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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (364730)	12/28/2007 8:50:17 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571405

FDR did pull the US out of the GOP-caused Great Depression, and how did he do it? By taking care of the poor and downtrodden, sharing and sharing alike and establishing great social (even communist style) programs which bypassed the greed and power of his own class of people, the super moneyed rich robber baron types, and took the wealth and opportunity directly to the working people of this country. That move was by and large responsible for establishing and uplifting the great Middleclass of this country and eventually creating the greatest economy in modern history, which is now unraveling as we speak. The rightwing hates what FDR did and have been trying to un-do it ever since, but let's be honest. It saved millions and millions of Americans from stark poverty and even starvation and did our country and the vast majority of its people great-great good. And let's always remember who caused the Great Depression, the greedy, selfish, dishonest, elite corporate Wall Street tycoon class, the dark side of capitalism. And we see the same gang in charge today surrounding Bush-Cheney, Romney and Guiliani. These are the traitors who only care about themselves and no one else. They are poor Americans, poor Christians and often just plain crooks. So in 2008 let's all pledge that we will rid our country of these Bushie tyrants, thieves, liars and cheats. They have already done us tremendous damage, but the sooner we get rid of them, and I mean permanently, the sooner we can begin the healing process, which will take a long-long time but is absolutely necessary if we care about our country.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (364730)	12/28/2007 9:25:51 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571405

"Like the "fact" that FDR "slowly pulled America out of the Great Depression"?" After the economy bottomed in the early '30s, the economy did improve. In fact, by the late 1930s, the GDP had recovered to pre-Crash levels. en.wikipedia.org Now, unemployment was still high. While total jobs had recovered to 1929 levels, population growth meant that the rate was still high. en.wikipedia.org Now, do you have different "facts"?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (364730)	12/29/2007 2:14:14 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571405

"Like the "fact" that FDR "slowly pulled America out of the Great Depression"? LOL ..." C'mon Ten! Spare the inscrutability. What are the "facts" of the recovery from the depression in right wingnut fable?

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (364730)	12/29/2007 2:33:20 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571405

Paul hordes to descend on World of Warcraft 12/28/2007 @ 3:56 pm Filed by Jason Rhyne rawstory.com Avatars for Paul Presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), whose legion of online supporters have besieged internet polls, lofted a blimp and helped their man notch a record-setting $6 million in donations in a single day, has rallied another group of die-hard backers to his ranks: Gnomes. And dwarves. And possibly even night elves -- because the world of political activism has hit the World of Warcraft. On New Years Day, Paul-backing devotees of the online multiplayer game are planning a march through WoW's sprawling virtual universe to show support their candidate. Participants will be represented by one of an array of mythical avatars that populate the fantasy-themed game, in which players take on adventures and duel against rival characters. WoW Insider, who first reported the story, says political activism should have a home in the game. "Now, we here at WoW Insider are politically neutral when it comes to Warcraft, so we won't advocate joining these guys (and we also won't advocate forming a 'Horde for Hillary'guild to oppose them)," writes the blog's Mike Schramm. "But we are 100% in support of bringing widescale opinion expression of any kind into the game itself, so this should definitely be a fun event." Veterans and newcomers alike are welcome, but the journey could be an arduous one for greener players, according to the video game blog Kotaku. "Depending on the route they take," reads a post at the bog, "this could be an extremely short march (Ironforge to train tunnel to Stormwind) or an extremely long and humorous one as dozens of Ron Paul supporters sporting newbie Gnome and Dwarf characters die in droves trying to cross the Burning Steppes." Burning Steppes or not, the march could be well attended. A search reveals that a total of 42 gamers have named their character "Ronpaul," and a score of others have presumably co-opted other references to the congressman. Although fighting is a big part of WoW action, would-be political rivals -- and Paul-weary gamers in general -- shouldn't bother sharpening their broadswords to confront marchers. The event will take place on a server that forbids player vs. player combat. More information about the march is available at RonPaulForums.com