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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:51 AM
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Wolfowitz raises fears of anthrax attack
Edited on Fri Dec-17-04 01:54 AM by lovuian
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=e6157ec5ae0e6f0c

Wolfowitz raises fears of anthrax attack
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Big News Network.com Thursday 16th December, 2004

Several months after a federal court ruled against the Department of Defense's mandatory anthrax vaccination program, the DOD has requested an emergency ruling so it can continue to give the controversial vaccine to soldiers.

The authorization request was made in a letter from Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz to outgoing Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson.

"I have determined there is a significant potential for a military emergency involving a heightened risk to the United States military forces of an attack with anthrax," said Wolfowitz in the letter, which was written Dec. 10.

more...

What Wolfawitz needs to get is a LIFE!!!

This stuff on the BioShield Act of 2004 is stuff out of Xfiles!!!
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wabeewoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:54 AM
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1. I wish he's get Pinocchio's nose
so with every lie he told it would grow and grow.
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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:29 PM
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50. They Had "REAL SUCCESS" the last time catching the Perps
didn't they???? What a Fuckwit this little turd is.

It's a "CHALLANGE" FOR THEM TO CATCH ANY ONE

Hey Osama --where is you??? LOL
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:55 AM
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2. Bin Larden is not scary enough?
Frankly Bush and Co, are more scary than both these things.
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 06:50 AM
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19. Bin who?
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Tight_rope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:49 PM
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53. My thoughts exactly...Osama bin forgotten!
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tsuki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 08:02 PM
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62. Or Bush's Osama Bin Lovin' you.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:55 AM
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3. "I have determined"
'nough said.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 02:48 AM
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15. It's the neocon version of a Papal Decree.
Infallible. The most extreme kind of authoritarianism. The man's a malignant sociopath.
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neverforget Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:56 AM
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4. If Rummy is forced out, this is the asshole that will replace him.
These 2 are cut from the same cloth: PNAC Empire Builders.
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neweurope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:57 AM
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5. One would want to yawn but the freepers fall for it every time.
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Celeborn Skywalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 02:12 AM
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10. How very true
What's sad is that many ordinary Americans will fall for it too. I wish our public was better informed.
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Tight_rope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:56 PM
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55. " I wish our public was better informed"....
Unfortunately, my dear 4 years ago would could have used that as an excuse for the ignorance of 59 million American's. But at this point, it is now a proven fact that it's just plain ole "STUPIDITY" that keeps them believing the lies of Bushco*.
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 12:58 PM
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46. Thing is,...the anthrax attack was domestic & suspiciously targeted,...
,...liberal/progressive, non-right-wing types. The anthrax itself had been traced to an American military base. So, the attack was quite suspicious and during a period of heavy psy-ops waged against the American masses.

In other words, Wolfowitz may simply be warning about an additional attack of which he has some form of advance knowledge. The neoCONfascists are, after all, adherents to Machiavellian practices.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 02:02 AM
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6. Fact is that the powdered form of anthrax has only been made by
The good ol' USA. Otherwise the liquid shit poses no real threat. That guy is a menace and a threat to the civilized world. He deserves a at least a crippling stroke.
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American Tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:43 AM
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34. You're referring to the industrial variety
Antrax does occur naturally, and sometimes accumulates in certain environments where it may be inhaled. Actual human casualties are extremely rare, of course.
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:52 AM
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36. Anthrax Wouldn't Survive in a Desert, FCS!
Can't imagine why anyone would foist that stuff off on a million soldiers, but they have. Are we going to be invading England? Or someplace equally damp?
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aikido15 Donating Member (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 02:04 AM
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7. Oh, p-l-e-a-s-e....
Like we're going to fall for that shit again!
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necso Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 02:08 AM
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8. What?
Did he get his hands on a new batch?
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 02:20 AM
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12. A handfull of guys on TV are falling out of step and wandering off topic.
Gotta rope 'em back in with a friendly little reminder.
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Goldeneye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 07:55 AM
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23. Is it true
that the guy who took pictures of jenna and barbara when they were drunk was sent anthrax and died?
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Ranec Donating Member (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 02:10 AM
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9. Bizarre!
Where is this guy's head?

