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frylock

(34,825 posts) Thu Jul 4, 2013, 01:07 AM Jul 2013

watching the authoritarian gatekeepers discredit themselves over this Morales incident.. [View all]

has been totally worth the price of admission. thanks for laughs, and i mean that most sincerely.

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watching the authoritarian gatekeepers discredit themselves over this Morales incident.. [View all] frylock Jul 2013 OP

Classic. They aren't giving in either. It is priceless. morningfog Jul 2013 #1

It is amazing to see. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #2

they are going to the mat on this one.. frylock Jul 2013 #5

Question is, why? Why is it so desperately important to them? n/t winter is coming Jul 2013 #122

Respect! Whisp Jul 2013 #3

+1 me tue flamingdem Jul 2013 #9

You Tue? HangOnKids Jul 2013 #11

+2 Exactly. BlueCaliDem Jul 2013 #14

boom! Enrique Jul 2013 #4

it seems like termites swarming carolinayellowdog Jul 2013 #6

I guess we find our entertainment where we can get it. Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #7

I think it's okay if Obama ate a kitteh on the White House Lawn flamingdem Jul 2013 #10

OMG! Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #15

ya got me think Jul 2013 #24

Yes, but IOKIYATB. :-) BlueCaliDem Jul 2013 #19

+1 we'll be rockin' this 4th 'o July flamingdem Jul 2013 #25

We sure will! BlueCaliDem Jul 2013 #29

With out a doubt madokie Jul 2013 #63

That only tells me he's working hard for We the People, rather than We the Personhoods. BlueCaliDem Jul 2013 #115

Well said BCD: He's our general in America's neo-civil war flamingdem Jul 2013 #121

Thanks, flamingdem! A wonderful 4th to you and yours, too! BlueCaliDem Jul 2013 #124

Yes I'm damn happy for that too madokie Jul 2013 #134

I LOVE your graphic! Hekate Jul 2013 #72

Thanks, Hekate! It's sad that some can't understand the graphic in reference to the subject of my BlueCaliDem Jul 2013 #114

+1 Berlum Jul 2013 #90

Picture is woth a thousand words...... ForeignandDomestic Jul 2013 #103

But I know GeeGee and Snowden won't be. They were hoping for a Prez. Ron Paul. BlueCaliDem Jul 2013 #32

James Brady worked for Reagan. Look at the Brady Bill Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #34

Snowden isn't of their ilk. BlueCaliDem Jul 2013 #45

I don't know. I'm reserving judgement. I've heard so many conflicting statements about him Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #51

Bradley Manning will never see the light of day again Hekate Jul 2013 #76

It is true it seems poorly planned Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #153

SUCH VENOM! Th1onein Jul 2013 #148

No. I write the truth and you only think it's VENOM. BlueCaliDem Jul 2013 #160

I started out as a Regan Republican. BillyRibs Jul 2013 #57

Absolutism is a common trait among people. Epiphanies mean nothing if you were not a true Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #87

It was just last election that Snowden donated, supported, and most likely voted for Ron Paul. BlueCaliDem Jul 2013 #113

I don't Shiv a Git, About personal Opinion, BillyRibs Jul 2013 #159

uhhhhhh.... galileoreloaded Jul 2013 #100

+100. Bravo! n/t Tx4obama Jul 2013 #26

there is literally nothing Snowden could have done that would have justified our treatment of dsc Jul 2013 #35

'our treatment'? What did the USA do? Audio on the link below states pilots had fuel gauge problems Tx4obama Jul 2013 #62

Nobody is really this stupid are they? reusrename Jul 2013 #107

planes tend to run out of fuel when they are denied the ability to fly a direct route dsc Jul 2013 #117

I just did a search and only one thread came up on DU for the word: Snowdenbot / Snowdenbots Tx4obama Jul 2013 #38

I prefer the term Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #42

Heh . . . BlueCaliDem Jul 2013 #46

good one KittyWampus Jul 2013 #119

My god, you even justify violations, gross violations mind you, nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #118

