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72. We have always been at war with Eurasia.

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 05:12 PM

Feb 2013

"Day by day and almost minute by minute the past was brought up to date. In this way every prediction made by the Party could be shown by documentary evidence to have been correct; nor was any item of news, or any expression of opinion, which conflicted with the needs of the moment, ever allowed to remain on record. All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary."

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What I've Learned In The Nearly 24 Hours Since The Drone "White Paper" Story Broke... [View all] WillyT Feb 2013 OP

Proof of what? randome Feb 2013 #1

Perhaps there is a white paper in the works on how to respond to the new normal? R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2013 #2

well, if it can't be denied there are other defenses quinnox Feb 2013 #3

Sounds About Right... WillyT Feb 2013 #4

How about what PennsylvaniaMatt pointed out in another thread? randome Feb 2013 #5

And The Administration Is/Are Cowards For Supporting This... WillyT Feb 2013 #7

Quoting someone who flew kites in thunderstorms??? You have to admit... graham4anything Feb 2013 #33

"Quoting someone who flew kites in thunderstorms???" - Really... REALLY ??? WillyT Feb 2013 #36

soon as I heard this story, I knew the usuals would post about it.Why not quote Jefferson? graham4anything Feb 2013 #37

Because It Was The START Of The American Experiment... WillyT Feb 2013 #41

Thanks to LBJ and Martin Luther King Jr. of course. graham4anything Feb 2013 #49

Not Good Enough... WillyT Feb 2013 #52

Were you around protesting in the 1960s and 1970s? graham4anything Feb 2013 #59

I Hear Ya Bro/Bra... WillyT Feb 2013 #54

Who would you rather have? LBJ, Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Bush, Bush? graham4anything Feb 2013 #63

"major haters" yeah those damn protesters! let's revoke their democratic party membership!!!1111 bobduca Feb 2013 #55

Wow, you think they wanted those people to be saved? MattSh Feb 2013 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author kickysnana Feb 2013 #57

Or when he was a little kid. Tunkamerica Feb 2013 #64

Washington was offered a crown MNBrewer Feb 2013 #19

5. We'll fix it later. n/t Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #10

It's okay when it's "our" guy. obxhead Feb 2013 #26

+1000 noiretextatique Feb 2013 #76

To that I say, "Imagine President Santorum with the unilateral ability to kill the Ed Suspicious Feb 2013 #29

Why would someone vote for anyone but the democratic nominee graham4anything Feb 2013 #35

You forgot #5: "Might makes right" - n/t coalition_unwilling Feb 2013 #34

4.a. And we screwed the Indians. Amonester Feb 2013 #68

you forgot this one!!! Skittles Feb 2013 #73

You are giving aid and comfort to dirty Republicans! nt woo me with science Feb 2013 #75

I guess we need a Republican to be elected before people here start to care about this stuff davidn3600 Feb 2013 #6

seems to be true, sadly KakistocracyHater Feb 2013 #12

I've learned that a certain reporter got a lot of ink, babylonsister Feb 2013 #8

I Will Sis... I Will... WillyT Feb 2013 #9

maybe Wikileaks will post something eventually Enrique Feb 2013 #15

There seems to be a "It's better we don't know what our government does" attitude around here. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #11

K&R Fire Walk With Me Feb 2013 #13

I've also learned the right wing is very, very concerned about it. ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2013 #14

+ a lot. We should all be concerned, but babylonsister Feb 2013 #16

Ah, the predictable bid to circle the wagons. woo me with science Feb 2013 #18

Don't advocate for things that Republicans might do, for fear of being branded as one of "them" bobduca Feb 2013 #39

Republicans do breathe, you know DisgustipatedinCA Feb 2013 #77

+1 n/t LarryNM Feb 2013 #61

That's some low shit. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #20

I've been on other boards I frequent today.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2013 #21

So if a Republican opposes assassination of US citizens without due process, woo me with science Feb 2013 #24

They don't care about anything ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2013 #27

Textbook example of how we are played in this partisan game. woo me with science Feb 2013 #40

+1. n/t Laelth Feb 2013 #84

yeah, it's all about your little war with the republican party. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #45

Low, indeed. woo me with science Feb 2013 #71

Can't get much more right wing than this bullshit (n/t) whatchamacallit Feb 2013 #23

Worst justification ever. n/t Ed Suspicious Feb 2013 #31

Great, maybe there will be bi-partisan group formed to oppose to Extra-Judicial Killings bobduca Feb 2013 #44

You are supposed to recoil and vomit at the very idea. woo me with science Feb 2013 #65

I put most of those hacks on ignore a year ago when they started Catherina Feb 2013 #17

You surprised? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #22

The thing is.. This power will remain, long after the Presidency is in other (& perhaps more annabanana Feb 2013 #25

Word !!! WillyT Feb 2013 #28

Proof of what??? Congress authorized this years ago. Ever hear of 9-11? 3000 REAL people died graham4anything Feb 2013 #30

Who are you using for medium to channel those three thousand people Arctic Dave Feb 2013 #46

Do you rather have a man to man war and have 1,000,000 die in 20 years? graham4anything Feb 2013 #53

RALLLLPPPHHH!!!! bobduca Feb 2013 #56

Omg. The hitler / sniper dilemma. Arctic Dave Feb 2013 #58

actually, yes, it was a one person show. graham4anything Feb 2013 #60

Riiiiight. Arctic Dave Feb 2013 #62

the bankruptcy of the us is due to the bankruptcy & corruption of our ruling class. 911 was 12 HiPointDem Feb 2013 #47

Ah...Thank You For That... WillyT Feb 2013 #48

No, it was authorized in 1789. jeff47 Feb 2013 #50

1787, perhaps? Or, am I missing something? Laelth Feb 2013 #85

Too busy fighting the Gungeon wars to get involved in that debate one way or another, apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #32

Shocking, but not surprising. MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #38

Ironic... Once Again... WillyT Feb 2013 #42

Well Manny, you reap what you sow emulatorloo Feb 2013 #80

Link or slink MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #81

Psst... The Kool-Aid Is Strong With This One... WillyT Feb 2013 #82

But the gray matter... not so much? MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #83

Second To Last Kick From Me... WillyT Feb 2013 #43

I'll kick it for ya. This's been circulating for awhile now. I didn't dare post it here. Folks like DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav Feb 2013 #67

Oh, I have not even begun to kick this one. woo me with science Feb 2013 #70

Last Kick From Me... WillyT Feb 2013 #78

I Lied... THIS Is The Last Kick... WillyT Feb 2013 #79

Heh. nt woo me with science Feb 2013 #86

This thread is frightening TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #66

Yes... Yes It Is... WillyT Feb 2013 #69

We have always been at war with Eurasia. woo me with science Feb 2013 #72

kick woo me with science Feb 2013 #74