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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:45 PM Original message |
Let's face facts, shall we? America Sucks |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Great Post |
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BarackBucks (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Compared to what? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. France, Sweden, Switzerland, Iceland |
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BarackBucks (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Tiny countries with out much impact on the rest of the world. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. you can believe all the fairy tales about america you like. the truth is out there for those |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. What truth is that? |
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BarackBucks (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. What fairy tale is that? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. so you judge a nation on what it did 50 years ago? |
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BarackBucks (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. Just direct your feet |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. yeah |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Deleted sub-thread |
swoop (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #31 |
68. Good post--and I agree. |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
216. Sure, everyone in the U.S. is the same, and we're the only country that has done something wrong. |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. France has a population of 64 million |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. But what is our "impact", other than the too literal one? (E.g., we didn't invent the Magna Carta.) |
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KaptBunnyPants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
67. France, the UK, Spain, and Germany are tiny countries without an impact on the world? |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:30 AM Response to Reply #67 |
88. Small? How 'bout the Netherlands or Portugal? |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #88 |
181. Freeps in Dem disguise |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #181 |
266. Yeah, god forbid a real Dem stand up and say..."America Doesn't Suck" n/t |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #266 |
295. America right or wrong |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #295 |
296. Ur rightz!!! Only REAL Dems can say hows Amerikka suxxx!!! |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #296 |
297. Mindless asshat response as expected - check |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #88 |
254. BRITAIN ever done |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
70. Which is why I don't value living in a so-called great power... |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #70 |
92. warren, there you go... |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 02:43 PM Response to Reply #92 |
177. Thanks, but... |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #70 |
147. Come on up! |
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warren pease (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:14 PM Response to Reply #147 |
180. I'll need to rent a few thousand draft animals.... |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
71. Why is impact on the rest of the world so important? |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
75. If you completely disregard their imperialist pasts, you can say that |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
90. You don't get out much do you? n/t |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
110. Nice rebuttal |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #7 |
126. Making impacts on the world has always irritated me about Am. History. |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
138. not to mention that France has a history of imperialism as well |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #138 |
226. Where is that French empire now? Or the Reign of Terror? |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #226 |
274. One could argue collaborating with the Nazi regime... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #274 |
288. But we could, then, amend it to |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
143. No, fascists took those countries to their depths. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
151. Funded by people in the States. NT |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
154. Erm...no. |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
168. And we aren't? You better relook. |
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ManWroteTheBible (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 04:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
201. And the Republicans... |
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razors edge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
235. "Both those countries took facisim to it's height!" |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
270. WWII - One of the only times we have been noble |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
282. ..Maybe that's it. Maybe we should think about making less "impact" on the rest of the world... n/t |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 04:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
285. Not to mention they all had empires of their own. |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
50. Our history sucks compared to Germany?? |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #50 |
93. It's getting old? |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #50 |
129. Yeah, a superpower going bankrupt! We'll see the USA disintegrate just like the USSR within the next... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #129 |
145. 50 years? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #129 |
232. We dissolved the USSR. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:45 AM Response to Reply #232 |
245. er... no you didnt... |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #232 |
256. GORBY DISSOLVED THE SOVIET EMPIRE |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #50 |
153. "EVERY country with significant size and power is going to do bad things along the way" |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #153 |
260. Hey Baby Mouse, you're from Scotland? |
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Moses2SandyKoufax (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #260 |
264. Unlike you, I don't think Baby Mouse |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #264 |
267. Why don't you let him/her answer then? |
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Moses2SandyKoufax (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:04 PM Response to Reply #267 |
269. I don't think the "your country sucks too" argument applies here. |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #269 |
271. "Most foreigners have NO problem acknowledging their nation's faults." |
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Moses2SandyKoufax (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #271 |
276. Do you always act like a petulant child when called on your bullshit? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #260 |
290. Reading comprehension problems? nt |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #153 |
278. Heloooooo......????? |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
193. What are you basing this opinion on? Have you ever lived in those countries? |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
224. Hey there! How does that granite cookie taste? |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hey, I blame you too. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. The ultimate reason for the suckage, I think, |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. this country certainly falls way short of its potential, and is nothing like the fairy tale we tell |
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BarackBucks (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Many more people want to come here though |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. which means what? |
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BarackBucks (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Uhhhh,...it means more people want to come here than other places. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
77. They come here to escape |
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Vilis Veritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #77 |
