| 54. I had this feeling BEFORE I read anything about it here |
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It doesn't *feel* right. Has nothing to do with DU, other than the possibility that being aware of all the crap that's going on today has made it difficult to see the truth in something that's just a little too perfect ....
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| -Anyone else smell a fishmarket in Ashley Smith's story of Brian Nichols??? |
skip fox |
Mar-15-05 03:21 PM |
#0 |
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Oh man, there's some wicked lines in that title |
Beacho |
Mar-15-05 03:24 PM |
#1 |
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my hackles went up when I listened to her tell her story |
SpiralHawk |
Mar-15-05 03:24 PM |
#2 |
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Me too! Particularly the Christianity angle. Plus, CNN, psy-op central, |
zann725 |
Mar-15-05 04:46 PM |
#56 |
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Just because someone has been accused of rape |
Blue_In_AK |
Mar-15-05 05:50 PM |
#84 |
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This is NOT just someone "accused" of rape. He cold-bloodedly killed 4 |
zann725 |
Mar-16-05 01:24 AM |
#150 |
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No, no, no.... |
Blue_In_AK |
Mar-16-05 01:08 PM |
#193 |
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AMEN!! |
Tomee450 |
Mar-15-05 05:07 PM |
#62 |
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CNN kept calling it a miracle. I think it was a human talking to a human. |
spanone |
Mar-15-05 05:29 PM |
#70 |
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Posted before I saw your post but I totally agree. |
efhmc |
Mar-15-05 05:34 PM |
#76 |
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Yeah, just seemed too easy |
HeeBGBz |
Mar-15-05 08:03 PM |
#107 |
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Fishmarket? |
Career Prole |
Mar-15-05 03:27 PM |
#3 |
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I read in my local paper... |
skypilot |
Mar-15-05 03:27 PM |
#4 |
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Maybe, just maybe.... |
liberalitch |
Mar-15-05 03:35 PM |
#9 |
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Sure. Perhaps. |
skip fox |
Mar-15-05 03:40 PM |
#13 |
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Please list |
H2O Man |
Mar-15-05 03:41 PM |
#15 |
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Worst of society??? No way!!!!!!!! |
MADem |
Mar-15-05 03:43 PM |
#18 |
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How could that be?!?!? |
prolesunited |
Mar-15-05 03:47 PM |
#21 |
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No, but not everyone is enlightened… |
BronxDiva |
Mar-15-05 04:20 PM |
#40 |
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That interview |
H2O Man |
Mar-15-05 04:28 PM |
#48 |
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Yeah really... and he'd never tasted butter according to her |
Carni |
Mar-15-05 08:13 PM |
#110 |
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Are you serious about the butter? |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 11:41 AM |
#173 |
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Think he might |
H2O Man |
Mar-16-05 02:27 PM |
#197 |
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sociopath |
H2O Man |
Mar-15-05 03:49 PM |
#26 |
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How can you make that judgment without knowing his background? |
ultraist |
Mar-15-05 09:06 PM |
#128 |
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30s and 40s is when schizophrenia and bipolar disorder |
jdj |
Mar-15-05 04:05 PM |
#33 |
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Only in a very small minority |
H2O Man |
Mar-15-05 04:16 PM |
#38 |
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Question... |
jaysunb |
Mar-15-05 05:30 PM |
#72 |
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Nope.. Their brains are "wired" differently |
SoCalDem |
Mar-15-05 05:32 PM |
#73 |
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Interesting answer. |
H2O Man |
Mar-15-05 06:17 PM |
#87 |
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One of my sons was diagnosed with "anti-social sociopathic disorder" |
SoCalDem |
Mar-15-05 06:25 PM |
#90 |
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Most of those incarcerated |
H2O Man |
Mar-15-05 06:56 PM |
#95 |
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Another question.... |
jaysunb |
Mar-16-05 12:39 AM |
#148 |
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Most do recognize it, but don't care |
SoCalDem |
Mar-16-05 01:03 AM |
#149 |
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There's an old saying |
H2O Man |
Mar-16-05 05:59 AM |
#155 |
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He had more than a "few" scrapes..and was incarcerated for 8 months |
SoCalDem |
Mar-16-05 06:39 AM |
#159 |
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Okay, that makes sense. |
H2O Man |
Mar-16-05 06:55 AM |
#162 |
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I forgot about the LYING.. you reminded me.. |
SoCalDem |
Mar-16-05 07:10 AM |
#163 |
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Many sociopaths can harness their talents, and become lawyers, doctors, te |
WoodrowFan |
Mar-16-05 07:38 AM |
#165 |
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Larry Summers alert |
AngryAmish |
Mar-16-05 08:06 AM |
#170 |
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Yes that *soldier* business caught my ear too |
Carni |
Mar-15-05 08:16 PM |
#113 |
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The guy in Wisconsin had no trouble with the law |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 04:07 PM |
