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Sun Jun-06-10 11:37 PM
Response to Reply #75 |
| 77. as the expert, why don't you figure it out? |
| - Helen Thomas Dropped By Speaking Agency, Under Fire For Remarks On Middle East |
The Northerner |
Jun-06-10 07:48 PM |
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I saw the tape and found her remarks despicable |
bluestateguy |
Jun-06-10 07:55 PM |
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she committed no violent act but she got it wrong |
yava |
Jun-06-10 08:07 PM |
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notice what *everyone* else in corporate media is forced to say now... |
subsuelo |
Jun-06-10 09:49 PM |
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I saw the tape and find no fault with expressing frustration over occupiers |
uppityperson |
Jun-06-10 08:45 PM |
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thank you for this |
annm4peace |
Jun-06-10 10:34 PM |
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Thank you again |
azurnoir |
Jun-07-10 06:17 AM |
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Jun-07-10 08:10 AM |
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Oh good. Its been awhile since we've had a "Jews control the world" post |
SemiCharmedQuark |
Jun-07-10 09:18 AM |
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Well, THAT was a wild leap from what I posted. Maybe you meant to reply to someone else |
uppityperson |
Jun-07-10 08:00 PM |
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Is that really all she said?? |
PerpetuallyDazed |
Jun-07-10 10:33 AM |
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Once again, this is really too bad. She apologized and has been a great questioner of |
uppityperson |
Jun-06-10 07:58 PM |
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no its not |
iandhr |
Jun-06-10 08:03 PM |
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Jun-06-10 08:06 PM |
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here is more. |
uppityperson |
Jun-06-10 08:08 PM |
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It is wrong to tell occupiers to leave? |
uppityperson |
Jun-06-10 08:10 PM |
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Thanks for posting her words for better context.... |
Deuce |
Jun-06-10 08:38 PM |
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You are welcome, taking things out of context is deceptive, I like to see/hear more. |
uppityperson |
Jun-06-10 08:43 PM |
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What better context. |
iandhr |
Jun-06-10 08:48 PM |
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Well, it's a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul |
Chulanowa |
Jun-06-10 08:57 PM |
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One dimension needs to be added to this line of thinking. |
AtheistCrusader |
Jun-06-10 11:39 PM |
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And that means exactly what? |
Chulanowa |
Jun-07-10 02:52 AM |
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I did not convey that well. |
AtheistCrusader |
Jun-07-10 12:39 PM |
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the "better context" of talking to occupiers. Should the usa stay in Iraq? |
uppityperson |
Jun-06-10 09:06 PM |
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The comment in its context certainly sheds light on this non-event. |
PSPS |
Jun-06-10 08:46 PM |
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Israel is not an occupier. It was established by a UN mandate in 1948. |
totodeinhere |
Jun-06-10 09:12 PM |
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I also believe Kurdistan should be its own country again |
uppityperson |
Jun-06-10 09:25 PM |
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re: present far right government |
iandhr |
Jun-06-10 09:34 PM |
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Israel is an occupier, actually |
Chulanowa |
Jun-07-10 02:53 AM |
#136 |
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Tell that to the people forced off their lands and out of their homes |
Tailormyst |
Jun-07-10 09:23 AM |
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the fact is the Jews ARE home in Palestine - ever heard of the diaspora? |
wordpix |
Jun-06-10 10:13 PM |
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Ah yes, the bible |
Chulanowa |
Jun-06-10 11:20 PM |
#74 |
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+1 |
uppityperson |
Jun-07-10 01:53 AM |
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So if the Native Americans wanted their land back they could just |
eagertolearn |
Jun-06-10 11:39 PM |
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The Palestineans were NOT pushed out of their country... |
Techn0Girl |
Jun-07-10 12:13 AM |
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Ask The Arabs How They Felt About The "Mutual Agreement" |
wellst0nev0ter |
Jun-07-10 12:50 AM |
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re: Ask The Arabs How They Felt About The "Mutual Agreement" |
Techn0Girl |
Jun-07-10 01:09 AM |
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One set of occupiers gives it to another set and that is ok? Huh. |
uppityperson |
Jun-07-10 02:36 AM |
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Jun-07-10 02:14 AM |
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"I am sick and tired of people blaming the entire Mideast mess on the Jews and Israel."??? |