190. LOL |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #190 |
207. So people from |
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Vilis Veritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #207 |
268. I was laughing at your sweeping generality. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #268 |
281. My aplogies |
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Vilis Veritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #281 |
299. It's cool...I understand the vigor of your argument. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
99. Note that few Western Europeans want to emigrate here |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #99 |
124. All that means is that the post war efforts |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #124 |
158. ....you don't know as much about Europe as you think you do. NT |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #99 |
200. I met many young Europeans in Southern California who |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #200 |
209. Yes, that's another thing, travel |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
146. You're sure about that, are you? |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
156. Why? |
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ManWroteTheBible (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:04 PM Original message |
Ok... |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
275. It means that where they live sucks even more than here |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I'll make this very simple for you |
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BarackBucks (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I have no idea what point you are trying to make |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Whether you know this or not.. |
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BarackBucks (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Right...okay Einstein |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. meaningless |
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BarackBucks (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Fewer migrants per head? |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. wrong |
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BarackBucks (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. So America has LESS immigrants here and coming here than other countries? Prove it. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. I didn't say that eedjit |
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BarackBucks (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. You have nothing to say |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. yes I've posted |
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BarackBucks (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. You've posted rank speculation, nothing more |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #53 |
97. They want to come here because this is the |
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BarackBucks (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #97 |
101. Yes, yes it's all America's fault |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:51 AM Response to Reply #101 |
246. . |
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Vilis Veritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #97 |
192. Nicely put. Great post. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #192 |
196. By "we" I mean the imperial "we". |
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Vilis Veritas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 04:19 PM Response to Reply #196 |
198. I must have put my literalist cap on this morning... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:33 AM Response to Reply #30 |
100. Even when I was in Europe in 1967, we met several people who |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
186. uh oh |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
89. Have you ever been to Paris? London? Geneva? Toronto? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:39 AM Response to Reply #89 |
103. London definitely does--I've never seen such a multi-ethnic city |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #89 |
262. Actually Lorien, an American city DOES have the distinction of being... |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:48 AM Response to Reply #262 |
291. Highest percentage? Maybe. |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #291 |
298. No. You're wrong on all 3 counts. |
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Broadslidin (949 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
229. Yes, as we the Imperialists ravage Mexican Family Farms with our Heavily Subsidized Corn. |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
230. I know many immigrants I've worked with send their money back home |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
185. I think that there's some distance between... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. Change |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
98. Rome if you will ?? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. and yet so many people want to come here. Care to explain? |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. It's something that we never talk about in this country |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
48. yes, I'll explain |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 02:04 PM Response to Reply #48 |
174. How strange that your gem of a response is ignored. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #48 |
187. Excellent post. I think it goes beyond racism. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #187 |
237. thank you to you and country jake |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #48 |
221. One of the most cogent replies in the entire thread. Thank you. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
104. See my post #115 |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
132. There are 10's of thousands of US citizens, with wealth, leaving the USA each year. Hopefully, I'll |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #132 |
148. and even more moving here to take their place |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
244. Because it's easy to make money. NT |
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Bosso 63 (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. Panicked Sheep |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. So the choice is to either disregard the situation or egress? |
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Fed_Up_Grammy (923 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. You posted information that went back 70 years or so-- there is apparently |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Past is prologue, yes |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
162. Why don't you criticize the right wingers who say America sucks? |
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BarackBucks (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
54. Obviously it would never be good enough for you |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. I haven't heard that one since 1968. |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
51. fed up, you have some nerve |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Even right wingers come up with more interesting bits of fluffy dialogue. |
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masonfl (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
20. What a pointless post - you must be a sad person |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Think of this as being in the terms of 12 steps, where the first step is to admit. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. How many countries ever dropped atomic weapons on another nation? Oh, that's right---ONE. |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
57. Without the US, the Soviet Union, Imperial Japan, and Nazi Germany |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. An eloquent response. |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #61 |
78. Thank you for posting this |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #61 |
102. I respectfully disagree. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #102 |
265. What? No reply? I'm shocked... n/t |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:22 AM Response to Reply #61 |
111. HypnoToad |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #111 |
116. Just my opinion |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #116 |
255. ChazII |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #255 |
263. Thank you. |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #263 |
