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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:15 AM Original message |
Poll question: Are You For or Against the Dubai Port World Deal? |
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Twist_U_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. I voted for it |
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LearnedHand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:24 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. ROTFL |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. How did it feel? n/t |
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Crazy Guggenheim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. I am so against this! It's all about national security. For one thing |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:46 AM Original message |
ME TOO! |
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DemInDistress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
4. a no brainer...course not unless you want a nuke to slip past |
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kayice (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Yes, it was on network tv last week. nt |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. There's no American company that can handle managing a major port? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. need another option |
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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. No other option, |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. well that's a familiar refrain |
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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Thanks, I meant it to be. |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. The U.K. is a member of NATO. |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. That's a particularly feeble excuse... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 10:04 AM Response to Reply #38 |
99. Why? Are you suggesting there is NO difference between any nations? |
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misternormal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. I am against it... |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
54. and their bunkers |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
9. Is W dumb or is Congress??? |
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Crazy Guggenheim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Welcome to DU. |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. Thanks for the welcome |
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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:20 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. That's what the Bush Bots trying to sell this garbage are saying |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:26 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. And it could be argued |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:42 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. the idea this is about race is absolutely ridiculous |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:49 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. That's pretty funny |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:52 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. comparing UAE to Australia is RIDICULOUS |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:57 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Great point |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:35 AM Response to Reply #43 |
57. there is nothing to argue about |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:53 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Another convincing argument |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 04:36 AM Response to Reply #62 |
82. read |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 05:10 AM Response to Reply #82 |
87. I read it |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 05:33 AM Response to Reply #87 |
90. well, you are wrong |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 05:42 AM Response to Reply #90 |
93. You haven't said anything |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 05:49 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. just them recognizing the Taliban as legitimate is enough for me |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 03:25 AM Response to Reply #40 |
73. Dead giveaway. |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 03:40 AM Response to Reply #73 |
77. Another great argument |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 05:13 AM Response to Reply #77 |
89. Another bullshit deflection. |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 05:40 AM Response to Reply #89 |
91. And you deflect back |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 06:02 AM Response to Reply #91 |
96. The Repukes control all three branches of government plus the media. |
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Twist_U_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 09:58 AM Response to Reply #91 |
97. How the Hell ??? |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:30 AM Response to Reply #35 |
56. ok |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 03:07 AM Response to Reply #23 |
68. You're so uneducated. Think about... |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 03:34 AM Response to Reply #68 |
76. Ah, I'm Uneducated! |
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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 04:46 AM Response to Reply #76 |
84. I wouldn't say you're uneducated |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 05:06 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. ??? |
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Twist_U_Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #86 |
98. Theres a mistake right there |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 04:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
83. You're right, too little info. Besides, the UAE didn't attack us. PNAC was |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
105. Racial profiling???? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. nice first post |
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norml (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Has nothing to do with racial profiling. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. It has everything to do with THREE THINGS |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Ok |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:39 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Would we let the CHINESE government run our ports? |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:56 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. They broke off ties right after 911 |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:13 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. It took them two weeks to make the break after the attack |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Most of what you said.., |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:46 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Maybe that's all you know, in which case you need to do some research |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:06 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Dictatorship? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:26 AM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Are you nuts? YOU need to do some reading |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:29 AM Response to Reply #45 |
55. You edited your post to eliminate your assertion that they were a |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 03:12 AM Response to Reply #55 |
69. A true dictatorship |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 03:25 AM Response to Reply #69 |
74. I used to live in that end of the world, for longer than I wanted to |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. You are right, but that company CAN'T control the actions of its employees |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:31 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. I don't know much about port operations |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
39. Welcome to DU, now please educate yourself.... |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Just because I'm new.. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:39 AM Response to Reply #46 |
58. You might benefit from a full reading of the forum rules |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:52 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Democrats who can't commit? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 03:02 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. No, this isn't a debate club--there is a wide spectrum of opinion within |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 03:06 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I lean left |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 03:14 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. You haven't leaned left at all in your arguments |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 03:49 AM Response to Reply #70 |
78. You have me pegged wrong |
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stickdog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 03:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
72. The argument against this is that we have NO BUSINESS |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 03:51 AM Response to Reply #72 |
79. We're not outsourcing our security |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. NO, NO, NO!!!!!!!!! |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Americans like those |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
14. Strongly Against, Sir |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Why are you glad it's happening? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:54 AM Response to Reply #37 |
63. As A Matter Of Practical Politics, Ma'am |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 05:56 AM Response to Reply #63 |
95. I'd prefer to see this happening without the bigotry it carries... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #95 |
103. I think you have assumed an anti-Arab bias, rather than an |
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Justin54B20L (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
18. Ok, a "state" owned business in a politically unstable region? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Excellent point--I'm sure the Chinese government would do a bang up job |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
19. Against, because their first loyalty would not be to this country |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
21. How about "Don't care"? I've been involved in... |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:00 AM Response to Reply #21 |
44. Check out this list of transshipment milestones.... |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:15 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Great Info |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:48 AM Response to Reply #44 |
59. Nonsense! It looks bad only if... |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:58 AM Response to Reply #59 |
65. I'm sure there is plenty of smuggling and laundering that goes on... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 03:16 AM Response to Reply #65 |
71. I agree with you completely--Tony Soprano lifting a container of mopeds |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 03:53 AM Response to Reply #71 |
80. Thirty Day Backout Period? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 04:21 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. After they took the decision to let the sale go through, there was a |
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noblecooley (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 05:01 AM Response to Reply #81 |
85. Thirty Days |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 05:11 AM Response to Reply #85 |
88. No, I explained it, and noted a possible out,but if you need a cite, here |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
48. There is Certainly a Lot of Hysteria About This |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
33. I voted for it because..... |
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BlueCollar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
50. undecided |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
51. Once upon a time I was very in favor of doobies and port wine. |
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enigmatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
52. against |
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f-bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
60. Done...Pretty lopsided vote I'd say! |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
64. Ultimately it's a bad deal. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
75. Against it |
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PBass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 05:41 AM Response to Reply #75 |
92. Can't think of a reason to be for it. |
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iconoclastNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
100. This issue is a political A-BOMB for the president. |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:43 PM Response to Reply #100 |
106. nah...his "base" are people who will somehow make money off of this |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
101. I'm against privatization of the ports. Whether we're talking our land, |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. I heard DHL is owned by Saudi Arabia |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-22-06 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
104. *Shrug* One corporation is just like any other. |
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