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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:30 PM Original message |
Venezuela assembly gives Chavez decree powers |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Another enabling act... |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. The ends determine the means. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
66. A leader who puts ordinary people ahead of Corporations. Yes, |
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discocrisco01 (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #66 |
103. Chavez |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #103 |
119. This isn't the first time Chavez has been granted this power. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 10:13 PM Response to Reply #103 |
145. Personality preferences are unimportant. We have had some pretty |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #103 |
162. He hasn't shown enough "humility" to please the racist clowns in Bolivia |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #66 |
161. So that makes it OK for him to be a dictator? n/t |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 07:25 AM Response to Reply #66 |
169. A much more accurate description, sabrina, would be this: |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. YAY |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. Viva Chavez! |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. A firebrand fascist would be a more accurate description. |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. There you go again with that brilliant insight. |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 07:56 AM Response to Reply #41 |
61. I know you can't. For those who support dictators are unable to grasp the concept of freedom. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 10:09 AM Response to Reply #61 |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I have enough of a grasp to recognize that the choice of a dictatorship |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #63 |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:16 PM Response to Reply #64 |
73. I will assume that you are not one of those flat earth types; |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 02:26 PM Response to Reply #73 |
111. Or new, Creative spokesmen, no doubt. n/t |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Dictators run clean elections and leave their future political |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:19 PM Response to Reply #67 |
74. If you believe "that Venezuela has cleaner elections than we do," |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Gore did |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #78 |
89. At last, the straw man arrives upon the scene. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. 50,999,897 vs. 50,456,002 |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #74 |
86. It's not a question of what I believe, it is a fact established by the |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #86 |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 10:49 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Giving the president the power to enact laws by decree is allowed under the Venezuelan constitution. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. Congratulations. You have absorbed the Bush propaganda |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 08:10 AM Response to Reply #94 |
100. Ah, yet another straw man...But there is a new sheriff in town, and his name is Barack Obama. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #100 |
108. So, now having been presented with facts, you no longer make |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #108 |
115. No, Obama is not lying. He said that Chavez is an authoritarian and I agree. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #115 |
121. All leaders are Authoritarian by nature. What is your point? |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #121 |
124. The Monroe doctrine defines the US's foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #124 |
127. What utter nonsense. |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #127 |
131. Fortunately, those who manage our foreign policy, agree with me, not you. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 06:38 PM Response to Reply #131 |
133. You mean unfortunately, or this country would not be in the |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #133 |
154. War crimes--war criminals. Those words tossed around so much that they have lost their meaning. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #154 |
157. Wow, don't you sound like a 'tough guy'. |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #157 |
165. Tough...? That depends on whether I'm dealing with a two-bit militaristic thug |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 04:10 AM Response to Reply #165 |
168. So now you finally get to the real reason, not that we didn't know it, |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 07:54 AM Response to Reply #168 |
170. Ike never wore his uniform during his tenure as an elected representative. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #170 |
171. You're beginning to bore me now, but |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #171 |
173. Boring...? Yes, those who live under dictatorships live very boring lives. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 09:35 PM Response to Reply #173 |
179. You must have links to the genocide in Venezuela by Chavez |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 09:47 PM Response to Reply #124 |
142. If all dictators are untrustworthy, why do you seem to favor US intervention in South America |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 06:57 PM Response to Reply #142 |
155. Actually, I think I stated quite clearly that I do not favor intervention. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 01:49 AM Response to Reply #74 |
97. Venezuela does have cleaner elections than we do. |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 08:12 AM Response to Reply #97 |
101. You are correct about one thing. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 01:06 PM Response to Reply #101 |
109. The Carter Center has monitored elections in Venezuela |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #109 |
116. Well, that should tell you all you need to know. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #116 |
117. LOL |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #117 |
126. The fact that Bush invited foreign election monitors to observe the U.S. elections |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #126 |
138. The fact that ANYONE would oppose election monitoring is astonishing. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 08:24 PM Response to Reply #126 |
139. Well, he couldn't let anyone watch him steal Ohio, could he? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #117 |
134. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: "Was the 2004 Election Stolen?" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #116 |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #120 |
125. On the other hand, anyone who thinks Venezuela is a free country, |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 06:27 PM Response to Reply #125 |
128. You're the first one to post here that people are not free in Venezuela |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 06:34 PM Response to Reply #128 |
