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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:00 PM Original message |
Newsweek - Some troops are going on patrol totally stoned |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not wanting at all to distract from the point of this post, I still must |
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nolies32fouettes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 11:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. Two points: |
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cyclezealot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 02:56 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. I agree |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 04:43 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Two responses: spit and drugs |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:33 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Not to mention... |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #51 |
75. "...no one has ever documented a case of returning troops being spat on." |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. I agree - there was no spitting on returning vets from Nam |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:22 PM Response to Reply #77 |
97. Are we revisting this shit again? It happened to me. |
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LuckyLib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #51 |
90. Over the years, I've always thought if the number of claims by |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 03:42 AM Response to Reply #51 |
105. Bullshit |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:13 AM Response to Reply #42 |
99. "Spitting on troops..." Er, a dose of reality. |
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Tactical Progressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:28 AM Response to Reply #42 |
104. Republicans are the only ones who spat on troops returning from Vietnam |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 11:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. Same reason cowboys did |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 05:21 PM Response to Reply #44 |
92. Bet they'd have stopped if the Apaches had Apaches and F-16s. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 08:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
62. Because it's their country. |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 05:23 PM Response to Reply #62 |
93. Even assuming this is part of their "cultural lifestyle," bullets that |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 09:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
68. Not wanting at all to distract from the intent of your question... |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 05:25 PM Response to Reply #68 |
94. Never have seen or heard that happen, although I understand it |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
78. Where are you making that up from? |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 05:19 PM Response to Reply #78 |
91. Assuming this is about gunfire and not spit (dunno where that |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
2. Guys would crap into MRE bags and throw them to old men begging for food. |
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Drum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
3. see also: PLATOON |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. My uncle is a Viet Nam Vet. He said they were stoned most of the time. |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 01:16 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Do ya'll remember the Ed Bradley piece on CBS Nightly News? |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 09:21 AM Response to Reply #46 |
72. I remember that, using a real shotgun... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
98. A pack of 'converted' Marlboros was easier to carry than a case of beer. |
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ItsTheMediaStupid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
59. When I saw this I thought - Even more like Vietnam |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. Devastating. I have no more words. nt |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Steroids? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 05:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Now think about this |
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Phrogman (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. 3rd world countries sell steroids over the counter |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. my son took them..they get them in Germany. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 07:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I have a pic of |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
37. big hug,man-it's hard to know how to comfort them. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 10:13 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I just listen and tell |
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antonini (6 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
96. In the first US war on Iraq |
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hollowdweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. They should stick to all the good hash that's over there! |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. Iraq and Afghanistan is noted for the finest hashish in the world! |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Unfortunately, perscription meds are the drug of choice |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I wouldn't be looking for an excuse, more for a ticket out of there! |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. Lucian Read did not see any warning signs. Stoned too I betcha n/t |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. Most of the soldiers over there... |
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Nickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 07:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
32. You just about summed up my thoughts on the subject. I was just going to |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 07:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. and women.... |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 11:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. isn't bushco's VA saying PTSD doesn't exist, therefore VA will NOT |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:33 AM Response to Reply #41 |
84. If that is true... |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:03 PM Response to Reply #84 |
101. I found this truly disgusting report of the 'debate' in the WP |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
12. We had chot (cat) weed, speed and opiated ouzo. |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. They said in 1970 our Navy ship supplied the whole eastern coast |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Our base consumed more alcohol per capita than any |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 07:24 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. My ex did the same... |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
81. I know a number of men who came home from Nam heroin junkies |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. All these young people being ruined (not to mention the Iraqi's) |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
14. WTF? |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 05:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. If they aren't as bad as "ancient armies", it isn't for lack of trying. |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 07:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. I disagree. |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Then you're disagreeing with someone else, so holster it podner |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 09:08 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. could be a mistake....sowwy...shit happens! :) n/t |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 04:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
50. You've got it exactly backwards. They're better disciplined b/c of trying |
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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 08:09 AM Response to Reply #50 |
64. The first paragraph |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
87. Below, are some excerpts from another take on the situation, in |
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TexasLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. I remember reading somewhere |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 01:27 AM Response to Reply #16 |
47. They were called Berserkers |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
18. They don't need drugs - they need Jesus... |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. Has it come to this? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
20. Ooooops! I thought they |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
23. It's a Vietnam Ghost from Hell, if chimpy had a brain he'd get out fast |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. "More and more like Vietnam" |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. This memoir by a soldier touches on that a bit... |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. The guy that wrote that book was in Iraq early in the war |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 06:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That's a good point. It just breaks my heart . |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:31 AM Response to Reply #25 |
79. thanks for the link jane |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. End this fucking war NOW. Someone..... |
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think4yourself (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-04-06 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
43. So sad |
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Divine Discontent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
45. ugh... |
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itchyvet (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 04:21 AM Response to Original message |
49. More and more like Vietnam. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
52. Well, if I were forced to fight in a war based upon lies.... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
53. We are all gonna pay for this someday, especially our soldiers if they get |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 05:59 AM Response to Original message |
54. pilots are on "go-pills" |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 09:22 AM Response to Reply #54 |
73. THANK YOU! |
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stop the bleeding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
55. is anyone surprised?? n/t |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
57. Like commander, like troops |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
58. Let me tell you about my Grandpa |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 09:20 AM Response to Reply #58 |
71. Which Islands? Peleliu? nt |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #71 |
82. I have never asked him which ones....I just sit and listen |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #71 |
83. New info per your question .... |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:07 PM Response to Reply #83 |
95. Fascinating, thank you! Those islands were pure coral hell. nt |
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anarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 03:03 PM Response to Reply #58 |
88. my grandfather was a squad leader in a rifle company in the ETO |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 03:19 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. I am sorry about your grandfather...I am grateful I still have mine |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
60. my son took off last night..to new mexico.left a stickie on the door. |
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mtnester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 08:05 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Please stop by this site to get some assistance for yourself too |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
63. What kills me |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
65. "I don't think anyone could have anticipated a breakdown of |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
66. Funny. I never shot the wrong person when I was stoned..... |
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NicRic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
67. Appears to have more incommon with Viet Nam.... |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
69. Well I saw this coming... |
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Chico Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
70. I've heard they have some crazy hash over there |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
74. war is hell |
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SunDrop23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
76. All of the atrocities = result of poor planning of chickenhawks in DC |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
80. This is the problem with DU SUPPORT THE TROOPS threads/rallies. |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:57 AM Response to Reply #80 |
100. Well said, Stranger. MLK knew what rotten imperialism is... |
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newspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
85. remember at the beginning of the invasion |
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lebkuchen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
86. If the bumper crop of opium is affecting the UK |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
102. My ten cents: (1) If I was in the Iraq hell-hole I would definitely need |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
103. well duh |
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