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MrScorpio

(73,630 posts) Tue Jan 28, 2014, 06:22 AM Jan 2014

Yeah, why is that?

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Yeah, why is that? (Original Post) MrScorpio Jan 2014 OP

Hate to be a spelling "Nazi," BlueMTexpat Jan 2014 #1

IMO the i before e rule needs to go away. tridim Jan 2014 #4

I hate to break this to you watoos Jan 2014 #2

Yep. And the Saudi's aren't the only ones. n2doc Jan 2014 #3

BlueMTexpat

(15,366 posts)

1. Hate to be a spelling "Nazi,"

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 07:50 AM

Jan 2014

but this Occupy poster badly needs Spellcheck. It is "seize" - an exception to the "i" before "e" rule.

But I totally agree with the message.

tridim

(45,358 posts)

4. IMO the i before e rule needs to go away.

Reply to BlueMTexpat (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 09:32 AM

Jan 2014

It's not a rule when there are so many exceptions.

Seize and Sieze should be the same word.

Sorry OCD folks.

watoos

(7,142 posts)

2. I hate to break this to you

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 08:50 AM

Jan 2014

but there are Saudis that have been influencing our politicians for quite some time now. How do you think that Bandar Bush got his name? They own a share of Fox. They are pushing for the Keystone pipeline. Granted, they don't have all the "think tanks" and claws that the Kochs have, but they have their influence.

Just look at foreign policy. It was nice to see that Pres. Obama shunned them by not invading Iran or Syria, like they were pushing us to do. The Saudis planned, and carried out 9/11 and we attacked Iraq? If that isn't influence, I don't know what is?

n2doc

(47,953 posts)

3. Yep. And the Saudi's aren't the only ones.

Reply to watoos (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 28, 2014, 09:26 AM

Jan 2014

AIPAC anyone? Frankly there is nothing that says that any American can't spend millions to influence elections. There should be such a limitation, but there isn't.

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