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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:43 PM Original message |
Al Gore: Iraq War about OIL THEFT |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, we defended Kuwait when they had their drinking straw stuck in Saddam's root beer float |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. yep, but most Dems don't go past saying it's not about dates, figs, or pistachios |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I dunno. I think it's one of those "We hold that truth to be self-evident" kinda situation |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. it's obvious if there is a pile of dead bodies too, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't look for the |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. But the Dems aren't the killers, here. They're just trying to move the ball forward. NT |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. the Dems are the cop, and they keep stepping over the bodies while reminding Jeffrey Dahmer not to |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 06:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
36. Oh I disagree with this statement... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 02:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Well, I was in the profound minority on those engagements, too. |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. I will not be afraid nor will I be represented by a President who allows himself |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. could you explain that a little further? |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. I am tired of hearing how "they" will kill to keep Gore out of office. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 03:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. I hope you are right. I didn't mean that as a veiled threat, but a prediction that I hope would be |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. on further reflection, Democrats have done a poor job of forseeing what the right will stoop to |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. If it is theft, they are incompentent criminals indeed |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. we pay that cost per barrel in taxes--oil companies get the country for free |
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fwiff (184 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. The theft is less about money than CONTROL of the oil market |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. that's a side benefit of giving the spigot to our oil companies. When they tighten supply... |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. WE pay the cost of the cluster fuck in Iraq. They (or their corporate masters) reap the benefits |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. Outside Kucinich and a handful of others, the Iraqi oil law is not even debated within the Dem/Rep |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Obey Refers to Us as Idiot Liberals |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Obey takes etiquette lessons from Cheney it seems. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have never seen a clear explanation |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. check Hague and Geneva Conventions |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. But the Geneva Conventions are so pre-9/11, don't you think? |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 03:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Like Bush said about FISA, "that's an OLD law! ya caint spect me to member something more than 5 |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
10. A government for the corporations by the corporations |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. the mention of the museums |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. AND we were absolutely |
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RogueBandit (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
19. It's the Oil Stupid! |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. Excellent, now connect the dots.... |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. "To my surprise, he was honest." |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. In defense of yurbud, I don't think he was attacking Gore's honesty, but surprised |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 08:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. poetic justice on Hydrocarbon Law is major oil companies are waiting for it to pass before signing |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 05:44 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Until we recognize Iraq's right to determine their own development |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Biden and some pugs have pushed for that, and they are probably astroturfing ethnic violence |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I meant compared to others in Congress and presidential candidates, not compared to himself |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
32. VOTE this up on newsrankers like buzzflash.net, digg.com, netscape, etc. LINKS |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 03:59 AM Response to Original message |
33. K&R. (nt) |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 06:18 AM Response to Original message |
35. I suspect that if Al Gore was serious about |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
37. Let's keep the Gore bandwagon rolling on !! |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Is there a contact link on any of that? I'd like to ask Al if he knows why Dems are being quiet |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
42. if exxonmobil, chevron, bp and shell don't get their hands on the oil... |
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