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kpete
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Thu Sep-27-07 05:50 PM Original message |
Blackwater: Are you scared yet? by Naomi Wolf |
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tiptoe
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Thu Sep-27-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Gee, too bad the people's U.S. army is "tied up" overseas. |
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tridim
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Thu Sep-27-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is an issue we can use to bring sane Republicans to our side |
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mrfrapp
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Posse Comitatus |
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tridim
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. That's why I used the qualifier "sane". nt |
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tiptoe
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Does anyone believe Hillary or DLC will step up HARD against this? (I don't) |
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leftchick
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Sat Sep-29-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
87. no she won't |
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sicksicksick_N_tired
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Excellent observation!!!! |
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warren pease
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Thu Sep-27-07 07:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Posse Comitatus: R.I.P. |
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djp2
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Fri Sep-28-07 03:24 PM Response to Reply #37 |
73. Predicted this when they kicked our of Iraq |
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knight_of_the_star
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Fri Sep-28-07 02:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
59. I don't think most of the Republican ELITE will care |
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sicksicksick_N_tired
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Thu Sep-27-07 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Good, Lord!!!! I never even thought about blackwater being on our own streets,... |
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tiptoe
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Thu Sep-27-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I suspected this would happen. nt |
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tiptoe
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Thu Sep-27-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. . |
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sicksicksick_N_tired
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I keep thinking something will stop this evolving fascism. I AM SCARED!!! |
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TomInTib
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Oh, we have. |
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Raksha
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Thu Sep-27-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. It's good to know that at least one community can protect itself |
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TomInTib
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Thu Sep-27-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. In this case, never is forever. |
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Raksha
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Thu Sep-27-07 09:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Again, it's good to know the Jedi are on top of the situation |
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TomInTib
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Fri Sep-28-07 12:32 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. What is "Jedi"? |
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me b zola
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Fri Sep-28-07 01:35 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. The forces of good |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Fri Sep-28-07 01:42 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Watch the 1970s Star Wars movies |
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TomInTib
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Fri Sep-28-07 01:58 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Oh, movies.... |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Fri Sep-28-07 02:03 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Oh those have been on Teevee too |
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Amonester
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Fri Sep-28-07 07:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
65. They have "black-copters" so, don't forget these: |
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tiptoe
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Dem-controlled Cong. committees need do REAL investigation of 9/11 & so-called "terror threat" |
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sicksicksick_N_tired
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I'd prefer they FULLY investigate these contracts. n/t |
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sicksicksick_N_tired
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. AH!!! THEY SHOULD INVESTIGATE THE DOD "PORK" "PORK" "PORK"!!! |
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tekisui
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
11. The new Gestapo. BW is the neo-con SS. |
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Disturbed
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Blackwater Force on US Streets? |
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tiptoe
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. One reason for Neocon scheme of perpetual war "there" is to "invent need" for BW "here". Scum. |
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tiptoe
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Now we see what's behind * meme: 'We fight them there, so we don't have to here' BULLSH&*(*T |
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tiptoe
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. . |
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txaslftist
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Fri Sep-28-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
70. Because they think it's a good idea. |
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Triana
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. And bu$Hitler at the helm... (n/t) |
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sicksicksick_N_tired
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Their means of living depends upon loyalty to their employer. If they'll do it "over there",... |
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Robson
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. One more reason for Impeachment |
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Blackhatjack
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. Blackwater was on the scene in New Orleans after Katrina, just a warm up.... |
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Daphne08
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
18. I've been afraid of this. |
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libodem
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. How can they do this? |
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Karenina
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. They DO IT because YOU ALLOW THEM TO. |
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libodem
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. thanks so much |
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neweurope
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Fri Sep-28-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
72. I second that. |
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Matariki
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. I've been saying this for a long time. Private armies ought to scare the fuck out of people. |
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tiptoe
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
25. Privatized "security forces" at home may be ultimate reason to BRING THE TROOPS back. NOW!! |
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tiptoe
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. The IRAQIs are onto Blackwater thugs, there. Americans will take care of same, here. (Will the DLC?) |
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Whisp
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Fri Sep-28-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
78. maybe that's why the troops are being kept THERE. |
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wildbilln864
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. Holy shit! |
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Zookeeper
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Fri Sep-28-07 01:03 AM Response to Reply #30 |