277. ChazII |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #111 |
149. Whoa. Are you saying that the US has not given back the gold we |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 06:00 AM Response to Reply #149 |
251. NCevilDUer |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 01:16 AM Response to Reply #251 |
287. Your grandfather has good reason to be proud of what he did. |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #287 |
293. NCevilDUer |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #57 |
69. On one point, yes, you can contend that |
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masonfl (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #69 |
94. Sort of.. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #94 |
150. We came really, really close. |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #150 |
194. And granddad too! |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #57 |
80. That was then This is now |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Somalia wasn't a noble effort? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:59 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. One 'oh shit' |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. I know that this may a hard thing to conceive |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 02:17 AM Response to Reply #82 |
106. OK, one at a time... |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #106 |
210. Great reply |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #106 |
228. U GUYZ are RIGHTS!!!111!!! Amerika SUXSSS!!!!!!!! |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #228 |
234. cynical, self hating, unhappy person. ?? |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #234 |
238. Your quote: |
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Moses2SandyKoufax (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:35 AM Response to Reply #238 |
239. What does any of this have to do with the NYY? |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #239 |
259. What "important issue" is that? America Sucking??? |
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Moses2SandyKoufax (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #259 |
261. You think I give a slippery shit what the freepers think? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:45 PM Response to Reply #259 |
273. 'they would distance themselves ' |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #273 |
280. 2 things... |
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Moses2SandyKoufax (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #280 |
283. Unfortunately you're right. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #280 |
284. Why do you attack Americans |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #238 |
240. Ahhhhh, they're just JEALOUS! |
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Moses2SandyKoufax (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:05 AM Response to Reply #240 |
241. Haven't heard that one since late Autumn 2001! n/t |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-27-08 02:23 AM Response to Reply #228 |
292. It sounds like you are having difficulty differentiating between |
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MattSh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:35 AM Response to Reply #82 |
112. Have YOU actually asked anyone? |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #57 |
164. Harry Truman didn't need to commit genocide to stop Japan. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
223. i think the iraqi people would disagree with you |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:54 AM Response to Reply #57 |
247. Im[perial Jaan perhaps, but not the Soviet Union or Nazi Germany. |
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masonfl (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:12 AM Response to Reply #43 |
95. I'm no fan of the way WWII ended |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #95 |
204. That is and has always been rationalization after the fact |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #43 |
188. Remind me how that war started. n/t |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:15 PM Response to Reply #188 |
233. There were nukes used at Pearl Harbor? |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
86. Those of us on the left criticize America ... |
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masonfl (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #86 |
96. Yes, I agree |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #96 |
206. Liberalism is a system of thought that is capitalist in nature. |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
157. I'm sorry, could you repeat that? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
170. Says the Deluded |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
29. Bush and the government suck |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
66. What about the corporations? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 02:36 AM Response to Reply #66 |
108. They're global/multi-national. The only American corporations anymore are small ones. n/t |
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SunDrop23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
33. Good post. I'm working on my exit. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Are you going to renounce? |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. What country are you planning to get citizenship? n/t |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
63. Tell us how the penguins are in Antarctica... |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
47. it really depends |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:51 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. If it were easy to separate the rulers from the ruled... |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #49 |
73. really? |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #47 |
72. That is a most excellent post. |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #47 |
137. I've never thought of it that way |
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fishnfla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
52. Education is the key |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. Mea Culpa on Commagate |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. ... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. Go stick a finger up Hitler and call it a plumb. |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
55. Plenty of room for improvement for sure |
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Binka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. Yes They Are Wearing Their Favorite Perfume |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
56. Yeah... It Basically Sucks Up Everything !!! |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:36 PM Response to Reply #56 |
65. Britney into oral again? |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #65 |
76. Lately...It Looks Like She's Into Nasal, Ya Know ??? |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:43 PM Response to Reply #65 |
171. Poor Poor Amewicans |
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ithinkmyliverhurts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
74. Maybe everything you say is true, but |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #74 |
79. This is the very thing that I'm glad that left up for discussion |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 02:22 AM Response to Reply #74 |
107. more self-critical ?? |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #74 |
208. I agree with everything you said |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #74 |
236. It is my home, for better or for worse. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
81. Our Day of Reckoning Is Nigh |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
85. Very well said. |
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BeHereNow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
87. I am SO recommending this thread! |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
91. What you mean; WE, kimosabe? n/t |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:25 PM Response to Reply #91 |
213. Hear, hear. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
105. 100% disagree... living outside the US and traveling extensively gives some perspective on this |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
109. Thankfully, our candidates disagree. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
113. Great post |
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Fedja (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
114. The Greatest. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #114 |
