Two trains collide in DC but Blitzer is preoccupied with Iran

malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 05:48 PM
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Two trains collide in DC but Blitzer is preoccupied with Iran

Looks the the Iranians are right about the US corporate media's involvement and GEM$NBC continues with the Ed show.
These shameless morons amuse me.

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nadinbrzezinski

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Mon Jun-22-09 05:50 PM
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1. The Ed show went to the train wreck and talked to the on scene

commander

And as a former Paramedic, the last thing I want in a scene like that are folks with cameras. There are many valid reasons for that

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BlooInBloo

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Mon Jun-22-09 05:51 PM
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2. Personally I don't consider a train crash to be per se national news...

Horrific for sure, but not per se national news.

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nini

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:05 PM
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12. I agree. Report on it and move on

No need to have cameras running at the site for hours on end.

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chimpymustgo

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Mon Jun-22-09 08:00 PM
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66. SIX dead, dozens injured - it's a horrible tragedy. Regular programming should be pre-empted IMHO.

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 08:17 PM
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70. Are you serious?

And stop the twitter revolution led by the US corporate media?
Where was this fugging corporate media when Bush stole the election in 2000.
I can't wait to see how they report the next government led police attack on protesters in the US.

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BlooInBloo

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Mon Jun-22-09 08:41 PM
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73. Yes, that's awful. No, that's not per se national news.

Edited on Mon Jun-22-09 08:41 PM by BlooInBloo

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Sebastian Doyle

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Mon Jun-22-09 05:52 PM
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3. Maybe that's because Leslie Blitzer works at CNN

but not for CNN.

Everyone who works in Atlanta knows he's on the Mossad payroll.

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Peacetrain

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Mon Jun-22-09 05:54 PM
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5. Say what?

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nadinbrzezinski

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Mon Jun-22-09 05:55 PM
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6. Well I have to talk to the rabbi

my secret government job has not panned out.

We have plenty of that going on round these parts.

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cali

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Mon Jun-22-09 05:57 PM
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7. lol. you really love pulling crap from your, uh, rear.

not that I haven't heard that before. yeah, Blitzer is Jewish. He must be on Mossad payroll. and gasp, he once3 worked for AIPAC. Do you realize what a tool you sound like. never mind, that was rhetorical. stop with the crap, darling.

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Sebastian Doyle

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:25 PM
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35. Isn't that where crap usually comes from?

Seriously, Blitzer is a Mossad agent. There are also CIA agents working there. As I said, this is well known within the ranks of CNN employees. Why do you think they lost so many of their anchors after the AOL/TimeWarner takeover?

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conscious evolution

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:40 PM
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38. I've heard that before

Not sure whether its true or not.
What is true is that the goverment has people on payroll working for CNN and other media outlets.

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:29 PM
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57. I've seen it here before

several times.

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Blue-Jay

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:08 PM
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14. How did the "Leslie" thing get started? His real name is actually "Wolf".

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Sebastian Doyle

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:19 PM
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26. Nobody names their kid "Wolf"

Except Eddie Van Halen. And he only did so because he was high at the time.

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Blue-Jay

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:30 PM
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36. He was named after his grandfather, IIRC.

Listen, I think the guy is a total choad, but you gotta admit that "Wolf Blitzer" is one of the coolest names ever. (right after Brick Hardmeat)

Others:

Slab Bulkhead
Fridge Largemeat
Punt Speedchunk
Butch Deadlift
Bold Bigflank
Splint Chesthair
Flint Ironstag
Bolt Vanderhuge
Thick McRunfast
Blast Hardcheese
Buff Drinklots
Trunk Slamchest
Fist Rockbone
Stump Beefgnaw
Smash Lampjaw
Punch Rockgroin
Buck Plankchest
Stump Chunkman
Dirk Hardpeck
Rip Steakface
Slate Slabrock
Crud Bonemeal
Rip Sidecheek
Punch Sideiron
Gristle McThornBody
Slake Fistcrunch
Buff Hardback
Blast Thickneck
Crunch Buttsteak
Slab Squatthrust
Lump Beefrock
Touch Rustrod
Reef Blastbody
Big McLargeHuge (the best DU moderator EVER, by the way)
Smoke Manmuscle
Beat Punchbeef
Pack Blowfist
Roll Fizzlebeef

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Sebastian Doyle

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:34 PM
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37. Ah... thanks for the MST3K pic

I was about to guess that you were discussing porno names with Jerry & George. The robots did it better. :evilgrin:

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SoxFan

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:49 PM
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42. Dirk Squarejaw

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spiritual_gunfighter

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:16 PM
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23. Do you believe the Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion were not a literary forgery as well? n/t

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Sebastian Doyle

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:22 PM
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30. Damned if I know. I never read them.

