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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:02 AM Original message |
An inarguable, damning truth about the US in Libya |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. We won't provide funding for Head Start, but we can provide endless funds to feed the maw of the war |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. The problem with your statement is... |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
47. Obviously not (n/t). |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:06 AM Response to Reply #47 |
79. Word. n/t |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Yesterday the US shot 119 Tomahawk missiles into Libya |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. how much would that be if they just sent 300 million americans a check? |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Well, to be fair... |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:08 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. ok..brain dead today..nt |
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Rage for Order (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. However, if we'd have done that with the bailout funds, instead of giving them to Wall Street |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
73. can we all become anti-war protestors now? |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
82. Tomahawk Cruise Missiles = $570,000 K @ |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
93. Actually, President Obama's FY 2012 budget provides $8.1 billion for Head Start and |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. Mind over matter |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. Truth hurts. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. The only way to change that is either |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. I don't recall Obama pushing a jobs bill |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Yeah he did |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Obama once pushed one small jobs bill for teachers. That was it. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. And then if you're lucky enough to come home in one piece |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. You would NOT be able to collect unemployment. |
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jimmil (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #33 |
84. Well let's not slap Obama down so hard...... |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. It might not pass, but for cynical reasons |
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Jester Messiah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
78. So why not do it right? |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. That point is one I have concede and agree with. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
6. Agree. K&R nt |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
7. Shhhhhhhhhhhhh |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. Some things require going through Congress, don't you understand how America's government works? |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
71. Which House was that between '08-'10? (n/t) |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
9. Recommend |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
10. the Unemployed need better lobbyists |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Maybe the unemployed should form a PAC and ask those who |
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bighart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
12. Pretty messed up situation. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
13. Did we just make the missiles? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I didn't know fire and forget extended so far. |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. a convenient excuse |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
14. Rec'd of course with a big NO to the US war machine n/t |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
18. One minute, our government is falling all over itself |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
19. k and r |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
20. USA...USA....USA... |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. We have plenty of people who need humanitarian help here. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
22. It means we are totally screwed up, but not for helping other countries in any way. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
23. We are just paying the price for having our fingers in |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. That is my interpretation. nt |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. In a fair world, the war hawks should have their taxes raised & pay every cent of it n/t |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. I wish we could do that. Let's add; send their own sons and daughters |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #36 |
91. That too. It's too easy to send other people's kids to die for your interests n/t |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
28. Must...Save...The...Oil... Must...Save...The...Oil... Must...Save...The...Oil... |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #28 |
49. Côte d'Ivoire doesn't export oil. We've supported the challenger for president. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm with you, and tired of republicans running the country..... |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
35. Agree, and will not be surprised if this military intervention |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
41. You got that right. |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. K&R |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. Recommended and reposted on Facebook |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
44. This is because.... |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
45. The missiles were made and paid for BEFORE Obama took office. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. How frugal |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:01 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Well, since we are in a fiscally responsible sharing mood, why no help for the Ivory Coast? |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Incorrect. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:59 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. BUT ... |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. LOL |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:55 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I was referring to the cost of the fuel being used. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #58 |
94. Yes |
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Jester Messiah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:10 AM Response to Reply #45 |
81. We're going to have to buy more in order to restock the armory. |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #45 |
89. Well, damn, then we need to use them. Hurry! |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #45 |
95. Our missiles are nearing their "use by" date... |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. It would be a waste of money NOT to bomb someone! |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
50. Our government is not on the side of the people |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
51. Big K&R. Our good "Christian" nation will expend any amount of |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
53. that has always been one of the things that made USA different from other countries |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
55. That's not a problem with Libya, it's a problem with your management |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Yeah, you'll notice the absence of the words "and therefore intervening is wrong" |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Well, I think the reason the USA is stepping down in a few days |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #57 |
98. " Keeping this sort of thing up requires more than replacement missiles in terms of resources.. |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #55 |
97. No, but we will have to replace it. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
56. Neo-Liberalism is not much different from in economic and |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
61. There's nothing wrong with the truth! thanks for the OP. |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
62. It is an inarguable and damning truth. |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
63. it's all quite simple, really . . . |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 03:57 AM Response to Original message |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 03:58 AM Response to Original message |
65. And yes, people were/ are being murdered there. But we've murdered over a MILLION |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
66. K&R for painful indisputable TRUTH. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
67. The govt spent more on Tomahawk missiles than we give to NPR. |
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spooked911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:57 AM Response to Reply #67 |
72. exactly-- shows our fu$%ed-up priorities |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
68. this Libya thing is a Rove created TRAP for President Obama also designed with....... |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:13 AM Response to Original message |
69. It's all about pleasing the corporate masters. n/t |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
70. Unfortunately, the needs of the people never rise to a such a level of |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
74. Our unemployment don't have a drop of oil! |
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PhillySane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
75. Nailed it my friend |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
76. at SF airport this morning |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
77. Agree 100%. REC. nt |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
80. The interests of "We the People" |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
83. Why do you hate America? |
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emald (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
85. absolute truth. |
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golddigger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
86. K&R for truth! |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
87. Oh, but this is a jobs bill. We can all join the military. |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
88. Pisses me off that I missed the rec period by 6 minutes, but I can still kick! |
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NillaWafers (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
90. Too late to rec. n/t |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
92. Totally agree. Rec'd yesterday. n/t |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-22-11 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
99. Who benefits? |
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