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In response to "Our savage economic inequality in this country is coming to a head. We talk about "spending cuts," as if what we're not really talking about is -- (link)" by mara

Oh yeah, we were just talking about the fringe people rooting for revolution.

Posted by Dr.Vermin (aka Dr.Vermin) Jul 29 '11, 15:24

I guess they're all over!

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They are all over. It's just that the tea party is organized and influencing policy. That's the difference. -- nm - pmb Jul 29, 15:37 11
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  - That's the thing that Bill Maher is always freaking out about on Real Time. The extent to which people are voting so significantly against their own - pmb Jul 29, 15:42 9
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      - Well...the less education people have, the stupider they are. -- nm - the liioulu with sun (yes it's still humid) Jul 29, 15:52
    - Half of US social program recipients believe they have never used a government program. -- (link) - mara Jul 29, 15:47 2
      - (i.e., people are stupid) -- nm - mara Jul 29, 15:48 1
        
        Doesn't that include Michelle Bachmann? -- nm - the liioulu with sun (yes it's still humid) Jul 29, 15:51
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      - Though on the plus side, that is how the American Revolution was won -- nm - Roger More Jul 29, 15:55 1
        
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      - The sector that employs the most amount of people is the public sector. - the liioulu with sun (yes it's still humid) Jul 29, 15:50
Making the poor pay for more, thus keeping them poor, isn't a revolution - it's just evolution (of capitalism). The Tea Party folks seem ... - Beryllium Jul 29, 15:26 10
- I think he's referring to the line "goddamned greedy assholes who deserve a real Marxist revolution to take it all away." Which Vermin, of course, - mara Jul 29, 15:30 9
  - Just as literal as all the revolution-rousing ascribed to the Tea Party earlier. - Dr.Vermin Jul 29, 15:32 8
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    - The Teabaggers aren't calling for a Revolution? - Mel Profit Jul 29, 15:34 2
      - They just want to boot all the short people out of the country -- nm - El Pollo Rojo Loco Jul 29, 15:44
      - They may even have used that word on the signs they hold up. - the liioulu with sun (yes it's still humid) Jul 29, 15:44
    - I still want to know when they plan to get out the quaint toy china set for their pretty tea party -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 15:34 2
      - All the doilies are on backorder. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jul 29, 15:35 1
        
        well then tell them to pass the spending cut bill and make their own damn doilies. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 29, 15:35
    - rebel yell? - tRuMaN Jul 29, 15:33

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