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i hate to bust your bubble (none / 0) (#3)
by cpinva on Thu Nov 22, 2007 at 09:40:49 PM EST
(ok, no i don't, i enjoy busting your chops! lol),

but where do you think the term "commonwealth" originated? geez, you think this was some unique articulation of a never before advocated principal of societal formulation?

quick history lesson: jamestown, va, 1607, capt. john smith, placed in charge of the venture by its investors, decrees that "he who does not work, does not eat". further, every able-bodied man was expected to take his turn at watch, along the triangular fort's corner posts, for the "common good".

hey, it's a great concept, just nothing new under the sun.

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Of courdse it is not new (none / 0) (#8)
by Big Tent Democrat on Fri Nov 23, 2007 at 06:49:48 AM EST
But articulating that the Dem Party needs to make it a centerpiece again was new and McDermott did it.

I do not think you folks are following me here.

My bad. I should have made it clearer.

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