140. saying it sucks is exactly as untrue as saying it's the greatest |
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Fedja (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #140 |
252. True, but... |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
115. No America does not suck. |
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notundecided (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:55 AM Response to Reply #115 |
119. Ah yes, the American Land |
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Snarkturian Clone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
117. Look, America definitely needs some work |
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notundecided (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
118. We have met the enemy, and he is us |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #118 |
121. I searched for, and found that POGO strip...and printed it out. It is hanging next to my desk. |
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Moochy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #118 |
144. Or at least he is masquerading as us |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
120. The truth hurts. And - Denial is more than just a river in Egypt. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
122. Perhaps a vacation in Bangladesh or Kenya would change your mind. nt |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #122 |
173. ... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #122 |
178. Its actually quite condemning of the nation if the only way to make us look good is to compare us... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #122 |
189. Or some of the neighborhoods in my city... |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #122 |
212. Thank you! |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #122 |
243. Might set it in place, of course...NT |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
123. J. Paul Getty understood that, also |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
125. It's not the "country" per se, but what people are conditioned/indoctrinated with/into |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
127. I Think We Have Flaws, But Overall We're A Great Country With Great People. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #127 |
130. And there are numerous possibilities/potential for activism/civil disobedience here! |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #130 |
131. Absolutely. |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
128. My only retort: |
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Cronopio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #128 |
169. Agreed that America isn't 100% evil. |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
133. And worst of all, we have never been more officious than we are today. |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
134. there is little truth in this way of thinking |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
135. Actions taken in our name, suck. And I find it very sad that so many Americans never think about |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
136. America doesn't suck. Just Americans. |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #136 |
139. Things are going to get a lot worse before that happens |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #139 |
165. I agree. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
141. I have a very rich neighbor who forces me to be his |
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notundecided (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
142. Is America an abstraction? |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
152. K&R |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
155. Oh, but what about PARAGUAY? and and and THE PLANET KRYPTON? HM? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
159. I don't think America sucks- |
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Downtown Hound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
160. The crowning achievement of America |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
161. having traveled in very rich and very poor nations, oppressive and free, i'll agree with you. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
163. Unfortunately for you, your excellent post attracked a swarm of right-wing freepers. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #163 |
202. So true |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:17 AM Response to Reply #163 |
242. Weak. Truly weak. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #242 |
272. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
166. America ...the Great Satan. Bunch of liars and deceiving bastards. |
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Iktomiwicasa (942 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
167. For me.... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
172. We Need to Change That |
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BobbyVan (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
175. Awesome post! |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
176. The robber barons, the slaveholders, and other villains have NO MORE CLAIM to OUR country than you.. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
179. I'd be happy if it was just top leaders that suck |
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Chovexani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
182. But--but--we have Wal-Mart! |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
183. "The illusion of freedom will continue |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #183 |
184. Mark Twain said much the same as you |
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FATCATs (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
191. I wonder if the Freepers |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #191 |
197. Exactly! |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #197 |
199. Let me make this very clear |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #199 |
227. I understand, Mr. Scorpio, |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #199 |
258. This is a great example of what |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
195. America has its problems( lots of them), |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
203. I couldn't agree more. |
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Politicub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
205. America is far from perfect, but Bill Clinton said it best -- |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #205 |
214. Yay! |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
211. Stop it. Not everybody in the U.S. is the same, and I damn sure don't support any dictators. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #211 |
215. There's plenty of blame to go around |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:08 AM Response to Reply #211 |
249. There might be a bit less of it if there were also a bit less "RA RA RA USA!!!" crap. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
217. Nothing that 100% voter turn out would not cure! |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #217 |
218. Damn Skippy! |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
219. You sound like one of O'Reilly's caricatures . . . . . |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #219 |
220. Well that scares me... |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:56 AM Response to Reply #219 |
248. That's okay by me. O'Reilly's a tit! If he fears the truth it's his problem. NT |
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ironrooster (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
222. HaHahahahahaha - every empire sucks - |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
225. Right fucking on, man. |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
231. The Reason why America sucks is because |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
250. Indeed!! No doubt about it! |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
253. AWESOME DETAILS |
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clarence swinney (673 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
257. GORBY CHANGED SOVIET UNION |
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LucyParsons (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
279. Duh. |
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yoyossarian (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-26-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
286. I agree with much of what you say... |
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294. Excellent analysis! |
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