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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:29 PM Original message |
US actors, intellectuals protest Obama 'crimes' |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. They never really loved him! |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. I hope you are being ironic. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Completely. |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. absolutely....n/t |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
53. America is wrong on fundamental human rights issues |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 04:50 AM Response to Reply #53 |
87. How could George W Bush's CIA |
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phasma ex machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #87 |
202. Perhaps it's a typo and she left out the H. |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. The ones who really love him |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 09:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
111. love ya Bluebear |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. "In some respects this is worse than Bush" |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Is this a "Godwin Lite" for introducing comparisons to Bush? nt |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. And in what respects is it not worse than Bush? |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
63. You lack perspective. |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:18 AM Response to Reply #63 |
71. But it is Obama who continues the renditions policy,,, |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 03:18 AM Response to Reply #71 |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 04:31 AM Response to Reply #80 |
85. We need to pack it in and leave |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 04:53 AM Response to Reply #85 |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 05:30 AM Response to Reply #88 |
91. To respond in kind I would have to attack you personally, but I don't need to do that - I have |
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unabelladonna (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:33 PM Response to Reply #91 |
142. i agree with you 99%.... |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #142 |
164. Damn, I'll take "I'll think about it" |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 07:19 PM Response to Reply #164 |
203. K&R! |
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Fruittree (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 04:54 AM Response to Reply #80 |
89. Thank you - I agree |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 05:34 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. Yes, it is a mess either way, but our occupation grows the mess. War doesn't build a country. |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:05 AM Response to Reply #80 |
99. We are not responsible for the world or the vagaries of the |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #80 |
113. Thanks for condescending to lay it out for me. +10 pts for playing the 'you hate brown people!' card |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #113 |
191. be as sickened as you like, your position still leads to the same place |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #80 |
128. I think this is the safety approach that should of been thought about before the surge...... |
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Patchuli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #80 |
130. We were promised that we would pack it in |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #80 |
134. Isn't it just mindblowing how opening Pandora's box works? |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #80 |
135. Wow this is completely worthless. n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #80 |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #80 |
150. The only idea I have |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 02:32 PM Response to Reply #80 |
163. We can't change them no matter how long we stay. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #80 |
182. They know its the truth ... |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #71 |
190. While he draws out troops in Iraq, continues with closing gitmo, |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:03 AM Response to Reply #63 |
98. I'm not talking about my perspective, I'm asking about the article's perspective |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:16 AM Response to Reply #98 |
103. When Bush invaded Iraq, there was ostensibly a valid reason |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:50 AM Response to Reply #103 |
106. That's my beef with Pelosi & Reid since 2006 |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #106 |
151. 2006... |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #151 |
183. I guess now that,, |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #183 |
200. Aren't you cute? |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #103 |
115. with all due respect, you're only half right. |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #115 |
122. US policy may be controlled by the MIC but the average citizen |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #122 |
127. so let's be clear... |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #127 |
132. Yes. The generic ones who now KNOW about continuing |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #103 |
136. Maybe Obama now knows something we don't? |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:40 PM Response to Reply #136 |
153. the same thing was said about bush.. |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. well they don't like it then let them vote for someone else /nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. yes, yes. Obama is worse than bush. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. In some respects. If the Bush administration announced that it had the right |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 03:25 AM Response to Reply #43 |
81. If the Bush administration announced... |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #81 |
169. Surely you're not implying that making an announcement mitigates the |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #169 |
189. Nope |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 07:05 AM Response to Reply #43 |
96. Exactly. |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #96 |
120. YOU Are NOT Alone "muffin1" Because I've Been Doing The Same Thing |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #120 |
156. Thank you for your support, ChiciB1. |
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tango-tee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #156 |
158. There are more of us than you may think, dear muffin. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #158 |
160. Hi tango-tee |
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tango-tee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #160 |
162. Same here! |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #96 |
161. Yeah I sometimes get the deje vous Bush rage from time to time |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
94. +1 |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, but wait! It proves how Democrats are so much more honest and discriminating |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. The lockstep approach was a common criticism of repubs within Bush/Cheney era |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Idiocy was also a common criticism of Repubs within the Bush/Cheney era. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. So, everyone who disagrees w/you, you're calling an "idiot?" |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. No, anyone who believes the administration is allowing war crimes. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. well, duh, of course he's "allowing" war crimes--do you see him prosecuting anyone? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Why didn't this group take out an ad demanding prosecution of the Bush administration? |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. LOL, I'm guessing they did. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. No, they really didn't |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #26 |
