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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:04 PM Original message |
For those commenting on Chavez, please read this document: |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I didn't even comment on Bush |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Your link did. |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Then why is Chavez allowing all these demonstrations? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
29. Oh, yeah...he "allowed" them all right--did you see the violence, are are you being deliberately |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Nothing terribly violent about those |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. You're just refusing to see the obvious. I can't help you if your |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. This attitude slays me. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #10 |
56. Allowing? |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. there is a lot of intentional misinformation on Chavez here-- frankly sinc Bush criticizes him |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. Latin Pulse had a great panel on this issue today. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Oh please. What a load of horseshit. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. We will see shortly, won't we? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. What part of SUSPENDING ELECTIONS don't you understand? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. And let's look away from Mexico and Chile where journalists |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. but what does this have to do with Chile or Mexico? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Thanks for the reality check. Journalists is Mexico and Chile |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. So Venezuela |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. No, I didn't say that. I said people are disappearing and getting dead |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Well can we table urgency |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:03 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. No. If we're talking freedom of the press in Latin America it doesn't dissolve |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. ok |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Nice try. I was putting perspective in and you choose to ignore it. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I asked you 4 different ways |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. There you go again. Stay the fuck on TOPIC. We aren't talking about MEXICO, or CHILE |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. I am telling you what a panel of experts said today |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #53 |
61. The thread topic is not Mexico, nor Chile, it is VZ. You are getting a reputation and it isn't a |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #61 |
66. You're getting a reputation as well |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. All I am doing is posting facts. I actually back up my assertions with links. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #61 |
86. Bingo. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #49 |
83. Answers |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Du'ers have known about Datanalysis, one of your sources, for a long time. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
50. Oh for chrissake. Four days of protests, tens of thousands of people in the street, |
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dave_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. He's been elected three times in 8 years |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
51. So why is he RULING BY DECREE now, if he's so fucking popular? |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
101. Ruling by decree... |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
91. What don't you understand about democracy don't you understand? |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. He suspended elections? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
47. He is ruling BY DECREE. There is a measure before the legislature to |
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yodermon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 09:48 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Thanks for the links. |
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Laughing Mirror (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
71. What elections did he suspend again? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
75. What election did he suspend? -nt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
67. Your teacher is an uninformed IDIOT. That coup try happened FIVE YEARS AGO. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. Regardless |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Well, that's what all of his Latin American neighbors are saying. |
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Jim Warren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thanks for that |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. Kudos for posting this, |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. OK, I read it |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. Ok, Done. Fuck Chavez. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. You said it for me. Just saw somebody from this Global Exchange group |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I would love to have a grown-up discussion on this topic |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 04:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
87. Chin up! |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
97. I've given up. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. You sure are saying "fuck so-and-so" a lot today. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
84. Please DO continue insulting people here. I want you to. Honest. -nt |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
27. If Fox news were ever taken off the air by the government, as strange as it sounds... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
34. Chavez doesn't need to be defended. And RCTV deserves no support whatsoever. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Here's my question |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:27 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. You shouldn't allow a coup-supporting station to run, and you shouldn't turn it into a... |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. so |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. No, it's not the only possible outcome. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Yeah |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I have grown more weary about consolidation of power in Venezuela. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Thank you Selatius |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 10:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
59. Some links; |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 08:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. You're not alone |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 11:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. I had other things to do today so I lost track of this thread |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #54 |
72. Jeez, when even the reds and anarchists are having trouble, that's somethin'! |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #45 |
88. Good post! |
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Tyrone Slothrop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
69. My "feelings" are based on actually going to Caracas a couple weeks ago |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 05:07 AM Response to Reply #69 |
82. I have a friend who's here on a visa and wanting to stay in country. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #69 |
89. Have you considered writing a short travel diary and posting it? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #69 |
100. My Venezuelan friends say the same. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. That "coup support" happened in 2002. He's shutting them down in a Falwellian move. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. "They're too poor to afford TVs. They remember what happened in 2002" |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 09:53 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. "COULD THAT HAPPEN IN VENEZUELA?" |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:24 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Yeah. but he now rules by decree. He could decree that they need |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:29 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. No, he can not just decree that. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. He can propose the law change, and have the assembly, which is 100 percent Chavistas, OK it. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 01:50 AM Response to Reply #64 |
78. The National Assembly is 100% "Chavista" because the opposition |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 04:45 AM Response to Reply #78 |
80. When, without any oppostion, could he propose it, have it rubber stamped, and then have a packed |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
98. If the power is vested in the people, why do we only hear about Chavez? |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-29-07 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
40. Why for all its footnoting that Chavez love letter is just so much bullshit. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #40 |
65. It really gives you a surprising insight into how democratic some of our Democratic brethren are, or |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #65 |
76. Stuff the innuendo. -nt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 01:39 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. It wasn't innuendo. It was a plainspoken expression of my viewpoint. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 02:37 AM Response to Reply #65 |
79. Bravo! |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #65 |
90. Bravo! Bravo! |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
70. kick |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
73. thank you for that |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #73 |
92. I read it. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Excellent book |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Totalitarianism comes from both left and right. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Right, we should not waste our time criticizing Chavez when we have a MUCH WORSE problem here. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #96 |
102. I would rather talk about NCLB than Chavez. |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
74. It's interesting |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 05:01 AM Response to Reply #74 |
81. Who here falls silent? Start a thread on those issues, I'm sure you'd get a few takers |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
85. Casi nadie aquí entiende que pasa allí ahora. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
94. Read more articles by Deborah James here: |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
99. Ugh, please warn when linking to a pdf |
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