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struggle4progress

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13. You're entitled to your opinions, whatever they are, but we should be able to agree on the facts

Sat Jun 8, 2013, 01:53 AM

Jun 2013

Think about it: 750000 documents is (at a crude estimate) a thousand 750 page books

Imagine stacking a thousand such books in your living room and resolving to read them with some comprehension for twelve hours a day, 7 days a week, until you got through the stack

How long do you think that would take you, if you really insisted on having even the most limited understanding of what you were reading?

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Pfc Bradley Manning Must Be Pilloried to Maintain the USofA’s Authoritarian Rule [View all] rhett o rick Jun 2013 OP

Imagine the shudder that would go through our military industrial complex. sgtbenobo Jun 2013 #1

Whistle-blowers are the enemy of the Ruling Elite Class and their conservative enablers. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #2

God forbid that a "mere employee" should have the gall to call a corporation or gov't agency byeya Jun 2013 #3

Some here side with the right-wing and want manning given the harshest sentence. rhett o rick Jun 2013 #4

Some here are right-wing and applaud repressive laws and want the spy agencies byeya Jun 2013 #20

In a true democracy we would value transparency and prosecute those that tried to deny it. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #23

That would take an educated populace that those who control the political economy want to keep byeya Jun 2013 #30

Keeping the population afraid is a form of terrorism. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #31

Of course it is and that's why Churchill and Truman followed Harriman's advice to keep byeya Jun 2013 #33

Check this out..when you have time: KoKo Jun 2013 #5

Thank you for that. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #7

good definition of the phenomenon quinnox Jun 2013 #6

Manning seems to be a bright but confused young person, and his motives really aren't clear struggle4progress Jun 2013 #8

Who needs your facts...? Pelican Jun 2013 #9

Woooo HangOnKids Jun 2013 #16

Do you feel better with that rationalization? Does that justify him spending the rest of his rhett o rick Jun 2013 #10

You're entitled to your opinions, whatever they are, but we should be able to agree on the facts struggle4progress Jun 2013 #13

When our government is using laws to hide their crimes, then those doing the hiding rhett o rick Jun 2013 #26

We can be reasonably sure that his defense will make every possible effort struggle4progress Jun 2013 #29

Manning doesnt stand a chance fighting the government. He must be made a scapegoat rhett o rick Jun 2013 #32

Why are you dismissing all this as an authoritarian curtain? treestar Jun 2013 #36

Ok I am willing to make you a deal. Pfc Bradley Manning should be sentenced 1/1000th of whatever rhett o rick Jun 2013 #37

Changed the subject treestar Jun 2013 #38

Those that use the classification system to hide crimes are more guilty than Manning. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #41

How would you know? Did you know him before he was put in solitary? usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #11

Get out your calculator and your 2009 and 2010 calendars. Count the weeks Manning was in Iraq struggle4progress Jun 2013 #12

And factor this into your equation, you do not need to read the entire document to get the gist usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #14

Have you ever considered? loose wheel Jun 2013 #18

Ask yourself how long it would take you to "get the gist" of every page in a thousand 750 page books struggle4progress Jun 2013 #19

Good post and links....thanks. KoKo Jun 2013 #22

And there's the main reason for this, another being that this is a perfect distraction to bring Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #15

Excellent point. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #25

What was Manning, then? loose wheel Jun 2013 #17

Harm to the USA that cannot be repaired? That's the joke of the day. Most of these byeya Jun 2013 #21

When laws are made or used to hide crimes or breaches of trust, then it may be necessary to break rhett o rick Jun 2013 #24

Gee, if a PFC can cause such harm violating his oath imagine if an official with real GoneFishin Jun 2013 #27

We must persecute the scoundrels and let the war criminals off. rhett o rick Jun 2013 #28

Rule change. Look forward not backward ... for anyone above a PFC. GoneFishin Jun 2013 #34

No that's not the issue, the issue is classified information treestar Jun 2013 #35

I totally agree there should be some information that should be considered "classified". rhett o rick Jun 2013 #40

K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #39