northernlights
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Jun-22-10 08:46 PM
Response to Reply #41 |
| 117. the danger of looking forward |
|
and not stopping to hold criminals accountable and liable for their action.  |
| - Tillman mother sought to warn Obama of McChrystal |
kpete |
Jun-22-10 01:01 PM |
#0 |
 -
recommend |
xchrom |
Jun-22-10 01:02 PM |
#1 |
| -
and let us not forget Camp Nama under his charge |
Solly Mack |
Jun-22-10 01:02 PM |
#2 |
 -
Thanks for the reminder . . . |
defendandprotect |
Jun-22-10 01:37 PM |
#11 |
 -
You're welcome. Yes, it's very ugly. |
Solly Mack |
Jun-22-10 01:51 PM |
#17 |
| -
Wrong of Obama not to permit them to be released ... courts were pushing for it .... |
defendandprotect |
Jun-22-10 04:59 PM |
#89 |
| -
Camp Nama: |
Soylent Brice |
Jun-22-10 02:01 PM |
#19 |
| -
or a one track mind :) |
Solly Mack |
Jun-22-10 02:05 PM |
#20 |
| -
don't let it go. i'm not, and neither will the rest of us who give a shit. |
Soylent Brice |
Jun-22-10 02:08 PM |
#21 |
| -
As Jane Hamsher was asking, "would Congress question McChrystal on torture .... |
defendandprotect |
Jun-22-10 05:26 PM |
#95 |
| -
"Why do you hate the troops?!?!?!?" would be the inevitable response. |
Ignis |
Jun-23-10 11:54 AM |
#144 |
| -
Here's to not letting go and never getting OVER it! |
lonestarnot |
Jun-22-10 08:43 PM |
#115 |
| -
+1, thanks for bringing this up. |
Ignis |
Jun-22-10 02:54 PM |
#41 |
| -
How can the Administration overlook how over 60% of the American people |
truedelphi |
Jun-22-10 03:12 PM |
#51 |
| -
And the ones you cited, they |
Enthusiast |
Jun-22-10 03:27 PM |
#60 |
| -
Hey a whispering voice is quite enticing there in Washington DC |
truedelphi |
Jun-22-10 03:48 PM |
#67 |
| -
Ending wars? Bah, that's so 2008! |
Ignis |
Jun-22-10 03:33 PM |
#62 |
| -
Stewart has been brilliant - and he offers living "video" |
truedelphi |
Jun-22-10 03:46 PM |
#64 |
| -
You're welcome. |
Solly Mack |
Jun-22-10 05:08 PM |
#92 |
| -
the danger of looking forward |
northernlights |
Jun-22-10 08:46 PM |
#117 |
| -
That's the damn truth. |
Ignis |
Jun-23-10 11:58 AM |
#145 |
| -
Wasn't an Obama promise to "get out" of ... somewhere? |
janedum |
Jun-23-10 12:50 PM |
#147 |
| -
K&R for Mary Tillman |
katandmoon |
Jun-22-10 01:04 PM |
#3 |
| -
+++ |
defendandprotect |
Jun-22-10 01:42 PM |
#14 |
| -
What a freaking mess, who can blame her? n/t |
Jefferson23 |
Jun-22-10 01:05 PM |
#4 |
| -
Seems our prez often ignores the people who could help him most. nt |
polichick |
Jun-22-10 01:10 PM |
#5 |
| -
Ain't it the truth? |
AndyA |
Jun-22-10 01:18 PM |
#6 |
| -
Yeah, his "team of rivals" policy is screwing this country over! nt |
polichick |
Jun-22-10 01:27 PM |
#8 |
| -
Communication. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jun-22-10 01:37 PM |
#12 |
| -
People? I imagine those in charge of this Adminstration |
truedelphi |
Jun-22-10 03:14 PM |
#52 |
| -
So you noticed the pattern also? n/t |
sce56 |
Jun-22-10 08:48 PM |
