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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:36 PM Original message |
It's the Empire Stupid |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. but... but... we're DIFFERENT! |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. The world won't survive.. |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. the planet fixes herself, one way or another |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. but neo-liberal globalism is not the answer. |
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knowbody0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm amazed Halliburton is never mentioned |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Halliburton is a symptom. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. It's the feudalism. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. Hey! That's benevolent empire to you, Mister. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Or bloviating Empire? nt |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
8. The trouble with empires is that they become dependent on their colonies. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. We the people endlessly pay, yes, |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. I read Paul Kennedy's book "The Rise and Fall of Great Powers" |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Johnson always nails it. |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. Solution = The "New Dawn" |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I agree with those ultimate goals |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
16. Kicked and recommended. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Thanks for the rec Joe! nt |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. I suspect President-elect Obama has already been informed by the MIC |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 10:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I suspect that if he hadn't given the MIC the right signals |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. "change the way we do business with humanity" |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Ahhh, the mysteries of the universe.... |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-12-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. so simple, yet taboo, |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. 100% agree n/t |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-13-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. Agree K&R n/t |
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