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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 08:26 AM
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If they can get away with kicking a downed woman what's next?
If a right-wing thug can kick a woman who is already down on the ground in full view of television reporters without massive repercussions then you can bet your butt they can, and will, stomp your brains out anywhere else in the country when the cameras aren't running and get away with it. Every outrage dulls us to outrage.

Think of this as a public service announcement.
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Lost4words Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 08:29 AM
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1. detention & re-education camps
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T Wolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 08:30 AM
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2. The practically-total blackout of this story by the corporate media is obscene.
Unless this assault is permanently hung around the neck of the GOP, the attacks will become more frequent and more violent.

Unfortunately, I do not expect anything will be done.

Smart money says the cretins are not punished in any way.
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 08:40 AM
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6. Are you talking about the blackout of the trend of right wing violence
or just the head stomping incident? If it's the former, I agree, but the latter has been all over the news.

It's awful that this had to happen, but Moveon, and more specifically, Lauren, have done us a great service. As they say, a picture's worth a thousand words, and this video of a defenseless woman being curb stomped seems to have the MSM connecting the dots for the first time.

Of course, Ed,Keith, and Rachel are leading on this, but it is being discussed in other venues. Looks like this might just wake up the rest of the MSM that this is not an isolated incident.
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 08:31 AM
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3. They've already gotten away with murder.
What's a little head stomping to these thugs?

:grr: :grr: :grr:
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Bitwit1234 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 08:36 AM
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4. And you can bet that the FBI is slow going after them
WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO BLOW UP THAT HOUSE IN VIRGINIA. There has been absolutely nothing in the news. But then it happened in Virginia and it seems like you can do anything you want to Democrats there and the governor and AG won't prosecute.
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 08:42 AM
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7. What house in Va?
How did I miss that?
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TheBigotBasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 08:45 AM
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9. I missed that as well.
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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 09:07 AM
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11. Cutting the gas line on the grill of a relative of a (D) Congress member.
Didn't end up harming anyone, but it's the thought that counts, right?
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dgibby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 09:18 AM
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12. Thanks!
I did know about that, but had forgotten. It was the house of the brother of a Dem, iirc.
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 08:39 AM
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5. I thought one of them was going to be...
...arrested?

What happened with that?

There is videotape evidence! A lack of arrest would be bizarre!
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mcollins Donating Member (506 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 09:22 AM
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13. They are in the process of pressing assault charges.
They didn't kick her, one man stomped on her shoulder and neck.
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 06:57 PM
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19. Her head bounced off of the concrete and she was
diagnosed with a concussion.

He still committed a crime and I hope he gets some years for it.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 08:42 AM
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8. Foreclosing on and kicking you out of your house when you never even had a mortgage?
Oh wait- that's yesterday's news.

How about being arrested for wearing the wrong T-shirt?

Or having F-15's scrambled and facing 20 years in prison for writing a note about Gilligan's Island on a flight to Hawaii.
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lib_wit_it Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 08:45 AM
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10. And they call liberals thugs. They get away with this shite because Dem fail to be sufficiently
publicly, consistently outraged at every single egregious act these F%$kers commit.

Dems really suck at playing politics and are repeatedly punished for it. When will they ever learn?
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Poboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 09:31 AM
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14. One has to decide whether they are simply wimps -or worse TAKING A DIVE. -nt
We all know Americans like 'strength'. Strength of convictions, no matter what those are, carry weight.
This is the simple truth.Democrats are weak, and will not 'fight' for what they supposidly believe.

Its repulsive and very pathetic.
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CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 09:41 AM
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15. An old favorite from Mr. Fish:


Harry Ried is the one with glasses.

And yes, it is pathetic.
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area51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 09:46 AM
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16. The answer to your question of what's next, is
fascism.

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Winterblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 09:47 AM
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17. What comes around goes around...
Not all of us are 115 lb women without any self defense..
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-29-10 09:53 AM
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18. Recommended
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