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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:10 PM Original message |
US forces bomb Iraq's Euphrates bridges (eight of them!) |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. We can't even control the bridges? |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 08:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Can't even control them long enough temporarily |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. wow the insurgents seem like they are nearly defeated now, boy nt |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 08:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. The generals who ordered these strikes... |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. And anyway - we can pay Halliburton millions to rebuild them later. nt. |
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BlueEyedSon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Guess HAL's earnings are a little down |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I bet David J. Lesar, CEO Halliburton |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. No-bid contracts to rebuild bridges given 2 Halliburton B4 planes took off |
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cornfedyank (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. good for bidness or is it bidless? |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 08:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Bidless. Perfect. Takin' care of bidless... Big bidless........ |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
74. Duke: "There's no bidness like no-bidness." |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:53 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. Thanks so much! I've been missing Donesbury lately. So glad |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. It's good to see Gary giving some coverage to these obscured issues |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 08:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. The last decent Republican President |
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madmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 11:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. exactly, thats the insanity of the entire adventure in a nutshell |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. Golly, I wonder who is going to get the contract to rebuild that bridge? |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well, congratulations are in order. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, that should finally bring this thing to an end. |
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indepat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. How many godzillion dollars with Halliburton-types get to rebuild |
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Merrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Good thing nobody else in Iraq needed them... |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 06:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
49. Doubly true |
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MadisonProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
75. UNDERSTATEMENT ALERT! - LOL |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
10. It's like the days of shock and awe all over again |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
67. how much money did each missle cost? |
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Democrats_win (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. We destroyed them in order to save them |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
14. How many were rebuilt with U.S. money after they were bombed in 2003? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. When they're finishes destroying the infrastructure |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. Do you suppose bush will declare victory when every structure.... |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. Doesn't bombing the bridges stop Iraqi citizens from using them, too? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. insurgents = citizens. nt. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 07:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. No, you got it bass ackward: |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 09:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. good point. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
69. Infuckingdeed. |
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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. Rebuild those bridges! Do we have any takers? Halliburton, looking at you! |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
20. How will people get to the polls to vote? |
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MadisonProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
76. Don't worry - 100% turnout is guaranteed! |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. Shades of Vietnam, when another crooked Texan, Lyndon Johnson... |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
22. I guess securing a brigde is too much to ask of our troops. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. Eeee Haaaaa! We Are Wining!!!! |
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wordout (355 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
25. misquote? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 07:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. They could run into a lamp-post! |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. guess the Iraqis will love us even more now....kill any children while we |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 07:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. What kind of monsters are we? We must be in hell. nt |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. Which corrupt Bush crony gets to rebuild all the bridges in Iraq? |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. they can use boats, you know |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. Did they just find these bridges? Were they disguised as WMD's? |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
35. Oh Yea. Things Are Going Great |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 09:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. We have decades of this shit ahead of us, said Cheney |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 09:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Thats Right. This Week It's Years Of Struggle |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 08:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
85. Tactics of retreat. We've lost this war!! It's all over but the scene |
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KalicoKitty (777 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
37. Halliburton will just rebuild them! |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 09:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Halliburton will rebuild them again. This is part of our program. We'll |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
43. Two and a half years after the invasion, and still blowing up bridges |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
44. We are not doing such a good job of rebuilding the infrastructure. |
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WannaJumpMyScooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
45. sounds just like the good old days |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 11:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. They had to precision bomb that bridge to save it! (nt) |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-06-05 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
47. Who gets the reconstruction contract? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 06:10 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Now wHo do you tHink? |
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willing dwarf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 06:56 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. So modern warfare is destroying the infrastructure |
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Stockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
51. Strategic geniuses the lot of them... |
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willing dwarf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
52. Oh yes, these are the people we are helping! |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
53. And they still don't want us there? Why, when will they learn that... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
54. Doublespeak |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
56. Another day, another war crime |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
57. Presumably, this is to block the exit of insurgents during Iron Hammer |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #57 |
72. Iron Fist, I think? |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 07:02 AM Response to Reply #57 |
90. it is operation river gate |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
58. Absurd |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
59. Kos military professional: "For the first time I believe we have lost" |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:47 PM Response to Reply #59 |
73. Welcome to reality, Mr. KMP - we knew this BEFORE THE FUCKING WAR BEGAN! |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. At least people are coming around |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 03:31 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Oh, that's great, no question. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 08:52 PM Response to Reply #81 |
87. Truly. n/t |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
60. kick |
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Ruby Romaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
61. US forces bomb Euphrates bridges |
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tatertop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. That doesn't make any damn sense |
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Ruby Romaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. halliburton needs our tax money so they can rebuild |
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tatertop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. I suppose I already knew that, but it still hurts to hear it. |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. You blow bridges to deny lines of supply to the 'bad guys' |
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tatertop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. that's what I was thinking |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Sounds to me more like punishing of the locals. |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Haven't they heard of patrols? |
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cosmicdot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #61 |
79. is it the pending indictments and other GOP woes |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-07-05 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
68. This is called "collective punishment". |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
82. US Army in Iraq Occupies 7 Mosques in Ramadi and Turns Them into Barracks |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 07:57 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. *That's* a good idea. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 08:06 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Are these fuggers mad |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 09:16 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. wasn't that their excuse for knocking mosque towers down? |
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freethought (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
86. I thought we were trying to rebuild the infastructure? |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
89. the road map to democracy, turn a few corners and blow up the bridges |
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nolabels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
91. Sounds like the fucking lying bastards know they are losing it badly |
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