uppityperson |
Jun-07-10 01:53 AM |
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I'd be willing to bet that the "Mexicans" |
Plucketeer |
Jun-06-10 08:23 PM |
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Its one thing for Hispanics to come to the US |
yava |
Jun-06-10 08:55 PM |
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Are Hispanic people forcing us into poverty? |
dencol |
Jun-07-10 12:28 AM |
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A living president glibly yammers about how he tortured, and nothing happens |
Plucketeer |
Jun-06-10 08:17 PM |
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I will stand with Helen. Nt |
xchrom |
Jun-06-10 08:28 PM |
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I stand with Helen, too. nt |
HelenWheels |
Jun-06-10 08:31 PM |
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Me, too. |
Peregrine Took |
Jun-06-10 08:37 PM |
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I will, too. |
mbperrin |
Jun-06-10 09:01 PM |
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Not me |
Yupster |
Jun-06-10 08:45 PM |
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THANK YOU |
iandhr |
Jun-06-10 09:02 PM |
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That pain did not give them a free pass to land on |
xchrom |
Jun-06-10 09:40 PM |
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+1 how quickly people forget the 6 million dead, many from Poland & E. Europe |
wordpix |
Jun-06-10 10:19 PM |
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Palestinian propaganda... |
iandhr |
Jun-06-10 09:16 PM |
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What is anti-semitic? |
yava |
Jun-06-10 09:36 PM |
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How DARE The Arabs Reject A Patently Unfair Offer |
wellst0nev0ter |
Jun-07-10 01:01 AM |
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I stand with Helen, also...She's been a questioner...she's tired of Gibbs pandering |
KoKo |
Jun-06-10 09:33 PM |
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Same here n/t |
OhioChick |
Jun-06-10 09:39 PM |
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Me also. |
webDude |
Jun-06-10 10:35 PM |
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Helens outburst should be a lesson to us all |
WileEcoyote |
Jun-06-10 08:31 PM |
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Deleted. |
Peregrine Took |
Jun-06-10 08:36 PM |
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Some people are judged by the statements they make. |
City Lights |
Jun-06-10 09:07 PM |
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She is an excellent word smith IMO |
goclark |
Jun-06-10 09:09 PM |
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what was the sad part? |
subsuelo |
Jun-06-10 09:18 PM |
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That she made statements essentially aligning herself with Hamas |
WileEcoyote |
Jun-07-10 03:12 AM |
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oh ok, thanks. Yup she's clearly a terrorist. n/t |
subsuelo |
Jun-07-10 08:04 AM |
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So Granny fell off her Rocker |
Interloper |
Jun-06-10 08:35 PM |
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Cowards. Running away from criticism because of fear. Yet, |
sabrina 1 |
Jun-06-10 08:45 PM |
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And Glen Beck calls for murder of public officials and gets to call it a joke |
Chulanowa |
Jun-06-10 08:49 PM |
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Indeed. |
City Lights |
Jun-06-10 09:08 PM |
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Wait a minute .... |
humbled_opinion |
Jun-06-10 08:51 PM |
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She has earned the ridicule and exclusion from the speaking agency. |
jefferson_dem |
Jun-06-10 09:12 PM |
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That's your prejudiced. Anti-Palestinian and dare I say racist opinion. Nt |
xchrom |
Jun-06-10 09:47 PM |
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You have the right to say what you please.... |
Techn0Girl |
Jun-06-10 10:03 PM |
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+1 the fact that none of the Arab nations are offering anything to the Palestinians except maybe |
wordpix |
Jun-06-10 10:23 PM |
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Like what, for example? |
Chulanowa |
Jun-06-10 11:26 PM |
#75 |
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as the expert, why don't you figure it out? |
wordpix |
Jun-06-10 11:37 PM |
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I'm not hte one claiming that other Arab nations owe Palestinians anything |
Chulanowa |
Jun-07-10 02:03 AM |
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Hey - Here's a clue.... |
Techn0Girl |
Jun-07-10 12:03 AM |
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Well, why should the Arabs give them land? |
Chulanowa |
Jun-07-10 02:01 AM |
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because they're Arab and most have roots in those Arab states? |
wordpix |
Jun-07-10 10:22 AM |
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Exactly. |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Jun-06-10 10:44 PM |
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Trust me, it isn't about that at all. |
spoony |
Jun-06-10 10:20 PM |