#118 |
| -
Yes, Obama does IGNORE the ppl he shouldn't. Makes me wonder about him??? |
janedum |
Jun-23-10 12:49 PM |
#146 |
| -
Interesting. Who is vettingt these people out for Obama? |
The Backlash Cometh |
Jun-22-10 01:25 PM |
#7 |
| -
Probably the same people who sent the letter from the immigrant's wife to ICE. |
glitch |
Jun-22-10 01:34 PM |
#10 |
| -
Sounds like firing the sonofabitch might not be enough... |
GoddessOfGuinness |
Jun-22-10 01:31 PM |
#9 |
| -
I'm sorry did I miss something? |
Travis Coates |
Jun-22-10 01:38 PM |
#13 |
| -
Right . . . applying humane values to selection of commanders should be tossed -- |
defendandprotect |
Jun-22-10 01:43 PM |
#15 |
| -
GOODNESS YES! |
Plucketeer |
Jun-22-10 01:58 PM |
#18 |
| -
How about her right to have an opinion on the subject? |
GliderGuider |
Jun-22-10 02:11 PM |
#22 |
| -
I never said she shouldn't have an opinion |
Travis Coates |
Jun-22-10 02:40 PM |
#33 |
| -
I think she had more invested than this pesident did! And probably more knowledge. eom |
flyarm |
Jun-22-10 02:54 PM |
#42 |
| -
More qualified, judging by the results, than whoever did advise him! |
sabrina 1 |
Jun-22-10 06:09 PM |
#102 |
| -
well from the sound of things she was MORE qualified |
G_j |
Jun-22-10 08:07 PM |
#112 |
| -
thank you! good 1... sad it has to be true, but again, still a good point! |
Divine Discontent |
Jun-23-10 02:22 AM |
#134 |
| -
Yes. You missed quite a lot. n/t |
DeSwiss |
Jun-22-10 02:13 PM |
#23 |
| -
Last time I checked... |
green917 |
Jun-22-10 02:22 PM |
#26 |
| -
Which Army? |
LiberalFighter |
Jun-22-10 03:52 PM |
#68 |
| -
Or maybe you missed the whole part where this is a democratic republic. n/t |
EFerrari |
Jun-22-10 02:35 PM |
#28 |
| -
Deleted message |
Name removed |
Jun-22-10 02:43 PM |
#35 |
| -
Excuse me? |
EFerrari |
Jun-22-10 02:49 PM |
#37 |
| -
why, yes, yes he did. |
Divine Discontent |
Jun-22-10 02:56 PM |
#44 |
| -
I would say that is exactly what he did! Nice huh? eom |
flyarm |
Jun-22-10 02:57 PM |
#45 |
| -
It's too bad we couldn't get Mary Tillman for SecDef. |
EFerrari |
Jun-22-10 03:28 PM |
# |
| -
and she has more integrity than all of them, to the top office of this land have!! |
flyarm |
Jun-22-10 03:47 PM |
#65 |
| -
No I did not and if I gave that impression I apologize |
Travis Coates |
Jun-22-10 04:15 PM |
#72 |
| -
Sure you would. You'd prolly refer to him as a "househusband," right? |
City Lights |
Jun-22-10 04:39 PM |
#82 |
| -
Prolly (sic) not |
Travis Coates |
Jun-22-10 04:50 PM |
#84 |
| -
She worked as a special-education teacher. |
City Lights |
Jun-22-10 04:55 PM |
#87 |
| -
My profound apologies |
Travis Coates |
Jun-22-10 04:59 PM |
#90 |
| -
Recent events would suggest that she & others who objected to McChrystal judged his character well. |
laughingliberal |
Jun-22-10 06:52 PM |
#107 |
| -
Deleted message |
Name removed |
Jun-22-10 07:50 PM |
#111 |
| -
I live in northern Nevada where my husband's business is located. |
laughingliberal |
