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WilliamPitt
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Tue Feb-07-06 08:51 PM Original message |
For the love of God, her life WAS political |
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ulysses
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Tue Feb-07-06 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. sure, but you know they were going to kvetch about it. |
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Tue Feb-07-06 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Bush was SITTING THERE because of politics, wasn't he? He certainly wasn't |
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renate
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Wed Feb-08-06 02:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
98. I think you mean "he was SLOUCHING THERE" |
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LSparkle
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Tue Feb-07-06 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. AMEN, Brother Will! How right you are ... |
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Dark
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Tue Feb-07-06 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. Though her life was about politics, |
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yardwork
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Tue Feb-07-06 08:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Sorry but I totally disagree. |
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Dark
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Speaking out against injustice is right. But a funeral is not a forum. |
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yardwork
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I disagree on all points. |
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MichiganVote
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. You sound like a Catholic. Funerals mean diff. things to diff. people |
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Dark
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:13 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Actually, I generally don't like religion. However, |
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desi
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:18 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Respect..?? |
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Spazito
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. Respect according to whom? |
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sandnsea
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
43. My family is Catholic |
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ShortnFiery
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
66. On the Mark IMO |
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Sydnie
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Tue Feb-07-06 10:11 PM Response to Reply #66 |
72. I have made it very clear to my family - I want an over the top |
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Rainscents
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Tue Feb-07-06 10:15 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. rofl |
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yardwork
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Tue Feb-07-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #66 |
78. Welcome to DU! |
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Viva_La_Revolution
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Tue Feb-07-06 10:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
75. Ok. then at your funeral we won't... however... |
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Yupster
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Wed Feb-08-06 02:42 AM Response to Reply #17 |
97. I agree with you Dark |
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mdmc
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Wed Feb-08-06 08:00 AM Response to Reply #97 |
107. mlk was wiretapped... no wmd in iraq while poverty rules aa usa |
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malaise
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Wed Feb-08-06 04:54 AM Response to Reply #17 |
103. Excuse me |
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dannofoot
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
68. I'm sorry, I didn't realize that... |
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Spazito
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Tue Feb-07-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. You seem to have forgotten Hillary was First Lady and did, indeed, |
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dannofoot
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Tue Feb-07-06 11:07 PM Response to Reply #73 |
85. So Hillary knew her... |
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Spazito
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Tue Feb-07-06 11:33 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. Ummm, just because you doubt doesn't make it so |
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SharonAnn
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Tue Feb-07-06 11:18 PM Response to Reply #73 |
87. Also, she was very involved with Marion Wright Edelman and |
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Spazito
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Tue Feb-07-06 11:35 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Thanks for this info, I was unaware of her work with Mrs. King |
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dannofoot
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Tue Feb-07-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. Can you please provide more info? |
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Tue Feb-07-06 11:40 PM Response to Reply #68 |
90. Hillary Clinton had every right to be there. As a former first lady, |
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MichiganVote
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Four presidents, numerous other speakers, a full choir and that's |
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Pacifist Patriot
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. LOL! Celebrating her life and accomplishments requires political |
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Dark
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:21 PM Original message |
They talked about the Iraq war! |
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mzmolly
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. Funerals happen every day because of that war, she was a pacifist. |
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Dark
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
52. How is talking about the Iraq war a testimony to a civil rights heroine?nt |
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mzmolly
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. She was also an anti-war heroine. nt |
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Pacifist Patriot
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
41. It may not belong at YOUR funeral, but... |
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sandnsea
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
50. She protested the war |
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Dark
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. There is nothing wrong with talking about her involvement |
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cynatnite
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Completely agree! |
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Catrina
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Tue Feb-07-06 10:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
70. The truth is never cheap and there's no more 'proper' place to speak |
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cynatnite
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Wed Feb-08-06 02:12 AM Response to Reply #70 |
94. Agree to disagree... |
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sandnsea
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. A funeral according to you |
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Dark
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. No, what's disrespectful is to give a eulogy where you talk about |
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sandnsea
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. What's the point of her life then? |
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Dark
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #57 |
61. No. But for one day, can we just put aside our differences and |
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sandnsea
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Tue Feb-07-06 10:16 PM Response to Reply #61 |
77. Differences according to white corporate America |
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mzmolly
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Her "accomplishments" were political. Should we have avoided the subject |
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Dark
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. No, talk about her accomplishments. But don't talk about Bush's failures. |
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mzmolly
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
45. The fact is her accomplishments are short lived if we don't talk about |
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rman
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Wed Feb-08-06 04:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
99. ah, we should be respecting Bush |
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Sydnie
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
42. How the hell do you celebrate the accomplishments of a politically |
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Dark
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #42 |
64. You can bring up what SHE did. But don't try to advance any cause |
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Sydnie
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Tue Feb-07-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. They did bring up what she did and what she lived through |
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Carni
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
59. Her accomplishments were the right wingers ideas of failure |
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me b zola
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
63. That depends upon the person being celebrated |