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My racist opinion? |
jefferson_dem |
Jun-07-10 05:52 AM |
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Bizzarre to read posts defending hate speech on a liberal board. |
Psephos |
Jun-06-10 09:22 PM |
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It is also "bizarre" to hear so much outcry over partially quoted interchange |
uppityperson |
Jun-06-10 09:27 PM |
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That's just a partial transcript of the exchange |
marshall |
Jun-06-10 10:08 PM |
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link or transcript please? I'd be happy to read more. |
uppityperson |
Jun-07-10 02:38 AM |
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It's not hard to find |
marshall |
Jun-07-10 06:59 AM |
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Thank you for a link but I see no more there than what I transcribed |
uppityperson |
Jun-07-10 08:04 PM |
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Note that the interviewer directs Ms. Thomas to Jews as opposed to Israel |
marshall |
Jun-07-10 09:08 PM |
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She answers when he says "where should they go", then he interjects |
uppityperson |
Jun-08-10 12:10 AM |
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There are indigenous people looking down the |
xchrom |
Jun-06-10 09:52 PM |
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If you are saying I'm bigoted against bigots, then...I will have to agree. n/t |
Psephos |
Jun-06-10 10:07 PM |
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Except that legitimate political support for the Palestinians... |
Chulanowa |
Jun-06-10 10:36 PM |
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Had a Republican said this, the reaction would be far different. |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Jun-06-10 10:39 PM |
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Jewish citizens of Israel should have the right to return to their original homelands. |
David__77 |
Jun-06-10 10:56 PM |
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if they want to but why would they if they've made a good life in Israel? |
wordpix |
Jun-06-10 11:40 PM |
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I do not believe is compulsory transfer of Jews or non-Jews. |
David__77 |
Jun-06-10 11:56 PM |
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Excuse me while I have a WTF moment.... |
Techn0Girl |
Jun-07-10 12:08 AM |
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You clearly do not understand what I said. |
David__77 |
Jun-07-10 12:20 AM |
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So let me get this straight... |
Techn0Girl |
Jun-06-10 09:54 PM |
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Will the "anti-occupiers" here give up your homes & properties to Native Americans? |
wordpix |
Jun-06-10 10:30 PM |
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Hi there. I'm a Native American |
Chulanowa |
Jun-06-10 10:49 PM |
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don't put words in my mouth. What was done to native peoples in America |
wordpix |
Jun-06-10 11:10 PM |
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Yeah ... it;s great that you're claiming to be some part Native American .... |
Techn0Girl |
Jun-06-10 11:55 PM |
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Jun-07-10 01:56 AM |
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"In every single surrounding Moslim nation she has to hide her face and worse" What about Turkey? |
uppityperson |
Jun-07-10 02:42 AM |
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Yeah, you should get it straight |
Chulanowa |
Jun-06-10 10:43 PM |
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yes and California, Arizona & New Mexico were all once Mexico, so? |
wordpix |
Jun-06-10 10:51 PM |
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Well, you evidently really want to grasp at this straw |
Chulanowa |
Jun-07-10 01:11 AM |
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you evidently want to turn back the clock instead of coming up with solutions |
wordpix |
Jun-07-10 10:20 AM |
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I think you should get it straight because.... |
Techn0Girl |
Jun-06-10 11:45 PM |
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We're talking about Helen Thomas |
Chulanowa |
Jun-07-10 12:23 AM |
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You're the one who brought up all the occupier stuff.... |
Techn0Girl |
Jun-07-10 01:04 AM |
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Actually I didn't, but thanks for playing. |
Chulanowa |
Jun-07-10 01:18 AM |
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Actually you did.... |
Techn0Girl |
Jun-07-10 01:20 AM |
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Jun-07-10 01:57 AM |
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keep calling people names, Chulanowa: "confused, occupier, racist" |
wordpix |
Jun-07-10 10:14 AM |
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Many say all politics is local, but I think |
Yupster |
Jun-07-10 01:09 AM |
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From daily kos |
iandhr |
Jun-06-10 09:56 PM |
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I admire her sentiment ... |
and-justice-for-all |
Jun-06-10 10:34 PM |
