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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:06 PM Original message |
A woman who has always been friendly astonished me at the Y yesterday. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. the worst thing is.... the folks scaring these people know what they are doing. |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. And we wonder how the Germans could've let the Nazis take over. |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I have "why Americans Hate Politics" by E J Dionne and will review this week. |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
33. LOL. "Make ass!" Do I ever resemble that expression!!! nt |
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DebbieCDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Stardust, I agree with you |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. There has to be a way...I loved what Chris Matthews did to Liddy the other day. |
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Shallah Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
57. The rw know how to push the fear buttons in the brain so critical thinking goes out the window |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. They have Freepers like that in Hawaii now? |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
48. She can't. Gov Lingle(R) sealed the record |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. I doubt that Lingle did any such thing. IIRC I read on the HI Vital Records |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. You are right. I went back to neutral source I had gotten that from and they had retracted it |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. Is this woman white, perchance? nt |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. She sure is. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. She must have just awakened from a long nap, and had a look at the demographic tables. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. You're a haole, mahina?! |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:43 AM Response to Reply #39 |
70. Hey Zidzi! |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. Cool! I'm retiring on Kaua'i |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
62. Why was race even brought into this discussion? I have a couple of hapa |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. Most wingnuts are white in my experience |
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ProudToBeBlueInRhody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #66 |
83. I met my first AA wing nut last summer |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:43 AM Response to Reply #62 |
71. Read you... |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. Fox News watcher and Rush Limbaugh listener quite simply. |
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dmr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. That's an "Australian tabloid corporate news owner" AND a Saudi Prince |
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Stardust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. I'm still astonished when I hear people bash socialism. Haven't they even heard of |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
64. Haven't they ever heard of the Interstate Freeway System? |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 03:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
74. This one may be harless, but there are others |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. This has happened, I believe, to a woman I worked with many years ago. |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. It happened to my college roommate |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
81. Ugh. What a bummer way to end a reunion. It still takes me by surprise |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. I have family |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. Sometimes its not even that the person listens to Limbaugh |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
67. Maybe when compared to Cheney |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't know if this is a fair conclusion that I have come to, but |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. I think that's fair |
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Lorax (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
69. Agreed. |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. You are right to turn your back on her and your uncle over political differences. |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
72. I don't know, I would never have turned my back on him. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. Watch and you'll see how truly dangerous they are: |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Thanks for that Lorien. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
60. Nice piece, wrong conclusion |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. I thought the same thing. I was surprised that he didn't grasp this |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
58. That's a good piece. |
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cosmicone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. Ok ok ... I initially thought |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. I have (had) a very good friend with whom I |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Exactly my experience! |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Hi and thanks, mahina, I suppose this is what |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
38. "He'd been washed, rinsed, soaked and blow dried on faux nooz." |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
59. You don't. There's just no way to do it. |
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Island Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. I would have told her that in regards to #4, |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. Rec+6 - I haven't underestimated it since Reaganism's Big Lies started producing this insanity |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. And the people with these fears have a vote equal to your own and elect their own representatives |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. You nailed it in #2. She is fear-based. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
26. You may have to ostracize her. Let her know that she is so far off |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
28. I had an elderly woman tell me that before the election |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. I agree that you can hear similar things re bushco and Obama |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. I for one never condone violence against ANY president |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. She should be reported to the Secret Service |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
50. I don't see an active threat in the words reported |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
32. Oh, teh stupid - it burns |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
47. Not to mention |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
34. How did she respond to your counterarguments? (nt) |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 02:46 AM Response to Reply #34 |
73. "That's just the way I feel"..."I sure hope you're right"... |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. And, you're in Hawai'i aka Obama Country! |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
51. Hawaii is Obama country, but its a pretty conservative shade of blue |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Yeah, bush had them almost suckered in 2004.. |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
37. 2 things |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. If we could rec a reply... |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. I should have read the thread before I posted |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
40. Let me get this straight |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
41. yea, god forbid she get good healthcare. i hope that doesn't happen. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
45. that's frightening when you don't read that in someone and they turn out that way |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
46. This is sad but the Repugs are driving this because this is all |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
52. A couple of points. |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
56. Sorry to hear you unearthed her true colors. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
61. The argument wasn't going to change anyone's mind ... |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
63. What Mahina said >>>"We underestimate the power of this fear and hatred |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-25-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
68. I have had this experience several times at my workplace. I also am |
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WVRICK13 (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
75. I Wish You Luck |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. Will keep working for equal rights for all. I read you loud and clear. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
76. I heard the same in the 90's about |
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DemReadingDU (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
77. Healthcare for the military, Medicare, Social Security |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
79. this is the insane racist underbelly of america |
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katkat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-26-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
80. school? |
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