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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 02:59 PM Original message |
State Dept.:Alive or dead-No Free Evacuations For Americans |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Now there's compassionate conservatism all over the place. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Attack of the Compassionate Conservatives! Remember when |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. our gov't NEVER gave free evacuations to usa citizens |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Guess the ignorants like myself are not aware of such worldly things. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. do you travel much out of country? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. I've never changed a trip because of the State Department |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. never changed a trip either |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. well, before travelling to a country |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I'm pretty sure the medical students in Grenada did not pay ... -n/t |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. that was a different situation |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:27 PM Original message |
CNN just reported that this is from a bill Bush* signed in 2003 |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. dupe |
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benddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. That only applies to tourists |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. and the embassy doesn't charge employees |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. excatly! I don't know where people get the idea that if something |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. i don't know either |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Are you saying that when our army heroically swept into Grenada |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. well, let's see |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. exactly right |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. it's not even mandatory to evacuate |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. So Reagan charged those students he "rescued" in Grenada? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 09:35 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. the Grenada incident was a different story |
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C_U_L8R (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. War profiteering |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. Get real |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. We'll evacuate you for a FEE??? |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. No, it's the beauty of free enterprise and capitalism....didn't you get |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Lucky me |
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The Deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. As said elsewhere |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. Why would anyone from this country think they'd treated as |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. you think the French pay for citizens to be evaced? |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 11:00 AM Response to Reply #20 |
37. I sure do. And now even third world BushAmerica has been |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. you would, of course |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Getting the people to safety is what counts, not a free trip home. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 10:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. but this has been US government policy |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 07:47 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. The White House attempted to justify its charging for evacuations |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I can base it on personal experience, if you'd like |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. It's strange then that the White House, always so quick to |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. Ownership society. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I guess that explains Katrina, too. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. Absolutely despicable.... |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
25. I would think that signing a promisary note to pay airfare to Cyprus |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. yeah really |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
29. How is that less government thing working out |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. there are no nonkerry voters here |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-18-06 03:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Oh come on |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
41. I'd love to know what previous administrations have done |
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