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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 02:43 PM Original message |
the bus that's carrying the Olympic flame is being blocked by protesters. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Good |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. they shold just cancel it. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Bad |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. too late, it's a mess and it's not like they didn't know this would happen. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Waaaah |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. So, where's the outrage for US human rights violations? Go figure. n/t |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. that's not fashionable. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. They're really not comparable |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Imagine Iraq. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. China: tens of millions killed |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. American slave trade: brazilians killed. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. no, millions not killed |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Fine, 1.2 |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. First, 1.2 million is not the number of people |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Iraq apologist too now, eh? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Nope |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. You come off.. |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. He should know that jiggery-style oinkery has been expressly forbidden on the Chinese Intertubes... |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Does the museum come to mind? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Nope |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. This is the best post in the thread |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. How many military bases does China maintain in other lands? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Take a deep breath and relax. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. China does not and never has "branded" itself |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. You're kidding, right? |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 09:40 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. Nine Commentaries on the CCP |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
52. You think America has any interest in Iraqi culture staying afloat? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. January 2007 - 750,000 on the streets in DC |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
53. I've been to a couple of those non protests in Washington DC |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Yeah, we should completely ignore atrocities elsewhere |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
38. The better question is |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
47. I guess you've been under a rock for the past.. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
55. Come to one of the DC protests |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. Any images.. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. click the link i posted in the op and they have a video section for it. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. wow |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. Great video... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. for sure and the presence of the Chinese "Security" in their blue track suits ain't helping. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I hope they realize that this isn't China |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. If for nothing else the pollution the athletes will have to endure |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. some athletes won't compete there because of that alone. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. ok, torch is lit, game on. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
18. I don't like protester actually prventing the running of the torch |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
56. But they do |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. CNN has great coverage.. Now "went into a warehouse".. |
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spiderpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. This is a link for a live webcast with local (Bay Area) perspective - KTVU |
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AteAlien (217 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
24. thanks for the live coverage link! eom |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
30. wooo hooo the torch is burning and being run through the city.... |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. on streets where no people are. |
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OnceUponTimeOnTheNet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Torch bearers are waving at Nobody. This is stupid. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. The regular folks on the streets are there. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. They snuck out of town, onto the freeway and went to the airport |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 04:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Its sad that many of the people who wanted to see the torch won't but lots of people on the streets |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
41. We Americans seem to be very 'righteous' about what China is doing in Tibet |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. It is possible to protest both. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. It's "possible", but that's not the reality ...... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
61. Um, having been to protests of both, no, I don't. n/t |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 08:59 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. You don't what? eom |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. I don't well know that that's not the reality because yes, |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Well, we do protest both..... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 11:50 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. That's very true. I was working PR for the last Beach Impeach. |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I agree, kind of a pot meet kettle moment, and even if we don't go outside the USA |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
65. The same people protest both issues |
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PetraPooh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Or one can focus on one or two priorities and try to make a bigger |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
64. I guess that you've been under a rock for a very long time |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
43. I hope they'll be protesting Bushco's war with as much exuberance |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. You're kidding right? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. That's my point |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. The president of the board of supervisors has called our mayor out |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. That's the irony |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-09-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. I don't think you have to worry that San Francisco will hold back. |
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PoliticalOne65 (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
72. Is this signs of things to come? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. This morning our idiot mayor said that the torch had gone through |
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