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KoKo

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17. We would have to build bridges back to those we bombed...with the Peace Activists...
Wed Mar 11, 2015, 09:03 PM
Mar 2015

but...I think I understand where you are going. The "Left" as in "FireDogLake" and others tried with "Act Blue" to get Dem Candidates and were partially successful. But, if you mention "FireDogLake" the Website on DU these days you are laughed at...or derided in strongly worded terms....or ignored.

Maybe the Left can build on what we've learned through the years. And it will be through Grassroots and Underground efforts and not the Sites like DU/Daily Kos and the Blogosphere Pundits that thrived in the Bush Years. It will be something new...and not tied into the Media we helped build...that sadly just wasn't enough once we threw all our efforts behind Obama and were left with just being cheerleaders for whatever came next.

Something NEW will come. It can't come soon enough, imho.. But, it might take sorting out Hillary and Jeb before we get to the point where something NEW can get some traction. just my humble opinion of watching this all this since Windows 95 opened the gate for the Masses of us to be able to communicate with each other in huge numbers of old, middle and young who were not all that Computer Savvy but could now find a way to use the first Personal Computers with Browsers, E-Mail and the rest.

The Internet Explosion that took off with Stolen Election 2000 followed by "9/11" and the Iraq Invasion. Building the Grass Roots...we did and the Blogosphere that took out traditional established Newspapers and Magazines and made Information for the Masses available on the Internet.

NOW we transition as Ads and Click Bait takes over the Internet...and move somewhere else?

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There's a lot to be angry about. pscot Mar 2015 #1
+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #12
I understand what's happening. Fuck the Third Way. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #20
Kinda sums up the Clinton legacy on promises vs policy Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #2
....x10 840high Mar 2015 #3
...**1000 HRC is owned by BIG $$$$$ Vincardog Mar 2015 #14
Always will be. Will never change. 840high Mar 2015 #19
One of this generation's bands needs to do a decent cover for this song... cascadiance Mar 2015 #4
I'd go with Foo Fighters but that not be recent enough? Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #5
Here's a more recent cover by Axel Rudi Pell... cascadiance Mar 2015 #11
"Can we believe the warm and fuzzy reassurances from the Clinton camp?" Maedhros Mar 2015 #6
Hollywood now calling out for Liz....they will open their wallets TheNutcracker Mar 2015 #7
a major elephant in the room DonCoquixote Mar 2015 #8
Yep! I blame the DNC Cosmic Kitten Mar 2015 #9
Agree... KoKo Mar 2015 #10
The very suggestion that Venezuela is a threat to the US is absurd. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #13
Did you see this from DU "Good Reads" that Obama's Venezuelian Effort is about "TPP?" KoKo Mar 2015 #15
Thank you, KoKo. Enthusiast Mar 2015 #22
Let's start getting specific. aspirant Mar 2015 #16
We would have to build bridges back to those we bombed...with the Peace Activists... KoKo Mar 2015 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author aspirant Mar 2015 #18
The Populist Movement is well underway. It's not being reported but in many, many small areas rhett o rick Mar 2015 #21
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