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discocrisco01
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Sat Jan-01-11 12:49 PM Original message |
Without ambassadors, US-Venezuela tensions grow |
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bemildred
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Sat Jan-01-11 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh my goodness, can the planet survive? |
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me b zola
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Sat Jan-01-11 02:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. If the US keeps the pressure up, not likely |
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Bacchus39
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Sat Jan-01-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. I'm OK with it n/t |
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JDPriestly
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Sat Jan-01-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is really dumb on the part of the Obama administration. |
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Zorro
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Sat Jan-01-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. What was openly offensive? |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Sat Jan-01-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
44. What else would you call a professional diplomat disrespecting |
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EFerrari
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Sat Jan-01-11 01:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. It's dumb because it makes the US look thuggish and clumsy |
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Zorro
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Sat Jan-01-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Here are the responses in question |
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EFerrari
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Sat Jan-01-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. For the Senate to invite a prospective ambassador to criticize the country |
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Lasher
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Sun Jan-02-11 05:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
51. It seems a fair and relevant question. |
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EFerrari
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Sun Jan-02-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #51 |
69. It's not, actually. It's a reframing of the issue. |
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Lasher
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Sun Jan-02-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Isn't it you who is trying to reframe this? |
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EFerrari
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Sun Jan-02-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Venezuela doesn't need my support. |
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Lasher
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Mon Jan-03-11 01:06 AM Response to Reply #72 |
94. I don't know if Palmer said anything like that or not. |
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EFerrari
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Mon Jan-03-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Mark Weisbrot lays it out very clearly here. |
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Lasher
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Mon Jan-03-11 04:38 AM Response to Reply #96 |
100. OK, now we're getting somewhere. |
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Sat Jan-01-11 02:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
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ronnie624
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
55. All of it is offensive. |
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molly77
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Sat Jan-01-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. JDPriestly |
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Beacool
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. The Clinton administration??? |
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PufPuf23
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Sun Jan-02-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
84. Plan Colombia started under POTUS Clinton |
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JDPriestly
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Sun Jan-02-11 02:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
50. I don't like Chavez because he acts like a megalomaniac. |
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johnroshan
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Mon Jan-03-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #50 |
95. Thats the problem with socialism. |
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DeSwiss
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Mon Jan-03-11 01:59 AM Response to Reply #95 |
98. +1000 |
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martymar64
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Mon Jan-03-11 08:37 PM Response to Reply #50 |
106. Like him or not, he's legally elected by his countrymen. |
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sabrina 1
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. Why do you understand that this administration would not like |
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Zorro
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Chavez is a self-declared adversary of the US |
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sabrina 1
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. No, he is not and has said so over and over again. |
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Zorro
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. This administration has continued the abhorrent Bush Policies? |
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EFerrari
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. WikiLeaks Honduras: State Department Busted on Support of Coup |
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Zorro
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Sat Jan-01-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. So was it a "military" coup? |
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EFerrari
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Sat Jan-01-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. According to your government, it absolutely was. |
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Zorro
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Pay attention now |
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EFerrari
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. You need to direct your incorrect analysis to the State Department. |
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Zorro
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Sat Jan-01-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Dupe |
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sabrina 1
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Evo Morales, among other South American leaders disagree with |
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Zorro
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Evo Morales is an expert on the US role in Honduras? |
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EFerrari
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Sat Jan-01-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Order out of chaos? You mean, the silence of the grave, don't you? |
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sabrina 1
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Sat Jan-01-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. You are apparently someone who assumes a lot. |
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Zorro
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I am a member of the reality-based community |
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EFerrari
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. He seems to be universally shunned, for sure. |
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COLGATE4
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Wow. Those photo ops are certainly conclusive proof that he is |
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ronnie624
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. There is genuine warmth and camaraderie in the photos. |
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EFerrari
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Sun Jan-02-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #47 |
66. I made no such claim. n/t |
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Judi Lynn
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Sun Jan-02-11 05:33 AM Response to Reply #42 |
52. Thanks for posting these photos. They are completely representative of EVERYTHING we've learned |
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Zorro
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Sun Jan-02-11 01:24 PM Original message |
Dupe |
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Zorro
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Sun Jan-02-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
58. The 2010 Latinobarometro polling |
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Zorro
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Sun Jan-02-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #42 |
61. Here I'll make it easy for you |
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EFerrari
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Sun Jan-02-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. This is a claim made over and over and over and for years |
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Zorro
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Sun Jan-02-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #67 |
73. I see |
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EFerrari
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Sun Jan-02-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. You have an entire -- poll vs. repeated, clean re-election |
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Zorro
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Sun Jan-02-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #74 |
83. Heard you the first time |
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DeSwiss
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Mon Jan-03-11 02:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
99. Ahh, the DLC.... |
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COLGATE4
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. With that vast background in Latin America I can see how you |
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EFerrari
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Sun Jan-02-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
