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Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)
63. I can only imagine what that must be like. I'm sorry for my country's military adventurism. Many
Mon Aug 10, 2015, 10:56 PM
Aug 2015

of us don't really know how to end that. We are a country with a government infested with jingoism.

I think the candidate I support can help, but I thought the last guy could help as well so I really don't know.

Very brave to post this in AA where any serious rebuttal will get pounded. BillZBubb Aug 2015 #1
You have been informed once already that your intrusion into this group and your offensive Number23 Aug 2015 #5
Excellent Block! sheshe2 Aug 2015 #9
So progressives are now "moderates" cprise Aug 2015 #68
***note to posters*** Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #76
Thank you. nt SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #18
Thank you for maintaining the integrity of this group. kwassa Aug 2015 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author Ed Suspicious Aug 2015 #47
Have you been in the Bernie-ship lately? Talk about tight. n/t pnwmom Aug 2015 #70
This message was self-deleted by its author Ed Suspicious Aug 2015 #73
You have been more than patient with that poster. Good call. n/t pnwmom Aug 2015 #67
Well done. Past time. MADem Aug 2015 #107
Thank you ! Person 2713 Oct 2015 #180
*updates database* Quayblue Aug 2015 #14
#BlackLivesMatter Protesters and Activists aren't the problem.. it's the ugly Cha Aug 2015 #114
I love you bravenak... sheshe2 Aug 2015 #2
My OP was just alerted on. sheshe2 Aug 2015 #3
Oh good grief. This stuff is beyond ridiculous. nt SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #7
Maybe there will be a fair jury. murielm99 Aug 2015 #37
Really. SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #39
Why are you in this forum? murielm99 Aug 2015 #41
Sorry, SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #49
I don't know your posting history. murielm99 Aug 2015 #55
I did not mean it to be defensive. SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #57
Okay. murielm99 Aug 2015 #64
He's fun to poke at, SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #65
And that kind of silliness is why I've mostly absented myself tishaLA Aug 2015 #11
I got my first ever hide GitRDun Aug 2015 #25
I got two alerts in the same thread, murielm99 Aug 2015 #38
I sat on the jury for the one that was hidden. You know how I voted. It was a ridiculous hide. nt Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #83
Saw that Bobbie Jo Aug 2015 #69
Thanks GitRDun Aug 2015 #75
I don't either, SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #96
Yeah they definitely don't like to be reminded.. Sorry about your hide.. glad you gave brave a Cha Aug 2015 #115
For What? It makes no sense still_one Aug 2015 #26
See for yourself, I wasn't rude. GitRDun Aug 2015 #54
That hide was ridiculous. SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #61
That was a bad hide JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #110
Oh Oh.. you called them all out by name! lol and quite accurately too.. big Cha Aug 2015 #116
There was no calling out, just referring to the dialog that transpired. still_one Aug 2015 #132
Yeah, they couldn't handle that. Do not like to have their words repeated I'm guessing. Cha Aug 2015 #133
That makess no sense at all. Some of these alerts are ridiculous. It really seems that some folks still_one Aug 2015 #131
Ain't that the truth? SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #164
something is seriously wrong with DU when your posts like riversedge Oct 2015 #181
Rewatching the recording cilla4progress Aug 2015 #4
There's another Kos diary being given loving licks all in GD-P right now. Why do I bet that this one Number23 Aug 2015 #6
Here sheshe2 Aug 2015 #10
Juror #6 rocks. n/t gollygee Aug 2015 #15
"Attack against the progressives on DU" Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #17
My head is almost literally spinning. nt SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #19
A person outside a protected group shouldn't be able to alert on a member's post. pnwmom Aug 2015 #72
Why would anyone bother stalking/alerting in safe havens? Don't like the group? Trash it. That's Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #87
Because they've deluded themselves into thinking they can influence the members pnwmom Aug 2015 #88
Well, then they obviously don't know the meaning of "Epic Fail", among other things. n/t Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #105
