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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:25 PM Original message |
To Hell with the Constitution: Obama Goes To War |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. You tell us why the repugs aren't screaming. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Because repugs never met a war they didn't like. |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:52 AM Response to Reply #25 |
82. +1 |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #25 |
83. Ayep |
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walerosco (449 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
90. Just reminds me of the Rand Paul |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 11:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
111. rhe messages are mixed and it is interesting |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Recommended ..... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. President Obama has already informed Congress as per U.S. law in accordance with the War Powers Act. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. There were two |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Well, you're right, it isn't a war and there's still a long way before the 60 days is up. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Sad. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. That's your opinion. Nevertheless, there's a long time to go before 60 days is up. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. This appears hard |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. You are obviously wrong. Unlike you, I provided proof that it does, which you ignored. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. You provided zero proof. You skipped over the parts that are inconvenient |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:58 AM Response to Reply #39 |
58. That's a false statement. See Reply #3. The facts at the link provided are my proof. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I didn't see the facts you provided. I saw you try to make a case |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:59 AM Response to Reply #41 |
59. You're not looking or you're ignoring Reply #3's source link. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:21 AM Response to Reply #59 |
66. The only thing your source reveals is that they've blindly groped one part of an elephant and deemed |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #66 |
104. Thanks :))) n/t |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. You are welcome. :))) |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
89. Flim-flam: the Senate Resolution was for "them" to act, not for us to go to war |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #18 |
40. Are you serious? Even the president isn't pretending that |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:01 AM Response to Reply #40 |
60. I agree with the president. So does the Senate, who unanimously voted for a no-fly zone on 3/1/11. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #60 |
68. Non-binding resolution in one House only. Non-binding. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:26 AM Response to Reply #60 |
79. Don't be ridiculous. We can survive on the oil reserves |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #60 |
93. Yes, you agree with the President that you don't give a damn about the law or truthfulness |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
42. You support war for the reason of cheap oil? |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. I support intervention to save lives |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. You should read the post that poster replied to |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:07 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. It is about many things, including oil and contracts |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:10 AM Response to Reply #50 |
76. I am not the one who suggested it was about oil. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:02 AM Response to Reply #42 |
61. Where did I say that? Or is this your attempt at a strawman fallacy? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 05:46 AM Response to Reply #61 |
73. Here: |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
91. "the spike in oil prices ... is a risk to our national security" |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
92. At least you admitted it is about the OIL |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:04 PM Response to Reply #3 |
38. The War Powers Resolution is as clear as it can possibly be when it enumates ONLY 3 options |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Deleted message |
Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. You are welcome. So exhausted with truthiness. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #38 |
62. I disagree. And unlike you, I offered proof in the source link provided in Reply #3. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. No you linked to a snip of the War Powers Resolution and deemed it the whole. I gave you the whole. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
88. No, he has not, and you are completely wrong |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
112. Nowhere, repeat NOWHERE does this prove your contention. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. knr n/t |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. UNrec. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. So when did the Senate declare war on Libya? |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Not everything you need to know is in the U.S. Constitution. Go read the War Powers Act |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:09 AM Response to Reply #32 |
84. Does the War Powers Act supercede the declaration of war provisions of the U.S. Constitution? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. The Korean War was not a war either. It was a UN "police action"! |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
103. On the Senate resolution - "Anthony Weiner Reads From 'House Mouse Senate Mouse' Children's Book" |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #103 |
107. Sec. Gates admits that the the non-binding measure does not authorize military action. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. Thanks, and where is our media, even the title at the link suggests... |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's puzzling that |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. You get credit for trying, but you're still wrong. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:08 AM Response to Reply #44 |
63. The President has NOT gone to war. The UN has imposed the no-fly-zone. n/t |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:03 AM Response to Reply #63 |
75. It is a war now. They have gone much further than a NFZ. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
98. The UN Resolved to allow virtually anything, including ground troops; Congress has not authorized |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
95. You are still wrong about this, and you are deceiving; 48 hours is REPORTING, not permission |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. Oh the purists and their silly Constitution. Leave the Decider alone. He knows what's best for us. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Right. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. On Our Part, Sir, This Is Far From War |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. War is Peace |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. And Sometimes, Peace Is War, Sir |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Peace is War. So that must mean we are now at war with Canada and Mexico! |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
86. Define war then. Is there a threshold of troops? A length of engagement? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Libya is in |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. "Libya is in the midst of a civil war. " |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Yep, it surely is. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. No |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. It surely does. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. It's not, and |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. By every |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. It Is If It Lasts Long Enough, Ma'am |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. The Quote Is Familiar To Me, Sir |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Surely, the US |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. The Line Is Far From Crossed, Sir |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:14 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Again, in all |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Were We At War With Mexico, Sir, In 1916, Or 1914? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:17 AM Response to Reply #10 |
78. When you drop bombs on a sovereign nation, that is war. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
94. The War Powers Act DEFINES war as sending armed forces into "hostilities" or where they're imminent |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
22. K & R! More than 4,000 sailors and Marines headed to Libya.... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. Those poor people. Their country is about to be occupied as |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:45 AM Response to Reply #46 |
57. We know who did that. Ever read "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" by |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 05:56 AM Response to Reply #57 |
74. I have read excerpts from the book, and it's on my list |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
23. Libya is not Rwanda |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. So Libya is not Rwanda, but Libya is Sudan and North Korea? |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
49. I don't think I want to be human anymore |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
48. To hell with the human species |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. This discusssion has nothing to do with compassion. It is specifically about Constitutional matters |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #48 |
102. Damn those Libyans for slaughtering brown people. |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
53. The women of the Libyan revolution |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:17 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. So you contend that Congress would have voted agaisnt the U.N. and Obama? |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:12 AM Response to Reply #55 |
64. The U.S. Senate passed a resolution (S.Res.85) on March 1st requesting the UN to impose the NFZ .... |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Nonbinding resolution in one House only. Sorry, not even close so no cigar. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:09 AM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Did you know that Al Gore invented the internet? A lot of people said it over and over again so |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:20 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I have said NOTHING that is not true. n/t |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:29 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. You have, repeatedly, put forth this Senate nonbinding resolution... |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #72 |
99. It is part of the topic at hand. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. No, that is NOT what Rattner is saying |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. I will not be told what to say by your or anyone else. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #101 |
106. What the Senate knew is immaterial. The Senate is not the entirety of Congress. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 11:06 PM Response to Reply #101 |
110. Do you not understand what the word "please" means either? |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
56. I don't believe we're at war with Libya... stopping the slaughter, big difference |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:23 AM Response to Reply #56 |
67. Bombing the residence of a head of state is an act of war. n/t |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:38 AM Response to Reply #67 |
80. Bombing anything inside another country is an act of war |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #80 |
96. Hell, the War Powers Act says that just introducing "armed forces" into "hostilities" is WAR |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:50 AM Response to Reply #56 |
85. What is the real difference? How do you define a war? |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #85 |
97. You are a noble and decent sentient being, and you are to be applauded |
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Baby Bear (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
77. Howard Zinn said: |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
81. By Ratner's Criterion..... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
87. Wonderful thread! |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
108. Better Believe It, this is a raging good discussion with barely an insult slung! I commend everyone |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
113. kick - further discussion here ... |
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Synicus Maximus (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
114. It's not a war. It is a kinetic military action. It just looks like a war. |
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