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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:48 AM Original message |
Suppose The United Nations gave away our Land to some people |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well said! n/t |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 06:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
57. Suppose the most barbaric people on earth traveled across the ocean |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 06:46 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Suppose we sailed across the ocean |
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sgxnk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #57 |
94. the vikings? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #94 |
104. nah, the 1986 Bears were way more barbaric. |
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sgxnk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:25 PM Response to Reply #104 |
111. saturday night live |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 12:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
97. Suppose we honor the treaties we signed |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
115. For Native peoples everewhere that was the case |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #115 |
120. What about the native Jews in Palestine? |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:43 PM Response to Reply #120 |
123. No, you're right about that |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. The only solution is a Palestinian State....and the UN gave them one. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 10:30 PM Response to Reply #120 |
312. And the native Christians |
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cushla_machree (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:05 PM Response to Reply #115 |
218. Unfortunately Israel is colonizing in modern times |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 08:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
194. my thoughts exactly |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
262. so you believe |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 07:30 AM Response to Reply #262 |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yep. They were screwed big time |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 06:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
52. The Germans were screwed big time, too |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #52 |
63. no, the way the germans were treated by the treaty of Versailles |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. As Vo Nguyen Giap told MacNamara.. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
4. So, you admit that the destruction of Israel as a nation is the real goal. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:00 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. So, you are once again mistaken |
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adriennui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
38. why not complain about jordan being given away |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
98. Please explain n/t |
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adriennui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #98 |
101. trans jordan (aka palestine) |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #101 |
134. Far From The Actual Case, Ma'am |
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adriennui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 07:23 PM Response to Reply #134 |
186. thank you for the information. |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:52 AM Response to Reply #38 |
234. The Hashemite Family is originally from Mecca. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
89. I quote from the OP: |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #89 |
96. And |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #96 |
107. So, you spell out what it is you think is reasonable. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #107 |
185. Your assumptions are ridiculous |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #185 |
192. Thanks for the post, very informative....and now we all know the rest of |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:29 PM Response to Reply #192 |
212. Right. The part that isn't true. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #212 |
221. What part isn't true? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 02:45 AM Response to Reply #221 |
242. What part isn't true? Lets see. I'll use your own limited BBC source: |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 02:56 AM Response to Reply #242 |
244. Therefore, the initial problem was rejection of the deal by the Arabs |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #244 |
267. Nobody "lost" their homes |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:29 PM Response to Reply #185 |
211. "Ask yourself why those Jews faced eviction during those years." |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:18 PM Response to Reply #211 |
220. How about |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 02:22 AM Response to Reply #220 |
236. Cartoons clearly demonstrate the state of mind in the countries at |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:57 PM Response to Reply #211 |
226. I think if you check with more recent Israeli historians such as |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 02:30 AM Response to Reply #226 |
237. Dr. Morris may be an "ardent zionist", but I'm not. |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #237 |
255. I might recommend listening to a very informative and very civil |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:02 PM Response to Reply #255 |
277. Thank you for a wonderful source: It explains things in a very clear way |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:47 PM Response to Reply #277 |
298. here are 2 links to 2 organization you might find interesting: |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #298 |
306. Thank you, both are on my icon screen for later reading.... :o) |
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MrPrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #96 |
256. Right said... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 05:20 PM Response to Reply #256 |
296. I can go with that: Bushies Failure Rate is Spectacular...... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #89 |
126. Israel as a nation should exist, but not on Palestinian land. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:41 PM Response to Reply #126 |
144. Me. Isreal should exist ...where is another question. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #126 |
151. Angela Merkel, Germany, & the EU |
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Lurking Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #126 |
162. So uprooting |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #162 |
164. And uprooting the Germans, |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:46 PM Response to Reply #126 |
170. And how would you react to a proposal to move all the Palestinians out |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:41 PM Response to Reply #170 |
223. And move them where? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 07:42 PM Response to Reply #89 |
189. Maybe it shouldn't. Maybe it was all a big mistake that didn't work. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:54 PM Response to Reply #189 |
216. Maybe those of us who aren't Christians will need somewhere to go |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 06:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
48. Israel only existed has a nation |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
