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Old 05-30-2014, 09:18 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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I'm not really sure who Maya Angelou is. Is there any reason I should care about her opinion on politics?
So why are you here, did you miss the title of the thread?
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Old 05-30-2014, 09:32 AM
 
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Yet it was his administration that began a generation-long regression in our society's consideration for those most vulnerable. Society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable members, and right when it started Angelou noted how Reagan betrayed his moderate projection and undercut our nation's moral stature by initiating decades of economic injustice.
Generation long recession? The 90s under Clinton were not a recession.
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Old 05-30-2014, 09:32 AM
 
Location: bold new city of the south
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I'm not really sure who Maya Angelou is. Is there any reason I should care about her opinion on politics?
She's a poet who doesn't (can't) rhyme, and no.
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Old 05-30-2014, 09:37 AM
 
Location: Annandale, VA
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Yet it was his administration that began a generation-long regression in our society's consideration for those most vulnerable. Society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable members, and right when it started Angelou noted how Reagan betrayed his moderate projection and undercut our nation's moral stature by initiating decades of economic injustice.

Who cares what an ex-prostitute has to say about morality?
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Old 05-30-2014, 09:42 AM
 
Location: deafened by howls of 'racism!!!'
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Liberals Person-Worship Syndromeâ„¢ apparently has no bounds. Now they're putting a stripper/brothel operator/poet on a pedestal for spouting off on economic theory for which she knows nothing about.

Par for the course.
but.. but... she has multiple honorary ph.d's.
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Old 05-30-2014, 09:45 AM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Who cares what an ex-prostitute has to say about morality?
So, here is a person who pulled herself up by her bootstraps; something conservatives are always saying poor people should do.

And then they proceed to trash that person, not even really knowing anything about her.


She accomplished more in her life than you or areoDCguy or toyman will accomplish in yours, combined. AND she did it while being a single mother. I guess that scares the pants off you guys! Since it's a crime to kill such a threat, you come here and kill her symbolically with your words. Little men, scared of an accomplished woman.

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Old 05-30-2014, 09:57 AM
 
Location: Palo Alto
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I just read an good article denouncing AGW. Granted the guy was a poet but I'm sure he knows what he's talking about....
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Old 05-30-2014, 09:59 AM
 
Location: Palo Alto
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So, here is a person who pulled herself up by her bootstraps; something conservatives are always saying poor people should do.

And then they proceed to trash that person, not even really knowing anything about her.


She accomplished more in her life than you or areoDCguy or toyman will accomplish in yours, combined. AND she did it while being a single mother. I guess that scares the pants off you guys! Since it's a crime to kill such a threat, you come here and kill her symbolically with your words. Little men, scared of an accomplished woman.

She was a pretty amazing person and an inspiration to millions. I have read some of her work and enjoyed it. She wasn't, however, an economist.
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Old 05-30-2014, 10:35 AM
 
Location: Del Rio, TN
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So, here is a person who pulled herself up by her bootstraps; something conservatives are always saying poor people should do.

And then they proceed to trash that person, not even really knowing anything about her.


She accomplished more in her life than you or areoDCguy or toyman will accomplish in yours, combined. AND she did it while being a single mother. I guess that scares the pants off you guys! Since it's a crime to kill such a threat, you come here and kill her symbolically with your words. Little men, scared of an accomplished woman.

So...just exactly what did she do that makes here an expert on economics or politics?
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Old 05-30-2014, 11:02 AM
 
Location: Los Angeles County, CA
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And yet, you call yourself a Conservative.
Of course.

Harrier managed to resist the liberal indoctrination.

He has also spent some time around caged birds.

Often, they will sing when their birdseed dish is empty.
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