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dixiegrrrrl

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39. We only get internet...plentiful sources, thank god

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Thu Mar 28, 2013, 10:12 PM

Mar 2013

Even with the damn slow dsl we have out here in the boonies, I know much more about the world than most folks in town who have cable.
But gosh, people around here are not well versed about computers...they know how to fire it up and how to find
Facebook and Farmville and Yahoo, and email, but that is about it.

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Day 50 of Gitmo strike: Red Cross on alert, attorneys fear protest turning deadly [View all] xiamiam Mar 2013 OP

Bobby Sands redux. virgogal Mar 2013 #1

This is one sick country. ReRe Mar 2013 #2

I agree. We're number one. Just dont ask at what. nm rhett o rick Mar 2013 #10

If I were 25 years younger I'd be looking to move out of this country. --nt CrispyQ Mar 2013 #20

Me too. n/t ReRe Mar 2013 #37

Has anyone seen this on MSM???? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #3

I have seen nothing about this. grasswire Mar 2013 #5

ive been so upset by this and angry that no one here has been commenting xiamiam Mar 2013 #22

I've seen it elsewhere. The general consensus of commenters to this TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #7

Does anyone here actually watch MSM coverage?????? tavalon Mar 2013 #8

Oh yes, they do. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #13

I haven't, but... ReRe Mar 2013 #38

We only get internet...plentiful sources, thank god dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #39

Your link is not showing. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #4

Shit, this sucks tavalon Mar 2013 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Marblehead Mar 2013 #9

They won't LET them die. ReRe Mar 2013 #11

Will someone please remind us how the chessmaster doesn't have the power to do anything about AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #12

Gawd damn I'm so ashamed of my country! loudsue Mar 2013 #14

This is very sad LeftInTX Mar 2013 #15

K&R. nt. Mr_Jefferson_24 Mar 2013 #16

RT News link here dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #17

From the Toronto Star Solly Mack Mar 2013 #18

Wow. Another Mission Accomplished (TM). That would be the entire point of kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #33

Gitmo inmates claim being denied drinking water as White House breaks silence dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #19

100 of those inmates have been cleared to leave..obama has made it impossible for them to return to xiamiam Mar 2013 #21

Really? Do you have a link? I find it interesting that Obama wants them to languish. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #27

heard it on democracy now but i cant get it that site for some strange reason this am xiamiam Mar 2013 #31

Right now I wish there was Hell out there and EVERY SINGLE PERSON responsible for this atrocity idwiyo Mar 2013 #23

I am ashamed for my country. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #24

I too am ashamed sikofit3 Mar 2013 #36

how is this not torture? grasswire Mar 2013 #25

Well, do we let them starve themselves to death, then? At some point, you'd get TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #26

don't you think that force feeding is torture? grasswire Mar 2013 #28

No, it's not allowing them to harm themselves to the point where there's organ damage TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #29

what about withholding water? grasswire Mar 2013 #30

Well, that's what one prisoner is saying to his lawyer on the phone. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #32

You seem to be bending over backward to defend this U4ikLefty Mar 2013 #34

I'm not defending the practice of keeping Gitmo open. Not at all. TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #35