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FourScore
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Mon May-09-11 02:27 PM Original message |
Amerika Sei Verrückt Geworden. America in Decline: Why Germans Think We're Insane |
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sudopod
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Mon May-09-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh, they just hate us for our freedoms. ;) nt |
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smirkymonkey
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Mon May-09-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Oh, they can just go stuff themselves with Freedom Schnitzel! |
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flamingdem
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Tue May-10-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. lol!! PS I lived in Germany and it sucks, they have no sense of humor nt |
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a2liberal
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Tue May-10-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
45. But what about XJ-212 FunnyBot? (n/t) |
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oldironside
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Tue May-10-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #29 |
70. That is simply not true. |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #70 |
96. German humor is much more wry than ours. I like it. |
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DetlefK
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Tue May-10-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #96 |
167. Too out-there? Examples of german humor: "Badesalz", "Mundstuhl"... |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #167 |
192. DetlevK, I am not familiar with these comedians. |
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DetlefK
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Tue May-10-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #192 |
208. I wanted to counter your argument that Germans can't be wacky. |
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liberation
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Tue May-10-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #96 |
171. " "Dumb and Dumber" -- that would never get made in Germany" |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #171 |
189. Oh, please don't misunderstand my post! |
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flamingdem
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Tue May-10-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #189 |
190. Werner Herzog's son made a film Laughing with Hitler addresses the question of Hitler and humor |
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Enthusiast
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Tue May-10-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #190 |
196. Republicans joke about torture. |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #70 |
161. It may be a matter of perception.. |
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oldironside
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Thu May-12-11 07:15 AM Response to Reply #161 |
255. If you are trying to punch below the belt... |
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whathehell
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Thu May-12-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #255 |
256. How strange that you would see it that way, |
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oldironside
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Thu May-12-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #256 |
257. Err, it was a joke, mate. |
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whathehell
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Thu May-12-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #257 |
258. Err, glad to hear it. |
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oldironside
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Thu May-12-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #258 |
259. The New Yorker thing is very true, |
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whathehell
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Fri May-13-11 09:17 AM Response to Reply #259 |
260. Loved "Ten Drugs You Shouldn't Take Whilst Driving"! |
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slampoet
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Tue May-10-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
117. and you speak fluent German so you get their jokes? |
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fascisthunter
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Tue May-10-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #29 |
121. yuh... right |
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BillyJack
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Tue May-10-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
148. no sense of humor, perhaps. But they all have healthcare!!! |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #148 |
157. lol |
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LanternWaste
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Tue May-10-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
216. That would seem to explain the Germans I met once... |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #216 |
227. Sure it would... |
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Enthusiast
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Tue May-10-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
194. Yeah! |
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aSpeckofDust
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Mon May-09-11 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Heh, I imagine the Germans find our situation a bit surreal. It's like watching the rise of hitler |
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Mon May-09-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. indeed... it must be horrifying for those who went through it |
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freshwest
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Tue May-10-11 01:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. I have friends whose parents went through it and they weren't fooled by the Freedom Fries Fraternity |
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femrap
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Tue May-10-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
104. From what I read.... |
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Enthusiast
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Tue May-10-11 02:25 PM Response to Reply #104 |
198. I have recent German ancestry. |
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DFW
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Tue May-10-11 08:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. Not as far off as you might think |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Cape Cod? |
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DFW
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Tue May-10-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #49 |
84. LOL!! |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #84 |
108. Glad you liked that! |
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Enthusiast
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Tue May-10-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
200. Cape Cod? |
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Jakes Progress
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Mon May-09-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Can't argue with their report or their findings. |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #3 |
54. Maybe not, but you (and they) might want to "balance" it with the reports on their own right wing.. |
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Jakes Progress
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Tue May-10-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #54 |
63. Crock. What has that got to do with the discussion? Why red herring? |
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Tue May-10-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #63 |
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leveymg
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Mon May-09-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. The major difference is that many of their fascist rich were cleaned out during and after WW2 |
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NJCher
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Tue May-10-11 09:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
78. touche' |
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Bluenorthwest
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Tue May-10-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
