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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 03:41 PM Original message |
Swedish newspaper: Tsunami warning was stopped |
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RandomKoolzip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. Money trumps all concerns. n/t |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 03:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. I say, no relief money for them |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
52. lol |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Yup. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. Truth is stranger than fiction. It's the "Jaws" scenario times 10,000. |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I was about too say the same thing . . . . n/t |
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WhereIsMyFreedom (605 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 08:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
78. Give me a break! |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Unfreakinbelievable!!! |
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Goathead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well they can kiss that tourist industry goodbye |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. westerners will continue to visit phuket |
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Goathead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 05:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Not Bali |
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Florida_Geek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 05:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
54. Ayyy the "tourist industry in Phuket is mainly SEX trade |
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gorbal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 06:30 PM Response to Reply #54 |
60. You know this? |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 06:43 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Just look at the name. |
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Logansquare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Yes, he's right. Just Google "Phuket" and "sex tourism" |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 07:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. This is so true...my husband was a seamen and he tells me all the stories |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 08:14 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. With a name like Phuket what do you expect? |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, the PNACers DID say we need a reduction in population there. |
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ilovenicepeople (883 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 03:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. This Earthquake happened exactly one year after the quake in Iran |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 06:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
57. Really? That IS kinda' weird. |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. why would they attack the ever-growing pool of cheap labor |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Eh, gotta balance that with demand for oil. |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 05:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
49. Because we are all useless eaters |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 03:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Uh, because of the culture? The beautiful surroundings? Etc., etc. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 03:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Beautiful scenery, rich culture..... |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Thailand and Malaysia are beautiful |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Doesn't one of the Hawaiian islands sport a great big crack? n/t |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. dude, not everybody can afford Hawaii |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:20 PM Original message |
What the intercourse is that supposed to mean? |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. you're still around |
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noshenanigans (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:26 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Thanks for that.. |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. noshenanigans, hoping for the best for your friend |
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noshenanigans (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. thanks.. |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. here is a missing persons thread set up by lonely planet |
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ornotna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. What an evil hateful thing to say |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:42 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. most folks who go to Thailand are not dead |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 06:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
58. There are many helpful medications which treat a variety of illnesses,... |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 08:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
80. When people look up the word ignorant in the dictionary.... |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
44. not necessarily |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 06:53 PM Response to Reply #44 |
65. no thailand is definitely cheaper overall |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. well, la-dee-da |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. for the love of pete |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Amazing |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Osama bin Laden determined to Attack Inside The United States |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 07:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
73. Seems that the security of the people is never important when money |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
8. I expect they are going to be much, much sorrier |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. Dumb F**ks! eom |
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Corgigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. 3rd world country |
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amazona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. don't know if I would consider Thailand 3rd world NT |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. wasn't that Condi's line of reasoning regarding 9/11? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. Free Market Rules!!! |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 08:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
75. Sometimes the invisible hand |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. Sigh -- so much for "experts" |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. Larry Vaughn strikes again |
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Im_Your_Huckleberry (160 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:32 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. nobody would listen to chief brody. |
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Wilber_Stool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
33. USGS guy on Ed Schultz |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 08:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
76. Time factor |
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koopie57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #33 |
83. actually the people who choose not to issue the warning |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. I AM STUNNED!! |
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yorkiemommie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
37. they have blood on their hands n/t |
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Alyssa (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
87. Tsunami warning |
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kostya (769 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
38. Also, what do they think about being sued now? |
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Pithy Cherub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
39. Absolutely horrified! |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
42. I'm not pro- death penalty |
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Sara Beverley (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
45. They are just too, "capitalized" "westernized" |
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NJGeek (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
47. sarcasm: Oooooh how RACIST! |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
51. my Malaysian landlady is furious ... |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
55. Tsunami Warning Center in Los Angeles knew one hour before |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 06:28 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. This is completely inconsistent with other accounts. |
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allemand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 06:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Did you ever hear about a thing called bureaucracy? |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 08:38 PM Response to Reply #63 |
79. Bullshit. |
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allemand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:19 AM Response to Reply #79 |
92. Clearly you have no experience at all with bureaucracy in these countries |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 10:39 PM Response to Reply #55 |
85. Have they ever heard of a fucking phone? |
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allemand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:35 AM Response to Reply #85 |
93. Good questions. It seems that there will be a congressional investigation |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
56. NOAA e-mailed warnings to Asia |
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progressivedancer (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 06:52 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. PAY ATTENTION TO EVERYTHING ALL OF YOU ARE SAYING |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 08:45 PM Response to Reply #64 |
81. PAY ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT OUR GOVERNMENT KNEW,... |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
61. What did they think was going to happen to the tourist industry |
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rooboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
67. An Australian guy in Sri Lanka got a warning from a local... |
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flordehinojos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
68. it will not surprise me if a sense of "guilt" for stopping any tsunami |
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(2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. USGS knew quake magnitude and |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 11:09 AM Response to Reply #70 |
95. I have read all entries here and have tried to give allowances |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
69. The world really is way out of balance |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
72. It makes no sense! |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
77. Keith Olbermann discussed this on his show tonight.... |
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jmcgowanjm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
82. Thinking of Jeff Goldblum(Jurrasic), Quaid(Day after... |
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InvisibleBallots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
84. They need to be arrested |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
86. Sounds like Thailand needs a sovereign immunity statute for situations... |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-28-04 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
88. Just a couple of thoughts - |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
89. Always profits before people. |
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ObamaFan2500 (53 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 04:04 AM Response to Original message |
90. What difference does it make if they stop the warming? |
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sattahipdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
91. Vladimir Putin would be delighted |
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Oversea Visitor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
94. Please the earthquake |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
96. CNNI has weather people who could have made the call |
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