#34 |
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Who here says EVERY killer/rapist has a brain tumor? |
MADem |
Mar-15-05 10:06 PM |
#137 |
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And like I said, the guy in Wisconsin had no |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 10:24 PM |
#141 |
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I heard people on the cables saying that the Wisconsin shooter |
MADem |
Mar-15-05 10:37 PM |
#145 |
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From this story |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-15-05 07:04 PM |
#99 |
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LOL. He is from a good family and went to private school. |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 05:06 PM |
#61 |
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No, he had a very loving mother, according to reports.....this cooking |
Vadem |
Mar-15-05 08:21 PM |
#115 |
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I think the reference to hominess, the cooking, the shower, etc. |
MADem |
Mar-15-05 10:14 PM |
#138 |
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this guy had a college degree, middle-class and his parents were diplomats |
clintonlover |
Mar-16-05 02:53 PM |
#201 |
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Interesting |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-15-05 07:01 PM |
#98 |
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Yeah, and that made the story even more 'syrup-y' than it was before. |
zann725 |
Mar-16-05 01:25 AM |
#151 |
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You are not alone in your thoughts |
SoCalDem |
Mar-15-05 03:27 PM |
#5 |
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I think the story is legit. I also thought it was pretty weird at parts, |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 03:28 PM |
#6 |
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She had just moved in two days before, and needed CIGARETTES |
MADem |
Mar-15-05 03:45 PM |
#19 |
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Well, she didn't know the neighborhood, and went to the store |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 04:01 PM |
#31 |
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I haven't read or heard it all |
Arkansas Granny |
Mar-15-05 03:49 PM |
#24 |
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I buy that too. I just say it was dumb and asking for trouble. |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 04:03 PM |
#32 |
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because she is LYING mark my words |
amazona |
Mar-15-05 04:31 PM |
#49 |
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Accessory after the fact? LOL. |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 05:09 PM |
#63 |
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"Jeebus Horse-Hockey" |
DoveTurnedHawk |
Mar-15-05 05:38 PM |
#80 |
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I heard that her husband was stabbed to death...n/t |
MADem |
Mar-15-05 10:16 PM |
#139 |
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I figured she just got lucky and made up the rest. |
displacedtexan |
Mar-15-05 03:34 PM |
#7 |
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I agree... |
TwoSparkles |
Mar-15-05 03:34 PM |
#8 |
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People do very weird things when they are kidnapped. |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 03:40 PM |
#14 |
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I agree with you... |
TwoSparkles |
Mar-15-05 03:49 PM |
#25 |
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But she called the police the next morning. She and Nichols |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 04:00 PM |
#30 |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Mar-15-05 04:11 PM |
#37 |
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Your statement is revolting... |
TwoSparkles |
Mar-15-05 04:21 PM |
#41 |
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You are correct, TwoSparkles. |
H2O Man |
Mar-15-05 04:34 PM |
#51 |
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This is absolutely the sickest post .......You seriously need some |
Riding this Donkey |
Mar-15-05 04:57 PM |
#60 |
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That was the single |
H2O Man |
Mar-15-05 06:19 PM |
#88 |
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I will agree with you on that. I can't believe some one would actually |
Riding this Donkey |
Mar-15-05 06:22 PM |
#89 |
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Is it ok to ask the name of the deleted poster. I prefer to have no.... |
mordarlar |
Mar-16-05 06:27 AM |
#158 |
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damn.. I always miss those posts.. |
SoCalDem |
Mar-15-05 06:37 PM |
#93 |
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Be happy you did. |
H2O Man |
Mar-15-05 06:57 PM |
#96 |
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The little girl does not live with her, for what that is worth |
MADem |
Mar-15-05 03:49 PM |
#27 |
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Brawl in parking lot of apartments. Never solved. |
skip fox |
Mar-15-05 03:56 PM |
#29 |
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Yep! and if I hear the pancake story one more time I'm gonna gag |
KyndCulture |
Mar-15-05 03:36 PM |
#10 |
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Hehe |
ohio_liberal |
Mar-15-05 04:28 PM |
#47 |
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Real butter and pancake syrup, Eddie?.... |
TwoSparkles |
Mar-15-05 04:34 PM |
#52 |
