously address the structural and institutional racism which exists in this country while at the same time vigorously attacking the grotesque level of income and wealth inequality which is making the very rich much richer, and everyone else - especially the African-American community - much poorer. Meanwhile, too many people of color in this country find themselves subjected to a system that treats citizens who have not committed crimes like criminals. We have more people locked up in jail than any other country on earth. We need to invest in jobs and education, not jails and incarceration. Finally, no person should have to worry that a routine interaction with law enforcement will end in violence and death. Black lives matter: we must reform our criminal justice system, move away from the militarization of police forces, and invest in community policing.
College for All: The United States must join Germany and many other countries in understanding that investing in our young people's education is investing in the future of our nation. I have introduced legislation to make tuition in public colleges and universities free, as well as substantially lowering interest rates on student loans.
War and Peace: I voted against the war in Iraq, and that was the right vote. We must be vigorous in combatting terrorism, but we can't do it alone. We must be part of an international coalition that includes Muslim nations which not only defeats ISIS but which works hard to create conditions for lasting peace. I will vigorously oppose an endless war in the Middle East.
My approach to campaigning is pretty simple and straight-forward. We hold a lot of public meetings in towns that are big and small. People ask questions and make comments. We discuss the important issues facing our country. And that's it. Nothing very fancy. It's called democracy and I like that approach very much. It's something I've done my whole political life.
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#629267 - 07/30/15 12:47 AM
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Sanders speech in Kenner Louisiana had about. 4500 people. The same city where Bobby jindall had a meeting and only. 1000 people showed up
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