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Hmmm...funny how free speech can cost you plenty if you decide to speak against the wrong people. |
NoodleyAppendage |
Jun-06-10 10:48 PM |
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hmmm, funny how telling victims of genocide to go back to where they were annihilated |
wordpix |
Jun-06-10 10:53 PM |
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Israel was created in 1947 from land that belonged to some other people at the time. |
NoodleyAppendage |
Jun-06-10 11:16 PM |
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you know, you cannot turn back history, you just have to try to make things better & |
wordpix |
Jun-06-10 11:39 PM |
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And the U.S. ws forcibly taken by the murder of millions of native Americans.... |
Techn0Girl |
Jun-06-10 11:58 PM |
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Re: Israel was created in 1947 from land that belonged to some other people at the time. |
Techn0Girl |
Jun-07-10 12:16 AM |
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Perhaps you are unaware that the British were placing European Jews |
mbperrin |
Jun-07-10 12:40 AM |
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Yeah, it belonged to Britain. |
proteus_lives |
Jun-07-10 12:58 AM |
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Strange, I Remember The Arabs Only Getting 43 Percent Of Mandatory Palestine |
wellst0nev0ter |
Jun-07-10 01:08 AM |
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Correction. |
proteus_lives |
Jun-07-10 01:26 AM |
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Well, if you want to get technical... |
Chulanowa |
Jun-07-10 02:20 AM |
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Does international law apply to the states that kept attacking Israel? |
proteus_lives |
Jun-07-10 02:23 AM |
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No, it's conquest |
Chulanowa |
Jun-07-10 02:32 AM |
#128 |
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Same blah, blah. |
proteus_lives |
Jun-07-10 02:38 AM |
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I prefer to eat by myself |
Chulanowa |
Jun-07-10 03:02 AM |
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"Moving aside Chulanowa'a boilerplate insinuations of racism" |
proteus_lives |
Jun-07-10 03:17 AM |
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There is a lesson here. |
David__77 |
Jun-06-10 11:00 PM |
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This doesnt negate that she is an incredible journalist |
Dragonbreathp9d |
Jun-06-10 11:04 PM |
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not an anti-Semite??? |
tazme |
Jun-06-10 11:33 PM |
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She certainy was an incredible journalist.... |
Techn0Girl |
Jun-07-10 01:24 AM |
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She is capable of truth! Grab that woman and hold her up to the light. We need more like her! |
earcandle |
Jun-07-10 12:11 AM |
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The jews should have been |
deuce1 |
Jun-07-10 12:32 AM |
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The jews should have been taken home |
Techn0Girl |
Jun-07-10 01:17 AM |
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"taken home"? Where they were annihilated & blamed for all the ills in their nations? |
wordpix |
Jun-07-10 10:25 AM |
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"Israel is the cause of all the trouble in the ME" ---this is the Arab anti-Jewish meme |
wordpix |
Jun-07-10 10:31 AM |
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Good, I hope she never gets work again. |
proteus_lives |
Jun-07-10 12:50 AM |
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That is despicable. One of our greatest journalists once says something out of line in anger and |
saracat |
Jun-07-10 02:05 AM |
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Would you be saying the same thing if she was talking about arabs, black, asians, whites? |
proteus_lives |
Jun-07-10 02:07 AM |
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If the circumstances were the same, probably. But as the circumstances will never historically be |
saracat |
Jun-07-10 02:14 AM |
#121 |
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In other words, no. |
proteus_lives |
Jun-07-10 02:18 AM |
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What I am saying is an entire history of valuable contributions should not be negated by one |
saracat |
Jun-07-10 11:26 AM |
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Jun-07-10 02:22 AM |
#125 |
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You're adorable. |
proteus_lives |
Jun-07-10 02:26 AM |
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Jun-07-10 02:35 AM |
#129 |
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Now you have some explaining to do. |
proteus_lives |
Jun-07-10 02:41 AM |
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How convenient. Shameful n/t |
Catherina |
Jun-07-10 12:58 AM |
#98 |
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I support Helen. This story is a good distraction from the slaughter by the Israeli |
avaistheone1 |
Jun-07-10 01:17 AM |
#107 |
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Antisemitism should not be tolerated in the white house press corps. |
citizen snips |
Jun-07-10 02:17 AM |
#122 |
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