Jun-22-10 08:21 PM |
#113 |
| -
And yet she was a better judge of character than Gates the Bush fixer. |
EFerrari |
Jun-22-10 05:40 PM |
#98 |
| -
Oh, I think she's qualified to advise: Never trust a man who puts expediency... |
TheMadMonk |
Jun-22-10 10:57 PM |
#129 |
| -
why not? She'd probably do a better job than the suits who have financial interests |
Myrina |
Jun-22-10 02:51 PM |
#38 |
| -
LOL @ "a housewife"; I'll take sexist bullshit for $500, Alex! |
Ignis |
Jun-22-10 02:56 PM |
#43 |
| -
No, but it means she is entitled too express her opinion. |
tbyg52 |
Jun-22-10 02:59 PM |
#47 |
| -
No, she gets to let her elected leaders know what she thinks. |
Hissyspit |
Jun-22-10 03:20 PM |
#54 |
| -
I invite you to quote the post |
Travis Coates |
Jun-22-10 04:25 PM |
#78 |
| -
She wasn't selecting the theatre commander. She was communicating concerns |
Hissyspit |
Jun-22-10 04:53 PM |
#85 |
| -
See post #85! nt |
wildbilln864 |
Jun-24-10 01:32 AM |
#152 |
| -
you're doing it wrong, kid. |
d_b |
Jun-22-10 03:23 PM |
#55 |
| -
LOL |
Hissyspit |
Jun-22-10 03:24 PM |
# |
| -
ha! |
d_b |
Jun-22-10 03:28 PM |
#61 |
| -
Yes, you missed a hell of a lot actually. nt |
Bluebear |
Jun-22-10 02:39 PM |
#32 |
| -
Deleted message |
Name removed |
Jun-22-10 03:10 PM |
#50 |
| -
I love progressives |
Travis Coates |
Jun-22-10 04:22 PM |
#76 |
| -
Nothing in the world requires progressives to be "tolerant" of ignorance |
Hissyspit |
Jun-22-10 04:56 PM |
#88 |
| -
I sincerely did not intend to employ sexism in any post I made NT |
Travis Coates |
Jun-22-10 05:01 PM |
#91 |
| -
I did not see your previous post on that, so apologies |
Hissyspit |
Jun-22-10 06:18 PM |
#104 |
| -
It's the part where she did all the research on the general after her son was murdered |
Hissyspit |
Jun-22-10 03:23 PM |
#57 |
| -
Her son died from friendly fire. |
joe black |
Jun-22-10 03:26 PM |
#59 |
| -
I suppose you think Cindy Sheehan's opinions about the war don't matter, either |
KamaAina |
Jun-22-10 03:44 PM |
#63 |
| -
I don't think national policy should be based on them |
Travis Coates |
Jun-22-10 04:19 PM |
#75 |
| -
How does one need credentials to say that there should be an evaluation process for selection? |
patrice |
Jun-22-10 04:40 PM |
#83 |
| -
One doesn't |
Travis Coates |
Jun-22-10 04:54 PM |
#86 |
| -
Oh honey, I know all about "evaluation" "processes" & A mother completely lacks credentials, |
patrice |
Jun-22-10 05:38 PM |
#97 |
| -
Wow, crickets...how surprising. n/t |
U4ikLefty |
Jun-22-10 09:32 PM |
#124 |
| -
Looks like she was right. So maybe her credentials |
sabrina 1 |
Jun-22-10 06:07 PM |
#101 |
| -
He covered up her son's death |
JonLP24 |
Jun-22-10 06:47 PM |
#106 |
| -
Why yeah she only knows about the death of her son and the cover up |
Moochy |
Jun-22-10 08:36 PM |
#114 |
| -
Deleted message |
Name removed |
Jun-22-10 10:34 PM |
#128 |
| -
K&R...n/t |
Oceansaway |
Jun-22-10 01:50 PM |
#16 |
| -
K&R |
DeSwiss |
Jun-22-10 02:14 PM |
