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SidDithers

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6. They never say what they really believe...
Wed Aug 28, 2013, 01:24 PM
Aug 2013

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Actually, the French are... Agnosticsherbet Aug 2013 #1
No. I don't think so Agnosticsherbet. Howler Aug 2013 #2
I left my tinfoil hat in my other pants. Agnosticsherbet Aug 2013 #7
Really How bout some reality Agnosticsherbet. Howler Aug 2013 #11
Exactly. WestSeattle2 Aug 2013 #61
Lemme see, being pulled into another quagmire where there will be high casualties or.... NightWatcher Aug 2013 #3
This is why the war drums beat on. obxhead Aug 2013 #63
You don't see the connection between the two? BlueStreak Aug 2013 #79
The only people that really talked about the NSA were hard core political junkies Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #4
Not in my world. People ARE talking about it. Autumn Aug 2013 #8
+1. When you hear the old people at church making sardonic jokes about it, winter is coming Aug 2013 #25
They can pretend all they want that this is a non issue. Autumn Aug 2013 #26
I look at the numbers Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #66
Numbers from a poll? Autumn Aug 2013 #67
Correct. n/t Cali_Democrat Aug 2013 #68
Oh well, if it's poll numbers Autumn Aug 2013 #73
As opposed to just taking your word for it? Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #83
I didn't offer a poll. And I didn't say Autumn Aug 2013 #92
My world is in a very liberal section of a liberal state… my job involves a huge KittyWampus Aug 2013 #37
If it comes up in conversation it means people are talking about it. Autumn Aug 2013 #42
My experience is similar ... wide range of folks ... JoePhilly Aug 2013 #110
pretty much Supersedeas Aug 2013 #23
bullshit bowens43 Aug 2013 #113
Why be so subtle? brooklynite Aug 2013 #5
They never say what they really believe... SidDithers Aug 2013 #6
Yep! Howler Aug 2013 #9
It's deeper than you realize Orrex Aug 2013 #15
LOL! Howler Aug 2013 #18
^^^^^^^Thread win!^^^^^^^^^^^ FSogol Aug 2013 #19
"We're an empire now, FiveGoodMen Aug 2013 #57
If feels more like Howler Aug 2013 #91
Agreed FiveGoodMen Aug 2013 #111
Yep! Howler Aug 2013 #114
What was subtle about it? woo me with science Aug 2013 #39
It is not about your never at fault hero, nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #88
GAWD I wish I had your way with words Howler Aug 2013 #95
Plenty still are - but talk is cheap, we need people in congress to do things The Straight Story Aug 2013 #10
Great Link The Straight Story! I've got it Bookmarked. Thanks. Howler Aug 2013 #13
As a matter of fact I just posted this today The Straight Story Aug 2013 #12
I know! I read that . Howler Aug 2013 #16
aka - Bait and Switch! nt avebury Aug 2013 #14
Yep! Exactly avebury. Howler Aug 2013 #17
So who did we pay to drop the chemical weapons on sufrommich Aug 2013 #20
Seriously? Howler Aug 2013 #22
It's really close to Iran. Myrina Aug 2013 #35
Could be Myrina. :) N/t Howler Aug 2013 #36
THANKS OBAMA!!!! JoePhilly Aug 2013 #44
A serious charge like that should not be made lightly unless totodeinhere Aug 2013 #69
I was being sarcastic. nt sufrommich Aug 2013 #72
Ok gotcha. totodeinhere Aug 2013 #90
Good grief! HappyMe Aug 2013 #21
Excuse Me HappyMe. Howler Aug 2013 #24
I don't think that Syria HappyMe Aug 2013 #30
If you preferr to compartmentalize our goverments actions into unconnected actions and reactions Howler Aug 2013 #41
Well, I'm not naive enough to think that HappyMe Aug 2013 #43
Ummmm But the N.S.A is part of our goverment. Howler Aug 2013 #50
The NSA has jack shit to do with HappyMe Aug 2013 #59
HappyMe Howler Aug 2013 #62
Not only that, but Obama was also the choreographer for Miley Cyrus! arcane1 Aug 2013 #27
LOL! Howler Aug 2013 #28
