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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:18 PM Original message |
Do you feel it's "Arab Bashing" to oppose UAE's Control of 6 Ports in USA? |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. No. |
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tatertop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Of course not, it's plain good sense to employ US companies |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. No. The accusation is "Arab bashing" is just a way to silence dissent. |
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Dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
63. My feelings exactly. n/t |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. I don't care anymore. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't think it's Arab bashing to expect... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. No. You do NOT hand over port security to a nation who financed 911. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes. It's a fake bogyman. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yeah, your sentiments match mine. n/t |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. yeah...it's what I think, too...but trying to be fair, here.... n/t |
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shaniqua6392 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. It is not arab bashing at all! |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. There are over 3,000 dead... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. No. I didn't even think in terms of that until it was thrown out there. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Karl Rove's Brain should be in a bottle..in Smithsonian Museum....Bush |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. "Arab bashing" is jailing 30000 US Muslims w/o charging them with anything |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. YES! |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
16. No...I am going to tell you why... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. My math skills for statistics have lacked...But what you say makes sense |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I think that the Repugs are abusing the terms |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Well my take on that is |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. You have conflated a problem with a government to be a problem with |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Then why don't we attack them now? |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. For one thing, because we can't and shouldn't attack possible threat - |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Um, no I don't lock my doors actually |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. First off, no one -- no one -- said UAE was responsible for 911. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:38 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. That's a good way to put it Mondo Joe |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. My point isn't that it's Arabs or "dark skinned folks" who are going to |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I think if it were a different country that had no.... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:06 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. So would we let Iran do it? |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Sad to puncture your illusion, but a lot of folks in the US would object.. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. There are practically no countries anywhere we would or should trust. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. The UAE has not been as cooperative as * would have you |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:39 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Thanks for civil discussion |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 11:25 AM Response to Reply #48 |
58. No thank-you for a civil conversation... |
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FormerRepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Not the ports or security infrastructure, elsewhere OK. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:24 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Look, let me put this as simple as I can: |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. As if Bush invented the threat of terrorism. It existed - and many of us |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. 1. I am not cool with any foreign govt in charge of our ports 2. UAE |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 12:30 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. So bush controlling our ports is better? |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. touche -- but as you know BushCo would outsource . . . . |
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FearofFutility (764 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
61. I'm dazed and confused too |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
65. So I shouldn't hire black people then? |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. It's Bush supporters who have been Arab-bashing.... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. No. The UAE is not a race. It is a government. |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. THANK YOU |
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Appalachian_American (199 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. I agree with both of the positions you've presented. |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. No. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
27. Something stinks about the deal besides the obvious smells. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Agreed. |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Islamaofascistpig was coined by the right wingers |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. I would not even be comfortable with a british company fulfilling this |
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Erika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. We are just now realizing our ports are run by foreigners n/t |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
32. If so, it'd be "American-bashing" to support UAE control, right? |
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aden_nak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. That depends on what the argument is. |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
41. Remember they said opposing Harriet Myers was sexist |
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niallmac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
45. No. I define Arab bashing as invading Arab nations and killing Arab |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 03:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
62. And Bush....who keeps repeating "They Hate us for Our Freedoms." |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
46. No, I just want the jobs and money to go to Americans |
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clarknyc (393 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
49. No. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
52. Republicans think private enterprise should run all |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
53. Question is skewed from the get go in the Subject line-- hence |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-23-06 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
55. It's not Arab-bashing. |
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StefanX (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
59. I think it's falling for our enemy's "framing" to even phrase it this way |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 11:34 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. The way Bush framed it....is the way most people will hear it...and |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-24-06 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
64. Nope |
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