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Post#551 at 03-22-2010 09:55 PM by wtrg8 [at NoVA joined Dec 2008 #posts 1,262]
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Quote Originally Posted by wtrg8 View Post
My father's side, economic reasons and importing wine from France in the South.

My Mother's side; Potato Famine and some unproven gathering with a crowd against the English.
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Post#552 at 03-22-2010 10:33 PM by Bob Butler 54 [at Cove Hold, Carver, MA joined Jul 2001 #posts 6,431]
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Question Disconnect?

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My paternal Grandfather - Post Civil War (1866)

My paternal Grandmother - With William Penn, 30 Years War

My maternal Grandfather - With William Penn, 30 Years War

My maternal Grandmother - With William Penn, Quakers

So all except for my last name, the majority of my ancestors came over when William Penn was still alive & advertising the colony.

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Did you leave out some greats, or are you from a long lived family? William Penn died in 1718. The 30 Years War ended in 1648.







Post#553 at 03-22-2010 10:37 PM by KaiserD2 [at David Kaiser '47 joined Jul 2001 #posts 5,220]
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Quote Originally Posted by Bob Butler 54 View Post
Did you leave out some greats, or are you from a long lived family? William Penn died in 1718. The 30 Years War ended in 1648.
I had the same question. . .







Post#554 at 03-22-2010 10:42 PM by Chas'88 [at In between Pennsylvania & Pennsyltucky joined Nov 2008 #posts 9,432]
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Quote Originally Posted by Bob Butler 54 View Post
Did you leave out some greats, or are you from a long lived family? William Penn died in 1718. The 30 Years War ended in 1648.
I was just saying how far back each side stretched starting from my grandparents. So if you researched my paternal grandmother's side it first came to this country with William Penn & the main reason why was the 30 Years War displacement that had caused the family to be poor & persecuted. I don't think you want me to sit down here and type out twenty-some greats. ;-)

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Post#555 at 03-22-2010 11:21 PM by K-I-A 67 [at joined Jan 2005 #posts 3,010]
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Quote Originally Posted by pbrower2a View Post
Maybe we need to develop the attitude that we are in the same ship headed through the same stream of icebergs, and that if the ship goes down we all go down together. The least of our problems is that the captain is neither straight, white, nor Christian.
Dude, I'm not going along with a move towards socialism. I have a pretty good idea where that road is going to lead.







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Quote Originally Posted by SaintStephen74 View Post
I'd just like to say that I want a systemic health care reform. I don't approve of the bill, but not because it doesn't go far enough. Did the poll generated me as an illusion?
I don't know. If you said you opposed the bill, and the pollster then asked whether you opposed it because it was too liberal or because it was not liberal enough, what would you answer?

Honestly, I have no idea what you mean by "systemic health care reform," nor do I know why you don't approve of the bill, nor do I know what you, personally mean by "go far enough." So your question can't be answered at present.
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Post#557 at 03-22-2010 11:59 PM by Matt1989 [at joined Sep 2005 #posts 3,018]
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FWIW, I went to a Youth for Socialist Action meeting tonight (non-sectarian Trotskyist group) and they were NOT HAPPY that progressives relented.







Post#558 at 03-23-2010 12:05 AM by Odin [at Moorhead, MN, USA joined Sep 2006 #posts 14,442]
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Quote Originally Posted by Brian Rush View Post
See, this is what I mean, XerH. Odin is a poster child for opponents of the bill from the left. It makes no sense to lump those in with those who oppose it from the right.

Odin would probably support a single-payer system. So would I. I disagree with his assessment above, but only because I think it's hyperbolic to call this bill, which is not as left-wing as it could and should have been, "right-wing" on that basis. But in any case, Odin, who opposes this bill, does not oppose comprehensive health-care reform. The polls are misinterpreted to give the false impression that he (and those like him) do.
Pretty much. I would like something like Canada's single payer system.
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Post#559 at 03-23-2010 12:07 AM by Odin [at Moorhead, MN, USA joined Sep 2006 #posts 14,442]
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Quote Originally Posted by James50 View Post
Bravely spoken.

You have no idea the forces you would unleash if you go down a violent path.

