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x-g.o.p.er
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Sun Jun-06-04 10:43 PM Original message |
In defense of civility |
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DenverDem
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Sun Jun-06-04 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Where did the end of civility begin? |
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Cooley Hurd
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Sun Jun-06-04 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Very well said! Thank you x-g.o.per... |
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UTUSN
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Sun Jun-06-04 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Let's Start with the Civiility of LIMBOsevic, HANNITY,and O'REILLY |
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mike_c
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Sun Jun-06-04 10:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. so let's behave like them...? |
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UTUSN
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Neh, The Wingnut (faux) Argument Is HYPOCRISY of Us |
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RapidCreek
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Tue Jun-08-04 05:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
113. See post #111 |
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x-g.o.p.er
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Sun Jun-06-04 10:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I'm not blaming us Dems for starting it... |
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UTUSN
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. Eh, YOU Never Come Off in Any Negative Way |
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Leprechan29
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Why don't we start it |
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UTUSN
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Well, We Dems Have ALWAYS Been "Noble" |
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Leprechan29
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I do see the vitriol |
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never cry wolf
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Mon Jun-07-04 06:34 PM Response to Reply #39 |
96. Damn nice post! |
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Gore1FL
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
69. Thats what RWNs said about torturing people |
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mike_c
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Sun Jun-06-04 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. no flames here.... |
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x-g.o.p.er
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I was.... |
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Syrinx
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Sun Jun-06-04 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. Amen, x. I agree a hundred percent |
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rumguy
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Sun Jun-06-04 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. His death should not be a cause for celebration |
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ElectroPrincess
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Sun Jun-06-04 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes, plenty of room, after we WIN this Presidential Election |
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x-g.o.p.er
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:00 PM Original message |
Your "hyperactive media tool" was the chief of staff |
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Selwynn
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. What do we win if we're just like them? |
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WillyT
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
43. Exactly !!! - Two Sides Of A Penny Gone Bad !!! |
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RapidCreek
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Tue Jun-08-04 05:18 AM Response to Reply #43 |
115. That's bullshit. |
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MikeG
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Sun Jun-06-04 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. They lost the right to civility when they didn't accept defeat in 1992. |
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mark11727
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Just remembered a line from a thread in Salon a couple of years ago... |
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Burma Jones
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
11. Democrats were indeed the Loyal Opposition in Reagan's Terms |
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Goldmund
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. There are two different phenomena |
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RapidCreek
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Tue Jun-08-04 05:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
114. I agree...almost completely |
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Selwynn
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. Well said. |
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evil_orange_cat
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
16. he wasn't just "a political opponent"... he was evil (or a puppet for it) |
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HEyHEY
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
18. How dare you defend civility |
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Kanary
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. You have a point, and I'd be more impressed if you were also |
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HEyHEY
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. True.... |
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x-g.o.p.er
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I agree 100% |
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Kanary
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
52. It doesn't TAKE umpteen million attacks to HURT an individual! |
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Career Prole
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. From the introduction of Joe Conason's book "Big Lies", |
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x-g.o.p.er
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:15 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I'm not asking anyone to lie down and take it... |
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Career Prole
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Honey got us right-wing radio and FOXTV. |
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Senior citizen
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Mon Jun-07-04 04:08 AM Response to Reply #26 |
71. And you attract more flies |
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alarcojon
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. I certainly haven't danced on his grave |
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Just Me
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. Naw, civility is alive and breathing. A temporary cathartic event,... |
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RoyGBiv
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
25. No flames here... |
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Just Me
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. I love your post,... |
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x-g.o.p.er
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Great post |
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unkachuck
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
48. I see nothing.... |
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Art_from_Ark
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:02 AM Response to Reply #25 |
65. William Tecumseh Sherman |
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RoyGBiv
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:07 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Scorched Earth |
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Art_from_Ark
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:22 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Then what would you call his "March to the Sea"? |
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RoyGBiv
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:41 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. I'd call it warfare... |
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Art_from_Ark
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Mon Jun-07-04 04:40 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Sherman did not level any Georgia towns |
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Baltimoreboy
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Mon Jun-07-04 06:52 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. In case you hadn't noticed |
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Art_from_Ark
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Mon Jun-07-04 07:22 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. My points are |
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Baltimoreboy
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Mon Jun-07-04 07:55 AM Response to Reply #75 |
79. My turn |
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Art_from_Ark
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Tue Jun-08-04 02:24 AM Response to Reply #79 |
106. Counterpoint |
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RoyGBiv
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Tue Jun-08-04 03:16 AM Response to Reply #106 |
109. Question... |
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RoyGBiv
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Mon Jun-07-04 05:17 PM Response to Reply #72 |
89. Sherman's March |
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Ms. Clio
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
27. "Civility" in American politics is another myth about the "good old days" |
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HEyHEY
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Here's a story |
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Ms. Clio
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. LMAO--the days of wine and roses, indeed! |
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LibertyorDeath
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Mon Jun-07-04 02:01 AM Response to Reply #30 |
62. I love Canadian History. LOL |
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RoyGBiv
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. Southerners and Lincoln |
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Ms. Clio
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:24 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. I have read many many primary source documents from that period myself |
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RoyGBiv
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:49 AM Response to Reply #55 |
59. I've read quite a few myself... |
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Ms. Clio