174. "Palestine" has NEVER existed as a nation. nt |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #48 |
269. They were given a state too; they rejected it |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 09:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
65. I believe it is for some. but you need to look at why they want it |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #65 |
90. As Tom Friedman put it, Hamas & Nasrallah (of Hezbollah) have replaced |
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anewdeal (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 08:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
204. A Palestinian country probably couldn't survive. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. well, Native Americans lived here for longer than 230 years |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
6. Are you just as prepared to return America to its original settlers? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. The difference is Our native Indians are somewhat comfortable |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:06 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. are you being serious with that type of response ? |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:07 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Maybe you should let Native Americans determine what is "comfortable" |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:12 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I did say SOMEWHAT...meaning some are comfy and some are not |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:14 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Look up AIM |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:02 AM Response to Reply #23 |
31. 23% live in poverty almost double the National Average. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:16 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. So if the native Americans start "planting roadside bombs...etc" |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Just suppose the Natives plant enough bombs to spread Fear and Death |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:50 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. With global warming and the potential ecological catastrophe |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:04 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Where is the WAR on IGNORANCE??? I wanna KNOW. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
128. Where is the WAR on GREED? I wanna know! (n/t) |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #128 |
175. Not in the Republican Party...dats fer sure |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 05:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. How Are The Native Americans Going To Amass That Kind Of Power? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 05:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
40. Hmmm |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Comfortable is a fat casino and bingo parlor hemmoraging cash. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 05:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
47. Please. n/t |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 06:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
50. Our Native Americans aren't the least bit comfortable |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:26 AM Response to Reply #50 |
76. 23% in Poverty, very high compared to 12% National Average |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 08:22 AM Response to Reply #13 |
62. Weren't thousands massacred over the years? |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #62 |
81. millions, actually |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 09:59 AM Response to Reply #81 |
257. Yes, but the initial population reduction |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
69. ????????!!!!!!!!! |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
84. Yeah, mom was real comfortable being locked in a basement with rats |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
88. You're sounding like Barb Bush talking about Katrina survivors |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:40 PM Original message |
That's because they are all dead |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
199. "somewhat comfortable"? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:28 AM Response to Reply #199 |
229. True, all too many live in poverty, according to stats 23% |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
106. I am. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
158. Native SOUTH AFRICANS were restored the right to vote, citizenship. |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 05:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
249. A definitive yes... |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 05:33 AM Response to Reply #249 |
250. Let's look at things in perspective... |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #250 |
258. Presumably the Europeans should have marched |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
7. You should lay your blame at the feet of the British Empire as well then |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
131. In fact, certain israeli luminaries (like Menachem Begin) were |
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unschooler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
8. The British took Palestine away from the Palestinians before the |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
129. Turks had control before that |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #129 |
139. And Romans before that. |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:52 PM Response to Reply #139 |
215. "Palestine" was first used by the Romans |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 02:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
241. Had to be the RedCoats....Damn |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. If the UN gave some US land to Native Americans, I'd willingly accept |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Many Tribes have land and some have casinos as well.... |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:06 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. most Native Americans are living in poverty |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Stats reveal an appalling percentage.23%...77% are making it to the bank. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 06:30 AM Response to Reply #34 |
51. You actually are quite clueless about the plight of the majority of Native |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #51 |
77. Apparently, what you see in the areas mentioned are part of the 23% |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 06:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
56. Funding for EVERYONE'S needs are being cut by Bu$hCo |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. They do not have *all* their land |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
86. my 2005 per cap check from casinos was about $60 last year |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #86 |
198. Some do fare better |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
154. ...but closer to home, Native Hawaiians still have no recognition |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:37 AM Response to Reply #154 |
232. To be honest: many on the beaches(homeless) and parks are there because of |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #232 |
310. True dat -- but these days we're seeing *families* out there |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 05:09 AM Response to Reply #9 |
41. So Would I As Long As It Wasn't My Home |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