81. Ah, not really. Recent talk of the Eichmann arrest brings to mind |
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damntexdem
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Mon May-09-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. Because we are? |
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cognoscere
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Tue May-10-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
180. We have a winnah! N/T |
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SoCalDem
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Mon May-09-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. and the under employed figure in as well |
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Lorien
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Tue May-10-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
76. Yep, same in my industry. Animators who used to make six figures now make $10 |
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Tue May-10-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
110. Technically speaking, he's not "underemployed" but "underpaid," since |
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Enthusiast
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Tue May-10-11 02:33 PM Original message |
Some Reich Wingers would |
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DissedByBush
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Tue May-10-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
230. It was pretty bad in Germany when I was there |
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FourScore
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Mon May-09-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. Ich fuerchte, die Deutschen haben recht. n/t |
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ixion
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Mon May-09-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Ja, I denke das auch |
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Mira
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Tue May-10-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
41. Dein Deutsch ist gut genug. Trust me. n/t |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #41 |
86. Das finde ich auch. n/t |
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Mira
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Tue May-10-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #86 |
95. Offensichtlich |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 10:25 AM Response to Reply #95 |
113. Das ist sehr lieb von Dir, Mira. |
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Mira
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Tue May-10-11 01:17 PM Response to Reply #113 |
179. Phantastisch. Jetzt merke ich |
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FourScore
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Wed May-11-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #179 |
243. "Hunderprozentig ein Liebhaber von Deutschem" |
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TK421
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Tue May-10-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #113 |
235. SPEAK ENGLISH OR GET OUT OF AMURKA!!!@!#@$@@@@! |
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Canuckistanian
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Mon May-09-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Genau |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Tue May-10-11 09:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
69. Und nicht nur die Deutschen, sondern die meisten Europäer auch |
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JDPriestly
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Mon May-09-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
9. Thanks. We need the international perspective. |
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GreenPartyVoter
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Mon May-09-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Very true. |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
62. You're joking, right? |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #62 |
82. Then why are you here? |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #82 |
100. Are you asking me why I'm here |
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Tue May-10-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #100 |
109. Deleted message |
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Tue May-10-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #62 |
202. If you are sick without insurance |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 03:45 PM Response to Reply #202 |
220. I don't think anyone on this board denies that being sick without |
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Hannah Bell
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Wed May-11-11 09:02 AM Response to Reply #220 |
245. the neolib uk govt has been trying to destroy nhs by stealth for decades. |
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Wed May-11-11 11:09 AM Response to Reply #245 |
247. Didn't know that...Thanks for the information. n/t |
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Solly Mack
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Mon May-09-11 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. K&R |
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Luminous Animal
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Mon May-09-11 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. That is a very interesting article. Thank you. |
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Ikonoklast
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Mon May-09-11 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. For fifty years, Germany prospered under the umbrella of the U.S. military. |
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Canuckistanian
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Mon May-09-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Does that mean that Germany can't call insanity when they see it? |
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Ikonoklast
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Mon May-09-11 10:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. We spent billions in their defense, right up to the end of the last century. |
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Canuckistanian
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Mon May-09-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. So what do they owe you? |
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Ikonoklast
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Mon May-09-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I was stating some facts as they might relate to Germany's economic recovery, post-WWII. |
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Canuckistanian
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Mon May-09-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. It's just that you seem to question Gemany's lack of respect for today's America |
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Mon May-09-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Canuckistan, if it wasn't for us, they'd be speaking German today! |
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Canuckistanian
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Tue May-10-11 07:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. LOL |
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Tue May-10-11 07:02 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. And if it weren't for the French, Americans would all be speaking "British". |
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Tue May-10-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #35 |
111. Hell if it weren't for the French (technically, the Normans in 1066), the |
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Tue May-10-11 02:33 PM Response to Reply #111 |
201. We still do speak AS to a large extent |
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Tue May-10-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #201 |
222. Hah! If you can translate this, please do so with my blessings: |
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Thu May-12-11 01:28 AM Response to Reply #222 |
254. Yes, but he was a Great Dane |
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Alcibiades
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Tue May-10-11 12:12 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. There are any number of problems with your claims |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 07:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. There are a couple of problems with yours, as well.. |
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Alcibiades
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Tue May-10-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #37 |
