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Thu Sep-20-07 02:12 PM
Response to Reply #144 |
| 145. It appears people are choosing up sides rather than -- |
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supporting the broader issue of free speech.
You can't just support free speech when you agree with it. The real test of supporting free speech is the ability to grit your teeth and tolerate POVs you don't want to hear.
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| -God bless Andrew Meyers, a true American patriot |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 07:14 PM |
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I can't help it.... |
malta blue |
Sep-18-07 07:18 PM |
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Yeah, nothing more American than staging your 15 minutes of fame for the cameras. |
wienerdoggie |
Sep-18-07 07:19 PM |
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Prayer to Saint Andrew |
cali |
Sep-18-07 07:22 PM |
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LOL! |
wienerdoggie |
Sep-18-07 07:34 PM |
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Love it! |
book_worm |
Sep-19-07 06:13 PM |
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Why do you think the poor guy should have been tasered? |
taterguy |
Sep-21-07 06:25 AM |
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God bless Larry Craig. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Sep-18-07 07:24 PM |
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and don't forget the ever loving mark foley |
spanone |
Sep-18-07 07:25 PM |
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And hpw quickly we forget--Phil Parlock... nt |
blondeatlast |
Sep-19-07 07:21 PM |
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LOL! |
cali |
Sep-18-07 07:39 PM |
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Will his tasering be on tv? I don't want to miss it! |
eleny |
Sep-18-07 07:44 PM |
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The only thing he cared about was getting attention. |
durrrty libby |
Sep-18-07 07:27 PM |
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makes no difference |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 07:28 PM |
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You can say that again |
brentspeak |
Sep-18-07 07:35 PM |
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Yeah, if it was just a question, it kinda went on for a while |
LittleClarkie |
Sep-18-07 07:48 PM |
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apparently he had interrupted the previous questioner |
onenote |
Sep-18-07 10:37 PM |
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He was tasered for our sins. |
chimpsrsmarter |
Sep-18-07 07:27 PM |
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lol ... ...............and for resisting arrest. |
durrrty libby |
Sep-18-07 07:34 PM |
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He has a right to resist arrest |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 07:36 PM |
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you have the right to bear the consequences of resisting as well |
Capn Sunshine |
Sep-18-07 07:41 PM |
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Is it your impression that this is what the young man wanted? |
LittleClarkie |
Sep-18-07 07:51 PM |
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How did it feel to be tasered? |
eleny |
Sep-18-07 07:53 PM |
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Depends on what was going on before the video started I suppose |
LittleClarkie |
Sep-18-07 07:48 PM |
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he has the right to resist an "unlawful" arrest -- and what is 'unlawful' is narrowly defined |
onenote |
Sep-18-07 11:04 PM |
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God bless obnoxious assholes. |
Connie_Corleone |
Sep-18-07 07:28 PM |
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He should have fought back, he has a right to |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 07:35 PM |
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He was fighting back, that's why he got tasered. |
Connie_Corleone |
Sep-18-07 07:38 PM |
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Yeah right... he was disturbing the peace and acting in a beligerant manner |
ddeclue |
Sep-18-07 07:39 PM |
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asking questions is not disturbing the peace |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 08:47 PM |
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Apparently, Meyer has a long history with being an attention whore |
brentspeak |
Sep-18-07 07:40 PM |
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so what? |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 08:02 PM |
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Yeah, the Kent State students deserved it, too |
OzarkDem |
Sep-19-07 08:42 PM |
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Good grief, the kid is an annoying little prick. |
Harper_is_Bush |
Sep-18-07 07:31 PM |
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oh yes, annoying little pricks deserve to be electrocuted |
orleans |
Sep-19-07 07:42 PM |
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Dear Andrew, bummer, dude... |
Rick Myers |
Sep-18-07 07:36 PM |
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Yes, denying others their free speech then causing an incident to no purpose |
jpgray |
Sep-18-07 07:37 PM |
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Me Machine |
DURHAM D |
Sep-18-07 07:47 PM |
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Indeed. And to his credit Kerry had wanted to answer. |
LittleClarkie |
Sep-18-07 08:04 PM |
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and maybe if kerry had talked a little louder into his mic the cops would have |
orleans |
Sep-19-07 07:46 PM |
#132 |
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All the time. |
girlquick |
Sep-18-07 08:42 PM |
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he INTERRUPTED the person who had been told theirs was the last question... |
Scout |
Sep-18-07 10:29 PM |
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oh so interrupting warrants arrest |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 11:16 PM |
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oh for fuck's sake, how ridiculous can you get? |
Scout |
Sep-19-07 07:21 PM |
#127 |
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So now it's a civil right |
vincent_vega_lives |
Sep-20-07 02:21 PM |
#146 |
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thats not what happened |
subsuelo |
Sep-21-07 05:36 AM |
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Actually...if you cared to look...IT IS |
vincent_vega_lives |
Sep-21-07 12:11 PM |
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Exactly Girlquick! One minute and under forty seconds |
truedelphi |
Sep-19-07 11:19 AM |
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A-MEN. NT. |
baby_mouse |
Sep-21-07 05:44 AM |
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Tasers are evil |
fedupfisherman |
Sep-18-07 07:38 PM |
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Is there room for his likeness on Mt. Rushmore? |
Throd |
Sep-18-07 07:38 PM |
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Get in line behind Grover Norquist |
ProudToBeBlueInRhody |
Sep-18-07 08:30 PM |
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Agree, K & R |
OzarkDem |
Sep-18-07 07:39 PM |
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Michelle Malkin sure does |
marekjed |
Sep-19-07 02:02 PM |
#115 |
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Do you write for The Onion? |
cali |
Sep-18-07 07:40 PM |
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Did Kerry EVER have a rider that directed security to deal forcefully with dissenters |
blm |
Sep-18-07 07:42 PM |
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you replying to the original post? |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 07:45 PM |
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You lumped him in with the others from both parties who DO stifle dissent. |
blm |
Sep-18-07 08:04 PM |
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You're understanding of free speech isn't exactly constitutional |
midlife_mo_Jo |
Sep-18-07 07:46 PM |
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You did good. |
DURHAM D |
Sep-18-07 07:55 PM |
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Watch the video again |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 07:55 PM |
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Who died and made you God? Good grief. n/t |
DURHAM D |
Sep-18-07 08:01 PM |
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what are you talking about? |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 08:03 PM |
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Deleted message |
Name removed |
Sep-18-07 08:05 PM |
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show me what's offensive |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 08:21 PM |
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Ok - |
DURHAM D |
Sep-18-07 08:54 PM |
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Awww, thanks. |
midlife_mo_Jo |
Sep-18-07 09:44 PM |
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I've seen several videos. |
midlife_mo_Jo |
Sep-18-07 10:00 PM |
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Totally agree ... thank you for some sense |
aaronbees |
Sep-18-07 09:11 PM |
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big difference between disruption and asking tough questions of a politician |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 10:21 PM |
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A lot of people ask tough questions... |
aaronbees |
Sep-18-07 10:36 PM |
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Are you aware that this disruptor used up all of one minute and thirty seconds of time |
truedelphi |
Sep-19-07 11:25 AM |
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St. Kerry of Massachusetts also has a right to be heard |
LittleClarkie |
Sep-18-07 07:49 PM |
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He got what was comming to him |
JohnnyJupiter |
Sep-18-07 07:55 PM |
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Get real. |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 07:59 PM |
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YOU get real. |
JohnnyJupiter |
Sep-18-07 08:20 PM |
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Hey WE are not all idiots. I agree with you . I have read the accounts of people |
durrrty libby |
Sep-18-07 08:32 PM |
