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ejbrush (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 06:34 PM Original message |
Would a National Shared Sacrifice end the war? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm gay and I should be exempt from any such program. |
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ejbrush (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. You've got a pretty good point there. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. I've wondered why rationing hasn't been on the table |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Gas rat, sea rat whateva. Who's going to implement it, and what about the energy cos bottom line? |
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ejbrush (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Obviously, it would be implemented by the Congress... |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-16-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
33. As I see it bushitler is running things, not congress. 700k people protesting in D.C. against the |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ok I'm sorry but I have to ask: |
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ejbrush (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Well, people might pay some damned attention to the war for once. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yeah its the same philosophy just a less brutal implementation |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. Uh... not everybody drives a Prius. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. doesn't take a Prius to average 25 mpg |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Yeah but not everyone can live on 5 gallons a week. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Understood. And that's why the poster mentioned exceptions |
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ejbrush (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Well, what would you suggest WE sacrifice? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Fake Sacrifice for a Fake War! |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. We sacrifice nothing. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. interesting question, definately. Rationing. One of the biggest problems with this war |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The reason we had gas rationing in WWII |
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ejbrush (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. The reason we had a draft in WWII |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Yes but you are just imposing pain on people |
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ejbrush (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Well, no great harm done, |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. no need to be rude about it. Yes, I understand why they rationed |
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ejbrush (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. I apoligize if I came across as a bit snippy. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:37 PM Original message |
Uh... Thanks for the apology, but you have no reason to apologize to me |
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ejbrush (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. Well, you know how the world looks through a computer screen. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I even doublechecked my post after reading yours to make sure I didn't acidentally tell you off |
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Mutineer (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. It didn't work during the Vietnam era. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. Let's give big oil a spanking, first. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. Absolutely |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Now THAT is a sacrifice I can get behind! |
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ejbrush (186 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. I don't think that will work. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Only female sacrifices have to be Virginians |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-15-07 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. No. Holding the lying mofos in our government accountable would end the war. |
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