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Julius Civitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:32 PM
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TERROR ALERTS: We KNEW they were used for POLITICAL reasons back in 2004 -- LOOK!!!
Edited on Thu Aug-20-09 03:36 PM by Julius Civitatus
I made this chart back in the year 2004, with a study comparing Bush's declining approval numbers with the times they raised the alert to "Orange". Like clockwork, every time his approval numbers took a nosedive, here came the "Orange Alert" to spike it up.



WE KNEW!
They treated the American people like sheep. They thought we wouldn't notice, but we could see how transparent their motives were.

I feel so vindicated. :patriot:


http://juliusblog.blogspot.com/2004_08_01_juliusblog_archive.html
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:33 PM
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1. BROWN Alert!!!!
I knew it too, and people laughed.

And that's just scraping the surface...

:patriot:
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:35 PM
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2. I remember it/you/that thread back
Edited on Thu Aug-20-09 03:36 PM by Cha
when we all knew what shite bush+cheney were doing and now we have the proof! Thanks to Tom Ridge..whistle blowers make the best revelations, don't they?
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Julius Civitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:41 PM
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6. Thank you. I got so many threats and nasty emails from wingnuts
when I posted that graphic. It really weirded me out how vicious some of them were, and they kept coming for weeks! It was incredible how full of hate those people were .
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:47 PM
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7. That's because you exposed the lot of them as suckers
and sheep who were being led around by rings in their noses.

Which they are.
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Mrs. Overall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:36 PM
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3. You should feel vindicated. I think the only news person to also point it out was Olbermann--
And I think he took a lot of shit from both Republicans and Democrats for pointing it out.

DUers were on to many things that the bush administration was doing in terms of propaganda. I can't wait to see what else comes out.
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:37 PM
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4. K&R
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:41 PM
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5. You're not alone
I can't wait until KO starts tonight.
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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 03:47 PM
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8. Let us remember the red alert the night of that Ohio recount.
We all claimed bullshit here. It was so fucking twisted and fake. The very county the recount was taking place in.

So what do we do now? I actually would change my mind about the death penalty over this. I'm serious. I am totally opposed to it, but for this I am absolutely furious. Iraqis died because of this. And troops.
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Matt 6_5 Donating Member (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 04:04 PM
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9. I'll go out on a limb and opine that nobody here is surprised.
...
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NYC_SKP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 04:09 PM
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10. I note the single greatest bump in ratings and I wonder...
...at what shocking things the powerful are willing and able to do.

:tinfoilhat:
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 04:10 PM
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11. Phony war from the beginning - PNAC
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Julius Civitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 04:40 PM
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13. They had their plan indeed - n/t
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 04:54 PM
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15. And the list of enablers is L O N G
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Fire1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 04:13 PM
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12. I knew ALL of that crap was contrived for the simple minded. n/t
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Cetacea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 04:43 PM
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14. And still they roam the planet, free as the wind...n/t
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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-22-09 12:18 PM
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16. Kick! Great job, Julius.
Knew I'd seen that graph here, but had forgotten it was you that posted it. Kudos!
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