chieftain
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Tue Jun-09-09 06:58 AM
Response to Reply #11 |
| 53. I am ambivalent about her. |
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She does some of the best interviews on TV but sometimes her need for ideological purity irks me.
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| - I sure didn't appreciate Rachel's snide little put down of HST. |
chieftain |
Jun-08-09 08:26 PM |
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I thought you meant Hunter S. Thompson! |
rockymountaindem |
Jun-08-09 08:30 PM |
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Me too! |
DrToast |
Jun-08-09 08:47 PM |
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Hubble Space Telescope. |
lapfog_1 |
Jun-08-09 10:16 PM |
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Hormone systemic therapy? nt |
Honeycombe8 |
Jun-09-09 09:44 PM |
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There weren't a lot of civil Rights advocates anywhere! He did the |
firedupdem |
Jun-08-09 08:33 PM |
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The things you miss when you watch Jon and Kate instead..... |
Clio the Leo |
Jun-08-09 08:35 PM |
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I don't live in the US anymore |
shellgame26 |
Jun-09-09 02:36 AM |
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In short.... |
Clio the Leo |
Jun-09-09 08:48 AM |
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Thanks! |
shellgame26 |
Jun-09-09 09:31 PM |
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Rachel spoke the truth. I'm sure some could find someone that might |
Hieronymus |
Jun-08-09 08:37 PM |
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Yes she did, and I also think the reason Obama isn''t going to |
napi21 |
Jun-08-09 08:46 PM |
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Hard when the Supreme Court refused to hear it. Obama could stop |
Hieronymus |
Jun-08-09 08:49 PM |
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Here's one source that disagrees with you and Rachel on HST. |
chieftain |
Jun-08-09 08:54 PM |
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* |
Clio the Leo |
Jun-08-09 10:58 PM |
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Uh, HST did something symbolic, the military just ignored it. |
boppers |
Jun-08-09 08:49 PM |
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It was the Korean War, not HST that desegregated the military |
Kaleva |
Jun-08-09 09:08 PM |
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You're not allowed to say the Army ignored Truman. "Truman desegregated" is now official DU myth. |
HamdenRice |
Jun-08-09 09:51 PM |
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I didn't know that the Army ignored Truman until today |
Kaleva |
Jun-08-09 10:18 PM |
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The Army may have, but the Air Force led the way... |
damonm |
Jun-08-09 11:51 PM |
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Yes, probably because of the experience with the 332nd Fighter Group (Tuskeegee Airmen) ... |
HamdenRice |
Jun-09-09 06:04 AM |
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That story doesn't surprise me, unfortunately. |
damonm |
Jun-09-09 12:39 PM |
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The Navy came in a close 2nd. Army put up a fight against it. |
Kaleva |
Jun-09-09 10:03 AM |
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And the reality based community also knows |
ruggerson |
Jun-08-09 11:53 PM |
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Exactly. |
chieftain |
Jun-09-09 06:58 AM |
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Well, we are in two wars... |
Starry Messenger |
Jun-09-09 01:01 AM |
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I like Rachel but she is really trying my nerves! |
Political Tiger |
Jun-08-09 09:14 PM |
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I am ambivalent about her. |
chieftain |
Jun-09-09 06:58 AM |
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Why am I not surprised? (nt) |
Tarheel_Dem |
Jun-08-09 09:29 PM |
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wasn't as annoying |
CTLawGuy |
Jun-08-09 09:34 PM |
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Truman was an anticommunist. Do the math. |
Jim Sagle |
Jun-08-09 09:42 PM |
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I don't think she meant that as a slap to Harry Truman |
jkshaw |
Jun-08-09 09:43 PM |
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There's evidence that Truman made a number of racist statments. He was not pure. NT |
ShortnFiery |
Jun-08-09 09:45 PM |
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For example ... |
ShortnFiery |
Jun-08-09 10:01 PM |
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But his actions were positive, at least in his integration of the armed forces |
rockymountaindem |
Jun-08-09 10:17 PM |
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Yes, but I don't think you'll get folks of Japanese descent to have any "warm regards" |
ShortnFiery |
Jun-08-09 11:15 PM |
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Harry Truman didn't order the internment of Japanese-Americans |
rockymountaindem |
Jun-08-09 11:37 PM |
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No, but he did NOT have much respect for the Japanese. It was NOT the best card as there |
ShortnFiery |
Jun-08-09 11:42 PM |
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If you believe Truman began the "trend" of pre-emptive strikes, you should see the outbreak of WWI |
rockymountaindem |
Jun-08-09 11:46 PM |
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Hint. |
ShortnFiery |
Jun-08-09 11:52 PM |
