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Robb
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:10 PM Original message |
It's getting silly in here. |
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Richardo
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks Robb |
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tekisui
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. More War on Terror bullshit. |
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TwilightGardener
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. That's how it is. Of course, they pre-emptively killed some of us. |
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Turbineguy
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Thu Apr-08-10 01:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
40. That's what Clinton wanted to do |
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ShortnFiery
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Fri Apr-09-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
74. The vast majority of time "intelligence" data is murky. Without due process |
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cliffordu
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
36. No...I think if you've proven yourself a terrorist by overt acts |
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spoony
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Thu Apr-08-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
55. I don't even recognise this place. |
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tekisui
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. We have truly fallen down the rabbit hole. |
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donco6
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Thu Apr-08-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
66. And remember, Saddam was a terrorist with nukes. |
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IndianaGreen
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. President Palin orders the assassination of Americans that support peasants in Latin America |
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mikita
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. +100 n/t |
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tekisui
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Call them a terrorist, and bomb away! |
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Moochy
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. And hay presto and the conscience is eased! |
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treestar
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Palin isn't president |
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IndianaGreen
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Every recent President has expanded on powers his predecessor usurped |
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MUAD_DIB
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. When given factuals why resort to hypotheticals? |
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roguevalley
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Agreed. This is a precedent for killing americans that any future |
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Clio the Leo
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. And speaking of Confederate history month.... |
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Moochy
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. great, more false equivalence |
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Clio the Leo
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Not what I said. |
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Moochy
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. thanks for clarifying |
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Clio the Leo
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. It's also ok if Abe Lincoln does it. |
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Moochy
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Americah |
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tekisui
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:49 AM Response to Reply #33 |
48. Lincoln put AMericans on the CIA kill list? |
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Clio the Leo
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Thu Apr-08-10 08:03 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. ... |
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tekisui
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Big difference. |
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Hekate
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. And 362,000 American citizens were killed by the Confederates. It was brother against brother.... |
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Clio the Leo
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Thu Apr-08-10 08:02 AM Response to Reply #37 |
51. Are we not at war now? |
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Zomby Woof
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Federal law differs with you |
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phleshdef
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. The silliness stems from people making this whole thing out to be something that its not. |
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Clio the Leo
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Or gives permission for someone else ... oh, like say the Yemeni government ... to do it. |
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IndianaGreen
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Our pal in Yemen, Saleh, has close ties to Al Qaeda |
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phleshdef
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. My wife might be willing to take my money, but she is certainly not a tyrant. |
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IndianaGreen
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I suggest you do some background reading on Yemen |
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phleshdef
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Wow. |
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Clio the Leo
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Close enough that he was able to kill at least three of their leaders since January... |
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Oregone
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. Yah mean like pretending criminal activity is a "war"? |
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SpartanDem
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Criminal activity? |
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Oregone
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. "acts of war"? |
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Cleobulus
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Thu Apr-08-10 01:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
41. Uhm, "organizations"(outside of government) cannot perpetuate acts of war... |
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SpartanDem
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Fri Apr-09-10 04:48 AM Response to Reply #41 |
68. Did you? |
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tekisui
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
49. What acts of war? |
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chollybocker
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. (ctrl-z) |
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PBS Poll-435
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. Easiest Rec' Evah |
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grantcart
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. committment to a rule of law is not an invitation to suicide |
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vaberella
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Yeah but for some people here the whole thing is him being a US citizen. |
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boppers
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. Killing is unfortunate, but still necessary. |
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skeptical cynic
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. The history that is being written now |
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Oregone
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. We all should be careful to not become involved in the War on Idiocy |
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mudplanet
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
35. We're in a war in which the other side can't shoot back, for all practical purposes, which means |
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Enrique
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
38. you realize you're making a legal argument, don't you? |
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Hippo_Tron
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Thu Apr-08-10 02:30 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. So are the people who are complaining about the fact that the guy was a US citizen |
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tekisui
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:51 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. If you accept the war on terror as a legitimate war. |
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Hippo_Tron
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Thu Apr-08-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #50 |
57. Again, that's the OP's point |
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Cleobulus
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
39. We are not at war, that's the problem... |
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impik
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Thu Apr-08-10 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
42. Yea, let the guy continue plan terror attacks and send terrorists here |
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Cleobulus
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Thu Apr-08-10 02:08 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Who the fuck is arguing that? |
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lamp_shade
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Thu Apr-08-10 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
45. Great post. Thanks. |
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eridani
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:22 AM Response to Original message |
46. Actually, we are not at war. At least the country as a whole is not. |
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rug
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
47. Discussing homicide is so silly. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood
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Thu Apr-08-10 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
53. Don't bother, man. |
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zulchzulu
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Thu Apr-08-10 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
54. Stop on by to see Anwar al-Awlaki and he'll have some fellas come over to chat |
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GeorgeGist
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Thu Apr-08-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
56. But you see Robb ... |
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Zomby Woof
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Thu Apr-08-10 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
58. "getting" silly? |
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kickysnana
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Thu Apr-08-10 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
62. When did Congress declare war and didn't Bush say it was over in 2005? |
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Phx_Dem
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Thu Apr-08-10 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
63. This sentence . . . |
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fan of the arts
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Thu Apr-08-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
64. We're not at war, no war has been declared only presidential actions. |
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Dr Morbius
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Thu Apr-08-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Begging your pardon. |
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neverforget
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Fri Apr-09-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. When the President swears his oath on Inauguration day it's this |
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Orsino
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Fri Apr-09-10 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
69. "Assassination" is certainly the term for targeting ranking civilians for murder. n/t |
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Robb
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Fri Apr-09-10 09:02 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Why do you promote the fiction that al-Awlaki is a civilian? |
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Orsino
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Fri Apr-09-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. If you have evidence that he's a military commander... |
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Enrique
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Fri Apr-09-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. it's also assassination if it's a military target |
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ShortnFiery
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Fri Apr-09-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Yes, and it must STOP lest they consider some Americans "TERRORISTS" |
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Rage Inc.
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Fri Apr-09-10 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
75. We are NOT in a War! |
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