India's Modi puts almost a billion in financial peril - Trump approves and we're not concerned -Why?

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Monday November 21, 2016 · 7:49 AM PST

2016/11/21 · 07:49

Yesterday I read a fantastic post by “bcre8ve” that received little attention. I’ve poked around and I’m horrified. The Modi government is essentially stealing the wealth of the masses in a guise of battling corruption. Take a read … this post deserves more noise!

We are not Democrats!

WhyldBill

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Saturday November 22, 2014 · 7:57 AM PST

2014/11/22 · 07:57

Progressive and liberal leaning voices continue to be excluded from the room, so why do we continue to support the Democratic political machine?

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How do Progressives get the Self-Disenfranchised to the polls

49 votes Vote Now!

How do Progressives get the Self-Disenfranchised to the polls

Trust the DNC to hear us and voice our issues as theirs

2 votes

Primary Blue Dogs aggressively and run as Democrats

21 votes

Get on the ballot as Independents

3 votes

Work with the Green Party infrastructure

8 votes

Work with another established left leaning party infrastructure

7 votes

Wait for the rapture!

4 votes

They don't vote anyway ... no point in trying

3 votes

Other

1 vote

GOP BP Response Hypocrisy Exposed Must Read

WhyldBill

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Saturday June 19, 2010 · 5:42 AM PDT

2010/06/19 · 05:42

I read "BCRE8TVE"'s diary early this morning and it is one of the best researched posts I have seen in months. I borrow the author's entire post for all to read. This historical expose of GOP shenanigans, contrasted against Obama's strategy to ensure BP pays for this mess is quite compelling.

http://www.dailykos.com/...

Smokey Joe is upset about the "shakedown" of BP, but for him not to be intellectually dishonest,(I know, stop laughing) he would have to be opposed to what the Bush Justice Dept. called "DEFERRED PROSECUTION".

For example there was this one:

"Last month, prosecutors and the company reached an unusual deferred prosecution agreement, under which Bristol-Myers has two years to clean up its act and prove it can operate lawfully. If it stays clean, it won't face criminal charges. Also under the terms of the agreement, Bristol-Myers made a $300 million payment to a shareholder-restitution fund and Mr. Dolan (CEO of Bristol-Myers) gave up the chairman's post to Mr. Robinson."

WhyldBill

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Wednesday November 19, 2008 · 6:13 PM PST

2008/11/19 · 18:13

All the pundits state that the dow has not been at this level (7997) in five and 1/2 years. The point that NONE of them seems to acknowledge, and the American public seems to be unaware is the situation is much worse than that.

No I don't particularly like Reuters... but this is an example of what I hear and read daily.

http://www.reuters.com/...

The attention to the DOW and the NASDAQ as the only bellwether to the nation’s economic health is also a very one-sided way to examine the situation.

Read on as I make a couple of observations from my perch as an American citizen. Please tell me if I am wrong, point me to some resources! On the other hand...feel free to affirm my thoughts. I am looking for resources that help me articulate my position or dispel my restless nights.

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Will you be able to retire at age 65

130 votes Vote Now!

Will you be able to retire at age 65

Yep, on schedule

18 votes

Just brew me into a batch of Soylent Green on my 65th and we'll call it even

11 votes

Yep, if these politicians start paying attention to me, not their buddies

4 votes

Sure, 80 is the new 65

32 votes

Retire?

35 votes

Yeah, my kids have set up a room in their basement for me

3 votes

No, %uck no..... somebody get me a drink!

27 votes

NO BAILOUT

WhyldBill

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 4:04 AM PDT

2008/09/25 · 04:04

This rescue plan is nothing more and nothing less then a power grab by those who deserve it least. It is an artificial boost that any Adam Smith economist will tell you "is destructive" and will not work. The markets are supposed to correct when they are unbalanced. Passing this will only allow those that have created this criminal enterprise more time to plan their escape.

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Should we put 700 Billion dollars towards this mess

48 votes Vote Now!

Should we put 700 Billion dollars towards this mess

No way, no how, you have got to be kidding

33 votes

Yes, we have to do this or we will all die

0 votes

Yes, only if we tax the wealthy to pay for it

4 votes

Yes, only if we tax corporations to pay for it

2 votes

Yes, only after we throw the architects of this disaster in jail

9 votes

Huck's Desk Story - True? w/ Poll

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 9:15 PM PDT

2008/09/03 · 21:15

Tonight, during the Huckster's speech, he told the following story:

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Huckster's Desk Story

52 votes Vote Now!

Huckster's Desk Story

True

7 votes

False

19 votes

Youve Got to Be Kidding - You Believed Him!

26 votes

Soap Box Free Speech: Open Plea to Democratic Law Makers

WhyldBill

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Friday September 29, 2006 · 10:44 AM PDT

2006/09/29 · 10:44

I don't make a lot of post because there are some pretty sharp cookies at KOS that do a really tremendous job. That being said.... I have a thought that has been pinging in my brain since my last trip to DC. If the democrats really want to be heard they should get out of the capital building and make their way to the Washington Monument, the Vietnam Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial.... all those wonderful symbols of freedom.

They should bring with them a soap box and a bull horn. They should stand there and filibuster to the wind. I can only imagine the crowds that would eventually gather as Kennedy, Fingold, Biden, Clinton, O'Bama, Reid, Schumer, Kerry, Murtha, Pelosi, Boxer.... you know, the guy and gals who are supposed to be speaking the same language we are.

SO TO ALL THE SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN LOOKING FOR OUR SUPPORT I SAY........
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WHAT IS THE MESSAGE: Is Yes and No in the Dem. Dictionary?

WhyldBill

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Sunday May 07, 2006 · 8:07 AM PDT

2006/05/07 · 08:07

I am losing my patience at this point. It is now the second week in May.... 6 months to go and I still do not hear "The Message". I am screaming at my TV, as Pelosi cannot seem to simply say, "YES" or "NO" to Russert. Unless we get the message across, we are going to lose or not win enough.
We all know what the issues are.
1.) Iraq
2.) Terrorism
3.) Health Care
4.) Environment
5.) Torture
6.) Lobbyist
7.) Tainted Elections
8.) Taxing disparity
9.) Globalization
10.)Border Security
11.)Port Security
12.)Security period
13.)Iran
14.)Corruption
15.)Domestic Spying
16.)Incompetence
17.)Global Standing
18.)Diplomacy
19.)Sudan
20.)Israel
I could go on.
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Bush wants to be Lincoln

WhyldBill

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Sunday February 05, 2006 · 9:48 AM PST

2006/02/05 · 09:48

I have heard many of the Neocons fall back on Abraham Lincoln as being the greatest president to have every lived. After all, he saved the Union through force and how they love all of that "shock and awe". Despite the fact there where Democrats that where active in attempts to come to a peaceful compromise. The Copperheads or Peace Democrats where looking for a way other then war. Obviously, the fractured Democratic Party of the 1860s was their own worst enemy and reason gave way to madness.

http://www.harpweek.com/... Read More

Sheehan Arrested, Freedom detested: FREEP that Poll

WhyldBill

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Wednesday February 01, 2006 · 4:48 AM PST

2006/02/01 · 04:48

The Neocons just cannot try hard enough to show their total distain for basic liberties. There is a poll on MSNBC.com that is running about 50/50. Read Cindy's account before you FREEP that poll.

http://www.dailykos.com/...

MSNBC Poll (I only pop in to answer these things)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...
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Alito Netscape Poll : Freep this Poll

WhyldBill

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Saturday January 28, 2006 · 4:54 PM PST

2006/01/28 · 16:54

OK, tried to bounce in and do this as a one liner, but rules are rules. Anyhow, bouncing around I came across this poll on Netscape News and judging from the numbers, looks like we need to be represented. Take a hike over there and give it your honest opinion. Read More

Olympic flame hijacked

WhyldBill

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Wednesday January 25, 2006 · 10:06 AM PST

2006/01/25 · 10:06

ccording to The Independent,

Italian demonstrators have hijacked the Olympic torch on its way to the Winter Games in Turin in unprecedented protests targeting the event's sponsors, Coca-Cola.
Eleanora Berlanda, the Italian 1,500 metres champion runner, was pounding the streets of the northern city of Trent bearing the torch when eight protesters, their faces hidden by scarves, burst through barriers along her route and grabbed at it.
Ms Berlanda tried to fend them off, but was soon overwhelmed and gave up. Four of her attackers seized the torch and held it aloft. Police intervened and the flame was handed back to the runner, who continued on her way to Turin's ski slopes. The flame is due in Turin on 9 February for the Games, which run from 10-26 February.

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