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DENVERPOPS

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12. I hadn't read Steinbeck's
Sun Oct 6, 2024, 10:22 AM
Oct 2024

THE GRAPES OF WRATH, since eighth grade. It amazed me that my "take" on it in the 8th grade was totally different than reading it at age 76, and with all the knowledge and information I have gained in those many decades.

Your Hellscape, should include all white people below the 1%ers.........Steinbeck's book talks about the day to day existence of the masses of U.S. citizens, that had been driven into poverty by the Uber Rich and Monopolistic Corporations, and living literally hand to mouth, trying to survive each day, during the Great Depression......If you think today's homeless camps are something to see, the camps during the depression, (called Hoovervilles) were made up of un-fathomable numbers of average citizens.......and truly "Hellscapes"......

The "Power's To Be" actually banned the book when it came out, for a short period of time.......small wonder.........

If it hadn't been for FDR, it would have stayed that way, and we would be just another Banana Republic, Third World country.
Ruled by the same class, that wants to obliterate every last thing FDR did, and take us back to their "Gilded Age" run by their "Robber Barrons"......Carnegie, Rockefeller, Mellon, etc etc

And sadly, by them slowly chipping away at it, these past 45+ years, they are a millimeter away of pulling it off, and plan on ABSOLUTELY NOTHING standing in their way, this time around, during this election........

KATIE BAR THE DOOR

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Of course he would. Birds of a feather, or rather traitors of a feather flock togehter. brush Oct 2024 #1
Fort Alvin Bragg DemMedic Oct 2024 #2
Braxton Bragg was one COL Mustard Oct 2024 #3
Yeah, I don't really see the attraction there Shermann Oct 2024 #6
Even Confederates did not like him, especially the officers. Sneederbunk Oct 2024 #36
Sad that this Don old thinks he can do that on his own. pwb Oct 2024 #4
I gotta tell you what....... DENVERPOPS Oct 2024 #11
Fort Alvin Bragg. Priceless. Thanks for that. You wonder if Yadkin's Pawn Shop and Ranger Joe's are still in business. C0RI0LANUS Oct 2024 #5
I can see why Donald John might want Vogon_Glory Oct 2024 #7
More bigmonk Oct 2024 #8
He's hoping his racist base will be enough to save him. BradBo Oct 2024 #9
I hadn't read Steinbeck's DENVERPOPS Oct 2024 #12
Yep ck4829 Oct 2024 #49
Pro-"Bragg"ing, Anti-"Liberty" Freethinker65 Oct 2024 #10
My exact thought also. RandomNumbers Oct 2024 #32
and people say Republicans have no platform..this is their platform... agingdem Oct 2024 #13
Bragg - kind of appropriate, considering ... Jean Genie Oct 2024 #14
This Makes Me Sick DallasNE Oct 2024 #15
He needs to be ignored, he does it because it puts him on the news, people become outraged. Escurumbele Oct 2024 #16
This JustAnotherGen Oct 2024 #18
After January 20' 2025 JustAnotherGen Oct 2024 #17
+infinity RandomNumbers Oct 2024 #33
Amen! I am so sick to fucking death of hearing his bile and garbage 24/7. Initech Oct 2024 #44
And guess who was Commander in Chief in 2020? SouthBayDem Oct 2024 #19
He vetoed the name change, and Congress overrode his veto Prairie Gates Oct 2024 #25
He's waiting to name the first moon base after himself. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Oct 2024 #37
what does this have to do with the price of eggs. AllaN01Bear Oct 2024 #20
I believe Bragg's descendants were good with the name change. R Merm Oct 2024 #21
Lol. This is what's important to MAGAt's. Relatively if not totally bullshit relative to the myriad of public policies KPN Oct 2024 #22
Well that'll help pay the bills! And what about that health care concept? louslobbs Oct 2024 #23
A slap in the face orangecrush Oct 2024 #24
He'll name it Fort Braggadocio after his own fat self Blue Owl Oct 2024 #26
Big talk, Motherfucker Aviation Pro Oct 2024 #27
I'm glad they DIDN'T give the Rangers back the black berets jmowreader Oct 2024 #31
There was a typo in your post, Coriolanus. He wants it to be called Fort Brag because it reminds him of himself. 😁 Wonder Why Oct 2024 #28
I guess we know Figarosmom Oct 2024 #29
'Secret to winning!' MAGA fans cheer as Trump pledges to put Confederate names on bases LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2024 #30
Why doesn't he just go all the way and name it after himself: "Fort Braggart"? n/t valleyrogue Oct 2024 #34
Has he cleaed that with Liberty "University" ? GreenWave Oct 2024 #35
Does he intend to bury family members there too? twodogsbarking Oct 2024 #38
Priorities Glaisne Oct 2024 #39
Pandering to the traitorous southern lost cause. Pitiful. And of course, divisive. Evolve Dammit Oct 2024 #40
"Fort Trump" and "Lunar Base Trump." Hah! Too rich. Caligula wanted his soldiers to capture the moon for him. C0RI0LANUS Oct 2024 #41
Bragg was such a big asshole that not even the Confederates liked him Martin Eden Oct 2024 #42
They love the Confederacy. They love Hitler. They love Putin. mwb970 Oct 2024 #43
They don't like the Mexicans... Jack Valentino Oct 2024 #48
Traitors of a feather. oasis Oct 2024 #45
Why not just change it to Fort KKK, or Fort Proud Boys? mdbl Oct 2024 #46
Why not "Fort Trump"? Little to choose between them... Jack Valentino Oct 2024 #47
No thanks ck4829 Oct 2024 #50
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