Soldiers are dieing because they don't have armor--there is your emergency.
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bunny planet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 12:49 PM
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44. Hence the warning about anthrax. Let's give them something else to worry
about to take their minds off missing armor, which is not scheduled to be delivered until March 2005. I am going to investigate how to buy individual armor for a soldier just called up in my town. Maybe we can all do this, sort of adopt a troop kind of thing. Shame the government, let'show them we support our troops more than they do. Troops need more than yellow ribbons on SUV's to protect them. (sorry, maybe this belongs in that thread yesterday about the troops)
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 02:15 AM
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11. somebody give the turntable
a bump. I think the needle's stuck again.

Yea, I'm THAT old!!!
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MatrixEscape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 02:41 AM
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13. For their plan to work ...
Banana Republic. Our Emperor won't allow all those dangerous things like freedom and a Constitution and such.

Fortress America has to be gradually forged into the most terrified, suspicious, xenophobic, country on the planet!

Extreme paranoia and the psychological impact that cognitive disassociation from fear creates in the mass psyche will assure that the inmates will gladly build and then march to occupy a virtual prison for the mind and even the body.

Only brave hearts, clearly focused minds, combined with a quick shift away from the blatant consumerism, entertainment immersion addiction, and numb acceptance of being exploited, can stem and change the Fascist tide before it goes crimson.

Freedom is getting very expensive and the labor to preserve it, along with the kinds of sacrifices large numbers of people would have to make, is very foreboding to our comfort zones.

What is it worth? There's the rub.
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 02:45 AM
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14. Maybe a warning about the vote recount
If any media or politicians out there want to make a big deal about it, he is just gently reminding them about anthrax.
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Dem2theMax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 03:45 AM
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16. Wolfowitz, go lick your comb.
:puke:
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BernieBear Donating Member (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 06:11 AM
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17. Dem2theMax --- the comb licking was soooo gross!
:cry:
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DoYouEverWonder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 06:55 AM
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20. I think I'm more afraid
of the stuff in Wolfie's hair comb than I am of anthrax.

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Dem2theMax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 03:47 PM
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58. lmao! I would be as well. Ick. Just thinking about it makes me want to
:puke: again! lol.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 06:42 AM
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18. We should just all change our names to Yossarian.
Edited on Fri Dec-17-04 06:43 AM by sfexpat2000
When the FBI was hounding Steve Hatfill after the anthrax scare, I tracked down who made the vaccines for the military. At that time (maybe a year ago or so?) it was only one Repug company with its obligatory ex-general.

And I seem to remember a lot of problems with the vaccine -- like people getiing sick and dying and other nasty stuff. Some were refusing it in fact.

Wolfowitz may be delusional but that would be a hefty contract to land, wouldn't it.
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Chalco Donating Member (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 07:29 AM
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21. Hey, Wolfie, catch the guy who anthraxed us in 2001,
why don't you? Otherwise shut up.
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Massachusetts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 07:51 AM
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22. LICK MY COMB!
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BrainRants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 08:07 AM
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24. Conyers must be getting REALLY close in Ohio!
Fucking comb licker!
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goforit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:11 AM
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30. Yep........A coral around the wagons!!!
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 08:15 AM
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25. Impossible. Wolfowitz took the fight to the enemy in Iraq so we
didn't have to fight terrorists here!

So it has been said on CNN, so it was done.
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wicket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 08:15 AM
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26. Looks like Wolfowitz is auditioning for Rummy's job
:eyes:
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:01 AM
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27. Someone needs to ring the gong already
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:08 AM
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28. The new, improved CIA must have a surplus of the toxin.
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goforit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:09 AM
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29. "Lions and tigers and bears ....oh my!!!"
Is wolfowitz threatenning us????