103. It depends. Nobody is legally within their right to cleanse the land |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 06:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
55. Um...our govt. DID give Native Americans land |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:18 AM Response to Reply #55 |
74. That is what I see as the difference |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
105. With due respect, many of those resevations were bum deals to begin with |
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AllNamesHaveBeenUsed (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 09:05 AM Response to Reply #9 |
66. Why not give 'em back Manhattan? |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 09:08 PM Response to Reply #66 |
207. That was bought fair and square by the Dutch n/t |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
11. Suppose a country bombed us, killed our citizens, stole all our resources |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Yup, we would e PISSED as HELL..many of us would fight to the death |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. Ottoman Empire 1299-1923 |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
133. I actually favor the Assyrians myself. (Yossarian, in Catch 22, is |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #133 |
157. Whatever happened |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:56 PM Response to Reply #157 |
217. My Assyrian friend from college assures me |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #133 |
181. What about the Canaanites? n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:53 AM Response to Reply #181 |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:28 AM Response to Reply #235 |
274. I believe this is the first time on DU |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #274 |
280. Please read WHEN GOD WAS A WOMAN Merlin Stone |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
16. It all started 50,000 years ago |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. How Odd we can land a man on the moon, build bridges across |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:17 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Conflict is something that just happens |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 06:40 AM Response to Reply #22 |
251. and no wonder |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:22 PM Response to Reply #251 |
282. and where the hell are your solutions other than whine? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
28. The Circumstances Were Somewhat Unique, Sir |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I think if you check with Benni Morris, Avi Shlaim, Shlomo Ben-Ami |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:24 AM Response to Reply #32 |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #32 |
67. That Forceful Dispossession, Sir, Occured |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:10 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Sir, I salute you, Thanks for the POST, very informative |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 09:57 AM Response to Reply #35 |
68. Much Appreciated, Sir |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 07:29 AM Response to Reply #28 |
60. One point - you say "Most Arabs in the Jewish Zone never did depart" |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:10 AM Response to Reply #60 |
71. Checking Figures, Ma'am |
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ninkasi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
29. Ophi, I see through your words... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:19 AM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Mahalo nui loa dear Ninkasi....thank you...we Peace lovers are dreamers |
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silverojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 06:51 AM Response to Reply #29 |
59. You THINK it worked.... |
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ninkasi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #59 |
93. What makes you think I yelled at them? |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 05:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
182. Yeah, me too. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
39. Whatever. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #39 |
82. good post, Cali. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:21 AM Response to Reply #82 |
87. Thanks, Jonny |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
146. True...but, 60 years is NOT a long time in historical terms |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 05:21 AM Response to Original message |
43. If only that was how the creation of Israel happened. |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #43 |
70. Profound and informative |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #70 |
99. . |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 05:25 AM Response to Original message |
44. If We Were Honest With Ourselves |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 05:30 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Small correction...lest you get gobbled up by the anti-Israeli crowd... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 05:41 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. It Would Be Genocide |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 06:33 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. What the heck??? What a nasty, personal attack |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 07:50 AM Response to Reply #54 |
61. The OP is not "anti-Israeli government" |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #61 |
79. Sir, I did not post an "anti right to exist". I just said the Land should |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #79 |
102. And how is that going to happen? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 02:36 AM Response to Reply #102 |
239. Too bad ... as there will be no Peace in the Land of Milk and Honey |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #239 |
286. What's too bad? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #286 |
305. Too Bad meant that if things go on without solution...horrible shit will |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:54 PM Response to Reply #305 |
311. Pffft |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 12:08 AM Response to Reply #311 |
313. Please open your mind to other Realms/Perspectives |
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voter x (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #79 |
117. no, that IS the issue |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 02:40 AM Response to Reply #117 |
240. Are you saying the Jews move here..to..maybe Wyoming? Texas? |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #79 |
135. I vote for Germany (eom) |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
53. The "Long Knives" and "Native Americans" did things to each |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:53 AM Response to Reply #53 |
80. Yup, war brings out the worst in Humanity, here, there, everywhere |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
64. and THAT is the elephant in the living room that people don't |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #64 |
169. Oh, I'm glad to hear people bring it up. It's like "Pro-Lifers" who want |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
72. Israel doesn't exist because of the Holocaust, nor because of the Bible |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:26 AM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Yes |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:31 AM Response to Reply #72 |
