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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:24 PM Original message |
yes, I feel sorry for the pirates. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. They are a pathetic bunch of people who live in a basket case of a country |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Who is excusing anything? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Yes, they are pathetic. But, given the chance of birth, we could be |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
70. Hey, you know what? I googled "US basketcase" and then "Somalia basketcase" |
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whopis01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #70 |
95. So even if you scale for population |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #70 |
107. Would you like to go to dinner this Friday? |
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RalphieD (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:00 AM Response to Reply #70 |
126. Misunderstood? |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'd like it if Somalia had decent jobs for them |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
48. If 1st world nations weren't using their waters as dumping grounds |
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MrMickeysMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
71. :-^) |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:17 AM Response to Reply #48 |
133. Yes, Europe, apparently. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
58. I would like it if all of us laid off or out of work here in Michigan had a job. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I'd like that too |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:49 PM Response to Reply #60 |
108. This thread is filled with people I like! That NEVER happens! |
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JeanGrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
112. I wish America had decent jobs for us. But it is not an excuse |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:24 AM Response to Reply #112 |
119. how about if the unemployment rate was 47%, most people lived on $2/day, |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:08 AM Response to Reply #119 |
130. I'd be thinking |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. Pitching. That's their problem. |
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Truth2Tell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. You mean you don't count Paul Maholm? |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'd guess if they surrendered they'd soon be dead meat when they arrived home. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. they wouldn't have arrived home. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Tried or not, when they eventually went home it'd be all over. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. they would never have been returned to Somalia. The one who is alive |
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swt_nd_smpl (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
6. I too share the same feeling that you do for the pirates |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. It's a tragedy. |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. The next captain may not be so lucky, that's the part that has |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
8. yes it is a sorry thing |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. I have mixed emotions, but not pity for them. |
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walkaway (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. As usual, the young men or women who get used by greedy |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Kids? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. 17 to 19 years old, the three were. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. And married, and almost halfway through their lives, per the actuarial tables |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:39 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. No, I am not saying they are. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #46 |
77. Plenty of "kids" make grown up decisions that are moral and just. |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
61. Right |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #61 |
72. Here, read. You might be a bit surprised by what you learn. |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 07:42 AM Response to Reply #72 |
82. Exactly |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. And being FASHIONABLE (another word for cool) is easy when you have the money and the power |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #83 |
103. Why do you keep missing my point |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. America is "bad" so the Somalis have a "right" to hijack vessels. |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #105 |
110. I just don't understand |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:04 AM Response to Reply #110 |
144. I don't "refute" it but I don't AGREE to it, either. |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #144 |
156. Ugh |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #156 |
160. I "adimit" that having a discussion with you is like talking to a simplistic three year old. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:35 AM Response to Reply #105 |
121. Since the US has been involved in every conflict in Somalia for the last |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:06 AM Response to Reply #121 |
145. Why don't you give us a little lesson on those remarks? |
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RalphieD (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:04 AM Response to Reply #105 |
128. Wake UP! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:10 AM Response to Reply #128 |
146. No, I don't --and halfassed insults like "You must be a Faux news follower" |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #146 |
157. When Somalians are being killed everyday to bring us cheap food, that's fine. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #157 |
158. Killed everyday to bring us cheap food? What, are you eating Somalis? |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #44 |
62. so having a short lifespan in a poverty wracked country |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. No, the way they board Yemeni fishing boats, owned by subsistence level fishermen, |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. you're the one who brought up the lifespan thing |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. I am not changing the subject. The subject is pirates. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #44 |
99. That's why I wonder how many of us would baulk at hostage-taking piracy, |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #99 |
106. They aren't stealing so they won't starve, though. They're stealing |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:00 AM Response to Reply #106 |
115. And what would be their standard of living/dying if they'd not turned to this piracy? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:45 AM Response to Reply #115 |
139. What would be MY standard of living if I robbed your house? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #139 |
154. Deleted message |
MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #154 |
162. Ewww, inarticulate RAGE!!! Oh, the horror! |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:46 AM Response to Reply #115 |
140. That question is ridiculous! |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #140 |
153. Probably excellent by most people's standards. But some people |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:49 AM Response to Reply #115 |
142. Sorry... double post |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:49 AM Response to Reply #115 |
143. triple post.... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:49 AM Response to Reply #106 |
123. no, the people in the boats aren't *the elites*. the people financing them |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #123 |
149. In the country of the blind, the one eyed man is king. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:28 AM Response to Reply #44 |
120. halfway through their lives mainly because the us & other big powers |
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walkaway (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. Yes Kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Some of whom have MULTIPLE wives. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
122. who gives a good god-damn how many wives they have? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #122 |
148. Rich people have more than one wife. Tell you what, let's allow the poor to rob your house. |
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doctor jazz (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. Boys just being boys. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:26 AM Response to Reply #41 |
134. Are you implying it wasn't a re-run of the Battle of Midway? There's gonna be a lot |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:47 AM Response to Reply #134 |
141. Okay. I guess irony or even an attempt at humor |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #141 |
151. Deleted as cheap and nasty. |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #151 |
161. Not true |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. Pity yes...not sorry....they under took a nefarious mission for MONEY |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. I've known several men that killed others in the line of duty. |
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BirminghamExaminer (943 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
15. You should read the background on these guys |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. We need them to reduce global warming |
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Saturday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. Would you prefer Phillips was dead? nt |
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walkaway (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Do you really think anyone here wants that? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. can you read, dear? |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