68. The butchery of Uribe is not a secret. |
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sabrina 1
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Mon Jan-03-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #48 |
92. Why, thank you. I can opine on the Civil War also, and even the |
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bitchkitty
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Sun Jan-02-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
85. You find many people who love the US and hate Chavez. |
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Zorro
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Sun Jan-02-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. You obviously didn't read the 2010 Latinobarometro report either |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
46. Well duh. When has the US EVER interfered when there was a coup |
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RaleighNCDUer
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Sat Jan-01-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. Not to mention this administration's support of the coup in Honduras |
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Sun Jan-02-11 09:37 AM Response to Reply #24 |
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ronnie624
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. The goal of the U.S. political power structure, |
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Bluest Dog
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Sun Jan-02-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #57 |
75. If the US wanted to dominate SA, they would have done it long ago. |
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EFerrari
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Sun Jan-02-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Um, they did since long ago. However, BushCo was so obsessed |
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Sun Jan-02-11 05:05 PM Response to Reply #57 |
76. Deleted message |
fascisthunter
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Sun Jan-02-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #54 |
64. nobody here thinks he's a god, but some do think he is the devil |
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Sun Jan-02-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #64 |
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Hardrada
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Mon Jan-03-11 01:32 AM Response to Reply #54 |
97. Go away. |
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EFerrari
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Chavez is a self-described adversary of imperial policy |
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roody
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. +1 |
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roody
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Sat Jan-01-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. Is Obama getting ready for another war? |
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tularetom
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Sat Jan-01-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Well as somebody pointed out here recently |
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Ghost Dog
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Sat Jan-01-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. "Wars". Without legally-declaring them, naturally. |
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jaxx
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Sat Jan-01-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. And the unhappys are #1 in complaining about the USA. |
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InkAddict
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Sat Jan-01-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Excuse me, but some of us find solutions to the problems that |
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jaxx
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Sat Jan-01-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Yes, you made my point quite well. |
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roody
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Compare the US' defense budget with the rest of the world's. |
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fascisthunter
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Sun Jan-02-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
62. let us all know when you find solutions from those you defend |
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EFerrari
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Sat Jan-01-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Sometimes I think my problem is I remember when Jackie Kennedy went to Paris |
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me b zola
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Sat Jan-01-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. You're not old, just reasonable |
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EFerrari
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Sat Jan-01-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. It's not hard to be more reasonable than Senate Republicans. |
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me b zola
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Sat Jan-01-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
49. Happy New Year to you, E |
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fascisthunter
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Sun Jan-02-11 02:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
63. no, your wisdom is shared and ageless |
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Posteritatis
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
28. No. (nt) |
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roody
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Sun Jan-02-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
60. I hope you are right. |
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Sat Jan-01-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
23. Why would the tension grow |
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Sat Jan-01-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Ever been in a bad marriage? |
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CJvR
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Sat Jan-01-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. Not too disturbing. |
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hack89
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Sun Jan-02-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
53. The lack of attention must drive Chavez nuts. nt |
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ronnie624
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Sun Jan-02-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. On the contrary, |
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hack89
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Sun Jan-02-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #59 |
80. Chavez's actions generate plenty of negativity |
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EFerrari
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Sun Jan-02-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #53 |
70. It's sort of bizarre that our government pushes 2 or 3 negative articles a week |
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hack89
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Sun Jan-02-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
79. He can't stand the idea that we don't really need an ambassador |
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EFerrari
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Sun Jan-02-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. And you know this how? |
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hack89
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Sun Jan-02-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Well, he really is insignificant on the world stage. |
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sabrina 1
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Sun Jan-02-11 10:15 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. True, so why is the U.S. government so obsessed with him? |
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hack89
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Sun Jan-02-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. I don't think they are |
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sabrina 1
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. He represents one of the biggest oil-producing countries in the world. |
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hack89
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Sun Jan-02-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Yet he has no choice but to sell us all they oil he can |
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sabrina 1
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Mon Jan-03-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. No, we are the ones in the bind as one of the most voracious |
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hack89
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Mon Jan-03-11 06:17 AM Response to Reply #91 |
101. So he gets in bed with the most cut throat capitalists in the world? |
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sabrina 1
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Mon Jan-03-11 02:31 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Lol, so it's okay for the U.S. to get in bed with China. |
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hack89
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Mon Jan-03-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. You missed my point completely |
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sabrina 1
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Mon Jan-03-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. You're saying there was no coup, backed by the U.S. |
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EFerrari
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Mon Jan-03-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #90 |
93. Baloney. There is a concerted and ongoing multimilion dollar infowar |
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hack89
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Mon Jan-03-11 06:19 AM Response to Reply #93 |
102. Only in your imagination. |
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EFerrari
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Mon Jan-03-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #102 |
104. Yeah, it's just my imagination! |
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fascisthunter
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Sun Jan-02-11 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
65. no real tension will arise, just posturing by an ineffective and dishonest US government |
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