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dbt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-06-05 09:47 AM
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18. Lemme see do I grok this:
On the one hand, "we" still hate Communists. On the other hand, "we" support Wal-Mart's every move to do business with and in COMMUNIST CHINA.

Verily, I grok not.
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  -Giuliana Sgrena: 'Voice of weakest' NNN0LHI  Mar-05-05 09:35 AM   #0 
  - I have a feeling it was the CIA who kidnapped her....  Stop_the_War   Mar-05-05 09:37 AM   #2 
  - Here is another  NNN0LHI   Mar-05-05 09:45 AM   #4 
  - I'm sure Hassan should be added to the list  cal04   Mar-05-05 10:00 AM   #6 
  - i agree  bpilgrim   Mar-06-05 09:39 AM   #9 
     - these opportunistic nazi SOB's that run this country would  jdj   Mar-06-05 11:51 AM   #65 
  - If the CIA had kidnapped her, she would be dead...just like Berg.  mom cat   Mar-05-05 12:22 PM   #7 
  - I look forward to when she gets a chance to write of her experiences. nt  bemildred   Mar-05-05 09:44 AM   #3 
  - Italian outrage  Frederik   Mar-05-05 09:46 AM   #5 
  - Recent related threads in LBN ...  TahitiNut   Mar-06-05 08:50 AM   #8 
  - our reporters go NOWHERE with out the MILITARYs permission - M$MW  bpilgrim   Mar-06-05 09:43 AM   #10 
  - I remember one reporter saying they told her, if you walk  jdj   Mar-06-05 11:53 AM   #66 
  - Giuliana Sgrena Articles About US Atrocities In Iraq  chlamor   Mar-06-05 09:44 AM   #11 
  - Her captors warned her...  hue   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #12 
  - Chain of events  lcbart   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
  - "most articles I read agree on this"  yibbehobba   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
  - that they hadn't passed any checkpoints  lcbart   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
  - Sorry it took a while, but...  yibbehobba   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #36 
     - "which means that they had passed ALL checkpoints."  jmcgowanjm   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #53 
        - Are you suggesting that CNN is misquoting her?  yibbehobba   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #57 
  - The car was in direct communication w/ Berlusconi's office  jmcgowanjm   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #43 
     - Maybe it was her "Military Escort" which fired. Shouldn't she have had  KoKo01   Mar-06-05 11:11 AM   #62 
  - I've been asking those same questions. Where are all the communications,  anarchy1999   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #37 
  - Perhaps a dumb question.  countingbluecars   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
  - how about a siren and lights  natrat   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
  - Their excuse  DoYouEverWonder   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
  - Read again, the journalist's rendition, There Was No CHECKPOINT!  anarchy1999   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #40 
  - Is Ms. Giuliana Sgrena a journalist? Were US soldiers aiming to hit...  harlinnchi   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
  - I'd like to hear from CNN's Eason Jordan also, harlinnchi --  DeepModem Mom   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
  - The relevance of this lethal tragedy to Mr. Jordan's...  harlinnchi   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #33 
  - We don't see any more video from Kevin Sites any more either  NNN0LHI   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #52 
  - She was a writer for a Communist newspaper  hue   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #13 
  - We'll never see this story in our disgusting media. n/t  Paradise   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #15 
  - Pardon?  yibbehobba   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #21 
     - If it isn't reported on cable "news" it will be like it never happened n/t  NNN0LHI   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #23 
     - CNN  yibbehobba   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
     - Boy, you can say that again,  devinsgram   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #25 
     - You mean if it isn't on FOX SNOOZE, it never happened!  The Zanti Regent   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
     - I don't think...  yibbehobba   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #27 
        - Only 11% of Americans read newspapers.  zanana   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
           - 11% of america is something like... what, 29 million people?  yibbehobba   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
              - I have been in many different types of businesses  NNN0LHI   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #39 
              - Also, cable is instrumental in determing which stories gain traction.  sadiesworld   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #46 
              - Yeah, but...  TreasonousBastard   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #47 
     - CNN has brought it up several times this morning  jbnow   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #30 
        - CNN this morning did refer to her as writing for a "left wing newspaper"  Straight Shooter   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #54 
     - transferred from another post. taken out of context. n/t  Paradise   Mar-06-05 03:09 PM   #69 
  - Yes, and if Italy is an allied to the United States why didn't they  0007   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #24 
  - They had already passed checkpoints.  hue   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #28 
     - I think they had already went through twelve check-points  0007   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
  - American Military does not like ANY reporters...  leftchick   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #34 
  - From the current, illegitimate Administration,...  Ferretherder   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #14 
  - there will be a full investigation  natrat   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #16 