I hope all the people who think HCR is worth killing someone over will meet somewhere out in the desert and get rid of each other. Leave me and mine out of it.

James50
I was thinking more along the line of the Banksters. And I was being a bit flippant.
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Post#560 at 03-23-2010 12:13 AM by Odin [at Moorhead, MN, USA joined Sep 2006 #posts 14,442]
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Quote Originally Posted by K-I-A 67 View Post
Dude, I'm not going along with a move towards socialism. I have a pretty good idea where that road is going to lead.
There is no "socialism" in this bill, dammit! Quit spewing blatant ignorant nonsense.
To recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.

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Post#561 at 03-23-2010 12:13 AM by herbal tee [at joined Dec 2005 #posts 7,116]
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Quote Originally Posted by Matt1989 View Post
FWIW, I went to a Youth for Socialist Action meeting tonight (non-sectarian Trotskyist group) and they were NOT HAPPY that progressives relented.
Nor should they be.
It is not their job to defend the means of gaining the ends of the governing coalition.
Their jobs is to challenge the system to reach for what they see as a greater end.
Challenging the system without harming others is an honorable thing.







Post#562 at 03-23-2010 01:48 AM by Xer H [at Chicago and Indiana joined Dec 2009 #posts 1,212]
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Quote Originally Posted by KaiserD2 View Post
KIA and Xer H, when George Bush was in he didn't care diddly squat about what me or anyone like me thought.
I'll be quite happy to see what happens in the fall, you two. I don't think you'll get the Congress back.
That is utterly hilarious... "I'll" get the Congress back? My side? What are you smoking???







Post#563 at 03-23-2010 02:04 AM by Xer H [at Chicago and Indiana joined Dec 2009 #posts 1,212]
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Quote Originally Posted by Chas'88 View Post
After he was elected some black friends of mine started worrying about when he'd be assignated, since it always seems to happen to their leaders.
My worst fears... Health Care Bill Spurs Assassination Calls on Twitter







Post#564 at 03-23-2010 02:24 AM by Zarathustra [at Where the Northwest meets the Southwest joined Mar 2003 #posts 9,198]
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Quote Originally Posted by Matt1989 View Post
FWIW, I went to a Youth for Socialist Action meeting tonight (non-sectarian Trotskyist group) and they were NOT HAPPY that progressives relented.
You can please some of the people some of the time . . .
Americans have had enough of glitz and roar . . Foreboding has deepened, and spiritual currents have darkened . . .
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Quote Originally Posted by Xer H View Post
I am seeing vitriol I am not accustomed to all over Facebook. There are people who literally believe we are living in a state/society requiring a "Velvet Revolution". This includes family members that are frighteningly upset.

I even have one FB "friend", a diehard "libertarian" and "Christian", talking of "war". When he made a comment stating all Democrats were "idiotic" I questioned him about it. He said I was "welcome to live in another country".

Considering where we are in the saecular cycle, I'd say the ever-heating rhetoric in the Fox Nation is a very dangerous sign and that Fox's complicitness in this is far, far more dangerous than Roger Ailes knows.
Americans have had enough of glitz and roar . . Foreboding has deepened, and spiritual currents have darkened . . .
THE FOURTH TURNING IS AT HAND.
See T4T, p. 253.







Post#566 at 03-23-2010 03:19 AM by 85turtle [at joined Dec 2009 #posts 362]
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Quote Originally Posted by Zarathustra View Post
I am seeing vitriol I am not accustomed to all over Facebook. There are people who literally believe we are living in a state/society requiring a "Velvet Revolution". This includes family members that are frighteningly upset.

I even have one FB "friend", a diehard "libertarian" and "Christian", talking of "war". When he made a comment stating all Democrats were "idiotic" I questioned him about it. He said I was "welcome to live in another country".

Considering where we are in the saecular cycle, I'd say the ever-heating rhetoric in the Fox Nation is a very dangerous sign and that Fox's complicitness in this is far, far more dangerous than Roger Ailes knows.
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Post#567 at 03-23-2010 06:52 AM by Child of Socrates [at Cybrarian from America's Dairyland, 1961 cohort joined Sep 2001 #posts 14,092]
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Quote Originally Posted by K-I-A 67 View Post
I voted for Ross Perot. Nuff said.
Did you vote for Bush in '00 and '04?