65. Your analysis is profoundly ahistorical |
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Tue May-10-11 10:23 AM Response to Reply #65 |
112. Thank you for |
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Tue May-10-11 01:15 PM Response to Reply #112 |
178. Wow....You mean |
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Tue May-10-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #65 |
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Tue May-10-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #142 |
177. Wow, you're in a fallacy roll today |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #177 |
186. Wow...You're on a disruptive, name calling roll today. |
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Alcibiades
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Tue May-10-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #142 |
185. Thanks for calling me on pomposity |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #185 |
211. You're most welcome.. |
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Tue May-10-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #37 |
103. "They could have created a collective defense that by itself, could have stood up to the Soviet..." |
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Tue May-10-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #103 |
133. LOL, yes. |
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Tue May-10-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #37 |
105. "... by itself, could have stood up to the Soviet Union..." |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #26 |
64. Beautifully said, Alcibiades. Thank you. n/t |
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Alcibiades
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Tue May-10-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #64 |
73. Don't know why I bother |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. LOL. That's a pretty profound statement you got there. n/t |
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Tue May-10-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #73 |
115. That is an astute observation but not always true. Case in point: |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #115 |
120. I think it is misguided to base your historical perspective on a single book. |
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Tue May-10-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #120 |
128. I know Goldhagen's book has come under some scrutiny since its |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #128 |
135. Ah. Thank you for the clarification. |
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Tue May-10-11 01:50 PM Response to Reply #135 |
188. I whole-heartedly concur that for the most part the post-World War II |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #188 |
197. "Operation Shocking and Awful " |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #73 |
160. Ah, the scourge of the enlightened...Is it like "the white man's burden", lol?. |
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Alcibiades
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Tue May-10-11 02:00 PM Response to Reply #160 |
191. Didn't say it didn't n/t |
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Tue May-10-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #191 |
206. I'm saying it. n/t |
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Tue May-10-11 10:50 AM Response to Reply #26 |
125. Excellent analysis |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #125 |
129. Most Americans can't even remember the distruction caused by the last Republican Congress! |
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Tue May-10-11 11:34 AM Original message |
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Tue May-10-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
145. You may well find pizza arriving soon. n/t |
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Tue May-10-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #145 |
147. Really? |
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Tue May-10-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #145 |
166. On what grounds? |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
153. I sort of meant it as a joke. |
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Wed May-11-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #129 |
253. Uh huh.. |
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fascisthunter
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Tue May-10-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #125 |
134. Interesting tidbit on social services |
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Tue May-10-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
205. Excellent post!..............nt |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
57. You don't understand his response? |
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Alcibiades
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Tue May-10-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #57 |
85. You're right, of course |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 09:56 AM Response to Reply #85 |
88. lol (again). You're funny. n/t |
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Tue May-10-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #57 |
209. Outright hostility |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #209 |
224. Sorry you feel tthat way... |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #224 |
234. "YOU GUYS"??? That speaks volumes. n/t |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #234 |
236. Are you kidding? |
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LanternWaste
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Tue May-10-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
219. And we wouldn't be the same country without France's intervention in the Revolution. |
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Spider Jerusalem
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Tue May-10-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Read some history some time. |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. We've read history and I'm sorry you're not pleased |
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Tue May-10-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
195. Not especially |
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whathehell
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Tue May-10-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #195 |
225. The Soviets |
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Diclotican
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Tue May-10-11 06:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Ikonoklast |
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FourScore
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Tue May-10-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #33 |
67. Now THAT is an example of being factually correct!! |
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Tue May-10-11 09:40 AM Response to Reply #67 |
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Tue May-10-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #77 |
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Tue May-10-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #98 |
118. I think you missed the gist of my comment. |
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Tue May-10-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #118 |
123. Oh I didn't miss a thing... |
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Tue May-10-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #77 |
132. numerous grammatical and spelling |
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Tue May-10-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #132 |
136. Diclotican's profile says that he lives in Norway. |
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Tue May-10-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #136 |
143. FourScore |
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Tue May-10-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #143 |
149. I have no problem reading your english, Diclotican, and if only I could speak norwegian... |
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Tue May-10-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #149 |
152. FourScore |
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Tue May-10-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #152 |
155. Thank you, Diclotican! |
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Tue May-10-11 06:41 PM Response to Reply #143 |
231. Your English is Better than Some American's |
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Wed May-11-11 04:38 AM Response to Reply #136 |
239. Interesting, the disruptor hides his(?) profile |
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Wed May-11-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #239 |
246. intaglio |