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Or the outbreak of WWII in the Pacific |
JVS |
Jun-09-09 12:24 AM |
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Truman launched a pre-emptive strike against Imperial Japan? |
Kaleva |
Jun-09-09 12:18 AM |
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... |
ShortnFiery |
Jun-09-09 12:38 AM |
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That's not preemptive |
Kaleva |
Jun-09-09 01:34 AM |
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self delete |
Kaleva |
Jun-09-09 12:18 AM |
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How did he begin "this HORRIFIC trend of Pre-Emptive Strikes in modern warfare."? |
JVS |
Jun-09-09 12:21 AM |
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What Nation is the ONLY one to use |
ShortnFiery |
Jun-09-09 12:37 AM |
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That's not what preemptive means. |
JVS |
Jun-09-09 01:07 AM |
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Pre-emptive annhiliation then? ... the beginning of the end ... to all of humanity. NT |
ShortnFiery |
Jun-09-09 01:14 AM |
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um, genius, japan attacked us first...... |
dionysus |
Jun-09-09 09:50 AM |
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um, professor, I'm specifically referring to annihilation. USA only nation to use the A bomb. |
ShortnFiery |
Jun-09-09 12:42 PM |
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No, you specifically used the word pre-emptive. Also you claimed a trend. A trend that ended... |
JVS |
Jun-09-09 01:06 PM |
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I corrected myself. Unlike most, I'm willing to restate. But keep focusing on my error because |
ShortnFiery |
Jun-09-09 05:42 PM |
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Not August and RockyMountainDem is already defending dropping 2 nukes on civiilians! |
Bonobo |
Jun-09-09 12:17 AM |
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Furthermore...Truman was a political opponent of the KKK in MO in the mid-1920s. |
ellisonz |
Jun-09-09 07:36 AM |
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It is not remarkable that Truman growing up when and where |
chieftain |
Jun-09-09 07:02 AM |
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My Favorite Truman Quote: |
cherokeeprogressive |
Jun-08-09 11:30 PM |
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Hitler had undertaken a serious effort to acquire the Atomic Bomb. |
ellisonz |
Jun-09-09 07:43 AM |
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Most White men... |
Rebubula |
Jun-09-09 06:52 AM |
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And that makes it acceptable? How? n/t |
Raineyb |
Jun-09-09 11:13 AM |
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Context. |
verges |
Jun-09-09 10:05 PM |
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so what? I'd rather have a racist do the right thing |
ecstatic |
Jun-09-09 09:52 PM |
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I had to read your post again to figure out who Rachel is that you referenced. |
LiberalFighter |
Jun-08-09 10:53 PM |
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What I find amusing are the commercials for the Rachel show.... |
Clio the Leo |
Jun-08-09 10:58 PM |
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Allowing black men and white men to die side by side for American... |
mitchum |
Jun-08-09 11:07 PM |
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Blacks fought alongside whites in the Revolutionary War |
Kaleva |
Jun-08-09 11:25 PM |
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Hawaiian Standard Time? |
masuki bance |
Jun-08-09 11:35 PM |
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Rachel's problem is that she thinks she's smarter and |
JamesA1102 |
Jun-09-09 12:45 AM |
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I find her humble. She's willing to accept alternative sources than what the |
ShortnFiery |
Jun-09-09 01:17 AM |
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On some issues |
JamesA1102 |
Jun-09-09 04:37 PM |
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Not to sound facetious...but she is smarter than most... |
rasputin1952 |
Jun-09-09 06:58 AM |
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The jumping of Rachel here is because she stands up for |
Bluenorthwest |
Jun-09-09 07:32 AM |
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Rhodes scholarship aside... |
rasputin1952 |
Jun-09-09 07:48 AM |
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I agree except for one thing |
Bluenorthwest |
Jun-09-09 08:23 AM |
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Not trying to sound trite... |
rasputin1952 |
Jun-09-09 01:58 PM |
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Being smarter and thinking you're smarter are two different things |
JamesA1102 |
Jun-09-09 04:40 PM |
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I like her, but I stopped listening to her opinions when she thought Obama was losing the election. |
Dawgs |
Jun-09-09 07:22 AM |
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Interesting timeline on the intergration of the military |
Kaleva |
Jun-09-09 01:17 AM |
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I don't understand why the truth bothers people so much. |
RufusH |
Jun-09-09 07:33 AM |
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She really should stop faking it. |
ellisonz |
Jun-09-09 08:02 AM |
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I stopped watching her when her show became the "Rachel Maddow and Jonathan Turley Hour" |
scheming daemons |
Jun-09-09 12:44 PM |
#71 |
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