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Demeter

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8. Terra! Terra! Terra!

Reply to LuvNewcastle (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 8, 2014, 06:45 AM

Oct 2014

and unfortunately, that is PRECISELY the kind of people being elected to public office in this country: Paranoid, greedy little bigots who think the world is theirs to strip mine. We have no great leaders.

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Why banning Arab authors from US is censorship [View all] Judi Lynn Oct 2014 OP

Kicking. Thank you. nt littlemissmartypants Oct 2014 #1

Censorship at least. This is nuts. bvf Oct 2014 #2

Supreme poets survive a long and beautiful history in the Middle East. littlemissmartypants Oct 2014 #3

This is so fucked up! LuvNewcastle Oct 2014 #4

Terra! Terra! Terra! Demeter Oct 2014 #8

He's a Jordanian citizen, trying to travel to the US without a visa. msanthrope Oct 2014 #13

Might want to reread the OP. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #14

You might wanna read the links provided in the OP.... msanthrope Oct 2014 #15

Yep, I missed it. F4lconF16 Oct 2014 #16

Apology accepted. I apologize for my snarkiness, and suggest a helpful DU tip-- msanthrope Oct 2014 #17

And the curtain is pulled away. Scuba Oct 2014 #5

This is truly nuts LeftishBrit Oct 2014 #6

There are enough people in these parts bvf Oct 2014 #9

He's a Jordanian citizen travelling to the US without a visa. msanthrope Oct 2014 #11

Unacceptable Android3.14 Oct 2014 #7

.... and stupid as well. nt ladjf Oct 2014 #10

Looks like his Jordanian citizenship meant he needed a visa..which he didn't get. msanthrope Oct 2014 #12

knr Douglas Carpenter Oct 2014 #18

The new racism. The old hatred and bigotry. The Stranger Oct 2014 #19