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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:03 PM Original message |
Secret memos expose link between oil firms and invasion of Iraq |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. when their mouths are moving... |
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blackbart99 (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
122. Now do you see why the oil companies.... |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. how many times may I k&r this? |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
49. I tried a million times. |
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Jansen (87 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
112. kicky kick and recommend |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Let's look into Cheney's secret "energy" meetings.... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
61. The very idea that the SCOTUS |
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Atypical Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:23 AM Response to Reply #61 |
87. I agree. But it's not so incredible. |
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JHB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:44 AM Response to Reply #3 |
76. Going by past "old news" stories... |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
80. According to Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neil |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
81. I want to know why it was such a "matter of national security" when the energy meetings |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #81 |
97. It was a matter of national security because they were and are out of |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #97 |
106. Tell that to the deads. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
127. I would bet my life that minutes of the super state-secret cheney* energy meetings would show beyond |
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go west young man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
134. The bastards so corrupt he burned his own office. |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's two strikes against BP, well there's probably a whole lot more we don't |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. No Surprise here.. I've been saying that since 911... |
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2banon (794 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Add Lybia to the list... |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
57. Yeah - Didn't PNAC Say We Needed An Event Like Pearl Harbor To Justify This Invasion......nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:24 AM Response to Reply #57 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:11 AM Response to Reply #57 |
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BanzaiBonnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
65. And I never thougth that was an accident |
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lark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
109. To me the defining moment was SCOTUS choosing our president |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #109 |
131. The Lords of Money and their allies decreed that a pResidential Administration they controlled MUST |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #109 |
176. We do not live in a Democracy, despite playing one on TV. |
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Danstags (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
6. Why is anyone surprised? |
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HankyDubs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. no one is surprised |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Just surprised to see it confirmed in writing |
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PotatoChip (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
58. Same here. K & R nt. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. Kick and effin Rec |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. No! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. It was ALL about the oil. |
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stubtoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. It was always all about the oil. |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. We all know that. n/t |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
71. which is why i am taking up growing and selling weed |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:16 AM Response to Reply #71 |
102. Be very careful |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
139. Gotta look forward, ya know. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. Am I the only one who remembers this? |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. When I heard him say "extreme elements, etc" I thought, |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
38. PNAC was written long before 2006. But the MIC is a sacred cow. |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. Imagine that, ME countries benefitting in any way from our oil. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:45 AM Response to Reply #40 |
54. How dare they presume such a thing... |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. Who would have ever guessed? Sarcasm. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. Doesn't this all stem from the CHENEY White House "energy meetings" where they |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. Bingo! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:15 AM Response to Reply #44 |
51. We need to dig up that info -- and combine this info ... |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #51 |
110. Here you go. |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
90. Bingo indeed |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. KNR! n/t |
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Corruption Winz (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
17. There's a difference between being surprised to read something and being surprised.. |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
45. But the fact that nothing will happen because of it will not surprise anyone. n/t |
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Corruption Winz (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #45 |
96. Only the most naive of people will be shouting surprise as no one else in the room makes a move. nt |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. K&R! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
20. Anyone remember Cheney's secret energy meetings? |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. OMG Imagine that....."shocked face look" |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
22. The original code name for the invasion was Operation Iraqi Liberation |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Operation Invade Libya works too. n/t |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. They are pretty uncreative aren't they... |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
161. you think they got a good laugh of fooling the proles with that one? |
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libmom74 (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm sure the |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
25. And Cheney had the oil companies carve up Iraq before we invaded. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
115. Damn shame we're "looking forward". . with these war criminals on the loose. . .n/t |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #115 |
140. I wonder how Obama sleeps at night. How does he manage to look himself in the mirror? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 05:28 AM Response to Reply #140 |
165. Same way that Bush II did (and Clinton and Bush I and Reagan) ... |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. It's about damn time |
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greiner3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
29. DUH! |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
30. cheney was trying to get the sanctions lifted during Clinton's presidency |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
31. How many days ago did the Libya bombing start? Where was this then? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
32. no shit. |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
33. In 9 year time we will be reading the same crap |
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50000feet (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
34. So there it is. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. Heads will roll for this. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:17 AM Response to Reply #35 |
72. you are correct, it is not like these people conspired to grow weed |
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electricD (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
36. now here's a big DUH!!!...nt |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
37. Hope this gives a credence to what many have linked for years. Secret meetings create wars. |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
39. No one could have foreseen this |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:27 AM Response to Reply #39 |
63. And we were supposed to |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
41. Gosh darn. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, "Obviously Oil", 2003.... |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. And yet people on this board keep trying to discredit Kooch. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. yeh, it's strange. Here's another of Kooch's greatest hits of 2003: |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #53 |
82. What a Great Man and one the very few people |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #82 |
100. But he dared to criticize Obama so he must be ostracized! |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:19 AM Response to Reply #41 |
73. but but but, kucinich is loony, aint you heard??? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #73 |
91. Yeah, and Trump is viable and Mary was a virgin. nt |
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cui bono (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #91 |
101. And Obama is a chess master. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #73 |
105. I think that |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #105 |
123. I think that as each day goes by, the citizens of this country are longing |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. wrong place |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
42. K & R |
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Cherchez la Femme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
43. Lovely quotes: |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-18-11 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
48. Kick |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
50. Why was this so obvious for so many years, that reading this makes me just ask, what took so long? |
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mountainlion55 (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
52. Oil for blood |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