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Tue May-10-11 11:41 AM Response to Reply #74 |
140. whathehell |
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Tue May-10-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #74 |
163. Diclotican is not a native English speaker, though a long-time DU poster |
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Tue May-10-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #67 |
210. I'm all for factually correct...........nt |
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Tue May-10-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
71. Nailed it again, Diclotican |
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Tue May-10-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #71 |
154. Alcibiades |
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Tue May-10-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
122. I'd like to point out that through the Marshall Plan post-war West Germany |
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Tue May-10-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #122 |
126. Wow. I wish I were that articulate on the subject! |
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Tue May-10-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #122 |
151. bertman |
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Tue May-10-11 11:59 AM Response to Reply #33 |
156. Diclotican |
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Tue May-10-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #156 |
159. suffragette |
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Tue May-10-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #159 |
165. You're welcome |
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Tue May-10-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
61. OMG! There is so much wrong with this, I wouldn't even know where to start. |
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Tue May-10-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
204. We can't have medical care for all |
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Tue May-10-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
218. I don't see it so much as doing Germany a favor... |
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Tue May-10-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
40. No...and it doesn't mean we can't react to it as we see it, either. |
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Tue May-10-11 07:57 AM Response to Reply #17 |
42. Dupe. Self delete. |
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Tue May-10-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
52. But HOW were they first able to start making it on their own and |
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Tue May-10-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Exactly, liberalhistorian. n/t |
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Tue May-10-11 07:21 AM Response to Reply #16 |
36. What do you say about Sweden? |
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Tue May-10-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #16 |
51. lol.... yeah, that's what happened |
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Tue May-10-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #16 |
59. I think their post-war prosperity is more due to the Marshall Plan. n/t |
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Tue May-10-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
203. That was then and this is now.....nt |
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Tue May-10-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
217. We decided to invest in guns, giving them the opportunity to invest in butter |
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Mon May-09-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. Kick und empfehlen |
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Mon May-09-11 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. k/r |
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Mon May-09-11 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. Europe is moving right at a speedy pace |
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Tue May-10-11 05:19 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. Indeed it is. Let's hope that the left can soon stop this pendulum swing to the right and |
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Tue May-10-11 08:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. Yes.... |
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Tue May-10-11 09:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
79. But nowhere are they anywhere near as far to the right as any of our States are. nt |
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Tue May-10-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
130. Every country has it's ultra-right. The difference being |
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Tue May-10-11 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
27. Brilliant, thank you for posting... I hope this will shame those who love American into keeping up |
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Tue May-10-11 07:40 AM Response to Reply #27 |
38. For good reasons and bad, earcandle, America is not easily "shamed" |
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Tue May-10-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #38 |
213. True enough I guess, its hard to shame somebody who is almost shameless :p n/t |
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Tue May-10-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #213 |
226. Oh...no more than other empires |
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Tue May-10-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #226 |
233. whats your definition of a super power? |
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Tue May-10-11 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
28. That all may be true, but the whole |
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Tue May-10-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #28 |
48. Have to disagree |
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Tue May-10-11 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
43. The left is in meltdown all across Europe: |
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Tue May-10-11 08:08 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. LOL. |
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Tue May-10-11 08:30 AM Response to Reply #43 |
53. touchy americans.... awww |
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Tue May-10-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. self-hating americans...ewwww. |
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Tue May-10-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #58 |
72. Deleted message |
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Tue May-10-11 09:54 AM Response to Reply #72 |
87. So...you are a proud "America" (sic) and you don't like us "whinners"?. |
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Tue May-10-11 10:10 AM Response to Reply #72 |
99. It's a combination of insecurity, ego, and unquestioning years of propaganda. |
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Tue May-10-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #99 |
119. ironically, if you demand better from your country you are accused of hating it |
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Tue May-10-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #99 |
223. Uh..no. |
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Tue May-10-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #58 |
83. You can love your Country like an infant who loves it's alcoholic mother |
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Tue May-10-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #83 |
101. You can "hate" your country like a rebellious teenager who never gained the perspective |
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Tue May-10-11 09:20 AM Response to Reply #43 |
66. It's not about "diversity." |
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Tue May-10-11 09:58 AM Response to Reply #66 |
90. "It's about being overrun by immigrants " |
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Tue May-10-11 10:08 AM Response to Reply #90 |
97. It's a matter of numbers. |
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Tue May-10-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #97 |
102. Surely European countries have limits on the number of |
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Tue May-10-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #102 |
107. No doubt most do. |
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Tue May-10-11 10:07 AM Response to Reply #66 |
94. Ah, so 'they' want what 'you' have? Imagine that! |
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Tue May-10-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #94 |
114. The preferred "grand plan" |