65. What's there to prosecute? What's there to prosecute???? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. And the purpose of "creating a spectacle" would be...what? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #44 |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. No, because you actually just tried to sell us the idea that no one |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. "tried to sell us the idea that no one cared about these things" I did no such thing. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 03:34 PM Response to Reply #57 |
170. Let me get this straight. Your argument is that they have no credibility because they didn't |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:14 AM Response to Reply #170 |
193. +1 |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
48. give me a fucking break |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:48 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. "people HAVE BEEN SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THIS since Obama was elected" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:52 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Deleted sub-thread |
Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. Finally trotted all the way around the bend. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I'm sorry, |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:43 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Not even clever. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:21 AM Response to Reply #60 |
73. What an accurate and well put analysis! Thank you JP! Well done. |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:48 AM Response to Reply #60 |
79. + 10,000! dead on !!! you nailed it!! eom |
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icee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:29 AM Response to Reply #60 |
104. That was very good, Jake. This happens all the time here. I |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #59 |
66. so glad you like it! |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:26 AM Response to Reply #59 |
76. Kooks ? |
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tango-tee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #56 |
159. Abandon hope, ye who enter into correspondence with that one. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 04:43 PM Response to Reply #159 |
177. Always conjectured |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:16 AM Response to Reply #50 |
68. Apparently, you take distortions seriously. Otherwise, you wouldn't |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:19 AM Response to Reply #50 |
72. they aren't distortions |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #50 |
171. Who gives a fuck? WHat good would putting out an ad during the BUSH administration do when |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #50 |
201. Some were speaking out before he was elected, or nominated |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. but for those just tuning in... |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 09:19 AM Response to Reply #21 |
110. Is the administration prosecuting war criminals? |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
197. Um...they did...numerous times... |
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Mr Rabble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
67. Many of them did exactly that. Further... |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #67 |
143. exactly! thank you! |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:47 AM Response to Reply #19 |
78. Bagram AFB, |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
144. Because they thought their votes for Obama would do it. |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. Drone attacks, torture, murder of US citizens without trial... |
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TheWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
204. Ahhhh, The Direct Deposit went through. |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
155. now it's considered to be a virtue |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 07:55 AM Response to Reply #5 |
207. Cindy Sheehan is not a Democrat |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. Hard to dispute the facts in this case. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. where do I sign? |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. me too. And I'd like it to include crimes against nature. nt |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. Right here |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 06:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. thanks |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 04:48 AM Response to Reply #32 |
86. +1 He did say "make me" |
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sce56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
119. Here is a picture to go with that poster I saw it on BradBlog |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #119 |
129. "If the President does it, that means it is not illegal." |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #129 |
131. they should probably |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
165. Thank you very much. That really needs its own OP. |
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murdoch (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. Obama has Honduran blood on his hands |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
9. Are they referring to Chomsky as a 'liberal' intellectual? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. Anyone to the left of Pat Buchanan is a liberal to these people. lol |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:33 AM Response to Reply #41 |
77. +1 |
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ChadwickHenryWard (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
109. Well, he's certainly closer to the left than the right. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. "Crimes are crimes no matter who deoes them." Right on! K&R |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. worse than bu$h*? these fuckers are taking LSD |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. I don't think Bush claimed the right to murder US citizens without trial. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. No you are not... and |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. Obama still doesn't "get it" about assassination, war crimes, torture |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. This is childish. Anyone, who thinks structurally about the American political |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 03:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
83. I have to agree with you on this. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:08 AM Response to Reply #83 |
102. The Supreme Court would not preside over war crimes trials |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #102 |
133. What court do you think would hear this case? |
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pundaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 04:54 AM Original message |
We no longer have 10 years to wait for the change we need. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
208. Bingo |
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oxymoron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 08:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
205. +100 |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. "Crimes are crimes, no matter who does them," |
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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
27. Every politician should be held accountable regardless of party. K&R |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
33. siding w/ Bush DOJ re: Mr. Arar takes the cake |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #33 |
74. keeping the DOJ full of career bush staybehinds |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
34. Well this is clearly misguided..nt |
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Bold Lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
35. Many people here questioned why President Obama did not investigate Bush's crimes. |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
37. Gee, one of the signatories is Obama's pal. Bill Ayers! and Ed Asner! |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
