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Buzz Clik

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8. So? We justify our actions with "They did it first!"?

Reply to amuse bouche (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 8, 2013, 11:39 AM

Apr 2013

I'd like to say we're bigger than that, but we are not.

Every time someone of note on the right dies, we do a long and loud happy dance. People like me complain, but the celebration continues until some other distraction emerges.

Carry on. It's hardly unexpected.

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Elvis Costello Can finally Tramp The Dirt Down now that Thatcher is Dead [View all] graham4anything Apr 2013 OP

DU is reacting to Thatcher's death in predictable fashion. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #1

Please note- I did not make any editorial comment whatsoever graham4anything Apr 2013 #2

Oh please amuse bouche Apr 2013 #5

So? We justify our actions with "They did it first!"? Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #8

I will smile when Bush and Cheney pass. thesquanderer Apr 2013 #9

I don't like the song and dance. Her family deserves to have JDPriestly Apr 2013 #10

Well she was their leader, not ours amuse bouche Apr 2013 #12

You pretty much missed my point. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #13

No you missed my point amuse bouche Apr 2013 #14

I asked for her to be exalted? Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #15

She backed Pinochet and fought efforts to bring him to justice Adenoid_Hynkel Apr 2013 #11

I get an error when I click the link, but it works if I "view on YouTube." n/t Ian David Apr 2013 #3

click on the big red > on the picture itself that starts the embedded video graham4anything Apr 2013 #4

The typical commnet on Thatcher from Brits amuse bouche Apr 2013 #6

Deliciously Vicious Performance.... Indepatriot Apr 2013 #7