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Redstone
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:38 AM Original message |
To the gay guys & gals at DU: I've changed my mind. |
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Maven
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thank you. |
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JohnnyLib2
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Sun Dec-21-08 05:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Aye. |
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LeftCoast
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
2. Glad to hear |
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IndianaJones
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. that poll is open. |
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Yes We Did
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:43 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. That thread complains about everyone complaining... |
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IndianaJones
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. uh huh.nt. |
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LeftCoast
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Apparently some truths are too much for DU |
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IndianaJones
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. too blunt maybe? nt. |
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LeftCoast
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. As far as I know blunt isn't against the rules |
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Yes We Did
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I haven't seen any of those. |
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zeemike
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Sun Dec-21-08 05:10 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Here is a link to a "pro Warren" thread that got locked |
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JohnnieGordon
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #37 |
65. And the mod made it clear it wasn't locked for your OP, but that it'd become a flamewar |
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zeemike
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Sun Dec-21-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. It became a flame war not because of what I said but |
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JohnnieGordon
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Sun Dec-21-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Oh I'm all for your reassessment, I just wanted you to start detailing it |
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zeemike
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Sun Dec-21-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. Well if Skinner wants to tombstone me for what I have said |
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AntiFascist
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Sun Dec-21-08 05:09 PM Response to Reply #37 |
85. I'm sorry you got bullied.... |
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Truth2Tell
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Sun Dec-21-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
86. if getting pressured or flamed on a message board |
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IndianaGreen
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. Thank you, Redstone |
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flvegan
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. Well stated, sir. |
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last1standing
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. Thank you. |
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Swamp Rat
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. rAmen! |
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grantcart
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:49 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. a masterpiece |
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avaistheone1
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
11. That is change I can believe in. |
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KitchenWitch
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. Excellent post. |
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CaliforniaPeggy
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
13. K&R! |
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Starry Messenger
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
14. k&r good sir |
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az chela
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
15. I agree with everything you said |
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EFerrari
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
17. I didn't know about this guy either and it took a while to get it. |
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Redstone
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Sun Dec-21-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Thank you, SFK2K. It took me a while to figure out what the |
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BeFree
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
21. Yeah, sure |
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Redstone
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Sun Dec-21-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I don't get the hostility. What exactly IS your point? |
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MadMaddie
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Sun Dec-21-08 02:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. Hey Tom |
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TomInTib
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Sun Dec-21-08 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
24. Oh, go f**k yourself.... |
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Redstone
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Sun Dec-21-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. You're in rare form tonight, Tom, my friend. Talk to me if you will, but do it soon, |
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TomInTib
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Sun Dec-21-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I'll cast, you can crank... |
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Redstone
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Mon Dec-22-08 09:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
97. Damn, I wish I could do that poetry thing as well as you can... |
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TomInTib
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Sun Dec-21-08 02:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
33. Last night, I stayed up late |
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JohnnieGordon
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Sun Dec-21-08 07:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. delete |
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xchrom
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Sun Dec-21-08 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
25. 13th recommend -- and thank you. nt |
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Redstone
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Sun Dec-21-08 01:42 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. You're welcome. It's looking like Mr Obama's "big tent" doesn't have enough |
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1776Forever
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Sun Dec-21-08 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
27. Rick Warren and Women's Issues - The more you know the more you shake your head! |
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jberryhill
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Sun Dec-21-08 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
28. Amen - another convert here /nt |
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zulchzulu
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Sun Dec-21-08 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
31. Likewise (to be consistent), praising Obama for including pro gay rights Reverend Lowery is needed |
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last1standing
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Sun Dec-21-08 02:18 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Would Jesse Jackson cancel out David Duke? |
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AntiFascist
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Sun Dec-21-08 05:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Why pick two people who have solid opinions on the issue in the first place? |
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zulchzulu
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Sun Dec-21-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #38 |
55. So let's give Warren more attention than he deserves like the right wing protests controversy |
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AntiFascist
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Sun Dec-21-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #55 |
81. The whole thing is a joke anyway? |
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crappyjazz
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Sun Dec-21-08 06:58 AM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Here's a glass of water with some poison in it |
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JohnnieGordon
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Sun Dec-21-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #31 |
46. I find that gays are worth not being disrepected *any* of the Inaugural choices |
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Redstone
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Sun Dec-21-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
64. Aha. Thank you for providing me that perspective, because I didn't know that. |
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MADem
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Sun Dec-21-08 02:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
69. Why is praise required, simply for doing the right thing? |
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ThomCat
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Sun Dec-21-08 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
35. It is good to hear you say this. |
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meowomon
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Sun Dec-21-08 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
36. I Feel Stabbed in the Back |
