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    What a moving post by Lessig.  Thank you.
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    • I was impressed with him at first with his early contribution to Occupy and then was disappointed later when I…
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    • I used the ellipses responsibly.  Nothing in the full quote changed the meaning of the excerpt.  The thread is about…
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    • This exchange at a townhall meeting in 2008 was my first red flag about how much Obama "got it": Questioner:…
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    • I'm glad we can put this issue behind us.  What I thought was most in its favor is that it…
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    • It's no good to debate with us the legality of minting the coin (or printing an IOU, whatever) -- none…
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    • Rather than my taking issue with your vision of a Clinton-Biden race or the cause of Romney's fatal hobble, let's…
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    • The idea that Biden needs Clinton to clear the way for his presidency reminds me of the same idea regarding…
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    • I was skeptical whether the situation was really of the President's own making, but then I read this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/obamas-fanciful-claim-that-congress-proposed-t he-sequester/2012/10/25/8651dc6a-1eed-11e2-ba31-3083ca97c314_blog.html…
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    • I don't understand why discussions of the debt ceiling talk about binary options: raising it or minting the coin.  Isn't…
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    • I thought that keeping options open and using leverage to apply pressure was Negotiations 101.  But if basic strategy passes…
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    • President Obama will no sooner issue a $1 trillion coin than he'll denounce clean coal or reverse his decision to…
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    • I'd like to ask you if there's anything in Greenwald's articles that you found inaccurate or taken out of context,…
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    • Thanks for the excellent link.  I agree with you on both points. The idea of divided government was that each…
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    • One could say that Obama is going to the mat for drone attacks, surveillance, and prosecuting Bradley Manning. I think…
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    • Can we threaten to defund all faith-based programs?  It's a tiny part of the budget, but given the superstitious zeal…
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    • I can't find anything to disagree with, though I didn't know that Clinton was entertaining ideas of privatizing social security…
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    • I can't give the prediction of permanence in electoral politics much faith.  Unless "permanent" means "until the next election cycle".…
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    • What I'm willing to give up: the size of the increase to current recipients of Social Security. Determine by how…
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