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WilliamPitt

(58,179 posts) Tue Jul 30, 2013, 01:12 PM Jul 2013

A very muted "woo hoo!" for Pfc. Manning [View all]

Not guilty on aiding the enemy.

Thank God for small favors.

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A very muted "woo hoo!" for Pfc. Manning [View all] WilliamPitt Jul 2013 OP

very important to the future of free press xiamiam Jul 2013 #1

I think they knew we'd freak. Gregorian Jul 2013 #2

He's probably still looking at decades in prison. :( backscatter712 Jul 2013 #3

what is the shadow government? Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #6

We know for sure about Cheney's shadow government and we don't know if it ever went away sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #7

Shadow govt.? LordGlenconner Jul 2013 #8

You a supporter of Cheney? Or just uninformed? sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #13

He's pretty confrontational for someone who showed up on July 4th. East Coast Pirate Jul 2013 #18

Asking how a "shadow government" factors in to Bradley Manning getting tried and sentenced KittyWampus Jul 2013 #21

How you ask is the point! sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #38

Tory Tea Troll bobduca Jul 2013 #41

Is Obama a puppet or merely clueless? hack89 Jul 2013 #16

He and his family are photogenic, but yeah, I don't think he runs a damn thing tavalon Jul 2013 #25

Go Here: WillyT Jul 2013 #15

why don't you just sum up key points for me? Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #23

Trust Me... Just This Once... WillyT Jul 2013 #28

ok. I will. but my trust once given and than abused....cannot be attained again. Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #31

That's very SENSible. Some people are PRO links. JimDandy Jul 2013 #35

Lazy? n-t Logical Jul 2013 #39

The people who actually run this country tavalon Jul 2013 #22

somebody ate their Cynical Cereal this morning Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #24

Given that it was common knowledge (to those who bothered to notice) tavalon Jul 2013 #26

Cheney had a cipher for a president. It was such a shadow government everyone knew about it Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #27

MIC and corporation tavalon Jul 2013 #32

Exactly MNBrewer Jul 2013 #29

He won't be executed, at least Warpy Jul 2013 #4

or being an unlikeable home show billionaire Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #5

That would be both, albeit in a limited fashion. truebluegreen Jul 2013 #9

that would be both what? Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #10

Both stealing from the rich, and embarrassing bureaucrats. truebluegreen Jul 2013 #11

not even close Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #19

The two are scalable it appears. n/t JimDandy Jul 2013 #36

"My" other examples? truebluegreen Jul 2013 #37

And a Democrat, which she was and the Prosecutor is a Republican. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #14

Well, she insisted on giving money to the wrong party Warpy Jul 2013 #33

We need a million more like him RobertEarl Jul 2013 #12

Great news malaise Jul 2013 #17

But still pleading guilty to many others rl6214 Jul 2013 #20

K&R quinnox Jul 2013 #30

That is very good to hear Matariki Jul 2013 #34

(woo hoo) bigwillq Jul 2013 #40

100 years is almost life. kentuck Jul 2013 #42

rec SammyWinstonJack Jul 2013 #43