40. I'm so fucking sick of the Leftbaggers |
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saracat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:23 AM Response to Reply #40 |
75. Put up those umbrellas! The acid rain is gonna fall! |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:52 AM Response to Reply #75 |
107. With complete support from the site owner!!! |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #40 |
123. I AM Among Like-Minded Friends At Times!!! I So Agree With You From One |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
181. LOL's...That's the next label that will be put on Progressive Democrats... |
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robinblue (385 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
45. K and R. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. I saw this ad today. it's very effective |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
49. knr |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
58. Bunch of artists and intellectuals. Must all be commies, you think? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
61. kick |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
62. Good for them |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #62 |
118. "Obama has been our own Tony Blair" |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:54 PM Response to Reply #118 |
157. I voted for him (reluctantly because I already saw a certain Blairishness in him) |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #157 |
196. Blairishness is an apt term |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
64. They had better watch out for the drones. |
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Senator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
69. When You Get Behind the Wheel of the Torture Getaway Car... |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
70. I don't know why they were surprised. It was clear from his campaign website that he was pro-war.` |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 03:29 AM Response to Original message |
82. Liberal intellectual? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #82 |
149. No, it simply means an intellectually curious human being whose politics are left of center |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 03:59 AM Response to Original message |
84. If we don't call out Obama on this stuff - the same stuff we WOULD have called out Bush on |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
90. Anwar al-Awlaki is still alive |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #90 |
121. It's actually international law. Under the UN Convention against torture, |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #121 |
141. The whole 9/11 Commission Report is illegal. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #141 |
172. Never occured to me but you've got a point there.. Oh, brother.n/t |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #121 |
174. Obama is no more bound by "International law" than I am |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #174 |
175. The United States is a signor to the convention. Not that our word |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #174 |
194. We do have a statute against War Crimes: |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #194 |
195. "if death results to the victim" Like I said, al-Awlaki is alive |
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Usrename (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:22 PM Response to Reply #195 |
198. Hundreds died in US custody, at least 25 were murdered. |
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Autonomy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #198 |
199. Law enforcement often issues shoot to kill orders |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 05:45 AM Response to Original message |
93. Kick ! |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
95. K&R n/t |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
97. They hate us for our freedoms. n/t |
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ChiciB1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #97 |
124. Fight Them OVER There... So We Don't Have To Fight Them Here!! |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
100. That headline is a bit--exaggerated? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #100 |
209. How so? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
101. What took so long . . . really amazing that we pretty much ignore all of this here . . . |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:56 AM Response to Reply #101 |
108. DU Taboos ... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #108 |
185. There's been some push back...but most of us hoped Obama would turn back to us.. |
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placton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
105. These criticisms have the advantage of |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
112. GOOD! I care less whether one is a D or R or I... crimes are crimes |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
114. Okay Anwar al-Awlaki, turn yourself in |
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Flaneur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #114 |
140. So...you haven't actually tried this guy yet, but you're ready to sentence him to death. |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #140 |
187. We don't try people on the battlefield |
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scentopine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
116. Obama - release the torture photos and videos just like you promised... |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 10:23 AM Response to Reply #116 |
117. +1000000000 |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #116 |
125. righteous |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #116 |
179. So many Promises......so much obfuscation and delay..."Look Forward"..."Not Backward!" |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-17-10 06:28 AM Response to Reply #116 |
206. +1 |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
126. Torture is wrong. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #126 |
188. And it's so shocking that anyone would say otherwise . . . and how easy |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
137. There's an even 100. n/t |
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ejbr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
138. Bump |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
139. + even more |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
146. Our leaders are hateful and stupid when it comes to ethics, logic, and passion, but brilliant when |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. but first, we have to learn to stand as one collective american, no more factions. no more parties. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
148. Love James Cromwell |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
152. Those things were wrong when Bush did them; they're still wrong when Obama does them. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
154. "Crimes are crimes, no matter who does them," |
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Mosaic (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
166. I'm with Chomsky on this |
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skyounkin (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
167. I'm not famous |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
168. Glad to hear that some famous people have the balls to step up and speak out! |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
173. If Obama is worse than Bush, what now? |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
176. This can only improve the president's standing. Middle America, and |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #176 |
180. True...THEY KNOW NOTHING...but they give a Hell of a LOT OF MONEY to Dem Party! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #180 |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
178. I'm so Glad to SEE THIS! Some of these same Stalwarts protested against Bush! |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #178 |
186. +brazillion. nt |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-16-10 05:33 AM Response to Reply #178 |
192. I totally agree. |
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