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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 01:56 PM Original message |
Mass Venezuela opposition rally |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Your U.S. tax dollars at work |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. National Endowment for Democracy (NED) supports Rosales |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I totally didn't know that. I wonder if this picture of the rally is |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 03:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. I strongly doubt NED pays directly for protesters to attend marches... |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 06:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. This isn't totally relevent, but the book in my sig line |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. It's quite relevant. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
97. And anyone else who doesn't support US Corporate interests. n/t |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
69. We pay taxes. Congress figures out how to spend it. Millions go |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 02:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. and if tens of thousands are reported |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. A very witty riposte. All the more of a shame that it would be true. |
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greccogirl (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 10:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. Our Tax dollars |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
72. Congress finances The National Endowment for Democracy (NED)... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
2. Again? |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. That's too sophisticated for them to understand. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 03:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Good point |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 03:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. That logic doesn't always work around here. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. They'd be wrong about that, too |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
40. I believe generally we claim that this is a neo-fascist system. |
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RDU Socialist (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. I can think of a pretty big mass opposition rally in the Soviet Union |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. And those types of rallies and protests were crushed, mercilessly... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 07:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. Deleted message |
alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. I am not wrong |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 06:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. That would be Poland |
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RDU Socialist (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 07:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. and, I'm afraid to tell you, Poland was part of the Soviet Union |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Um, no. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Poland was NOT part of the Soviet Union |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Wait a second here... |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Huh? |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. That was in Poland - very different. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 06:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Unlike The Good Ole US of A, You Mean? n/t |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
57. do you remember Tienamen Square |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. You're barking up the wrong tree on this score. |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. go back and read the post I was responding to |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. The subtle points you addressed eluded me. Sorry. n/t |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 04:23 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. me subtle? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #57 |
66. When the tanks roll in in Caracas, you let me know |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. go back and read the post I was responding to |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 07:21 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. I don't have to read it...I wrote it |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 09:06 AM Response to Reply #74 |
81. actually there are rallies |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #81 |
84. Again, when he sends out the troops, you'll be right |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. notice that you didn't say IF he sends out the troops |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:21 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. I was assuming your premise |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #86 |
88. you know what they say about assuming |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 03:42 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. hey man, it's your premise |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 04:21 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Deleted sub-thread |
Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 04:46 PM Response to Reply #81 |
94. He IS a democratic leader. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. But...but they have no freedom to demonstrate in Venezuela! |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Caracas and Oil City Maracaibo Have Anti-Chavez Majorities |
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Flanker (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Caracas does not |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 06:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. They had a legitimate 50k-100k for the recall, right? |
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Flanker (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 06:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Yes it was way bigger before, back when the opo was 40% |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 06:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. And these protests are in high-density rich neighborhoods in Caracas |
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lgn19087 (204 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:12 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. What do you think? |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 09:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
44. I Was Referring to Caracas's Anti-Chavez Mayor |
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Flanker (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 07:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
75. Caracas does not really have a anti-Chavez mayor |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 10:03 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. It's possible the poster was thinking of the departed Alfredo Peña |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 09:14 AM Response to Reply #75 |
82. I Did Not Know That |
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Flanker (530 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #82 |
96. He was voted out the current metro mayor now is Barreto |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 05:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
101. Most citizens of Caracas are poor. |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. There are stupid people everywhere |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
95. Yeah, and some of them are on DU insisting Chavez is a dictator. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
11. boosh said they didn't have no freedoms venizolo. |
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boolean (992 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
12. Are you sure this isn't fake? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
49. Nope. |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. How many times has Chavez faced reelection? |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
17. Where are Chavez's Darth Vader cops, pepper spray hoses, tear gas, |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. 10 arrested in Portland Thursday - |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. Oh, I'm sorry; I thought it said "MISS Venezuela Opposition Rally," |
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citizen snips (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. further proof that venezuela is a democracy. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. But Bush & his cohorts claim that Chavez is a dictator... |
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Nebraska_Liberal (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. Hasn't Chavez amended his own constitution... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. No he has not amended "his" "own" constitution. |
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Nebraska_Liberal (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Here is what I have read... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. As you said in your post, "Hasn't Chavez amended his own constitution... |
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Nebraska_Liberal (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. He hasn't yet. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. He can't run again until the Venezuelan national assembly changes |
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Nebraska_Liberal (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Also, look at the makeup of the assembly. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. As DU'ers are well aware, having discussed it for ages, the opposition |
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Nebraska_Liberal (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. I am sorry, I just look at both sides of the coin equally. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. You instintctively "know" I am on "the side" of the PRI? |
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Nebraska_Liberal (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Only time will tell.... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. You said that you used to be a Chavez supporter. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 04:10 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. "I Am A Lifelong (something) But..." |
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Nebraska_Liberal (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 03:27 PM Response to Reply #67 |
90. You dont know me... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Maybe you'll be kind enough to point out any instance in which one |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 03:51 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. There have been several posters who've tried to make the same assertions |
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greccogirl (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-08-06 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
39. Gee, what a shock. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 09:28 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. That's what they call a 'straw man' argument, since nobody ever said that |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 03:27 AM Response to Reply #45 |
80. This Poor Poster Is Almost Always Confused |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 12:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. You can hold a pro-Bush & pro-family rally in Carmel, Indiana |
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ToeBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
46. Looks like their 'Free Speech Zones' are bigger than ours! nt |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
47. tens of thousands is nada! |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
77. Not quite the dictatorship |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #77 |
79. Hugo Chavez did NOT "take power" through a coup. |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 12:46 PM Response to Reply #79 |
87. great post |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 03:02 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Very kind post, DrunkenMaster. |
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kangaroo77 (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-09-06 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
78. Last paragraph |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-10-06 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
83. Gas on the rise soon.. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
98. I wonder if that pic isn't OF 2004--that looks like more than tens of |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-11-06 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
99. for those trying to claim Chavez suppress free speech, I heard a |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
100. BBC reporter lied: rally wasn't so massive, after all! |
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Goel (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 05:58 AM Response to Reply #100 |
102. Re: BBC reporter lied |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-13-06 06:14 AM Response to Reply #102 |
103. Appreciate the background on these imposters. Didn't know this |
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