They're taking stuff way too personally gollygee Aug 2015 #134
Hey Tarheel... sheshe2 Aug 2015 #90
I can't help but wonder why they're monitoring this group so heavily. Is it because they know we... Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #106
If they've been here long enough JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #112
I'm glad you're monitoring the monitors, but they still have the ability "monitor" & alert stalk.... Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #146
I think maybe they don't see us as 'real' JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #149
Also, in my opinion, to build the case that people who post in here are troublemakers Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #135
Yes, I just noticed that hides lessen the chance Lisa D Aug 2015 #136
Exactly! JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #138
Now it makes much more sense. Thank you. They used to do it to the BOG until most of their..... Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #147
Because that's not their MO.. and if I said what I Cha Aug 2015 #117
There's no escaping them, not even in the safe havens. I trashed GD-P & the BS Group, but still. Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #145
They think they own DU lock, stock and barrel mcar Aug 2015 #150
The system needs fixing, no doubt. nt SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #94
More alert stalking. joshcryer Aug 2015 #130
K & R Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #8
This! This! This! ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #12
rec'd tk2kewl Aug 2015 #13
Thanks for the post gwheezie Aug 2015 #16
Can you educate some GOP? Phlem Aug 2015 #20
Why don't you read the article ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #22
Oh No ooooooops. Hell yes I read the article, what's your point? Phlem Aug 2015 #24
Uh, what? ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #31
A socialist who believes economic issues trump racial issues ... kwassa Aug 2015 #36
Really. Phlem Aug 2015 #42
I'll try to answer gwheezie Aug 2015 #46
OK Phlem Aug 2015 #48
It is not about you. sheshe2 Aug 2015 #92
This is not the Bernie group. sheshe2 Aug 2015 #62
"The people" don't agree with BLM GitRDun Aug 2015 #27
Really? Phlem Aug 2015 #33
This is the problem with you Bernie folks GitRDun Aug 2015 #40
Oh Ok. Phlem Aug 2015 #44
You have had enough space to make your case here. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #50
Please block me. Phlem Aug 2015 #58
You're welcome. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #60
+10000~ sheshe2 Aug 2015 #93
The martyrdom is hilarious honestly kjones Aug 2015 #151
I was just remarking in a PM to another poster in the group here Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #154
They'll still try though kjones Aug 2015 #158
That's what worries me about the Bernie group. SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #102
Is it ok retrowire Aug 2015 #21
Huge K&R n/t OneGrassRoot Aug 2015 #23
Hey you.... sheshe2 Aug 2015 #170
... OneGrassRoot Aug 2015 #172
YO!, BLM... Raymond82 Aug 2015 #28
Yawn ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #29
Hey! sheshe2 Aug 2015 #32
MIRT, we've got a live one NuclearDem Aug 2015 #35
Please, what is MIRT? SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #43
Malicious Intruder Removal Team. NuclearDem Aug 2015 #45
Thanks. SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #52
Been here since 2004, and just hit 10 posts. Hhhhmmmm..... Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #104
A regular sleeper agent kjones Aug 2015 #152
Thanks! zappaman Aug 2015 #157
Damn. Only made it to 10 posts too. Number23 Aug 2015 #161
I have blocked this person. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #53
I did not know you were a host. sheshe2 Aug 2015 #82
I'm pinch-hitting until bravenak gets back in the game. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #85
Well you sure as hell are doing good!!!!! sheshe2 Aug 2015 #86
Hopefully word will go out. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #95
Ya~ sheshe2 Aug 2015 #98
That's great you are hosting in HRC too! Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #100
I've used DU as a news source for years arithia Aug 2015 #168
Hey, nice to see you! Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #169
You have been kicking major ass. And you're a permanent part of the team, afaic. Number23 Aug 2015 #162
