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dkf

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7. Thanks to the efforts of President Obama.

Reply to morningfog (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 12:30 PM

Jun 2012

Say what you will. He has Al Qaeda watching out for their backs instead of plotting.

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Americans Are as Likely to Be Killed by Their Own Furniture as by Terrorism [View all] morningfog Jun 2012 OP

I suspect my bedroom dresser is out to get me LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #1

In related news: House Republicans pass bill declaring "War on Furniture". ( n/t ) Make7 Jun 2012 #2

Then why is Obama blowing them to smithereens? n/t B2G Jun 2012 #3

Whatever the MIC wants, the MIC gets, no matter who is pretending to be in office. Huey P. Long Jun 2012 #4

The MIC claims that it is responsible for the low numbers of Americans killed. Without their libinnyandia Jun 2012 #6

Snoopy warned us about this a long time ago. Wilms Jun 2012 #5

Thanks to the efforts of President Obama. dkf Jun 2012 #7

A largely imaginary threat built up on lies and propaganda to feed the MIC. Huey P. Long Jun 2012 #10

Enemy's on the run...fight 'em over there.... morningfog Jun 2012 #27

So what is the statistical threshold before attempting to stop violent mass-murderers? Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #8

No one's saying that we shouldn't attempt to stop them. EOTE Jun 2012 #12

Mass murderers like the Pentagon and CIA? Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #16

Let's treat it like any other crime. morningfog Jun 2012 #17

Our police can't go to Yemen and Pakistan so why even pretend? Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #19

The wars are the result of not doing the police work on US soil Posteritatis Jun 2012 #25

You just made my point. morningfog Jun 2012 #26

Yeah the TSA is soooo awesome Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #29

I'm not at all afraid. Are you? morningfog Jun 2012 #30

What does that even mean? Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #31

We don't need decades of war to prevent morningfog Jun 2012 #33

They hate us because Nuclear Unicorn Jun 2012 #34

For many of the dead you have the causation backwards. For many of the dead, morningfog Jun 2012 #39

Some day BIG Furniture and their lobby will get what's coming to them Johonny Jun 2012 #35

We spend trillions on stopping terrorists which have killed maybe 4000 US citizens, johnd83 Jun 2012 #9

Brilliant, even! SammyWinstonJack Jun 2012 #11

Furniture hates us for our freedom Johonny Jun 2012 #13

Yep n/t clang1 Jun 2012 #14

Furniture is cheaper than fighting bogeymen in lost wars. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2012 #15

Oops DLnyc Jun 2012 #18

So many killed by falling pianos it's ridiculous longship Jun 2012 #20

I said it before and I'll say it again- the terrorism threat meme is bullshit. Gregorian Jun 2012 #21

+1000 marmar Jun 2012 #22

I'm keeping a close eye on my coffee table Spirochete Jun 2012 #23

Some rights must be sacrificed in the struggle against Al Sofa. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2012 #24

Then clearly the terrorists have won. ithinkmyliverhurts Jun 2012 #28

Sweden must turn over the heads of Ikea or else face preemptive invasion 4th law of robotics Jun 2012 #32

They will need the proper tools... pinboy3niner Jun 2012 #36

"... seventeen were private U.S. citizens, or .001 percent" whatchamacallit Jun 2012 #37

And the moderate furniture has refused to "refudiate" the radicalized furniture CrawlingChaos Jun 2012 #38