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GreenZoneLT
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Sun Jan-07-07 06:57 AM Original message |
Well, this is going to suck |
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ellisonz
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. I think you're right about Iraq/Petraeus and wrong about Congress. |
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Eric J in MN
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. Two practices which make the US hated by the Iraqis include: |
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. the Brits and the Romans both used the strategy Petraeus' is proposing |
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fasttense
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:38 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Your analysis of Romans winning the hearts and minds |
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ixion
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I agree. I never said they weren't brutal |
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Kolesar
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. The Russian state grew organically in countryside that did not have a state |
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progressive_realist
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I think indigenous peoples everywhere might take issue... |
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genie_weenie
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Sun Jan-07-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
47. Come on! NO ONE was living on the Volga |
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knitter4democracy
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Sun Jan-07-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #47 |
85. There are over one hundred ethnic groups in Russia. |
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genie_weenie
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Sun Jan-07-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. My sarcasm tag was somehow deleted from my message. |
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knitter4democracy
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Sun Jan-07-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #88 |
91. Oh, sorry. |
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GreenZoneLT
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. What have the Romans ever done for us? |
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Kolesar
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Sun Jan-07-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Ask the victims of those trained in "The School of the Americas" about that |
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Autonomy
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Sun Jan-07-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
42. LOL |
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GreenZoneLT
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Mon Jan-08-07 06:35 AM Response to Reply #42 |
107. Oh, I'm not pro-Empire |
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bvar22
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Sun Jan-07-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. Ask the Native Americans how well Imperial Expansion worked for them? |
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GreenZoneLT
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Mon Jan-08-07 04:20 AM Response to Reply #51 |
104. Depends on the tribe |
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Strelnikov_
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Sun Jan-07-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
53. Sorry You Are Employed By Our Elites |
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barbtries
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Sun Jan-07-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #53 |
96. thank you for this link |
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Strelnikov_
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Sun Jan-07-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. Thom Hartman Often States That The Intent Was To Disprove FDR |
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leveymg
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Mon Jan-08-07 09:47 AM Response to Reply #97 |
111. Seems it's going to take another World War to prove them right, |
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ruiner4u
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Sun Jan-07-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
60. "what have the Romans ever done for us?" |
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progressoid
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Sun Jan-07-07 02:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
70. The only people we hate more than the Romans |
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roody
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Sun Jan-07-07 03:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
71. Sanitation, medicine, education, public order, water, |
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Warren Stupidity
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Sun Jan-07-07 09:39 PM Response to Reply #71 |
95. Yeah especially seeing as they had all of those things |
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Bigmack
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Sun Jan-07-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
41. I think it worked for the Romans... |
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elehhhhna
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Sun Jan-07-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
67. may I add that later, when the well-established Roman Empire hired locals into their mil, |
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Autonomy
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. One of the problems with military science |
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Dammit Ann
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
5. fantastic. |
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Philosoraptor
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. I agree. |
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monarch
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
7. K & R |
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salin
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
8. how depressing |
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lastknowngood
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
9. Good analysis but don't disparage the hippies they were right |
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Cha
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Sun Jan-07-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
69. Yeah, don't disparage those of |
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Hardrada
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #69 |
93. I have been out there marching too. |
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annabanana
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
10. Valuable perspective, thank you. |
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Rene
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Instead of militarism...what if we overwhelm the Iraqis with seriously rebuilding their country. |
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Hubert Flottz
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Iraq reminds me of the countries the Nazis raided during WWII... |
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druidity33
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. lotsa shoulds there... |
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cassiepriam
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
11. Bush already wrecked the military. |
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bananas
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
12. One day you will look back on this as the good old days |
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izzie
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
13. I think the plan is wrong. It is up to the people in Iraq |
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EFerrari
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
14. It won't happen. Start packing because this "war" is going to end. |
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Pirate Smile
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Sun Jan-07-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
52. Are you familiar with the current lunatic in the oval office? |
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EFerrari
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Sun Jan-07-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. Imho, it won't be up to him. Public opinion has turned |
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frogcycle
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Sun Jan-07-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
65. deleted |
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timtom
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
15. Actually, I think the only strategic consideration at this point |
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crispini
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
17. Good analysis. |
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Kolesar
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
20. Don't play into the construction of the Dems stabbing the military in the back |
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tomp
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Sun Jan-07-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
44. you got it! nt |
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fishwax
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Sun Jan-07-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
64. nice post n/t |
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maine_raptor
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
24. K&R'd |
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GreenZoneLT
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:41 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Since when does public outcry affect the Bush administration? |
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maine_raptor
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. The outcry will effect the Repugs still left in Congress. |
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GreenZoneLT
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Sun Jan-07-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Here's hoping you're right |
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sanskritwarrior
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
92. Hey LT, SFC here |
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crispini
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Sun Jan-07-07 09:16 AM Response to Reply #24 |
40. What public outcry? |
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hlthe2b
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
25. I could see his plan working IF: |
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Cooley Hurd
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. Interesting perspective, however, I have to take issue with one thing... |
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GreenZoneLT
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:48 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I didn't say Democrats HAVE hurt the military |
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Cooley Hurd
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I'm sorry for misunderstanding your post... |
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salin
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:58 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I would agree with this assessment. |
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GreenZoneLT
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Sun Jan-07-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Iran is a Fox News creation |
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salin
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Sun Jan-07-07 09:13 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Thanks for your perspective... |
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Toots
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Sun Jan-07-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. Have you personally noticed any resentment among the troops? |
