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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:20 PM
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Obama's mobilized help for Haiti THREE DAYS FASTER THAN Bush did for New Orleans?
Must give credit where it's due : THAT's change I can believe in.
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StarfarerBill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:22 PM
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1. Big K and big R
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:22 PM
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2. Nobody could have anticipated... oh wait. Nevermind. n/t
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flamingdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:23 PM
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3. Obama is doing an excellent job, Big Dawg too nt
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:24 PM
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4. Dude, enough with the typos! I'm sure you meant three...
YEARS faster!


:evilgrin:
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laughingliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:25 PM
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5. Yep!
:applause:
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Cessna Invesco Palin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:25 PM
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6. Of course, he's only doing it because his korporate masters told him to!!11!1
They want to get their hands on Haiti's precious, precious reserves of... dirt.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:30 PM
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10. lol
;)
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:26 PM
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7. No guitar lessons
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Xenotime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 09:49 PM
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24. I forgot about the guitar lessons!!
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Libertas1776 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:27 PM
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8. In fairness,
our response to the Tsunami disaster was swift and similar to the one being afforded to Haiti. We're pretty efficient when it comes to handling aid overseas. That's probably one of the few things an empire is good at. However, while it focuses much of its attention elsewhere, it leaves little attention to its own homeland i.e. NOLA. I enthusiastically applaud 100% this administration's actions and response time, but I think I'll reserve a NOLA comparison until another natural disaster, god forbid, hits us here at home.
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MiniMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 07:51 PM
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20. Bush didn't come out and speak on the tsunami until at least 4 days later
I remember there was no verbal response at all from Bush, and Clinton finally came out and said something. The RW thugs gave him hell for speaking before Bush did.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:27 PM
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9. And this has been co-ordinated by several departments
No Brownie here.
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Schema Thing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:31 PM
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11. but, but, but he didn't have to deal with the Pussy Como esta Act of 1878!
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:32 PM
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12. What did you think he was going to do?
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:34 PM
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13. The grown ups are back in charge
Edited on Wed Jan-13-10 06:48 PM by Botany
U.S. President Barack Obama said there would be a "swift, coordinated and aggressive" U.S. response.
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Qutzupalotl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:36 PM
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14. I'm waiting for the wingers to say
he only cares about black people.
x(
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csziggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 09:46 PM
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22. Didn't Limbaugh already say that? n/t
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 10:06 PM
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25. Yep Limbaugh already said it today.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:37 PM
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15. k&r
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happy_liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:41 PM
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16. Katrina survivors are still waiting for help
It's not too late for Obama to help Katrina victims either.
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 06:55 PM
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17. So what are you prepared to give yourself to make it happen?
Edited on Wed Jan-13-10 06:56 PM by stray cat
it requires tax dollars which is your money anyway. Donate....
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liberalmuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 07:37 PM
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18. He IS helping them.
But you already know that. Being a disingenuous asshole is bad for your soul.
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pitohui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 07:38 PM
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19. yeah well bush just wanted us to STFU and drown ourselves
3 days faster? try 3 weeks fucking faster

at least bush sr feels guilt for what he did in andrew and has tried to make up for it, what is bush jr doing to help out? probably fucking nothing just like always
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C_Lawyer09 Donating Member (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 09:44 PM
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21. Quick Reminder
Just wanted to weigh in right quick, and remind many that have been solely focused on Afghanistan and Iraq, that: Just like during Katrina, but on a larger level, forces are being mobilized ASAP, to go help in Haiti. It is and has been rarely acknowledged, the many and various roles our service members play, regardless of the two concurrent wars. This fact serves to underscore our recruiting efforts, for those that constantly contend that we just send service members into a grinder, and that there are scores of missions ongoing that have much more at stake than the constant refrain, "resource superiority, oil pipelines" etc. This is only one of many visible humanitarian events that take place on a constant basis.
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Xenotime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 09:47 PM
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23. Agreed. Obama FTW!
Bush didn't do shit for those who suffered through the tsunami either.
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blues90 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-13-10 11:19 PM
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26. If people feel they have to use GW 's failure to prop up Obama
Then right there what you are really saying is trash is just a little bit better than landfill. Hope you can believe in , please stop it.
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