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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:37 AM Original message |
I can make you very, very rich" or "I've got a gun with a bullet with your name on it" |
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givemebackmycountry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. I heard Randi Rhodes interview this guy several times - |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I saw him on book tv a couple of weeks ago and ordered his book right away...definitely a must-read! |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Nor do we hear much of this stuff at all on the House or Senate floor, or in their |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. What do you think? They chose the pocket without the gun. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I see a poor and honest one pictured at the bottom of your post! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Honest = "unelectable" |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. They have to let a couple slip through, on occasion, at least into the Senate or the House, |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 06:00 AM Response to Reply #34 |
47. "...keeping up the pretense." ...that's exactly what it is. nt |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Great answer! nt |
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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. So, basically.... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. No need for fiction. Meyer Lansky is the model for political 'leadership' in the U.S. |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Don't stop believing... |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Oh...wow! I'd forgotten about that. Great lines! |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
43. Or in Godfather II... |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Yep. The US, at it's top echalons, is a racket I'm sorry to say. That's why |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Yes, precisely. See "Hugo Chavez". n/t |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. this process is called 'spreading democracy and freedom' |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. it's enough to make me want to puke! nt |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. The link doesn't work |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Oops! Here it is: |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I also fixed link in original post. nt |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Thanks |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. "...Economic Hit Man" is a MUST READ! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. It is. I was a little uncomfortable with Perkins comfort level |
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Cooley Hurd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. He grew up among such people - I guess you can say he was "naturalized..." |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Mine, too. I knew pieces of it but he arranged them |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Opened mine, too. nt |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. My first boss in the OR. Fair Share canvass grew up in a wealthy |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Freaky is right! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. He is very interested in shamanism, yes, it is the same Perkins. |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 09:36 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. I looked up the books at Amazon. They look very interesting. nt |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. I second that |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. Every thing has its price |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. yep, the sequence is bribe, support political opponents, coup, assassination, war |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. He's also said the reason we aren't in Venezuela is because |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
40. I've heard others say that's why democracy is breaking out all over the south |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. That's right. In particular, the Pentagon has neglected Latin America |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 12:07 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. relationship? Like a dominatrix and her gimp? |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'm reading "The Secret History of the American Empire" by Perkins right now!!! |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. I'm also reading it right now, and it IS amazing! nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. Longer than sixty years. What year did we annex Hawaii? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. We need someone to make a film of this book so that the average |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. You're right. So many people refuse to read books. It's definitely excellent movie material. nt |
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KAZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
32. 1st hand account of the mindset Zinn wrote about. KnR from me! n/t |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-09-07 11:05 AM Response to Reply #32 |
48. Yes, Zinn...another favorite of mine! nt |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. Whats that saying? The busines of America is business.. |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
39. That is the story of latin america and of africa. In my opinion these countries will only have |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-08-07 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
44. I still find it amazing... |
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