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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:46 AM Original message |
Burma: Thousands dead in massacre of the monks dumped in the jungle |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. So that's where Cheney is? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 07:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. taking lessons, no doubt. |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Hey, Dick can hit a face at 50 paces |
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GOPNotForMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. That last paragraph breaks my heart. nt |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
41. Systematic repression...the Chinese do that too...n/t |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. just like what they did in China, they are fighting for democracy |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. This needs to get wide, wide coverage. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. So Awful. So Sad. |
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Onlooker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
6. Would Obama meet with the junta without preconditions? |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Your post smacks of bloody opportunism. Give Obama a break, will you. nt |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
82. Why? |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
83. Why not? |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
7. Oh my god... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. OMFG |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. This is a dreadful reminiscence of cold war politics... |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
26. By Chimpy McFlightsuit's logic, doesn't this mean we invade China? |
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libodem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Means we invade Bolivia |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #26 |
43. No, no, no, bunkerbuster1, pay attention.. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
90. "boycott China" -- good luck... |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Myanmar has no oil. Do not expect US intervention |
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Danieljay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Exactly what I was thinking. n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. But the vampires wanted a natural gas pipeline there. Look at this: |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. They DO have oil. |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:21 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I sit corrected. Maybe something will be done after all. n/t |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. China is the problem |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. And Shell Oil has never been bothered by murderous regimes..n/t |
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Patriot Abroad (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:56 AM Response to Reply #47 |
96. Yes, on the worldwide Risk board, Southeast Asia's pieces are China Red |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
61. Thank you, the last three administration have colluded with this regime, |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
45. wrong answer, China has it's oil sucking fangs dug in deep |
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roxnev (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
66. Are you saying |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. I don't know of anyone saying the opposite |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #66 |
78. I'm saying the 800 pound gorilla in the room is China |
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populistdriven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
79. I am Beyond Disgusted at the Apathy of the American People |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:00 PM Response to Reply #79 |
85. Is this televised? Do people actually know? |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
9. This is beyond heartbreaking. |
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Summer93 (439 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
10. Failure is with dictator/military in Burma |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
52. story behind the story. the government removed artificially low prices on gas |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
11. Myanmar = Burma, right? This AP article says Monks "detained" and 138 people killed: |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Correct. It has been Myanmar since 1987 |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Myanmar is the name used by the brutal tyrants. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Yep, There's no agreement on the countries proper name. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:40 PM Response to Reply #18 |
92. Isn't Burma the name used by colonizers? |
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Froward69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
15. There is someplace that justifies |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
62. No, we are on the side of the murderers, we gave them the go ahead |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
88. Thanks to bush*...we have no money or troops to spread Democracy |
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BRLIB (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. How come Bush doesn't carpet bomb their military and |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
44. His Chinese masters probably told him not to...n/t |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
20. I didn't think they'd do it again... |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. I know redqueen... I was really hoping THIS time.... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
23. Invade. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:02 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. When have we ever invaded to stop oppression and murder? |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
49. I think you're a little off base. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I wouldn't support the use of the US armed forces against the regime even if it was flat desert land |
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roxnev (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #50 |
67. I need an explanation |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 05:47 AM Response to Reply #67 |
97. Gee, uh, why do you think I hold such a position if I've never heard of Iraq? |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
27. This is absolutely heartbreaking. I hope this is being coverered in the mainstream US media. |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
29. A few days ago there were reports of Military defections sadly they did not come true |
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Torn_Scorned_Ignored (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
32. Unspeakable horror |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
34. this is so sad - I feel like humanity lost a little something today. |
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seafan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
35. BLOGGER: Pleading for contacts to PM Gordon Brown and Foreign Secretary to take action. |
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Patriot Abroad (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
36. Please take the Daily Mail with a grain of salt . . . |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
76. yabut.... |
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Patriot Abroad (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 03:38 AM Response to Reply #76 |
95. .. . . and that's why I'm happy to be in Ireland |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
37. A world of authoritarians and guns isn't a world worth living in. |
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The Blue Flower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
38. Perhaps pressure on the International Olympic Committee? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Good idea.. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #38 |
57. That's where the pressure WOULD work. |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:49 PM Response to Reply #38 |
59. That has already been suggested in SF |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
40. Cowards and thugs afraid of their own people |
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emlev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
42. LOOKING for VOLUNTEERS for a tiny thing that could help |
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BikeWriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Get 'er done! |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. Yup. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. Be glad to help though it doesn't compare to what the Burmese people have done. n/t |
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emlev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Of course not! Just may help get others here to begin taking action |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #42 |
86. I will recommend, and do my best to keep it kicked. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 06:16 AM Response to Reply #42 |
98. Yes, I will help keep the monks voice going. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
48. God Bless them ALL ! |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
53. It All Comes Down to Oil |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. that's right - the barbaric acts continue |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
60. sad, barbaric and horrific thing happening in Burma |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
64. Evolution stuck in a rut |
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roxnev (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
65. Bush hates brutal Dictators |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
69. This is a warning that is important for citizens to OWN WEAPONS nt |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. And then there are the schumer waxman nut jobs who want to disarm amerika |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
70. Burma blogging |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
71. This is sickening. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
72. It's the burning alive in crematoriums that really gets me: |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
73. LOVE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN BULLETS. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
74. This is horrible |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
75. Oh, Christ; I'd had hopes for a miracle this time. Damn. |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
80. I don't get it. |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Do you support an invasion of Burma? |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:31 PM Response to Reply #81 |
89. "Do you support an invasion of Burma?" |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #80 |
94. Stronger global sanctions might be called for. |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
84. No US invasion of Burma/Myanmar. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
87. Guess who else is a player in Burma? George Soros and National Endowment for Democracy! |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. thanks for the link |
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LaStrega (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-01-07 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
93. I think a boycott of the Olympics (or at least threatening such) is a great idea. |
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lynnertic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-02-07 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
99. The headline at link now reads |
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