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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:35 PM Original message |
Purple Hearts proposed for Fort Hood victims |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm guessing a cynical attempt to enshrine the attack as a... |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. "attack by an enemy upon American troops on American soil" |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Thats kind of where I was going |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I was refering to the attack shortly after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. considering that, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. But it was BUSH'S FBI that made the bad call last year. n/t |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. +1 |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. The military does not want to give the Purple Heart to PTSD victims. |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. Purple Heart usually go unannounced |
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MiniMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. And all the people who died on 9-11 got purple hearts, right? |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Don't give them any ideas. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. They were civilians and not eligible for it |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. There were active duty military killed too.... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Oh dear God - I was only thinking of NYC |
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humbled_opinion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Yes, they did. n/t |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. poor analogy |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. Sometimes CNN and Fox are close cousins. |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. Nope. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. No |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
15. Political theater? Republicans? No, never! |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I was gonna quip... |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
17. That's bullshit. This was a tragic incident, but it is not what purple hearts are given for /nt |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. FUCK Carter!! That would demean the award that was earned by every American who |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. political theater is right /nt |
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StarfarerBill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. And it must be asked: |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. What about folks injured & killed in training exercises ... |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. I thought the (R)'s would wait on this until the week before election 2010 |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
28. Is there evidence these people didn't plan this because they may run for President in four decades? |
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