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are you saying that a loud mouth warrants a tasering? |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 09:13 PM |
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he wasn't tasered for having a big mouth... |
Scout |
Sep-18-07 10:42 PM |
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Please don't act so stupid. |
durrrty libby |
Sep-19-07 04:57 AM |
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democracy is crumbling in front of our eyes |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 08:33 PM |
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No, common sense is crumbling before our eyes |
durrrty libby |
Sep-19-07 06:26 AM |
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We are not all like him. |
saddlesore |
Sep-18-07 10:45 PM |
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Students put on this event. These same students rang up the fuzz |
durrrty libby |
Sep-18-07 08:25 PM |
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Apparently these students |
marekjed |
Sep-19-07 02:10 PM |
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Facts |
vincent_vega_lives |
Sep-20-07 02:33 PM |
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yeah, welcomming to DU |
Bluebear |
Sep-18-07 08:05 PM |
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The manner in which he asked the questions |
SecularMotion |
Sep-18-07 08:23 PM |
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One third of the time? Are you kidding? Are U aware of how long he spoke? |
truedelphi |
Sep-19-07 11:29 AM |
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Why is DU suddenly bogged down with such trivial bullshit? |
Fly by night |
Sep-18-07 08:26 PM |
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It's an accumulation of "trivialities" such as this |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 08:54 PM |
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tabloid trivia? A conversation about police force? |
Bluebear |
Sep-18-07 09:11 PM |
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moving towards fascist police state is apparently just a triviality |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 11:25 PM |
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The Irony amuses me (n/t) |
vincent_vega_lives |
Sep-20-07 02:24 PM |
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Well, for starters |
midlife_mo_Jo |
Sep-18-07 09:48 PM |
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I have watched the video. I have read Kerry's statements. I am aware of the punishment ... |
Fly by night |
Sep-19-07 08:19 AM |
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I've heard the audio in the OJ case |
midlife_mo_Jo |
Sep-19-07 10:22 PM |
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Cue Lee Greenwood's "Proud To Be An American" |
ProudToBeBlueInRhody |
Sep-18-07 08:28 PM |
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Don't forget the "Soy Bomb Dancer" during the performance by Bob Dylan! |
peacebaby3 |
Sep-19-07 12:35 PM |
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. |
johnnie |
Sep-18-07 08:45 PM |
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Allison, on K.Obermann's Countdown, should be fired!!! |
goforit |
Sep-18-07 08:48 PM |
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yeah right...it is exactly the same |
durrrty libby |
Sep-18-07 09:10 PM |
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What about the free speech rights of the people in line he cut in front of? |
Telly Savalas |
Sep-18-07 09:17 PM |
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Most of His Supporters Would Say Subject Matter. n/t |
cherokeeprogressive |
Sep-18-07 09:50 PM |
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if that were true |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 10:30 PM |
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you are just too much ... look how much you've got your panties in a wad |
Scout |
Sep-18-07 10:46 PM |
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Please don't lose heart. Standing up for jerks' civil rights is not easy. |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-18-07 11:09 PM |
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Thank you |
subsuelo |
Sep-18-07 11:12 PM |
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If it was against the law to be a bore, jerk, idiot, or |
Cookie wookie |
Sep-18-07 10:53 PM |
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If it were against the law |
Puglover |
Sep-19-07 07:03 AM |
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Hey, if they cared so much about free speech, |
DuStrange |
Sep-19-07 11:00 PM |
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All You Have To Do To Be An American Patriot These Days Is Be An Irrational Insane Asshole? |
OPERATIONMINDCRIME |
Sep-18-07 09:49 PM |
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Damn right! K&R! n/t |
wildbilln864 |
Sep-18-07 09:51 PM |
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Watch out! Some "law and order" above all else types evaluate him to be "an asshole" |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-18-07 10:48 PM |
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A self-confessed heckler is a "true American Patriot"? |
ProSense |
Sep-18-07 10:48 PM |
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Here's what he said: |
Cookie wookie |
Sep-18-07 11:10 PM |
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I watched the videos many times over, and read some in-person accounts |
ProSense |
Sep-18-07 11:16 PM |
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and ... ? |
subsuelo |
Sep-21-07 05:15 PM |
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Oh, please. The guy is a self-centered jerk looking for attention. |
TwilightZone |
Sep-18-07 11:04 PM |
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Then for the love of all that is polite and for democracy, ZAP HIS ASS!!! |
ShortnFiery |
Sep-18-07 11:06 PM |
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I'll take the word of eyewitnesses over the self-defined experts around here, thanks. |
TwilightZone |
Sep-18-07 11:11 PM |
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Here, you can be an eyewitness too :) |
Bluebear |
Sep-19-07 04:59 AM |
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Would you have Washington, Jefferson or maybe John Adams tasered as well? |
sleipnir |
Sep-19-07 08:06 AM |
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Ah, yes, he's right up there with the Founding Fathers. |
TwilightZone |
Sep-19-07 11:43 AM |
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Washington, Jefferson and Adams took their chances by becoming enemies of |
mondo joe |
Sep-19-07 07:32 PM |
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Rosa Parks isn't fit to shine his shoes! |
Starbucks Anarchist |
Sep-18-07 11:13 PM |
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Watch out for lightnening strikes |
Marrah_G |
Sep-19-07 11:29 AM |
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Good grief... |
karlrschneider |
Sep-19-07 05:15 AM |
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Jesus Christ in pawn shop! This is getting nuts |
Stuckinthebush |
Sep-19-07 08:11 AM |
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Fuck that noise....he was spoiling for a fight and got zapped for it... |
truebrit71 |
Sep-19-07 11:30 AM |
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I hope the next time someone actually flings a bag of flaming poo at a protest |
WildEyedLiberal |
Sep-19-07 11:31 AM |
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flinging a bag a flaming poo would more likely warrant arrest |
subsuelo |
Sep-19-07 06:54 PM |
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No but violent erratic screaming and throwing punches at cops does. |
WildEyedLiberal |
Sep-19-07 07:20 PM |
#125 |
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Am I the only one to find the OP |
2rth2pwr |
Sep-19-07 11:49 AM |
#111 |
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oh please |
subsuelo |
Sep-19-07 12:37 PM |
#113 |
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These are laws enacted by Chavez and his legislature |
2rth2pwr |
Sep-19-07 12:52 PM |
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And these are U.S. laws |
subsuelo |
Sep-19-07 06:12 PM |
#119 |
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and don't forget this |
2rth2pwr |
Sep-19-07 02:35 PM |
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Society cannot allow the private sector to do whatever it wants |
subsuelo |
Sep-19-07 02:47 PM |
#118 |
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Uh, the swiftboaters were also "true American patriots." |
dailykoff |
Sep-19-07 06:52 PM |
#121 |
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I'm gonna call the pope - he's a SAINT |
nini |
Sep-19-07 06:56 PM |
#123 |
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No he's a GOD! A living breathing incarnation! |
dailykoff |
Sep-19-07 07:12 PM |
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hehe |
nini |
Sep-19-07 07:28 PM |
#128 |
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He called media attention |
OzarkDem |
Sep-19-07 08:40 PM |
#135 |
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Anyone that gives a shit already knows about Palast's book |
nini |
Sep-19-07 09:31 PM |
#137 |
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God Bless Clueless Automatons praising sophmoric demogogues |
zulchzulu |
Sep-19-07 07:40 PM |
#130 |
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so being a self serving ass warrants police violence? |
subsuelo |
Sep-19-07 08:19 PM |
#133 |
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So butting in line and commandeering a Q/A and then fighting cops is OK? |
zulchzulu |
Sep-19-07 08:37 PM |
#134 |
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the cops could have just pulled the mic |
subsuelo |
Sep-20-07 04:20 AM |
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Activism means getting in people's faces. |
AtomicKitten |
Sep-19-07 09:42 PM |
#138 |
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Thats great if you agree with the activist |
Throd |
Sep-19-07 11:18 PM |
#141 |
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Content is not criteria for free speech. |
AtomicKitten |
Sep-20-07 10:57 AM |
#143 |
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great quote |
subsuelo |
Sep-20-07 01:02 PM |
#144 |
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It appears people are choosing up sides rather than -- |
AtomicKitten |
Sep-20-07 02:12 PM |
#145 |
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But he isn't an activist |
Marrah_G |
Sep-21-07 12:13 PM |
#153 |
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