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Bush_Eats_Beef Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-05 11:02 AM
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Pickles speaks: "In the U.S., people don't riot and kill other people"
Edited on Sun Jun-05-05 11:05 AM by Bush_Eats_Beef
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,158611,00.html

On her goodwill trip to the Middle East last month, first lady Laura Bush (search) said Newsweek should not be solely blamed for the deadly protests that followed its report.

"In the United States if there's a terrible report, people don't riot and kill other people," she said. "And you can't excuse what they did because of the mistake — you know, you can't blame it all on Newsweek."

"We've had terrible happenings that have really, really hurt our image of the United States," she said. "And people in the United States are sick about it."

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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-05 11:05 AM
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1. not sick enough to curb fascism and imperialism evidently....
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-05 11:06 AM
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2. It would be bad for their credit rating!
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geckosfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-05 11:07 AM
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3. No,, blame it on the rioting and murdering muslims too.
Just don't blame * and Rover.
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Bob3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-05 11:10 AM
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4. Well there was the riot after the Rodney King Verdict
And we've stormed into the streets more than once in our history - see draft riots, or Chicago or Kent state . So Pickles just shut the fuck up.
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Benhurst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-05 11:13 AM
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5. I guess we should cut her some slack. She's just an ignorant bitch. NT
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Syncronaut Seven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-05 11:14 AM
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6. Rodney King came immediately to mind.
Where was Pickles then? Probably being coached by Babs on how to maintain a beautiful mind, or something to that effect.
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Roland99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-05 11:29 AM
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11. And riots in Cincinnati, too.
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-05 11:16 AM
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7. Really? Where the fuck was she in April of 1992?
Edited on Sun Jun-05-05 11:17 AM by ET Awful
I seem to remember a rather large riot in Los Angeles.

How about August of 1965? Where was she then?

Hell, for that matter, the battle of Lexington and Concord was a fucking riot. Our nation was formed on a riot.

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LisaLynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-05 11:23 AM
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9. And I seem to remember some unpleasantness in Detroit ...
Hmmm.
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Webster Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-05 11:18 AM
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8. Yo Pickles!....Your hubby called his attacks on Muslims "A Crusade"
Its pretty much been all downhill from that point.

Newsweek?....Gimme a break, you fucking robot!
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-05-05 11:24 AM
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10. No, Laura, the sophisticates in the US only riot after their pro team
wins a national championship. We are really too philosophically deep to worry enough about little things like politics and religion to riot.
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