#24 |
| -
"Covered it up?" hell, McChrystal probably brought in the CIA Cutouts who put those 3 slugs in Pat's |
tom_paine |
Jun-22-10 02:18 PM |
#25 |
| -
This deserves its own thread |
Moochy |
Jun-23-10 09:14 AM |
#140 |
| -
What I have read about Tillman after his death |
newspeak |
Jun-23-10 09:31 AM |
#142 |
| -
Yes, she did. K&R for Mrs. Tillman. n/t |
EFerrari |
Jun-22-10 02:34 PM |
#27 |
| -
("She received no response to the letter") |
Grinchie |
Jun-22-10 02:36 PM |
#29 |
| -
Obama's WH communications office SUCKS ASS |
librechik |
Jun-22-10 02:38 PM |
#30 |
| -
it's always someone else's fault..do we know Obama never read the letter? |
flyarm |
Jun-22-10 03:23 PM |
#56 |
| -
yeah--you're more blunt than me, but that's about right. |
librechik |
Jun-22-10 04:05 PM |
#70 |
| -
I am disappointed in Mr. Obama for not responding to a grieving mother |
Mathilda |
Jun-22-10 04:25 PM |
#77 |
| -
welcome to DU! |
librechik |
Jun-22-10 05:29 PM |
#96 |
| -
I could have warned him against that... |
Triana |
Jun-22-10 02:38 PM |
#31 |
| -
any proof that obama saw the letter? |
davidinalameda |
Jun-22-10 02:41 PM |
#34 |
| -
Any proof that he didn't? |
Ignis |
Jun-22-10 02:58 PM |
#46 |
| -
just asking |
davidinalameda |
Jun-22-10 05:59 PM |
#99 |
| -
C'mon, would it really make a difference? |
Ignis |
Jun-22-10 07:02 PM |
#108 |
| -
a cop-out? |
davidinalameda |
Jun-22-10 08:52 PM |
#119 |
| -
I think you're confused. What personal attacks? |
Ignis |
Jun-22-10 09:19 PM |
#121 |
| -
This was well known |
sandnsea |
Jun-22-10 04:17 PM |
#73 |
| -
Do you think Obama would have opposed McChrystal if he had read the letter? |
Mathilda |
Jun-22-10 04:27 PM |
#79 |
| -
He might have opposed it, but I'm sure one of his |
Moochy |
Jun-23-10 09:15 AM |
#141 |
| -
I saw "The Tillman Story" at the L.A. Film Festival last weekend. |
U4ikLefty |
Jun-22-10 02:46 PM |
#36 |
| -
This is bizarre... |
KansDem |
Jun-22-10 02:51 PM |
#39 |
| -
ALL dissent must be eliminated. These are the times we live in. |
newtothegame |
Jun-22-10 02:52 PM |
#40 |
| -
There's more in last year's thread on a Seymour Hersh expose |
starroute |
Jun-22-10 03:04 PM |
#48 |
| -
and then there is this By Sy Hersh..this May.. |
flyarm |
Jun-22-10 09:59 PM |
#125 |
| -
K&R for Mrs Tillman |
me b zola |
Jun-22-10 03:09 PM |
#49 |
| -
so if he goes who to take over? |
Jeneral2885 |
Jun-22-10 03:17 PM |
#53 |
| -
Fire him now! |
Enthusiast |
Jun-22-10 03:24 PM |
#58 |
| -
Agree absolutely. n/t |
kiranon |
Jun-22-10 03:47 PM |
#66 |
| -
K & R for Pat and Mary Tillman |
Raksha |
Jun-22-10 03:58 PM |
#69 |
| -
Don't forget Lt. Col. Ted Westhusing |
Octafish |
Jun-22-10 04:12 PM |
#71 |
| -
Thank you for that reminder. Col. Ted Westhusing |
sabrina 1 |
Jun-22-10 06:27 PM |
#105 |
| -
This illegal, immoral and unnecessary war has claimed too many lives for no good reason. |
Octafish |
Jun-22-10 08:44 PM |
#116 |
| -
Omg, I am so sorry about your friend's brother. |
sabrina 1 |
Jun-23-10 03:21 AM |
