malaise
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Sat Dec-06-08 03:11 PM
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| 12. Pedro mentioned it on WJ this morning |
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and I decided to read it for myself. It is a great article.
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| -Great Op Ed by BIll Ayers |
malaise |
Dec-06-08 07:49 AM |
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Excellent! I was hoping he would come out with his thoughts. |
Frustratedlady |
Dec-06-08 08:17 AM |
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Rethugs are obsessed with the anti-Vietnam war |
malaise |
Dec-06-08 08:28 AM |
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He did the difficult, yet honorable thing. |
SalmonChantedEvening |
Dec-06-08 08:30 AM |
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Anytime |
malaise |
Dec-06-08 08:32 AM |
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Ayers is NOT honorable. He is a revolting egotistical beast . |
saracat |
Dec-07-08 12:29 AM |
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You just lost my respect |
tkmorris |
Dec-07-08 05:43 AM |
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I marched against the Vietnam war! I was one of those people who |
saracat |
Dec-07-08 10:55 AM |
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I like. He deserves credit for putting his life .... |
PaulHo |
Dec-06-08 08:36 AM |
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You said: But it was *nothing* compared to what the US gov't was doing to SE ASIA. |
Frustratedlady |
Dec-06-08 08:41 AM |
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And they continue to rinse, repeat, recycle |
malaise |
Dec-06-08 01:57 PM |
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The Problem is that all of those people that pushed the Vietnam |
MadMaddie |
Dec-06-08 09:08 PM |
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agreed |
crazylikafox |
Dec-07-08 05:47 PM |
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Great article, Malaise! |
Kajsa |
Dec-06-08 02:03 PM |
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Pedro mentioned it on WJ this morning |
malaise |
Dec-06-08 03:11 PM |
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What a thoughtful and well writtten piece. |
kineta |
Dec-06-08 02:11 PM |
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Bill Ayers was a guest on "This Is Hell" this morning. He was great. |
Robbien |
Dec-06-08 02:24 PM |
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Thanks I'd love to hear him |
malaise |
Dec-06-08 03:09 PM |
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He's got a great speaking voice |
Robbien |
Dec-06-08 03:29 PM |
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He's still an ass. |
rug |
Dec-06-08 03:23 PM |
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How old are you? |
Warren Stupidity |
Dec-06-08 03:51 PM |
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58. And his narcissistic adventurism did more to prolong the war than to stop it. |
rug |
Dec-06-08 03:58 PM |
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And you know this how? |
malaise |
Dec-06-08 04:00 PM |
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I know people spent an awful lot of time talking about assholes with bombs instead of |
rug |
Dec-06-08 04:04 PM |
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well that proves it |
Warren Stupidity |
Dec-06-08 04:15 PM |
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There were half a million people marching in Washington before Ayers built his first bomb. |
rug |
Dec-06-08 04:19 PM |
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And there were huge nationwide protests after. |
Warren Stupidity |
Dec-06-08 04:32 PM |
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The WUO was a fringe, at best, to the antiwar movement. |
rug |
Dec-06-08 04:39 PM |
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Ah well then, as a fringe it had little or no effect. |
Warren Stupidity |
Dec-06-08 04:40 PM |
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Amen. You are absolutely spot on! |
saracat |
Dec-07-08 11:48 AM |
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Correct. It de-legitimized the anti-war movement. nt |
MookieWilson |
Dec-06-08 06:07 PM |
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Correct. |
saracat |
Dec-07-08 12:31 AM |
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right |
Warren Stupidity |
Dec-06-08 04:13 PM |
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I parachuted into Hanoi with a satchel of signed petitions. |
rug |
Dec-06-08 04:17 PM |
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Or not. |
Warren Stupidity |
Dec-06-08 04:33 PM |
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An ass that set off explosives. NOT cool. nt |
MookieWilson |
Dec-06-08 06:06 PM |
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An ass who's a distinguished professor. |
Hanse |
Dec-06-08 10:25 PM |
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He helped de-legitimize the anti-war movement. |
MookieWilson |
Dec-07-08 06:21 AM |
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And that is the truth. He is no "hero" for sure. |
saracat |
Dec-07-08 11:44 AM |
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Well, somebody is an ass. |
bemildred |
Dec-06-08 10:39 PM |
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Yep. |
progressoid |
Dec-07-08 10:34 AM |
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Must read! |
Warren Stupidity |
Dec-06-08 03:50 PM |
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That's a great op-ed |
Time for change |
Dec-06-08 07:48 PM |
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I like his timing |
malaise |
Dec-06-08 07:50 PM |
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You have got to be kidding. Ayers really is no saint. He is married to Bernadine Dohrn who has |
saracat |
Dec-06-08 08:05 PM |
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That's what - guilt by two degrees of separation?? |
FloridaJudy |
Dec-06-08 10:23 PM |
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I agree with your point about the "smear by association" but Ayers deserves no respect |
saracat |
Dec-07-08 12:28 AM |
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Oh, they should only report the lies of the Republicans. |
JackRiddler |
Dec-07-08 10:26 AM |
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Ayers isn't a foriegn "leader" He is a narcissitic maniac.Of course they can "report" on anything. |
saracat |
Dec-07-08 11:42 AM |
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The Republicans did not make Ayers, but they used Ayers... |
JackRiddler |
Dec-07-08 04:21 PM |
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At the risk of having to don a flamesuit, I agree with you, Saracat. |
Maat |
Dec-07-08 11:57 AM |
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Obviously I agree.I also think it was opportunistic of Ayers to do any kind of an OPED. |
saracat |
Dec-07-08 12:26 PM |
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I agree (n/t)(So, she doesn't have an active license ... interesting). |
Maat |
Dec-07-08 07:27 PM |
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not all justified resistance is non-violent. |
Vattel |
Dec-07-08 07:54 PM |
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I couldn't disagree more. |
Maat |
Dec-08-08 11:38 AM |
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I feared he would be murdered by a hysterical Palinite. Thank God he was not. nt |
Hekate |
Dec-07-08 04:34 AM |
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yawn. |
progressoid |
Dec-07-08 10:37 AM |
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He was "away." He was doing his thing when the Republicans made him an issue. |
JackRiddler |
Dec-07-08 04:21 PM |
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this article absolutely proves how compllicit our media is. no one sought the truth about ayers. |
spanone |
Dec-07-08 05:32 PM |
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