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    • 7 Ratings
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    Democrats expected to do GOP's dirty work for it

    MAY 29, 2012 6:24AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, republican party, democratic party, president obama, mitt romney, politifact, pants on fire liar, fedeal spending, tea party, deficits, joan walsh, american enterprise institute, ann coulter, wall street journal, david frum, fiscal austerity, economic crisis, herbert hoover, great depression, paul krugman, fiscal stimulus, conservative principles

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1025 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Mitt Romney's Lying is the Real Voter Fraud

    APRIL 9, 2012 9:15AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, right wing, republican party, mitt romney, acorn, voter fraud, voter suppression, conservative movement, atticus finch, to kill a mockingbird, democratic party, fox news, rachel maddow, lying, dana milbank, james fallows, medicare, great depression, president obama, politifact, chevrolet volt, false equivalence, mainstream media, conservative movement

    • 1 Ratings
    • 245 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The JOBS Act: Brother Can You Spare a Dime?

    MARCH 20, 2012 6:33AM

    By HGold


    Topics: p2, ows, tlot, tcot, jobs act, economy, glass-steagall, great depression

    • 4 Ratings
    • 296 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Forget Dodd-Frank: Reinstate Glass Steagall

    FEBRUARY 20, 2012 9:44PM

    By HGold


    Topics: dodd frank, glass steagall, great depression, economy, p2, tlot, tcot, occupywallstreet

    • 20 Ratings
    • 961 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Mom and Rita Hayworth

    FEBRUARY 3, 2012 12:17PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: i remember better when i paint, performing arts, museums, drawing, painting, great depression, jenny lind, alzheimer's disease, rita hayworth

    • 3 Ratings
    • 665 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Obama angers GOP by standing up for middle class

    JANUARY 29, 2012 9:11AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: saul alinsky, clintonism, neo-liberalism, fox news, frank luntz, democratic party, fdr, great depression, 2008 financial crisis, state of the union address, wall street, southern strategy, populism, newt gingrich, thomas frank, middle class, supply side economics, rightt wing, tea party, president obama, republican party, economics, politics

    • 32 Ratings
    • 953 Views
    • 86 Comments
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    A Ragtime Ethical Culture

    JANUARY 21, 2012 7:22AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: 'ragtime', dr. paul, mr. santorum, mr. gingrich, tittilation, doctorow, era of unchecked capitalism, wall street, great depression, 1933, fdr, government involvement w lives of rich and poor, billy zane, 'titanic', 'swells', 'twin peaks', population, income, housing, illness, homelessness, econ

    • 0 Ratings
    • 317 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Blowing up empty stomachs

    JANUARY 11, 2012 11:34AM

    By Tommi Avicolli Mecca


    Topics: great depression, homelessness, poverty, homeland security, military, wall street, banks, occupy wall street, design, business, technology, television, politics, news, health, environment, belief/religion

    • 3 Ratings
    • 431 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Obama is Correct but for the Wrong Reason

    DECEMBER 17, 2011 10:28AM

    By Kenn Jacobine


    Topics: great recession, depression of 1920, great depression, roosevelt, obama

    • 0 Ratings
    • 442 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Newt Gingrich and His Revisionist History

    NOVEMBER 21, 2011 11:43AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: tea party, know-nothing, communist party usa, great depression, fascism, glenn beck, george bush, propaganda, conservatism, right wing, obama, liberals, republican party, gingrich

    • 0 Ratings
    • 110 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Booksigning at Changing Hands

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 6:42PM

    By John Paddison


    Topics: novels, novel, realistic literature, realism, midwest, great depression, north dakota, child neglect, child abandonment, child abuse, charles d. orvik, john paddison, the brothers' keepers, sociological literature, books, changing hands

    • 2 Ratings
    • 495 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Rick Perry: While Rome Is Burning....

    AUGUST 31, 2011 1:36PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: gordon hilgers, current events, news, idle rich, business, rich versus poor, economics, politics, great depression, fdr, texas, republican party, republican, washington dc, confederate states of america, conservatism, neo con, rick perry

    • 1 Ratings
    • 384 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Rick Perry: Wrong About Social Security

    AUGUST 29, 2011 1:09PM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: americans for tax reform, grover norquist, gordon hilgers, republican party, current events, free market, friedmanism, news, business, wall street, politics, public good, great depression, social security, tea party express, tea party nation, tea party patriots, texas tea party, tea party, freedomworks, rick perry

    • 1 Ratings
    • 372 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Greed Is Not Good

    AUGUST 18, 2011 11:18AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, economics, republican party, laissez faire, new deal, stimulus, great depression

    • 0 Ratings
    • 372 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    My Vote Is Worth A Hundred Bucks

    AUGUST 16, 2011 8:54AM

    By Big Mike Glab


    Topics: great depression, paul krugman, noam chomsky, dennis kucinich, tea party, mitt romney, sarah palin, oddsmakers, las vegas, john mccain, change we can believe in, mayan 2012 prediction, 2012 presidential election, barack obama

    • 14 Ratings
    • 1775 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Debt & Tax Avoidance: Causes of French Revolution (re-post)

    AUGUST 11, 2011 11:33AM

    By Rw005g


    Topics: riots, revolt, nobility, greed, recession, great depression, chaos, populist, populism, aristocracy, rich, proletariat, working classes, bourgeoisie, instability, economic crisis, decline, taille, french revolution

    • 2 Ratings
    • 128 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Waiting for McCain

    AUGUST 2, 2011 6:05AM

    By bib cilly


    Topics: politics, obama, palin, mccain, hcr, tbtf, debt ceiling, deficit, reagan, liberal, conservative, tea party, heritage foundation, stimulus, great depression, bail out, medicare, social security

    • 2 Ratings
    • 402 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Lunatics Are Running The Asylum In Washington D.C.

    AUGUST 2, 2011 1:28AM

    By Tom Wright


    Topics: the prince, machiavelli, double dip, recession, great depression, business, television, new deal, government, robert reich, paul krugman, deficit, republicans, obama, washington, economy, politics, news

    • 0 Ratings
    • 299 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Sadhvi Sez: Stay Cool with Clara’s Italian Ice!

    JULY 31, 2011 11:22AM

    By oops50


    Topics: recipes, great depression, heat, summer, stay cool, italian ice, older woman, mature woman

    • 0 Ratings
    • 437 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Book Club - Hard Times

    JUNE 26, 2011 10:05AM

    By coogansbluf


    Topics: studs terkel, hard times, great depression

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