Not sure what that has to do with government agents embedded in the corporate media, however.

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armyowalgreens

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Mon Jun-22-09 08:29 PM
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72. Your rhetoric sounds exactly like that taken from the Protocals of The Elders Zion.

"The jews control everything"...

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Sebastian Doyle

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Mon Jun-22-09 08:53 PM
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75. Nice strawman, Adolf

I have never said any such thing.

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armyowalgreens

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Mon Jun-22-09 08:57 PM
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76. You believe the mossad has planted an agent in CNN...

How is that not extremely similar to anti-semitic rhetoric?

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Sebastian Doyle

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Mon Jun-22-09 09:09 PM
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77. I also said there were CIA agents embedded there

How are you gonna spin that one, armyoftrolls ?

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armyowalgreens

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Mon Jun-22-09 09:16 PM
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78. You believe in anti-semitic and insane rhetoric?

:tinfoilhat:

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konnichi wa

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:23 PM
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33. His name is not Leslie. Only braindead idiots still push that stupid notion.

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Regret My New Name

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:41 PM
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59. Is it taxable income?

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HiFructosePronSyrup

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Mon Jun-22-09 05:54 PM
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4. Maybe you got that backwards?

Important things going on in Iran, but the media's blathering on about some train crash?

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bigwillq

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:00 PM
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9. Maybe it's the terrarists.

Our freedom is not free.

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jehovas_waitress

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:17 PM
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54. It's DC. Folks there are more important don't ya know..

Somewhere there was a car wreck today that probably killed four people as well. But hey, there are lots of cameras in DC so they gotta use them.
"If it bleeds, it leads".

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cali

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Mon Jun-22-09 05:59 PM
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8. um, a train crash killing two is hardly news that should supercede the Iran story.

curious that you think it should.

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:01 PM
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10. Curious that you think it should not n/t

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cali

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:03 PM
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11. not really. car accidents that kill more than 2 happen every day

and train accidents happen several times a year. How often does what's happening in Iran happen? Which event has greater impact on the world? pretty simple stuff really.

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:07 PM
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13. The first mass casualty accident

for the DC Metro is major news.

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HiFructosePronSyrup

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:09 PM
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15. Maybe major news if you're in the DC Metro area.

Pretty much irrelevant for everybody else.

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:09 PM
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16. Kind of like Iran n/t

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HiFructosePronSyrup

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:11 PM
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18. You think what's going on in Iran is irrelevant to the world at large?

Fascinating.

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cali

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:12 PM
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19. no. not kind of like Iran. how is a train accident

in D.C. that kills two, like a major political story?

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:15 PM
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21. Who said anything about political story

It's a news story. Meanwhile Wolfie et al don't have a fugging clue what's going on in Iran. They know what they want to be going on but that's all.
This is news as is happening now, national and important.

One DUer had a niece on the train, saw it here and called her to find out she's OK.

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cali

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:18 PM
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25. Actually, CNN has Roger Cohen who is doing a stellar job of reporting

from Iran and who is a real journalist. And no, this is not a story that's equal in importance to what's going on in Iran- and that a DUer had a neice on the train, doesn't make it so.

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:21 PM
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28. I can tell you that there are more people worried about

family or friends on that train crash than about anything going on in Iran.

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konnichi wa

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:24 PM
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34. If you actually think that, you really need to lay off the ganga.

:eyes:

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:45 PM
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40. Guess you mean ganja

I don't use it

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konnichi wa

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:52 PM
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43. Well then maybe you should. I have seen it spelled both ways in Jamaica

but it's hardly a bastion of education.

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:54 PM
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45. You must have met Freepers in Jamaica then

Hardly a bastion of education? Compared to where?

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BlooInBloo

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:43 PM
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39. Of course there are. That's why it's gripping local news.

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BlooInBloo

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:13 PM
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20. That doesn't even make sense.

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Regret My New Name

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:46 PM
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61. Following world events is important if you don't want to be ignorant...

Damn ignorant Americans and their following of world events, aye? They should only worry about things that happen in their own country and not ever worry about major events elsewhere in the world....

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marmar

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:10 PM
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17. Since when has CNN given a damn about what has a greater impact on the world?

n/t

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cali

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:16 PM
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22. that has nothing to do with the fact that what's happening in Iran

has a much greater impact on the world than a train accident that kills two in D.C.

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:18 PM
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24. Four dead so far

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5901240

Maybe you should tell that to the relatives of the dead Americans.

