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NanceGreggs

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155. You've missed my point entirely ...

Wed Oct 1, 2014, 12:38 AM

Oct 2014

... and I apologize if I was unclear in my comments.

What I made note of was the fact that for well over a year after the Snowden story broke, any OP posted on DU about Greenwald - be it a new article he'd authored, a statement made by him, or any news about him - almost always had his name in the thread title .. and for obvious reasons. It was an attention-getter, especially for those who idolize the man. Any thread with Greenwald in the title was sure to be opened and read - by fans and detractors alike.

My observation last night was that the two OPs (that I saw, anyway) did not give any hint in the thread title that the OP was about Greenwald.

I just found it curious. But as I said, perhaps the Greenwald Brand isn't the draw it once was.

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You've been had - AGAIN. [View all] Maedhros Sep 2014 OP

!!! Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #1

Well....Greenwald has to push this narrative because the fact that msanthrope Sep 2014 #10

You see, there's an agenda at play here. I realize there are sympathizers in the West, or else.... Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #21

Russia gets a pass from gg even while wiping press flamingdem Sep 2014 #51

Why is that, you reckon? Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #58

After taking Koch money, GG's moved on to other moneyed interests. Wheeler, msanthrope Sep 2014 #70

You got that right. Bought & paid for. There's a name for it, but I won't mention it here. Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #79

i wonder if he will write about what is happening in hong kong JI7 Sep 2014 #41

Or about recent repression of the media flamingdem Sep 2014 #47

You ain't gonna hear shit from Glenn. He knows who butters his bread. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #71

He's a poopyhead! woo me with science Sep 2014 #80

Incredible isn't it? Stilted dribble trying to give the NSA/CIA pig a makeover. whereisjustice Sep 2014 #99

+1,000 Scuba Sep 2014 #120

Exactly. They're having a grand time talking amongst themselves. cui bono Sep 2014 #138

No excitement on DU about zapping flamingdem Sep 2014 #50

We get a 9/11 conspirator, and DU publishes shit from GG. msanthrope Sep 2014 #72

You can say that again! nt MADem Sep 2014 #73

Well...GG has measured his audience well. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #74

No doubt of that, certainly! nt MADem Sep 2014 #75

Odd. Khorasan does not show up on the list. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #78

Every single known member does. And if you understood basic Arabic, msanthrope Sep 2014 #124

That's a link with no info about Khorasan. cui bono Sep 2014 #140

I know about the region and I know what the word means... Fawke Em Sep 2014 #150

Just because he wears an aluminum hat doesn't mean there're no conspiracies..... marble falls Sep 2014 #20

!!! Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #22

Khorosan literally came out of nowhere. So, how do you explain it? I said in a post ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #108

You do know that Khorosan is just a rebranding of old Senior AQ members, right? Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #111

So you're saying they made it up then? cui bono Sep 2014 #141

Yeah. OK. Just laugh. But, remember when the Grenadian Navy invaded Miami? Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #2

Don't forget the massive Panamanian military! arcane1 Sep 2014 #4

They might have been trying to acquire deadly toxins. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #16

"a major military bastion to export terror and undermine democracy. We got there just in time" MisterP Sep 2014 #12

We know exactly where the Khorasan Group is. Maedhros Sep 2014 #15

THIS. Volaris Sep 2014 #29

+1 NealK Sep 2014 #105

Exactly! ctsnowman Sep 2014 #118

Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner. Scuba Sep 2014 #121

+1 woo me with science Sep 2014 #137

Yeah, we got there just in time Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #77

They were a hairsbreadth away from launching an invading force of Grenadiers. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #27

Well...last time I encountered a "Hare" it's breath was short and halting. KoKo Sep 2014 #145

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Sep 2014 #3

I agree. secondwind Sep 2014 #46

Fool me once...er, what? leftstreet Sep 2014 #5

the obama admin is just ready to lie to justify its fucked up foriegn policy as the last crew KG Sep 2014 #6

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OnyxCollie Sep 2014 #7

My favorite parts are these: Maedhros Sep 2014 #8

+100000000 woo me with science Sep 2014 #81

You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out, your put your right foot in & you shake it misterhighwasted Sep 2014 #9

You realize this entire post is discredited right wing bullshit... right? gcomeau Sep 2014 #129

Where is the info that discredits this? Leave out the GG bashing, that doesn't fly. cui bono Sep 2014 #143