As per usual, Nadin Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #132

walls are nice nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #133

They're into their ad hominem attack stage now, nadine. Th1onein Jul 2013 #149

I know nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #150

But we Snowden supporters are lucky that Snowden did none of those things. Th1onein Jul 2013 #138

His initial allegation Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #140

LOL. Just because you say something over and over again doesn't make it true. Th1onein Jul 2013 #147

Have you ever made the mistake Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #155

The only problem is, it is the documents you will have to try to defend, Snowden is merely another sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #145

This message was self-deleted by its author sheshe2 Jul 2013 #8

knr Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #12

Cognitive dissonance is a bitch. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2013 #13

Quite entertaining. My favorite: SaveOurDemocracy Jul 2013 #16

it all started with this one and has just gone off the rails since: frylock Jul 2013 #18

Yay! The Austrians grounded that damned plane! dawg Jul 2013 #22

(crickets) ConservativeDemocrat Jul 2013 #71

Didn't even get the nationality right. dawg Jul 2013 #73

So much for reality-basedness.... Democracyinkind Jul 2013 #74

Says the man who updated his post almost immediately himself... ConservativeDemocrat Jul 2013 #77

Updating a post is anti-reality now too, hu? Democracyinkind Jul 2013 #78

No, but bashing someone for needing to make a correction is. ConservativeDemocrat Jul 2013 #83

Again, your reality-basedness gets in the way.... Democracyinkind Jul 2013 #84

lol RandiFan1290 Jul 2013 #98

fuel gauge problem, eh? frylock Jul 2013 #123

Usually works for my fuel gauge problems. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #142

If I have the energy I am going to dissect flamingdem Jul 2013 #28

i eagerly await your reply! frylock Jul 2013 #33

I agree. flamingdem Jul 2013 #36

intriguing that this story only shows up in an Austrian newspaper temmer Jul 2013 #49

You agree with someone who is mocking you? HangOnKids Jul 2013 #59

Yeah Bobbie Jo Jul 2013 #143

Good catch. ucrdem Jul 2013 #47

Please dissect Catherina's posts (if you have the energy) HangOnKids Jul 2013 #64

If you are only reading English language news, then you will not find some of the "facts" that JDPriestly Jul 2013 #67

When that OP was posted Tuesday before midnight the news WAS reporting the plane had been grounded Tx4obama Jul 2013 #31

You're all they've got left, Tx. ucrdem Jul 2013 #43

Wow, missed that one... Sick! Are we in Bizarro World? Here's where I started: SaveOurDemocracy Jul 2013 #37

My fracking lord!!! If it wasn't comical nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #120

That's the absolute Best! Comedy Central! I had to .pdf print entire thread I case anything gets idwiyo Jul 2013 #127

Well, it did come with a nice driving map of Moscow. dawg Jul 2013 #20

Another one who proudly didn't read the article! nt MADem Jul 2013 #44

Um ... that isn't a flight plan. dawg Jul 2013 #48

OK, since you claim you read the article, you tell me just what is represented there--in detail. nt MADem Jul 2013 #50

Distance between the airports where the plane took off and where Snowden supposedly is being held. dawg Jul 2013 #52

EXACTLY. MADem Jul 2013 #54

Oh yeah, who died and made you the article police anyway? dawg Jul 2013 #53

So you haven't read the article, either...? MADem Jul 2013 #56

I'm the same guy you just posted "EXACTLY" to. dawg Jul 2013 #58

Did you click the link on the flight plan in the article--or were you afraid that it might MADem Jul 2013 #66

Yes, that one is brutally hilarious. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2013 #23

Holy crap. progressoid Jul 2013 #41

Good one! My favorite is authoritarians trying to invoke AUTHORITY woo me with science Jul 2013 #55

Sadly they will all be voting for another authoritarian in 2016. nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #135

Presidents are supposed to work for us, Progressive dog Jul 2013 #137

Oh my God. I hadn't seen that one as poster is on my now enormous ignore list. sibelian Jul 2013 #91

K&R AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #17

Morales seems to have been as amused as you are. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #21

In the AUDIO on the link below pilot requested to land due to fuel gauge problems Tx4obama Jul 2013 #65