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cali

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:20 PM
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27. oh for the love of reason.

Yes, it's tragic, but even if 12 people died in that train accident, it still isn't as important a story as what's happening in Iran.

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:21 PM
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29. We can agree to differ n/t

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HiFructosePronSyrup

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:22 PM
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32. I'd be happy to.

Several dozen people died today in traffic accidents in China.

Would you like to speak to their families to tell them why their deaths are less important than some people in DC?

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Regret My New Name

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:49 PM
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62. Were there any accidents in Jamaica that you should be focusing on?

Edited on Mon Jun-22-09 07:49 PM by Regret My New Name

I'm sure there were at least a few today...

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 08:12 PM
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68. No just two cases of swine flu in schools in Manchester

and all schools were closed. Any near you? Any of your people hurt in Iran?

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konnichi wa

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:22 PM
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31. I don't give a shit about a train wreck in DC.

Why do you?...you're not even an American.
:eyes:

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:48 PM
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41. True but I have five American siblings and more than a few

Edited on Mon Jun-22-09 06:56 PM by malaise

nieces, nephews, grand nieces, in laws, dozens of cousins. For the record the first one arrived in 1905. When did you get there?

sp

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konnichi wa

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:53 PM
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44. What the hell are sibblings?

?????????????

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:55 PM
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47. Kind of like ganga I guess

siblings.

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bigwillq

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:55 PM
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46. What the fuck is your problem?

:shrug:

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 06:57 PM
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48. Ganga

Edited on Mon Jun-22-09 06:59 PM by malaise

:rofl:
The first person I called was my best friend's brother to check on my only godchild. I wonder if the poster has a clue how many Jamaicans live in DC and use the Metro.

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bigwillq

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:00 PM
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49. That poster had no clue. Period.

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Swede

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:03 PM
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50. Shameless moron amusing himself.

I guess.

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:06 PM
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51. Six dead so far - deadliest crash in Metro history

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0609/634125.html

I guess that's not national news.

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Throd

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:18 PM
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55. No. It isn't. It is a local tragedy.

Anything horrible that happens in DC, NY or LA gets more airplay because that is where the media is. In the next few days, six people will be killed in a tragic accident in Terra Haute or Modesto or some other place far from the media center. Just as tragic, not as sensational.

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:20 PM
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56. Perspective is everything

Edited on Mon Jun-22-09 07:22 PM by malaise

The Metro Crash is the 4th item of news here in Jamaica - you know why?
Lots of Caribbean people live in DC.

By the way the California train crash last year received national coverage.

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Regret My New Name

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:54 PM
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65. Most likely because there wasn't anything bigger going on...

24 hour news stations usually use accidents like that as filler when there isn't a major event going on. For example, if those trains were to crash on the election day here in the US then the same thing would happen.

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 08:27 PM
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71. Really now the California train crash was during Hurricanes Gustav, Ike, the

Republican Convention and a major election campaign.
OK then.

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Regret My New Name

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:50 PM
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63. Actually, I think someone is amusing himself, but it's may not be the person you think...

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backscatter712

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:09 PM
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52. Iran's a far bigger deal than a train accident.

Yes, the train wreck's horrible, but I think the mayhem in Iran's a far bigger story, with far bigger ramifications for foreign policy, nuclear issues, the situation in the Middle East, etc.

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madinmaryland

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:10 PM
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53. Olbermann has spent the first 10 minutes of his show with Iran.

I had channel 7 from DC on from 7-8, though watching live covereage.

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MiniMe

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:41 PM
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58. 6 dead just announced in DC, it is worldwide news

I IM with a friend in Singapore. She heard it over there, and just IM'd me to make sure I am OK. Used to ride the red line when I commuted into DC, but the other side of the red line.

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:44 PM
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60. Ding ding

Thanks

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chimpymustgo

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Mon Jun-22-09 08:08 PM
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67. Thanks for posting the thread. It is heartbreaking to us in this area - and I'm sure outside it.

There's time to cover both stories - but this one - in the nation's capital - with 6 dead, dozens injured - can't be ignored.

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malaise

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Mon Jun-22-09 08:14 PM
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69. Of course this can be ignored

People die in accidents all the time. Only Iran is important :sarcasm: (as if I needed to include that) Glad you're OK :hi:

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bridgit

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Mon Jun-22-09 07:51 PM
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64. BBC Worldwide just did a piece that aired here

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Raine

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Mon Jun-22-09 08:48 PM
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74. Iran is a huge international story ...

a train wreck is national, international should trump national.

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