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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:01 PM Original message |
President Carter: Many Children Were Tortured Under Bush |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. OF COURSE THEY WERE, GODDAMNIT!!! |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
31. and our current president just wants to "move on", don't look to the past, blah, blah. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #31 |
76. Yes, we did that with the Iran/arms for hostages scandal... |
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D-Lee (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Yes, the "news media" now gives a platform and exposure to liars |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
54. I think the media is also packed with those criminals. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R back later -- |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. A former US President |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. They ignored him for all the Bush years |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Come on guys. "Operation Mockingbird" remember. CIA operatioin to control the media |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. They got where they are by being in the pocket of corporatists so they expose what they are allowed |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Unless the few that aren't there yet make it impossible to ignore and report anyway. |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. These millionaire media darlings won't chance their careers by instigating news but |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. but they will fofllow along if others break the story first.Gibson,Williams-jerks |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. This is so vile that the cover up will be hard to break through.Obama must bring accountability |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. If we are ever to confront our hypocrisy of justice for all. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. You realize we have a message feature, right below the subject line! |
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Capt. America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 10:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
53. The media pays attention when it is former VP Darth Cheney. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
64. Exactly. Maybe the same way Cronkite ended each show ith a "It's day XXX of the |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
71. Beyond the powers that be problem |
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AzDar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. K & R |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. Here is a thread from 2004 on the women of Abu Graib |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. War crimes from an evil American administration must be confronted not ignored |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. Shameful |
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bjobotts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Horrorifying, contemptable, sadistic and evil.We never agreed to this. |
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dgibby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. That's an order I'd have had no difficulty refusing when I was active duty. |
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Swagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 02:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
42. good for you. It's also called having honor ! |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. "He who does not punish evil commands it to be done" |
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Time for change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. Let it ALL come out! |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. Before the photos surfaced from Abu Ghraib |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. god help us |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. K&R |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
14. And No Senator has called for a Grand Jury! |
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felinetta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Those SOB's stole the election and killed people while making money off of war. |
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crickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. I hope Jimmy keeps talking about this until it can no longer be ignored. |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. Thank you Jimmy Carter... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. Obama wants to look forward, not back???? |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:22 AM Response to Reply #27 |
45. He's keeping his council. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:43 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Excuses for not following the law does not absolve crimes of omission. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
72. He is a centrist. |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. It's a crime to prosecute someone for political reasons. It's a crime NOT to |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Ding! Ding! Ding! WE HAVE A WINNER! |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
32. kick and recommended for the truth !!!! And for Jimmy Carter - God Bless President Carter, the |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. Jimmy Carter is right about a lot |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-18-09 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
34. So that's what they meant by family values... |
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mojowork_n (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
35. It's awful to have to bring it up, but a few of those |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. I don't see the relevance of that comparison. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:47 AM Response to Reply #35 |
50. You obviously have never been a political prisoner! |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
36. Silly Jimmy |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
37. K&R for President Carter! |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:18 AM Response to Original message |
38. K&R |
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Swagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
40. oh this is just awful . I can't bear to hear of children being hurt. These monsters |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
41. Oh no! Let's look the other way. No reason anyone should know more about this now. It's over. |
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wuvuj (874 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
43. Those darned Americans.... |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:51 AM Response to Original message |
44. WELL! At least ONE president cares to address the mass rape & torture - the other ones are a joke |
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rucognizant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:27 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Please................ |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:53 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. It is pathetic that people are making excuses for Obama's failures. |
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sasquuatch55 (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
58. I pray your right. |
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LiberalLovinLug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
59. It begs the question where is Bill Clinton? |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #59 |
70. that is a wonderful point... wonder why we've heard so little from him besides the supposed |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
47. KNR! |
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jeanmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
52. Does anyone wonder why these stories have no 'bite'? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
66. Americans are loathe to think ill of our "men and women in harm's way." Think "My Lai", and how |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
55. K&R for Jimmy Carter--the best conscience this nation has. |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
56. why don't they investigate? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
57. should show anyone who claims to be religious, of how evil Bush is |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
60. Carter didn't care much about torture when he was in office... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. The subject here, in case you missed it, is torture BY OUR AMERICAN SOLDIERS. OUR government. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. So it is less horrible when it's being 'outsourced'? |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
61. And whats even worse, are the current enablers. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
62. Perhaps "the Media" |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
63. "Taguba Saw 'Video of Male Soldier Sodomizing Female Detainee'" by Jason Leopold (5-29-09 Truthout) |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
67. as chuck todd says, this torture stuff is just 'cable catnip'..... |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
69. Goddamn pedophiles. nt |
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73. bttt |
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