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Mississippi

raouldukelives

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10. We get so little democracy from the ground up.

Reply to forest444 (Original post)

Sun Jun 21, 2015, 08:59 PM

Jun 2015

We get so much corporatism from the top down. Just one more "Sterling" example of how much the corporate enablers respect others input, almost as much as they respect our lives.
It is no accident things are the way they are.
There are those who invest in change and those who invest in nothing changing.
One holds scars from battles for the least, one holds stock in WalMart.

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Report: Many Mississippi politicians tied to group that radicalized Dylann Roof [View all] forest444 Jun 2015 OP

I just googled this up starroute Jun 2015 #1

shameful person heaven05 Jun 2015 #11

And creeps like these howl for states rights. SoapBox Jun 2015 #2

Mississippi fat cats like Haley Barbour are the ones living large off of the public dole. Dustlawyer Jun 2015 #3

It is perhaps more prevalent now in the south than it was in the 50's and 60's LiberalArkie Jun 2015 #4

And the poor white feels threatened by the fact that white soon will no longer be the majority race peacebird Jun 2015 #5

The reason I want Bernie is we have had way too many southern or souther sympathizer presidents LiberalArkie Jun 2015 #6

Agree peacebird Jun 2015 #7

Isn't MS the only state with the Confederate ProgressiveEconomist Jun 2015 #8

Isn't MS the only state with the Confederate ProgressiveEconomist Jun 2015 #9

We get so little democracy from the ground up. raouldukelives Jun 2015 #10

I already didn't like haley barbour. Only difference now is - I have yet another reason to calimary Jun 2015 #12

Brilliant post above ^^ Gumboot Jun 2015 #13

Corner the CONfederacy! Hey Gumboot, that's pretty damn good! calimary Jun 2015 #16

This should be very useful as opposition points to those Republicans who have received donations No Vested Interest Jun 2015 #14

OOOooooooooh Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhh! calimary Jun 2015 #15