132. But there are no property rights in Venezuela; thus, there are not human rights. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #132 |
135. Really? They are compensated at fair market value. Property is also taken in this country. |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #135 |
153. George Bush and Jerry Jones would just LOVE you! |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #135 |
156. Well, if you "have been discussing Venezuela for many years," |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #135 |
175. In the United States in the vast majority of cases where property is to be taken... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 07:59 PM Response to Reply #132 |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #132 |
141. I'm always amazed to find out how little people know about Venezuela |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #141 |
159. never stops them for TRYING to pin something on Chavez |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #74 |
164. Most of us are very aware of the fact Venezuela's elections are far CLEANER than ours. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #63 |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
158. socialist.... get your labels correct |
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Theobald (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 03:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
114. That's nice |
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jakefrep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
172. Fuck Chavez! |
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Very_Boring_Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yay for dictators! |
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jimmie (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
152. I couldnt agree more |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. Guess we have that whole dictator thing worked out |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
68. Well, it doesn't matter what we like does it, the people of Venezuela |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Hitler got the reichstag to pass degree powers. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. OMG. Godwin fail right from the start. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. So...when do you go from Arctic Dave to Caracas Dave? nt |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Fortunately for me i have traveled beyond my place of birth |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 12:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. "Hitler got the reichstag to pass degree powers." |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. yes we should |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
75. that's a good point, and it's being ignored by many in this thread |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #75 |
85. Don't forget: |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 09:51 PM Response to Reply #85 |
144. Something other than Star Wars would probably be a better example. |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #144 |
146. I'd bring up Hitler |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #146 |
147. That would be a valid analogy if... |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 09:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
143. Not quite half. And they're still going to be the minority in the legislature. |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 07:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
60. Please cite a "Declaration of War" by the United States that was declared solely |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #60 |
80. The Mexican War |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #60 |
118. That was his point, I think. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
70. Bush got congress to pass the Patriot Act. How is that democratic? |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
90. There's a few crucial differences. |
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IAmAWoofDog (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 01:44 AM Response to Reply #90 |
96. Thank you for a rational reply. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
123. And here the president can use Executive Orders to |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Um,. except Chavez IS a dictator now. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. He is a dictator using congressional approval for a finite time? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Non-dictators wouldn't accept that power. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Hoooowl! |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Got it, Dave: you approve of all power residing with exactly one person. |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Hugo is not yet a dictator |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
42. Dreamer Tatum, if I may ask your own questions... |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. LOL |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 01:49 AM Response to Reply #42 |
47. I don't hold it up as a political paradise. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:25 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Venezuela's murder rate far exceeeds that of Colombia or Mexico. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:27 PM Response to Reply #54 |
71. 2010 figures |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 05:08 AM Response to Reply #71 |
98. Type, in google news, "name of country" + "murder rate" and see. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #98 |
106. Your challenge actually proves my point |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
69. Millions are fleeing TO Venezuela |
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IAmAWoofDog (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #69 |
95. And what faction do you think they were associated with? |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #95 |
102. A reality check on your imaginary 4 million FARC supporters in Venezuela. |
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discocrisco01 (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
105. Democracy |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
11. the opposition |
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Matilda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. It's democratic when it's provided for by the Constitution of the country, |
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iandhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. It absolutely is |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #39 |
148. Wrong. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
21. You know this is the 4th time he's been given this power, right? (edited) |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Socialists, dicktators and bears, oh my! |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Well, after all, Chavez did steal my... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Hugo Chavez smoked in my rental car. |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. He used my toilet and peed on the floor. :( n/t |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
