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rhett o rick

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9. Whistle-blowers rub you the wrong way, dont they? Why is that?

Reply to treestar (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 08:31 PM

Jan 2012

And dont try to rationalize that Manning isnt a whistle-blower. The point of this OP as I see it, is to point out the inequity of the 1% vs. the 99% and that rubs you the wrong way. One of the two is responsible for the torture and deaths of many and will not get punished. The other has already been punished and has killed no one.

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PIC: Bush v. Manning [View all] yurbud Jan 2012 OP

None of that matters now. xchrom Jan 2012 #1

OK. Test question: Which one is part of the 1% and which one is part of the 99%? rgbecker Jan 2012 #2

Right on! nt gateley Jan 2012 #6

Good point! Fawke Em Jan 2012 #24

The difference noise Jan 2012 #3

How was it Manning who "told us the truth about Iraq." treestar Jan 2012 #4

One example: He leaked the video of an American Apache helicopter gunning down civilians Electric Monk Jan 2012 #5

Revealing illegal actions paid for by us taxpayers makes him a hero duhneece Jan 2012 #7

and Obama didn't exactly challenge the Bush narrative on Iraq yurbud Jan 2012 #8

Haha, what? ProgressoDem Jan 2012 #30

as president--that was a great speech though yurbud Jan 2012 #35

You know we're out of Iraq, right? ProgressoDem Jan 2012 #36

I think our tax dollars are still hard at work their via private armies.... midnight Jan 2012 #40

he was negotiating to the end to keep troops there. If he was doing so insincerely or with a wink a yurbud Jan 2012 #42

The tape also caught the glee in mass murder... Octafish Jan 2012 #17

Whistle-blowers rub you the wrong way, dont they? Why is that? rhett o rick Jan 2012 #9

whistleblowed what? treestar Jan 2012 #10

transparent loyalty to power. U4ikLefty Jan 2012 #11

Transparent resistance to all governmental authority and to the law treestar Jan 2012 #19

WTF?!? Do you just type random words? U4ikLefty Jan 2012 #22

No that was a response to you. treestar Jan 2012 #23

It is dishonest for you to say that he is being "loved and idolized". rhett o rick Jan 2012 #12

What did he reveal? treestar Jan 2012 #20

When "security laws" are used by our overlords to hid from us rhett o rick Jan 2012 #25

Those in power can never be sided with? treestar Jan 2012 #26

Again you attempt to put words in my mouth. I didnt say that "those in power rhett o rick Jan 2012 #34

Excessive secrecy was used to fool the public noise Jan 2012 #13

While you are right in what your post says, where does it also say that treestar Jan 2012 #21

You're wrong on this one. Manning deserves to be decorated, not incarcerated. n/t Scuba Jan 2012 #15

Great call Scuba.... midnight Jan 2012 #41

He did his duty in accordance The Wizard Jan 2012 #31

Regardless of whether or not Manning is a hero, traitor, or whatever Hippo_Tron Jan 2012 #14

Exactly right on. rgbecker Jan 2012 #16

The one who followed the Nuremberg Principles is in jail. Overseas Jan 2012 #18

Blowhard vs Whistleblower. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2012 #27

the mother of a dead Iraqi kid would use a stronger word for Bush yurbud Jan 2012 #28

Murderous blowhard. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2012 #29

Bush The Wizard Jan 2012 #32

+1 n/t wakemewhenitsover Jan 2012 #33

Bush isn't prosecuting him _ed_ Jan 2012 #37

the point isn't that Bush is prosecuting him but that Bush isn't BEING prosecuted himself yurbud Jan 2012 #38

K&R....America in a nutshell....n/t unkachuck Jan 2012 #39