For those of us here who don't watch that RW Stuff or Listen to it... KoKo Sep 2014 #148

I believe Richard Engel. Been watching him on Rachel for years. And if he is right like he usually jwirr Sep 2014 #11

k/r nationalize the fed Sep 2014 #13

Welcome to short attention-span theater. lumberjack_jeff Sep 2014 #14

We were watching football. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #17

This is essentilly what I said . . . markpkessinger Sep 2014 #18

Eh. They're mostly the same folks JoeyT Sep 2014 #116

I heard ISIS dumped babies out of their incubators and onto the cold floor. That true? RufusTFirefly Sep 2014 #19

Warmonger is as warmonger does. Ed Suspicious Sep 2014 #23

There are so many Al Qaeda #1's and #2's... CJCRANE Sep 2014 #24

And people who really need them will lose benefits over this shit BuelahWitch Sep 2014 #31

Exactly. Jamastiene Sep 2014 #112

And 40 years ctsnowman Sep 2014 #119

i call bullshit. no reason for the crazy muslim nuts to align themselves. sadly, the bushevics pansypoo53219 Sep 2014 #25

DU Unrec MohRokTah Sep 2014 #26

I wasn't "had." Brigid Sep 2014 #28

The title was directed toward those who support this latest war of choice. Maedhros Sep 2014 #30

most of the posters in this thread never believed either..we've been there, done that xiamiam Sep 2014 #35

Terrorism experts believe that the actual danger posed by ISIS has been distorted in hours of TV J_J_ Sep 2014 #32

There is a pattern developing here... [n/t] Maedhros Sep 2014 #37

Terrorism experts had better shut up. woo me with science Sep 2014 #82

They will be saying the opposite next week. n/t Jamastiene Sep 2014 #113

MIC has their own agenda no president can stop. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #33

Yeah, the Commander in Chief is powerless brentspeak Sep 2014 #34

It's gonna be war anyway. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #36

Is there some other Commander in Chief that we don't know about? brentspeak Sep 2014 #48

Bill Clinton once said "the media is the government" CJCRANE Sep 2014 #52

That's nice. Who's the CIC, again? n/t brentspeak Sep 2014 #53

You just don't get it. cui bono Sep 2014 #144

No need for ridiculous personal attacks, Brent. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #60

Of course there is. It isn't rocket science. Do you think that when Obama became president rhett o rick Sep 2014 #98

Or the CIC is just a title. zeemike Sep 2014 #40

Let's say that the CiC tells Gen Clapper to do something he doesnt want to do. What happens if rhett o rick Sep 2014 #97

What would happen if a president came out in a press conference and told it all? cui bono Sep 2014 #147

I don't see a way out to be honest. Doesn't mean I won't continue to fight rhett o rick Sep 2014 #151

MIC and TPTB are weak-kneed and cowardly ways to spell POTUS. nt Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #54

Listen to Eisenhower's speech on his way out of office. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #57

Why would I do that when I just heard the POTUS explain his actions to me? Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #61

And his decision was not based on strong advise from his military advisors? Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #62

Which he could have told them to pound up their asses. Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #63

Can you put your hands in your head? Oh no. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #64

Whatever that means. nt Dreamer Tatum Sep 2014 #65

Actually, the suckers are those who lap up geek tragedy Sep 2014 #38

this stonecutter357 Sep 2014 #49

Actually, you are 100% correct! mrdmk Sep 2014 #55

Huh? On 9/23, the President announced that he had started the bombing campaign against ISIL the Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #66

Greenwald is claiming that the White House relied upon geek tragedy Sep 2014 #67

No he said Khoroasan, the group that is being touted as an imminent threat to the U.S., Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #69

And he was lying, since the Obama admin never cited Khorasan as the justification for geek tragedy Sep 2014 #92

And Greenwald never said he cited Khorasan as the reason for starting another war. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #100

Except Obama is not using Khorasan as a justification of bombing Syria/ISIL. geek tragedy Sep 2014 #102

Why are we bombing ISIL without Congress or UN approval? By 9/22, it was universally Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #103

Because they are destabilizing the entire region. geek tragedy Sep 2014 #104

So we side step the Constitution and the UN over destabilization. Destabilization is not a LEGAL Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #106

For air strikes, sidestepping the constitution and UN is de rigueur. geek tragedy Sep 2014 #107

