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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:22 PM Original message |
Venzuela tightens free expression |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. See? Chavez & *. do have something in common. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It is still far from being a crime to disrespect the president n/t |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Watch out for the 100% fan club. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. 100% fan club? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
80. yup..... 100% n/t |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
196. !00% Baby! (nt) |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:33 AM Response to Reply #1 |
59. Ahhh more demonization and character assassination of CHAVEZ! I just love |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 06:36 AM Response to Reply #59 |
69. Wtf is it with DU and Chavez? It's just bizarre. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:05 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Chavez rules he in no way drives me as crazy as Dictator 43 does. |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #69 |
83. People are conditioned to believing the headlines and not actually doing |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:10 PM Response to Reply #83 |
160. The Chavez attackers rarely level specific charges. |
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clitzpah queen (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:49 AM Response to Reply #69 |
90. That's assuming that all DU members are sincere DU members |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #90 |
93. That's my impression too. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #93 |
99. I've been here a hell of a lot longer then either of you and it's pathetic |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:23 AM Response to Reply #99 |
121. I'd love to see an informed, intelligent criticism of Chavez. |
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confludemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #93 |
120. Mine too. Infiltration city n/t |
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Tom Yossarian Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 05:38 PM Response to Reply #69 |
199. Because many are still swirling under the idea that anything "Commie" |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #59 |
78. ohhh yeah |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:39 AM Response to Reply #78 |
84. Never heard of them. Their site is murky and convoluted at best with no |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #84 |
88. well |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #88 |
94. It is. They're apparently based in brussels. But, like I said, after |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:57 AM Response to Reply #84 |
97. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Are "Murky" LOL |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:42 AM Response to Reply #97 |
130. They don't criticize corp activity because they get funding from corps. |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'll see your link... |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The point of the post... |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Chavez was elected by his people. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
50. I have a feeling that he is going to be hard to unelect |
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formernaderite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:23 AM Response to Reply #50 |
77. agreed....I had high hopes for him |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #77 |
89. You're disappointed that he gets reelected by greater margins? |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #50 |
190. The only "feelings" that count... |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. The HRW report totally mischaracterizes the law. |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 06:14 AM Response to Reply #27 |
66. HRW seems to be wrong on many things. n/t |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 06:15 AM Response to Reply #27 |
67. Thank you for the clarity Johnny |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
51. simply another Latin American dictator? He was elected. n/t |
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Pastiche423 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
56. Something I don't think I'll ever understand... |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
96. Why should a law passed by the Venezuelan legislature according to their |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
184. "simply another Latin American dictator" |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
104. Most DU'ers object to human rights abuse when propagated by the US |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:07 AM Response to Reply #104 |
107. that is not what Johnny said |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:19 AM Response to Reply #104 |
118. So, during the 90s all the police brutality cases, the servicemen |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:35 AM Response to Reply #118 |
126. That is an excellent point, and similar to the one I tried to make |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #126 |
137. I've been hearing from my Venezuelan friends and |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #104 |
125. Most people properly attribute them to the people responsible and have |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #104 |
185. I will object to human rights abuses by any government. |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 05:37 PM Response to Reply #185 |
198. Furthermore, the connection between Chavez and the alleged abuses is |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. *sigh* |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. again.. |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
52. So it must be the final word on the subject |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 06:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
65. Apparently the author, Greg Saunders, could use some time educating |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Thanks I am glad to know that. Bye |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. from that OP... |
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eggman67 (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Woo hoo. |
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Crazy Guggenheim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Hey eggman67. How ya doin'? |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. . |
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Crazy Guggenheim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. This is going to be interesting ....... |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. so whadda you want to do, invade him? |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I thought knee-jerk responses were the work of Freepers... |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. just stating a fact, Jack. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. At the same time... |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. who's calling him a saint? |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. How many posts.... |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. So now you're taking a tally? |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
53. That's pretty scarry |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #18 |
116. Many - for good reason. But NONE calling him a saint. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. link on This Modern World |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
46. Human Rights Watch - another slant and perspective |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:23 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. yeah total propaganda machine of the government |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 05:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
