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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 12:52 PM Original message |
Lebanon and Darfur |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. KICKED AND REC'MD |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Thanks, Lerkfish |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. FWIW, I think we are unduly influenced by the media, even when we |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 01:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I should also add: |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. There won't be any outrage until it's too late. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. "Never again"...unless its Africa. KnR |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 01:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. That comment |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 01:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I forgot the sarcasm tag... |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Pittsburgh Post Gazette's top editorial today was on the Darfur crisis |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
10. k/r |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. Do you know the oil potential there? |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
12. It should be on the top of everyone's list. |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. Not enough news coverage, IMO. A picture is woth etc. etc. nt |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. 4+million deaths in the Congo in the last 6 years. 31,000 a month. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. yes you can figure it out..... |
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daydreamer (503 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. But Dafur is not on TV everyday. We don't know who is fighting whom. |
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breakaleg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. It definitely needs more attention. I think the problem is that |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. I think the close association between the US and Israel |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 09:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Now that is a simple explanation, isn't it. |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. Maybe this will help explain... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 04:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Yikes. |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. Well, to the neocons |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. K&R |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
22. Thank you. I started a thread about a 24 hour news station |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
23. The answers are simple... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. You've got a point |
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Violet_Crumble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. About Rwanda... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 10:09 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. "A Problem From Hell" |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 05:08 AM Response to Reply #25 |
53. Sorry Cali but... |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 09:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. What Israel did to Lebanon is US policy. I can't imagine not being |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. You're missing the point. |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. K & R... but |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
27. Damn |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Nah, you didn't kill it. |
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IntiRaymi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
29. Because they are not above tossing a red herring into the fray. |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. Are we rushing Cluster bombs to Sudan?? There you go. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 10:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. sorry, Tom |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 10:27 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. No Kidding! |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
34. Thank you for asking a very important question. |
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Clarkie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
35. Why? The media. It's all about T.V. ratings and what sells. |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
39. It ain't nooooooze if it ain't about the joooooooos. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 10:43 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. oh, get over it Jim. |
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Jim Sagle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 11:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. I'm right and I think you know it. |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
40. A see a couple of reasons for the disparity |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
42. The Sudanese government has agreed to admit UN peackeepers from |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
44. A flame war does not grow from general agreement... |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
45. because for some |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 11:51 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. its just not as exciting.... |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. The concern I express here is mainly about stuff our govt. is doing |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
47. Because the oppressors in Darfur are ethnic minorites. |
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pelsar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-14-06 11:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. a lot to that as well |
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cigsandcoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 12:05 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. I think it's a gross overreaction to the shame of our historical racism. |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
51. Famine in Niger, War in the Congo, Darfur... |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
54. Kicked |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-15-06 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
55. One more kick |
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