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Mon Jun-07-04 01:40 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. So isn't it a good thing that DUers have this public forum |
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RoyGBiv
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Mon Jun-07-04 02:05 AM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Expressing Opinions |
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Ms. Clio
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:31 PM Response to Reply #63 |
85. Free speech does indeed run in many directions |
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RoyGBiv
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Mon Jun-07-04 05:01 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Scolding / Enforced Memorials |
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Ms. Clio
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Mon Jun-07-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. I actually wasn't referring to you as a scold |
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RoyGBiv
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Mon Jun-07-04 05:41 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Cites... |
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Ms. Clio
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Mon Jun-07-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. I've read Race and Reunion |
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RoyGBiv
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Mon Jun-07-04 06:22 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Blight's Book |
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Ms. Clio
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Mon Jun-07-04 11:42 PM Response to Reply #95 |
103. I checked the index for Lincoln's assassination |
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RoyGBiv
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Tue Jun-08-04 12:01 AM Response to Reply #103 |
104. Thanks for that.... |
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Ms. Clio
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Tue Jun-08-04 01:07 AM Response to Reply #104 |
105. Thanks for reminding me! |
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NV1962
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. Civility without integrity is a pointless exercise |
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Just Me
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. Well, at least you stuck to having integrity in your post,... |
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x-g.o.p.er
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:49 PM Response to Reply #35 |
49. Thanks for the reasoned response... |
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DrWeird
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:25 PM Original message |
How "civil" are you going to be when Osama dies? |
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x-g.o.p.er
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
41. You're comparing apples and oranges |
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DrWeird
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. Reagan made bin Laden. |
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DrWeird
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. How "civil" are you going to be when Osama dies? |
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HEyHEY
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:37 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. Interesting point |
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RoyGBiv
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Osama's death won't affect me... |
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fujiyama
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
38. I don't think we should rejoice |
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Djinn
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
46. Hardly seen anyone rejoice |
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x-g.o.p.er
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Sun Jun-06-04 11:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I have seen people rejoicing... |
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Djinn
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:15 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. I didn't say no-one was |
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Media_Lies_Daily
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:31 AM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Name more than five posters who have stated that they are actually.... |
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leftofthedial
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
54. Reagan was a killer, a conman and a traitor and a thief |
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Media_Lies_Daily
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
56. I'm sorry, but civility in politics NEVER existed, and was only... |
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Geo55
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Mon Jun-07-04 12:42 AM Response to Reply #56 |
58. forget Reagan |
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ima_sinnic
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Mon Jun-07-04 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
61. "civility"? or the truth? |
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PurityOfEssence
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Mon Jun-07-04 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
64. It's not Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog |
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Piperay
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
68. I think that the theft of the Presidentcy |
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mopaul
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Mon Jun-07-04 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
74. so a few nasty words from me is worse than what reagan did? |
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ibegurpard
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:33 PM Response to Reply #74 |
86. A sentiment not uncommon among the nanny wing of the Democratic Party |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
76. sadly seems to be pretty much a lost cause |
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mopaul
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Mon Jun-07-04 07:40 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. this crowd?....you're IN this crowd..............n/t |
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salin
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Mon Jun-07-04 07:43 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. funny |
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buddhamama
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Mon Jun-07-04 08:23 AM Response to Reply #76 |
80. there are various definitions of "civility" |
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Zomby Woof
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Mon Jun-07-04 11:09 PM Response to Reply #80 |
102. not only that |
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x-g.o.p.er
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Mon Jun-07-04 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
81. kick n/t |
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dryan
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Mon Jun-07-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. my 2 cents |
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dryan
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Mon Jun-07-04 11:17 AM Response to Reply #81 |
83. my 2 cents |
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Commendatori
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Mon Jun-07-04 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
84. Isn't this why we have mods? |
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tom_paine
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Mon Jun-07-04 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
88. Ideally, x-g.o.p.er, you are correct |
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x-g.o.p.er
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Mon Jun-07-04 10:54 PM Response to Reply #88 |
99. I am aware of the difference between ideals and reality... |
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tom_paine
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #99 |
117. It bums me out, too . I'm too busy readying for the |
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welshTerrier2
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Mon Jun-07-04 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
92. you want civility ?? |
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Raskolnik
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Mon Jun-07-04 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
94. Agree 100% |
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Jade Fox
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Mon Jun-07-04 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
97. A few random thoughts.... |
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x-g.o.p.er
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Mon Jun-07-04 11:01 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. I know I have a long way to go... |
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Neshanic
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Mon Jun-07-04 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
98. Who ya gonna call? |
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Zomby Woof
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Mon Jun-07-04 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
101. it's okay to shit on his grave |
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Tue Jun-08-04 02:32 AM Response to Reply #101 |
107. Where does that hate come from? |
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Tue Jun-08-04 03:31 AM Response to Reply #107 |
110. lol |
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RapidCreek
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Tue Jun-08-04 04:57 AM Response to Reply #107 |
112. See post #111 |
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Zomby Woof
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Tue Jun-08-04 09:12 AM Response to Reply #107 |
116. um |
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Mike Niendorff
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Tue Jun-08-04 03:03 AM Response to Original message |
108. no flames here. |
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RapidCreek
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Tue Jun-08-04 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
111. Your post is innacurate and disengenous to the extreme |
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mopaul
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Tue Jun-08-04 11:19 AM Response to Reply #111 |
118. thank you |
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RapidCreek
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Tue Jun-08-04 04:00 PM Response to Reply #118 |
119. You are very welcome MoPaul |
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x-g.o.p.er
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Tue Jun-08-04 10:09 PM Response to Reply #111 |
120. I would think that your |
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