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CatBO (713 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:23 PM Original message |
This Obama Photo Takes My Breath Away |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. A visit to Yad Vashem is life altering. |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I was thinking the same thing |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I'm sure his uncle who liberated one of them was on his mind. What |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 07:38 AM Response to Reply #20 |
70. It probably made him realize why |
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dave123williams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
81. Agreed. It's all the little tiles in there. Truly chilling. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. What a world of difference. Obama looks solemn and touched deeply. |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Dear George: Have I told you lately |
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SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. WTF? |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. The thinking would go that bombing it would have prevented its use in the future.... |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. The thing is that the locations of all the death camps were |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #29 |
64. The prisoners would just have been used to rebuilt them |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
34. That is the lowest of the low things from his insane lips |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. he obviously wasn't aware that a big chunk of his family's money |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Uhmerica's biggest asshole! |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. I think after this trip, I consider Obama to be my president now |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. President Obama's 1st term started this week. |
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Blondiegrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
59. Smug bastard. Ugh. One of the many things I can't stand about Dubya |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:25 AM Response to Reply #59 |
79. Life is just a cocktail party......n/t |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
72. Does that little fucker think there's ever been a problem in the world |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thanks, that is |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. And this -- |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
61. Or |
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Hope And Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. K & R!Thanks for posting! |
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my2sense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thanks for the link |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Man, you can say that again. |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. wow - that brought tears to my eyes. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. Wow. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. This one got me... |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Woa. Spontaneous tears on that one. Thanks for posting. nt |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. Look at this one, also at the Memorial |
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gblady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. there were so many..... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. If memory serves me, they put ashes in each of the flames in the |
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Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
41. As a 3rd generation of a Holocaust survivor, who also visited Yad Vashem |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. This one's even better |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. America's holocaust - so sad! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Playing the game of my pain is worse than your pain is stupid. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I think if we looked from the perspective of the American Indian... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Make that "have"... |
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cbc5g (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. We all need to call it what it was...the American genocide, the American Holocaust |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 12:09 AM Response to Reply #26 |
62. thank you |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
55. God, made me cry. Couldn't we call Slavery another Holocaust? |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #55 |
71. Technically, Slavery would not be a "holocaust" because it was not |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. I heard estimates of 800 million dead |
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BridgeTheGap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Yes, many died in transit...out of sheer neglect which seems rather stupid |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
56. American Holocaust memorials are still being built all over the nation, as we speak. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
30. He looks... sincere. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
31. If it had been cheney he would of had on a parka! Yes it is a good |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:17 AM Response to Reply #31 |
73. The picture of him wearing the "Staff" knit hat at Auschwitz was |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #73 |
80. Auschwitz was really bad. How could he not know that a somber wool |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. That was so unnecessary |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:35 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. WTF?? |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. So, you are saying that Obama is like Hitler? |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. WTF? There are some people than have a nack for turning good things into bad things. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Nothing to see here, folks. the mods allow the Obama-underminers... |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. First Alert On This was Received Ten Minutes Ago, Sir |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #51 |
77. I'll take your word for it. |
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petgoat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. Hero Worship is very bad news. It warps the Worshiper and the Worshipee. nt |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. And Your Intention, Sir, In Comparing Sen. Obama To Hitler Was What? |
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petgoat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 02:33 AM Response to Reply #58 |
66. The intention was not to compare Obama to Hitler. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 02:50 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Nonsense, Sir: A Distinction Without A Difference |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 02:50 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Nonsense, Sir: A Distinction Without A Difference |
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petgoat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #69 |
82. I disagree that the distinction has no difference. |
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gblady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
35. another...... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Is it customary for people to wear that |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Yes it is. Even if you're not Jewish. Similarly non-muslim women in Mosques must wear a hajib. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 12:31 AM Response to Reply #37 |
63. If you are male and ever visit a synagogue, you'll be handed a yarmulke. God says to cover your head |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 08:20 AM Response to Reply #63 |
74. It's somewhat dependent on the particular denomination - I was |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:33 AM Response to Reply #37 |
65. Yeah, I had to wear one at a bris once. |
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Devil_Duckie (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. these photos are breathtaking... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. For quite some time now, actually nt |
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muryan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. He started back during the primary |
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Devil_Duckie (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Haven't seen it until now. |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #39 |
78. A veteran gave him one. He has (mostly) worn it ever since. n/t |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. Apparently all of those e-mails had it wrong. He's actually a Jew. |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. DEAR GOD!!! What an Amazing image. WOW!!! Now that is BREATHTAKING!!! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
48. Look at him - *obviously* he's muslim.... |
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gblady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
50. a couple from inside Yad Vashem |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
52. Wow. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
53. He looks so Presidential. It'll be nice to have a President who looks that way. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 02:37 AM Response to Reply #53 |
67. Won't it be nice to able to take pride in our President again someday? |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-23-08 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
60. Fantastic images. K & R |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-24-08 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
83. He looks so cute with a yarmulke on. n/t |
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