51. Good idea, Wildbill! |
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nightrider767
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
31. Blackwater = Homeland Gestapo? |
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Raksha
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Thu Sep-27-07 07:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Plus, you know good and damn well those Blackwater thugs |
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nightrider767
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Thu Sep-27-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Think Of It This Way |
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Raksha
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Thu Sep-27-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I assume they are mostly far-right psychopaths, |
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moodforaday
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Fri Sep-28-07 06:29 AM Response to Reply #38 |
63. They're not even Americans, necessarily |
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tiptoe
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Thu Sep-27-07 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
33. Which Dem Candidates are trustworthy-wholeheartedly to confront this? |
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wildbilln864
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Thu Sep-27-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
34. kick! n/t |
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judaspriestess
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Thu Sep-27-07 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
35. blackwater is the new NRA = National republican Army |
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Amonester
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Fri Sep-28-07 07:39 AM Response to Reply #35 |
66. or CBOBRG. |
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bobthedrummer
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Thu Sep-27-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
39. "Security Company Death Squads Timeline by Dirk Adriaensens and Sarah Meyer" |
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superkia
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Thu Sep-27-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. Why is it that Kucinich is the only one speaking out about our constitution? |
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mitchum
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Thu Sep-27-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
45. Why does she have such a problem with a private army run by Catholic authoritarians? |
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backscatter712
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Thu Sep-27-07 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
46. One of the scariest quotes |
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davekriss
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Fri Sep-28-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #46 |
67. I agree with you |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Fri Sep-28-07 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
48. The time is comming |
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L. Coyote
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Fri Sep-28-07 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
49. Are there any psychiatrists specializing in cultural insanity? |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Fri Sep-28-07 01:45 AM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Students of history have the diagnosis |
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L. Coyote
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Fri Sep-28-07 03:53 PM Response to Reply #56 |
75. In PoliSci, we called it paranoid politics. It was the butt of jokes, not the JUNTA then. |
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Zookeeper
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Fri Sep-28-07 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
50. I don't have a link, but I did read recently that Blackwater is... |
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HCE SuiGeneris
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Fri Sep-28-07 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
52. For those with eyes wide shut... |
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me b zola
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Fri Sep-28-07 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
55. This surprises no one who watched the slow murder of NOLA |
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backscatter712
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Fri Sep-28-07 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
60. If you want weapons, now is the time. |
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OneBlueSky
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Fri Sep-28-07 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
61. one of the most disgusting aspects of using mercenary armies like Blackwater is . . . |
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Solly Mack
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Fri Sep-28-07 05:23 AM Response to Original message |
62. (sotto voce) surprise |
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Greyhound
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Fri Sep-28-07 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
64. So how long will it take before we are paying to bring Cuban military advisers |
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NoGodsNoMasters
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Fri Sep-28-07 05:56 PM Response to Reply #64 |
79. Seriously... |
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Greyhound
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Fri Sep-28-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. I wasn't joking. We have seen this before. |
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aikoaiko
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Fri Sep-28-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
68. This is why we need a liberal interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. |
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txaslftist
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Fri Sep-28-07 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
69. Extremely scared. |
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halobeam
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Fri Sep-28-07 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
71. kicking |
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neweurope
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Fri Sep-28-07 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
74. kick |
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wildbilln864
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Fri Sep-28-07 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
76. kick! n/t |
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undeterred
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Fri Sep-28-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
77. A friend of mine in the NG is going to Iraq; he has never heard of Blackwater |
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The Wielding Truth
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Fri Sep-28-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Yea, it's not human natural to be personally involved in killing. |
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bobthedrummer
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Sat Sep-29-07 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
82. A kick for DU's anti-fascists |
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lonestarnot
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Sat Sep-29-07 12:49 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Yes let's! |
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lonestarnot
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Sat Sep-29-07 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
83. Damn fuckers. Don't count on a wake-up by anyone in merika any time soon. |
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paparush
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Sat Sep-29-07 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
85. "Guerrilla Warfare" - by Che Guevara |
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ooglymoogly
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Sat Sep-29-07 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
86. everything is in place, just waiting for marshal law and the signal. |
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bananarepublican
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Sun Sep-30-07 04:46 AM Response to Reply #86 |
89. Blackwater staff in civilian guise could well stage violent demonstrations to trigger martial law. |
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Mendocino
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Sun Sep-30-07 04:36 AM Response to Original message |
88. BlackwaterUSA-corporate philosophy |
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