And according to the Austrian news, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain denied him landing rights. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #68

But... Tx4obama Jul 2013 #69

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #79

I don't base my comment on a news report directly, but it may be that they insisted that JDPriestly Jul 2013 #81

"They would not comment on why Bolivian officials said otherwise" sibelian Jul 2013 #92

That phrase is very common in the reports. Copying. However, you can still actual quotes. Pholus Jul 2013 #97

When I first heard about it I pictured if the USSR had done that to Air Force One.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #27

AIR FORCE ONE doesn't have to refuel three times to get home. MADem Jul 2013 #80

IOW: Another idiot politician who doesn't know the Internet exists.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #86

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #110

I keep hearing Phil Ochs when dealing with the authoritarians, especially Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #30

oof.... sibelian Jul 2013 #106

Phil Ochs already did. . .but if Jello can do it, so can I. Take if you want. Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #158

And I heard Phil singing as I read your words! Very nice! Well done, thanks! Melinda Jul 2013 #112

I have to admit I've really enjoyed some of the things I've seen recently. pa28 Jul 2013 #39

k&r n/t! markpkessinger Jul 2013 #40

they have been reduced to denying reality itself, and sticking quinnox Jul 2013 #60

+10000 The flat out denial is truly stunning to watch. Straight out of Orwell. woo me with science Jul 2013 #70

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #75

This message was self-deleted by its author woo me with science Jul 2013 #85

"Reality-based Community" woo me with science Jul 2013 #88

Seeing that guys posts, It makes me wonder if "reality-based community" is supposed to be quinnox Jul 2013 #136

Dear, oh dear. sibelian Jul 2013 #93

K&R. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #61

Proud Member of the Reality Based Community Skittles Jul 2013 #82

Well, you know, they SAY they are. On the Internet. And everything. sibelian Jul 2013 #94

SCHEDULING SIBELIAN FOR AN ASS KICKING Skittles Jul 2013 #125

And they have MAPS. woo me with science Jul 2013 #129

You are totally out of line. woo me with science Jul 2013 #89

LOL! Aerows Jul 2013 #104

+1! Lots of Pig Squealing and Very Little Fleece! n/t Catherina Jul 2013 #108

Do you see the dotted line on your map of Eurogen? DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2013 #111

To be expected whatchamacallit Jul 2013 #95

"authoritarians" must be the latest right wing buzz word sigmasix Jul 2013 #96

Yeah, you see my problem is that "personal demons" sibelian Jul 2013 #99

"You will find liberals always rooting for savages against civilization." Pholus Jul 2013 #101

America's cohesion and sense of justice is a MYTH HangOnKids Jul 2013 #130

I've yet to read ONE post saying that Obama is a traitor and smearing Obama. Th1onein Jul 2013 #152

They can't attack the real position so they have to make one up. sibelian Jul 2013 #157

Preach it! nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #161

DU re: DU alcibiades_mystery Jul 2013 #102

A thing of beauty, it is. bemildred Jul 2013 #105

Comedy gold! backscatter712 Jul 2013 #109

For me, ProSense Jul 2013 #116

We should map the dissembling for posterity. DirkGently Jul 2013 #126

Heh... Posterity, and I, thank you. I believe you covered all the relevant talking points. SaveOurDemocracy Jul 2013 #128

Bookmarking. sibelian Jul 2013 #131

When this is over and we get the whole story, I see a lot of crow Cleita Jul 2013 #146

They are NEVER going to admit to being in the wrong, it's all plain chutzpah. sibelian Jul 2013 #156

*That* was good. WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2013 #139

This is feekin awesome! Thank you...your post is the power of truth shining a light on roaches...nt Drew Richards Jul 2013 #141

Awesome. Thanks DirkGently. GoneFishin Jul 2013 #144

Well mapped, Dirk suffragette Jul 2013 #154

+ a gazillion. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #162

It's the cherry on top of a 3-week long discrediting sundae. Marr Jul 2013 #151

Some people think his plane was forced down. Octafish Jul 2013 #163