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Segami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 10:36 PM Original message |
#OCCUPYMARINES Are Preparing To Occupy America NATIONWIDE |
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Segami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. The OWS dynamics are about to change. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Occupymarines.org, sadly, appears to be an unused website. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Google cache has lots of stuff, but the site is empty now |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Here's the video -- |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 03:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Amazingly, gateley, I saw that video go from a hundred or so viewings to almost 2 million. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. I was on the edge of my seat -- he was so passionate and |
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LittleGirl (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Rosie O'Donnell interviewed him this week as well |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
63. I have to remember to watch Rosie's new show on OWN. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #63 |
80. I saw her on "RT" and she was really good listen...and, I was skeptical of her |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #80 |
94. I remember her being a huge advocate for the middle class, too, on her last talk show. |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 03:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. He speaks to them about honor and they look utterly blindsided |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
26. I would LIKE to think some of them looked a bit ashamed. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
83. OMG...Over 2 Million Views of this Video...and, for sure, it was Incredible Watch! |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. It worked for me nt |
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evilhime (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
34. Was just there |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
61. Nope. It's up and running. I just came from there... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
79. I just clicked it and it Worked for Me..... I'll check the video in the post, also. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. This is brilliant, fantastic! |
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BlueCaliDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
60. And very credible. U.S.M.C. Sgt Shamar Thomas comes from a LONG line of |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Wow. nt |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's a great start. I've told a number people including Marines. Gave them the URL, etc. n/t |
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mwrguy (396 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. Occupying Campe Pendleton |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
9. OMG, I've become so cynical about the vulnerable being bullied that I thought this was going to be |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
67. I saw the headline for this in a cynical light also. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
70. U.S. Marines would never brutalize Americans to protect Wall Street billionaires. |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. The NYC police gave individual oaths "to serve & protect" its citizenry, too. |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 03:51 AM Response to Original message |
11. There were technical difficulties at the OccupyMarines.org site. It's back on again. |
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Segami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thanks for the site status update. Their effort now needs to go viral. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
14. Recommended. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
57. I'm sure all of us have at least a few Marine vets as friends. |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. K&R nt |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
16. Wow. The Vietnam protests were certainly NOTHING like OWS |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
36. As one who was there - much of that was our fault. We had not yet |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. I agree it was an error |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
72. Not all of them did. VVAW were some of the first anti-war demonstrators I remember. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
95. . |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. you forget that the VIetnam protests worked, after the soldiers coming home from Vietnam joined us! |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. When was that? In the 70s or earlier? |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I remember watching protesters meeting soldiers as they came home. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I remember soldiers at the microhones speaking at the protests. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. So do I but that does not mean that I am wrong about what happened |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #56 |
100. I never saw what you saw. (people treating soldiers poorly.) |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. That might have happened where you were, but |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
58. And I understand that. Look my sil's ex-husband came home and was |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #58 |
82. Well, they were sympatico to us and there weren't |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #82 |
98. Yes, I think that is what it came down to. What really counts though is |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
81. I got out of the Army in Jan '69 & got involved with the antiwar |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #49 |
88. I don't find the "jeering" anecdotes credible. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. As troops started to come home, veterans against the war grew and grew. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. That is a good point and it also helped about how people felt about |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #50 |
90. And absolutely nobody had more street cred in that area than John Kerry. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. No I did not forget that but there were many who did not and they |
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crunch60 (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
91. YES, the Vietnam protests worked, and the goon |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
97. Not really....from what I remember, the focus of contempt was the military industrial complex. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
101. Partly. However, many serious activists were first informed about Vietnam |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #101 |
104. Good article for dates on what happened when -excerpt |
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Chipper Chat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
17. I just dare Eric Cantor to fuck with the Marines. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
18. And now that our gov't wants |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
19. SEMPER FI Indeed ! |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
20. the Movement just became Permanent |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
22. OK, now let's put together some real soldier "soviets" |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. So, What's the Plan? |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. The "plan" mike is what's worked in the past |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Saw an expert in credit through the ages |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
54. You won't find me as one who think they are scared...... |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
75. It wasn't just in Egypt. In ancient Israel the Jubilee year worked the same way. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
23. I worry about having an organized military presence at OWS. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Considering the political climate, I have no problems |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
62. I completely understand this. One of their mission statements |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #62 |
86. Well it really depends on what kind of "leadership" they're |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
74. That's how I see it too. |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #74 |
84. Oh of course Raksha. I was actually thinking just as much |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
43. I'd like to know a little more about who is behind the |
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styersc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
92. OWS is an eclectic gathering where all come to offer their skills. |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
27. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
28. I just cannot believe the police |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. It is True |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
53. What about their Union 'Leaders' and why aren't THEY onboard? |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. They're part of the "labor aristocracy" and as such |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
29. K&R !!! n/t |
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UnrepentantLiberal (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
30. Go Marines! |
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NCcoast (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
32. I love that sound, the sound of heads exploding, it sounds like... |
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BelgianMadCow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
37. The entire sergeant rank of the portuguese army went pro-protest |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
40. To have a U.S. Marine |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
41. WOW! |
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yoyossarian (821 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
46. Hard to say if this will be good or bad in the long run... |
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colsohlibgal (670 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
47. The More The Merrier |
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Grateful for Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 04:28 PM Response to Reply #47 |
76. Good post |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
64. K&R n/t |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
65. K&R |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
66. Awesome!!! |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
68. But...weren't the military supposed to overthrow that uppity n****r and install a Teahadist junta? |
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socialist_n_TN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #68 |
85. As I read it, this isn't the active military |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
69. K & R |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
71. VIDEO: |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
73. Semper Fi, Marines. |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
77. The ghost of Smedley D. Butler must surely be out there. . . |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
87. I have signed up for the Move On meeting in conjunction with Occupy |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
89. THANK YOU, MARINES! nt |
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anamandujano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
93. OMG! Look what I found! |
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swilton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
96. This is not just a Marine Thing |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
99. First To Donate |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
102. K&R....The Few, the Proud, the OccupyMARINES....n/t |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
103. ....1 |
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105. Kick. (nt) |
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