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indepat

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7. Not even trying to scare the be-jesus out of me would ever change my mind. Americans, by

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 05:22 PM

Sep 2013

choice, live in a scary world facing being gunned down by someone, ala a Zimmerman-type, almost every day. We live with and accept this scary environment, we lived with the threat of nuclear annihilation for forty years, so the likes of a middle-east tyrant ranks way down the list of dangers imo we accept and must face every day.

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Is There Anything The President Can Say That Will Change Your Position On The Syria Strike?...... [View all] global1 Sep 2013 OP

Nope gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1

Only if he said they have new information that Assad was really behind 9-11 quinnox Sep 2013 #2

Nothing, nada, ziltch, no sale. Autumn Sep 2013 #3

My thoughts exactly n/t Catherina Sep 2013 #10

So much for the bully pulpit treestar Sep 2013 #4

His persuasive abilities peaked in the 2008 campaign. FarCenter Sep 2013 #5

"Assad is manufacturing an army of Breitbart clones. Release the Kraken!" randome Sep 2013 #6

Not even trying to scare the be-jesus out of me would ever change my mind. Americans, by indepat Sep 2013 #7

Just As I Thought - So Why Is The President Making This Effort To Sway National Opinion?.....nt global1 Sep 2013 #8

It doesn't make any sense, Admiral. indepat Sep 2013 #11

"Al-Assad has bombed NYC and declared war on the United States..." Hell Hath No Fury Sep 2013 #9

No. Mostly because he has no credibility. n/t Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #12