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Chipster (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:51 PM Original message |
Mexican Trucks Roll Across the United States |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Just one of the MANY reasons Kucinich would pull out of NAFTA. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. more loss of jobs--union jobs at that for the most part |
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VP505 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think this |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. This is so not good. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. Do they honk in spanish? If so, I may not hear em and get run over |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. All of their horns play "La Bamba"... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. You mean they are coming here and cannot even honk in English? we need an official honkey |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I thought that was what the "OOOGA" horn was for? |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. This is good for US Corps. Capitalism at it's finest. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. Why should I be upset about mexican truck drivers in the U.S. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. simple...i think we can sue a Canadian insurance carrier |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. delete |
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shaniqua6392 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Good point!!! |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
95. So why not extend the Union to these Mexican Drivers? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 05:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
87. both Canadian and Mexican truckers |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. As long as they meet U.S. safety, labor, environmental, liability, and compensation standards ... |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. They don't. |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. Safety. |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 05:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
89. Foreign drivers pose a serious safety risk. They don't live by our traffic laws. |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. This important thread just needs one more kick |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. Another of the increasingly rare opportunities for average Americans to make a living bites the dust |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. I used to live in California-many of those trucks are unsafe! Retread tires, you name it! |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. They tried, GoldenRule, |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
56. Thanks for the info-I've been computerless for awhile and am playing catch up. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:24 PM Response to Reply #56 |
81. You're Welcome! |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
83. exactly! |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #83 |
94. Check out the Long Beach freeway where all the trucks come & go from the port to pick up containers- |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. Remember to make money for his buddies |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. Remember to make money for his buddies |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. Living in Arizona, this scares me to death from a safety standpoint. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. Hey, Chipster! I'm so glad you're spreading the word. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. No matter how this gets dressed up, it still seems |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. No kidding. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Fuck that- this is about the loss of UNION jobs. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Again with the shifting goal posts. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. If the same applies to Canadian tucks, they SHOULD be protesting that too. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Canada has a much more unionized labor force. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Heh. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Holy crap! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. What ever it is... |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Stereotypes?!? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. No, you misunderstand. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. No, I understood you completely. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I answered your question before you rewrote it. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Wrong! |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Every evil in the world is blamed on racism by bornagain. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Thank you, Elwood! |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Trent Lott and other repukes threw out the racism claim during the NAFTA debate. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. You got that right. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:01 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Strom Thurmond? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Feel free to provide an answer to my original question. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:57 PM Response to Reply #48 |
77. Feel free to answer my question |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #77 |
98. Ask a relevant question. |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Some countries are more corrupt than others. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. That's true. |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #29 |
76. Do you think the drivers that accepted the loads before were all Teamsters? |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 05:46 AM Response to Reply #76 |
86. That is the wonderful thing about UNIONS, I doubt very much |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. Oh get the fuck out! It is not! NOT. Racism. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Amen, Lonestarnot! |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Oh, get a clue, yes it is! |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Right! |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. Yes |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #51 |
63. HELLO! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Read the OP. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. Please read this. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Hello! |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. It also included this. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #66 |
79. Did you read any part of the Teamster article? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:22 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. What does that have to do with |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:26 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Yes it is! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. I am not a fucking racist you ... you... silly person. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I didn't say you were racist! n/t |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. Alrightie then. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. Deleted message |
lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. I am not in favor of "rolling Mexican trucks across America," that are so fucked up they tear up the |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Yeah, yeah. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. A Nazi uniform. LOL A Nazi uniform. Just what in the fuck are you talking about? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. The anti-mexican rhetoric. OP and elsewhere. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Oh now I haven't said one word like that, so why are you after me with it? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I only asked you if you'd read the OP. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. LOL |
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MaraJade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #64 |
84. Nope, they won't. That's not the problem. The problem is |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. You shouldn't post facts. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 05:57 AM Response to Reply #85 |
88. what facts? |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Bornagin supports Bush's fight against racism. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Well now that's a particularly lame strawman. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Jobs are not the only fucking factor here, but are a little further down on my list. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
26. Take a look at this crock of ____- Liars!! |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
28. Bad Damn Idea. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. K&R. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
38. I think I'm hauling ass to the border this weekend! |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-06-07 09:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
78. Oh, but don't you know, lonestarnot- |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
90. Si Senor, 15 cents a mile, home every 3 weeks. Just doing the runs |
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Maggie_May (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
91. Reading certain posts this is not Rascism! |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 08:52 AM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Thank you , Maggie, |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
92. They won't be happy until we look like Mexico |
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coco77 (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
96. kick... |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
97. Part of the bush agenda (and I'm afraid his democratic allies as well) |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
99. I am so confused... |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-07-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. A more common sentiment here at DU seems to be: |
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