21. Almost everyone wishes they had surrendered but they didn't and insisted on ransom |
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BirminghamExaminer (943 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. They also threatened to kill him if US tried to rescue him without ransom n.t. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. I do, too, but they had beaten the American, |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. Sounds reasonable. -nt |
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pacalo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yeah, let's save all our vitriolic & sailor language for posters who have different opinions than we |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. The whole thing is tragic - nt |
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remedy1 (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. Boo fucking hoo for the pirates. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. don't stop humping that strawman of yours |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. That's like saying you feel sorry for |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. no, it's really not. n/t |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. i wonder what self-righteous, holier-than-thou all-knowing YOU would do |
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Democracyinkind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Thank you. Better answer than I could have given considering |
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walkaway (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I second that n/t |
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Sheepshank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
74. How far back |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #35 |
85. "...born into a country with no government, no laws, no social services, no schools, no jobs... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:52 AM Response to Reply #85 |
124. has michigan been without government, money, hope & in a state of war |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:05 AM Response to Reply #124 |
129. Mississippi? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #35 |
96. Those 'rah-rahing' the deaths of the pirates |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. Rec'd. Thank you for your post. You and I seldom, if ever, agree on anything here -- however, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #36 |
55. thanks. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. You're very welcome. I'm totally with you -- cheering violent death is truly disgusting, imho. nt |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #55 |
86. Unless they're with credit collection agencies, yes |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
38. They still made the conscious decision to point an AK-47 at an unarmed civilian hostage. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 07:00 AM Response to Reply #38 |
127. & in the case of war crimes, i'd lay primary responsibility on the suits who sent |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
40. You point an AK at the head of a hostage in full view of the Navy SEALs, you get shot. |
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walkaway (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. No one is saying it didn't have to be done. |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. I haven't seen grave dancing, which is not to say there hasn't been any. |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #52 |
88. I should also point out that |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:57 AM Response to Reply #40 |
87. What part of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA or THE UNITED STATES NAVY did they not understand? |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #40 |
94. It's like feeling sorry for narco-traffickers, or mobsters, or terrorists |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
45. I don't. Not one bit. Hope they're enjoying hell. |
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liquid diamond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #45 |
75. Agreed |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
49. There is nothing wrong.. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #49 |
100. In fact, those pirates would probably be the flower of the country's youth: |
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tbyg52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
50. No argument here. nt |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
51. Crime is born of poverty, but incubated in our own souls... |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
53. Cali, you are a goodhearted person. You are grieving for the boys |
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bushmeister0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
56. How many of our guests at GTMo were teenagers when they were brought there? |
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lucretia54 (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
59. Thank you Cali... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
64. K&R for common decency. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
65. It's sad. Here's hoping our actions deter more pirates and more kids being used as pirates. nt |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
66. If it had been a boat full of 14 year olds okay....but it sounds as |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
67. Thanks for not being afraid to say it |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
73. Man Cali, you're just all over the map on this issue |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. What? Someone has a nuanced view on this (or anything else)? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:44 AM Response to Reply #73 |
80. I never said Obama needed to do something. |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
76. Good post-agree |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
79. I wish they'd surrendered, too. But I don't feel sorry for them. Not one bit. |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #79 |
89. Absolutely agree |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #79 |
101. I don't feel that sorry for them. Death's not the end. What I do feel is intense anger towards |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:10 AM Response to Reply #101 |
117. We looted Somalia? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:29 AM Response to Reply #101 |
138. OK, God. Look, you may believe thet death's not the end |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #138 |
155. Yes. Right on both counts. As regards the second, I evidently scanned a post |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
81. Lemme think about this.... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
84. They are only the visible tip of the iceberg, so to speak... |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #84 |
90. They're invisible in the West? |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #84 |
102. ...or just leaving them in peace and relative prosperity. |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:55 AM Response to Original message |
91. Did you feel sorry for those teenagers that dragged the burnt bodies of American GIs through their |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #91 |
98. I know, lets nuke mogadishu. nt. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #91 |
111. How would we behave if someone tried to invade the United States? |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #111 |
131. YOU might abuse dead bodies -- you certainly don't hesitate to abuse live minds, apparently. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #91 |
132. Kinda like those teenagers like Lyddie English... |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
92. Yeah, I don't. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
93. thank you for showing empathy and compassion |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
97. May no one here |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
104. they want to save fisheries from extinction due to imperialist over-fishing |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #104 |
109. And the seals. They want to save the seals... whales too. |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #104 |
113. Do you think that stealing fish from the poor and dumping toxic waste are good things? |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:11 AM Response to Reply #113 |
118. Your opinion would be wrong |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:42 AM Response to Reply #118 |
136. How about software piracy, oh pedantic one? You went on to make Nortehrn Spy's point: |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 06:03 AM Response to Reply #136 |
137. Give it a rest |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #137 |
150. You have a facile and very personally convenient way of looking at the world |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #150 |
159. Exceedingly obvious that you don't know what you're talking about, |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 05:40 AM Response to Reply #113 |
135. The worst is yet to come. China and the US are salivating at the oil fields |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-14-09 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
114. I do too. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:06 AM Response to Original message |
116. I agree. It is easy to sit here in front of a computer in your house or the local Starbuck's |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-15-09 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
125. self delete |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
147. I am curious why so little attention is being paid |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
152. I agree, cali |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
163. It's not like there's a sorry shortage. There's enough to go around for everybody in the situation. |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-16-09 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
164. I do too! They haven't won a pennant since 1979... |
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