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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:42 PM Original message |
What the fuck do I care about "spreading democracy?" |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. My thoughts exactly...... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's just an empty, meaningless phrase which has always been used... |
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Dave Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. The word "democracy" in the context of the Bush administration |
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mikelewis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. There's a difference between Democracy and Fascism... |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
32. Bravo, mikelewis! |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
5. Spreading democracy is a new policy for people like Rummy & Cheney. |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Umm, actually, that's Socialisim, not that there is anything wrong with th |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 02:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. No - democracy has been a liberal thing. Your politics in the USA |
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julianer (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. It's ecosocialism or barbarism |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-11-06 01:43 AM Response to Reply #24 |
41. Actually all the Western Nations have evolved into mixed market economies. |
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julianer (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-11-06 04:19 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Yes but capitalism is making the world uninhabitable |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-11-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Actually the only way to stop the population explosion is to open |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. Well, I do care about supporting liberal democratic governments. |
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ninkasi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-11-06 04:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
43. Yes, we have... |
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SeattleVet (708 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
8. Unfortunately, they're spreading democracy around so much |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 06:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Hey SeattleVet! |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Well put! |
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Stockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. short, succinct and to the point |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
12. When does it start spreading to the American people? (nt) |
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BlueManDude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
13. They moved the goalposts - now it's all about "Democracy" and Baby Noor |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 08:04 AM Response to Original message |
14. yeah, what you said |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
15. I care very deeply about spreading democracy.... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 08:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. The result of democracy is peace? WTF? Nazi Germany was a democracy |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 10:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. the third reich was not a democracy n/t |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. I said Nazi Germany was a democracy. Is that wrong? |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. democracy died with the fall of the Weimar Republic |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Hitlers democratically elected Nazi government did all that |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 04:05 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Point taken - he subverted a democratic republic |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 09:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Hey, let's start with Florida & Ohio! |
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Stockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Don´t forget |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
16. Ceausescu's Romania had "Democratic" in its very title - later changed |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
18. They are spreading FREEDOM, not DEMOCRACY |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. Swish!! |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
22. So much for "We Are the World" n/t |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
23. When the US power elite use the phrase "spreading democracy" |
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julianer (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Haiti being an excellent |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
27. they act as if you can buy a jar of it off the shelf, like peanut butter |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
28. and the Iraqis are well on their way to a theocracy |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
33. Most people actually do like Democracy.... |
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Jemmons (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I live in a real democracy |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 04:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. glad democracy is working somewhere |
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Jemmons (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Thank you. |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 05:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. interesting , I think our wave of democracy is drowning us |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
39. I have a standing offer of $1000 |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-11-06 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
42. is that straight from the fridge? n/t |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-11-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
46. Diebold machines would burn out |
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KyuzoGator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-11-06 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
47. I'm not exactly sure what makes us such an expert on the subject. |
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