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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:11 AM Original message |
Got an opinion of the Venezuela government? Better not tweet it... |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. Can we "tweet" popcorn? |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Chavez never loved DU to begin with! |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. DU would be illegal in Venezuela nt |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. LOL You've never been to South America, have you |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I've been a few times, on Non Sequitur Airlines. I see you've flown recently. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
68. "DU would be illegal in Venezuela". |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
157. lol |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'd like to see a Venn diagram |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. And it ain't as if these guys don't have an agenda. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. What's Reporters Without Borders' agenda, then? |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Check my edit. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I see you're not debating the veracity of the story. Do YOU see? nt |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I'm sure they were busted for yelling fire in a theater. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. So two people tweeting can take down a mighty paragon of socialism? |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. What do you make of Otto and his ties to the School of the Americas? n/t |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Did Otto do the tweeting? If not, who gives a shit? nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. You have to admire the right's infrastructure. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I admire Chavez' infrastructure more. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. And I'm still waiting for that bloodbath you promised me three years ago. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
61. Not to nitpick, but they do have exactly that in the US |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Yessir! And if you look long and hard enough |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Agreed. |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Wasn't dear old Otto hanging around Honduras during the coup? |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. He may well be. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. You know, that's an interesting thought. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
9. Good for Venezuelan Law. I applaud this. n/t |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Wow, if that law applied in the US DU would be toast and we'd all be doing time. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I know of no one on DU who spreads false rumors to destabilize our nation's banks |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Exactly. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. people post bullshit rumours designed to destabalize the administration all day here. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
82. And when they got out of hand, the admin of DU had to deal with the SS. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #82 |
103. i've been here since 2001, but amazingly i don't recall that! |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #103 |
111. October, 2006 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #103 |
169. Deleted message |
jdp349 (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 01:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. People post stupid shit here all fucking day |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. And that's what a trial is for, right? |
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jdp349 (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #57 |
89. It depends on whether they a case or not |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. You might want to at least skim this thread. |
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jdp349 (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #94 |
110. That's why I read the article from Reporters without Borders too |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #110 |
171. Reporters Without Borders is not a neutral organization of journalists. |
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jdp349 (372 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #171 |
174. ah a somewhat unexpected twist indeed |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
108. Our own Constitution forbids the questioning "validity of the public debt of the United States" |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #108 |
122. Oh for crying out loud: |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #122 |
131. Making a comment is not the same as incitement. For crying out loud, ditto, etc. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #131 |
136. Huh? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #136 |
148. Why don't you knock yourself out and look up "incitement"? |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
79. Always remember that someone, somewhere, has to decide what qualifies as such a statement. |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
132. Look in the Economics forum. You'll find plenty of false prophets of doom. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #132 |
156. No one in the economics forum has ever said.. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
150. This is just the 'anti-Oil Producing Country that won't give us their |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. There's stuff we can't post here without putting Skinner |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
137. lol. beth. your authoratarian slip is hanging out all over the place. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:15 PM Response to Reply #137 |
151. Really, I thought our Authoritarian attempt to unseat a democratically |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. jesus christ... how unsurprising. do you wish obama supporters could be locked up for DU posts? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. What that poster fails to realize is that if the law applied under the Obama administration, |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. It would take no effort at all to recover hundreds, if not thousands |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
158. But this isn't about broad criticism. It was a specific attempt to start a run on a bank. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Utterly ridiculous hyperbole. n/t |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. it's delicious, isn't it? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
77. It wouldn't hurt for you to go to Forbes and see them attacking Obama |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Your comparison is inside out. nt |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
26. Every time I see anti-Chavez articles on the |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Oh bullshit. We are talking about TWEETING here. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Like I said if you want to get to the bottom of it, find |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. Again, a few TWEETS are a danger to a socialist paradise like Venezuela? nt |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 01:56 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. See my post #51. n/t |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #50 |
144. The thing is YOUR agenda is so transparent. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:54 AM Response to Reply #50 |
167. Enjoying the fruits of free speech at home, |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. So, um, what is the "whole story"? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #35 |
41. I'm tired of doing everyone's research. Go find out |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. It's an industry. There are countless reports and now two movies |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. It would be, but I think a book even with pictures |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. We'd need an editor who could write a good subtitle like |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. The structure of social and religious belief systems is hardwired - read Rene Girard |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Wars, genocide and qualifying exams. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. If you can do the job, you're already qualified in my book. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. When I worked with my mom, she used to tell me |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. When Gawd Almighty returns, some petty official will demand to see a green card |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. There are two schools of thought about on-line dissent: |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
36. Why Don't You Tweet "Death to Obama" And See How Fast the Secret Service |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
112. +1, this is pretty well covered by "yelling fire in a crowded theatre" exceptions. |
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tiny elvis (619 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
40. commercial news will warp your mind |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
43. No, it was just a "mistranslation." |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
51. And now for the truth. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. And what precisely qualifies THIS as "the truth," other than it's another viewpoint? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Let's deconstruct your Forbes article. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #56 |
84. Deconstruction? That's a polemic. Not surprised that you can't see the difference. nt. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. So, you can't address Cleita's analysis? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. It's not analysis. I see no "deconstruction" of any text. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. That's what I thought. n/t |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