Indeed. The oligarchs make their own reality. It is up to history to interpret it. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #110

That is baloney. Read the US Constitution. It clearly states that truedelphi Sep 2014 #134

The constitution says congress has the authority geek tragedy Sep 2014 #136

Absofuckinglutely hueymahl Sep 2014 #130

K&R liberal_at_heart Sep 2014 #39

�aspirational� PeoViejo Sep 2014 #42

How many times does one need to be hit over the head.... ReRe Sep 2014 #43

No one that was paying attention Aerows Sep 2014 #44

THANK YOU Skittles Sep 2014 #90

"Carefully vetted moderate rebels"... WorseBeforeBetter Sep 2014 #146

Mine, too Aerows Sep 2014 #149

But Chess! FlatStanley Sep 2014 #45

Oh noes, they are going to pelt you with rotten tomatoes. Jamastiene Sep 2014 #115

Oh no! I'm headed for jury censure now! FlatStanley Sep 2014 #117

speak for yourself. Doctor_J Sep 2014 #56

I know - many, actually. Maedhros Sep 2014 #68

Not me malaise Sep 2014 #76

"lies, tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies..." blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #83

Not me. Phlem Sep 2014 #84

K&R Lies upon lies upon lies. woo me with science Sep 2014 #85

Indeed! And who could have known "Memory Wipe Out" takes so KoKo Sep 2014 #86

Don't forget "Babies Thrown Out of Incubators" Thanks to Hill & Knowlton nationalize the fed Sep 2014 #91

True....probably the same group that invented Khorasan... KoKo Sep 2014 #125

This is one of the funniest claims I have seen in a while. stevenleser Sep 2014 #87

These threads are helpful in determining posters's motives. bobduca Sep 2014 #88

It's like a glorious Big Bang of string theory propaganda! woo me with science Sep 2014 #95

I was not "had" the first time Skittles Sep 2014 #89

Apparently not, since you're believing Greenwald's nt geek tragedy Sep 2014 #93

Nor I, Skittles... MrMickeysMom Oct 2014 #156

I support bombing the Kardashian Group. whereisjustice Sep 2014 #94

"'Asian Dawn'?" "I read about them in Time Magazine." hatrack Sep 2014 #96

+! Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #101

The responses to my thread had taken a weird turn, so I logged out to take a look Maedhros Sep 2014 #109

Ignore - yer doin' it wrong...nt SidDithers Sep 2014 #139

It's an "eye opener" isn't it when one's Ignore List is viewed Off Line KoKo Sep 2014 #142

"Internet Pollution" is what I call it. Maedhros Sep 2014 #152

Just an observation. NanceGreggs Sep 2014 #114

You've missed alot. Three articles in DU/GD linked to the Salon Article KoKo Sep 2014 #153

You've missed my point entirely ... NanceGreggs Oct 2014 #155

Article is Co-Authored with Murtaza Hussain..Here's Amy Goodman's Interview with Hussain re Article KoKo Oct 2014 #159

For the THIRD time ... NanceGreggs Oct 2014 #160

What do YOU think about the article Itself....Then? KoKo Oct 2014 #161

Where did I say ... NanceGreggs Oct 2014 #162

It's not about Greenwald...Did you Read the "Democracy Now" Link I gave you? KoKo Oct 2014 #163

I don't fear ISIS, but I do fear the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adelson. Thanks for the thread. Scuba Sep 2014 #122

The MIC will have it's war.... blackspade Sep 2014 #123

After years of psychopathic fear mongering and jingoism, Alkene Sep 2014 #126

It's adorable someone thinks the USG is still looking for merrily Sep 2014 #127

The article does not rely solely on the tweets of Richard Engel. Maedhros Sep 2014 #135

I used OT to try to show that my post was an aside about Engel. merrily Oct 2014 #157

Missed that - sorry. [n/t] Maedhros Oct 2014 #158

No problem. Hard to show intent on a board. merrily Oct 2014 #165

Someone's been had... and guess what? It's you. -eom gcomeau Sep 2014 #128

Living a Real Life Movie taotzu Sep 2014 #131

Big MIC loves us. woo me with science Sep 2014 #132

Have I mentioned how much I appreciate Richard Engel? loudsue Sep 2014 #133

I think he tries...and is good. He even is quoted KoKo Oct 2014 #164

The ME flareup occurred right during and after Ferguson. Trillo Sep 2014 #154