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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:51 PM Original message |
Are there *really* flame wars going on after that rescue? |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. There are several no-brainers who post here |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Hey! |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Liar. I saw it pole dancing |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. That wasn't a pole. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #40 |
112. Whoa....my mistake. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #112 |
169. Don't worry. It wasn't really dancing either. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yes |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. I'm watching it, too. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Only the posters that have another agenda. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. With you on that. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes. |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. I declare a time out! And some music. |
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Aqaba (781 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. Word. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because the objection was to posters drooling over carnage |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Stop making sense. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I love DU. We'll defend our stuff to the edge of reason and 'way over it! |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. Thank you. Although you and I and a slew of other DUers are just "shitheads" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. America hating, pirate coddling malcontents who hate the troops. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. And hoping for the US to fail, you forgot that part. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
53. Too bad we don't have enough groupthink at DU. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #42 |
60. The pirates are NOT deserving of "pity" or "sympathy" |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #60 |
69. Nobody ever "forfeits" pity. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. OF COURSE THEY DO... SHAME ON YOU. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Feeling pity is never a cause for shame. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. When pity isn't deserved of COURSE it is. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:49 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. There is never any shame in feeling pity for others. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:52 PM Response to Reply #75 |
84. Best of luck. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Compassion? Ehhhh not so much. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. Pity and compassion are synonyms. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. There's a nuanced difference between the two. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #91 |
122. There isn't a single definition for "pity" that would apply to Timothy McVeigh. |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #122 |
179. what a failure of the imagination. How sad. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. What legalistic bs. So, tell me, how inured to the loss of human life |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #92 |
123. Empathize? With Timothy McVeigh? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #123 |
145. When you lose the ability to relate to other people |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #145 |
212. No doubt. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #84 |
136. I call Godwin's law. |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #60 |
114. Fortunately, pity itsn't always tied to how deserving someone is. |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:37 PM Response to Reply #60 |
176. Does the same thing go for teen drug dealers? |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
191. Goodness, I can't keep up! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
103. some of the objections were to posters being bloodthirsty. Other objections |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
131. "drooling over carnage" |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #131 |
137. Sadly you are so right about that. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #131 |
142. Not by much, no. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #11 |
153. Actually, some have been defending the pirates. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #153 |
157. That must be the ghost of Ronald Raygun. |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. Will, I was just telling my better half that I don't hang out here much anymore |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:59 AM Response to Reply #12 |
101. you're mistaken. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. not only that, but we have dog-adoption outrage here today |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Some of those threads are completely insane. |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
106. No SIR!!!! |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. What WILL said! |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. You have to make more use |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
110. I prefer "Oh for fuck's sake" |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. We've had "Pirate" trolls here all weekend.... desperate to |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Don't forget the ones painting the pirates as glorious eco-crusaders (nt) |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Them Pirates never ever demanded a cessation of toxic dumping or bottom net fishing...did they? |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
82. I believe they wanted $2M for the captain |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #82 |
95. They got cleaned out instead......sad ....but so predictable..Piracy soon baloons it self into |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
215. Actually, they did. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Enough craziness to go around and for every "taste"... |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yup. They're here. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:02 PM Original message |
Nerf for brains |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
19. I had a great Easter, then came home, read a few threads here, and wish I hadn't bothered |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:28 AM Response to Reply #19 |
98. me too |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
21. Many of those cheering on the pirates or hoping that the US failed are sick fucks. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Drinking the Paas is not recommended. Says so right on the box. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. --- |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. Can you point to a thread "cheering on the pirates", please? Thanks. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
62. How about? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #62 |
121. Can you point to a thread "cheering on the pirates", please? Thanks. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #121 |
138. He can't because there wasn't one |
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walkaway (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
23. Sorry, I think it's terrible to dance on anyone's grave |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. Sometimes its appropriate to dance on someone's grave... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. It's never appropriate. Ever. |
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TwilightZone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Never? |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. Never. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Oh teh stupidity... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. You are entitled to your opinion. I'm very happy with mine. |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #65 |