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AntiFascist
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Sun Dec-21-08 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
39. Thank you Redstone! |
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No Elephants
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Sun Dec-21-08 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
41. At change.gov, I emailed Obama when I heard about Warren . Yesterday, I read |
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No Elephants
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Sun Dec-21-08 06:04 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Oh, just to avoid confusion, that contribution was to HRC as in Human Rights Campaign. |
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JohnnieGordon
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Sun Dec-21-08 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
45. We know it could never have been a racist speaker, we know gays were singled out as expendable |
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polichick
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I mentioned in my email to change.gov that they wouldn't have chosen a racist speaker. |
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Deleted message |
polichick
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. imo being gay is just as immutable as the color of our skin. |
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JohnnieGordon
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:38 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Fuck you, homophobe. People don't choose to be gay |
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elkston
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Note: I've added more to my original post for clarification. Please read (EOM) |
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polichick
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:47 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. In America nobody should have to pretend to be what he or she is not... |
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JohnnieGordon
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Sun Dec-21-08 08:50 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Arguing that one form of bigotry is more important than another is itself a bigoted assertion |
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bluedawg12
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Sun Dec-21-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
78. He doesn't have sense enough to be catious about "comparisons of victimology." |
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uppityperson
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Sun Dec-21-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #51 |
84. I read the edited and still disagree. Now I edit since you are TS'd. |
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Starry Messenger
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Sun Dec-21-08 05:13 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Wow, I just alerted on that guy 2 minutes ago. |
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Redstone
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #84 |
101. Well said, uppity, especially to me, who is half American Indian and married to a woman who is |
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Bluenorthwest
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Sun Dec-21-08 09:56 AM Response to Reply #48 |
57. Well I offer that you should try that logic on |
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elkston
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Look, that was horrible and just as bad as racial violence. |
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IndianaGreen
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Sun Dec-21-08 02:01 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Translation: Sit in the back of the bus and "we'll be behind you 100%." |
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bluedawg12
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Sun Dec-21-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #58 |
75. Those who are not 100% accepting cannot call Obama one of their own. |
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mondo joe
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #48 |
59. Really lame. |
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mondo joe
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:16 AM Response to Reply #48 |
60. And so what are Jews in your little hierarchy? |
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IndianaGreen
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Sun Dec-21-08 01:57 PM Response to Reply #48 |
67. Your ignorance has no boundaries, doesn't it? |
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smokey nj
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Sun Dec-21-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #48 |
71. This is one of the most hateful posts I've ever read. |
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bluedawg12
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Sun Dec-21-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #48 |
74. PE Barack Obama disagrees with you |
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sniffa
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Sun Dec-21-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
83. Are you fucking serious? |
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yardwork
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Sun Dec-21-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #45 |
73. Just as racist posts are instantly deleted here and the posters are banned. |
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JohnnieGordon
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Sun Dec-21-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #73 |
80. I'm going to feel like a 2nd class citizen here if they don't delete the post I alerted |
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JohnnieGordon
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Sun Dec-21-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #80 |
89. They deleted it, even a tombstone too, I'm shocked. Faith in DU definitely renewed..nt |
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warrior1
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Sun Dec-21-08 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
54. Thank you Redstone |
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Captain Hilts
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Sun Dec-21-08 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
56. Obama's not "letting" him speak at the inauguration, he INVITED him. Active case, not passive. nt |
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Redstone
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Mon Dec-22-08 10:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
98. Excellent point of distinction, and I thank you for posting it. |
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EndElectoral
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
61. This is like Lincoln asking a pro-slavery minister to speak at his inauguration. |
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LostinVA
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Sun Dec-21-08 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
62. Thank you, sweetie!!! And from Haruka, too -- k&r |
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Forkboy
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Sun Dec-21-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
63. An example of why I feel criticism should always be not only allowed, but encouraged. |
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yardwork
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Sun Dec-21-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
72. Thank you for your support. |
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TankLV
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Sun Dec-21-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
76. Thank you. |
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omega minimo
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Sun Dec-21-08 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
79. When men stop calling women GALS gay marriage shall prevail!!!! |
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Redstone
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Sun Dec-21-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #79 |
90. Just a figure or speech, for God's sake. |
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Sun Dec-21-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
82. Thank you Redstone. |
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LWolf
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Sun Dec-21-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
88. We all draw our line in the sand at different places. |
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Midlodemocrat
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Sun Dec-21-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
91. I love you, Redstone. You are the absolute best in every way. |
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we can do it
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Sun Dec-21-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
92. Sometimes What Seems Trivial Initially Grows the More You Think About It |
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bonito
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Sun Dec-21-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
93. Holding back and pushing forward |
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David Zephyr
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Sun Dec-21-08 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
94. Thanks. |
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John Q. Citizen
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Mon Dec-22-08 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
95. Human rights are vital for all of us humans. |
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Redstone
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #95 |
99. Well, yeah, especially because no one has been able to answer this basic question to me: |
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Divine Discontent
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Mon Dec-22-08 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
96. thank you much, Redstone. eom |
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bullwinkle428
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Mon Dec-22-08 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
100. Great post, dude. K&R! |
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