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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 08:51 AM Original message |
'Feds radiating Americans'? Mobile X-ray vans hit US streets |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. Um, holy shit. nt |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wouldn't you love to be the bloke driving those vans? |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. In terms of radiation safety... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
25. This doesn't sound like your average X-Ray machine, though. |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Not a transmission x-ray, which uses a "bright" point source make... |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. You are correct. I provided training on one of the brand of these trucks |
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Nostradammit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
76. If they are in no danger why should they NEVER be in the vehicles? |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. for the same reason they put a leather apron on you when you get a dental xray |
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ladywnch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. You are correct. I provided training on one of the brand of these trucks |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Thanks for the info. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #36 |
63. Don't buy into those numbers, you CAN get SKIN CANCER etc. from backscatter |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
40. Then why do they make me exit my commercial vehicle when they do this at border crossings? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Same reason IPod Shuffles came with a warning not to eat them, or |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. They're looking for drugs, money and weapons, too? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I think more like it is that the person trying to eat the IPod or figure out toilet paper |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Like I said, Jobs is the Antichrist. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
77. why do they put seatbelts in cars? |
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CBR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. creepy... nt |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
4. Swell. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
5. Freaky dupe. |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
33. It sounds like your computer's been irradiated, too! |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. LOL! nt |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
6. You see the faint outline of the driver in that photo? How much radiation is he absorbing? |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. A LOT |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Source please? |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Look at that picture |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
39. I think it has more to do with the size of the detector array. |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
64. These are not transmission images |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #6 |
38. Much, much less than I absorbed working... |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
7. So, I guess all those pregnant women in their first trimesters |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:05 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Think of the bright side |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
88. Two mouths to feed? In THIS economy? |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
78. Well maybe those people shouldn't go outside at all |
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burnsei sensei (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
9. I don't see how that really helps anything. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Good point. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Agreed. And the excess random data all this scattershot surveillance makes matters much worse. nt |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
31. In regards to the American People; it isn't intended to help them. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #31 |
72. This is an excellent post. |
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wuvuj (874 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 07:03 AM Response to Reply #31 |
99. As in...it's the technology stupid? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
56. Depends on how it is used. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
11. terrorism my ass, they want drugs |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. They are going to use this to troll for drugs and weapons |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:26 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yup, anti-terror is the least of this thing's uses |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
54. However, as a matter of fact, thanks to the PATRIOT act these things can be used with impunity... |
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txaslftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #54 |
67. nice post. nt |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. Exactly. |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
18. Is there *anyone* in this administration who thinks this is a bad idea? |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Probably not. Nt |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
20. no to this - radiation accumulates in a body |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
55. Radiation DAMAGE accumulates to a degree. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 06:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
79. bullshit. nt |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
21. "a terror-spooked country" |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I think they meant to say "a country terrorized by spooks" |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
23. So, how soon before we start seeing these at those random checkpoint stops |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Taking protective measures will just be counted as prima facie evidence of your guilt |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:11 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Perhaps, but it would make for one hell of a good court case, |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 01:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
58. Your home is safe. The case has already been tested with respect to... |
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txaslftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Ya think? |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. ...and shooting your dog. --nt |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:56 PM Response to Reply #68 |
84. I think that if a few more people here practiced basic reading comprehension... |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
91. People who aren't doing anything wrong... |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
27. Car Wars? |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
28. Complete and utter creepiness. Nt |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
32. it's funny how the authoritarian meetheads who claim to love the country and constitution |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
34. More of the change you can believe in. |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
35. Will police always target cars rather than profiling men walking down the street? |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
59. The flip side of that is that with sophisticated automated remote scanning, there is no need... |
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ProgressiveEconomist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Huh?! "targeted only at persons carrying weapons?" You mean EVERYONE will be irradiated |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:02 PM Response to Reply #60 |
85. The device in question here straddles a vehicular target. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Like smart-bombs! No chance that new, "more precise" technology could lead to abuses |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
37. How many millions of cars would need to be x-rayed all the time? |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. The march of technology and regulation will solve this problem soon enough |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
57. And who gets to monitor all those x-rays? |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
43. Government for the Chicken Littles, by the Chicken Littles. |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
47. The assurances of safety of this machine are one thing, |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
52. Isn't backscatter technology the same as the body imaging |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
53. Land of the free, home of the brave. LOL |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
62. The danger is that ANY IONIZING RADIATION will cause CANCER esp. in KIDS |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. I hope you're organizing to keep kids off airplanes then |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:26 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. Cumulative. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #65 |
75. Read up on unreliable calibrations that can give you a 100 times dose |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. This is a different device from the medical x-rays |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 06:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
81. bullshit. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
66. This is illegal as hell! One more step toward an Orwellian/V for Vendetta society! |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
69. So this means the drug cartels will invest in Geiger Counters. |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
70. If it can go through a TRUCK... what will it do if you are Pregnant? |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:11 PM Response to Reply #70 |
86. Not a bloody thing. Read back a few posts. |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. Why does you post leave me feeling even less comfortable than before? |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 02:05 AM Response to Reply #90 |
92. Um perhaps because your education on the subject has been one sided. |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 03:05 AM Response to Reply #92 |
93. Yes Anonymous Internet Poster who posts at 1 in the morning - you Have convinced me .... |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 04:08 AM Response to Reply #93 |
97. No I wouldn't, because Corexit is at least as toxic as we think it is. |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 04:10 AM Response to Reply #97 |
98. Thank you again Ananymous Internet Poster..Next to Wikipedia...you're the smartest thing on the web! |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #98 |
100. Good girl. Never let anything as inconvenient as a fact get in they way... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
71. I am gobsmacked at THIS "DEMOCRATIC" ADMINISTRATION. Did Obama's private school not teach "1984"? |
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Techn0Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 03:06 AM Response to Reply #71 |
94. Some see that book as a dire warning ... others as process. |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
82. Freak Show |
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TheMadMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
87. And now for the piece de resistance. |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-30-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
89. oh well...if someone is gonna be looking into my car |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 03:10 AM Response to Original message |
95. . |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-01-10 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
96. Yes, but just think how many cars they'll be able to find the WEED hidden in the GLOVE COMPARTMENT! |
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101. Kick 1 |
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