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stop the bleeding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 08:46 PM
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If the Georgetown students can do what is needed then why can't the DEMS
take William Pitt's advice on walking out on the SOTU speech and making their own speech.

Don't give the argument that politicians have more to lose because I ain't buying it, if these kids can see what we all have to lose including politicians then why can't our leaders see this and get some backbone?
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redwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 08:48 PM
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1. Youth is fearless.
Those students were awesome, just saw the photo of it a few minutes ago. Maybe they will inspire the more timid older politicians. We can hope.
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kerrygoddess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 08:49 PM
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2. Like this -
Tap This: Law Students Dissent as Gonzales Defends Domestic Spying
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales met with some dissent at a Georgetown Law School Forum today, when he gave a speech defending the Bush administration’s domestic spying program. Gonzales tried to sell the law students on the notion that “some critics and news reports have misled Americans about the breadth of the National Security Agency’s surveillance.” But, the Georgetown U law students weren’t buying it…

One student had this message for Alberto Gonzales:



MORE - http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1730
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feelthebreeze Donating Member (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-24-06 09:13 PM
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3. I love the smell of America waking up in the morning, It smells like...
Edited on Tue Jan-24-06 09:13 PM by feelthebreeze
victory.
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stop the bleeding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-25-06 11:20 AM
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4. I love that line n/t
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