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Plaid Adder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:08 PM Original message |
Why do we even _have_ that lever? (DHS) |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's a lever to nowhere.....this has been the biggest pork barrel |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. Wasn't that gag stolen from 'Young Frankenstein'? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. "It's twue, it's twue" |
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Malikshah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Actually-- I heard Eatha Kitt (as Yzma) from the Emperor's New Groove... |
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progdonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 12:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. not exactly... |
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Lautremont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Here's what I was thinking... |
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progdonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. oh, okay... :-) |
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NavyDavy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 06:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. oh come on.... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Besides this excellent opinion piece that I agree with, now I |
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Plaid Adder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. We didn't really like ENG that much, |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. Why do we have this lever? My guess would be to keep the masses |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yes, a prop in the shell game |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 03:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I think "shell game" is appropriate. |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. I've asked this exact question several times here. No good answer. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. Simple answer: to promote chaos and fear in the population. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. The color alert system is fun! |
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FantasticFlan (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-02-06 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. For a while now, it seems... |
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Bark Bark Bark (572 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
14. CSL |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. (snort) |
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DianaForRussFeingold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. Thanks, A Really Great Imaginative Thoughtful Post! |
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monarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 05:41 AM Response to Original message |
17. Seems that Lieberman's being Bush' favorite dem isn't |
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Plaid Adder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
19. A Retraction |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Pladder admits error |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. Hmm...I spot a gay mountain lion. |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. and STILL no one's checking cargo containers at US ports . . . |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. check my other post in this thread... |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 09:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Well, nothing, actually |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
25. You are missing the point of the DHS |
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Jack Rabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-03-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I think Pladder gets the point |
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thefool_wa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. The subject line was "tongue in cheek" |
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Heywood J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. Technically, |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
31. They're part of the Dog and Pony Show |
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