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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:18 AM Original message |
"Fighting Them Over There...": What I Hear. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. We're spending our tax dollars over there so we don't have to spend them here |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Exactly....this is typical of his entire "presidency" |
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madmunchie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. How about, "It is easier to steal tax dollars there than it is to steal them here"? |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Nah - I like the original better |
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atommom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well said. That's how I hear it too, and it turns my stomach. nt |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Mine too. I don't understand how those who spout that excuse |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. Are we that cowardly... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Their excuse is a load of bull |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. that is because |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
42. I'll Fight Them Here |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. Well said. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. exactly... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The longer our troops |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. It will take a different way of thinking to do anything positive for Iraq |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
36. There are people |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
9. What EXACTLY does that mean? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:32 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I know what they want us to hear...that we are somehow safer |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
57. We fought in Vietnam, they didn't come to America to fight. |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
31. I assume they think it's like a football game. |
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AnnInLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Your images made me laugh |
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bentley (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. From the other side of their mouth |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yes, for some. Folks like Bush and Cheney don't care |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
15. As long as you can convince the people they are under attack, |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Yes...the power of myth...it's a trap when myth is taught as fact |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
17. And don't forget their #1 pseudo cause - GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR? n/t |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Precisely!!! |
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abluelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
20. And What I Hear Is |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Exactly! That's a big part of it |
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Norquist Nemesis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
22. I hear, "Look! Over there!" |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. It also serves as a distraction, yes |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
24. first heard spring 2004 in a chapel.... "what cowards we are" |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. It is extremely cowardly |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
26. Isn't exactly an appeal to the "better angels" of our nature, is it? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Yet they spout it like it's a good thing, don't they? |
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nuxvomica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. It makes my blood boil whenever I hear it, too |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Because it would be the truth. |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
30. We'd probably have a better chance of winning over here. |
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Done (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
33. That's why we're going to invade Iran... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Good one! |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
35. And what I hear is... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:26 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. No denying bullshit can be effective |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Am I imagining it... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. No. I really do know and understand that bullshit can be effective |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Thanks, glad I was only imagining it... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Nothing about propaganda says it has to be a lie...or bullshit |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. I do have an idea for a slogan... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. That would work well with many people |
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cool user name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
38. What's funny is that "talking point" isn't even logical ... |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. It really isn't logical, true that. |
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cool user name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. It's the Straussian principle at work. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Well, I'll Say It! |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. I don't lose sleep over that one either |
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rhiannon55 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
55. It seems to me that too much "fighting them over there" |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
50. Off to the greatest page with you. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 12:33 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Nooo - Thank you!!!! |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
53. What I hear is |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Yep! It means just that in a nutshell |
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