211. I'm sure the menacing communists who were threatening Grenada deserved their deaths |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:36 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. And look about you. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. LIke Free Republic with nicer wallpaper. n/t |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:40 AM Response to Reply #66 |
188. I felt that fear when we went into Afghanistan and again, even more so, |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #61 |
111. I think it's great that you stand by your convictions. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #111 |
135. Thank you, Marrah_G. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #135 |
189. I concur |
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No More Bushbots (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #44 |
149. I'm making it my life's mission |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #39 |
196. About the debates, I'm on your side--but it's never appropriate to celebrate a death, IMHO. nt |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. Dude. |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. Last night I read a post that suggested we bomb the pirates... |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Yeah, OK |
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Aqaba (781 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
57. We absolutely need to bomb Somalia |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Whooooop, there it is! |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. That first part sounds like FR troll-crazy-talk. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
45. I agree it was handled beautifully. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. They took a job where ya lose your heads once in awhile |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. It is crazy that people find something to bitch about in this but, of course, they do. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. But the "bitching" was about DU, not about the mission. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
36. yes, and yes it's not just a "no-brainer" it's a *brainer* for two reasons, 1)... |
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A-Long-Little-Doggie (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. Hey Will, there was a good one about how we are all racists on DU |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Nice. I really really feel for the people of Somalia |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:24 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Agreed. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. I don't think anyone is "dancing" about it. They are happy the captain was saved |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. *I* am happy the captain was saved. But I'm a "shithead" |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #64 |
77. Yeah, I don't like the names being tossed about. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:06 AM Response to Reply #77 |
102. no, no... |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #64 |
88. but are you accusing others of dancing on the pirates graves simply because we are happy... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. No. I am accusing others of dancing on their graves because they |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
148. Troll city, huh? nt |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
48. Sooo--people are pissed that the bird says No? lol |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
50. I thought you were a peace activist. |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. They were fuckin'-fa-chrissakes pirates. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. And they ask for plastic bags at Safeway. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
63. There still could have been a peaceful resolution. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. They had quite enough time to give up. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
78. True, the AK-47 could have jammed |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:21 AM Response to Reply #63 |
104. And how the fuck would you know, arrmchair general? |
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doctor jazz (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:31 AM Response to Reply #63 |
105. You probably shouldn't smoke that shit. |
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chrisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #63 |
126. They were about to kill the hostage. nt |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #126 |
177. and Saddam was an immediate threat to world peace... |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:06 AM Response to Reply #177 |
182. When someone points a loaded AK-47 at you, then you can talk. |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #182 |
195. Do I know you? |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #195 |
199. Nope. But I know your posts have been supportive of piracy. |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #199 |
203. as I suspected. .. Punk ,all the way. nt |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Yup. |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #50 |
59. It's ok to cheer the deaths of "evil-doers". |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #59 |
68. Jesus opened a can of whoop ass on the money changers in the temple... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:43 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. And then he shot them in the head. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #74 |
76. He also said they who live by the sword shall die by it. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Ummm, right back atcha? |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. It applies to both sides. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #76 |
128. guess that would apply equally to the US, funding conflict in somalia |
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muryan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #50 |
171. Peace is never the only answer |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #171 |
175. you mean sometimes it's easier to pull the trigger. |
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muryan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #175 |
180. Captain Phillips was the reason |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #180 |
193. Captain Phillips knew what he was getting into as well. |
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muryan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #193 |
202. Obvious troll |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #202 |
204. so did he get danger pay or not? |
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muryan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #204 |
206. By saying that Captain Phillips somehow deserved to be hijacked |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:01 PM Response to Reply #206 |
207. is that a threat? |
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muryan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #207 |
208. Not a threat, I have no power here |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #208 |
209. I know the mission and the cargo. |
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muryan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #209 |
214. Most humanitarian missions don't earn profit |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #214 |
216. False analogy, False conclusions. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #175 |
183. You're the kind of idiot the OP was referring to. |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #183 |
192. How gullible can YOU be? |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #192 |
200. Yeah, I'm sure the pirates were just wonderful people. |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:49 PM Response to Reply #200 |
205. Jessica Lynch and Pat Tillman are on the phone |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
55. Thank you for your sensible words. I completely agree. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
81. Welcome to DU! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
85. "I had previously suggested that once we rescued the good captain, we ought to vaporize the perps, |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
87. I like your attitude Will |
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cherish44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
93. Of course there are flame wars |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:25 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. A brilliant summary of the stakes on both sides. Thanks! |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #93 |
161. Right you are, Cherish. |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:58 AM Response to Original message |
96. +1 |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:07 AM Response to Original message |
97. Sometimes winning is such a bother .... |
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lamp_shade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
99. kick |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
100. rah, fucking rah. nt |
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Capt_Nemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
107. Well said |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
108. I'm pro ninja/shinobi. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #108 |
120. +1 |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
109. Because there will always be people who will side against any form of authority |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #109 |
160. I hope there will always be a contingent at DU that sides against dehumanizing violence and death |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
113. Actually, I thnk one of the SEALs didn't tip his waiter. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #113 |
117. Not so, but he only tipped 10%, the bastid. |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
115. the freeper-esque 'AMERICA, FUCK YEAH" jingoism was |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #115 |
125. Correct message body for that subject: |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
116. Yes, Will |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
118. It's "The US is always wrong and evil" people going nuts from cognitive disonance. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
119. Freepers undercover, Will.... That's all it was... |
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DinahMoeHum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #119 |
127. Fuck 'em - they're nothin' but "ballwalkers" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #119 |
143. So now Lynn, arcadian, blindpig and I are freepers? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
124. RECOFUCKINGMENDED, GODDAMMIT! |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
129. But but but, the trawling and the dumping |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #129 |
133. They just want to keep their ocean fresh and clean! Those AKs were painted pink and green!!! |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
130. I'm appalled at the "blame America for every goddamned thing" crowd. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #130 |
132. I like false dichotomies myself. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #130 |
163. It's eye opening, isn't it? |
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WildEyedLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
134. The internet gandhis have to fall all over themselves with garment-rending self-righteousness |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
139. It has degenerated into two opposing groups of flaming assholes |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Bravo. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #140 |
152. Your posts have been beautifully written |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:40 AM Response to Reply #152 |
185. some ARE condoning the piracy |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #139 |
213. And with that, you win the thread! |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
141. the shitheads know this is a "no-brainer" so they've gone on to trash "Bo"... |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
144. it's a miracle |
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Duende azul (608 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
146. How do you apply your standards about forefitting ones live to some people |
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MadrasT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
147. THANK YOU |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
150. Three Cheers For An Awesome Post! |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
151. I think you underestimate the extent to which some people will stretch |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #151 |
156. Baloney. This discussion wasn't about the use of the military |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #151 |
165. and then deny it--- |
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jb5150 (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
154. I didn't dance, but I will admit there was a spring in my step |
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retread (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
155. Did they get Captain Flint yet? n/t |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
158. But I like Pirates, especially the one that look like Johnny Depp |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
159. No dehumanizing going on here at all: |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
162. Thank you, Will. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
164. As a Quaker |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #164 |
166. Yep. Refused to surrender and THEN pointed the AK in the man's face |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #164 |
167. Well said. This one was done correctly. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
168. The part that is an important brainer part is that the MSM still has the power |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:51 AM Response to Reply #168 |
186. It's obvious why now |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 06:13 AM Response to Reply #186 |
187. Betchya they thought about it less this week |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
170. Violence: it's not just for disposing of inconvenient people. |
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RoccoR5955 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
172. FYI -- They aren't pirates... |
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live love laugh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
173. "Is it me, or has this place kinda been swarming with shitheads lately?" It is NOT you. nt |
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pitchforksandtorches (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
174. Shitheads, Somalia, and Global warming |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #174 |
190. Refused to argue that one! |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
178. Pirate Porn |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
181. We have infiltrators here, who say wacky shit to make DU look bad. |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
184. Seriouly. It reminds me of the fuckers in LA that went on a big shootout that out-gunned Police. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
194. Will, you've been here as long as I have - and you're shocked about this? |
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chimpyisstillsatan (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
197. To many, the Iraq war was a no brainer |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
198. Shitheadedness on both sides. I stayed out of the "debate" but I read through them |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
201. of course there were flame wars--and there were "shitheads" working both sides |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
210. still... |
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