194. You really should read through that HRW Global Report for 2006 |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. The only difference between * and Chavez is how they deal w/the poor. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. i think i am with you. from what i gather it is a wait and see |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. Mischaracterization of the law. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. So if 90% of the media would be characterized as anti-Bush |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Dude, most of Chavez's right-wing critics.... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:16 AM Response to Reply #28 |
43. As much as I admire Human Right's Watch they have a "Thing" about |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #43 |
189. HRW has close ties to the neoliberal US foreign policy elite... |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. It's not just criticism. It's racist propaganda they were spreading. |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Man...it sounds kinda like... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. i read they protect tv for child program. that is in effect from 5am-11pm |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:53 AM Response to Reply #31 |
54. The more you post, |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:20 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Yeah.. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I've got a feeling |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:02 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Kinda like... |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:07 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. your "facts" are without context |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
38. If they provoked riots and engaged in a coup against the president |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 08:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
70. It's not just about being "anti", it's about spreading slanderous lies |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-05-06 11:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I posted the link to the Chavez debunking thread |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:53 AM Response to Reply #25 |
55. I even posted the relevant part of that post... |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
36. This happened nearly a year ago |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. though chavez does have his govt run station from tax payers money |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. It seems more like he's taking away their freedom |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:11 AM Response to Reply #37 |
111. Do you think the Fairness Doctrine was a restriction to freedom of press? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #111 |
124. wow this goes in circles to meet agenda |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #124 |
129. TAX PAYER MONEY???? OH THE HORROR SAY IT AIN'T SO. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #129 |
136. and al jezerAH |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:57 AM Response to Reply #136 |
142. The yelling was intended to convey the emotion. It was a joke (get it?). |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #142 |
147. i needed the information when i was researching hugo |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:45 PM Response to Reply #147 |
153. I didn't call you anti anything or r this or that. You didn't seem to have |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #147 |
187. Al Jazeera is a news service. |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #136 |
143. I wasn't agreeing and then calling it bullshit. I was clarifying your |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #143 |
148. and every country uses it differently. that is relevent |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #148 |
151. He doesn't have a station. It's a Latin American station. n/t |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:45 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. ahhhh. ok. n/t |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. Now channel 8 in Venezuela belongs to the government it always has. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:09 PM Response to Reply #154 |
159. look, you bull horned me with outrage from your first post |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #159 |
166. What are you talking about? You don't seem to |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #166 |
173. I don't even know if you're talking about Telesur or Canal 8 anymore. |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:52 PM Response to Reply #124 |
186. "He has totally shut down any objectionable voice to him." |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Here's some more information: |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:24 AM Response to Reply #40 |
48. This is an article put out by a group that supported the coup. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:24 AM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Interesting... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 06:20 AM Response to Reply #49 |
68. Great article. Thanks for posting the link. n/t |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
81. While you're at it why not post some Newsmax articles on Howard Dean? nt |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #81 |
86. I don't like Newsmax articles, but I will defend to the death their right |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:57 AM Response to Reply #86 |
98. Are you kidding me???? Every day the Venezuelan right wing |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #98 |
101. We don't post Newsmax bullshit here because we're a Democratic board. |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #101 |
102. What the hell are you talking about? n/t |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #102 |
105. I'm talking about Freedom of Speech. What're you talking about? NT |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:06 AM Response to Reply #105 |
106. The freedom of speech to daily criticize Mr Chavez and even lie |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #86 |
108. BTW I use Newsmax as a comparison to the source you posted. |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #36 |
109. Here's an article about a recent implementation of the law: |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
42. Please note that... |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
44. From what I understand 90% of the Press there is owned |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. by the same people who participated in the coup against him |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
58. I'm more worried about the tightening of free expression in America |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
60. Oh, but that's the Right Wing press, so it's okay, doncha know |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:51 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. And I suppose you would consider propaganda that caused violence ok |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:04 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. How often have I seen here |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:31 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Nobody is organizing coup attempts and violence here. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:38 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. The "right wing" is violent over here too. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #62 |
71. How often have you seen the MSM telling us we need a revolution? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
72. All you knee-jerk anti-Chavez types |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:17 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Lydia L, please tell me where I can get the DVD. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:23 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. Netflix apparently has it |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #72 |
79. Actually it's not. Netflix shows it in their site but you can't order it. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #72 |
82. lol |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #82 |
85. I'm not the one who keeps starting threads |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #85 |
