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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:41 AM Original message |
Bush administration ships bodies of dead soldiers home as Freight |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. Been going on for decades |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You're right. This subject has been |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Maybe this thread will help you |
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bbinacan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 07:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Did this thread help you |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 08:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I think some here simply don't relate because ... |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. it's one of many things in which the administration uses military |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It's traditional to ship them in flag draped coffins |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. And those coffins go via freight |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. in a military aircraft with an honor guard and other dead soliders |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. That is not likely possible in many, many cases |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. It's a political cartoon. It's designed to elicit a response. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. They arrive at Dover that way |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. It's symbolic. Free your mind, and the rest will follow. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. lol |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Please, let's talk about it. I love the 60s, and want to see ... |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. A Marine wrote an article about this in 2004. |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. it's less than flag draped coffins |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. I don't think the dead care how they get home. |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. it's not the dead, but those they leave behind |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. Whether it's been done before begs the question. |
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MissMarple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 01:54 AM Response to Original message |
12. They shouldn't go home in the luggage compartment of a commercial airliner |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 02:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. That's how I feel about it, MissMarple. |
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LA lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 02:55 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. traditional way |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 03:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Was your sister-in-law fighting in Iraq on official US business? |
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LA lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 04:01 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. losing battle |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. This thread is not like the others. |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
18. Here's the cartoon we're talking about. If you think ... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Content: D-, Execution: D- |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:10 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I'll give you an "F" for that weak effort. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I doubt there will be a next time. |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 12:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Thanks but you'd better leave that to professionals. |
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Neil Lisst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-16-05 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. KFPT Pacifica Radio in Houston |
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lostnfound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-17-05 01:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. kpft.. know it, love it, support it... |
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