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It's not that I believe she wasn't heroic or doesn't deserve the reward, |
skip fox |
Mar-15-05 03:36 PM |
#11 |
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Be on "Allred Watch".. If we see Gloria skulking around |
SoCalDem |
Mar-15-05 04:07 PM |
#35 |
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That's the truth! Though Gloria must |
DemBones DemBones |
Mar-15-05 08:00 PM |
#104 |
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NO Gloria Is Scum And So Are Her Clients |
Binka |
Mar-16-05 06:26 AM |
#157 |
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It is strange she doesn't want to talk anymore |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 11:58 AM |
#175 |
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Yes, I watched most of press conference and it set |
SmileMaker |
Mar-15-05 03:39 PM |
#12 |
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Something I noticed when watching |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 12:12 PM |
#177 |
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At first I was feeling |
hiley |
Mar-15-05 03:42 PM |
#16 |
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Lovely ful story posted by SoCalDem here: |
skip fox |
Mar-15-05 03:42 PM |
#17 |
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Just like the Jessica Lynch or Saddam's Capture phony stories |
tom_paine |
Mar-15-05 03:46 PM |
#20 |
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Something I just thought about |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 12:18 PM |
#179 |
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Maybe this story is about poor reporting currently-- |
skip fox |
Mar-15-05 03:48 PM |
#22 |
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Daaaang... This story would be a good place for a Stick-Up(tm). n/t |
Prag |
Mar-15-05 03:48 PM |
#23 |
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Felling better already. |
skip fox |
Mar-15-05 03:51 PM |
#28 |
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Why does every story have to have some political slant to it... |
tx_dem41 |
Mar-15-05 04:09 PM |
#36 |
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That's NOT why I brought it up. |
skip fox |
Mar-15-05 04:28 PM |
#46 |
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Ask Faux News |
KamaAina |
Mar-15-05 04:48 PM |
#57 |
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The OP didn't address that issue, or I might have brought that up. |
tx_dem41 |
Mar-15-05 05:13 PM |
#64 |
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I was in disbelief after she'd spoken a couple of sentences |
concord |
Mar-15-05 04:19 PM |
#39 |
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Funny you say that.... |
MsTryska |
Mar-15-05 04:24 PM |
#42 |
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yeah she sounds like an accessory to me |
amazona |
Mar-15-05 04:26 PM |
#43 |
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Someone stated that |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 12:22 PM |
#180 |
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I think its become political...with the posting... |
tx_dem41 |
Mar-15-05 04:27 PM |
#44 |
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It's a question of intent. Many of us here |
skip fox |
Mar-15-05 04:31 PM |
#50 |
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At first I |
Tomee450 |
Mar-15-05 05:18 PM |
#68 |
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This is about politics? |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 12:25 PM |
#181 |
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Could it be that she is what she says she is |
bmbmd |
Mar-15-05 04:27 PM |
#45 |
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I like to think I would obey the law not harbor a fugitive for CASH |
amazona |
Mar-15-05 04:38 PM |
#53 |
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She said she stayed with him so he wouldn't go out and kill anyone else |
Beaverhausen |
Mar-15-05 05:14 PM |
#65 |
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Exactly. |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 05:16 PM |
#67 |
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I Have Nothing But Praise for Ashley Smith |
DoveTurnedHawk |
Mar-15-05 06:08 PM |
#86 |
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She did not harbor a fugitive. She turned the fugitive in. |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 05:15 PM |
#66 |
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She didn't harbor him?? |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 12:27 PM |
#182 |
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He didn't kill anyone while he was with her, and he turned himself in |
Beaverhausen |
Mar-16-05 05:21 PM |
#204 |
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I had this feeling BEFORE I read anything about it here |
concord |
Mar-15-05 04:39 PM |
#54 |
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Most of us don't grudge the outcome or the reward, but find |
skip fox |
Mar-15-05 04:42 PM |
#55 |
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The interview I heard was that he accosted her at her apartment complex |
Vinca |
Mar-15-05 04:55 PM |
#58 |
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Making a connection with people can work... |
Blue_In_AK |
Mar-15-05 06:06 PM |
#85 |
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From the first time I heard her, I thought something wasn't quite right in |
mtnsnake |
Mar-15-05 04:56 PM |
#59 |
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WOW |
GodHelpUsAll2 |
Mar-15-05 05:26 PM |
#69 |
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You should be |
SoCalDem |
