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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 11:46 AM Original message |
Well, I Knew Today This Would Happen. Low Information Posts About How Any Afghan Action is Murder.. |
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icee2 (261 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
1. Here you go |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Didn't read grantcart's OP, did you? Nice slogans ya got there. Maybe we should March on DC??? |
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icee2 (261 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Close |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. That's my favorite! |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
2. All one has to say that going to Afghanistan is the ultimate opposite of peace. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. So, if your wooden home has termites, you just look the other way and there's no problem? |
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icee2 (261 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. IOW - Give War a Chance? nt |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Call me shallow - I don't like to kill our children, their children, and the childrens parents. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. It's not our country, yet we are there killing people. What is it you don't understand? Oil? You |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Sorry, it appears you don't get it. A person leans towards peace or not. Well thought out |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. There is no way to peace. Peace is the way. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Anyone who says Obama started this war is a republican troll. plain and simple. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
46. Afghanistan is not our home, |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
56. That is more than fair, Afhanistan is not our home. |
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optimator (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
3. yeah I already read that trash |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. I completely agree with the analysis you offer. |
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hughee99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It made people experts when * was president. n/t |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. I was critical of it then too. (nt) |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Conversely, many her do realize what such "expertise" translates into |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Or that people use the propaganda excuse a crutch for their denial. (nt) |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. "Denial" of what, exactly? |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. That they might be occasionally wrong. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. Exactly!...as in, "war$" are necessary b/c very powerful people beholden to vested intere$ts say so |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Or that wars only ever happen because powerful people are allegedly beholden to vested interests. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. So, there *aren't* corporations that make huge sums of $ from our phony "war$?" |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Did I say that? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. No more than I 'believe' that any US president acts on his own volition re ways of empire |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. So you then believe all presidents to be no more than figureheads for... whom, exactly? (nt) |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. fo the coalitions of money that put them in power. it's how things work. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. You mean the coalitions that didn't even really give Obama money? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. i mean his funders, e.g. pritzkers. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. "This is complicated! It must be bad!" (nt) |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. It is simple |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. who gives a fuck ? ignore them unless they insist, then drown them out |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Indeed. Mine is a kneejerk post, but also a chance to link to grantcart's great thread. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Drown us out? |
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dusmcj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
77. unless you propose how to achieve peace, you need to accept if it doesn't come |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. Blind hero worship is pretty low-info as well |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. How can it be blind hero worship when we knew that was what he was |
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bring_em_home_bush (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
68. no, s/he doesn't actually know any of those things |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. Amazing how the question suddenly becomes more complicated |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Stabilize, not overtake, a region which, if left alone, will cause more harm in the future. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. K&R |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. I'm just shocked at the unreasonable nature of it all |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
20. and your thread is being vistited by Uggo |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. LOL. NIce!!!! |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. I LOVE that! Sadly, every time an unrec hits this post, a baby kitteh dies. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. But they come back with recs. Zombie kittens everywhere! (nt) |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
50. ROFL |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
79. The Legend of Uggo |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. Thanks for reposting the link. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. remind me... |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Well...... |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. It's been unending here for months |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. THX, Egnever. It did get reposted in GD yesterday... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. I'm not surprised at all... |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Actually, wasn't that the M.O. for teabaggers at Town Halls this summer. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Interesting observation... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
40. Yes, anyone who disagrees with Obama is an idiot |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. No, actually. There are idiots on both sides of the matter. And it's not about Obama. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. Only if you admit that you think everyone who agrees with him is an idiot. (nt) |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. I don't |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Nor did the OP. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. Not all of them. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
55. The war is to make money for arms merchants is the one thing you side always refuses to address. Who |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Why would Obama abide those people, exactly? |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #60 |
71. Why is he abiding them? Why $$$ for banksters? Lack of moral fiber. 'Profit trumps peace' |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-02-09 05:08 AM Response to Reply #71 |
80. How is it profit for him? |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
61. We here at Raytheon appreciate your efforts..... |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Raytheon employees donated a heaping $65k to Obama in 2008. |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #63 |
78. Just a defense industry joke...... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
65. An Afghan woman and politician disagrees. |
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goldcanyonaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
66. I wonder how many actually listened to Obama during the campaign. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #66 |
76. Yes, this factor really puts the "faux" in their "outrage". |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
67. from Abraham Lincoln: |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
70. No thread OP is more "low information" than this one. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
72. Well here is the problem |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. I love your posts, Nadin... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. I did, why I hope NOT to hear LBJ |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
75. K&R |
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