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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 03:52 PM Original message |
Russia: Obama stopped a "second cold war". |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Amazing what opening up lines of communication, |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Obama is known for his speaking ability |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yes, he's definetly a |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. medvedev *loves* Obama. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Lol, I've seen those |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. I hear you can see it from your porch. :-D :-D :-D Unfortunately, |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I remember lots of canned goods. |
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BlueMTexpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 02:26 AM Response to Reply #18 |
34. When I was a teenager in the 50s, my mother signed my sister |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
39. +100 |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Yeah, it's amazing how useful talking to people is! |
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malletgirl02 (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. JFK |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Yup. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. most of the kids I knew didn't really think about it enough to think about lost illusions. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. In the 70s and 80s, we thought about it. A lot. |
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DangerousRhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 02:58 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Very true... I had the nuclear nightmares too. |
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ArbustoBuster (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Ah, but they did show Threads on TV. |
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DangerousRhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 08:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Oof, glad I missed it! |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #44 |
53. Threads was an extremely grim movie |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Oh yes, we did. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. Yeah, some people think of 80s pop culture as 'apolitical' but it really wasn't, not at all. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. It was much less apolitical than now actually. |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
47. I remember completely breaking down in tears at 12 years old with my mom |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. I did that too, AllyCat |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Me too. |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I was a kid in the 80s |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Same here. |
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OhioBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Wow - I had those nightmares too! |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. We are totally on the same page. |
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1badjedi (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
46. Ahh the 80's |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thanks or the post GC. I can't tell you how much I adore my Pres. |
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phoenixriz (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Obama's gift of Active Listening Skills |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. +1 |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Medvedev appears really willing to cooperate with Obama. Great. n/t |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Remember the mini-scandal over Hillary's Reset Button? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. "it was like a dialogue between the blind and the deaf,"" - Forgot "the dumb". |
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seminal (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. No one is quoted in the article as calling it a "second cold war" |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Russians have been comparing it to the cold war for some time |
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iceman66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. Hell, he stopped (or at least postponed) WW3! |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yep. Going at Iran without Russia in agreement (bushco plan) would have been insane |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Yet Bush could see into Putin's soul |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. Wow, a serious argument |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
15. This is easily the best rationale I've seen. Recommended. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. tks |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. And, it's not just this important |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. This country now has more domestic enemies than foreign |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
40. Excellent point |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
26. I'm guessing the people who are remaking "Red Dawn" are pissed |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 09:38 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. I think it's the Chinese this time |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-10-09 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
29. Sometimes one does not reallize the full import of one's action immediately. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
36. Does anyone remember why "we" got pissed when "they" put missles in Cuba? |
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ejbr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
38. You know what's really funny Rush, |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
43. K&R |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
45. Devil's Advocate: Is Russia the best source? |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. The Russians thought that it was important |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-11-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
49. See GOP its how our former enemies view the US, now by what was lost.. |
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InfiniteThoughts (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
51. it's ok ... retrospect will show how dumb the repubs are. (like it needs any more reinforcements!) |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
52. kick |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-12-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
55. k &r nt |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-13-09 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
58. Good. Now we can scrap the B-1 bombers and the nuclear submarine fleet |
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