Mar-15-05 05:33 PM |
#74 |
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Perhaps we sould be uncritical consumers of the news? |
skip fox |
Mar-15-05 05:35 PM |
#77 |
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Few of us feel she's in any way to blame. The reporting's the question. |
skip fox |
Mar-15-05 05:30 PM |
#71 |
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Her entire demeanor seemed odd to me when she was being |
efhmc |
Mar-15-05 05:34 PM |
#75 |
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Demeanor? Feeling? |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 05:38 PM |
#79 |
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Obviously... |
tx_dem41 |
Mar-15-05 05:40 PM |
#81 |
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Perhaps we might alternately say: "All news should be reported." |
skip fox |
Mar-15-05 05:42 PM |
#83 |
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so please tell us what you really think happened? |
Beaverhausen |
Mar-15-05 05:37 PM |
#78 |
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One need not have an alternate scenario in order to interrogate the one |
skip fox |
Mar-15-05 05:40 PM |
#82 |
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You can't interrogate someone if you haven't got a shred |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 06:29 PM |
#92 |
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I don't know Atlanta...so just asking |
merci_me |
Mar-15-05 06:27 PM |
#91 |
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excellent question. |
MsTryska |
Mar-15-05 07:15 PM |
#100 |
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I just checked a map to see |
merci_me |
Mar-15-05 07:51 PM |
#103 |
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When he asked directions |
H2O Man |
Mar-15-05 08:03 PM |
#106 |
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dupe |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 08:13 PM |
#111 |
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It should not be assumed |
H2O Man |
Mar-15-05 08:17 PM |
#114 |
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But why there? Wouldn't he go somewhere he actually knew |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 08:14 PM |
#112 |
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I agree with you |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 12:38 PM |
#184 |
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Sorry, I don't get your logic. |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 08:08 PM |
#108 |
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Basically, what I'm saying |
merci_me |
Mar-15-05 08:30 PM |
#118 |
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Sorry, it doesn't make sense. |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 08:55 PM |
#122 |
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I have four adult children |
merci_me |
Mar-15-05 09:05 PM |
#127 |
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And it just happened she went to the store at 2 am in the |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 09:13 PM |
#130 |
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She does work at |
merci_me |
Mar-15-05 09:26 PM |
#135 |
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I've moved all over the world |
MADem |
Mar-15-05 10:29 PM |
#143 |
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Where did she live before? |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 12:39 PM |
#185 |
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The reporter that he decked said that there was some sort of |
MADem |
Mar-15-05 10:25 PM |
#142 |
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He asked directions to Lenox, I think. |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 08:12 PM |
#109 |
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I'm with you on that |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 12:35 PM |
#183 |
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this thread is one of the more incredible things i've read... |
jg82567 |
Mar-15-05 06:38 PM |
#94 |
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I think it has less to d with her Christian-ness as it does with |
MsTryska |
Mar-15-05 07:21 PM |
#101 |
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none of the stuff you mentioned... |
jg82567 |
Mar-15-05 08:02 PM |
#105 |
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Well I sorta agree.... |
MsTryska |
Mar-16-05 11:38 AM |
#172 |
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LOL! |
ultraist |
Mar-15-05 08:54 PM |
#121 |
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The prostitute Rahab is one of the great |
bmbmd |
Mar-15-05 09:21 PM |
#132 |
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I'm not a Christian, that means nothing to me |
ultraist |
Mar-15-05 10:18 PM |
#140 |
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YO! Many biblical scholars now think Mary Magdalene was NOT ... |
gauguin57 |
Mar-16-05 01:57 AM |
#154 |
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Thank you for correcting |
bmbmd |
Mar-16-05 07:16 AM |
#164 |
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I didn't "correct" it. Biblical scholars |
gauguin57 |
Mar-16-05 12:05 PM |
#176 |
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I'm with you |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 12:46 PM |
#187 |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Mar-15-05 10:00 PM |
#136 |
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I'll bet there are religious strippers here and there, why not? n/t |
MADem |
Mar-15-05 10:30 PM |
#144 |
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Besides that, just how critical should the press have been to this woman |
