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Kablooie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:16 PM
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How in Hocking Hell did the Schiavo thing take over the whole country?
I don't get it.

How did one family's personal disagreement become a national emergency and take over all the papers and airwaves? It makes no sense!

OK, they have a disagreement, but the courts repeatedly say that legally the husband has the right to his decision. So it goes to the governor of the state, the U.S Congress and the SUPREME COURT!?

What the hairy holy hell is going on here?

I think somehow, God up in his heaven has decided to let Lewis Carrol run the world for a little while.

Where's the whiskey?
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:16 PM
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1. When Congress abused its power by interfering in a civil case (nt)
nt
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:27 PM
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14. Yep. It was brewing and promised to be a large, "cultural"
matter because of the power the fundies are credited with these days--but it really got rolling when Congress did that.

Frightening.
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:17 PM
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2. Because most American citizens cannot mind their own damn business.
Myself included by posting this.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:17 PM
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3. Whip up the
loons for a few years, watch the world spin.
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bpilgrim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:18 PM
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4. it has great DRAMA - NPR was gushing about it this morning
and so it goes...

http://images.globalfreepress.com

peace
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kliljedahl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:26 PM
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12. Love the graphic
Haven't decided if I want to contribute so I can enter the GD forum. Bet you're in there.


http://www.kliljedahl.net
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nankerphelge Donating Member (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:18 PM
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5. Apparently the Michael Jackson trial...
wasn't providing the appropriate amount of diversion from the war. Actual news was filtering in from the middle east, so they had to come up with some sort of distraction.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:18 PM
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6. Well, YOU started a new thread on it.
You tell me.
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aWaKeNoW Donating Member (127 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:20 PM
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7. `It wasn't very civil of you..
to sit down without being invited,' said the March Hare.

Lewis Carrol had the right idea..and it definitely pertains to this case.
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OrlandoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:22 PM
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8. BLAME THE LIBERAL MEDIA!
Uh, wait.
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seg4527 Donating Member (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:23 PM
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9. because it distracts people from the THOUSANDS of dead people in iraq
and it's working quite well here at DU.
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Pepperbelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:30 PM
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16. have you noticed that kerouac and ...
Oliver North bear a great deal of resemblence?

Odd, I think.
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seg4527 Donating Member (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 11:11 PM
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20. you mean in looks?
didn't really notice it. i'll take a look sometime, though. i mainly know oliver north's looks from his apparances on faux, and i mainly know kerouac's appearance from when he was younger.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:24 PM
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10. let's see

willful ignorance,politics,stupidty, zealotry, fanaticism,politics,climate of fear,the end is nigh crowd , and politics

did I mention politics?


and I'll have a shot, please!!
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Up2Late Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:25 PM
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11. One Word: Vast Right-wing Conspiracy!
Oh sorry, that's 4 words. In TWO words: MEDIA WHORES!
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phylny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:27 PM
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13. I just watched five minutes of MSNBC on cable.
THAT'S how it happened. It's surreal - I don't usually ever watch cable news, and I flipped to MSNBC and it's nothing but the family and Randall making plea after plea - lie after lie.

People are freaking idiots and they believe what they see. I can think of no other explanation right now.
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Pepperbelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:27 PM
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15. I think it's a conciousness thing ...
So much attention paid to it ... so much concentration ... the media whipping it as hard as they can ...

The ghoulish sense of humor that has been present here for the last week is a sane reaction to the insanity we are witnessing. Ether would work better than whiskey, I think.
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:34 PM
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17. ...with no Delay.
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chomskysright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:39 PM
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18. its a WEDGE ISSUE : Personal Privacy: & we need to use it
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hector459 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-25-05 10:51 PM
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19. The f**king media!!! That's how!!
It's also how major news that people should have and need to know does not get covered!
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