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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:28 AM Original message |
Obama's Secret Rescue Mission |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. Wow. |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. Huge Kick!! |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. Back in the '90s, I worked with a young Middle Easterner, gorgeous, sweet, and with great manners. |
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Maraya1969 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
80. Yea I've heard so many stories that make it sounds like the men fall |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. 2nd Wow |
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Union Thug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Re. Media attention |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. I'm not defending this guy in any way, but |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:13 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. I don't see the problem with "Islamo-fascist" in general |
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KnaveRupe (700 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. The Taliban aren't nationalists, or statists, or populists. |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. The definitions |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Doesn't work that way |
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24HRrnr (193 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. Actually, the Wiki definition is |
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rAVES (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
57. Islamo Facist is an Oxymoron.. might do well as a progressive to remember that. |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
85. Not unlike the Christo-fascists in our own country. --nt |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
87. Except for the corporate element. |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #28 |
90. Gee, sounds like you just described the BFEE |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
48. I use christo-fascist more often than islamo-fascist, and have used judeo-fascist a couple times.n/t |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. As long as you're an equal-opportunity debaser, |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. The handful of Jews who want to destroy the Muslim Mosque in Jerusalem are Judeo-fascists. |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. "ALL regressive fundamentalists of ALL religions are the problem." |
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jbnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 02:16 AM Response to Reply #17 |
74. The father didn't practice his religion per the article but |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:17 AM Response to Reply #17 |
79. good post |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
89. In this case it is an Islamic thing |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Good for Obama but... |
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Trekologer (445 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Correct me if I am wrong... |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #26 |
86. Depends on the country. |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. I believe she is.... |
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R Merm (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. McCain was born on a US military base, that is considered |
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The Croquist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:20 PM Original message |
I sit corrected |
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R Merm (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. I sit corrected also |
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DFW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
47. That is 100% correct |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. She isn't "entitled" to US citizenship - she IS A US CITIZEN. Period. |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Of course, you're right. Why do I have to correct so many people about this? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Well, in addition to NOT teaching students any useful facts, they |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #54 |
84. I'm so glad you brought that up. When students ask me why I don't just give them the information to |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #52 |
83. State mandated tests and not much else. Reading, 'Righting, and 'Rithmetic... |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. well.... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #60 |
88. I stand corrected. I didn't realize they had to go through an |
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Frank Cannon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. It's not an "application process" |
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kas125 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
5. Speaking as a mother whose ex took her son and ran away |
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Night_Nurse (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
43. Another mom with a psycho ex... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
46. my X ran off with a drug dealer and 2 hookers, got busted for 5 lbs of drugs, went to prison, our |
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kas125 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:39 PM Response to Reply #46 |
93. I'm sorry that happened to you. |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
6. Chicago Sun-Times story: Obama helps mom's campaign to get 4 kids back |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. New York Post is considered a rag by many |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Hey there, ohio2007, thanks. |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. ...and here's another story from a Chicago TV station, a week before.. |
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rusty quoin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Betrothed? OMG! |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. great monkey-faced pic of Bush. Looks like a baby trying to crap in his pants. |
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wordpix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
67. hahahahaha, thanks for the comic relief! |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The STate Dept killed a bill for the US to cooperate in int'l child custody agreements... |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. ELian Gonzalez sounds close enough but if this story grows legs,it will upset |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. wonder how much Daddy made selling his daughters as sex slave baby factories..?? |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. That's uncalled-for. I don't know what direction doweries go in Palestine, but early betrothal... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. its still children, especially Women as chattel.. Islam doesn't have a good reputation about its |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Agreed. nt |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. It's not Women as chattel as much as women treated as cattle |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. You are aware that the "tradition" |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:21 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. whatever makes people free'r, happier and more compassionate, |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:27 PM Response to Reply #37 |
71. no.. not at all, i have never heard anything of the sort in my 60 years |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:10 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I am serious |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
66. The Qur'an gave women more rights than western women had |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. Where are you getting that the girls are betrothed? |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
91. From the news video at the link. n/t |
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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. Are they safe now that this story has been leaked? If Obama had to pass the note |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. exactly.. |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
69. That's my first reaction - it's not a secret if it's being reported on. |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. don't get so excited |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Yeah, this also makes me a bit nervous... |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. what makes me nervous |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. There is another angle too |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #41 |
82. Obama is not advocating for anything directly |
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mehrrh (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. captives |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Sorry but your post is "proof positive" |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
62. Almost exactly the same |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
31. NEW YORK POST?!!! |
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Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. It's a tabloid. |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #36 |
78. Tx - I thought so but wasn't sure |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
42. Actually, Harper's carried this story first |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #42 |
77. Now yer talkin ! TX |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
44. Should a US Senator be negotiating with Palestine? |
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pennylane100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. If not a Senator, who then? |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. Within the law. |
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Undercurrent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
59. Good for him! |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
61. Did ya'll see this link in the NYP story? |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Thats what I'm talking about, a certain bias will lead to... "Mission Accomplished"? |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Nobody read the whole link in the OP ? |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Who? When? |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 06:13 AM Response to Reply #61 |
76. Apparently no one bothered. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
64. What a great thing to do! |
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trickyguy (461 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
70. Shows you what a nice guy we all knew Obama is. He's really |
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Limelight (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
73. Straight up badass. |
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Loudmxr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
75. Sean Hannity will probably say Obama was interfering with parental rights!! |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-28-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
81. As Frank Rich put it yesterday, he is now the Acting President |
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