Thank you! Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #166
Look who woke up! zappaman Aug 2015 #156
that'll produce ever-tighter ties with the Sanders campaign MisterP Aug 2015 #34
Is it permissible to point out moderates and progressives are actually distinct groups... doxyluv13 Aug 2015 #51
It was hoped you'd overlook that. bvf Aug 2015 #59
Post was right on... onpatrol98 Aug 2015 #127
times have changed Quayblue Aug 2015 #91
No, actually... onpatrol98 Aug 2015 #126
Best post I've read all year! JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #139
Dayuum Skippy! sheshe2 Oct 2015 #173
And so we will see the election of a woman who championed a war shaayecanaan Aug 2015 #56
I can only imagine what that must be like. I'm sorry for my country's military adventurism. Many Ed Suspicious Aug 2015 #63
President Obama has helped immensely .. I thank Goodness he was elected President at this Cha Aug 2015 #124
I second what Ed Suspicious said Caretha Aug 2015 #78
N/T JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #111
That first image is pretty cheap if you ask me shaayecanaan Aug 2015 #119
You should have taken from it JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #120
Thank you. SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #167
I support what BLM does until they do something to only one man/group/candidate AllyCat Aug 2015 #66
That is actually covered in the article Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #71
You have posted an open letter to progressives of which I am one. AllyCat Aug 2015 #80
No, there are no conditions set on #BlackLivesMatter Cha Aug 2015 #118
That's bullshit. Suddenly it's exclusively a progressive thing? notadmblnd Aug 2015 #74
You are posting in the African American Group. sheshe2 Aug 2015 #77
He's blocked. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #81
Hey.... sheshe2 Aug 2015 #84
"Neo liberals.." Oh Please.. not that stupid tired refrain. You have no idea what you're talking Cha Aug 2015 #122
I am becoming convinced a large number of Sanders supporters are former Nader supporters... Spazito Aug 2015 #140
Really? I was new to politics then.. Cha Aug 2015 #141
Yep, it was the same then as well... Spazito Aug 2015 #142
ye gods... thanks for the history lesson, Spazito.. i cannot even fathom Cha Aug 2015 #143
Once I realized those railing against 'authoritarian' government by demanding... Spazito Aug 2015 #144
" by demanding... fealty using authoritarian tactics.." Exactly. Cha Aug 2015 #160
Oh, yes they act so much like those Nader supporters, that theyhave to be the same people lunamagica Oct 2015 #182
For Those who Pop up to Lecture AAs and Whine in the AA Forum about AAs: lib87 Aug 2015 #79
Can I join you? Cha Aug 2015 #121
Lol You May! lib87 Aug 2015 #153
It may cost Democrats temporarily. BKH70041 Aug 2015 #89
the Democratic Party will be stronger for #BlackLivesMatter.. no doubt. Cha Aug 2015 #125
+1000 Lisa D Aug 2015 #137
I love my Black Brothers and Sistahs.. but, I do appreciate that they stood in long lines for hours Cha Aug 2015 #97
Thank you Cha! sheshe2 Aug 2015 #99
Right, she.. Starry Messenger and the hosts in AA are doing an awesome job while bravenak's Cha Aug 2015 #101
Kick & Recommended. William769 Aug 2015 #103
K&R Cali_Democrat Aug 2015 #108
K&R betsuni Aug 2015 #109
On August 11, a black motorist was pulled over by a white police officer BumRushDaShow Aug 2015 #113
Mahalo for that, BRDS. Cha Aug 2015 #123
Thank you for some much needed perspective. Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #148
When will people learn? mcar Aug 2015 #155
Hey: we're allowed to have "pep rallies" even if you've convinced yourself we shouldn't. Smarmie Doofus Aug 2015 #128
Kos has been a nexus of anti-BLM hate. joshcryer Aug 2015 #129
Frankly, a good number of the Skidmore Aug 2015 #159
Hey Skidmore sheshe2 Aug 2015 #171
There are lots of Sanders supporters here, josh. You aren't alone Number23 Aug 2015 #163
I know. joshcryer Aug 2015 #165
WOW...your post is very powerful. Unfortunately.... Stellar Oct 2015 #174
;( sheshe2 Oct 2015 #177
It does appear that #BLM has changed its tactics after being criticized for NN15 and the SS event. aikoaiko Oct 2015 #175
Interesting avatar. nt sheshe2 Oct 2015 #178
Its from the Amy Schumer satirical ad from SNL last night. It was funny. aikoaiko Oct 2015 #179
Very fair criticism portlander23 Oct 2015 #176
K&R. Great post lunamagica Oct 2015 #183
KnR! n/t Admiral Loinpresser Oct 2015 #184
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