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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:13 AM
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31. PNAC Nazis aren't done with us yet.
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American Tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:47 AM
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35. Thanks Swamp Rat, that piece of shit has been cryin for a reptilian morph
He doesn't get nearly the degree of attention that he deserves, both here and in the MSM.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:53 AM
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37. dupe
Edited on Fri Dec-17-04 11:53 AM by Swamp Rat
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:53 AM
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38. Just doing my civic duty.
:D

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Oilwellian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:34 AM
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32. Surprisingly, Lou Dobbs covered this issue
Recently, he reported it's not necessary to take the vaccine. If our soldiers become infected with Anthrax, they can be treated with Cipro within 6 days of infection. It's far cheaper and much safer. So why is Wolfowitz fighting to inject our troops with a mercury-laden Anthrax vaccine if an antibiotic works just as well?
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TexasBushwhacker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:04 PM
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47. Good for Lou!
I know he's not a Democrat, but he doesn't seem to be beholden to the GOP either. He is all over the job exporting and H1B visa problem.
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 11:38 AM
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33. He must think the "scare factor" needs a tweak...
The regulars aren't supplying enough "omph" for The Plan.
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 12:01 PM
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39. YUMMMM!


Dandruff Flakes or Anthrax Spores?
Doesn't Matter.
I've had my Vaccination!


Copy this picture.
Send it around the Net.
Print it out and mail it to everyone you know.
When the name Wolfowitz is mentioned,
every American should see this in his/her mind.
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 12:21 PM
Response to Reply #39
40. OMG!!! LOL!!! BAAWAAAHAAA!!!
Thats great!!!
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Hard_Work Donating Member (283 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 12:33 PM
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41. tinfoil hat time...
Wolfie and his ilk are planning an anthrax attack on our troops. In order to minimize the risk but still maximize the fear factor, it is necessary that the troops be innoculated...wouldn't want too many to actually die, we will need them for out 'revenge' strike...
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PATRICK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 12:41 PM
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42. Vaccine problems and rebellious troops
The old problem is that before the war few soldiers wanted the dangerous vaccine and its side effects. It may be part of the disciplinary crackdown that is supposed to do with the heretofore silent morale problem.

Maybe a bait and switch to distract the troops with another worry.
Then Wolfie is nuts anyway.
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Massachusetts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:32 PM
Response to Reply #39
51. WOLFIE THE NASTY BASTARD!
:puke: :puke:
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 03:07 PM
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57. gee thanks
i was just sitting down to lunch! :puke:
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Dem2theMax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 03:49 PM
Response to Reply #39
59. LMAO. The pic with what you wrote under it, priceless!
:bounce: :) :)
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hangloose Donating Member (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 12:42 PM
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43. No what Wolfy is signaling is that we will be the victim of an attack
from a targeted county in the middle east. See we can't justify going in another time in a preemptive manner so now we need to create an excuse. So who's it going to be, Iran, Syria, Lebanon?
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yorkiemommie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 12:51 PM
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45. have to keep that anxiety level percolating
amongst the populace so that it will accept any measures taken by this group, 'for our own good'. and 51% will buy into it.
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susu369 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:12 PM
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48. Booga!! Booga!!
WOLFowitz - is that a pack of wolves watching us?
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LeftCoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:22 PM
Response to Reply #48
49. I was going to post the exact same thing!
More Booga! Booga! scare tactics to keep the sheeple in line. Afterall, the sheep don't need a herder if there's no wolf.
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:46 PM
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52. Keep in mind that Wolfie's a Straussian
Thus by his ethos the enlightened rulers (including, conveniently, himself) have the right--actually the obligation--to say whatever's required, true or false, to maintain control over the populace. This "warning" is exactly that.

He's making it up from whole cloth. It's entirely legitimate, according to the Straussians, to do so--in fact, it's a moral imperative.

To which I can only say: Wolfowitz, I spit on your warning. And I shit on the grave of Leo Strauss.

:grr:
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Griffy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:52 PM
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54. WMD.. weapon of mass distraction, pay no attention to Fraud! nt
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goodboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 02:19 PM
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56. when things go bad for the admin...threat levels go up...(nt)
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 03:52 PM
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60. LOL He must have been fookin' watching DU posts re We're coming to DC
Edited on Fri Dec-17-04 03:55 PM by lonestarnot
and we don't have reservations for a fucking bench! But we're com'n because there is not a private owner of 1600 Pen Ave.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 03:55 PM
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61. Where has this cretin been hiding?
This asshole was put in the spider hole during the election so as not to put a negative face forward for the bushits. I couldn't give a shit less what Wolfoshit has to say, this man has NO credibility.
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