I heard he watched it live and did nothing to stop it!!! JoePhilly Aug 2013 #47
3 million OPs weren't enough for ya? JaneyVee Aug 2013 #29
When I consider That not all the information Howler Aug 2013 #33
Yep. It's actually a "two-fer" for Surveillance & Security State 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #31
Bingo 99th Monkee!!!!! Howler Aug 2013 #34
I just posted this Norm Solomon OP 99th_Monkey Aug 2013 #40
Great post 99th Monkey! Howler Aug 2013 #45
Sadly, true demwing Aug 2013 #60
I think you just nailed it. woo me with science Aug 2013 #80
More than one thing can happen at a time, you know. MineralMan Aug 2013 #32
Reptiles see only what is before them. In black and white. When we don't engage our full brain KittyWampus Aug 2013 #38
I agree: military action against Syria is not intended as a distraction. Maedhros Aug 2013 #65
The corporate PNAC moves onward, woo me with science Aug 2013 #85
I'm certain the White House appreciates the change of focus. Maedhros Aug 2013 #101
Everything was so peaceful and utopian in Syria before? -nt Liberal Veteran Aug 2013 #46
LOL! Howler Aug 2013 #48
I rather think the situation is not as black and white as you seem to believe. Liberal Veteran Aug 2013 #51
I don't think its has black or white Has you think Liberal Veteran. Howler Aug 2013 #56
Wrong Lifelong Dem Aug 2013 #49
Delusional...outside of a few message boards nobody gives two shits BeyondGeography Aug 2013 #52
The war? Howler Aug 2013 #53
See post #4 BeyondGeography Aug 2013 #54
O! Sorry. Howler Aug 2013 #58
If that is true, which I doubt, then it's a very sad commentary on totodeinhere Aug 2013 #70
You wish nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #107
So, you're saying the DU is easily distracted by shiny objects railsback Aug 2013 #55
NSA, Manning (aka Chelsea), Snowden, Greanwald... revmclaren Aug 2013 #71
Wag the dog indeed, ... CRH Aug 2013 #64
I don't see it, sorry. Agschmid Aug 2013 #74
Give it time and you will Agschmid. Howler Aug 2013 #75
Ill keep watch, no guarantees. Agschmid Aug 2013 #98
No Problem Agschmid. Howler Aug 2013 #102
Yep, Syria has been an awesome diversion away from blackspade Aug 2013 #76
The Masks Howler Aug 2013 #78
Indeed. blackspade Aug 2013 #115
Spot On Blackspade!! Howler Aug 2013 #117
That happens here like clockwork. New topic, old topic goes Rex Aug 2013 #77
The spying and whistle blower stories Howler Aug 2013 #82
I don't think this time out it was intentional on the part of the WH. Rex Aug 2013 #86
Well Howler Aug 2013 #89
Very true! And we can talk to each other like rational adults Rex Aug 2013 #94
Replacing a PR disaster with another PR war. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #81
No Shit Tierra-y-Libertad! Howler Aug 2013 #87
This message was self-deleted by its author Rex Aug 2013 #96
HOLY!!!!! @#$%!!! Howler Aug 2013 #99
NP man! Rex Aug 2013 #100
:) Howler Aug 2013 #104
Thanks! Rex Aug 2013 #105
Bingo! False flag! Syria isn't even a real country. Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #84
Come election time I am not voting for my first term nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #93
I agree. Howler Aug 2013 #97
This guy even sent a panphlet nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #103
I wish they were ALL in trouble!!! n/t Howler Aug 2013 #106
No one, huh? LanternWaste Aug 2013 #108
Sorry LanternWaste But I do see Howler Aug 2013 #112
How clever of the administration to wait three whole months to do this! Scurrilous Aug 2013 #109
It's why Obama adopted Sunny the dog. She's evil. Read that on DU. Must be true. freshwest Aug 2013 #120
weren't we supposed to be bombing North Korea by now? What ever happened to that anyway? Douglas Carpenter Aug 2013 #116
Actually, somebody is KamaAina Aug 2013 #118
I saw that KamaAina! Howler Aug 2013 #119
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