checks-n-balances |
Mar-15-05 07:50 PM |
#102 |
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Isn't that |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 12:48 PM |
#188 |
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You are very wrong Jg |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 12:41 PM |
#186 |
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I haven't been hearing it lately |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-15-05 07:00 PM |
#97 |
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this story stunk from the get-go |
allalone |
Mar-15-05 08:24 PM |
#116 |
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The kid doesn't live with her, she is being raised by an aunt. |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 08:26 PM |
#117 |
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And she just happened to be going out for smokes at 2 am...mmmhhhmm |
ultraist |
Mar-15-05 09:13 PM |
#131 |
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According to her, he was parked in front of the building in the |
lizzy |
Mar-15-05 09:26 PM |
#134 |
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Some'n smelln fishy to me too... n/t |
lonestarnot |
Mar-15-05 08:33 PM |
#119 |
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I believe her. |
Swede |
Mar-15-05 08:38 PM |
#120 |
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Again it's not about her faith |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 12:50 PM |
#189 |
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I hope none of you people |
A-Schwarzenegger |
Mar-15-05 08:56 PM |
#123 |
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That won't happen. We have the Terminator to protect us. |
Sparkle |
Mar-15-05 08:58 PM |
#125 |
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Thanks, I needed a laugh |
A-Schwarzenegger |
Mar-15-05 09:00 PM |
#126 |
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I don't know her story. |
Sparkle |
Mar-15-05 08:56 PM |
#124 |
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Something sort of like this happened to me |
Caria |
Mar-15-05 09:08 PM |
#129 |
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Thank you for writing about an actual personal experience |
A-Schwarzenegger |
Mar-15-05 09:21 PM |
#133 |
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thank you for sharing you story |
Corgigal |
Mar-15-05 10:51 PM |
#147 |
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So why didn't she call the cops ASAP? |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 12:53 PM |
#190 |
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human nature |
Corgigal |
Mar-16-05 02:20 PM |
#195 |
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Oh, please. If she is telling the truth, she did not harbor anyone. |
lizzy |
Mar-16-05 02:38 PM |
#200 |
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Thank you for posting this. |
Pithlet |
Mar-16-05 03:23 PM |
#202 |
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Of all possible political machinations by the religious right |
SheWhoMustBeObeyed |
Mar-15-05 10:45 PM |
#146 |
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So sue me, but my bullshit detector clangs like the dickens when I hear |
gauguin57 |
Mar-16-05 01:39 AM |
#152 |
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Paging Gloria Allred.. Please pick up the white phone |
SoCalDem |
Mar-16-05 01:41 AM |
#153 |
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who gives a shit? |
Pepperbelly |
Mar-16-05 06:21 AM |
#156 |
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People...people...It's "Get a grip." time. |
Frumious B |
Mar-16-05 06:51 AM |
#161 |
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I didn't watch all of the interviews |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 12:55 PM |
#191 |
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cnn interviewed fallwell about it. |
shadowknows69 |
Mar-16-05 06:40 AM |
#160 |
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Here's my thoughts....lots of questions |
Catchawave |
Mar-16-05 07:39 AM |
#166 |
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Nichols did have a complete change of clothes. |
lizzy |
Mar-16-05 11:50 AM |
#174 |
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I thought they just |
FreedomAngel82 |
Mar-16-05 01:04 PM |
#192 |
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He had a total change in clothes. I believe in her interview |
lizzy |
Mar-16-05 02:34 PM |
#198 |
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He had on different clothes when they arrested him? |
ultraist |
Mar-16-05 01:21 PM |
#194 |
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If they knew each other, and with that much attention on the story, |
lizzy |
Mar-16-05 02:36 PM |
#199 |
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She is filth |
AngryAmish |
Mar-16-05 08:00 AM |
#167 |
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WOW !! |
drdon326 |
Mar-16-05 08:03 AM |
#168 |
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One icon we need at DU is this one |
SoCalDem |
Mar-16-05 08:05 AM |
#169 |
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Uhhhh..I think that was serious, n/t |
drdon326 |
Mar-16-05 08:07 AM |
#171 |
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Is your bunny crapping easter eggs? |
cat_girl25 |
Mar-16-05 02:23 PM |
#196 |
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Didn't know where easter eggs REALLY come from, eh? |
SoCalDem |
Mar-16-05 05:09 PM |
#203 |
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This morning CNN said she has publicist. But she wants her privacy. |
spanone |
Mar-16-05 12:14 PM |
#178 |