78. Exactly |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #72 |
155. Right. nt |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #72 |
289. Not completely true |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
73. Ha ha ha! Someone please explain to me |
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MadAsHellNewYorker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
83. haha, thanks for the comedy routine |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
85. Here, here! Oh, and while we're at it, let's go back 5,000 years all over |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
91. Who said? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
92. And people wonder why Israel has nukes. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #92 |
100. It's clear why |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #100 |
109. So, you're saying there were NO rocket attacks from Gaza before the beach |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #109 |
184. Do show |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 08:32 PM Response to Reply #184 |
202. Do show |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 09:13 PM Response to Reply #202 |
208. Burden of proof |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 09:58 PM Response to Reply #208 |
209. Hah? You're putting words in my mouth. Enjoy. |
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manic expression (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:06 PM Response to Reply #209 |
219. Not at all |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 02:53 AM Response to Reply #219 |
243. To say that Hamas followed a "ceasefire" but rockets still were being shot |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #92 |
148. What's odd |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:42 PM Response to Reply #148 |
167. Yeah, that's the gist of my experience, too. |
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Lurking Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #148 |
168. I feel the same way. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
95. I don't know |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
108. Technically, it was British Land |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #108 |
110. Here's an idea: The Romans kicked the Jews out 2,000 years ago... |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. The people that make this argument don't know their history |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #112 |
116. Whatever happened to the Jewish homeland |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #112 |
141. Agree. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #112 |
166. My thing about the Vatican was a joke. |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
113. So simple... |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #113 |
118. Simple to destroy a country? |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #118 |
203. They meant "final", not "simple." nt |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
114. Well it wasn't the UN but I am sure Native Americans |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #114 |
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Superman Returns (804 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
119. OUTRAGED! |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #119 |
130. WHO the hell said Isreal should be destroyed?All I said is the Land should |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #130 |
163. So...how does Israel "give back" the land and still exist |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #163 |
171. People every where either own land/homes or they rent/pitch a tent |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #171 |
173. Rent a nation! |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 05:06 PM Response to Reply #173 |
179. Like a Jew would ever rent |
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BeTheChange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:40 AM Response to Reply #171 |
233. Rent a nation? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #163 |
195. From another poster: Isreal was formed along side with Palestine |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 09:14 AM Response to Reply #195 |
254. You have no idea what happened in 1947, do you? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #254 |
265. Yes, many Palestinians left for one reason or another. Mostly to git |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
121. Palestinians did NOT own the place from the "git go." |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
122. Also the whole Middle East has been carved up |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. How does Israel help us get oil? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #124 |
132. Peace will only come if Humanity gets off its collective asses |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #132 |
138. Thank you, Wavy Gravy |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. Just suppose Isreal was given land with mega tons of oil...that would give |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. And are there tons of oil reserves in Israel? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #142 |
147. No OIL? Of all the darn places to land on....no OIL....Damn. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #147 |
149. Well, withdrawing from |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #149 |
161. They withdrew from Lebanon too |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #161 |
183. Right. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
136. While I agree that the way this was done.. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #136 |
143. Sometimes before the Healing comes the Lancing of the wound... |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #143 |
145. Lancing Israel? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #145 |
150. LOL, it is unpleasant...in case ya didn't know, Lancing was an option to |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:57 PM Response to Reply #150 |
152. metaphor for what? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #152 |
153. The pain of WAR and the GAIN of PEACE |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #153 |
160. So killing 7 million Israelis is your plan for peace |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #160 |
187. And who said anything about killing 7 million Jews? Stop it. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 05:16 PM Response to Reply #150 |
180. You |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 07:33 PM Response to Reply #180 |
188. Hate Speech??? Hardly... its an Option....for PEACE...TRY to make it work |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 08:56 PM Response to Reply #143 |
205. Lancing a wound!? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #205 |
307. Its old metaphor///take the pain for the gain of healing... |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
137. Palestine wasn't destroyed in 1947. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #137 |
156. more maps.. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:26 PM Response to Reply #156 |
159. Cool |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #159 |
165. Here's a fantastic map site to bookmark |
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Superman Returns (804 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
172. question |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:51 PM Response to Reply #172 |
176. I think the OP answered that in the OP. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #172 |
177. Apparantly they can rent a new nation |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:59 PM Response to Reply #177 |
