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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:02 PM
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11% of Americans support escalating the war
Yet it looks like it may well happen.

When are we going to realize that voting isn't going to change anything? When does the revolution start?
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Kikosexy2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:05 PM
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1. Start the ...
draft...but I want to see the Bush and Cheney children up the frontlines...
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ktowntennesseedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:51 PM
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15. Draft those 11% and send them over to clean up the mess.
They can escalate to their heart's content, we'll be rid of a whole host of idiots... a big "win-win" in my book!

Oh, and while we're at it, bring home the ones stuck there now; with 11% of our population headin' over there so fired up and gung-ho for fightin', our current military would just get lost in the shuffle.
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:51 PM
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16. Cheney's Daughter Wouldn't Be Allowed to Serve Even if She Wanted To. She's Openly Gay
Edited on Tue Dec-26-06 07:01 PM by AndyTiedye
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
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Kikosexy2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 07:21 PM
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17. If the military...
is desperate and in dire need of bodies...Bull-Dyke Mary would have to go...and she can join dear Rosie O'Donnell on the frontlines...
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WHEN CRABS ROAR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:10 PM
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2. So are they experts,
The same thing we did in Vietnam, that worked out well didn't it.
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Lucky Luciano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:12 PM
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3. Sign 'em up!
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Heywood J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:13 PM
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4. And apparently
11% of Americans suffer from the horrors of rectal-cranial inversion. There are always idiots, assholes, and the truly unstable out there.

If it said that 11% of sane Americans supported it, I'd be more worried.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:19 PM
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6. The point is there are 89% who don't want to escalate the war,
and yet it's going to happen anyway. When did we lose all contact with our "Representatives"?
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Tom Joad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:13 PM
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5. I hope Harry Reid takes note. Don't be an idiot, Harry... say no to more troops!
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renie408 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:21 PM
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7. I need clarification...
Do you mean a 'villagers waving pitchforks' kind of revolution or an impeachment kind of revolution?

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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:31 PM
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8. impeachment type of revolution would require the Dems in DC
actually taking the initiative to stand up to Smirk. So that's extremely unlikely.
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renie408 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:39 PM
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10. And you think the 'pitchforks' kind of revolution is more likely? Or even desirable?
I dunno, if Bush keeps babbling on about escalating troop strength and 'surging', his own damn party might impeach him. My very Republican sister said this past weekend that if Bush even mentioned the word 'draft' out loud, he should be impeached. And she was barely lukewarm about the whole GOP. This is a woman who was so rabidly Republican last year that I almost had to leave our family Christmas gathering. This year it was a whole different story.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:45 PM
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12. "His own party may impeach him"
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Sure they will.

So your sister might get her panties in a twist if there's a draft - typical chickenhawk republican - "I don't care what happens as long as they don't come for me". As long as Smirky doesn't start a draft, all is OK.
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renie408 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:49 PM
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14. Yes. I have considered killing her, but I have yet to work out the details.
I wouldn't want to get caught, that would kind of negate the benefit of eliminating her.


I think we should just eliminate all the people who don't think precisely as we do. Or I do.

Ooops...I think that means you might have to go.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:37 PM
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9. 11% will act as though they were 100% by Choosing War Slavery, Social Abortion,
Death and Destruction = The Bread and Butter of Middle-Class Americans.

11% act like 100% by choosing Death for anyone but themselves in this Blessed Army for Hire by BushCo et al, and isn't it Nice and a sign of God's Love for Amerika that the War on Terror isn't happening here on our soil, thank Goodness. On to Iran! :sarcasm:
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:47 PM
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13. Well, if the 11% get their way, why
shouldn't they act like they're 100%?

:shrug:
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 08:16 PM
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18. ? + Definition of a Conservative
Why not? - Because it's not Real. The fact is that they are not 100%, only 11, the other 89% is not 0. It's there effecting things; how might that be benefited from = "profit". Definition of a Conservative: One who does not act as though 11% is 100% of anything.
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muntrv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 06:45 PM
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11. Well, let's herd them to the U.S. Army recruiters offices.
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ChiciB1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 08:21 PM
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19. I've Been Talking REVOLUTION For Over TWO YEARS NOW!!
This past election was a prelude as far as I'm concerned!!!! I have YET to get much support!
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BlueStater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-26-06 08:24 PM
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20. Impeach his ass
He's gone within the next six months. I'm keeping my fingers cross.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-27-06 02:41 AM
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