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Joe Republic
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« Reply #25 on: March 23, 2009, 10:22:48 AM »
Quote from: StatesRights on March 23, 2009, 08:35:28 AM
LOL @ the drones taking Red Eye seriously.
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All you drones should just merge into one poster.
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LOL, The drones around here are so funny.

LOL, your new favorite word is so funny.
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« Reply #26 on: March 23, 2009, 12:31:28 PM »
Quote from: opebo on March 22, 2009, 11:53:52 AM
Lots of good points above.. let me just add that if the real median income is maybe $35,000/year, then the one in the imaginary "mainstream's" median income must at least four times that.  At least from what you see on TV.

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Even "poor" people on tv like Roseanne and the Bundys have large houses. I guess nobody wants to look at actual poors. I remember how shocked all these people were after Katrina that a huge black underclass exists in America. How can you live in this country and not notice?
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« Reply #27 on: March 24, 2009, 12:47:59 AM »
Quote from: Joe Republic on March 23, 2009, 10:22:48 AM
Quote from: StatesRights on March 23, 2009, 08:35:28 AM
LOL @ the drones taking Red Eye seriously.
Quote from: StatesRights on March 23, 2009, 08:28:13 AM
All you drones should just merge into one poster.
Quote from: StatesRights on March 23, 2009, 08:27:11 AM
LOL, The drones around here are so funny.

LOL, your new favorite word is so funny.

Hahaha! Took the words right out of my mouth.
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« Reply #28 on: March 24, 2009, 12:50:15 AM »
I am mainstream America.
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« Reply #29 on: March 24, 2009, 02:20:02 AM »

Someone's drunk again. I hope he didn't beat up or rape any poor girls.
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« Reply #30 on: March 24, 2009, 10:53:48 AM »
The author is this thread is a good example of "mainstream America", which tells us a lot why this country is in such bad shape (and has been for a while now).
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« Reply #31 on: March 24, 2009, 12:14:47 PM »
'Mainstream America' is an empty signifier.
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« Reply #32 on: March 24, 2009, 12:15:21 PM »
Quote from: Sam Spade on March 24, 2009, 10:53:48 AM
The author is this thread is a good example of "mainstream America", which tells us a lot why this country is in such bad shape (and has been for a while now).
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« Reply #33 on: March 24, 2009, 04:18:50 PM »
Quote from: Mint on March 24, 2009, 12:15:21 PM
Quote from: Sam Spade on March 24, 2009, 10:53:48 AM
The author is this thread is a good example of "mainstream America", which tells us a lot why this country is in such bad shape (and has been for a while now).

Thanks.  Appreciate it.  Tongue
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« Reply #34 on: March 24, 2009, 08:58:36 PM »
Mainstream America is anyone who functions as a productive member of society in my mind.
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« Reply #35 on: March 25, 2009, 10:21:03 AM »
Any place that the person using the term likes. Smiley

But most of the country's population is urban or at least suburban, so the idea that rural America=real America is a bit flawed, in my opinion....and I say this as a proud resident of rural America (albeit a corner of it that votes strongly Democratic).
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« Reply #36 on: March 25, 2009, 12:18:56 PM »
Quote from: Made in the USA on March 24, 2009, 04:18:50 PM
Quote from: Mint on March 24, 2009, 12:15:21 PM
Quote from: Sam Spade on March 24, 2009, 10:53:48 AM
The author is this thread is a good example of "mainstream America", which tells us a lot why this country is in such bad shape (and has been for a while now).

Thanks.  Appreciate it.  Tongue
Not you personally so much as your policies, of course. Wink

My other answer would have been 'whatever our masters tell us' but with the downturn I'm not sure how long that's going to last.
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