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Tue May-10-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #114 |
176. The truth is inapporpriate? Sorry if facts offend you or slow your |
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Tue May-10-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #66 |
172. Oh gee.. |
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Tue May-10-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #43 |
80. When the message hurts, attack the messenger. nt |
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Tue May-10-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #80 |
89. No, I'm not attacking the messenger,I would love to have Europe's |
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Tue May-10-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #89 |
92. The difference being that they do not get amplified and legitmized by the media |
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Tue May-10-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #92 |
214. Correction |
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Tue May-10-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #89 |
127. Thank you...But soon they'll be accusing you of "sucking" |
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Tue May-10-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #80 |
131. Sure.... |
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Wed May-11-11 05:53 AM Response to Reply #131 |
241. And you are "Most People"? |
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Tue May-10-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #43 |
138. We have plenty of diversity here. It's more nuanced than just "diversity." |
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Tue May-10-11 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
50. Is America insane? No. |
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Tue May-10-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Maybe you |
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Tue May-10-11 11:33 AM Response to Reply #60 |
137. Right wing Europe was not the subject of this thread |
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Tue May-10-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #137 |
146. Right Wing Europe is something you don't want to talk about |
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Tue May-10-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #146 |
162. You misread it again. |
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Tue May-10-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #162 |
164. Not at all... |
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Tue May-10-11 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
56. Tea Party - "Ich Bin Ein Insaner" |
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Tue May-10-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
91. Sad that, smart as we are, we can't figure out how to stop the destructive GOP. n/t |
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Tue May-10-11 10:03 AM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Sad that we have to. n/t |
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Tue May-10-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
106. These observations have nothing to do with World War 2. |
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Tue May-10-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #106 |
124. Absolutely right! n/t |
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Tue May-10-11 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
116. Thank you. |
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Tue May-10-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
139. We have wanted to move to Germany for AGES. |
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Tue May-10-11 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
141. Dear 'whatthehell', |
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Tue May-10-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #141 |
184. Dear SurfingScientist |
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Tue May-10-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #184 |
212. Unfortunately not. |
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Tue May-10-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #212 |
215. Well, unfortunately |
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Tue May-10-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
144. My youngest son is a German major...wants to live for a year there |
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Tue May-10-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #144 |
175. There is much good and some bad, much like home |
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Tue May-10-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
150. All the fascists have to say here in the U.S. is, "Jesus," before they say, |
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Tue May-10-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #150 |
158. Hummm. Secular certainly helps, but ... |
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Tue May-10-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #158 |
169. But they're xenophobes, not safetynetphobes. nt |
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Tue May-10-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #169 |
174. Good point. (eom) |
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Tue May-10-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #169 |
187. How do you know? |
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Tue May-10-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #150 |
173. All the fascists had to say in Germany in their "pre-secular" days was "Heil Hitler" |
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Tue May-10-11 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
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Tue May-10-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #168 |
170. Fuck the good ol' boy rightwing fascists. nt |
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Tue May-10-11 01:29 PM Response to Reply #168 |
182. Verpissch Dich! nt |
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Tue May-10-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #168 |
183. You do know the GOP/robber barons collaborated w Hitler's Germany: |
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Tue May-10-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
181. korrekte und sehr wahr; Ich liebe Deutschland und Europa..nt |
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Tue May-10-11 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
193. Hell, that ain't all. |
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Tue May-10-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #193 |
229. "We" are a divided people... |
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Tue May-10-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #229 |
238. No. |
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Wed May-11-11 05:52 AM Response to Reply #238 |
240. Deleted message |
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Wed May-11-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #238 |
252. Your definition of "recent" |
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Tue May-10-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
199. Prescot bush was funding buildup of nazis and |
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Tue May-10-11 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
207. Does Jon Stewart get broadcast over in Europe? |
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Tue May-10-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #207 |
221. truedelphi |
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Tue May-10-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
228. If the Germans think we are crazy.... |
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Tue May-10-11 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
232. yes, hatred is a fine word for it |
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Tue May-10-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
237. Deleted message |
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Wed May-11-11 06:17 AM Response to Reply #237 |
242. Yes, most interesting |
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Wed May-11-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #244 |
248. Paranoid much? |
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Wed May-11-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #244 |
249. I wonder how many times you're going to get away with this? Is |
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Wed May-11-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
250. At Least German Policies |
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Wed May-11-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #250 |
251. The percentage of Germans that yearn for a new German Empire |
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