178. Last Nation I rented had a stain in the carpet that was shaped like Cyprus |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 07:47 PM Response to Reply #172 |
190. Yes, the Nation of Isreal should exist. That said, as to where they would |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #190 |
191. Umm... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 08:08 PM Response to Reply #191 |
193. As the cause of the mess, the UN should be part of the solution. |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 08:15 PM Response to Reply #193 |
196. Can you elaborate? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 08:19 PM Response to Reply #196 |
197. I realize its not one Nation...but suppose the UN comes out with |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #197 |
200. I still don't understand |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:16 AM Response to Reply #200 |
227. In my mind if the UN makes a decision affecting a member Nation |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 02:56 AM Response to Reply #227 |
245. You open a can of worms with that |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #245 |
281. I wasn't arguing the point, just decribing it...but, you are right. |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:30 AM Response to Reply #200 |
231. Then you should acknowledge the validity of the UN |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:29 AM Response to Reply #191 |
230. Are you deliberately overlooking the UN resolutions |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 02:59 AM Response to Reply #230 |
246. Sure |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 03:22 AM Response to Reply #246 |
247. What? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #190 |
206. Deleted message |
Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:10 PM Response to Reply #206 |
210. As a goofy pseudo-mystical hippie who supports Israel's right to exist |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:41 PM Response to Reply #210 |
213. Your posts don't read |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:50 PM Response to Reply #213 |
214. Whoa, now that I'd like to see. |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
201. Maybe we can start by returning the SW USA to Mexico |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:23 PM Response to Reply #201 |
222. Why not? |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:51 PM Response to Reply #222 |
225. That was hilarious |
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Freedom_Aflaim (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
224. for 50 years? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #224 |
297. We are hoping to avoid the N War...if we go there, it will/may spread to |
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Celica Toyota (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
228. The Orthodox Jews agree with the Palestinians |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 02:31 AM Response to Reply #228 |
238. Deleted message |
cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 05:11 AM Response to Reply #238 |
248. What??? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #248 |
260. ITS IN THE history books. I said pressure, NOT Forced |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #260 |
268. You |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #268 |
283. Not once did I say the Jews should move out....I also support the 2 state |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 08:27 AM Response to Reply #238 |
253. The JEWS did it? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 10:31 AM Response to Reply #253 |
261. The old maps I saw their name on it...where Israel is now...and |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #261 |
266. You don't know history |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #266 |
290. The map I saw had the term Palestine on it. I suppose it was wrong |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 03:58 PM Response to Reply #266 |
291. Excuse me |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #291 |
309. sending wine and caviar....steaks too |
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DemFromMem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
252. Ah, a very productive post |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 10:52 AM Response to Reply #252 |
264. Its all in the history book.and why am I harder line than the Palestinians |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:17 AM Response to Reply #264 |
271. You honestly started a thread on this without knowing what happend in 47? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 12:52 PM Response to Reply #271 |
276. LOL, I thought I knew...but as it turns out, I am Ignorant too..I got it |
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DemFromMem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #264 |
275. OK |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #275 |
279. Absolutely correct...all too many want WAR...for various reasons |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #279 |
284. Who are "Them Palestinans" you are referring to? |
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DemFromMem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #284 |
285. And judging from the ferocious comments about Israel at DU, |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #284 |
288. The Palestinians I refer to is the amount needed for a Solution/Peace |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
259. Many relocations were authorized in the immediate post-war |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:23 AM Response to Reply #259 |
272. Thank you...good info post...sending beer and chips/w ribs. |
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YankmeCrankme (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 04:31 PM Response to Reply #259 |
294. Just a few points |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
263. palestinians |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:16 AM Response to Reply #263 |
270. Deleted message |
sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #270 |
273. no |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #273 |
278. Yes, I am of Open Mind too. and Yes, the Palestinians should have |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #278 |
287. I like the direction... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #287 |
292. Aloha, and thanks for your input |
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ManWroteTheBible (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
293. as seen on another progressive site... |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-21-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #293 |
295. Sacred Sand? I can see that..... |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 07:42 AM Response to Reply #295 |
300. its not sacred sand...to the israelis... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #300 |
303. Deleted message |
Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
301. shouldn't Israel be on confiscated German land? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #301 |
304. That would be poetic justice...but I don't think so. They wish to be nx to |
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demobrit (279 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
302. British Minister condemns Israeli action |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:29 AM Response to Reply #302 |
308. To Calm the angry sea..both Bush and Blair should be yelling |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 01:44 AM Response to Original message |
314. Locking |
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