48. How well did it work out the other times? |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:00 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Well enough he's been given the authority for a 4th go 'round. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:06 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Sounds like they didn't work the other three times. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:22 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Fourth time's a charm, huh? Or maybe these are different |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:27 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Certainly it's not very difficult to think of reasons to ask for such powers. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:36 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Oh. (edited) |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:46 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. If they worked, they wouldn't be necessary, understand? |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #57 |
92. Except that the previous times he was granted these powers to deal with different circumstances. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 05:09 AM Response to Reply #92 |
99. The single most important circumstance is "implementing socialist policies." |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
77. Well, he hasn't used the power to seize food and let it rot while people are starving? |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. How dare he act for only himself, oh wait. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
24. A one-person government. |
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steven johnson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. Senor Asshole Finally Has Dictatorial Powers -- Suck It In |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Hilarious. He's had these powers before |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. "...to address urgent matters such as housing, public works, and finances." |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. The things they are planning to do with this are truly admirable. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I hope they are able to be as admirable in practice as they are on paper. |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Yes. good point. But thy seem to be moving quickly. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Wow. No kidding. 2 days after he became "dictator" and they're |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. This sort of land distribution was something the Philippines was supposed to have done a decade ago |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
72. The Venezuelan government still has to fight "their" elites and |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 05:08 PM Response to Reply #72 |
84. Wow, great information. Bookmarking, plan to study it later tonight. Thank you. n/t |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Thanks, Judi Lynn. I hope you enjoy. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. We have been under a state of emergency since 9-11. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
43. Correct. And some large part of the US government is a permanent secret state... |
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John Kerry VonErich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. Politically asylum Assange |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 04:38 AM Response to Reply #33 |
58. From a country that stopped releasing murder statistics years ago... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
46. He's had these powers before, and the rightists howled their lungs out then, as well. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:55 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. You'd think these sorts of powers would only be needed once in a blue moon. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 12:02 PM Response to Reply #49 |
65. All great socialist democracies hand complete power to one person sometimes |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
52. Oh look at this wonderful google search for Chavez' decree: |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
79. Amazing how the corporate media never depart from their standard form for Chavez stories. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #52 |
83. Found a couple of interesting political cartoons from Bolivia this week, |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
59. That's OK then |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
81. Their president is doing what they have elected him to do. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
76. Viva Chavez! Would that we would have a few who stood for the people & against the robber barons. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-18-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. People who stand for the people don't seem to live very long, do they? Sad. |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
104. All you need to know. Read why Chavez got Decree Power |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #104 |
110. Now that's some fine reporting, right there! |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #110 |
112. Does that mean he didn't say it? If not, can you point us the actual quote? |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #112 |
129. Crickets.... There's no plausible denying that Chavez spoke these |
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Lord Magus (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 08:25 PM Response to Reply #129 |
140. You're acting as if the opposition took over in the latest election. They didn't. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:56 PM Response to Reply #129 |
160. easy big guy.... democratically elected |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #112 |
130. Crickets.... There's no plausible denying that Chavez spoke these |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #110 |
136. Who doesn't trust the Washington Post on Venezuela? The NY Times on Iraq? n/t |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
113. During the Clinton years, Republicans attacked |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #113 |
122. You're right. He's the one who DIDN'T sell out the people.Required corporations to pay their taxes |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 02:06 AM Response to Reply #122 |
150. Chavez is an oil puppet for the United States. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #150 |
163. no, they are just terrified of democratic socialism |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #163 |
174. American's are by and large deluded about what socialism is and what capitalism is. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #174 |
177. very true.... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
151. Which are the countries most effective in reducing poverty and inequality? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:11 PM Response to Reply #151 |
166. And interestingly enough, the U.S. has "suspended" its Peace Corps |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 06:59 PM Response to Reply #166 |
176. I knew Bolivia threw out the US ambassador, didn't know about the Peace Corps... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #176 |
180. Well then, maybe Bolivia threw the Peace Corps out |
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War Horse (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
167. Please, please, please keep on exposing the U.S's role |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #167 |
178. Welcome to DU. nt |
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