Post#568 at 03-23-2010 08:10 AM by pbrower2a [at "Michigrim" joined May 2005 #posts 15,014]
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Who do those violent people think President Obama is? The villainous Silas Lynch from The Birth of a Nation (1915) , the definitive danger from black people who "don't know their place"?
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Post#569 at 03-23-2010 08:53 AM by Xer H [at Chicago and Indiana joined Dec 2009 #posts 1,212]
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Quote Originally Posted by Zarathustra View Post
I am seeing vitriol I am not accustomed to all over Facebook. There are people who literally believe we are living in a state/society requiring a "Velvet Revolution". This includes family members that are frighteningly upset.

I even have one FB "friend", a diehard "libertarian" and "Christian", talking of "war". When he made a comment stating all Democrats were "idiotic" I questioned him about it. He said I was "welcome to live in another country".

Considering where we are in the saecular cycle, I'd say the ever-heating rhetoric in the Fox Nation is a very dangerous sign and that Fox's complicitness in this is far, far more dangerous than Roger Ailes knows.
It's not just there... one need only look at these boards to see people on both sides spewing rhetoric. If you even dare to question their assertions, they attack you personally. The funny thing is, they're just like the people they profess to hate... and they cannot step outside of their vitriol long enough to recognize it. Everywhere you go -- blogs, local media boards, Facebook -- it's like this.

I see why S&H said that it takes a violent turn before it gets better.







Post#570 at 03-23-2010 09:13 AM by James50 [at Atlanta, GA US joined Feb 2010 #posts 3,605]
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Quote Originally Posted by Zarathustra View Post
I am seeing vitriol I am not accustomed to all over Facebook. There are people who literally believe we are living in a state/society requiring a "Velvet Revolution". This includes family members that are frighteningly upset.

Considering where we are in the saecular cycle, I'd say the ever-heating rhetoric in the Fox Nation is a very dangerous sign and that Fox's complicitness in this is far, far more dangerous than Roger Ailes knows.
I don't know why you single out Fox. MSNBC's evening lineup - Ed Schulz, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, and Rachel Maddow are just as inflammatory. The only difference is the audience size.(Fox is much much higher.)

For me, both Fox and MSNBC are practically unwatchable.

James50
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Quote Originally Posted by Child of Socrates View Post
Did you vote for Bush in '00 and '04?
Yep, I didn't like Gore or his position on control. I made my decission at the ballot box. As for 04', Kerry was a joke and my position was basically... it's wise not to change the captain in mid-stream...stay the coarse. I'll never vote Democrat or left again, I can see very clearly both are alligned with government control. My view is, we are on a natural coarse or path towards seperation or conflict.
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Quote Originally Posted by James50 View Post
I don't know why you single out Fox. MSNBC's evening lineup - Ed Schulz, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, and Rachel Maddow are just as inflammatory. The only difference is the audience size.(Fox is much much higher.)

For me, both Fox and MSNBC are practically unwatchable.

James50
I don't get the issue with Fox. I watch Fox most of the time. I view Fox as so much more open and honest as far as opinion. MSNBC just plain turns me off. They're always whining about the world, whining about rejection and calling everyone who disagrees or opposes their views stupid. The people just turn me off. The progressives and their view in general just turn me off.







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Quote Originally Posted by K-I-A 67 View Post
I don't get the issue with Fox.
Of course you don't. Fox reinforces your world view.







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Quote Originally Posted by K-I-A 67 View Post
They're always whining about the world, whining about rejection and calling everyone who disagrees or opposes their views stupid.
And Glenn Beck doesn't?







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Quote Originally Posted by K-I-A 67 View Post
I don't get the issue with Fox. I watch Fox most of the time. I view Fox as so much more open and honest as far as opinion. MSNBC just plain turns me off. They're always whining about the world, whining about rejection and calling everyone who disagrees or opposes their views stupid. The people just turn me off. The progressives and their view in general just turn me off.
The analogs to the MSNBC crew are Beck, O'Reilly, and Hannity. I don't find them fun to watch but millions do.

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