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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:01 PM Original message |
Is the US dragging its feet on evacuations? |
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thepurpose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Don't forget the only ones that can protects us are the ones not saving |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I don't know -maybe they were the medical cases |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. If the US wan't so hated all over the world, evacuation might be easier. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. Recommended with a sigh. Why are YOU doing journalists' work? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 09:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. kick |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
51. kick-Cafferty apparently has a poll on this quesiton today. |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. OMIGAWD...yes, YES.... |
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GrantDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
4. It is hard to believe --->>> |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. Stalling is what they are up to, keep it going as long as possible. nt |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Elections coming up, eh? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Nah, this is show biz, military style. |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. LOL...yep |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. If Americans are killed, who will take the heat? |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Hiz'bullah, Hamas, Syria, and Iran, of course. |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. The ferry chartered by the French can take 1,600 at a time |
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thepurpose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. How many the French got there? Do you know? |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Est. 20K -It's in the article |
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thepurpose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Thanks. |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. If you needed an excuse to do some more shocking and |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. Hey, the Shah left WEEKS before the American population in Iran |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Other governments are managing it. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. They are, and so are we--it's one hell of a difference when your |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:47 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Good! We helped Brits and others way back when. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. Of course! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. I wonder how much the cruise line will be charging. |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 09:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. No problem, they're passing on the costs |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 09:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. You heard right. Here's a link- |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 09:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. "beyond U.S. resources." |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Cooper is covering the evac on CNN now |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Go France! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Well, it's "beyond U.S. resources" if the person's merely some ordinary |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 02:52 AM Response to Reply #30 |
44. Maybe we could end the war in Iraq a day or two earlier than they have |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #27 |
45. The assistance is not, nor has it EVER been, FREE |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Excuse me? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Why yes, I have, EXTENSIVELY, and I've also been involved in NEOs |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 02:00 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I've travelled, too, and I'm not sure everyone has the money. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. We're just going to have to disagree on this one |
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Retrograde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 08:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. I kinda agree to a point |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. I like that idea. It's fair and not too hard to make happen. |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 09:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. They will be charged "commercial rates", according to the State Dept |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. I wonder what the State Department's travel brokerage fees will be. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. Not to worry, The SS Lusitania is almost there....n/t |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. According to AP, "Arab-American" orgs are criticizing "slow start" |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. It almost makes one wonder whether they WANT Americans to be killed in |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. Nic Robertson interviewed an American woman who got on the French ferry |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
34. The Italians sent a ship, the French sent the PM. PIX---> |
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fumell (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
37. How many need evacuating? |
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KeepItReal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
39. Keep it simple folks! They are just figurin out who gets paid for the evac |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
40. Exactly what I was thinking. Katrina redux because once again, |
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The Count (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
41. Not NOLA. 911. Looking for a casus belli. Setting up for disaster. |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-17-06 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
42. Canada's recognizing nothing. US is doing better in that regard. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
43. Thanks for this, Rose. nt |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
46. I heard one of the mothers yesterday on NPR. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
52. yep |
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lies and propaganda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
53. i just hope the ship doesnt get attacked. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
55. has anyone mentioned it is israel bombing them? |
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