75. So, you agree that there can be more than one "viewpoint"? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Interesting. And in 2000, the legislature only had a small majority |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #51 |
81. That's the biggest load of crap I've read all day. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #81 |
88. That's what a trial will be about...proving it's a lie. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. Good luck proving that they didn't think the banking system was in trouble when they tweeted. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. That's a huge leap of opinion considering the law |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. The reason it was passed does not dictate how it is executed. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Don't let that big stretch of logic boomerang on you. n/t |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. Come again? nt. |
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U4ikLefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #97 |
152. Yes, but Cell Phones & the Internet existed in 2001. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:20 PM Response to Reply #93 |
96. That's what every oligarchic felon has claimed |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. So political suppression doesn't exist? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. It's only political suppression if you are a right wing perp. Got it? |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. Riiight. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. You seem to know very little about Latin America. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. That has no bearing on whether political suppression exists. nt. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #107 |
130. Oh, of course it does. Because that's what they all claim when they get here. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:56 AM Response to Reply #130 |
168. I guess I'm not following you. Your argument so far appears to be that because a few, many, or most |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #168 |
170. Not exactly but I've yet to see anyone but one of these wingers caught |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #81 |
153. "First of all, prove it's a lie (burden is on the state)." |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:45 AM Response to Reply #153 |
164. Not sure where you're going here. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #51 |
90. Thanks. The law about that is very clear in Venezuela Law 448 |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #90 |
104. Good lord is that verbatim? What awful drafting. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. When you can't argue the issue, the next best thing is to call other posters names. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. People jailed for 11 years for twittering? The issue practically argues itself. (nt) |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Right, just like Obama is coming for your guns does. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. For one thing, they haven't been sentenced or even |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. You would be correct if that were, in fact the issue. The issue |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:44 PM Response to Reply #64 |
78. Who has been jailed? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #78 |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #87 |
106. I've asked the mods if calling other posters "Chavez monkeys" |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #106 |
109. Ah yes, the old, "I'm telling" gambit. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #109 |
128. No, I'm just curious. If it's okay to do what you're doing |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:32 PM Response to Reply #109 |
154. Seriously, this is how you debate? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:42 PM Response to Reply #106 |
113. Deleted message |
Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #113 |
116. You guys sure know how to sway people to your side of the argument. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #116 |
117. no need to sway, if you can't see the problem with someone being imprisoned for tweeting |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #117 |
120. Well, carry on and let us know how it works out for you. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #120 |
124. its somewhat amusing, but not for the two who were arrested for tweeting |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:49 AM Response to Reply #124 |
166. Actually, they were arrested because their tweets were a means of communication in |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #116 |
121. Chavez fans are poopyheads with cooties! (i kid, i kid) |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #64 |
118. What about people in the US jailed for sending emails? Ever heard of a pump and dump prosecution? |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #118 |
135. Um, those email cases were electronic mail fraud cases. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 10:33 PM Response to Reply #135 |
155. Um, the case can be made that this is electronic fraud. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. Nobody is a bot except the oil company propagandized |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #54 |
74. Deleted message |
MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #54 |
76. But they haven't been sentenced to death |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
92. You support the right wing destabilizing economies? Things are becoming clearer now. n/t |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
62. "Venezuela nabs 2 for trying to 'Twitter' a run on banks" |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Yes. That's what happened. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. This is what Forbes always does to stories about Venezuela. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. The part that is the most frustrating for me is that those who |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. We were talking about this, precisely, upthread. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #67 |
80. No surprise since Steve Forbes is a big honcho at |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Sometimes right wing propaganda is okay. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:28 AM Response to Reply #65 |
161. And then there's this analysis -- |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
114. Deleted message |
Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:54 PM Response to Reply #114 |
119. You agree with the RW media's take on Chavez, but not on Obama. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #119 |
123. actually, i think both sides are exaggerating. Chavez is alright. i think over the years the power |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #114 |
127. You have that inside out, too. The same right wing media that attacks Obama |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #127 |
133. you're talking about the RW press. I'm laughing at the fact that many people |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:56 PM Response to Reply #133 |
146. I don't like name calling of any kind. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
115. unbelievable!! facing 11 years in a Venezuelan prison for a tweet n/t |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #115 |
125. Plenty of people in The US have been convicted for email pump and dump schemes. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #125 |
126. no evidence of that in this case. the Pump and dumpers use email as their means of mass marketing |
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Hassin Bin Sober (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #126 |
129. Pump and dump doesn't "attract clients" |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
134. Ah, yes. quoting Forbes for anti-Hugo propaganda |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 06:29 PM Response to Reply #134 |
138. So your contenton Is that the entire story is factually untrue? |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 06:42 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. Entirely? Probably not. |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #140 |
142. But of course, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #142 |
147. Maybe you'd be less amazed if you sought to track shared reality |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #147 |
162. And "that's what a trial is for," right? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #162 |
172. You're confusing crime with speech. nt |
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LTX (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #172 |
173. And you're condoning the criminalization of speech. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
139. Chavez proves over and over he's a despot. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
141. Testing Testing |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
143. The message must be controlled-- |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #143 |
145. Sometimes age is a good thing, ne. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 03:33 AM Response to Reply #145 |
160. Otto Reich tried to do that to Chavez, too. Iirc, in 2007ish |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
149. I'm kind of surprised. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-13-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #149 |
159. That's a mischaracterization of the charges. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #149 |
165. You could face jail time for tweeting if it was part of a criminal conspiracy, |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-14-10 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
163. I don't live in Venezuela. But were I poor, I'd like a champion. |
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