  - WTF was it she knows?  benburch   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #17 
  - Here's the one they don't want you to read  DoYouEverWonder   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
  - Apparently it's about illegal weapons (chemicals) in Fallujah. n/t  rooboy   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #20 
  - She seems very keen...  yibbehobba   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #22 
  - Could you give her a few days to recover??  hue   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #26 
     - No.  yibbehobba   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
        - She just was fired upon with 300-400 rounds...  hue   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
        - argh  yibbehobba   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
        - The chemical weapons in Fallujah story is already out. Just look it up.  rooboy   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
           - But the evidence isn't there.  yibbehobba   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
              - It just seems you have trouble believing that Americans can do bad things.  rooboy   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
              - I require proof.  yibbehobba   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
                 - Deleted message  Name removed   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
                 - Hey, all I'm waiting for...  yibbehobba   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #41 
                    - Here's the first official statement that was made yesterday  DoYouEverWonder   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #50 
                    - where is the military's proof?  riverwalker   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #51 
                    - But that's not the point.  yibbehobba   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #56 
                    - Well  Frederik   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #58 
                 - mr bush  natrat   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
                    - Just to be clear...  yibbehobba   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
              - In 2003 the US admitted to using napalm in Iraq.  LynnTheDem   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #38 
              - Horseshit...  TreasonousBastard   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #45 
                 - The napalm thing.  yibbehobba   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #60 
  - Here's some of what she knows:  enough   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #31 
  - Lemme see do I grok this:  dbt   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #18 
  - What's grok ?  hippiechick   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
     - technospeak for "understand" n/t  lcbart   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
        - "Stranger in a Strange Land" - Robert A. Heinlein n/t  Soup Bean   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
  - If all of the Italians had been killed...  rooboy   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #19 
  - A most astute observation, Rooboy.  truth2power   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #35 
  - WHY DID THEY TARGET THE BACK SEAT & not the driver?  chomskysright   Mar-06-05 02:02 PM   #68 
  - Has anyone seen an article explaining how she got out alive?  Dufaeth   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #29 
  - picked up by US troops it would seem  yibbehobba   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
  - Anyone translate Italian? From Il Manifesto, I presume  jmcgowanjm   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
  - I have felt the last breath of he...  jmcgowanjm   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
  - from what i've seen of il manifesto online...  genevat   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #48 
     - Here it is, in GOOD English-My Truth...  jmcgowanjm   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #55 
  - What if only the leader of the patrol knew who was in the car...  sadiesworld   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #59 
  - Apparently 1,000,000 was paid.  hue   Mar-06-05 09:47 AM   #32 
     - I mean, how did they escape the US gun fire?  Dufaeth   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
        - AP is trying to find out more info but the military is not cooperationg  NNN0LHI   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
        - "Thats odd as hell."  yibbehobba   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
           - US military said there is an investigation going on over this  NNN0LHI   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
           - I admire your spunk.  rooboy   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
              - My lord, they are out this morning  DoYouEverWonder   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
              - the agents have been dispatched to the "internets"  natrat   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
              - Their zealousness  DoYouEverWonder   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
              - They are sweating over this one. Good. Sweat on, little piggies.  glitch   Mar-06-05 01:35 PM   #67 
              - No.  yibbehobba   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   # 
        - I guess that's what our military would want to know too!  hue   Dec-31-69 05:59 PM   #1 
        - My take....  tlcandie   Mar-06-05 11:07 AM   #61 
  - Recent related threads in LBN ...  TahitiNut   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #42 
     - Thanks TN. You da man n/t  NNN0LHI   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #44 
        - (grin) Just a DUer having difficulty keeping up with DUer postings.  TahitiNut   Mar-06-05 09:48 AM   #49 
  - How can AP's MARIA SANMINIATELLI write 'sped' when Sgrena said it's not  dArKeR   Mar-06-05 11:31 AM   #63 
     - One in the temple ...  tlcandie   Mar-06-05 11:48 AM   #64 
 

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