55. K&R.. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
56. Oh look! |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
59. when will we get docs like this in the US? |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
60. I thought so. Proof positive that it was the greedy Brits all along. Our supreme court appointed |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:28 AM Response to Original message |
64. And this is a surprise? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
66. Seriously? |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
67. Can we please prosecute Bush and Cheney now? |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #67 |
190. Why? Seriously, the wars they started are being continued and expanded. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
68. Like we said...War Criminals! |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
69. weeeeellll nooooo shiiiit! |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
74. The Face of Terror |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:05 AM Response to Reply #74 |
85. That boy sure liked to play "dress ups" |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:15 AM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Shrub looks Quadafi-esque in that pic. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:24 AM Response to Reply #86 |
88. I call that picture "the cowboy queen" |
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amyrose2712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
75. Shocked! I tell you, shocked! |
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TownDrunk2 (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
77. Big Oil - the gift that keeps on giving - they all are guilty of murder/treason |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
78. They told us it was about oil.. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
83. But I am sure this will be the lead news story across ... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
84. Big Oil has raked in mountains of cash and they never had to fire a bullet |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #84 |
104. Bush was happy to torture for them |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
89. They didn't even need their own Pearl Harbor. And it WAS called Operation Iraqi Liberation. nt |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
92. Kicking |
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colorado_ufo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
93. What a surprise . . . |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
94. And the people of the US and the UK are stuck with a financial |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:56 PM Response to Reply #94 |
178. yeah, and Ryan's shitty budget plan |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
95. Obama says: Look forward! Not back! |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #95 |
116. The people say "Look out!" |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
98. K and R |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
99. Kick |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
103. With no WMD's and clear evidence that governments planned to... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
107. Why won't the British look only forward, like we do? |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
108. Join me in the Pledge of Oillegiance |
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FlyByNight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
111. Surprise, surprise! |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
113. Stealing the Oil, Part 3.... |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
114. "there, on the desk, was a map of the Iraqi oilfields, portioned off |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #114 |
118. Paul O'Neil former Treasury Secretary |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
117. Sorry, maybe I'm missing something |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #117 |
129. Are you being sarcastic or serious? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #129 |
135. Totally serious |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #135 |
137. Of course not. If I'm invading a country in order to steal the country's oil for |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #137 |
141. Well, whatever reason you're invading the country for |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #141 |
147. But in this case the reason for the invasion had a lot to do with who gets to operate the wells |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #147 |
149. Probably, but these memos don't shed any light on that (nt) |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #149 |
151. Same case could be made about your supposition. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #141 |
154. Not true. This is true only if someone plans to take the oil. nt |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:10 PM Response to Reply #141 |
163. I remember directly after the invasion |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:39 AM Response to Reply #163 |
166. That's a bit simplistic |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #166 |
179. sure, they probably could have done a better job of it |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #135 |
143. If the reason for our invasion was to take their oil, yes |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #143 |
144. No |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #144 |
150. I think you're using "excuse" as "reason" |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:50 PM Response to Reply #150 |
152. Basically |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #152 |
157. Interesting. I'm finding a wealth of information to the contrary. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:44 AM Response to Reply #157 |
168. Yes, 8 years and billions of sunk dollars later |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #168 |
170. LOL! Oh, please. Let's all hold hands and sing kumbaya for the poor suffering oil companies. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #170 |
171. Yes, I've been there. It's a monstrosity |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #171 |
173. No, I do not believe that I have a simplistic view of how chaotic it is |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #173 |
174. The oil in Iraq is less important... |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #152 |
181. I remember when they formed the parliament in Iraq |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #144 |
180. Hitler preemptively attacked countries to secure their resources |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #117 |
130. Here's a clue: |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #130 |
136. You mean we had a plan for getting the oil back flowing in Phase IV? |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #136 |
138. Absolutely! see post #142. nt |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:01 PM Response to Reply #117 |
133. I haven't read the OP but I believe (from what I've heard previously) that they were |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
119. Just reaffirming our suspicions |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:43 PM Response to Reply #119 |
148. How? |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
120. We wouldn't have invaded Iraq if they would have only had lots of kumquats |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
121. Worst kept governmental secret, ever. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
124. We knew it then. Now finally the proof emerges. I hate being right. nt |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
126. For those of us who knew this from the beginning, |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #126 |
146. What exactly does this demonstrate to you? |
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ooglymoogly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #146 |
159. I see that you are naive...I think you invalidated your own statement. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 07:42 AM Response to Reply #159 |
167. Luckily I didn't say that |
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dwig3d (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
128. Oh the smell |
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abqmufc (590 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
132. OK so what, it's pretty common knowledge and yet the people do nothing... |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
142. Anyone with a brain knew it was about the oil. Lying must not pay as well now as it did then, huh? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #142 |
145. How does this show it was about the oil? |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:09 PM Response to Reply #145 |
155. Our governments may be subsidiaries of BP, they certainly act above the law, don't they? |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #145 |
156. ... |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #156 |
158. LOL! |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 11:46 PM Response to Reply #145 |
182. you're still not hanging on to Saddam has WMD's |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 07:22 AM Response to Reply #182 |
183. No, I'm "hanging on" to Iraq's physical location |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #183 |
185. Please, clearly, and succinctly, state the point you are trying to make. What is |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #185 |
186. Umm... exactly what I said |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #186 |
188. No. We have learned, through long experience, to never believe what they write, |
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WHEN CRABS ROAR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
153. On the lead up to the Iraq War I carried a sign that read, |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
160. General Smedley Butler was correct!!! |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
162. you don't say! |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-19-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #162 |
164. yes, I do say |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 12:41 PM Response to Reply #164 |
175. sorry |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #175 |
177. sorry for the misinterpretation! |
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florida08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
169. There's going to be broadcast tomorrow |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-20-11 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
172. Good thing all the networks covered this last night |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
184. kicking! n/t |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
187. Well, now...where does 9/11™ fit into this? |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
189. kick |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-21-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
191. Reason for US. troops in Iraq - to protect oil rigs from suicide bombers... |
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