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Guy Whitey Corngood
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Tue Feb-07-06 10:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
82. This ain't about "partisan pot-shots". |
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JCMach1
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Wed Feb-08-06 02:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
96. Then why the Hell were the politicos there? |
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LWolf
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Wed Feb-08-06 07:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
106. A large part of her life WAS about politics. |
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WI_DEM
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Tue Feb-07-06 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's the Wellstone funeral thing all over again |
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Pacifist Patriot
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
33. I'm hoping it will backfire in this case. Since she was not an |
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deadparrot
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Tue Feb-07-06 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. My feelings on the subject: |
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tyedyeto
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Tue Feb-07-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I agree with you |
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deadparrot
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Not me...'twas the guy on the blog. |
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Erika
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Wonderful article - The Kings had Democratic values! |
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Erika
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Tue Feb-07-06 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. Her funeral and guest list showed she WAS political |
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sasha031
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Tue Feb-07-06 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. MSM couldn't possibly get any more corrupt |
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Auntie Bush
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
67. Well Larry King found something important..."Growing Pains cast! |
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sasha031
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:57 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. how many paychecks are we away from being in the same predicament |
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lovechild
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Tue Feb-07-06 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. "This whole thing is just so much stinking bullshit." |
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Flubadubya
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. The word is "insightful"... |
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notadmblnd
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. you're right... but you can't tell them that |
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
15. What you said. |
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China_cat
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. I remember the march here in Charleston |
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sweetheart
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. when the living poet dies |
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hfojvt
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
24. Does the choir need a sermon? |
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AlienGirl
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. Thank you!! And so was Wellstone's, etc. |
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Ladyhawk
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. So, the neocons had to call a waaaaaaaambulance, eh? |
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mzmolly
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. Exactly! |
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desi
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
30. Their lives were also about PEACE. |
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Kerrytravelers
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
31. So, we had a month-long celebration of ray-gun... |
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Just Me
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
35. For the LOVE OF GOD,...her life was BEYOND POLITICAL,...Will. |
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WilliamPitt
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. That made no sense |
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Just Me
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. For you? |
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WilliamPitt
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:44 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. Cool |
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KyndCulture
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. that's kinda mean... wanna do that over? |
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Just Me
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. To whom? |
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Tue Feb-07-06 10:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
83. and so was her funeral |
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KyndCulture
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
36. You are right on brother Will!! |
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. Agreed. They were talking about *justice* too; that transcends politics |
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Tom Yossarian Joad
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
48. Ya think? |
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EFerrari
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
49. Yes, it was. That was really something, wasn't it? |
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BlackVelvet04
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
58. What's really in poor taste |
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EFerrari
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:38 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Right on, BlackVelvet. |
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BlackVelvet04
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Tue Feb-07-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. Yes, it was, wasn't it? : - ) n/t |
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Anita Garcia
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Tue Feb-07-06 10:16 PM Response to Reply #62 |
76. Yes. n/t |
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EFerrari
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Tue Feb-07-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. We were pretty lucky, weren't we, Anita? |
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Anita Garcia
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Wed Feb-08-06 08:17 AM Response to Reply #80 |
110. It is a reminder that what we are doing is righteous. |
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kineneb
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Tue Feb-07-06 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
79. I wish to think she would have appreciated the service |
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Rainscents
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Tue Feb-07-06 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
81. Will, you're right on! |
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Nevernose
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Tue Feb-07-06 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
84. A funeral celebrates a person's life, right? What was CSK's about? |
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FreedomAngel82
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Tue Feb-07-06 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
86. Thank you for saying it |
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kentuck
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Tue Feb-07-06 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
91. Right on! |
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Wed Feb-08-06 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
93. It's just an intimidation game by the corp media. |
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Dr Fate
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Wed Feb-08-06 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
95. I know- people speaking up at an MLK event- imagine that. n/t |
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rman
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Wed Feb-08-06 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
100. if * can't take the heat he should stay out of the kitchen |
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Wed Feb-08-06 04:52 AM Response to Original message |
101. exactly! if you eulogized ME and didnt talk politics |
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Skidmore
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Wed Feb-08-06 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
102. And, thank the deities, it was. |
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Hekate
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Wed Feb-08-06 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
104. Those who spoke truth to power honored her by carrying her work forward |
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Connie_Corleone
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Wed Feb-08-06 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
105. Imagine the nerve! |
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w8liftinglady
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Wed Feb-08-06 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
108. My Ltte was inspired by your post |
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Bridget Burke
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Wed Feb-08-06 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
109. Coretta Scott was political before she became Coretta Scott King... |
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Wed Feb-08-06 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
111. I think we have to take the opportunity to speak when we can. |
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