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yurbud

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35. as president--that was a great speech though

Reply to ProgressoDem (Reply #30)

Mon Jan 9, 2012, 03:24 PM

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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