87. well |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:52 AM Response to Reply #82 |
91. Why shouldn't progressives like Chavez? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #82 |
92. I don't "Idolize" Chavez--but why are so many trying to "demonize" him? |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:09 AM Response to Reply #92 |
110. maybe i should ask u |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #110 |
112. Defending against slander and RW propaganda is hardly |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #112 |
113. Well to be honest I did put a statue of him in my living room. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:18 AM Response to Reply #113 |
117. i'm going to get one of those Chavez action figures |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #117 |
119. I'm also hoping to get in the near future, |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #110 |
114. Godly? I'll put him in this status: goodly anti-neoliberal, anti-poverty |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #114 |
115. Dude, come on. I know you want that t-shirt. Stop pretending . n/t |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #115 |
122. When you said that you had a statue of him, I was so jealous because |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #122 |
123. Is it weird that as a married man I tattooed his face on my chest? |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:38 AM Response to Reply #123 |
128. Would it be weird if I named all my children "Hugo Chavez"? Even if they |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #128 |
132. LOL. Wait, I can't stop laughing..... No that's perfectly normal. Maybe |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Hugotta? |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:50 AM Response to Reply #134 |
139. OMG, that's one hideous name. LOL. N/T |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #114 |
138. i dunno |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #138 |
141. You don't know because YOU'RE UNINFORMED! |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:07 PM Response to Reply #141 |
146. why dont you inform me |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:50 PM Response to Reply #146 |
155. What corporation did he nationalize? There was a middle class |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #155 |
183. i c |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 05:26 PM Response to Reply #183 |
192. Those companies weren't nationalized. They are worker-owned in partnership |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 05:11 PM Response to Reply #146 |
191. Why do you have such firmly held uninformed opinions? |
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gordianot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-07-06 12:59 PM Response to Reply #138 |
205. Ding**Ding**Ding** Correct answer**we don't live there let's fix ours. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:35 AM Response to Reply #110 |
127. Gosh, "Idolatry" is the Topic of the Day! |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
75. Present tense is kinda misleading... |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
95. The Hugo lovers don't care |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #95 |
100. I'm going to post this for the 1000th time. I don't give a fuck |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #100 |
133. So what who cares if you have been following him since birth |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #133 |
140. Apparently you do. So next time put me on ignore or something. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:03 AM Response to Reply #95 |
103. yet again, no facts to support the assertions |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:47 AM Response to Reply #103 |
135. the facts from human watch don't tell you anything |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #135 |
175. It tells me they are concerned about political developments in Venezuela |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #95 |
145. Let's see here, how may journalists are in jail in Venezuela again? |
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PATRICK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
131. Scorched earth |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
144. so who supports this law?? |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:28 PM Response to Reply #144 |
149. Do you support libel and slander laws? |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:31 PM Response to Reply #149 |
150. do you believe the president should be immune to criticism?? |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #150 |
156. Let me ask you something.... |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #150 |
157. That was the case before this law was passed |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:01 PM Response to Reply #157 |
158. he strengthened them as well. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #158 |
161. They also haven't been subjected to a western/right-wing media |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #161 |
162. no, Chavez wrote his own Constitution |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #162 |
164. He didn't write the constitution |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:32 PM Response to Reply #164 |
167. yeah, if they don't rule the "right" way |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:59 PM Response to Reply #167 |
176. Depends on what is considered an "insult" |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #176 |
179. do they threaten flamers with prison time? |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #179 |
180. no, they flamers don't use public space to do so |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:29 PM Response to Reply #162 |
165. OK, that's it, stop the lies right now... |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #165 |
168. more than you I believe |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #168 |
169. OK, I'm going to assume you are lying on purpose... |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #169 |
172. you can write as large as you like |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #172 |
181. First, they can only be removed if a judicial oversight committee... |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 03:01 PM Response to Reply #172 |
188. What is the sound of one axe grinding? |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 05:35 PM Response to Reply #172 |
197. Spreading Lies |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #150 |
170. criticism is not the same as libel and slander |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #170 |
171. Hell, the media there was characterizing Chavez as mentally insane... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
163. Boy, some people believe everything the MSM tell them |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
174. Exposing Human Rights Watch and their motives for spreading misinformation |
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Fountain79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #174 |
204. So we only like human rights watch... |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
177. Oh no....Chavez wants to best the United States' ranking of 44th in world |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #177 |
182. at number 124, Venezuela has a long way to go |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
178. here is the insult law |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 05:27 PM Response to Reply #178 |
195. The legislature passed this law and the supreme court will review it |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 05:38 PM Response to Reply #195 |
200. I doubt it will be ruled unconstitutional |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #200 |
201. And your opinion is based on what? |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #201 |
202. I don't have an opinion, just fact |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #202 |
203. That's innuendo. |
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abex (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-06-06 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
193. senor chavez comes highly recommended |
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