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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 10:41 AM Original message |
what if we closed out bases around the world, brought ALL our military home, and devoted |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. We could possibly live up to the 'claim' that this is the |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. The first result would be a massive surge in unemployment. and recession.. |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. except I said NOTHING about letting them go, I said put them to work HERE at HOME |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The military isn't set up for that. It doesn't have the equipment... |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. There you go again! In the "what if" game anything is possible. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
35. How is that so? |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Didn't you get the memo? Our new mantra is "WE CAN'T DO IT!!!!" No matter what it |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. LOFL!!! |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 09:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. "It's too hard"... whined like every 4 yr old ever born |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 06:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. Exactly. Military people get re-assigned all the time. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Spoilsport! Now why would you want to throw cold water on a totally unrealistic idea |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'm too old to be a Pollyanna. n/t |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That's too bad really. Pollyanna is one of my all time favorite movies |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. What the U.S. needs to do, and what will happen anyway... |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I was unaware there was a sequel to the first book, thank you - will look for it. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Pollyanna Grows Up (1915) |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. thank you for such civil discourse, it is nice to discuss ideas. I get so tired of the screamers.... |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. If we don't think about public policy nobody else will. n/t |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Indeed it will happen anyway. Russia was not a good enough example I guess. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. It would not have to happen all at once. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Our nation is dependant on killing. Nice. |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Why yes we are. |
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SunnySong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. England divested itself of an empire with little consequence a mild recession at home and a |
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William Z. Foster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. nonsense |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
12. I would love to see a candidate run and have this as their only priority |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich both have touched on this... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. It'd be a new nation. |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
17. K&R |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
18. what if, instead of blowing people up, we dug wells, built |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I guess we'd be a "Christian Nation" then |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 12:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. i have said many times that christianity really took off |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
26. A most wonderful idea. And consider this: closing the more than |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-10 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. I could once again be a proud American |
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IOKIYAL (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 05:46 AM Response to Original message |
29. What if we focused on reality and stop depressing ourselves with these fantasies? |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
32. With the "liberals" we have in Congress, it ain't gonna happen anytime soon. |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
34. all the war mongers would be out of work and would not allow out congress to do that |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
36. Read "The Complex... |
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area51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
37. +1 |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
38. I'm all for it |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
39. Because N. Korea would probably attack S. Korea |
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