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GreenZoneLT
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Mon Jan-08-07 04:47 AM Response to Reply #46 |
105. Not really. Morale's pretty good, that I've observed |
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bridgit
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Sun Jan-07-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
56. why is Foxnews sanctioned as a routine news outlet for our armed forces? |
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pretzel4gore
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
33. this hippie won't march... |
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WinkyDink
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Sun Jan-07-07 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
35. Your nattering seems pretty on target to me. I pity the civilians. |
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fishnfla
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Sun Jan-07-07 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
43. SNAFU |
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lonestarnot
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Sun Jan-07-07 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
45. Your prediction sounds reasonable, but dems are saying 4 months, |
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Ilsa
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Sun Jan-07-07 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
48. That seems like a reasonable analysis. I need to ask |
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salin
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Sun Jan-07-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #48 |
86. reference, I believe, to Spirow Agnew's term |
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Morgana LaFey
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Sun Jan-07-07 06:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
87. Nabob |
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Mojorabbit
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Sun Jan-07-07 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
49. I've posted this before and will again |
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TroglodyteScholar
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Sun Jan-07-07 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
50. Exceptional analysis of current military events... |
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krispos42
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Sun Jan-07-07 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
54. K&R n/t |
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bridgit
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Sun Jan-07-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. so which is it now? penny wise and pound foolish? or, in for a penny in for a pound? |
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bluewave
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Sun Jan-07-07 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
57. Bush has got 1 year (I believe) before he's defunded/impeached |
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Morgana LaFey
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Sun Jan-07-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #57 |
89. I think it's less than 1 year -- I think 3 - 6 months nt |
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tabasco
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Sun Jan-07-07 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
58. You are full of it. |
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Zodiak
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Sun Jan-07-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. You didn't read the thread |
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kentuck
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Sun Jan-07-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. Did you read this? |
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Zodiak
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Mon Jan-08-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #68 |
110. Yes, kentuck, I did |
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kentuck
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Sun Jan-07-07 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
59. Dems are going to wreck the military with budget cuts? |
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Morgana LaFey
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Sun Jan-07-07 06:44 PM Response to Reply #59 |
90. Pelosi already proving the good LT wrong -- |
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cui bono
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Mon Jan-08-07 02:30 AM Response to Reply #59 |
99. Seriously. Increasin the lengths and frequency of the tours, lowering standards |
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Corgigal
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Sun Jan-07-07 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
62. good-hearted hippies will go march in the streets |
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frogcycle
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Sun Jan-07-07 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
66. to all those flaming over the remark about dems |
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bridgit
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Sun Jan-07-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #66 |
74. many republicans have stated publicly that Clinton gutted our armed forces... |
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frogcycle
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Sun Jan-07-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. well, attack those republicans |
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bridgit
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Sun Jan-07-07 05:06 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. true, this OP offers no critique whatsoever regarding republican failures... |
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frogcycle
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Sun Jan-07-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. if you don't see a critique here, you are blind! |
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bridgit
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Sun Jan-07-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. see here professor, many people are already apprised of the english language... |
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frogcycle
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Sun Jan-07-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. striving valiently |
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bridgit
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Sun Jan-07-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #83 |
84. have a lovely evening... |
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Kolesar
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Tue Jan-09-07 06:08 AM Response to Reply #83 |
117. Maybe I went off "half-cocked" because his language was "loaded" |
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DoYouEverWonder
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Fri Jan-12-07 07:51 AM Response to Reply #117 |
123. The OP |
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Kolesar
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Tue Jan-09-07 06:04 AM Response to Reply #80 |
116. What you note as "sarcasm" is not sarcasm |
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mdmc
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Sun Jan-07-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
72. welcome to DU |
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jmowreader
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Sun Jan-07-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
73. I think we've got one thing going for us |
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Little Wing
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Sun Jan-07-07 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
76. 22 years in the military and you're stll an LT? |
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frogcycle
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Sun Jan-07-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. READ, people! |
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GreenZoneLT
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Mon Jan-08-07 04:13 AM Response to Reply #79 |
102. Ever heard of a Mustang? |
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frogcycle
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Mon Jan-08-07 09:24 AM Response to Reply #102 |
108. I stand corrected |
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jmowreader
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Mon Jan-08-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #102 |
114. And he's in the Navy |
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Pharaoh
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Sun Jan-07-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
78. WTF? |
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GreenZoneLT
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Mon Jan-08-07 04:16 AM Response to Reply #78 |
103. Power does not = history |
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frogcycle
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Mon Jan-08-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #103 |
109. more than paranoid |
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Toots
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Mon Jan-08-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #103 |
112. I think there can be cuts that are very specific |
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Gregorian
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Sun Jan-07-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
81. The Iraqis DON'T WANT US THERE! |
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GreenZoneLT
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Mon Jan-08-07 04:50 AM Response to Reply #81 |
106. If we dropped food and money on them.... |
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Gregorian
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Mon Jan-08-07 11:57 AM Response to Reply #106 |
115. Good point. |
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sanskritwarrior
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Sun Jan-07-07 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
94. Oh yeah also agree |
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cui bono
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Mon Jan-08-07 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
98. Interesting take, though I have to take issue with your generalizations: |
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pa28
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Mon Jan-08-07 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
100. Thanks for posting LT. |
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Trajan
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Mon Jan-08-07 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
101. Well said .... |
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xchrom
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Mon Jan-08-07 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
113. very interesting read. one of the things that bothers me -- |
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frogcycle
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Tue Jan-09-07 09:56 AM Response to Reply #113 |
118. agree, but |
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xchrom
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Tue Jan-09-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #118 |
119. i think that it can be considered that ''speaking up'' |
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frogcycle
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Tue Jan-09-07 05:17 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. i can almost guarantee you |
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xchrom
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Tue Jan-09-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. watching the rehabilitation of rummy after his firing was a |
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mdmc
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Thu Jan-11-07 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
122. please create a du journal |
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