#136 |
| -
I remember posting alot about Lt. Col. Ted Westhusing's murder.. |
flyarm |
Jun-22-10 10:03 PM |
#126 |
| -
I'm NOT surprised. nt |
orbitalman |
Jun-22-10 04:18 PM |
#74 |
| -
O.M.G. !~ |
patrice |
Jun-22-10 04:35 PM |
#80 |
| -
Apparently, the "cream" rises until it turns into curdled blood. nt |
patrice |
Jun-22-10 04:37 PM |
#81 |
| -
K&R for the Tillman's |
Greyskye |
Jun-22-10 05:13 PM |
#93 |
| -
This is getting to be like the oil disaster - |
cwydro |
Jun-22-10 05:16 PM |
#94 |
| -
It's going to be interesting to see if they even attempt to make this look |
bertman |
Jun-22-10 06:05 PM |
#100 |
| -
President Obama - Don't Accept McCrystal's resignation... |
pmorlan1 |
Jun-22-10 06:15 PM |
#103 |
| -
It goes downhill from here. |
dyingnumbers |
Jun-22-10 07:30 PM |
#109 |
| -
He should have heeded her warning. |
TxVietVet |
Jun-22-10 07:31 PM |
#110 |
| -
"bu$hnazi regime". I love that one TxVietVet. I'll bet you're right |
bertman |
Jun-22-10 11:34 PM |
#131 |
| -
Welcome home, brother. |
TxVietVet |
Jun-23-10 04:24 PM |
#148 |
| -
Thanks for the article. I was up on the Tillman spectacle after doing quite |
bertman |
Jun-23-10 07:36 PM |
#151 |
| -
Somewhere along the way, the conservanazis have their followers believe |
TxVietVet |
Jun-24-10 10:26 PM |
#154 |
| -
K&R for Mary Tillman |
suffragette |
Jun-22-10 08:55 PM |
#120 |
| -
Kick and recommend for truth, and the Tillman's quest to bring the truth to light. |
HCE SuiGeneris |
Jun-22-10 09:25 PM |
#122 |
| -
Too damn bad Obama didn't listen to Mary Tillman..he wouldn't be involved in this shit then.. |
flyarm |
Jun-22-10 09:32 PM |
#123 |
| -
Perhaps he thought she was "just" another Lefty to ignore... nt |
Amonester |
Jun-22-10 10:17 PM |
#127 |
| -
Yanno...we're such a minute tiny percentage of such an incredibly conservative nation... |
YOY |
Jun-22-10 11:07 PM |
#130 |
| -
I'm ashamed that President Obama didn't even give this mother |
Loki |
Jun-22-10 11:42 PM |
#132 |
| -
May I correct..her country didn't lie to her..her government did as did politicians! |
flyarm |
Jun-22-10 11:57 PM |
#133 |
| -
He's on his way to the end of his career |
saigon68 |
Jun-23-10 02:24 AM |
#135 |
| -
Obama man better start painting a better liked leader, can this be his version of leadership?!! |
Imagevision |
Jun-23-10 06:29 AM |
#138 |
| -
+1. We frequently pilloried Shrub over his treatment of the Gold Star Moms. |
Ignis |
Jun-23-10 04:29 PM |
#149 |
| -
If Obama needed to begin to turn around his unfavorble numbers he couldn't get anything |
Imagevision |
Jun-23-10 06:27 AM |
#137 |
| -
It would make my day if the President would just fire the jerk. |
Paper Roses |
Jun-23-10 09:01 AM |
#139 |
| -
Mothers know best. |
lonestarnot |
Jun-23-10 09:55 AM |
#143 |
| -
Sounds like how Colin Powell made his bones |
Jacobin |
Jun-23-10 04:50 PM |
#150 |
| -
the k and the r |
SpiralHawk |
Jun-24-10 05:00 AM |
#153 |
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread